Category: Libro de Ejercicios

I am not a body. I am free. For I remain as God created me.

1. W-194 «I place the future in the Hands of God».

²The past is gone; the future has not yet come.

³I am now free of both.^I

⁴For what God gives can only be for good.

⁵And I accept only what He gives as what belongs to me.

⁴I am not a body.

⁵I am free.

⁶For I remain as God created me.

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^I This lesson is an invitation to true liberation: to release the obsession with controlling what has not yet happened. The act of placing the future in God’s Hands is not a passive surrender but an affirmation of deep trust. Clinging to the urge to foresee, anticipate, or solve what does not yet exist is a form of inner violence we call “worry.” And yet it resolves nothing. It only drains your energy and clouds your state of mind.

Worry is not action, not foresight, not preparation. It is simply suffering projected onto an imaginary tomorrow. To take care of things makes sense when the time for action comes, but pre-occupation is a trap: it makes you suffer twice for the same thing—and often for nothing at all. This lesson invites you to let go of that destructive habit and to trust that whatever God gives you, whatever it may be, is for your good.

And when anxiety or uncertainty arises, you can recall the full sequence: “This that is happening to me is a lesson God would have me learn… and its future, too, is in His Hands.” In that way, you return to your center. You no longer need to understand, foresee, or control—only to be present and available to learn. That is all that is asked of you, and it is more than enough.

Father, I trust in You!

Father, You are my Life!

Father, into Your Hands I commend my Spirit!

I am not a body. I am free. For I remain as God created me.

1. W-193 «All things are lessons God would have me learn».

²A lesson is a miracle God offers me in place of the thoughts I made that hurt me.

³What I learn from Him becomes the way I am set free.^I

⁴That is why I choose to learn His lessons and forget my own.

⁴I am not a body.

⁵I am free.

⁶For I remain as God created me.

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^I This lesson is one of the most powerful in theCourse, for it completely redefines the way you see your life. There are no mistakes, no real obstacles—only opportunities to learn what you truly need to remember. Every situation, even (and especially) the uncomfortable ones, is a lesson God offers you to free you from your old ideas.

But learning does not have to hurt. The effort you experience is not inherent to learning, but to your resistance to change. It is like pedaling a perfectly tuned bicycle while pressing hard on the brakes—you move forward, yes, but with unnecessary strain. The same happens with your mind. The road is smooth, the direction clear, yet you insist on braking with your own beliefs, your rigid identities, your fears.

This lesson invites you to something simple and profound: to release the brakes. To abandon the inner struggle and allow learning to happen naturally. For everything that seems to challenge you is nothing but a call to stop resisting—to let change reach you. And when you do, you discover that moving forward requires no sacrifice, only honesty. A willing mind learns effortlessly.

Life is constantly inviting me to change.

My God! How much I am learning!

How much I am changing!

I no longer recognize myself.

Now I am once again Who I have always been.

I am not a body. I am free. For I remain as God created me.

1. W-192 «I have a function God would have me fulfill».

²I seek the function that will set me free from all the vain illusions of the world.

³Only the function God has given me can bring me freedom.

⁴This alone I seek, and only this will I accept as mine.^I

⁴I am not a body.

⁵I am free.

⁶For I remain as God created me.

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^I The function God has given you is neither a mystical task nor an unattainable goal. It is, quite simply, to be happy. It has nothing to do with accomplishing great things in the world or meeting anyone else’s standards. It has to do with doing whatever you do—with joy, with presence, and with a spirit of devotion.

You can live that function while cleaning the floor, caring for your family, or writing a book. The form matters far less than the attitude with which you give yourself to it. What sabotages this joy is not your work or your situation, but the idea that you should be somewhere else, be someone else, or have something different.

Your happiness does not depend on the outer setting, but on how you choose to live it. And if today you cannot yet feel that fullness, it doesn’t matter—do not give up trying. For you are free. And that power—the power to choose from what place you live what you live—no one can take from you.

The function God has given me fills me with enthusiasm.

I am truly blessed and deeply happy.

Life is perfect.

I am not a body. I am free. For I remain as God created me.

1. W-191 «I am the holy Son of God Himself».

²In silence and with true humility, I seek the Glory of God, to behold it in the Son He created as my Self.^I

⁴I am not a body.

⁵I am free.

⁶For I remain as God created me.

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^I To recognize yourself as the holy Son of God may, on some days, sound like too great a phrase for you—and that’s all right. You do not need to force a certainty you do not feel. It is enough not to close the door. Say to yourself honestly: “I want to remember, even if I do not fully feel it today.” That small opening of willingness is already a form of acceptance.

This Course does not expect you to reach the summit every day, only that you move toward it. If the affirmation feels too large, hold on to a spark: “I am learning to see differently.” “I am willing to trust.” “I want peace.” Do not walk away empty-handed.

Gather what is within reach today. Like a harvest, even the humblest one is valuable for what it foretells. Every small act of honesty, of kindness toward yourself, is a silent way of saying: “I remain as God created me.”

When my mind grows still, I see perfection everywhere.

I am holy.

I am not a body. I am free. For I remain as God created me.

1. W-190 «I choose the Joy of God instead of pain».

²Pain is an idea of mine.

³It is not a Thought of God, but something I have thought apart from Him and from His Will.

⁴His Will for His beloved Son is joy, and only joy.

⁵And this is what I choose instead of what I had conceived.^I

⁴I am not a body.

⁵I am free.

⁶For I remain as God created me.

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^I Do not treat the cause—heal the effect.

Pain always has a good excuse: an unexpected bill, a loss, a disappointment. But that is not what matters. Do not try to convince yourself that “it shouldn’t hurt.” Look at the effect—your discomfort—and ask yourself only one question: Do I want to keep feeling this way?

That is the real choice. You cannot change what happens outside, but you can stop choosing suffering as your response. The joy of God is not a reward for favorable circumstances; it is an inner decision, and it is always available.

Train your mind to remember it. Ask for it to come. For your true power does not lie in controlling the world, but in recognizing that your state of mind is the only thing that is real. Everything else is a dream, and you can awaken.

How could I ever have thought to contradict God?

Why did I do it?

I am not a body. I am free. For I remain as God created me.

1. W-189 “I feel the Love of God within me now.”

²The Love of God is what created me.

³The Love of God is all I am.

⁴The Love of God declared that I am His Son.

⁵The Love of God within me sets me free.^I

⁴I am not a body.

⁵I am free.

⁶For I remain as God created me.

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^I The Love of God cannot be explained. It is felt. And when it comes, it usually does so quietly, without asking permission. Perhaps it feels like a soft breeze within, a moment of tenderness that you don’t know where it came from but that, for an instant, softens everything.

It may not last long—perhaps only a few seconds. But that is enough. Because it leaves something in you, a silent certainty that cannot be put into words. The wisest thing you can do then is to give thanks, to receive it without resistance, and to say honestly: “I want more of this.”

For that experience—yes, that very one—is reminding you of who you are. And if you treat it kindly, if you recognize it and make it feel welcome, it will return more often—like one who knows he is awaited, like a living presence that returns where it is loved.

I vaguely remember once having been afraid,

but now I can no longer understand what that was.

I am not a body. I am free. For I remain as God created me.

1. W-188 “The Peace of God is shining in me now.”

²I will be still, and let the earth be still with me.

³And in that stillness we will find the Peace of God.

⁴It is within my heart, bearing witness to God Himself.^I

⁴I am not a body.

⁵I am free.

⁶For I remain as God created me.

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^I This phrase may seem out of reach when you’re overwhelmed with tasks, tension, or fatigue. But it isn’t about feeling divine illumination at every moment—it’s something much simpler: learning to pause.

To seek, even for an instant, something that resembles peace. A moment of stillness while washing the dishes. A pause as you look out the window. A conscious sigh. The form doesn’t matter. What matters is the gesture: that humble desire for peace, the willingness to make room for it, to remember it.

For when you call it forth—even for a second—you are already affirming that it is still there, that it has not left you, that it remains yours. And sometimes, that is enough… for now.

In the Peace of God I lose myself,

and in the Peace of God I find myself.

I am not a body. I am free. For I remain as God created me.

1. W-187 “I bless the world because I bless myself.”

²The blessing of God shines upon me from within my heart, where He abides.^I

³I need only turn to Him, and all sorrow fades as I accept His infinite Love for me.

⁴I am not a body.

⁵I am free.

⁶For I remain as God created me.

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^I To bless the world begins by blessing yourself—not as a mystical gesture or a spiritual pose, but as a simple act of honesty: if you can look within and find no guilt, you will inevitably begin to see innocence outside as well.

And if “to bless” sounds too solemn today, bring it down to earth. Treat yourself with kindness. Speak to yourself with less harshness. Allow yourself a pause. Then extend that same kindness to the world around you. There is no need to start from the mountaintop.

Jesus always points high, but He never asks you to leap there. He only asks that you begin to walk, to take a direction. Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is to smile sincerely. For every step taken in love, however small, brings you closer to remembering who you are.

The Love of God burns in my heart.

I was asleep, and I have awakened.

I was blind, and now I see.

I was dead, and now I live.

I am not a body. I am free. For I remain as God created me.

1. W-186 “The salvation of the world depends on me.”

²The Gifts of God have been entrusted to me, for I am His Son.

³And I would give them where He intended they be given.^I

⁴I am not a body.

⁵I am free.

⁶For I remain as God created me.

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^I It is not about the world—it is about how you see it.

To accept that the salvation of the world depends on you is not arrogance; it is lucidity. It does not mean you must fix the planet, but rather recognize that the only world you can release is the one you make in your mind. Everything lies in how you look.

Every judgment, every reaction, every fear is projecting a world. And the miracle happens right there—when you choose to see things differently. Jesus does not ask you to improve the dream, but to remember that it is a dream. That changes everything.

Do you want to see another world? Then choose another mind. For there is nothing more powerful than that simple, quiet gesture: to decide to see with love. That is where peace begins.

I am the savior of the world.

Now I know my mission is to give the world the Gifts of God that I have received.

I am truly blessed,

for the more I give, the more I have.

I am not a body. I am free. For I remain as God created me.

1. W-185 “I want the Peace of God.”

²The Peace of God is all I want.^I

³The Peace of God is my only goal,

⁴The purpose of all my living here,

⁵The end I seek,

⁶My purpose,

⁷My function,

⁸And my life while I reside in a place that is not my home.

⁴I am not a body.

⁵I am free.

⁶For I remain as God created me.

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^I This is one of those lessons impossible to misunderstand: the only thing you truly want is the peace of God. Yet because you sometimes do not dare to admit it, you disguise it. Peace puts on the mask of plans, objects, or goals—a new house, an ideal vacation, an overdue conversation, a paid bill. There is nothing wrong with these things, but none of them is the real desire.

All the time you are seeking peace—the real kind—even if you do not always know it. The key is to recognize it: what you think you want is only a form, a poor symbol of the single longing that truly drives you.

Train your mind to see clearly. Behind every search, every expectation or frustration, there is only one request: peace. And that peace is not found outside you, nor gained by fixing the world. It is within you, and it has always been there.

To say “I want the peace of God” is to stop deceiving yourself. It is to stop asking for little when, in truth, you want everything. It is to come home.

Now I know what it is I have always been searching for.

I only wanted the Peace of God,

and now I know that His Peace surrounds me,

for it is all that exists.