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

What makes our heart beat? The Life and the Love of God pulse through us. Are we in touch with this Source Energy that sustains us every second? Would we not have immense gratitude, then, for this Life we share with our Creator? Sink into this Lesson #267 It is beautifully poetic and goes to the core of our most sacred heart. Blessings abound in our hearts. Amen. 

"This day we enter into Paradise, calling upon God's Name and on our own, acknowledging our Self in each of us." What could be more clear? The way to Heaven is through acknowledging the Christ in each one of us. No one is excluded in this holy vision. We are apt to judge certain people as unworthy of being a "Son of God." This Lesson corrects us. To exclude anyone from the Sonship would be to exclude a piece of our Self. The Sonship is whole and complete. Exclusion would be contradictory to its nature. 

The gentleness of creation is the theme of this lesson. Are we in touch with it? Or do we have fears in our mind that prevent us from making this contact with the  peace of creation? "Creation's gentleness is all I see." This would require that we put aside our self-projected fears and be with the stillness of the peace of God within our minds. 

What but the Love and Peace and Joy of God surrounds us? Are we in touch with it? It is all there is in truth, but we are preoccupied with our projections of thought's illusions. The Peace of God is shining in us now. Are we aware of that. The Love of God envelops and and keeps us safe. What other "joy" would we rather seek? A paltry substitute for Love, no less. But the Mighty Source of the Universe is all around us. How could we not tap into it. We would have to be blind to the very Energy that gives is Life. 

How do you see? What is it you see? The fundamental question is what is in our Mind that determines our seeing. To see "all things as pure," we would need a different kind of seeing, which requires a different kind of thinking. Are we thinking with our Holy Mind that gives us Christ's Vision? This is the only kind of seeing worth having, and the result of that is a vision of purity. This Podcast envelops everything into that purity. 

What is separate from us? What if we saw clearly the unified field of creation and that nothing is separate from us? There is one life, says Lesson #166. How could it be divided into parts, and then those parts seen as "different" from one another? Wholeness and Oneness are the results of applying this Lesson: "Let me perceive no differences today." This unification not only takes place between ourselves and all other humans, but also between ourselves and every atom of Creation in the entire Universe. It is a "cosmic unification" that happens to us as a result of applying this truth to ourselves. 

Can we give up all other forms of what we think is our "refuge and security" and place our sole faith in God? What would that mean for us? To the ego that feels like placing our faith in nothing.  But we can make this breakthrough today. We can relinquish all other forms of safety but this: 

Your safety lies in truth, and not in lies. Love is your safety. Fear does not exist. Identify with love, and you are safe. Identify with love, and you are home. Identify with love, and find your Self.

Together we can rise to meet this challenge today. We give up all other forms of safety but this one: "God is my refuge and security."  Love protects us and nothing but Love is worthy of that trust. 

We are Sons and Daughters of God. This is just a fact. We did not "make" ourselves. Did you design a lung? a heart? the fingers on your hands? Obviously there is a force of Creation that operates beyond our understanding. A Force of Life greater than ourselves is the Source of us. And let's just call that GOD. We could also call that LOVE.  We can remember this. Love created you and me. We are united with our Source, even if we are not aware of It. And this Love is at peace. There is nothing It cannot do. It is unlimited and immortal. And we are that. HUGS.

The concept of "sin" includes "guilt." Many organized religions believe that people are born automatically as "sinners," and they can only be "redeemed" by Jesus, some mythical entity outside of themselves. There is no sin. And the Christ is the higher energy of absolute Love already your Identity. And everyone else's for that matter, whether they are aware of it or not. Love and Sin cannot coexist. Since we are only Love, sin does not exist in us. 

In the TEXT ( Chapter 4, Sec. III, ❡ 1 ) Jesus corrects our thinking about the statement, "The  Kingdom of Heaven is within you" Heaven is not something "outside" that now you are bringing "inside," as though is is a separate entity. He says: The word "within" is unnecessary. The Kingdom of Heaven is you. What else but you did the Creator create, and what else but you is His Kingdom?  Today's Lesson brings this home. Our "goal for God" is to realize that who we are as God created us, IS ONLY WHO WE ARE. And nothing else is us. And that Identity is Heaven itself. Perfect Peace. Pure Joy. A day of Rejoicing!