What is A Course in Miracles?

A Course in Miracles (ACIM) is a spiritual curriculum of 365 lessons designed to transform perception and restore inner peace.

How to practice the lesson of the day?

Read the lesson in the morning, apply it throughout the day, and use the summary to deepen your understanding.

Lesson 205 : Review (185) | I Choose Peace

I am not a body.

I am free.

For I am still as God created me.

[185] 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.

I am not a body.

I am free.

For I am still as God created me.

✨ Summary & practice

God’s peace: the only purpose that gives meaning to your life

Child, this review of lesson 185 centers you once again on what is essential, the only purpose worthy of your full energy. The affirmation "I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me" prepares you to receive peace in its fullness. This review is vital because the world offers you thousands of tempting goals, and you spend your life chasing them without ever finding the lasting satisfaction you truly seek.

Lesson 185 declares with absolute simplicity: "I want God’s peace." God’s peace is all you truly want, even if you do not yet know it. It is your only true purpose, the point toward which your entire life converges. It is the end you seek through everything you do, even when you think you are seeking something else. Every desire is but a disguised attempt to recover this peace that has always been yours. It is your function, your purpose, and your very life.

Do you understand why the review is so important? It allows you to distinguish true peace from its counterfeits. The world promises peace through possession, success, or comfort. But these are fragile and temporary. God’s peace, however, is unconditional. It depends on nothing but your choice to accept it. By reviewing this lesson, you purify your perception of all illusory goals and center your existence on the one purpose that can truly satisfy you.

To practice this today, begin your day by asking: "What is my only purpose today?" Then answer: "My peace." Before each action, ask: "Does this bring me closer to God’s peace?" If a situation seems conflicted, pause and breathe. Instead of seeking to be right, choose peace first. Let it be the filter through which you perceive every event and every person.

God’s peace is your inheritance. Today, choose it again and again, and the world will transform before your eyes.