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

The Altar of God is the place for releasing the inner light of the Atonement. Perceiving the "body" in terms of a temple relies on the inner Altar of Truth that is a holy relationship between us and the Christ Self and God. Any real temple will have an Alar of this Holy Relationship. The separation and fear are ended at this Altar. The Atonement is the defense against the separation. All errors are forgiven. At the center of the Altar of God, the separation is ended.

What is a perfect defense that repels all attack, and cannot be used to attack back? Atonement, or complete forgiveness, is such a "defense." We put ourselves in the "Peace of God that surpasses understanding." Miracles are our right. Jesus has asked us to perform miracles, but without any fear or doubt that would misdirect them. The perfection of Atonement casts our fear, doubt, errors and all things that are not perfect happiness. It restores our eternal state of inner Peace.

What are the origins of the separation? We perceived ourselves as "imperfect," and then attempted to fulfill a lack and make ourselves "perfect" again. But this Perfection was already our God-Created Reality. We "separated" our awareness from this original state of being, then tried "making up a self" to fill a deep sense of "lack." The Atonement heals all of this misperception. It sees that the "mistake" never really occurred, and our God-Created Self never left us.

What prevents us from seeing miracles in our life? What are impulses that we get confuses. The real pleasure is in doing God's will, which is changeless. Physical impulses can come and go. They are not eternal. A miracle impulse puts us in touch with constant joy, not temporal joy. Our direct communication with our Creator is close behind this encounter with Joy.

THE ILLUSIONS OF NEEDS

MARKUS & SONDRA discuss the different "levels" that seem to divide our SELF in the separation, and what would integrate us back to wholeness. Why do we fear? What is the cause and what is the solution? This podcast deals with this subject.

Wholeness and Spirit

Today Sondra & Markus discuss miraculous channels of expression. Connecting with the Christ puts us in a state of abundance. In the Self God created we are in communication with our Source. Miracles help us to be aware of and maintain this divine connection. In this state of Being we are whole. We cut time and move toward the Atonement when we move toward Spirit, make our forgiveness complete, and restore our awareness of our God-Connection.

We are Spirit. The personality of the self we made up is not our true Self. When we shift focus to our Self God Created, as Spirit, we wake up to the fact we are Love, and this is Spirit. When we give attention to our Spirit, our True Self, the Atonement takes place and we are restored to the Light, the Sphere of Celestial Order.

Giving up grievances corrects our perception. We can make ourselves "miracle ready" when we are serious about giving up all grievances, "thoughts that hurt," and all judgments. At the personality level we cannot enter the state of Grace. We can rise above the personality through Forgiveness. This lifts us into the Spiritual Realm in which the miracles can be given us through the Christ.

ATONEMENT & MIRACLES

Jesus is in charge of both. He knows when we need help, but we have to ask. And be willing to receive direction and follow it. Whatever action He inspires us to do, remember this:

Spirit is in a state of grace forever.
Your reality is only spirit.
Therefore you are in a state of grace forever.

The miracle shifts us out of lower level concerns into the Sphere of Celestial Order. It brings the heaven state to earth, so that they are no longer experienced as separate states of being.

TEXT; 1; II.; 4-6 Revelation, Time, & Miracles

Markus reads an Ode to the Divine Mother, "I call to You." Then he and Sondra discuss the Revelation that God has in store for us. Jesus is One with God but also one with His brothers. His Love can call down Revelation from God to us, and also intercede for us with Miracles. No time is really needed for this. The Christ cuts time for us. What may have taken thousands of years for us to correct, the Christ helps us to sort out instantly when we are ready, free of unwillingness.