Stories

Stories: 

we're all hero's in our own stories, or mostly so I believe, thinking of ourselves as underdogs who struggle against great odds and occasional enemies in order to achieve a sense of belonging in the world. Seldom, if ever, do we consider that we might be the villain in someone else's story - that we are the very obstacle that stands between them and their fulfillment. Of course it's a shifting cast, how we see others now might change throughout our story, someone viewed unworthy might now prove helpful, or a trusted ally falls from favor and shows, in our review at least, their true colors. 

and so it goes.

forever it seems.

yet here, arrives forgiveness,

transcending the story all together.

everyone of them.

forgiveness removes us from the shifting story, it promises us nothing but hero's, as every character is out to save us in their own particular way. What we see is that the world is based entirely on our perceptions and that we are the cause for every shifting pattern. No one is removed from this, everyone belongs on the stage of their creation. We have projected our cast and the role they'll play. But forgiveness sees straight through this, it doesn't limit anyone to a single scene, or typecast anyone within a role. It simply sees everything as a vast expansion of an ever present love that is meant to light the world. 

forgiveness is without judgement.

it's without stories.

and with this...

we're free.

no more stories told. 

~

Peace, Eric

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A Hard-line Drawn

A hard-lined drawn: 

there's a hard-line drawn, and forever I seemed afraid to cross it - it's always been my option to choose peace in any moment, my responsibility even, and yet I most often failed to take this on, and so suffered for my choices. 

peace is always mine.

but it's up to me to claim it.

always.

my ego, a false identity indeed, simply does what's needed to keep its special status. To choose peace is counter to its every goal. It's so much easier, for the ego at least, to see attack thoughts everywhere and then counter them all with its own. 

and so my world remains in chaos.

no true peace is found.

until I come up to that hard-line and finally step across, finally choosing peace instead of an unremitting war against myself. The hard-line is this: 

it's my own attack thoughts that give cause to a war-filled world, it never arises without me, and totally up to me if I choose to heal. I'm constantly on the edge of that hard-line, recreating a world that's filled with conflict through almost every thought I hold. 

until I don't. 

now, and it's never not right now...

I choose peace.

a hard-line drawn, 

and a brand new world created.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Happily So

Happily so: 

I'm settling into a life of forgiveness, it just makes sense to me now, a moment by moment letting go of all thoughts that appear as any form of resentment or grievance. It's still a challenge of course, maybe more so than ever, and I think that's why I was called to this deep commitment. Forgiveness, as seen through the teachings of A Course in Miracles, is simply a continuous return to the present, more of a remembering really, as this moment never truly strays.

so all I'm ever asked to do...

is view the world in it's original innocence.

forgiving my perceptions.

as often as I'm able. 

and it's easier than ever, perhaps because I'm older, or after decades of practice - but I'm more apt to choose peace now, less willing to indulge my own demands that life presents itself a certain way. Mostly, I just find myself happier, a true joy that lasts no matter what seems to be happening. I forgive easily, quicker than before, and smile readily at how often I still mistake myself for ego.It's the benefits of a continuous practice without need of being perfect, nor even being particularly good at it. 

my life is my practice.

happily so.

no matter what seems to happen. 

~

peace, truly so, 

Eric 

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The Only Perfect Moment

The only perfect moment: 

don't put it off, that's the imperative here, right now is the only perfect moment for my forgiveness. For me, it seems that I've spent much of my life not being ready to forgive, there's always been an excuse for me to delay this practice - and of course it was valid only in my mind. 

now is the only perfect moment ever offered,

this is where my peace is found.

and this is what I choose.

it helps to redefine forgiveness, to think of it as a continuous practice of returning to the innocence of each present moment, a newness that presents itself at my every opportunity. I don't forgive the past, nor even behaviors that are hurtful, those are superficial in a sense, real in the pain they've caused, but my objective to go straight to the source and heal the mind. 

I forgive the illusion of my suffering.

meaning that right now, this only perfect moment offered...

I let go of every thought of separation,

my sorrow,

grievances,

and judgement,

meeting others right here, again, and as if for the very first time...seeing only their most cherished innocence, seeing them free from all of my projections, and returning to the garden of this one and only moment - perfect for my forgiveness.

this is where peace is found. 

~

Love, Eric

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Atah Kim

Atah Kim; 

here's a mantra for consideration, atah kim in Sanskrit, with the English translation being nothing more than "so what" an almost flippant reply we've sometimes offered to others, only now it's turned back towards ourselves in a task to not take everything quite so seriously. While this isn't an actual mantra given by yogic master or great seer for us to meditate upon, it is a useful reminder that, indeed, life from the ego's vantage point looks upon almost everything as a serious affront to its lofty position, and will always take umbrage with even the slightest provocation.

but so what?

I'm reminded of a great line from Herman Melville in Moby Dick, that "so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of a half-known life." There is is, the ego in all of it's serious and specialness, reality barely witnessed and never truly realized due to failure to laugh and smile at our own mis-identification. The ego is the "half-known life" and keeps us trapped within a world of its perceptions.

there's something more though,

joyous,

and it's who we really are. 

our own insular Tahiti.

the mantra atah kim, so what, leads us there, helps us navigate what Melville calls the "appalling ocean" of the ego's perceived world. We simply don't take everything we think so seriously, allowing ourselves just a slight smile at the ego's expense. This the mantra of our surrender, maybe for just a moment...

but so what? 

a moment is all that's sometimes needed. 

~

Peace, Eric

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Wilderness Still

Wilderness still: 

I am reminded each morning as I walk through the suburban landscape of my neighborhood, that once this too was wilderness, it's ancient land, still holy just beneath it's modern surface. It's a beautiful, area and in the softest early light I can imagine it's appearance as it once was - wild and forested, wetlands teeming with life, and perhaps humans accustomed to living on these lands. 

in my mind, these early morning walks...

it's wilderness still.

it's here that imagination is so important, being able to transcend a city-scape and return it to a wilder state, sinking beneath those modern sounds that split the air with their harsh disturbance, each footstep treading a memory of what this land once was - and now invoke its presence back to mind. My neighborhood is still a wilderness, my feet bring this memory back alive to me, every step stirs my imagination to see this patient reality, that the land is only waiting out my brief appearance and will then once again resume it's wild and beautiful ways.  I like to think that my footsteps and imagination serve as a type of prayer, offering themselves to the very depth of this hidden wilderness...

remembering, 

it's still and always

here. 

Peace, Eric 

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To Be Loved

To be loved: 

with Thanksgiving only days away and the holiday season officially kicking off, I've found myself reminiscing on family time watching the television specials that marked these special occasions. I loved all of them as a child, with maybe my favorite being the Peanuts and Charlie Brown picking the least loved Christmas tree of the lot and the gang eventually bringing it into the full light of it's beauty. It's a wonderful childhood memory, full of meaning, and filled with a warmth of closeness spent with my family. However, it's one another holiday special that's been coming to mind - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, particularly the Island of Misfit Toys. 

it resonates even now.

perhaps for so many of us.

the synopsis is that Rudolph and his companions stumbled upon an island that was filed with unloved toys due to what was viewed as their malfunctions and seeming flaws. They found solace in their community, drawn together through their deep loneliness and wish to be loved for who they were. I actually felt their isolation as a child, maybe most of us did, feeling like an outcast due to our own self-perceived flows. Or maybe they were brought to light by other children, possibly even an adult. 

yet here's the lesson I missed as a child.

eventually, each toy found a home, a child that loved them, not in spite of their flaws, but completely for who they truly were - a unique gift that was meant solely for the sake of joy. As a kid, I was just happy that they found a home and missed the most obvious lesson -

who we truly are...

is meant to love and be loved.

and not a single thing has to change for this to be so.

we are love.

always.

exactly as we are.

right now.

~

Love, Eric 

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Continuously Forgiven

Continuously forgiven:

inclusiveness is very much on my mind lately. I've been considering as to what extent it can be offered, and if there's a limit found - than is it truly inclusive, or just a more selective approach to my practice of acceptance? Unconditional, to me, doesn't mean that I am without judgement, but only that my own biases are considered in the equation...and then forgiven too. 

so by virtue of appearance -

everything belongs for just an instant,

 and then lovingly surrendered to the moment that will always follow, 

continuously forgiven...

for however long the world appears. 

~

Peace, Eric

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Peacemakers

Peacemakers: 

not even Christian and I'm drawn to the Beatitudes, especially the directive of peacemaking, that this responsibility falls solely upon ourselves to see the world only through the eyes of love. It's here that we find the role of faith reversed, we are asked to do nothing that is beyond our capabilities and Jesus believes in us so deeply as to declare that this is our one true function. 

blessed are the peacemakers.

we are the children of God, each of us, and that's central to forgiveness. What we're asked to do is beyond the illusion of appearance, to touch upon the formless soul that resides within us all, and to invoke this presence to bear light upon the world. This is the essence of offering the salutation Namaste, seeing the divinity within others and acting from that recognition. We make peace through continuous forgiveness, remaining solely within our ever present innocence and meeting all others here as well.

seeing each as children of God...through all our distressing disguises.

the philosopher Spinoza declared that peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue, a state of mind arrived through its continuous practice. We practice peace - and every moment, situation, and event gives us ample opportunity. This also eliminates our every complaint. Our only responsibility is peace and that doesn't lie in the outer world but always within us, being every present, and right now, whatever occurs, is our call to remember this. To think of as a practice eases any burden - we're not meant to always have a perfect response, but only to correct a single faulty one...however often needed. 

so in truth, we don't make peace, 

we just practice being who we truly are.

continuously.

~

Peace, Eric

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Absence of Ideas

Absence of ideas: 

what I've done, or really, it's simply what's happened on its own, is let go of the struggle to think of something to write of each morning. I've found comfort in the absence of idea, it's freeing, and with this inspiration finds me on the emptiness of the page, every word being a link in an unknown theme that revels itself as my morning writing unfolds. 

everything I write is a mystery to me.

this has been just one more thing that has been surrendered, a string of concepts and beliefs that no longer seem to serve and now simply vanish without concern. I think an artist will sometimes cling to their struggles, holding to a false belief that there must be a period where inspiration keeps itself absent for a length of time, cyclical perhaps, and that one most suffer a bit for its return. 

I no longer wish to struggle ,

nor to suffer.

emptiness can be its own reward.

so too a single word.

and that's enough for me, just one word that's somehow intimately linked to a theme that has yet to appear in the course of time. I'm in no hurry, not anymore at least - 

inspiration knows exactly where to find me.

and it always does.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Peace is Inevitable

Peace is inevitable: 

here is is, our solution, and indeed it is so simple - we look upon the world, each other, in peace. That's it, and honestly, there's really nothing more we need to do in order to solve our problems. I know many will accuse me of being naive, and that's a fair point. How could it ever be that easy and yet seem so unfeasible at the same time? As A Course in Miracles states: 

peace is impossible to those who look on war.

and that's the only problem we have, we look upon war as the only possible solution to so many of our most important issues at hand - and this is on a very personal level too. Everything feels like an attack these days. Our political divide is pitted as sides that seek to destroy the life we know, we are at war against each other by virtue of how we think, believe and vote. We declare on everything and anyone who doesn't fit our set beliefs of life. More so, we seem to battle ourselves at almost every moment, a conflict based upon the false notion that we're small and insignificant, separate from each other and the world at large. We think that we're under attack from all sides, believing that life is unfair, difficult, and few, if anyone, truly care about us.

yes, peace is truly impossible this way. 

but here's the plan:

peace is inevitable...yet only when we offer peace/

and it begins with you.

change the world through the very thoughts you hold right now. Just be aware of the conflicting ideas we entertain against ourselves and others. Then forgive them all. That's it. Forgiveness here simply means that we see through the illusions our thoughts have created, that the world perceived is not the true world, only a mirage of ideas that we've projected outwards. You are an agent of peace. But only as you're healed and that begins right now. 

war is not inevitable. 

yet peace is.

and this is what we now offer.

to ourselves, and each other, one moment at a time. 

~

Love, Eric 

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Could I Be At Peace?

Could I be at Peace: 

not every lesson's easy, in fact, most are far from it, and many are so subtle that we miss the learning opportunity they present to us all together.  Those are the ones I'm writing about here, the ones we instantly react to and then justify our response as the proper action. The problem is that we seldom even pose a question to ourselves over these matters - we assume that our thoughts would never lead us astray, and then continuing with our demands that the world behave a certain way.Completely missing an opportunity to learn.

the lesson in everything is simply this - 

could I be at peace with how things are right now? 

not everything needs to bend to my will, my every demand doesn't have to be met. I could be at peace by letting go of my incessant need to control any given situation. The truth is, it's called inner-peace for a reason, it's my interior view that shapes my outlook of the world and never the other way around. Seeing this I am able to practice an easy self-inquiry in many of these opportunities, not always immediately or successful - but getting better all the time.

it's simple,

could I be at peace with how things are right now?

it's with this that I pause,

just for a moment,

and then allow my heart to answer.

it seems the answer is almost always yes, 

or I'm guided on a better course of action. 

 and so with this...

my every encounter is a practice.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Academy of Higher Learning

Academy of higher learning: 

it's contradictory, extremely so, and yet lesson 153 of A Course in Miracles urges us to lay our defensiveness aside, surrendering to an ever present peace - and trust that we're protected. This certainly seems a difficult task, maybe even impossible. 

but it's what I intend to do.

of at least practice.

and largely I've been successful, mostly for the small things, such as not taking offense over every seeming slight that's counter to my ego's demand of always being right. I've learned to let go, smiling is a sincere practice now, and I rest in the comfort of this surrender. Of course sometimes it feels like I'm attending a graduate school of defenselessness, an academy of higher learning designed specifically to draw my attention to every single hidden fear and flaw, bringing me to the depth of my own self-involvement, and then asking me to forgive my way through these difficult situations.

I do my best here.

seeing everything, each stress filled moment, as a practice.

even my own self-judgement. 

and happily...

forgive my way through them.

~

Peace, Eric 

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A Squirrel's Tale

A squirrel's tail: 

squirrels have recently become cherished spiritual teachers to me, since I began filming short nature clips for my YouTube channel they have reached out with all important lessons that I've most certainly needed to learn right now. What I'm learning is to not overlook the familiar, everyday sights that may have seemed to lose their enchantment, becoming ordinary through the routine of their appearance.

squirrels show me that nature is far from ordinary.

and not to overlook a single thing.

the issue was never really squirrels of course, they've always been amazing. It's been my take on the world that has led to my loss of enchantment. I've been looking for a less obvious magic, something grand that leaps directly to the camera - and all the while entirely missing the subtle artistry of a tails language, a playfulness that's found through racing circles with a friend, and the astonished joy of a finding a leaf buried acorn. 

briefly, I'm seeing the world through a squirrel's eyes.

completely re-enchanted.

what I've learned is is patience and to ease my demands placed upon nature. If I simply wait, camera calmly trained upon a squirrel, they'll freely teach me their magic. My role is only to suspend my judgement against the familiar, allowing the most obvious and ordinary things of the world to reveal their essence, their beauty, through their own subtle language. 

...like a squirrel's tail.

~

Peace, Eric 

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It Starts Right Now

It starts right now: 

it's always going to be a collective awakening, eventually though, and depending upon each of us to finally confront ourselves in how we view the world, turning within and ending the projections of our fears. So it begins individually, personally, and starting right now.

for all of us.

and the way ahead will be forgiveness, how we'll learn to see beyond the ego's demands for self -righteousness, retribution, and holding on to grievances. True forgiveness is looking past our surface concern of proving others wrong, and through it's practice the ego's role of keeping us separate, fearful and seemingly alone is now diminished. 

we're healed.

awakening as love.

and this is what we offer to the world.

it starts right now.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Guidepost

Guidepost: 

yoga psychology explains it as afflictions of the mind, five kleshas, or obstacles that prevent us from seeing our lives more clearly, blocking reality from our view. Reading of this years ago brought a great sigh of relief to me. I wasn't really lost, lonely, and confused - but I certainly thought that I was and yoga presented me a path through the thick weeds of my mind that would lead me towards the bright field of a peaceful and settled reality. 

more so...

I saw that others were trapped as well, some not even seeing the path. 

here is the birthplace of compassion.

empathy. 

we're all trapped within a thought-filled illusion, offering our perceptions as a map through wilderness of the mind, and only getting further away from the clear light of who we truly are. But there are signpost along the way, internal guides that point us in the right direction. Here's the true map, a sense of reality - only love is real, and anything the leads us further away from this is wrong and keeps us mired within a illusory world. Our suffering, and the suffering of others is a guidepost. The only map we need is of the heart - asking ourselves is this where love would lead me? 

ignoring this - 

we are led further from the heart.

 yet listening...

and we find our way home.

exactly where we are.

~

Peace, Eric

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Radical Responsibility

Radical responsibility: 

what I'm asked to practice now is radical responsibility, seeing the world in need of healing and turning towards my own heart and mind for this to happen. This has been tough to arrive to, accepting that I am responsible for all that I see and that I have chosen my response to it - but it's also liberating, freeing me to look within for a true healing that overrides the mistaken reality that's witnessed. It's so much easier to blame others, and easier still to include myself within this blame. 

yet all I'm truly asked to do is heal.

to replace blame with love.

and once accepted...it's easiest of all to do.

~

Love, Eric 

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Soft Economy

Soft economy: 

the soft economy of the body...knows exactly what to do,

in the moment we surrender.

have faith

 and be exactly what you are.

~

this is simply about not making enemies, none at all, beginning and especially with ourselves, befriending our bodies as a vessel made holy for the briefness of our visit. We know exactly what to do, being naturally drawn to kindness, friendship, and expressing ourselves as love. There's an economy of the body here, a careful cooperation of the smallest parts of our existence through a vast emptiness, and then given to be displayed in this specific form. No movement is wasted in our creation, every motion is found sacred, a divine stroke of genius.

this cooperation is what we are.

a soft economy.

our very existence seen as loving-kindness

trust it.

and then let go...

to be exactly what you are.

~

Peace, Eric 

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To The Best That I Am Able

To the best that I am able: 

from this point on it's a holy directive - I am surrendered to God's will, wherever that might lead me, and to the best that I might follow. It's a contemplative path from here, one of deep listening and small service for the sake of others. I am dedicated to being kind, offering love, and continuous forgiveness.

to the best that I am able.

aside from these words, no one might notice that my path has altered in direction. I'm more quiet now, better to hear the voice of love that whispers just beneath my own demands. I hope that only my smile will convey my true message, that I teach by a life made gentle through my practice. 

from this point on.

that's all I want to do.

to the best that I am able. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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Casting Shadows

Casting shadows: 

I'll admit that this election has thrown me for a bit of spiritual loop, that with such a heavy focus on cruelty and an emphasis on a personality over virtue - I hoped that Americas core values would shine through and we would make a better choice this time around. Still, I wasn't overly optimistic, although I wanted to be, but there was a heaviness in the air that kept too much hope at bay. Our collective shadow is not quiet ready for the light. 

but we're getting there.

maybe. 

and that brings us to this present moment.

right now I am a deep participant in this shadow process, my own fears projected outwards and joined with yours. Collectively, we're now in process of our spiritual and social evolution. Individually we get to shape this course of action. 

what will we choose?

for me, I'm back on track, only shaken slightly and not for very long - I am committed more firmly than ever to choose peace instead of chaos, love over fear, and to forgive my way towards a better world. I will place emphasis on healing my own shadow and more so, to see directly through yours and know that it is an illusion of subconscious darkness projected outward to the world, not to bring fear, but to be healed through the light of love. There's a great service to this election, our moment of healing is at hand if we're only ready to embrace this opportunity. 

what will we choose?

love?

forgiveness? 

or to remain within the darkness...

casting shadows to the world.

I choose peace.

right now. 

~

Love, Eric 

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In The Very Moment I Let Go

In the very moment I let go: 

so even this I'm asked to surrender - trusting as I let go that there's already an answer provided, a comfort offered, an ease to my despair. It's hard to do though, especially right now as I'm frightened by what I see see, the small unkindness that just seems to grow larger by the hour, pettiness, and that cruelty is a viable political option, more so, a winning message for so many. 

though worst of all...it's all my own projection.

these are qualities that exist within my, perceived only because they're mine and I've yet to heal them, and in truth, it doesn't even feel like I've even begun. I certainly felt that I was beyond this, having forgiven my way well towards a better world. But of course that's just ego talking and taking credit for any perceived progress, as if awakening can be measured by the turning of the world or shifting point of views. What's seen, always, is my own projection, all of it, and this is what I'm asked to surrender -

my own clinging to a fractured world.

I need to let go of any notion that we can be saved.

and in this surrender,

a more true world is shown.

being here all along.

just waiting to be revealed...in the very moment I let go.

~

Peace, Eric 

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To Only Love

To only love:

I'm not a Christian, at least not in the sense that I follow the doctrine of any church or organized system of religion - however, there is a relationship here with Jesus, personal and more meaningful now than when I was member of the Catholic faith. Jesus comes to me as a guide and loving brother, wise, and so patient with his teaching. I am urged over and over again to forgive and to live my life through the grace of love and continuous compassion. 

anything outside of this path no longer really concerns me. 

I am content to only love.

taking the actual teachings of Jesus to heart, no social platform, no theocracy, not a single translator other then my most deepest heart - I simply love to the best that I'm able, dismissing distinctions made by my ego, and surrendering, surrendering, surrendering....every doubtful thought that tells me how impossible it will be to live my life this way. 

I take Jesus at his word - 

loving others

as myself.

no matter how hard it might be 

to sometimes see this.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Shown as Love

Shown as love:

from A Course in Miracles the promise is that when I forgive the world as I perceive it, that it will disappear, replaced by a world that's shown as love. So that's my objective now - no less than the complete transformation of the world I see. It's a tall order, and not one I'm even sure is possible.

but it's my task at hand. 

I forgive,

sincerely so.

and this will be my practice.

continuously.

until my world is shown as love.

~

Peace, Eric 

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I Promise

I promise: 

so my directive now is to love my way though this moment, forgiving as I go, and to change my own perception of the world all along the way. This is my perception of the world, as difficult this is to accept right now - but I have projected it in to existence and it's my role to heal my mind of all it is that disturbs it, cleansing myself of the fear surrounds me. 

the responsibility is always mine.

it's a tall order, and one I'm not sure I'm actually up to - is it possible to forgive my way to a better world, to see through the illusion of so much hurt and dismay? I'll be honest, I don't know and there's a part of me that doesn't even want to try. It'a easier to blame others, and I find myself tempted to place my focus on the outer world and seek to change people, to yell at friends and neighbors to wake up before we're all consumed by our collective fear.

but I know that it will never work.

no one is healed that way.

and most certainly that's what we need, healing, individually and then collectively so. It begins with me, it always begins with me because there is nowhere else to ever go. I will heal myself of every once of fear that is projected outward to the world.

I will do my part. 

I promise.

~

Love, Eric 

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A Brighter Light

A brighter light: 

what I knew, deeply and intuitively so, was that I could not hate my way through another presidential campaign season, that only way to survive, emotionally and spiritually intact, was to turn to another way of navigating through these darker days. A Course in Miracles has been part of my life for over three decades, invaluable, and a constant source of inspiration. It was a path with many levels though, at least for me, but the urge to take a deep dive, committing myself fully to a complete surrender to its path of light - was urgent in it's call. 

which brings me here.

right now...it feels dark.

and I know that my only way through this is to love, it's to forgive, and to keep returning to a brighter light that shines through every bit of darkness. This is my greatest practice, it's what I'm ready for, even if it feels impossible right now. But it's what I'm called to do, we all are, everyone of us....

love

forgive

and keep returning to a brighter light within us.

~

Peace, Eric 

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The Only Choice That Matters

The only choice that matters:

we mistakenly believe that the election is between two candidates and their parties. It's approached as a matter of sides to be taken, one warring faction against another, and that there will be a wining party and a losing one. This is the politics of the ego - and it keeps us trapped in the paradigm of previous generations, a perpetual battle against ourselves.

and everybody loses.

every election, this one included, is a personal matter and has little to do with who we vote for. It's not about election day itself, nor political wins and losses, and nothing to do with candidates. Here's the significance, and maybe most important of all in these next few days -

what do we do after? 

this is when we presented an important opportunity - 

do we choose peace? 

love?

or continuing warring against each other?

it's the only choice that matters.

I'm reminded that a that we're all teachers of God, students too, and right now we're in a unique position to teach/learn exactly who we truly are. In the Manual for Teachers A Course in miracles states that our qualifications as a teacher consist solely on a single moment when we make a deliberate choice to not see our own interest as being separate from another's - 

or perhaps more concisely stated...

we simply choose to love.

so do we teach/learn this all important lesson?

I don't now.

but it's the only choice that really matters.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Only Lesson

Only lesson: 

I'm not so sure that we're as politically divided as we're led to believe. Yet, it's a contentious elections and sides have been drawn across the social and political aisle. But it seems that if actually talk to each other, a real conversation, we come to find that our differences aren't a barrier at all, they're more of an opportunity to lay aside  our perceived grievances and come to know each other better. 

it's an opportunity to discover who we truly are as well.

of course not everyone will take this as an opportunity to learn about themselves, some will cling to an ego's point of view through any cost, including making entire groups of people, not just wrong, but actually evil. It's with this that they actually condemn themselves. Once that line is crossed they're mind is divided in a chasm that's almost impossible to mend.

yet still, we try.

 and here's the plan....

love each other.

forgive.

it's really that simple.

but not always easy. 

So we have to think of this as a practice, being mindful of our own thoughts and actions, asking ourselves what we're demonstrating to others through our needs. We're teachers, all of us, and students too, at once learning and offering lessons to each other through our every moment together.

what is it we wish to learn?

what are we teaching?

it's that simple.

teach only love. 

for that's the only lesson.

~

Peace, Eric 

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The Greatest Commandment

The greatest commandment: 

when Jesus was asked of the greatest commandment it was a two part reply - to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind, placing worship of the divine above all else. The second part was a clear directive to love others as we love ourselves.Truly a task worthy of a Christian, and one that I've long wondered if we're capable of achieving, indeed, if we've even bothered to try. 

my consideration is this,

that we've succeeded on both accounts.

although not in the way imagined.

what's happened is that we've made God an object to be worshiped, materialistic, and a figurehead that resembles more our ego than anything truly divine. We worships images, possessions, and items, all at the expense of an all inclusive spirit. This is what we call God now, false idols that compromise our soul, leaving us void of any deep realization of our source. 

yet we certainly obey the above commandment...

fully worshiping the image that we've made.

as for loving others as we love ourselves? 

this too is obeyed.

our self love is only on the surface, there's little contact with our divine nature, no real belief that we are always connected to the source of our creation. We love others as we love ourselves and this is sadly only a mere token of our true depth of love. 

but the commandment is obeyed at least.

however,

there is a solution.

an inner revolution of worship.

we just need to remember who we really are.

to look within,

falling in love

heart

soul

mind.

seeing that there are no others apart from us - 

no separation from the divine.

and only love is real.

~

Peace, Eric 

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