What does atonement mean to you? I think of it as being at one with All That Is. The ease with which I accept this concept may have to do with the fact that I've always lived in small towns, where we all know each other. I'm also in a rural area, where it's easy to commune with nature and readily feel our connectedness. But, in the alternative, with the inception of the internet, it’s easier to see our Oneness reflected back at us from others all over the world. I have friends who have just returned from an extended trip around Europe. Both of them are outgoing, loving people who have many stories to tell about the friendships they made in their travels. Seeing ourselves as the experience and expression of God helps us to understand our Oneness with everyone, everywhere. It matters not whether we look the same or agree in any of our material beliefs. As we realize the unreality of our matter-based beliefs, we are better equipped to see the reality of our Oneness with God. This realization then resounds in every interaction with life, turning it into an all-encompassing experience in which we can understand our at-One-ment. We truly are all in this together!
“We have a mission here. We did not come to reinforce the madness that we once believed in. Let us not forget the goal that we accepted. It is more than just our happiness alone we came to gain. What we accept as what we are proclaims what everyone must be, along with us. Fail not your brothers, or you fail yourself. Look lovingly on them, that they may know that they are part of you, and you of them.”
A Course in Miracles W-139.9:1-7 “
Today accept Atonement, not to change reality, but merely to accept the truth about yourself, and go your way rejoicing in the endless Love of God.”
A Course in Miracles W-139.10:2
“Atonement is the exemplification of man’s unity with God, whereby man reflects divine Truth, Life, and Love."
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 18:1-3
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