A dear friend asked me recently, “What IS the Atonement? Help me get clear about it.”
I’ll share what I shared with her.
The Atonement is the full realization that there is only One. There is no separation. We are part of God. Our life is the life of God. Our mind is the mind of God.
A Course in Miracles tells us: “Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.”
The separation never really happened. It couldn’t. There never was a separation, and there never would be, because there never could be.
Only the illusion of separation exists.
So the Atonement is really the at-One-ment. We accept, mentally first, that we are One with God and One with each other.
This changes everything.
Because when we blame somebody, when we play the victim card, when we try to make somebody feel guilty, all of that comes from our separation thinking. If we’re One with them, how can they be doing something to us?
When we accept the atonement, all of that separation thinking will radically diminish. The more willing we are, the faster it happens.
I know this is rigorous. I used to take offense at everything. SO many petty grievances. SO much life force wasted on being right.
Then I realized, oh my goodness, if we’re looking for a grievance, we will always find one. That will not be a problem. Not ever.
So we choose again. We choose the atonement. We choose to remember what’s true.
Being all in for God means we’re no longer willing to tolerate the lie of separation. Not in ourselves. Not in our relationships. Not anywhere.
The illusion has no power. God is the only power. And we get to remember that together.
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