1. Revelation induces complete but temporary suspension of doubt and fear. ²It reflects the original form of communication between God and His creations, involving the extremely personal sense of creation sometimes sought in physical relationships. ³Physical closeness cannot achieve it. ⁴Miracles, however, are genuinely interpersonal, and result in true closeness to others. ⁵Revelation unites you directly with God. ⁶Miracles unite you directly with your brother. ⁷Neither emanates from consciousness, but both are experienced there. ⁸Consciousness is the state that induces action, though it does not inspire it. ⁹You are free to believe what you choose, and what you do attests to what you believe.

2. Revelation is intensely personal and cannot be meaningfully translated. ²That is why any attempt to describe it in words is impossible. ³Revelation induces only experience. ⁴Miracles, on the other hand, induce action. ⁵They are more useful now because of their interpersonal nature. ⁶In this phase of learning, working miracles is important because freedom from fear cannot be thrust upon you. ⁷Revelation is literally unspeakable because it is an experience of unspeakable love.

3. Awe should be reserved for revelation, to which it is perfectly and correctly applicable. ²It is not appropriate for miracles because a state of awe is worshipful, implying that one of a lesser order stands before his Creator. ³You are a perfect creation, and should experience awe only in the Presence of the Creator of perfection. ⁴The miracle is therefore a sign of love among equals. ⁵Equals should not be in awe of one another because awe implies inequality. ⁶It is therefore an inappropriate reaction to me. ⁷An elder brother is entitled to respect for his greater experience, and obedience for his greater wisdom. ⁸He is also entitled to love because he is a brother, and to devotion if he is devoted. ⁹It is only my devotion that entitles me to yours. ¹⁰There is nothing about me that you cannot attain. ¹¹I have nothing that does not come from God. ¹²The difference between us now is that I have nothing else. ¹³This leaves me in a state which is only potential in you.

4. “No man cometh unto the Father but by me” does not mean that I am in any way separate or different from you except in time, and time does not really exist. ²The statement is more meaningful in terms of a vertical rather than a horizontal axis. ³You stand below me and I stand below God. ⁴In the process of “rising up,” I am higher because without me the distance between God and man would be too great for you to encompass. ⁵I bridge the distance as an elder brother to you on the one hand, and as a Son of God on the other. ⁶My devotion to my brothers has placed me in charge of the Sonship, which I render complete because I share it. ⁷This may appear to contradict the statement “I and my Father are one,” but there are two parts to the statement in recognition that the Father is greater.

5. Revelations are indirectly inspired by me because I am close to the Holy Spirit, and alert to the revelation-readiness of my brothers. ²I can thus bring down to them more than they can draw down to themselves. ³The Holy Spirit mediates higher to lower communication, keeping the direct channel from God to you open for revelation. ⁴Revelation is not reciprocal. ⁵It proceeds from God to you, but not from you to God.

6. The miracle minimizes the need for time. ²In the longitudinal or horizontal plane the recognition of the equality of the members of the Sonship appears to involve almost endless time. ³However, the miracle entails a sudden shift from horizontal to vertical perception. ⁴This introduces an interval from which the giver and receiver both emerge farther along in time than they would otherwise have been. ⁵The miracle thus has the unique property of abolishing time to the extent that it renders the interval of time it spans unnecessary. ⁶There is no relationship between the time a miracle takes and the time it covers. ⁷The miracle substitutes for learning that might have taken thousands of years. ⁸It does so by the underlying recognition of perfect equality of giver and receiver on which the miracle rests. ⁹The miracle shortens time by collapsing it, thus eliminating certain intervals within it. ¹⁰It does this, however, within the larger temporal sequence.