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

HOW IS JUDGMENT RELINQUISHED?

We cannot judge because we never know all of the factors in any given situation. Judgment blocks the insight of Infinite Intelligence coming into our minds. We relinquish judgments by seeing their limitations and choosing out of this mode of "seeing."

ARE CHANGES REQUIRED IN THE LIFE SITUATION OF GOD'S TEACHERS?

8. HOW CAN PERCEPTION OF ORDER OF DIFFICULTIES BE AVOIDED?

There is only one solution for all illness: Healing. And this begins in the mind. God's will for us is Perfect Happiness, free of all illness.

There is only one solution for all illusions: Truth. The truth is we are Holy Sons of God and deserve to be perfectly healthy all of the time.

"One of the most difficult temptations to recognize is that to doubt a healing because of the appearance of continuing symptoms is a mistake in the form of lack of trust. As such it is an attack. Usually it seems to be just the opposite. "

The only healing that needs to happen is the correction of our "Imagined Separation" from our SOURCE. Once that is corrected, there is no need for the symptoms—which were a result of the "guilt" we held from the "Imagined Separation."

The Gift of Healing is given. It is received and has its effects. The giver need not concern himself with its efficacy when he knows the Holy Spirit gives with certainty of the outcome. We can step back and accept the Atonement for ourselves in a healing role, and allow the Holy Spirit to affect the healing in us, and in the one with whom we are sharing.

The Function of the Teacher of God is to help his brother change his mind. What was sickness before is seen as an error in his thinking. The Mind is restored back to its original settings of health and Divine Connection. Death is seen as a “wrong choice” rather than an inevitable end. Eternal Life is our Self as God Created us.

Can we give up our false sense of "autonomy" by making our self sick? And eventually dead? When we are "sick" we are not tapping into our Mind that can heal us. When we align our Mind with the Will of God, then perfect health is the result. We can work with the Thoughts of God that are our real thoughts. We no longer maintain a "separated will" that maintains fear, guilt and anger that cause us to be sick. We can align with Immortal Life, not "inevitable death.” We hand our body over to the decision of our Mind. And the only one decision meaningful is to choose Heaven which is total consistency with our Creator.

FAITHFULNESS is based on Trust that all things will be restored to perfect JOY. The teacher of God brings all unresolved issues to the Light of Truth in order to be resolved, not withholding one shadow of his own personal darkness away from this Light of forgiveness. OPEN-MINDEDNESS is required as well, one free of all judgment. When the Teacher of God has mastered these attributes, he or she is ready to claim the inheritance of the Self Who God created whole and totally Loving.

We are GENEROUS when we are certain that what we give away only increases our storehouse of abundance. We trust that we are giving in order to keep and gain. Then we can be truly GENEROUS. We may not always know how long something valuable will take to manifest. We are certain of our good outcomes, yet we may not know the timeframe in which these outcomes unfold in our life. The truly PATIENT can afford to wait. They are certain that the giving will have an abundant supply coming back to them from the Universal Source.

There is a progression of these characteristics, as a "spiritual practice—" a "sadhana," that brings us to the realization of God's Gifts to us. TRUST leads to HONESTY and TOLERANCE, and these lead to GENTLENESS, JOY and DEFENSELESSNESS. All of these are practices we need to master firs in order to receive the Gifts of God. We can be free of pain, so that JOY is our inheritance. This requires we be consistent with GENTLENESS and DEFENSELESSNESS. etc.