Without Absolute Certainty

Without absolute certainty: 

without absolute certainty, at least not to any beliefs that offers a theory on the world's creation, nor any type of thought system that makes claims to holding secrets revealing my ultimate purpose here. I only know what works for me, meaning practices that deliver a sense of peace through my adherence.

the rest is just a clever story told.  

yet I also appreciate the beauty of certain metaphysics, the elegance of a cosmology that tells of my existence. There is a deep wisdom in these stories, lessons, and they give meaning as to why so many of my practices seem to work so well. But in the end, simplicity rules for me, having just a few key things that I return to through the day. 

for me...

it's yoga and forgiveness.

and of course I mean the entirety of yoga, it's full meditative path, as well as its ethics, breathwork and asanas. They're all equally important and bring meaning to my life. Forgiveness too, for me at least, can't be separated from the metaphysics of A Course in Miracles, showing me exactly what it is I'm truly forgiving, returning me to a state of innocence that simply makes it easier for me to forgive. 

so there is a belief system here.

it's just held lightly.

without absolute certainty.

and it works for me.

~

Peace, Eric 

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My Own Projections

My own projections; 

it's been less about seasonal changes lately, I'm noting more the slightest shift of light as the sun begins to rise just moments later now each day. My moods have shifted as well, finding myself seeking a balance of early light and the cover of solitary darkness. I enjoy having this time largely to myself, but with a later sunrise more people will find their way outdoors for reasons of their own. 

mostly though, the morning's are all mine. 

a sacred time for me.

that's my main reluctance to sharing it, the intrusion of noise, runners with heavy steps and playing loud music, dog walks in conversations with their phones. Just a bit of the sacredness seems lost, magic  unnoticed, silence unappreciated. The daily busyness has bled into the holiest part of the day, no hour untouched by our need to be social engaged. 

but of course this is my projection, all of it, and my only true objective here is to appreciate my own time in nature, forgiving my perceptions and returning to my own peaceful morning hours. It's never about the other person, nor the loudness of someone's music. 

it's about forgiving myself for these distractions. 

turning back within.

my own holiness found...

and this is what I offer to the world. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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Just a Practice

Just a practice: 

and now, it's time to step from the conceptual realm of forgiveness towards the practical, making it an actual practice where all that is presented to me in what seems a negative fashion is instantly forgiven and surrendered. 

is this even possible? 

yes, but for me at least, only as a practice, that it's a mindful act, one that's continuously brought to my attention for as long as needed. Until my every grievance and resentment is let go of. With this, my everyday life now becomes a meditation, everything is a means of practice, and every slight, hurt. and painful encounter is the prayer of my forgiveness. 

and I don't even need to be good at it.

it's just a practice.

with this in mind...

my life is filled with joy.

~

Peace, Eric 

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My Most Inspired Words

My most inspired words: 

it's that inspiration doesn't leave it's source, a vital thought for me as I write each morning, kept in mind as I await just the right words to reach me. This original point is made clear in A Course in Miracles, it's lesson 132 as well as mentioned several times within the text. What I find is that there's only one true source of inspiration and then there is an illusion that pulls me into a false belief of ego being the origin of my most inspired words.

there's a very stark difference here.

ideas leave not there source.

and my every inspired word comes from their place of origin, having a sense of purity in their whisper to me, reaching the page with a final certainty of being heard and truly worthy. Yet almost as often I find that I write from a stance firmly planted in ego, and my words reflect this difference. My choice is always clear, not really even being an option, but more of a surrender...

I am an inspired idea within the mind of God, reality itself, a thought-form of the cosmos. I leave not my source, not ever, and my every word will always reflect this. What I surrender to is love, it's my origin and source of inspiration - 

and in my very best moments,

this is where I write from.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Never Really Left Behind

Never really left behind: 

of the infinite things for me to write of each morning and I find that I continuously circle back to the subject of forgiveness, a calling really, as if there's a deep urge which calls for my expression. Similarly, after a decade or more of sitting on a bookshelf, ever present yet mostly unopened, there's been a strong pull towards A Course in Miracles, a teaching that I largely felt was behind me now. The teaching itself still felt vital, but after decades of studying the Course I guess I felt the work was done.

yet forgiveness itself, so it seems...

is never really left behind.

perhaps it's best for these troubling times, witnessing what feels like an ever increasing state of turmoil, and that right now there's so little action that can help actually bring about a change of mind. This is exactly where forgiveness plays true, not seeking to change the world but to heal my own perception as to what's truly going on. 

it feels as if I've been called to heal the world.

one forgiving lesson at a time.

and this is what I write of.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Returned

Returned: 

it seems that forgiveness is the real gift, it's what I give to myself, to others, and how I heal they world that I now perceive - all without a single notice from others. It's just a soft and quiet practice, one that I've returned to after what feels like a long and painful absence. 

I feel fortunate to have returned.

and really, it's my yoga practice that has brought me back here, those quiet hours of long morning practice, meditation, and self-inquiry. There was and is keen insights provided here, seeing the nature of my mind and all the suffering that I've caused myself. I gained a valuable perception of the mind, an understanding of my self-addictions, cherishing my own best opinions, and how I believed that was separate from the world. Yoga offers me this awareness as well as a path forward. 

and brought me to the point where I can now forgive.

see, before, even after years of studying A Course in Miracles, forgiveness was still on a superficial level, something that I offered others, or even myself. But it was always for the sake of self-manipulation, that if I forgave an issue I would gain a sense of satisfaction, an ego boost for what a wonderful soul I was. What was left out of the process was innocence, mine and yours, ours, even the whole world is shared within this original innocence. My years of yoga provided me a means of realizing this, a deep seeing, as if preparing me for a true return to the practice of forgiveness.

really though, I never left at all. 

it's always been part of my practice. 

a deeper process.

for just this moment.

now.

~

Peace, Eric 

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A Holy Instant

A holy instant: 

it's seldom that I revisit my drinking days, maybe a stray thought that briefly returns me to the years I spent in self-destruction. But mostly I'm just happy being here, alive, sober, and no longer with a wish to destroy myself through an alcoholic daze. 

yet sometimes, I consider how it came to happen.

awakening to sobriety.

indeed, that it was a holy instant when I stepped into a new life.

as if it was already present, simply waiting for me.

a single step was all that was asked for.

and that's truly the only way I can explain it, after a decade of heavy drinking an insight was imparted, a deep sense of knowing that this particular lifestyle was over - but only if I stepped towards a new direction that was being offered. Even slightly. I have no idea why I did it, taking that first hesitant step into another life that instantly transformed me.

but I did.

thankfully.

A Course in Miracles says that right now, each moment, is a holy instant. We can let go of all that binds us to any past event or live choice and instantly realize another life that's offered. Again, I don't know why I saw this so clearly, especially considering that I was far from sober at the time. A moment of grace is really all I can say about it, that, and of course adding that I'm eternally grateful that it occurred. 

maybe there's just no explanation that's needed it, 

grace after all, always comes unbidden. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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To Be Gentle

To be gentle: 

to be gentle, that's the path in its entirety, causing lease disturbance and with as little hurt to others and myself as well, and more truly - seeing deeper still that there really are no others to disturb. It's a singular path, we each turn within not to shut ourselves away from the world, but to heal our perception of it. Doing so we come to the only possible conclusion, that we heal together, our salvation is as one.

so to be gentle with myself means I'm gentle with the world.

and all of us our healed.

~

Peace, Eric 

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My own salvation: 

the pure essence of forgiveness is innocence, to look deeply past a perceived error and see the truth of who we really are, each of us - and then with judgement cast aside we extend ourselves as love. I cannot see another in this light of innocence without acknowledging it within myself as well, as if it's a rediscovery of my own guiltlessness that's now being offered back as my reflection. 

forgiveness is always my own salvation.

Peace, Eric 

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My Surest Return

My surest return: 

it's because forgiveness is my surest return to peace, being always available. and its practice is simply a matter of recognizing how my repeated thoughts keep me trapped within my own version of hell. What I want above all is peace - and it's only through forgiving my judgments, the resentments I hold, and my every grievance against others that I will find it. The truth is, peace is already present, it's reality itself, and nothing needs to be done to achieve it. 

forgiveness is how I remember this.

it's my surest return to peace.

~

Peace, Eric

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Letting Stuff Go

Letting stuff go:

honestly, it just comes down to letting stuff go, everything, our inner baggage of resentment and grievances, all the slights and hurts we've carried through the years and weigh us down so completely. That's it, really, there's nothing deeper to any spiritual path than our surrender, refusing to cling or carry those past wounds any further, and no longer willing to project them outward to the world. 

it just comes down to letting stuff go.

simple.

yet that's not to say it's always easy.

and that's mostly because we don't realize that we even have that option, we believe we even have the means to do so. This is why the practice of forgiveness is so profound, it's a continuous process, and makes no demands other than a commitment to be free. We forgive with the sincere desire to no longer suffer, cutting all ties to any situation or event that troubles our peace of mind. We're looking at a deeper forgiveness here, one that calls for complete self-honesty, a willingness to look at whatever wound that troubles us and see that it now lies solely in the mind. 

that's not easy.

but that's the first step to forgiveness.

really, 

it's the only step. 

 just seeing.

and after that...

we find that everything is already surrendered.

~

Peace, Eric

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Something Radical

Something radical

what I'm called to do here is something radical, transformative in the sense that the entire world is changed through my own practice of forgiveness. The power of healing is placed directly on me, only I'm involved, and it's an interior process that no one else is even witness too, quietly releasing my every fear-based projections that keeps the world trapped in this illusion. 

simply forgiving my way to a better world.

by illusion I don't that our experiences aren't real, this isn't bypassing any trauma or suffering. It's more of a deep involvement with ourselves, one that allows us to navigate our interior landscape for the actual cause of every sorrow, exploring the hurt that calls for a healing through forgiveness. The world is illusory due to our own entrapment of a false impression. We're seeing life tinted through the lens of our attachments and aversions, our fears, and the belief that we are a small and limited ego. These are all projected outward and trap the world in suffering through the illusions that we offer. 

forgiveness shows us a better way to see the world.

and again, no one is involved.

each of us called to something radical.

we forgive our projections...

continuously so,

until we heal ourselves.

and then the world. 

~

Peace, Eric

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A Selfish Path

A selfish path: 

so this could be seen as an entirely selfish path, that my main concern is my own benefit of freedom and a sense of peace. What I'm asked to do is turn inward and explore my inner-world, examining those fearful thoughts that I cast outward, projecting all that I now experience. It's selfish because I am of service to my own healing, practicing forgiveness as a means for my salvation.

and yet through this...

I also ease the suffering of the world. 

in the end, it's a selfless path, entirely so, as forgiving my projections eases the burden on an already stressed society. There is less far offered. What's extended now is only love. To seek this deeper forgiveness is to give up a small singular sense of self, embracing life through all of its unique and varied connection, and realizing that my salvation is indeed the healing of the world. 

there is no self apart from others.

and with this in mind, 

I again turn within...

continuing to forgive.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Forgiving the Illusion

Forgiving the illusion:

so much based upon a thought, our entire world made up in terms of thinking of values that are seldom even considered as immaterial form, without true inherent meaning other than those we've assigned. This is the nature of judgement, we've literally split our lives into sections of approval and the things that we're opposed to, creating a world that pits those who believe similarly to us against others who might simply hold a different point of view. 

our judgments create an insular world.

keeping others separate.

and even splitting ourselves into fragments of identity.

of course it's an illusion, we're prisoners of a though system that doesn't have any real and solid bars and we're always free to release ourselves from their imaginary hold. The key is always forgiveness, just forgiving ourselves for believing an illusion, releasing every notion that we are separate from others in any true or meaningful ways. 

that only a single thought of separation has ever kept us apart. 

we forgive the illusion.

and then noticing how our thoughts have changed...

we welcome each other home.

~

Peace, Eric 

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My Only Real Ambition

My only real ambition: 

here's my mission -just moving quietly through life with least disturbance, extending myself as love, and healing the world I see through forgiving each projection of my mind. It's an inner job, no one else is really involved aside from whatever role they come to offer. No one causes me an issue to forgive, they only serve as reminders for my own interpretation of situations and events, providing me with a vital opportunity to now see the world another way. 

that's it,

my only real ambition.

~

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A Terrible World

A terrible world: 

sometime times it feels like a terrible world, a hurtful place in desperate need of healing yet with too few people who actually seem to care. So very often I simple wish to give up, surrendering my remaining years to whatever peace I can gather on my own, away from people, a renouncing the entire world. Of course it's full of beauty too, with caring people who do their best to serve others. 

I guess we could say it's a paradoxical world.

or maybe that's just my point of view.

recently though, I've decided to give up on changing the world, it's no longer my issue to fix and beyond my pay grade anyway. I'm renouncing it all, happily so, and yet at the very same time I'm more committed than ever to a collective healing.

a paradox for sure.

or so it seems. 

I love the message from A Course in Miracles that urges me to not seek to change the world, but to go within and seek to change how I perceive it, examining my every projection and healing them all through the means of practical forgiveness. It's my role, my only role, to heal myself, forgiving one projection at a time until they cease to show me such a terrible world. That's it, a simple pattern of forgiving myself the illusions my mind has created, revealing the innocence that lies just beneath the surface of appearance and setting myself free from the grievances and resentments that I might hold. 

and with that...

I truly change the world.

~

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We Invent the World

We invent the world: 

our world is a forgiveness opportunity, all of it, and with every moment that we're involved. There are events that are horrendous, with extreme acts of violence against each other, as well as harming the environment that we depend upon for our very survival. The world is desperately in need of healing.

and so we forgive.

but we're not forgiving each other, this isn't an act of benevolence to ourselves feel better for the things we've done. It's a deeper healing offered here. We're forgiving the world for it's actual existence. By this I'm using an example provided for A Course in Miracles, that we have invented the world we see through our projections of fear and a sense of separation from the actual landscape of our existence. We view the world as "out there" and believe that we're safely harbored within an individual identity. So we feel justified in our resentments and narrowness of our opinions. 

we believe that we can hurt the world while being exempted from its sorrow.

and of course that's impossible.

as there are no individual projections.

collectively,

we invent the world.

and yet individually...we heal it.

forgiving ourselves of our every projection, each at a time as they occur, easily so, gently, until we find that only love remains - and that...

 is what we offer to the world.

Peace, Eric 

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Turn Towards Forgiveness

Turn towards forgiveness: 

what I needed was forgiveness, not so much for me, but as a practice for navigating through what felt like a more complicated and somewhat sadder world. It's been evident to me that awakening alone isn't enough, that my engagement with life should be at once an internal affair as well as a means of healing what's seen, truly making it a seamless view.

and so my retreat within is to heal the world.

for that I turn towards forgiveness.

it's a practice.

healing my projections as each appears,allowing every grievance and resentment that makes itself known a moment to be recognized and then let go, a surrendering process not of my own doing, but of life proceeding in it's natural inclination. Everything heals on it's own, I'm not the facilitator, just a participant, an aware presence belonging to the whole affair.  

for me,

right now...

it's exactly what's needed.

~

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My Only Option

My only option: 

I don't get to choose, not really, my only option is one of delay - do I forgive now, or do I to project my grievances onto the world and continue to suffer? That seems to be the extent of my free will, and even then it's mostly beyond my real control, as I forgive only when life has readied me to do so, broken me so completely that extended myself as love is surely my only true option.

and so with this...

no real choice.

I'm urged to forgive.

everything.

until my world is healed.

~

Peace, Eric

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List of Grievances

List of grievances: 

it's my surrender now, faith, a gentle call to forgive my every grievance - and of course I feel that I'm not ready for this, that's it too much for me and I'll be unable to fulfill the commitment I've made to live my life from this surrender. 

forgiveness is my most difficult task.

until it isn't, 

and then it's just a simple letting go....

seeing through illusions.

as only love is real.

so my world is already forgiven.

yet right now, there's fear at hand, some resentment and a growing list of grievances. It's perfect, all of it, as it's the only task that's worth pursuing. And it's exactly what I've asked for, my list of grievances shown to made, brought to light and now the work begins.

God is the love in which I forgive.

and it's to this that I surrender. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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A Peaceful Occupation

A peaceful occupation:

as it turns out, for me at least, it wasn't about awakening, not just clear seeing but the ability to live my life from this innocent point of reference. Something had been nagging at me, an urge to return to a path that didn't quite seem finished - and with that I opened A Course in Miracles again, over a decade past my last encounter and after a year of attending to both the text and daily lessons. 

what I wish to do is live my life from here.

I love the simplicity of forgiveness, that it falls solely on me to recognize my projections and to then heal my inner world. Nothing else is asked of me, just continuously forgiving until I'm completely out of grievances, however long this should be, and now I find myself doing so joyfully.

it's a peaceful occupation.

and I'm so happy I've returned.

~

Peace, Eric 

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With Nothing Further Needed

With nothing further needed: 

it's a mysterious calling, an urge to surrender fully and yet still engage so meaningfully with life, a deeper involvement that doesn't seem to be overt in any of my actions. Everything I do internal is now, softly undoing my projections of the world in silent repetitions of forgiveness. 

from here, the void of my projections...

I extend my prayers of love.

seeing the world in it's original innocence.

whole.

with nothing further needed.

~

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That Only Love is Real

That only love is Real: 

things began to make sense to me when I read the explanation from A Course in Miracles on projections, that the world is how we perceive it and not how it actually it, a greater reality prevails just beneath the surface of our view. Our projections are literally a forced perception on the world, thoughts creating the appearance of a reality that only serves to boost the ego's concerns. 

this explains why if only love is real...

we see such a troubled world.

it's one of our own creation.

a projection.

based solely upon the ego's view of separation.

of course this is metaphysics, it doesn't have to be believed, I'm not even sure that I do - yet I love the antidote to this problem just the same. We heal the world, our thoughts about it, only through forgiveness, one projection at a time. It's a personal healing, no one else has to be involved, using the same principle of projection we now turn it towards one of extension, a soft offering of the reality of love to the world. So now we're continuously forgiving, through all of our projections...

until we're empty of every grievance.

and we see

 that only love is real.

~

Peace, Eric

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A Leap

A leap:

it's not an escape from fear, there's no bypassing here, and yet there's a sure and certain freedom in surrendering the process to a greater mind than my own, a relief beyond any measure. This is my approach point to to life right now, a line drawn between all I've ever done before and this present moment where I now step into the unknown, finally letting go of the things that no longer serve. 

it's a leap into uncertainty.

as every moment truly is...

at least until we convince ourselves otherwise.

so it's at this point that I let go of a previous way of being, allowing life to recreate me through whatever means it wishes. There's no small amount of fear, but there's a sense of freedom that's larger still, a spaciousness that promise to embrace me should I fall.

and it's to that...that I surrender too.

trusting the unknown.

~

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Atonement

Atonement: 

in Christianity atonement is the traditional virtue of forgiveness of a sin, it's seen as the ultimate act of Jesus as he died for our for sins, most specifically the original sin that caused our fall from Eden. I've never really understood this, why there must be suffering before forgiveness is bestowed and if we were created in original innocence - shouldn't this always remain as our true nature?

I'm no longer a Christian, in fact, I don't think I ever truly was as it was an inherited belief system that I was not allowed to really question. Or at least in the school that I attended. There was a much more relaxed atmosphere at home and I was encouraged to read freely on all that interested me. So at a fairly early age I dropped my loosely held beliefs of Christianity and explored other options, mostly eastern, although mystics of all traditions fascinated me. 

then in my early thirties I discovered A Course in Miracles.

and struggled with the language.

being very Christian in it's terms.

yet now, decades later, I find myself loving how some traditional thoughts are redefined, offered as a means of my own transformation and not as a belief system that doesn't seem to truly heal. So now, once more, I come to the word atonement and I find myself falling in love with the promise that it holds. Here, I'm asked to find within my own inherent innocence and look past perceived sins of others and see their innocence as well. 

it feels like a true forgiveness.

the promise is that through forgiveness we undo the world our thoughts have created. We see through the past and no longer project fear upon the future. Indeed, the atonement is at hand, right now and every moment that we're able to forgive ourselves and others.

and as the Course says...

herein lies the peace of God.

it's nowhere else but here.

~

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A Surprising Urge

A surprising urge:

to start again, a surprising urge given that I had largely put A Course in Miracles aside, having completed the workbook and text over 15 years ago after an even longer period of false starts and short commitments. It's not that my time with the Course wasn't valuable, its message clearly stayed with me and served as a foundation for peace in troubled times. 

but I wasn't committed to its practice.

through those years my yoga practice deepened and matured, thoroughly working through me and leading to a profound shift in my awareness. Decades of meditation helped me hold the world more lightly, gently, and there's a sure and lasting sense of peace within. 

so why now? 

why this sudden and persistent urge to practice the Course again?

honestly, I don't know, and care very little to explore the reasons why - it's just time, and the energy feels different now, subtle, less frantic for change, and simply calls for me to practice forgiving my every grievance and resentment. That's enough of a reason, and surprisingly, there's so much that remains completely unforgiven, hidden layers now revealed to me with an urge to let them go. 

and so I do.

happily.

for whatever reason -

it's a time of deep forgiveness.

~

Peace, Eric

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Easy Return to Love

Easy return to love: 

the answer is everything, that's the practice, I forgive whatever thoughts disturb my peace of mind, intrusive or subtle makes little difference in appearance - my only choice is love. Honestly though, it's not a choice at all, it's not really even a practice as forgiveness happens completely on its own. My only role is to note the disturbance and allow my mind it's easy return to love, relaxed, noting that this natural presence is always available to me.

it's not truly a return.

but who I am right now.

always.

forgiveness only serving as a reminder. 

~

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A Forgiving Practice

A forgiving practice: 

of course my forgiving practice starts upon waking, that whatever was before the night is now gone and instantly surrendered, this morning is a return to innocence and I'm ready to embrace it. My day begins with meditation and yoga and this too is a forgiving practice, after years my mind will still wander from the mantra, I will fall from poses that I've performed fro decades - and each moment calls for my forgiveness, the simplicity and easiness of holding no grievance towards either my mind or body.

just forgiving myself for any judgments held.

and returning to the practice.

that's how my day unfolds, forgiving the belief that mistakes were truly ever made, proceeding gently through life with the ease of returning always to the present moment, relaxing, smiling, surrendering...

returning to the practice.

until it's not needed any more. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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Teach Only Love

Teach only love: 

it's a small YouTube channel, growing by a few each day, but I don't anticipate large numbers for what I do - which is mainly share short  clips of nature that I'm able to capture each morning in my beautiful early morning walks. And I talk. The live streaming service provides me a platform to present the ideas that have been meaningful for me through the years. Yoga, meditation and breathwork, creativity, health, and after keeping fairly quiet about it for some time, my devotion to A Course in Miracles. It now feels like I've been called to teach, and it's important to not that the Course doesn't distinguish between a teacher and student, that we're here to teach what we most need to learn, which is a peace  found only through a return to love.

as the course asks of us...

teach only love.

so that's my plan.

and it's with this small platform that I'll stake my livelihood for now, being inspired to share beautiful scenes of nature and talking of all the things I need to learn as I proceed on this new path of life. I have no idea if I'll be successful with this livelihood, if I will be able to earn just enough to provide for my concerns. We'll see, as I'm fortunate to reach this stage of life without a great desire for more than what is needed. There's a great opportunity for me here, as well as a large amount of fear being present, perfect, it's time for me to learn through my own demonstration -

seeing through thus fearful presence...

and teach only love.

~

Peace, Eric

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True Prominence

True prominence:

mostly, it feels like things are being taken away, dismantled really, with nothing replaced and the remaining spaciousness allowed to stand alone. Maybe this is the result of being a little older now, a life process of letting go of all that no longer serves for the prominence of ego and now only wishes to explore this sense of love that seems to prevails. 

and all this happens in my mind.

not a transformation.

but revealing what was present all along.

as I was too occupied with the busyness of life...

and failing to take notice.

that's the things with self-improvement, it's a project, always building and expanding a larger sense of ego - yet life itself is always seeking my surrender, dismissing my concerns for anything lasting past this very instant. There is no real self that ever needs to be improved, it's a phantom given prominence, a leading role in my expression. 

life is now urging me to let go of all these smaller concerns.

and give myself fully to the reality of love.

the only true prominence.

~

Peace, Eric 

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