How To Practice

It's our path - chosen for its beauty and simplicity. Here's how we practice: First there is awareness that the path exist and our every step matters. Running is the flow of spirit and awareness brings us fully into the stream of its reality. We are now on the path and of the path - aware of our emergence by breath and steps. Our attention is placed on the experience of Being. Nothing lies outside this realm. Everything has the potential for meaning. We are aware of our choices. And so comes acceptance. To accept is to allow the present moment in its exact existence. There's no need to insist on change for change is a given constant. Our awareness has granted us the patience to bear witness to the fluidity of life. Acceptance gives us the power of relaxation and the ability to shift our thoughts and actions accordingly. We accept circumstances not in a passive manner but in the strength the found beyond will and determination - by our very surrender to what is we become the catalyst for what will be. We note with awareness, accept what is and appreciate the lesson and beauty of what the moment holds.

Appreciation is realization of life. We have been given a gift and our every thought and action is either a grand gesture of thankfulness or a denial of acceptance. True appreciation is to look fully to the depth of circumstances and find its inherent beauty. No small task. There are times of obvious grace and times when doubt holds sway. Our role is to simply appreciate what is without a wish to make it other. That alone brings a deeper sense of awareness. We see a gift within the negative and use it for the continuation of our journey. The fight to change is over. The witness to all that changes begins. We are grateful for it all.

And so we come to forgiveness. Forgiveness is the end because it allows for new beginnings. It is the realization that all that has taken place has occurred for the single benefit of bringing us the present moment. Forgiveness removes karmic baggage - the sins of thought and body are known as illusions and we are free from their imaginary weight. Running is now light and unencumbered. Fear is reduced as a emotional cloud passing through our mind. We know that we can always begin anew - this is our practice. We have lifetimes to reach perfection.

Peace,

Eric