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A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson #101
“God’s Will for me is perfect happiness.”
[Marsha's thoughts]
How many of us cringe when we hear the words salvation and atonement? I know I always have, and that's just from the general collective consciousness of the world, because I wasn't taught that these are things which God demands of us if we are to get to heaven. I was taught in Christian Science that the kingdom of heaven is within you. That atonement is realizing your unity with God and all of creation. That salvation is understanding the truth of your being and demonstrating it in daily life. That God is Love, and therefore I Am, too. And so what is left other than happiness? If we give up fear and replace it with Love, peace reigns within and is demonstrated without. When we give up notions of separation from God and each other, replacing them with thoughts of unity and feelings of Oneness, joy is expressed. Every situation which seems so real in our material world can be seen through spiritual sense for what its reality is, not what we have made up about circumstances. It is said in A Course in Miracles that everything is either a call for love or an expression of Love. The only difference I see is that a call for love is looking for something outside of yourself to bring you something which you do not have. An expression of Love is an acknowledgement that everything you need is already there, because you are reflecting the Love that you are as the image and likeness of God. As we clear out material beliefs concerning our identity, happiness will fill the void in the realization that Love is all you need and it truly is All that Is. The Beatles were right!!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“That God's wrath should be vented upon His beloved Son [you], is divinely unnatural. Such a theory is man-made. The atonement is a hard problem in theology, but its scientific explanation is, that suffering is an error of sinful sense which Truth destroys, and that eventually both sin and suffering will fall at the feet of everlasting Love.”
Science & Health Page 23:5-10
