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

" 'I rest in God.' This thought will bring to you the rest and quiet, peace and stillness, and the safety and the happiness you seek. 'I rest in God.' This thought has power to wake the sleeping truth in you, whose vision sees beyond appearances to that same truth in everyone and everything there is. Here is the end of suffering for all the world, and everyone who ever came and yet will come to li...

Giving and receiving are one in the spiritual dimension. What you give you receive more of in proportion to your giving. Give Love away and you receive more love. Give anger away and you receive more anger. This is a law that is clarified in this Lesson.

What is the truth? What is the error that truth is meant to correct? Are we in a deep sense of peace and joy? To the degree we are not is an "error." We are told truth will give us a deep sense of peace, the likes of which we have never known. It will increase 100 times, then 100 more. We are asked to invite the Christ Consciousness into our mind. Can we do it? Are we willing to do it? Try it. Thi...

We have a responsibility to receive and give the truth, which in the case of these past few lessons, are the Peace and Joy of God. Can we receive what belongs to us? Can we maintain Peace and Joy in the midst of an often raucous and conflicting world? This is our challenge and our gift. The happiness of God is not dependent on external conditions being met. It is not a party we have, to put on for...

God's peace and joy are ours. Will we claim them? We claim them most by giving them away. The more peace and joy we extend to others (especially to those who activate us the most) the more we will receive peace and joy. This is a common thread that runs through A Course in Miracles - what we extend is what we receive. Extend peace and joy, and we will receive more of it. Project anger and upset, a...

Peace and Joy are already within us. This lesson makes it clear. We need not "seek" outside of our Self for a condition that is already "in us." Peace and Joy are our inheritance from God to claim. Can we end all the external "seeking," and discover the stillness and silence within that are our greatest gifts and assets from our Creator? 

We might not think we associate "love" with struggle, strife, and problems. But we do. We might not associate love with "only happiness." This Lesson makes it perfectly clear that where there is Love, there is also God and Happiness. Where there is not happiness, there is so form of separation from Love and God going on. This is a clear statement, very simple, that washes away centuries of false r...

What would God's Will be for us if not perfect happiness? Suffering buys us nothing, and we are not asked to make "retribution" for our "sins" through some form of pain and suffering. The age of "sacrifice" is over. Can we stop "beating ourselves up" with guilt, shame, fear, anger, and attack thoughts? We have to share in God's Will for us, which is perfect happiness and eternal JOY. We may think...

The concept and belief in "sin" is totally undone in this lesson. It states, "There is no sin; it has no consequences." In the space left empty by removing the belief in "sin," there is no fear, anger, guilt, pain or suffering, which all rise from the belief in "sin." In this space there is perfect happiness, which is not dependent upon the external conditions we often associate with pleasure. In...

We have a part in God’s plan for salvation, which is simply to be happy.  This Lesson #100 makes happiness and salvation synonymous. Our part in the greater plan to end sorrow in us and in the world, is to make the decision for perfect happiness. Heaven and happiness go together, just as surely as sorrow and hell are states of being from which we are attempting to escape. Will we decide for h...

Salvation and forgiveness are the same. And this is our function on earth. The depths of this function unfold on every page of A Course in Miracles . We can accept our part in this action of forgiveness or not. But it is the only way we can transmute negative vibrations of pain and suffering into a world restored to sanity. And this happens individually, inside of us. We take responsibility for wh...

Will we accept our part in God’s plan for salvation? This comes with some clear directions. Are we committed to total forgiveness? Are we willing to give up all grievances? Can we see that Happiness is our function in this process of letting go of judgments? And are we willing to stick with the practice and disengage from the world in order to make direct contact with the Holy Spirit within? This...

The shortest Lesson in the Course, only three words, is one of the most powerful. I AM SPIRIT. It is a statement of Self-Identity. It is a statement of our unlimited nature. It is a statement of who we are as God created us. Can we accept this truth about us. What would happen if we do? We are given this prayer:  "Spirit am I, a holy Son of God, free of all limits, safe and healed and whole,...

There is no divided Self. The unity of the Self is a blessing to all in Creation. And we are that Self. We can put aside conflict, and see that we are Spiritual beings, totally joined and connected to everything in the Universe. This wholeness is our healing. This oneness is our "salvation." 

We are one Self, united with our Creator. This is a statement of a fact. Can we be in the flow and appreciation from this realization? At one with every aspect of creation—that is a unifying statement without exception. Can we accept our Self as God created us to be. Everyone is entitled to this divine embrace of wholeness.  And we are challenged to include those persons whom we would have ex...

We are as God created us. The lessons tells us we are "sinless," and that we do not need to do anything to receive the benefits from this lesson immediately. Mistakes have been forgiven and corrected, when we accept this statement as the truth about ourself. "I am as God created me." This wipes away all the self-images and concepts we have made, both "good" and "bad," and puts our awareness on the...

There is a light in us that is inextinguishable. It is the Source of peace and joy. It is the opposite of the way we see ourselves now, but it is our only reality. It is our higher Self that is true, not the conflicted self we made up.  Can we make contact with this impeccable Self we are? Today is the day. Give this attention to the lesson and make contact with your God created Self. Its “si...

There is a strength in seeing beyond appearances. “It is God's strength in you that is the light in which you see, as it is His Mind with which you think.” We need to find this light within us. We need to use the strength in us that transcends the brain, and the images our ego has made to “define” us.

Miracles are seen in the light. Can we see in this light? How do we see it? There is a light that the body’s eyes do not see, but is nevertheless there. This is the light of truth—the light of simplicity and love. This lesson helps us have a change of mind in which we see the light. In this atmosphere miracles are natural.

Let me recognize my problem is a grievance. Let me also recognize there is an immediate solution when I am willing to let go of my grievances. Sondra and Markus discuss this lesson in Hairakhan, Babaji’s ashram in the foothills of the Himalayas. The solution is a miracle, and it does not take time to have one. We just need to let our judgments, attack thoughts, and grievances go. Then a space is c...

I am entitled to miracles when I can give up my grievances. Miracles are my right. Also, a state of being which is free of all problems is my natural state.  There is a blissful happiness within, made accessible when is ask for miracles instead of grievances. This action of “letting go” is my responsibility. Then the Holy Spirit is invoked in shifting a situation around. Healing is the result...

Sondra and Markus broadcast from Babaji's Cave in Herakhan, India. The light has come. Can we forgive the world totally and allow our grievances to be dissolved? This is the only "law" under which we can realize our true Identity is love. There is no will that we can truly join with other than this: we will let our grievances go so we can join with the one law of Love, the one law of God.  1)...

I will there be light. Can we “will” that any situation comes to peace and harmony? This lesson guarantees that we can. Furthermore, it is our responsibility to put others in this light, especially ones with whom we may have “grievances.” There is no will but God’s for us to come to peace and harmony, free of all grievances. Is this the day we will make our will one with God’s and give up our grie...

Only God's plan for salvation will work. What is it? Holding grievances is the opposite of that. The grievances we hold, the attack thoughts we project about external people and things, is in opposition to our "salvation." Do we want a peaceful world or do we choose to live in the conflicts of our own grievances and opinions?  1) Only God's plan for salvation will work.  2) Holding griev...

My grievances hide the light in me. Would I rather be in the dark, or give up my grievances and be in the light. This is the choice I have to make. We all have to make this decision. In this one choice is our “salvation,” and that comes from us. Therefore, “salvation” comes from us as well. 1) My grievances hide the light of the world in me. 2) My salvation comes from me.