LESSON 50.

I am sustained by the Love of God.

W-50.1. Here is the answer to every problem that will confront you, today and tomorrow and throughout time. 2 In this world, you believe you are sustained by everything but God. 3 Your faith is placed in the most trivial and insane symbols; pills, money, "protective" clothing, influence, prestige, being liked, knowing the "right" people, and an endless list of forms of nothingness that you endow with magical powers.

W-50.2. All these things are your replacements for the Love of God. 2 All these things are cherished to ensure a body identification. 3 They are songs of praise to the ego. 4 Do not put your faith in the worthless. 5 It will not sustain you.

W-50.3. Only the Love of God will protect you in all circumstances. 2 It will lift you out of every trial, and raise you high above all the perceived dangers of this world into a climate of perfect peace and safety. 3 It will transport you into a state of mind that nothing can threaten, nothing can disturb, and where nothing can intrude upon the eternal calm of the Son of God.

W-50.4. Put not your faith in illusions. 2 They will fail you. 3 Put all your faith in the Love of God within you; eternal, changeless and forever unfailing. 4 This is the answer to whatever confronts you today. 5 Through the Love of God within you, you can resolve all seeming difficulties without effort and in sure confidence. 6 Tell yourself this often today. 7 It is a declaration of release from the belief in idols. 8 It is your acknowledgment of the truth about yourself.

W-50.5. For ten minutes, twice today, morning and evening, let the idea for today sink deep into your consciousness. 2 Repeat it, think about it, let related thoughts come to help you recognize its truth, and allow peace to flow over you like a blanket of protection and surety. 3 Let no idle and foolish thoughts enter to disturb the holy mind of the Son of God. 4 Such is the Kingdom of Heaven. 5 Such is the resting place where your Father has placed you forever.

REVIEW I

Introduction

W-rI.in.1. Beginning with today we will have a series of review periods. 2 Each of them will cover five of the ideas already presented, starting with the first and ending with the fiftieth. 3 There will be a few short comments after each of the ideas, which you should consider in your review. 4 In the practice periods, the exercises should be done as follows:

W-rI.in.2. Begin the day by reading the five ideas, with the comments included. 2 Thereafter, it is not necessary to follow any particular order in considering them, though each one should be practiced at least once. 3 Devote two minutes or more to each practice period, thinking about the idea and the related comments after reading them over. 4 Do this as often as possible during the day. 5 If any one of the five ideas appeals to you more than the others, concentrate on that one. 6 At the end of the day, however, be sure to review all of them once more.

W-rI.in.3. It is not necessary to cover the comments that follow each idea either literally or thoroughly in the practice periods. 2 Try, rather, to emphasize the central point, and think about it as part of your review of the idea to which it relates. 3 After you have read the idea and the related comments, the exercises should be done with your eyes closed and when you are alone in a quiet place, if possible.

W-rI.in.4. This is emphasized for practice periods at your stage of learning. 2 It will be necessary, however, that you learn to require no special settings in which to apply what you have learned. 3 You will need your learning most in situations that appear to be upsetting, rather than in those that already seem to be calm and quiet. 4 The purpose of your learning is to enable you to bring the quiet with you, and to heal distress and turmoil. 5 This is not done by avoiding them and seeking a haven of isolation for yourself.

W-rI.in.5. You will yet learn that peace is part of you, and requires only that you be there to embrace any situation in which you are. 2 And finally you will learn that there is no limit to where you are, so that your peace is everywhere, as you are.

W-rI.in.6. You will note that, for review purposes, some of the ideas are not given in quite their original form. 2 Use them as they are given here. 3 It is not necessary to return to the original statements, nor to apply the ideas as was suggested then. 4 We are now emphasizing the relationships among the first fifty of the ideas we have covered, and the cohesiveness of the thought system to which they are leading you.