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

What are these "Gifts of God" and can we go beyond the projections of fear and conflict onto our world, and a use the Gifts to form our real world. We have to make a new "movie" according to the "Gifts of God."  SONDRA and MARKUS explore these Gifts amidst our everyday life. Can we find and accept these Gifts of God and transform our world? 

SONDRA & MARKUS discuss joining our awareness with Christ's Presence in us. LESSON #157 is "Into His Presence would we enter now." We are asked to leave the world behind and enter into the dimension of Heaven now . This is accomplished in the present, and depends on our determination to meet this Christ Self. Climb the mountain of awareness into the boundlessness and space of Christ's Vision i...

Lesson #156, "I walk with God in perfect holiness," is the subject of this Podcast today. Sondra and Markus explore this sense of holiness, and what it means to walk with the awareness of this holiness.  The lesson brings us into the vortex of our holiness and helps us experience it directly. 

SONDRA & MARKUS explore the meaning of Christmas, free of all notions of "sacrifice." The glory of the Christ in this day is born in us, bringing about the end of the notion of "sacrifice and guilt." We invite in the Christ into our awareness. This is the true meaning of Christmas.

SONDRA & MRKUS discuss the lead in to Christmas, on DEC 24th, 2020. Lessons #303-306 are the subjects of this Podcast. "The Holy Christ is born in me today." This is a whole new way of looking at the Christ as the "better part of our Self." The birth of the Christ in us is the real Christmas Day. And this awakening, this rebirth , can happen any time. Join Sondra and Markus on this "Christmas...

What is true Forgiveness? It is part of the Song of Prayer. Yet, "forgiveness-to-destroy" is a deception that we have to look at in order not to make this error. All guilt projected onto others is just a reflection of the guilt we maintain in ourselves. Self correction is the work of the day. Christ's Vision sees only our eternal innocence. It looks past our "errors" at the Divine Self we are. Att...

The result of true prayer is recognizing our One Self. Lesson #95 in the Workbook states, "I am one Self, united with my Creator." This is the true prayer that unifies us with God. It gives us a definite practice in order to be aware of this unification. 

Further Dialogues on the SONG OF PRAYER reveal the one true Prayer. "The truly humble have have no goal but God, because they need no idols, and defense is no longer a purpose." God can be seen in every action in our Divine Existence. We see everything we do in the holiness of God's Love. Markus says, "Then everything I do is an expression of my Divine Connection." Join Sondra and Markus for this...

Sondra and Markus continue their discussion on the Song of Prayer. What we see as "praying for others" is still and opportunity for us to accept and reinforce our own Divine Connection. This is the only real prayer—freedom from "guilt" and the problems that "guilt" demands. We are lifted to a higher Awareness in this discussion. The only One Prayer is for your absorption into your Divine Conscious...

There is a Supplement in A Course in Miracles called The Song of Prayer. It is a profound guide to Prayer. It defines true Prayer free of entreaty. True Prayer does not "ask for things" we do not have, or "ask to meet our needs."  It asks to receive what has already been given. The lofty Prayer is to be free from the block of receiving what has already been given. We give gratitude and thanks...

Looking at ourself, and taking 100% responsibility for everything, releases us from victimhood. This is easy when we turn over our vision to the Holy Spirit who can restore our right mind. We are all working through the same decision to heal. The correction is always within ourself. We are responsible for healing ourselves and all those with whom we are contacting in a Holy Relationship. 

Sondra and Markus discuss the ATONEMENT and the end of guilt. How do we accept the end of guilt? All mistakes are "forgivable." And even though we made a "mistake," we can completely love and accept our True Self. The True Self does not need the ATONEMENT. It is only when we are "stuck" in our ego that we need the ATONEMENT to get us out of the "guilt" we feel. This Miracle is incredibly swift. Fo...

MARKUS and SONDRA discuss Lesson #138, "Heaven is the decision I must make. " A key lesson, this makes it clear that we have "made up a hell" which is our responsibility to bring to the Holy Spirit to undo. Never has this been made so clear as in A Course in Miracles. The responsibility for the kind of "world" we make or create is up to us. And all of our "hell" of anger, disease, war, conflict an...

SONDRA & MARKUS further explore the lesson #139, "I will accept Atonement for myself." Can we accept ourself as God created us? Can we let go of the self we made up? This is the crux of accepting the Atonement for ourself. Self-Identity is the main goal of awareness A Course in Miracles offers us.

MARKUS and SONDRA discuss Lesson #152, " The power of decision is my own. " They explore the self-deceptions of sickness, suffering, guilt and even death, which are the choices we have made that defile our Reality as God Created us. Listen to this lecture and be clear that HEAVEN and life everlasting are our real inheritance.  We are responsible for a Decision for Heaven in our world. We can...

MARKUS delivers a talk on A Course in Miracles in the Miracle Consciousness Training. Do we have the attention to give to Miracles? Or will we stay at the level of the mind that is preoccupied with survival and the continuation and improvement of the "personal self?" Join Markus as he explores this eternal question.

MARKUS discusses the Blessing of giving away what is valuable, and thus increasing it. The power of "I AM" has come down to us from wisdom immemorial. "Know Thyself" has been the edict from the wise for thousands of years. We have the wisdom and the power these words impart: I AM. When We share the positive aspects of our Being, we increase these qualities in our awareness. This is the true Blessi...

SONDRA & MARKUS discuss Lesson #139, "I will accept Atonement for myself." Can we come to the acceptance of Who we are as God created us? We can remember our true Identity. Correcting this one mistake of "imagined separation" from our Self realization is all we need to correct. Is this decision something we want to do? Are we willing to make this major inner correction. Can we accept the Atone...

MARKUS discusses the way the "unconscious death urge" manifests in our life. In the absence of our own happiness, we indulge in this "death urge." But the miracle demands we see "there is no death." Who we are as God Created us is immortal. What would we do if we see Life is certain, and the thought "Death is inevitable" can be changed. 

SONDRA & MARKUS explore Lesson #103, "God, being Love, is also happiness." It is made clear that happiness in our only Reality in Truth. All the other scenarios of life that fall short of perfect happiness are not part of Truth. We made them up in opposition to God, and to Love, and ultimately to having total Happiness. 

SONDRA & MARKUS discuss Lesson #280, "What limits can I lay upon God's Son." They discover the need to invoke the Help of the Holy Spirit. Giving up our "how to" list frees us from the "limitations" of our projected "solutions." Then the Holy Spirit can solve our "problems" effortlessly without the "limitations" we have imposed upon ourselves.  

MARKUS & SONDRA go into Lesson #93: "Light and joy and peace abide in me." There is an Identity beyond what the body's eyes can see. There is a Self God created, Who is your true Identity.  This Self abides in Light, Joy and Peace. There is no "sin" in this Self. All mistakes can be corrected in this Light. And this "correction" happens instantly when we embrace our true Identity. 

SONDRA and MARKUS discuss LESSON #91, "Miracles are seen in light." It is apparent that we are seeing with a thought system that manufactures fears, problems, conflicts, uncertainties, etc. The Lesson makes sure was realized these are "caused" by using the "body's eyes" of the ego. Can we suspend this way of seeing? The Holy Spirit's Thought System is waiting for us when we are willing to let go o...

MARKUS & SONDRA discuss the nature of fear and what it is we are really afraid of, underneath the fear. Redemption is made clear as "Perfect Happiness" that is our Father's Will for us. We accept that misery in life is normal ; because it is familiar we hang onto it as the status quo. Having Heaven on earth, in our world of total innocence, we are actually "afraid" of the solution of Heaven. S...

SONDRA & MARKUS discuss a part of the text that defines Justice, and seeing things differently. We are asked to not "perceive ourselves unfairly treated." When we ask the Holy Spirit to solve our "relationships problems" and help us see the "difficult people" as the CHRIST, then the miracle can take place. This space of non-judgment makes a space for miracles to happen.