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

What is it that we have to give? Can we receive Christ's Vision in order to give it? What would that be? Can we see that we are as God created us, and that our Innocence is totally intact, no matter what mistakes we have made in our life? This would be Christ's Vision. The Knowledge of our Real Self as God Created us is far beyond what can be taught, but awareness of this Self is Christ's Vision. We can give this to others when we have received it for ourselves. The time it takes to realize this is up to us. Realizing this truth is determined, and our moment of awakening is set. We will wake up to discover the Knowledge of Who we Are as God Created us as LOVE, PEACE and JOY. Christ's Vision can show us the real possibility of the end of separation.

What would it mean to "Enter into Christ's Presence?" Can we accept the fact that Christ's Presence is a very real frequency of awareness that we can receive? Would we want this Presence in our energy field? Can we receive this Presence? This is a serious invocation for total transformation in our life. It is not a small thing to enter into the Energy Field of the Christ. The awareness of our true Self must be given us when we actually ask for it. We have a ministry that relies upon our reception of this sacred awareness. We are sanctified by this action of receiving Christ's Presence. In this reception, we have a holy purpose to realize this Christ Self. THANK YOU!

Who walks with you? Do you walk with your Source? Are you aware that the Christ is your Guide? As students of ACIM we are asked to make contact with the Christ Consciousness within ourselves. Are we doing that? This Lesson, "I walk with God in perfect holiness." is a statement of a fact. Can we receive this Truth and make a difference? This Lesson is our Answer.

Do we accept that we are among the "ministers of God" as students of A Course in Miracles? And then, as "ministers of God," Who is leading us? The ministers of God deliver messages they did not write, to people whom they did not pick out. Yet, the first recipent of their message is themselves. The messenger must first receive the message for himself before he can give it away. And... he knows he has received the message whne he gives it away. Sharing is necessary. Then, it is the Christ who speaks the Truth who leads the way. We step back and allow the Christ, the Voice for God, to lead the way. These are clear directives. Can we pick them up and follow them? This is our challenge and our action to follow.

What keeps us truly safe? Defenses attract attack. We make defenses because we feel threatened. Why? Are these threats real to our true Self? If "I AM SPIRIT" is our truth, and Spirit is that which cannot ever be destroyed, what is it that needs defense? It is illusion that can be "threatened." Therefore, it is illusion that demands defenses. The Real cannot be threatened, therefore it does not need defenses. When we embrace our Reality as Spirit, then defenselessness is our Safety.

We have the Power to decide for Heaven or for Hell. But we must also see that the Hell we may choose is only a projection of our own misperceptions. We make a "hell" that is not really there. We give it shape and form, then site the demostration of our experiences as proof that "hell" is real. War is "hell" for sure. But the thoughts that produce war are illusions we maintain as "truth." Such is the "Power" of decision. The one real decision to make is Heaven, Peace and Joy. This would be consistent with Divine Reality. This would be the only Truth there is. All else would be a dream.

What is the "Voice for God" saying to us? Did we ever hear it? This Lesson says all things that we hear are echoes for the "Voice for God." Are we even hearing the echoes? Do we "hear” that, or are we listening to that, or to what the body's ears are telling us? This Lesson is about hearing the Voice for God speaking to us of the Christ that we are. The past is over, and todayis our resurrection day. Are you ready for receiving this?

"My mind holds only what I think with God." This is a statement that reveals the truth. We think with God’s Thoughts, and all else are dreams. The meditation prepares us to receive the Lessons 121-140. Forgiveness is the means by which we can commune with the Christ in the two thoughts of the day. But the key is that we clear our minds to be free of any thoughts that are not Thoughts of God. Can we be this disciplined to “keep out" of our mind the illusions that are not God's Thoughts? The fact is our Real Thoughts are only those we think with God of Pure Peace and Joy.

The "cure" of our Self is not a remedy for bodily ills. The cure is a correction within the mind, in which our mind is now in communion with the Mind of God. Love's awareness is restored to our mind, and all limitations are overcome. We are "cured" because we are "saved" from the illusions of the ego, the conflicted self we made up. We have returned to Peace. Conflict is over, and our mInd holds only what we think with God, our Creator, Who created us whole and complete.

"What am I?" is the question the ego asks. We have lost the certainty of our Identity by accepting the "ego" as our Self. The "ego" is a false self that pretends to doubt itself. Only the ego does not "know" itself, therefore it asks the question, "What am I?" The Atonement is the Forgiveness of all our "wrong thinking." It is the end of the ego's rule. Fear, guilt, anger, judgments, attack thoughts, grievances are all part of our false self that needs forgiveness. Yet, having accepted Atonement, we see that “self” did not really exist. Our True Self walks the world rejoicing in the certainty of its God Created Being. Atonement gives us a "clean house" of our True Mind that has sovereignty over our life of Perfect Happiness.