III. The Reality of the Kingdom

T-7.III.1. The Holy Spirit teaches one lesson, and applies it to all individuals in all situations. ² Being conflict-free, He maximizes all efforts and all results. ³ By teaching the power of the Kingdom of God Himself, He teaches you that all power is yours. ⁴ Its application does not matter. ⁵ It is always maximal. ⁶ Your vigilance does not establish it as yours, but it does enable you to use it always and in all ways. ⁷ When I said "I am with you always," I meant it literally. ⁸ I am not absent to anyone in any situation. ⁹ Because I am always with you, you are the way, the truth and the life. ¹⁰ You did not make this power, any more than I did. ¹¹ It was created to be shared, and therefore cannot be meaningfully perceived as belonging to anyone at the expense of another. ¹² Such a perception makes it meaningless by eliminating or overlooking its real and only meaning.

T-7.III.2. God's meaning waits in the Kingdom, because that is where He placed it. ² It does not wait in time. ³ It merely rests in the Kingdom because it belongs there, as you do. ⁴ How can you who are God's meaning perceive yourself as absent from it? ⁵ You can see yourself as separated from your meaning only by experiencing yourself as unreal. ⁶ This is why the ego is insane; it teaches that you are not what you are. ⁷ That is so contradictory it is clearly impossible. ⁸ It is therefore a lesson you cannot really learn, and therefore cannot really teach. ⁹ Yet you are always teaching. ¹⁰ You must, therefore, be teaching something else, even though the ego does not know what it is. ¹¹ The ego, then, is always being undone, and does suspect your motives. ¹² Your mind cannot be unified in allegiance to the ego, because the mind does not belong to it. ¹³ Yet what is "treacherous" to the ego is faithful to peace. ¹⁴ The ego's "enemy" is therefore your friend.

T-7.III.3. I said before that the ego's friend is not part of you, because the ego perceives itself at war and therefore in need of allies. ² You who are not at war must look for brothers and recognize all whom you see as brothers, because only equals are at peace. ³ Because God's equal Sons have everything, they cannot compete. ⁴ Yet if they perceive any of their brothers as anything other than their perfect equals, the idea of competition has entered their minds. ⁵ Do not underestimate your need to be vigilant against this idea, because all your conflicts come from it. ⁶ It is the belief that conflicting interests are possible, and therefore you have accepted the impossible as true. ⁷ Is that different from saying you perceive yourself as unreal?

T-7.III.4. To be in the Kingdom is merely to focus your full attention on it. ² As long as you believe you can attend to what is not true, you are accepting conflict as your choice. ³ Is it really a choice? ⁴ It seems to be, but seeming and reality are hardly the same. ⁵ You who are the Kingdom are not concerned with seeming. ⁶ Reality is yours because you are reality. ⁷ This is how having and being are ultimately reconciled, not in the Kingdom, but in your mind. ⁸ The altar there is the only reality. ⁹ The altar is perfectly clear in thought, because it is a reflection of perfect Thought. ¹⁰ Your right mind sees only brothers, because it sees only in its own light.

T-7.III.5. God has lit your mind Himself, and keeps your mind lit by His light because His light is what your mind is. ² This is totally beyond question, and when you question it you are answered. ³ The Answer merely undoes the question by establishing the fact that to question reality is to question meaninglessly. ⁴ That is why the Holy Spirit never questions. ⁵ His sole function is to undo the questionable and thus lead to certainty. ⁶ The certain are perfectly calm, because they are not in doubt. ⁷ They do not raise questions, because nothing questionable enters their minds. ⁸ This holds them in perfect serenity, because this is what they share, knowing what they are.