Together, We Light the Way

Lesson 29 2026

God is in everything I see.
1. The idea for today explains why you can see all purpose in everything. ²It explains why nothing is separate, by itself or in itself. ³And it explains why nothing you see means anything. ⁴In fact, it explains every idea we have used thus far, and all subsequent ones as well. ⁵Today’s idea is the whole basis for vision.
2. You will probably find this idea very difficult to grasp at this point. ²You may find it silly, irreverent, senseless, funny and even objectionable. ³Certainly God is not in a table, for example, as you see it. ⁴Yet we emphasized yesterday that a table shares the purpose of the universe. ⁵And what shares the purpose of the universe shares the purpose of its Creator.
3. Try then, today, to begin to learn how to look on all things with love, appreciation and open-mindedness. ²You do not see them now. ³Would you know what is in them? ⁴Nothing is as it appears to you. ⁵Its holy purpose stands beyond your little range. ⁶When vision has shown you the holiness that lights up the world, you will understand today’s idea perfectly. ⁷And you will not understand how you could ever have found it difficult.
4. Our six two-minute practice periods for today should follow a now familiar pattern: Begin with repeating the idea to yourself, and then apply it to randomly chosen subjects about you, naming each one specifically. ²Try to avoid the tendency toward self-directed selection, which may be particularly tempting in connection with today’s idea because of its wholly alien nature. ³Remember that any order you impose is equally alien to reality.
5. Your list of subjects should therefore be as free of self-selection as possible. ²For example, a suitable list might include:
³God is in this coat hanger.
⁴God is in this magazine.
⁵God is in this finger.
⁶God is in this lamp.
⁷God is in that body.
⁸God is in that door.
⁹God is in that waste basket.
¹⁰In addition to the assigned practice periods, repeat the idea for today at least once an hour, looking slowly about you as you say the words unhurriedly to yourself. ¹¹At least once or twice, you should experience a sense of restfulness as you do this.
(ACIM, W-29)

2025
I don’t know what to say about this lesson. It is simple to understand and simple to practice. And yet, it is profound and extraordinary. If I were suddenly told that I don’t actually live on a planet, but rather it is a spaceship. Or the life I thought I was living was actually a TV reality show. I wouldn’t be any more stunned than I am now looking at my computer and realizing that God is in it, just as much as He is in my fingers, playing over the keypad. No, this is not the first time I read this lesson or even the 10th time. I don’t know why I am so affected this time. Maybe my heart has opened to a more profound experience of it.
But I also feel frustrated. I recognize that this is the ego part of the mind that wants to understand everything. It wants to know why, and how, and what is next. It feels lost and a little afraid of not knowing. Most of all, it feels inadequate. OK, and maybe more afraid than I first realized. What if these questions are never answered, and I am left stranded in this bizarre place, forever separated from my God?
I’m glad I am not my ego. It is always filled with guilt and fear and knows little else. But now that I have shown the Holy Spirit the ego’s dark perception of this lesson, I feel relieved of the darkness. Actually, I am smiling and feel joyful. It was a nearly instant transformation. I still don’t understand, but am content to rest in the mystery. And wait patiently for the next revelation. Today, I will be happy to practice knowing that God is in everything I see.

2026
Before I began the lesson, I did as I have before and sent Love prayers to those who came to mind. I thought of the linemen again, working in dangerous and difficult conditions day after day, trying to restore power to the 69,000 customers here in Louisiana who are still without power. God bless you men. And sending Love prayers to the Monks still walking for peace in the snow and ice. I think of the people in the medical field who work diligently to keep these frail bodies healthy and repaired when they fail. And the precious men and women who work with me and follow my work sincerely, doing the best they can every day to live A Course in Miracles. It fills me with gratitude every morning now to send out the love and gratitude I feel.
Then, as I read today’s lesson, I am filled with a profound sense of awe and gratitude at the mystery of it. God is in everything I see because God is in my mind. “Holy Spirit, decide for me what to think about this, how to use this lesson, and what to say about it.” When I use the ego mind, which is concrete, to understand the abstract, nothing makes sense, and I used to think that was all I had to work with. Now, though, I know I can call on the Holy Spirit, who is in my mind and speaks for God.
I look at my computer and the words appearing as I type, and I consider that God is in this computer, in the typed words, in the mind receiving them. Then I think of it this way: God is in my mind, and as I look with God, I see God, just as I look at the world with the ego belief in guilt, I see a guilty world. God is not in the computer as an object, but in the Mind through which it is seen—and therefore God is what I recognize everywhere. I feel like this is something I can understand even with my ego mind. It is at least a way I can use this lesson. “Thank you, Holy Spirit.” So this morning, when I began my day by asking the Holy Spirit to decide for me all things, I was asking to see God in everything.
There is a song I love by Peter Mayer called “Everything is Holy Now.” He sings about going to Church or reading the Bible to feel that holiness, but now he sees everything as holy. That’s how I feel right now as I contemplate this lesson. I pray to keep this sense of reverence as I look on the world through God, which is in my mind. I will do my part to ensure this vision by letting go of any beliefs that threaten to dim it.
I do not have to make the world holy; I only have to stop defending the belief that it isn’t.
Everything Is Holy Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiypaURysz4&list=PLwJ8VKxRJtYPiLEo-Q-h0x4Li_mBsLISO&index=19
Video: https://youtu.be/v3jSh_R_B8k

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