III. From Darkness to Light

T-11.III.1. When you are weary, remember you have hurt yourself. ² Your Comforter will rest you, but you cannot. ³ You do not know how, for if you did you could never have grown weary. ⁴ Unless you hurt yourself you could never suffer in any way, for that is not God's Will for His Son. ⁵ Pain is not of Him, for He knows no attack and His peace surrounds you silently. ⁶ God is very quiet, for there is no conflict in Him. ⁷ Conflict is the root of all evil, for being blind it does not see whom it attacks. ⁸ Yet it always attacks the Son of God, and the Son of God is you.

T-11.III.2. God's Son is indeed in need of comfort, for he knows not what he does, believing his will is not his own. ² The Kingdom is his, and yet he wanders homeless. ³ At home in God he is lonely, and amid all his brothers he is friendless. ⁴ Would God let this be real, when He did not will to be alone Himself? ⁵ And if your will is His it cannot be true of you, because it is not true of Him.

T-11.III.3. O my child, if you knew what God wills for you, your joy would be complete! ² And what He wills has happened, for it was always true. ³ When the light comes and you have said, "God's Will is mine," you will see such beauty that you will know it is not of you. ⁴ Out of your joy you will create beauty in His Name, for your joy could no more be contained than His. ⁵ The bleak little world will vanish into nothingness, and your heart will be so filled with joy that it will leap into Heaven, and into the Presence of God. ⁶ I cannot tell you what this will be like, for your heart is not ready. ⁷ Yet I can tell you, and remind you often, that what God wills for Himself He wills for you, and what He wills for you is yours.

T-11.III.4. The way is not hard, but it is very different. ² Yours is the way of pain, of which God knows nothing. ³ That way is hard indeed, and very lonely. ⁴ Fear and grief are your guests, and they go with you and abide with you on the way. ⁵ But the dark journey is not the way of God's Son. ⁶ Walk in light and do not see the dark companions, for they are not fit companions for the Son of God, who was created of light and in light. ⁷ The Great Light always surrounds you and shines out from you. ⁸ How can you see the dark companions in a light such as this? ⁹ If you see them, it is only because you are denying the light. ¹⁰ But deny them instead, for the light is here and the way is clear.

T-11.III.5. God hides nothing from His Son, even though His Son would hide himself. ² Yet the Son of God cannot hide his glory, for God wills him to be glorious, and gave him the light that shines in him. ³ You will never lose your way, for God leads you. ⁴ When you wander, you but undertake a journey that is not real. ⁵ The dark companions, the dark way, are all illusions. ⁶ Turn toward the light, for the little spark in you is part of a light so great that it can sweep you out of all darkness forever. ⁷ For your Father is your Creator, and you are like Him.

T-11.III.6. The children of light cannot abide in darkness, for darkness is not in them. ² Do not be deceived by the dark comforters, and never let them enter the mind of God's Son, for they have no place in His temple. ³ When you are tempted to deny Him remember that there are no other gods to place before Him, and accept His Will for you in peace. ⁴ For you cannot accept it otherwise.

T-11.III.7. Only God's Comforter can comfort you. ² In the quiet of His temple, He waits to give you the peace that is yours. ³ Give His peace, that you may enter the temple and find it waiting for you. ⁴ But be holy in the Presence of God, or you will not know that you are there. ⁵ For what is unlike God cannot enter His Mind, because it was not His Thought and therefore does not belong to Him. ⁶ And your mind must be as pure as His, if you would know what belongs to you. ⁷ Guard carefully His temple, for He Himself dwells there and abides in peace. ⁸ You cannot enter God's Presence with the dark companions beside you, but you also cannot enter alone. ⁹ All your brothers must enter with you, for until you have accepted them you cannot enter. ¹⁰ For you cannot understand wholeness unless you are whole, and no part of the Son can be excluded if he would know the Wholeness of his Father.

T-11.III.8. In your mind you can accept the whole Sonship and bless it with the light your Father gave it. ² Then you will be worthy to dwell in the temple with Him, because it is your will not to be alone. ³ God blessed His Son forever. ⁴ If you will bless him in time, you will be in eternity. ⁵ Time cannot separate you from God if you use it on behalf of the eternal.