Nor has it a beginning, because the goal has never changed. True prayer is timeless, because true prayer is the song that the Father sings to the Son and the Son sings to the Father. Prayer in its earlier forms is an illusion, because there is no need for a ladder to reach what one has never left. Forgiveness is an illusion. The miracle is an illusion.
Salvation is an illusion.
A Course in Miracles is an illusion. Jesus is an illusion. The Holy Spirit is an illusion. Everything here is an illusion, because we are not here. Yet prayer is part of forgiveness as long as forgiveness, itself an illusion, remains unattained.