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

CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD'S TEACHERS include Honesty, Faithfulness, and Tolerance. These Characteristics are redefined in this Podcast.

Do we want to embody these qualities in ourselves?

GENTLENESS & JOY. These are two of the main characteristics of God's Teachers. Power comes from God, and God is Gentle. There is no need for defense when Gentleness is mastered. Strength and Gentleness go together.

When one feels absolutely safe, there is Joy, because Joy and safety go together. And Safety and Defenselessness go together. The ego thinks the opposite—I am more safe with impenatrable defenses.

Generosity is a state of being in which I gladly give things away. What is real is increased in the sharing. The real, such as happiness, is increased the more I give it away. I give away more of my happiness, and then Happiness increases.

"Patience" is natural to the teacher of God. We have time to wait, because we know all things happen to support our greatest good. There is no fear. Everything is in its perfect timing.

The JUSTICE OF HEAVEN abolishes the notion of all punishment. Heaven's Justice has no guilt and does not attack. No guilt is projected onto others, becaseu only Innocence is real (no matter what mistakes have been made). Therefore punishment is never just.

We have a new Justice of forgiveness. This is free of all forms of "sacrifice." The mistakes we all made had no real "consequences," therefore there is no righting of the sacle of Justice with the projection of "guilt and punishment."

The Justice of Heaven sees only our Absolute Innocence, no matter what mistakes we made. We are at the Last Supper of our True Self joined in the Rejoicing of total Absolution and correction of all our errors. AMEN.

SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY requires that we be determined to drop our position about something and actually change our minds. This 180 degree turn is not something the ego wants to do. In fact, it resists dropping its position. 

Would we rather be at peace, or would we rather "be right?" 

Hanging on to our opinion often means maintaining attack thoughts, irritation, and discontent. Wouldn't we be better off if we let go and admitted we were "wrong." 

This is what "seeing things differently" entails. We have to drop our position and let in a new perspective that is God’s perspective of perfect Peace.

THE LIGHT YOU BRING is through your intention in your mind. "The Light of the World brings Peace to every mind through my forgiveness.” (Lesson 63)  Do we intend to fulfill our function of forgiveness? We are challenged by some—to give the Light in us to them. But we are responsible for how we see them. We are responsible for “withholding the light” from them. 

"Let us see the face of Christ instead of our mistakes." If we apply this statement, and also see "IN YOU IS ALL OF HEAVEN," then this Light we Bring is already there, in us. We can pay attention to this, and only this, if we so decide.

Let us bring awareness of the Light of Heaven that is within us. "IN YOU IS ALL OF HEAVEN." This is our Reality, and nothing else is real. 

THE PEACE OF SOURCE WITHIN is already there. External situations cannot put you in that light, because they are not the Source of it.

Yet we can reach this light very easily when we look toward our Source within. We came with the peace from our Source. It never left us.

We forgot it was there, but it remained fully intact. All that is necessary is that we stop seeking the peace and satisfaction externally. The connection we have with our Source within reassures us of our true Identity as the Light of Peace.

LITTLENESS VS. MAGNITUDE is a key section in the TEXT of A COURSE IN MIRACLES. The clarity of this Section gets us out of the limiting beliefs we have about ourselves, into a place of the Glory God created us to be. 

Our "personal lies" are not true, therefore not real. The Unlimited Being we are would have the Magnitude placed there by our Creator, the Christ Consciousness. 

It's a big Leap, but the purpose of A Course in Miracles is to help us make this Leap. Our Magnitude of Heaven is our release from the littleness we made up to be our hell. 

SALVATION FROM FEAR is simply accomplished by giving up our attack thoughts. In other word, letting go of anger. One would resist, thinking that defense and attack are necessary to be "safe."

In fact, the opposite is true. Attack and anger make us a target for another’s attack, and therefore unsafe. 

"In my defenselessness my safety lies," say Jesus in Lesson #153 of the Workbook. When we see the "sinlessness" of our brother, we can see it in ourselves. And in that vision do we have certainty there is nothing to fear. 

The SONG OF HEALING is one of JOY. Why would it not be? All prison doors are opened, and all pain is gone. Would we not be glad to be healed, and to offer healing to others?

We are in the vortex of the Christ when we adopt His Vision to look upon a forgiven world. Can we receive the Gifts of God in order to extend them to others, and thus be Healers with Him? 

Can we be among the ministers of God and make Healing our Song of Prayer with Him? We join in this Wholeness with the Christ to be healers along with HIm in the blessing of Healing. 

THE FINAL Judgment is to see our perfect Sinlessness within, no matter what mistakes we may have made in the past. Only our EGO made the mistake, and we are letting go of the ego.

Our higher Self is Sinless, just as everyone and everything in Creation is imbued with the Peace, Joy and Innocence their Creator bestowed on them.

We can accept the truth of God's Word today, and as we do, the world of sin and sorrow is silenced. We walk forward among the ministers of God, into His Eternal Love for us.