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I A M N OT A B ODY
I A M F REE
Personal Direction By
Jesus Christ In A Course In Miracles
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Was There a Physical Resurrection?
My body disappeared because I had no illusion
about it. The last one had gone. It was laid in
the tomb, but there was nothing left to bury. It
did not disintegrate because the unreal cannot
die. It merely became what it always was. And
that is what “rolling the stone away” means.
The body disappears, and no longer hides what
lies beyond. It merely ceases to interfere with
vision. To roll the stone away is to see beyond
the tomb, beyond death, and to understand the
body’s nothingness. What is understood as
nothing must disappear.
I did assume a human form with human
attributes afterwards, to speak to those who
were to prove the body’s worthlessness to the
world. This has been much misunderstood. I
came to tell them that death is illusion, and the
mind that made the body can make another
since form itself is an illusion. They did not
understand. But now I talk to you and give you
the same message. The death of an illusion
means nothing. It disappears when you awaken
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and decide to dream no more. And you still do
have the power to make this decision as I did.
God holds out His hand to His Son to help him
rise and return to Him. I can help because the
world is illusion, and I have overcome the
world. Look past the tomb, the body, the
illusion. Have faith in nothing but the spirit and
the guidance God gives you. He could not have
created the body because it is a limit. He must
have created the spirit because it is immortal.
Can those who are created like Him be limited?
The body is the symbol of the world. Leave it
behind. It cannot enter Heaven. But I can take
you there anytime you choose. Together we can
watch the world disappear and its symbol
vanish as it does so. An then, and then… I
cannot speak of that.
A body cannot stay without illusions, and the
last one to be overcome is death. This is the
message of the crucifixion; there is no order of
difficulty in miracles. This is the message of the
resurrection: Illusions are illusions. Truth is
true. Illusions vanish. Only truth remains.
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These lessons needed to be taught but once, for
when the stone of death is rolled away, what
can be seen except an empty tomb? And that is
what you see who follow me into the sunlight
and away from death, past all illusions, on to
Heaven’s gate, where God will come Himself to
take you home.
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At no single instant does the body exist at all.
It is always remembered or anticipated,
but never experienced just now.
Only its past and future make it seem real.
Time controls it entirely ...
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Introduction
For this review we take but one idea each day,

and practice it as often as is possible. Besides
the time you give morning and evening, which
should not be less than fifteen minutes, and the
hourly remembrances you make throughout the
day, use the idea as often as you can between
them. Each of these ideas alone would be
sufficient for salvation, if it were learned truly.
Each would be enough to give release to you
and to the world from every form of bondage,
and invite the memory of God to come again.
With this in mind we start our practicing, in
which we carefully review the thoughts the
Holy Spirit has bestowed on us in our last
twenty lessons. Each contains the whole
curriculum if understood, practiced, accepted,
and applied to all the seeming happenings
throughout the day. One is enough. But from
that one, there must be no exceptions made.
And so we need to use them all and let them
blend as one, as each contributes to the whole
we learn.
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These practice sessions, like our last review, are
centered round a central theme with which we
start and end each lesson. It is this:
I am not a body. I am free.

For I am still as God created me.
The day begins and ends with this. And we

repeat it every time the hour strikes, or we
remember, in between, we have a function that
transcends the world we see. Beyond this, and a
repetition of the special thought we practice for
the day, no form of exercise is urged, except a
deep relinquishment of everything that clutters
up the mind, and makes it deaf to reason, sanity
and simple truth.
We will attempt to get beyond all words and
special forms of practicing for this review. For
we attempt, this time, to reach a quickened
pace along a shorter path to the serenity and
peace of God. We merely close our eyes, and
then forget all that we thought we knew and
understood. For thus is freedom given us from
all we did not know and failed to understand.
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There is but one exception to this lack of
structuring. Permit no idle thought to go
unchallenged. If you notice one, deny its hold
and hasten to assure your mind that this is not
what it would have. Then gently let the thought
which you denied be given up, in sure and
quick exchange for the idea we practice for the
day.
When you are tempted, hasten to proclaim your
freedom from temptation, as you say:
This thought I do not want. I choose instead ---
And then repeat the idea for the day, and let it
take the place of what you thought. Beyond
such special applications of each day's idea, we
will add but a few formal expressions or
specific thoughts to aid in practicing. Instead,
we give these times of quiet to the Teacher Who
instructs in quiet, speaks of peace, and gives our
thoughts whatever meaning they may have.
To Him I offer this review for you. I place you
in His charge, and let Him teach you what to
do and say and think, each time you turn to
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Him. He will not fail to be available to you,
each time you call to Him to help you. Let us
offer Him the whole review we now begin, and
let us also not forget to Whom it has been
given, as we practice day by day, advancing
toward the goal He set for us; allowing Him to
teach us how to go, and trusting Him
completely for the way each practice period can
best become a loving gift of freedom to the
world.
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Day 1
LESSON 201

I trust my brothers, who are one with me.
No one but is my brother. I am blessed with

oneness with the universe and God, my Father,
one Creator of the whole that is my Self,
forever one with me.

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Day 2
LESSON 202

I will be still an instant and go home.
Why would I choose to stay an instant more

where I do not belong, when God Himself has
given me His Voice to call me home?

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Day 3
LESSON 203

I call upon God's Name and on my own.
The Name of God is my deliverance from every

thought of evil and of sin, because it is my own
as well as His.

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Day 4
LESSON 204

The Name of God is my inheritance.
God's Name reminds me that I am His Son, not

slave to time, unbound by laws which rule the
world of sick illusions, free in God, forever and
forever one with Him.

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Day 5
LESSON 205

I want the peace of God.
The peace of God is everything I want. The

peace of God is my one goal; the aim of all my
living here, the end I seek, my purpose and my
function and my life, while I abide where I am
not at home.

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Day 6
LESSON 206

Salvation of the world depends on me.
I am entrusted with the gifts of God, because I

am His Son. And I would give His gifts where
He intended them to be.

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Day 7
LESSON 207

I bless the world because I bless myself.
God's blessing shines upon me from within my

heart, where He abides. I need but turn to Him,
and every sorrow melts away, as I accept His
boundless Love for me.

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Day 8
LESSON 208

The peace of God is shining in me now.
I will be still, and let the earth be still along

with me. And in that stillness we will find the
peace of God. It is within my heart, which
witnesses to God Himself.

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Day 9
LESSON 209

I feel the Love of God within me now.
The Love of God is what created me. The Love

of God is everything I am. The Love of God
proclaimed me as His Son. The Love of God
within me sets me free.

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Day 10
LESSON 210

I choose the joy of God instead of pain.
Pain is my own idea. It is not a Thought of

God, but one I thought apart from Him and
from His Will. His Will is joy, and only joy for
His beloved Son. And that I choose, instead of
what I made.

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Day 11
LESSON 211

I am the holy Son of God Himself.
In silence and in true humility I seek God's

glory, to behold it in the Son whom He created
as my Self.

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Day 12
LESSON 212

I have a function God would have me fill.
I seek the function that would set me free from

all the vain illusions of the world. Only the
function God has given me can offer freedom.
Only this I seek, and only this will I accept as
mine.

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Day 13
LESSON 213

All things are lessons God would have me learn.
A lesson is a miracle which God offers to me, in

place of thoughts I made that hurt me. What I
learn of Him becomes the way I am set free.
And so I choose to learn His lessons and forget
my own.

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Day 14
LESSON 214

I place the future in the Hands of God.
The past is gone; the future is not yet. Now am

I freed from both. For what God gives can only
be for good. And I accept but what He gives as
what belongs to me.

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Day 15
LESSON 215

Love is the way I walk in gratitude.
The Holy Spirit is my only Guide. He walks

with me in love. And I give thanks to Him for
showing me the way to go.

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Day 16
LESSON 216

It can be but myself I crucify.
All that I do I do unto myself. If I attack, I

suffer. But if I forgive, salvation will be given
me.

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Day 17
LESSON 217

It can be but my gratitude I earn.
Who should give thanks for my salvation but

myself? And how but through salvation can I
find the Self to Whom my thanks are due?

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Day 18
LESSON 218

Only my condemnation injures me.
My condemnation keeps my vision dark, and

through my sightless eyes I cannot see the vision
of my glory. Yet today I can behold this glory
and be glad.

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Day 19
LESSON 219

I am God's Son. Be still, my mind, and think a

moment upon this. And then return to earth,
without confusion as to what my Father loves
forever as His Son.

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Day 20
LESSON 220

There is no peace except the peace of God.
Let me not wander from the way of peace, for I

am lost on other roads than this. But let me
follow Him Who leads me home, and peace is
certain as the Love of God.

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E
veryone has experienced what he would
call a sense of being transported beyond
himself. This feeling of liberation far
exceeds the dream of freedom sometimes hoped
for in special relationships. It is a sense of
actual escape from limitations. If you will
consider what this "transportation" really
entails, you will realize that it is a sudden
unawareness of the body, and a joining of
yourself and something else in which your mind
enlarges to encompass it. It becomes part of
you, as you unite with it. And both become
whole, as neither is perceived as separate. What
really happens is that you have given up the
illusion of a limited awareness, and lost your
fear of union. The love that instantly replaces it
extends to what has freed you, and unites with
it. And while this lasts you are not uncertain of
your Identity, and would not limit It. You have
escaped from fear to peace, asking no questions
of reality, but merely accepting it. You have
accepted this instead of the body, and have let
yourself be one with something beyond it,
simply by not letting your mind be limited by it.
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This can occur regardless of the physical
distance that seems to be between you and what
you join; of your respective positions in space;
and of your differences in size and seeming
quality. Time is not relevant; it can occur with
something past, present or anticipated. The
"something" can be anything and anywhere; a
sound, a sight, a thought, a memory, and even a
general idea without specific reference. Yet in
every case, you join it without reservation
because you love it, and would be with it. And
so you rush to meet it, letting your limits melt
away, suspending all the "laws" your body
obeys and gently setting them aside.
There is no violence at all in this escape. The
body is not attacked, but simply properly
perceived. It does not limit you, merely because
you would not have it so. You are not really
"lifted out" of it; it cannot contain you. You go
where you would be, gaining, not losing, a
sense of Self. In these instants of release from
physical restrictions, you experience much of
what happens in the holy instant; the lifting of
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the barriers of time and space, the sudden
experience of peace and joy, and, above all, the
lack of awareness of the body, and of the
questioning whether or not all this is possible.
It is possible because you want it. The sudden
expansion of awareness that takes place with
your desire for it is the irresistible appeal the
holy instant holds. It calls to you to be yourself,
within its safe embrace. There are the laws of
limit lifted for you, to welcome you to openness
of mind and freedom. Come to this place of
refuge, where you can be yourself in peace. Not
through destruction, not through a breaking
out, but merely by a quiet melting in. For peace
will join you there, simply because you have
been willing to let go the limits you have placed
upon love, and joined it where it is and where it
led you, in answer to its gentle call to be at
peace.
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eyond the body, beyond the sun and
stars, past everything you see and yet
somehow familiar, is an arc of golden
light that stretches as you look into a great and
shining circle. And all the circle fills with light
before your eyes. The edges of the circle
disappear, and what is in it is no longer
contained at all. The light expands and covers
everything, extending to infinity forever shining
and with no break or limit anywhere. Within it
everything is joined in perfect continuity. Nor is
it possible to imagine that anything could be
outside, for there is nowhere that this light is not.
This is the vision of the Son of God, whom you
know well. Here is the sight of him who knows
his Father. Here is the memory of what you are;
a part of this, with all of it within, and joined to
all as surely as all is joined in you. Accept the
vision that can show you this, and not the
body. You know the ancient song, and know it
well. Nothing will ever be as dear to you as is
this ancient hymn of love the Son of God sings
to his Father still.
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And now the blind can see, for that same song
they sing in honor of their Creator gives praise
to them as well. The blindness that they made
will not withstand the memory of this song.
And they will look upon the vision of the Son
of God, remembering who he is they sing of.
What is a miracle but this remembering? And
who is there in whom this memory lies not?
The light in one awakens it in all. And when
you see it in your brother, you are remembering
for everyone.
Welcome Home.
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I A M N OT A B ODY

For this review we take but one idea each day,

I am not a body. I am free.

The day begins and ends with this. And we

This thought I do not want. I choose instead ---

I am not a body. I am free.

I trust my brothers, who are one with me.

No one but is my brother. I am blessed with

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

I will be still an instant and go home.

Why would I choose to stay an instant more

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

I call upon God's Name and on my own.

The Name of God is my deliverance from every

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

The Name of God is my inheritance.

God's Name reminds me that I am His Son, not

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

I want the peace of God.

The peace of God is everything I want. The

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

Salvation of the world depends on me.

I am entrusted with the gifts of God, because I

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

I bless the world because I bless myself.

God's blessing shines upon me from within my

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

The peace of God is shining in me now.

I will be still, and let the earth be still along

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

I feel the Love of God within me now.

The Love of God is what created me. The Love

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

I choose the joy of God instead of pain.

Pain is my own idea. It is not a Thought of

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

I am the holy Son of God Himself.

In silence and in true humility I seek God's

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

I have a function God would have me fill.

I seek the function that would set me free from

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

All things are lessons God would have me learn.

A lesson is a miracle which God offers to me, in

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

I place the future in the Hands of God.

The past is gone; the future is not yet. Now am

I am not a body. I am free.

I am not a body. I am free.

Love is the way I walk in gratitude.