THE GIFTS OF GOD — Sondra Ray and Markus Ray on A Course in Miracles

Do we receive the Peace that Christ bestows on us? Do we want that "above all else?" Markus & Sondra Ray discuss Lessons #305-#308. The Peace of the Christ is bestowed on us. This is His Gift to us. Do we value this above all else? Do we put ourselves in the Thought Sysyem of the Holy Spirit, or do we vascillate into the "opposing wishes" of the ego? The Stillness of the Peace of God would be Christ's vision of a totally forgiven world. Would we enter into this state of mind unequicocally? This possibilityy is held out for us to enter.

MARKUS RAY & SONDRA RAY discuss Lessons from #301-304 in the Section of the Workbook called "The Second Coming." Will God Himself remove the tears of our pain and suffering? Will we be willing to change our minds and go a different direction? We can look upon the Light that is God's Will for us to see, but we have to forgive ourselves for the darkened vision of fear, anger and guilt that gave us the "tears" in the first place.

Can we give this Holy Instant our attention for practice.? This is our responsibility. We can practice this Holy Instant to be in more connection with our Divine Source. Can we be led? Sondra and Markus ask us this question in their commentary on this important section in ACIM on the HOLY INSTANT.

There is an instant now in which Heaven abides, and is God's Will for us to inhabit. A Course in Miracles calls this The Holy Instant. Markus Ray and Sondra Ray introduce us to that Holy Instant in this Podcast.

The MInd has an ability to heal, in fact healing must include the mind because that is where the "sickness" begins. We look at the "cause" of the illness which is some judgment that perpetuates the "separation." We belief the Body and personality is our self. We do not condemn and we have the power of forgiveness on our side.

Sondra & Markus discuss section seven in the Teacher's Manual: Should Healing Be Repeated. The question is to rise above the doubt and concern that the healing has taken place. Doubt and concern are a lack of trust that the Holy Spirit's Power can really make a diffenernce in solving our problems, especially "health problems." To doubt that healing has taken place is a lack of trust, and an attack on the whole situation.

When you give the forgiveness of Christ's Vision, you get clear that you have this Holiness, and it increases in your awareness the more you give it away. We receive the boon of forgiveness, which is certainty of our unconditional innocence, when we give this innocence to others, regardless of the mistakes they have made or are making now. We aspire to realize Christ's Vision instead of the hellish world of guilt and conflict we made up for ourselves.

Markus & Sondra Ray continue with the threme of "What is a problem?" and "How do we solve it?" Lesson #80 says, "Let me recognize my problems have been solved." The solution to all of our "problems" has been given us in our Divine Connection. Can we accept it? Can we let go of projecting "problems?" This is the question these Lessons put before us.

What is a PROBLEM? Why do we have them? What is our MAIN PROBLEM? This Dialogue between Markus and Sondra and the Lesson #79 in ACIM will give us a new perspective of solving our problem.

How can we see past what is not really there, but what we "think" is there? This Lesson #99 asks us to "forgive" and be "saved from" what is not there.

There is a Will of our Creator of WHAT IS. Then there is the ego's world of illusions "that could never be." But now illusion and truth are "equal" now.

Non-truths are lies. Lies are not True. What is not true does not exist. The problem is we think the illusiions are real. We need forgiveness of these illusions. Forgiveness and salvation are the same.

This Lesson #99 helps us to see that our Truth as God created us in God's Will is our only Reality. Everything else is not the truth and does not exist. We need Salvation from something that is not even there!