Not So Complicated

Not so complicated: 

just one judgement, and it's not ours to make. Our lives become so much simpler with this reality, peaceful in a truly unshakable fashion. This is the only division offered by the Holy Spirit and if truly taken to heart, our world becomes a place of healing.

two categories of this judgement:

one of love.

and the other a call for love. 

no exception.

of course the ego quickly rushes in with its own categories, divided even further into special interest within each of them. That's the role of ego, it's what it does best, organizing thoughts into needs and demands along with complicated plans for their fulfillment. 

but it doesn't make them true.

so do we rely on the complications of the ego, those many sub-categories that only lead us further into a world of sorrow and division? 

or the simplicity of the Holy Spirit?

there's love.

and the call for love.

it's not so complicated after all....

~

Love, Eric

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No Hurry

No hurry: 

so really, I'm never asked to make a choice here, it's not about choosing to be kind, nor deciding to forgive. My only option is to hand everything over to the Holy Spirit, that part of the mind that is always right with its every decision, already connected to the source of love, and simply waits, patiently, for me to turn in its direction -

there's no hurry.

as eventually, when my suffering's far too much to bear alone...

I surrender to it's presence.

smiling that again, it took so long for me to do so.

~

Love, Eric

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Gently Offered

Gently offered: 

it's a quiet stance of kindness, peaceful, and still life continues in it's flow. There's no enlightenment found here, a smile, gently offered, is my awakening. I've finally arrived, a sincerity of practice, and it's simply forgiving, forgiving, forgiving -

everything, 

with no exceptions.

until there's just a moment cleansed of my projections...

and my heart is given to the world.

~

Love, Eric

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Sometimes

Sometimes:  

sometimes, maybe often, I simply choose the wrong teacher - not purposely so, at least not at this point in my practice of forgiveness. But still, a wrong choice just the same. What's great is that I quickly recognize my mistakes now, pivoting seamlessly to my most loving option. Sometimes, no one will notices my turn towards the louder voice of ego, it's so clear to me that this is not the direction I wish to go, and easily, with a small degree of grace...

I smile.

and simply choose again.

~

Love, Eric

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Having Faith

Having faith: 

it's only to the extent that I'm able to surrender, and nothing more is ever asked of me - as I am always able to define this edge, whatever little willingness I'm able to offer...

and this is exactly where the Holy Spirit meets me. 

for me, it feels like maybe, finally, I've arrived here, this edge of letting go and allowing myself to truly be guided by this gentle voice within. The paradox is that I'm more frightened than ever,as it seems I have so much to lose should my surrender prove wrong. Yet, as well, there's no turning back, there is no place existing even to return to - all I have is this present moment and a willingness to listen.

I've been led to this precipice.

a dangerous place indeed.

and now I'm asked to trust, to finally let go...

having faith that I can fly.

~

Love, Eric 

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Trust

Trust: 

approaching a gentler way, kinder, and slowly developing the trust that there's a plan greater than my own at play right now. It's this faith that allows kindness to unfold, knowing, deeply so, that through the continuous practice of forgiveness - I am able to return to the holiness of each present moment, no matter how far I may seem to stray...

and that here, 

my true self is found.

~

Love, Eric 

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Surprisingly Easy

Surprisingly easy: 

it's surprisingly easy, and yet my entire life I have made every difficult decision on my own, never once turning to the loving guide within me and surrendering my fears. Now, having blundered through life feeling so completely alone - I'm ready to let go. 

I'm ready to listen.

finally.

A Course in Miracles reminds me that there's but one answer, and it's never my first and loudest option that only makes demands. There's a gentler voice within, powerful, and without need to shout to me it's answer. The Course calls this the Holy Spirit, a conduit between absolute love and the tiny mad idea of separation. The promise here is that I'm never alone, there's always a presence within that guides me towards the ultimate company of God. My only role is to ask with the faith that this promise is already and immediately fulfilled...and the answer is always love. 

it's surprisingly easy.

finally.

~

Love, Eric

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Look Deeper

Look Deeper: 

it's amazing to consider such a large role that guilt plays through our lives, deeply so, and to the point that it unconsciously drives our every action. It's this guilt that we project out onto the world, seeing our every mistake as a transgression worthy to be called sin. We've made a guilty world and now fill it with characters to play their role well, actors who provide an opportunity for us to judge and condemn - yet still our own sense of guilt remains unhealed. 

forgiveness is the answer.

or at least that's the promise of A Course in Miracles. Just as Buddha taught of suffering and how to alleviate it's effects, the Course offers similar in it's instructions on guilt. The focus on forgiveness is to heal our sense of guilt, not to excuse behavior in another, but to find the guiltless core present within others and to recognize it as our own. Forgiveness sets us free, healing the hurtful effects of deep seated guilt, and so then we undo the suffering of the world. 

it's a simple practice.

we only believe that we are guilty, mistakenly dragging past events to the present moment and judging them as now. We are imprisoned by the non-existence, tied to our perceptions, and limited by the smallness of our view. 

forgiveness says look deeper. 

we are free.

boundless.

guiltless at our core.

and seeing this, finally...is how we heal the world.

~

Love, Eric

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A Happy Learner

A Happy Learner: 

to be a happy learner, and this seems a worthy enough goal right now, allowing lessons to unfold as they will and simply learning to respond, continuously so, with mindfulness, care, and kindness. In this way life really is a classroom, not one set up through any sense of cosmic order, but just knowing that life will always present challenges and that these are truly opportunities to learn to be responsive, kind, and to practice forgiveness. This is an internal process, a chance to smile at my own missed opportunities and every mistake, and most importantly - extend infinite patience to myself.

with this idea embraced,

indeed, I am a happy learner.

finally.

~

Love, Eric

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Grace of Yoga

Grace of yoga: 

forgiveness is the real yoga, healing a mind that seems split between fear and love, restorative, and finally offering me a complete awakening to the reality of God. It's really the only path I need. Yet what I find now is that my long cherished practice of yoga is now, and has always been, a means of forgiveness. From surrendering the strain of my most challenging asanas to one of acceptance of an occasional fall in the length of a posture held - forgiveness is the grace of my return.

and with this,

my entire life becomes the grace of yoga.

everything is easily forgiven....

should I seem to fall.

~

Love, Eric 

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To Bring Ourselves Back To God

To bring ourselves to God: 

let's not bring God into this, we're responsible for the illusion of this world and all of our attempts to make it real will only further our cause of suffering. The cosmology of A Course in Miracles is the story of a world of our own creation, how a small belief of separation spiraled through a singular mind and brought an entire universe into being. Our only mistake, not a sin at all really, was in entertaining the notion that we could somehow be separate from the ultimate source of love. 

of course that's an impossibility.

we've only dreamed this world into existence.

and our only role is to awaken.

so our prayers to a distant God to save us only affirm our separation. To bring God into this world would only seem make it real, solidifying an illusion and keeping us immersed in suffering. Our every prayer should be directed towards ourselves alone - that we awaken to divine presence now. There's no need to bring God into this world. It's an illusion, a distortion of reality, and only serves the purpose of our awakening. 

the only true prayer is to bring ourselves back to God.

ending this dream of separation.

 and so we simply ask...

may I awaken.

now.

~

Love, Eric 

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Continuous Mind

Continuous mind: 

we're one mind, not separate minds joined, but just a single, creative, continuous mind of love. In this world, seen as an illusion, this mind appears to be split in infinite objects all separated by an ego's sense of worth. We believe that we are individual minds that navigate a troubled world. Here's the great value of kindness and forgiveness - 

we heal this seeming split, 

transcending our thoughts of being apart from each another.

remembering ourselves...

a continuous mind of love. 

~

Love, Eric 

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New Dawn

New dawn: 

for all to be welcomed, free of any past burdened of guilt we have laid upon others - that's where our salvation lies and the only proper use of time. This is the gift of rebirth, literally a holy instant of a continuous resurrection, and it's always offered now, right now, and nowhere else. And yet most often we  use time to condemn, bringing the past into the present moment. 

to crucify in place of redemption. 

the truth is - there's no guilt within this moment, it's all based upon the past which doesn't exist at all aside from the thoughts that we continuously project upon others. Our own freedom, our liberation, is in seeing this, and awakening from dreams of past events to the reality of this new dawn. 

in this moment, right now...

we're innocent.

and seeing this is all that matters.

welcome to this new dawn.

everyone.

no exceptions.

~

Love, Eric 

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We're Wrong

We're wrong: 

you are wrong, and so am I -we all are, simply mistaken in our interpretation of people and event, falsely seeing guilt and sin where innocence always reigns. This is a hard point to come to, a long arrival, and yet it's a passage in the Manual for Teachers section of A Course in Miracles that finally leaps from the page in sudden inspiration. 

we have only misinterpreted someone.

and we're wrong. 

of course we don't place this upon anyone else, it's not our position to correct anyone but ourselves, and even this we do gently, with infinite compassion and care. Our only role is to be aware, noting what we cast out onto the world, being ever watchful of how are own projections might take hold. The only true perception is of the reality of the present moment, seeing others through the eyes of the Holy Spirit which always and only knows the certainty of our innocence. This is real forgiveness, a truly radical practice that sets us entirely free of the past and our every belief of guilt and sin.

only our innocence is found here,

right now,

 it's this we wish to see in others.

our own guiltlessness reflected back to us.

and through this correction...

we heal the world.

~

Love, Eric

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Just Listening

Just listening: 

I'm not fully listening yet, but it's clear to me now that only one voice truly matters and it's the one that continuously whispers to me of love. More often I turn my attention to this softer voice, preferring a gentler sound than the harshness of the ego's shout. And my life reflects this preference, a greater sense of love is present, forgiveness comes easy along with the natural grace of its release from all resentments, and I'm less inclined to offer my judgement's to the world.

I feel free. 

finally.

just listening...

and that's all I really ever had to do.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Salvation

Salvation: 

this is my time of year, a stretch of joy from this first day of spring all the way to the weeks of June that bring the deepest shades of life and green. I love watching the first hint of bud that later blossoms fully in the summer, seeing the return of migrant birds that will nest here for some time. It's my season of renewal, feeling deserved after the length of winter. 

this is my season of salvation.

from my earliest years Easter has been a favorite holiday. Not holding the glitter of Christmas, but having a more subtle light that somehow seemed to offer me even more, something holier. I felt Easter deeply back then, believing that it held a promise for me, a true resurrection, even miracles. Later, a harder life seemed to rob me of such easy joy. My beliefs hardened against such a promise and I only craved the actuality of experience, things that I could hold in my hands, and ideas that instantly brought into action the pursuit of all my demands.

I had little time to entertain thoughts of salvation.

but of course the seeds were already planted, those early buds of an internal spring were nourished by a spiritual curiosity. Easter was always my promise. Yet ego circumvents the journey back to the heart, with even a spiritual path being a long curve that only seems to lead astray. It took me a little while to arrive here, right here, surprisingly...right here.

all along, my objective was to simply be kind.

to forgive and be gentle.

just allowing salvation to unfold completely on it's own.

as promised.

and right now...it's spring.

~

Love, Eric 

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Innocence

Innocence; 

it's my function to see you as innocent, originally whole, and unmarred. That's the only reason for forgiveness. I am not offering you anything that isn't already present, there's no shift of reality here. My role is to remember who you really are, holding you in the beautiful light of innocence.

seeing you as you truly are...now,

now,

always, only, 

now.

and with this...

my own innocence is revealed to me as well.

our salvation is through forgiveness.

~

Love, Eric

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Subtle

Subtle: 

I'm often amazed at my failure to forgive, with decades of practicing the lessons of A Course in Miracles, being witness to true transformations in my life through the power of forgiveness - yet still I miss such obvious calls to see certain things a better way. This isn't from lack of commitment, nor is it without sincerity of effort. I have been dedicated to this cause, happily so, and the benefits have been enormous through every aspect of my life. But I have failed to see that everything that occurs is as an opportunity to ask for a miracles, a chance to forgive...

there's just a very subtle hierarchy of illusions at play here.

almost entirely beyond my notice.

at least until now.

so with this my objective is to bring everything to light of forgiveness, no exceptions, and without any stress involved. It's a practice after all, undertaken lightly, and miracles should be natural, no effort required other than the recognition that one is needed. What I'm asking for is a mind-shift, a request to be just a bit more mindful of the underlying currents of my life. 

I want to remember to forgive.

everything.

with no exceptions.

a life beyond the hierarchy of illusions...

even in their most subtle forms.

~

Love, Eric 

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Zen Guides

Zen guides: 

forgiveness is really just a mindfulness tool, a means of continuously returning our mind to the present moment while refusing to make the past a living energy right now. In this way, too, we clear the way towards a future innocent of our most fearful projections. The mindful way of forgiveness sets us free from past events and places us firmly here, now, and deeply established in the presence of love. 

forgiveness truly offers everything we want.

requiring only that we practice.

continuously so.

and this is much easier than we might think, with an entire lifetime to practice and an abundance of people who kindly step forwards to be our present teachers. Our every encounter is virtually a zen lesson offered through forgiveness, opportunities to release ourselves from all previous judgments and leave our notions of the past behind. There's not even a reason to perfect this, as even a little effort provides a gentle smile towards the ego and edges us ever closer to a sense of freedom. 

so we can be truly grateful for these encounters.

zen guides, all, 

offering us a return to the innocence of each moment.

always, right now. 

~

Love, Eric 

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An Entire World Forgiven

An entire world forgiven: 

this is not the world I want, and with this in mind, literally so, it's up to me to change it. And yes, this seems like an impossible task, a very tall order indeed. Yet it is less difficult than my original creation, ours really, as we've collaborated on this arrangement from its beginning and continuously work hard to maintain the illusion of our perceptions.

the truth is...this not the real world.

but it seem cruel and lasting.

and it's time for us, collectively so, to change it. 

of course this will take a monumental shift of thinking, difficult to even conceive of its possibility. But we have a head start here, an already created world that exist within reality. It's a world of love, an original creation that waits only for the return of a gentle way of seeing. And truly, we can see it, it's here, just past our every illusion of love's absence. 

forgiveness is our way of seeing.

individually at first.

but eventually, and through the course of an imaginary stretch of time...

an entire world is forgiven.

and love prevails.

~

Love, Eric 

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This Light

This light: 

and so the present moment consist solely of light, literally shining as the presence of love and holding no shadows of the past at all. It's from this point that we forgive, being unable to hold a single grievance or resentment here, as it's impossible for such things to exist within this illumination. 

we are this light.

belonging fully to this only moment.

shining, now, always...

and everything's forgiven.

~

Love, Eric 

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Guiltless (An Entire World Forgiven)

Guiltless (An Entire World Forgiven): 

we have judged ourselves guilty, I certainly have, and it feels impossibly to escape the harshness of our condemnation. So that's what we project onto the world, our collective judgment that sees everyone as guilty as we are in some way, deserving of being punished in varying degrees.

it's what keeps the world running exactly as it is.

guilt is our entrapment.

yet it's forgiveness that sets us free.

this is a different type of forgiveness, radical, and centered on the idea that we are entirely sinless, being unable to carry the illusion of sin into the innocence of this present moment. Our forgiveness is based upon reality, that right now there's only eternity, we're timeless, with an impossible past left so far behind that it's well beyond existence. 

we're free, guiltless...

all of us.

an entire world forgiven.

~

Love, Eric

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A Very Different Way

A very different way: 

there's a point where it becomes clear what we're asked to do, and although it seems difficult at first, impossible even - it isn't. It's just very different than how we've lived before. This is a mind-shift, small, a little willingness to listen to familiar voice that's been so long ignored. 

we're only asked to listen, recognize this voice as ours...

and then surrender to the love it offers.

nothing more.

what happens through studying A Course in Miracles is the recognition of ego and its creation of the world. So in the beginning this world is dismantled with the early workbook lessons, thought experiments  where we simply examine our usual way of thinking and seeing. It's a gentle practice, yet shocking just the same. Our entire world is dominated by the ego, little room for any true beauty and love has become a bargaining tool. Forgiveness, as seen through the innocence of the present moment - is seldom, if ever, offered to others. Or even to ourselves. These early lessons ask if this is the world we truly wish for, and if not, would we be willing to see it all a different way?

there's a promise,

forgiveness, radical in it's practice, will transform our world.

it's not hard...

but it is very different. 

~

Love, Eric 

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Of Every Glimpse Offered

Of every glimpse offered: 

of every glimpse offered, bringing a pure sense of our true connection, forgiveness is the surest practice of non-duality. This is beyond a pointer, it's the actuality of experience. We're asked to look beyond the perceptions of our wounds and recognize the unifying light between us. 

forgiveness is the miracle of healing.

and what's healed isn't of the ego, we're past that now, no longer concerned with illusions here. Our miracle is that glimpse of reality, and once seen, we never truly return to an ordinary life. This is a practice because we're always brought something to forgive, one more illusion to be healed. So we're able to proceed through life with the sureness of this grace, without any need of seeking enlightenment as it's offered all along the way. 

to forgive...is to awaken.

continuously.

until the entire world's forgiven, 

healed, 

and only love remains.

~

Love, Eric

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Only When I surrender

Only when I surrender: 

it's only when I surrender, complete trust in the will of God, serene in the faith that I am cared for - and with this I know the way ahead is clear for me to follow. Every time I read lesson 155 of A Course in Miracles I am recommitted to the path of my surrender. Here, I am asked to step back and let God lead the way, having that little willingness to see through my fears and allow my heart to guide me. In this way I walk through the world,still most often confronted by illusions...

yet knowing now that I have never walk alone.

my every step embraced by love.

~

Love, Eric

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Returning Home

Returning home: 

the mistake I've most often made, and for the longest time, is in the attempt to forgive through my own limited vision, bringing my ego-sense of justice to the a situation that clearly calls for love - and this actually keeps me blind to what forgiveness really is. 

it's only when there's a little willingness to let go of my small perceptions,

surrendering them to Christ...

does forgiveness then truly happen. 

so here, Christ is the representative of my right mind, a symbol, whole and complete, and able to see past the limits of my perception. Ego, which is just a false narrative, will never forgive, but only bargain for what it feels it rightly deserves. Forgiveness heals this split mind, it's a return to home, a wholeness that's only possible with the entirety of the world included. 

no exceptions.

and so my only wish is to heal.

to be whole.

returning home with you.

~

Love, Eric 

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On Its Own

On Its Own: 

forgiveness isn't even our prerogative, it's not a favor granted to some and denied others, nor a special gift displayed by certain kindhearted people. It's a natural and easy reflection upon the present moment - and through this we gain our freedom from the past.

only love is present now.

anything else is an illusion. 

all we're ever asked to do...is just bare witness to this truth.

and forgiveness happens on its own.

~

Love, Eric

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Do Not Seek

Do not seek:

as an ego, or mistakenly identified as such, our directive is to search for love and yet self-sabotage in this very task we've assigned ourselves. To rediscover love is the annihilation of the ego, its game of seek and do not find that's now completely over. 

with love...we're home at last.

of course the truth is that we're immersed in love.

always.

and to realize this is just a mind-shift away, a prayerful miracle request instantly granted - we only have to ask. But the ego will never ask for its own destruction. It will only keep fooling itself, convinced that it's on a valid quest to truly know love. 

seek and do not find.

this is why every path is eventually futile, circular, and leading right back to its beginning. Truth isn't hard to find, in fact, it's impossible to miss once we surrender to its presence. The Christian saint Catherine of Siena gave us this directive with her line that every step of the way to heaven...is heaven. 

do not seek,

only love.

and through this we come to know ourselves -

exactly where we are. 

~

Love, Eric

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God Thinks Otherwise

God thinks otherwise: 

and God things otherwise - for so many years I've read A Course of Miracles and have completely overlooked the significance of those words. Yet now there's a gravity to them as never before, a literal pull into a new reality. What I'm told here is that my entire thought system is wrong-minded, made and continued as an illusion, based on absolutely nothing true at all.

yes, but God thinks otherwise...

and that is my salvation. 

there's another thought system here, right-minded and so sure of itself that illusions are instantly dispelled and not to be seen again. This feels like a final pointer to me, that at anytime, any experience not fully known as love - 

I just remember.

God thinks otherwise.

and then I'm home...right where I've always been. 

~

Love, Eric 

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I am Not a Body

I am not a body: 

it's so often repeated as a theme through the course, a complete denial of the body, and it's always been a more difficult lesson for me for I am firmly grounded in this identity. Throughout the workbook I am reminded that this body is but a temporary appearance in eternity, yes, to be respected and treated kindly, but not to give it more worth than it ultimately deserves. 

I am not a body.

and yet I have traveled far with this illusion, scars remind my of adventures and painful encounters. It's certainly hard to not believe in the solidness of this form. What I'm asked to do is to look further and deeper than ever before, not praying for release, but just to be able to see a greater truth than my body shows alone. 

seeing is my release. 

to know that I am not a body is true insight, meaning I've looked within and found the emptiness of form, a miracles of appearance that temporarily holds awareness. A Course in Miracles reminds me that Love has created me like itself and that all that is not eternal, the frailness of body, are but a brief lesson to be realized and let go. I am kind to my body, as well as others, because I've been created by kindness. My true and only body is formless. 

I am made of Love.

of light. 

and my only real purpose here...

is to give myself away. 

~

Love, Eric

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Remembering

Remembering: 

no, I'm not there yet, not quite, but drawing closer through my daily practice and it's now so much easier to let go of those still frequent encounters with the grievances of the ego. That's a big step actually, just noting my reactions and being able to relax, offering a gentle response instead of the rush of defensive anger. What I'm talking about here isn't really something that I've been mindful of, it's not a practice in the sense that I toil over my every interaction and try to reach a certain sense of peace.

my life is just more gentle now.

easier.

and my only real practice is simply being kind.

forgiving.

this has mostly happened on it's own, there's no technique offered, and so often it's still after the face that I remember to be kind. That's the practice, just remembering to remember, and not holding any judgement against myself for forgetting. Life gives infinite opportunities to be kind, and so my daily practice is in recognizing every encounter as holding the potential of a holy instant, an awakening, and falling deeply within the present state of love.

joyfully, this happens quite often now.

not through any effort.

it's gifted.

arriving exactly in the moment of my remembering...

to remember.

~

Love, Eric 

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My Salvation

My salvation:

to what extent am I able to surrender? That's my question now as I consider lesson 194 of A Course in Miracles, being asked to place the future in God's hands and not to worry of my own salvation. Here, I should add that the Course is not addressing a future event where my soul is saved. What's meant by salvation is that all of my illusions that act as barriers to the reality of love's presence are laid aside and my life is then lived in the actually of experience. 

only love is real.

and that is my surrender.

so what I'm asked to do, all that's ever truly asked - is to be kind, purposefully choosing a higher teacher than the demands of ego, and trusting in the gentle voice of the Holy Spirit. Salvation will be handled on its own, and none of the metaphysics of the Course even need to be considered. 

just be kind.

with no exceptions.

and that alone is my true salvation.

~

Love, Eric 

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