I am not a body. I am free. For I remain as God created me.
1. W-195 «Love is the way I walk in gratitude».
²The Holy Spirit is my only Guide.
³He walks beside me in love.
⁴And I give thanks to Him for showing me the way to go.I
⁴I am not a body.
⁵I am free.
⁶For I remain as God created me.
I This lesson offers an essential synthesis of theCourse: it is not only about knowing, nor merely about deciding, but about walking accompanied by Love. While other spiritual paths focus on knowledge or the dissolution of the self, theCourse reminds you that Love—active, experiential, and present—is both the means and the end. It is not a mystical abstraction, but a concrete experience, available now, taking form in your willingness to extend gratitude, understanding, and compassion.
“The Holy Spirit is my only Guide. He walks with me in love.” This statement is not poetic—it is literal. For if you do not walk with Love, you walk alone, and that means losing yourself once again in the old dream of separation. Love is not a fleeting emotion nor an unattainable ideal; it is the way you choose to see, to act, and to relate. And only thus do you remember who you are: not a body, not a story, but a living extension of God, guided by His Voice, liberated by His Love.
Walk, then, in gratitude. For you are already home. For you have never been alone. For this path—if you dare to walk it in the company of Love—reveals itself as the only one worthy of being lived.
Thank You, Father,
for the Voice You placed in my mind to guide me back to You!
I need only still my mind to hear Him speak to me of Your Love.