Earlier in Kenneth's teaching, before he did a line-by-line commentary on all of the workbook lessons, which then provided the basis for a printed set of books, he offered this much briefer program on the workbook to help students understand its central place in the Course, especially in relationship to the text. He has often said that the text provides the theoretical foundation for the Course's teachings, but without the workbook we would not be able to integrate the principles laid out in the text into our lives. In other words, the workbook's aim is to help us put into practice what otherwise would remain at only an intellectual level, where our egos would be quite content for the Course's teachings to remain. Kenneth does discuss the metaphysics implicit in the lessons, for the purpose of helping us have a deeper understanding of how to apply each lesson in our daily lives.

Kenneth often speaks of the practice of the Course as being one of learning to look with Jesus at our ego. Because there has been much confusion about just what it is we are to look at and how Jesus can help, Kenneth devoted a full day in one program to discussing this theme, triggered by a student's question. A central part of the Course's curriculum and practice is recognizing that we always have an inner Teacher available to us to assist us in the classroom that is our daily life.