Lesson 225

God is my Father, and His Son loves Him.

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Lesson Practice

Today's lesson — "God is my Father, and His Son loves Him." — invites you into a deeper experience of the Course's central teaching. As with every lesson in the workbook, the emphasis is on application rather than intellectual understanding. Let the idea for today accompany you throughout your day.

Begin your practice periods by repeating the idea slowly to yourself. Then close your eyes and let your mind be still for a moment. Don't try to force any particular experience — simply hold the idea gently in your awareness and notice what arises.

Throughout the day, return to today's idea whenever you remember. Each time you apply it — especially in moments of stress, conflict, or uncertainty — you strengthen your connection to the peace that lies beneath all surface appearances.

Key Themes

• God: This lesson touches on the Course's teaching about God, inviting you to explore what this means in your direct experience.
• Love: This lesson touches on the Course's teaching about love, inviting you to explore what this means in your direct experience.
• Oneness: This lesson touches on the Course's teaching about oneness, inviting you to explore what this means in your direct experience.
• Creation: This lesson touches on the Course's teaching about creation, inviting you to explore what this means in your direct experience.

Practice Notes

• Repeat the idea for today slowly and with intention at the start of each practice period
• Close your eyes and sit quietly for a moment after repeating the idea
• Apply the idea specifically to situations and people throughout your day
• Don't judge yourself if you forget — simply return to the idea when you remember
• Let the practice be gentle and without pressure

Contemplation

Sit with today's idea for a few quiet moments. There is no need to analyze or understand it intellectually. The workbook's approach is experiential — understanding comes through practice, not through thinking about practice.

What would your day look like if you truly held this idea in mind? How might your responses to people and situations shift? Let these questions rest lightly in your awareness without demanding answers.

From Walking the Workbook

The companion lesson to yesterday's.

Yesterday: the Father loves the Son. Today: the Son loves the Father. The Course is, here, asking the practitioner to recognize their own love for God — a love that has been present underneath the running interpretation for as long as the practitioner has existed.

Many readers find this difficult. The mind has been carrying many feelings about God — doubt, confusion, anger, distance. The Course is not, today, asking the mind to feel uncomplicated love. It is asking the mind to recognize that, underneath the complicated feelings, the love has been there. The lesson is the small permission to acknowledge it.

For today. Repeat the prayer. God is my Father, and His Son loves Him. Notice what arises.

A musical companion to today's lesson is available below.

Walking the Workbook, Volume Two is the ACIM.live companion for Lessons 121 through 240 — the middle third of the year, including the central forgiveness lessons and the opening of Part II. Read more about the book →

*This is original commentary and practice guidance, not the Course text itself. For the complete lesson, please visit The Foundation for Inner Peace.*