The body is a fence the Son of God imagines he has built to separate
parts of his Self from other parts. It is within this fence he thinks he
lives, to die as it decays and crumbles. For within this fence he thinks
that he is safe from love. Identifying with his safety, he regards
himself as what his safety is. How else could he be certain he remains
within the body, keeping love outside?

The body will not stay. Yet this he sees as double safety. For the Son of
God’s impermanence is “proof ” his fences work, and do the task his mind
assigns to them. For if his oneness still remained untouched, who could
attack and who could be attacked? Who could be victor? Who could be his
prey? Who could be victim? Who the murderer? And if he did not die, what
“proof ” is there that God’s eternal Son has been destroyed?

The body is a dream. Like other dreams, it sometimes seems to picture
happiness, but can quite suddenly revert to fear, where every dream is
born. For only love creates in truth, and truth can never fear. Made to
be fearful, must the body serve the purpose given it. But we can change
the purpose which the body will obey by changing what we think that it
is for.

The body is the means by which God’s Son returns to sanity. Though it
was made to fence him into hell without escape, yet has the goal of
Heaven been exchanged for the pursuit of hell. The Son of God extends
his hand to reach his brother, and to help him walk along the road with
him. Now is the body holy. Now it serves to heal the mind that it was
made to kill.

You will identify with what you think will make you safe. Whatever it
may be, you will believe that it is one with you. Your safety lies in
truth and not in lies. Love is your safety. Fear does not exist.
Identify with love, and you are safe. Identify with love, and you are
home. Identify with love, and find your Self.