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

We bless our own innocence when we extend it to another. The state of complete forgiveness is ours to give. When we bless another we are giving the grace that we have already received. In giving the blessing we are certain we have it. Our storehouse of goodness increases. When Divine Ideas are given away, they increase in us. Application of the truth then, becomes our most primary life action. 

What do we have to give? We receive the miracles of the Gifts of God in order to give them away. The power of our extension comes from our Creator, and the joy we have from giving is unsurpassable. The world, caught in the quagmire of conflicting thought, needs our love and forgiveness. Who but we can save it? Who but we have the means to forgive our mistakes and see the face of Christ in every human? 

We receive what we truly desire instantly. If we want gratitude, we have it. If we want trust, we have it. If we truly desire Peace, we have it. This lesson takes us to the Elysian fields of inner tranquility. Let us go there without delay. Let us claim the Peace that God Himself holds out for the whole Sonship. 

We "inherit" the power of Divine Will. It is in the Name of God. This is not a "word" as we know it. Imagine a Name that encompasses all things in Creation. It is Total. It sends Love to every corner of the Universe, and especially to us. This is the "Name of God." And it is our inheritance. 

What does it mean to call upon God's Name? What is that primordial Power of Creation that we are calling upon, which is also our own true name? We are asked to go beyond the personality we all have formulated, and be with a Self-Identity that is deeply connected to everything. God's Name will help us to make this connection, and we need to consciously call upon it for its action and power to unfold in our life. 

"I will be still an instant and go home." What is our home? It is free of conflict and stress? Can we really be still and empty our mind of fear, judgments, and attack? This is what being still means. Who values that above all else? Who really wants to go to their true HOME? 

We begin the last Review of Lessons #181-#200 today. The Oneness of our Self is the backdrop for this Review VI. "I am not a body; I am Spirit." In this connection are we joined as One. It is at that level we can truly TRUST, when we say, "I trust my brothers who are one with me." 

The Peace of God is always present, but we are absent from it. When we pay attention to the Peace and Happiness that "God wills for us," that is already there for us, we will find it. ACIM makes it very clear these elevated states of being are our certain Inheritance. But we must claim them in order for them to "take effect" in our lives. 

This is the ultimate test in whether we will ascend into the Spirit that we are. "I am not a body. I am free."  It's one of the most important Lessons in A Course in Miracles. 

Are we in the flow of giving and receiving? The receiving is in the giving, which has its own Divine Vibration of appreciation. Who is delighted to have something to give? Are we expecting to "get back" something by our giving? Or, in the right relationship with giving, do we realize we already have what it is we give?  We are created to be like our Creator, Who only gives. Gratitude is "earned" the moment we give. We give more love and forgiveness, and we receive them back in the silence of knowing we are one with our divine function.