Understanding Atonement in A Course in Miracles—In this episode of the ForgiveNest Podcast for A Course in Miracles, host Alison Anton explores the ACIM concept of Atonement and how it’s a gentle process, not a judgment day of reckoning. Alison discusses Jesus’s call for willingness, and emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit in our Atonement. The episode concludes with a prayer of unity with Jesus and the Holy Spirit in our Atonement process. ACIM quotes and prayers from this episode are included below.
Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction to A Course in Miracles
00:36 Understanding the Separation and Atonement
01:34 The Process of Healing and Everyday Atonements
03:35 Life Review and Near Death Experiences
09:15 Judgment and the Role of the Holy Spirit
13:37 Final Thoughts and Prayer
ACIM Quotes and Prayers:
Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement.
It is possible even in this world to hear only that Voice and no other. It takes effort and great willingness to learn. It is the final lesson that I learned, and God’s Sons are as equal as learners as they are as Sons. [ACIM CE T-5.II.12:1-3]
The Little Willingness [ACIM CE T-18.IV:1]
You retain thousands of little scraps of meanness which prevent the Holy One from entering. [ACIM CE T-4.V.13:1-2]
That is the real meaning of the celestial speed-up. [ACIM CE T-3.VI.18:9]
There is no order of difficulty in miracles because there are no degrees of Atonement. It is the one complete concept possible in this world, because it is the source of a wholly unified perception. Partial Atonement is a meaningless idea, just as special areas of hell in Heaven are inconceivable. [ACIM CE M-22.1:2-4]
I would like to pray that my will be united with thine, recognizing that thy perfect love will suffice (or correct) for my imperfect love. I pray that I may accept the Atonement with conviction, recognizing its inestimable worth, and my own divine worth as part of this identification with thine. I pray that my fear be replaced by an active sense of thy love, and thy continual willingness to help me overcome the split or divided will which is responsible for my difficulty with this. I accept the divinity of the messages I have received, and affirm my will in both accepting and acting upon the Atonement principle. Here I am. [ACIM CE T-2.IX.14:2-6]
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