If you identify with your thought system, and you cannot escape this, and if you accept two thought systems which are in complete disagreement, peace of mind is impossible. We need do nothing except come to the recognition that we are capable of choosing natural expressions of love. We ignore the ego's prompting to react to external events. We develop a natural, habitual creation of Miracles when in commune with others. When things do not go our way, we ask for Miracles, and they happen.
Miracles represent freedom from fear.
Atoning means undoing . The undoing of fear is an essential part of the Atonement value of miracles. Atonement occurs when we are at one with the others and events, having made the last judgment. Pleasure does not take place outside the mind. It is the mind's self-enhancement.