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

In This Review I, the 2nd set of Lessons look at our thoughts that are meaningless, that make up our personal version of hell, defined as "private thoughts" that we "think" apart from our Creator. When we think in this way, we are "not really thinking at all." God's Thoughts would produce only Peace and Joy. This "absolute way" of looking at things is of...

We begin to Review the first 50 lessons. Nothing we see means anything because we are seeing with thoughts that we are "thinking" apart from Love, from God, from our Spiritual Connection. The first lessons are making us aware of how disconnected we are from our Source energy, and how we have made up a "thought system" to defend ourself from the fear that this separation engende...

What sustains us? Money? Social Media? Medical Systems? Supply Chain Economics? Our smarts and cleverness? Do we connect with the LOVE OF GOD which is is subject of this Lesson #50. "I am sustained by the Love of God," it says. Do we connect with this Universal Energy? Do we have the Love of God in the forefront of our attentions? This Lesson #50 is attempting to change our minds and our...

God's Voice speaks to us. Are we listening? Probably not. We are listening to our own thought, not to the Thoughts of God. We hardly know where to start. Can we truly be quiet? Can we still our mind and not listen to the raucous chatter that goes on incessantly in our minds? If we wish to hear the "Voice for God" there has to be some commitment on our part to silence our own mental c...

How can we have a future different than our past, without an anxiety or fear of "bad things happening to us?" We are responsible for seeing that the things that give us fear are things we project. The light that was hidden in us is now free to bless the world.

Why do we justify fear? Fear seems to be such a common response to common worldly matters. Why does ACIM say "Fear is not justified in any form." ?? Fear and Love cannot occupy the same space in our mind. Fear is often involved when we want to give up a destructive pattern or behavior that we know all too well. But to change a pattern we have to step into the Unknown—and our fear comes u...

Can we trust in the Unknown? When we say GOD, we are dealing mostly with the Energy of the Unknown. Can we see this Energy as benevolent to us? Can we see that only Good things will come from the "God Energy" that has our back, that wants the very best for us? We would have to trust God in order to place our future in His Hands. But this is what is asked of us in this Lesson #194: "...

Can we accept that our Salvation, our full enlightenment, is possible to have now? In this Holy Instant this is possible. We can encounter this Holy Instant within ourselves in which we connect with the Chirst within us. This is a special day of celebration for us. This day is our gift to God.

Markus and Sondra explore Lesson #50 to begin the New Year of 2026: "I am sustained by the Love of God." Can we tap into the Power of the Divine Creator? This would be the Love of God. Can the Love of God be the energy we "go to" for the solutions to our problems? Problems are thoughts, and we are responsible for our thoughts. The Love of God helps us to have a new mind with di...

MARKUS shares with SONDRA the prayer from Lesson is #189 tat starts with "not knowing." This is a "not knowing" that is Sacred, that is Holy, that is Right On. The Divine Guidance is pure. We can follow in the directions given to us. The means ae Pure and Providence gives us what we need for our Holy Mission to unfold perfectly. We are humbled by this Lesson and the sharing of...

Markus & Sondra discuss the Peace of God. Is it a reality for us? Do we claim it and feel it and allow it to emanate from our being? This Lesson helps us to make contact with the Peace of God within us. This is our true Home within—the Heaven that is our true Self and inheritance. It is the Light that was created in us to be our true Home—emanating from within us.

MARKUS RAY discussses the end of "sacrifice" and the beginning of "having something of ourselves to give." We bless the world when we give blessings to ourselves and to others. Giving establishes increase in the Divine Mind. Giving increases what we possess. We give the unlimited nature of Love, Peace and Joy, and these increase in the storehouse of our Divine Self.

We want to go Home. Where is that? What is that? This Podcast explores the deeper meaning of that yearning to "go home." It is a spiritual dimension that we are searching for—"a peace beyond our understanding." It is to "know our true self" that we seek. There is a Silence, an Inner Child of complete innocence and peace inside of us that is beconing us Home. Will we d...

We are 100% responsible for the world we see. What can we do about it? We can decide differently. We can change our minds to be in alignment with the Truth of God's Peace and Joy. Heaven is held out for us to accept, and this power to decide for heaven is given to us by our Creator. This Podcast is about making this one Decision. This is the Power that we wield. We can use it now without delay...

MARKUS & SONDRA discus the last Lesson in the Workbook: "This Holy Instant would I give to You (the Christ) " to be guided in the ways to God's Peace and Joy. This is the "only way," it says. People may not want to follow in this way, thinking they already "know the way." But honesty would pint out our own gudance system" has been faulty—often leading us...

MARKUS & SONDRA discuss the meaning of "sacrifice." What role does "sacrifice" play in us giving up the valueless for the valuable? We do not want to give up the "things of this world" because we still value them. We still think the "things of the world" are valuable to us, even though they have not given us the heavenly awareness God has for us. Let&#39...

Markus Ray gives a succint overview of the basic Corrections put forth in A Course in Miracles to reset and reboot our real realtionship we have with the Christ. A clear voice that awakens our awareness of our "Divine Nature" as God created us, Markus leads us through some basic "facts" that help us replace our "old thought system" of the ego with our real Thought Sys...

"God is the Mind with which I think." This is Lesson #45 that shows us our Real thoughts that we think with God. Sondra and MArkus discuss this Lesson today. The Mind of God has our real Toughts and our Real Self within it. This Podcast will take you there.

SONDRA & MARKUS cover the Lessons 255-258. What is the Perfect Peace that is our goal as students of A Course in Miracles? Peace has no cares, no conflict, and no concerns. With this, we would have no defenses and we are in the "heavenly state." God is total peace and joy. For us to make the attainment of this our one and only goal is to be a true student of A Course in Miracles.

MARKUS & SONDRA RAY discuss lesson #36: "God is the Love in which I forgive." What is the truth about forgiveness. This Lesson gets to the deeper truth of this practice of forgiveness.

Markus Ray discusses Lesson #161: "Give me your blessing, Holy Son of God. " Hate is specific, it says. We use our specific "enemy" to be our "savior" in this Lesson. We ask the person we have condemned to give us their blessing, and in so doing for us to see our " perfect sinlessness" in them.

MARKUS RAY discusses the last few Lessons in the Workbook that impart the Peace of God in our actual life. In the midst of our lack of harmony with another, can we rejoice to know "no mistakes have any real effects on our true Self." Sin is impossible. Forgiveness rests on a certain base. This Podcast is a full examination of recent events that only seem to be a result of "separatio...

How would the Holy Spirit respond to someone's inappropriate behavior? This Section I in Chapter 12 of the Text of ACIM shows us what to do. "Only loving thoughts are true, and everything else is an appeal for healing and help." Do we know how to respond to a situation in the right way? We may not. Therefore, can we turn over any difficult situation over to the Holy Spirit. It is the...

Markus Ray discusses Lesson #109, "I REST IN GOD." It is a profound meeting with the energy of our Divine Connection in which we rest. Markus will take you there, so you can experience this Divine Rest. Give this Podcast your full attention and you will make this contact with the help of Markus Ray's transmission.

MARKUS RAY discusses Lesson #107: "Truth will correct all errors in my mind." Illusions are thoughts in error. They play out in the painful and traumatic experiences in our life. Forgive and change these thoughts, and the nightmares of these experiences will be over. Truth will help us make this correction.