Two Teachers

Two teachers: 

the practice has always been simple, easier than I ever previously made it - the mind is split, two teachers, symbols, representing either side. This is often described as our "right/wrong" decision making, and played out in real time, yes, my every ego drive choice has left me wishing I had chosen another way. At least eventually, and especially from the vantage point of 61 years. 

but I'm here now.

so now, recognizing two teachers and only wanting a gentle life, a  kind truly approach to others - and living in the absolute certainty that my needs are met through service to God. My practice is love, that simple choice in every moment that I remember. 

I choose the right teacher.

sometimes.

but more often than ever now.

~

I love you, Eric

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A Deeper Healing

A deeper healing: 

I've been sleeping in a bit lately, just an extra half or or so in bed to make up for the preceding weeks of sleep nights that seemed to haunt me. Even now my slumber is less than optimal, not the same struggle as before but the quality hasn't yet been restored. Nor has the original cause been addressed, a few more upcoming appointments and maybe they'll be some answers.

regardless, 

a deeper healing has begun.

what I've noticed about sleeping in is the guilt that seems to follow. I'm compressing time while laying in bed, setting my self-created schedule off by what seems a large degree. I feel guilty. Amazingly, this is all my own work flow, I've no one to report to, and few things that actually require a firm commitment. Yet I've conditioned myself so thoroughly to a routine that there's a self-induced pressure to confirm to my own made up schedule. My day feels a bit more rushed now, compromised in a way. And all because of a much needed extra 30 minutes in bed. 

of course it has nothing to do with sleep.

it's about guilt.

my guilt.

already present and in mind.

and so here the real healing begins - forgiveness practiced just before bed, letting go of anything that might linger through my sleeping hours. And any hour that I might awaken through the night is a moment to first be  grateful for any sleep at all, followed again by forgiveness for whatever it is that caused me to awaken. My first thoughts each morning are gratitude and forgiveness, a wish to wipe the slate of the previous day clean and start this one completely open and ease. 

it's truly forgiveness 24/7 now.

a deeper healing at play.

so I'm mindful of those extra minutes in bed, and more so of the feelings they induce. That's the benchmark, a bellwether for my healing. Can I offer myself just a bit of much needed kindness without a backlash of guilt to follow? 

I don't know.

forgiving myself for that as well.

~

I love you, Eric

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Ask

Ask:

through my own tough days I am regularly reminded of just how much of this I actually choose, my mind set given to all the things that leave me feeling as victim of the world I see and experience. Even after decades of mindful practice I still often forget to ask for a miracle, that all important shift in perspective that brings me directly to the holy instant. 

clear seeing. 

⁷Forgive, and you will see this differently. (ACIM, W-193.3:7)

and there's the miracle, the healing that's available this very moment and doesn't require anything other than a sincere request. I am a participant in this, asking the Holy Spirit for every gentle reminder that a miracle is ready for me right now. Forgiveness is my prayer of healing, and there's no sense being brought down to my knees before I ask for a miracle. 

right now is the holy instant.

forgive...and we will see.

we'll know.

and all we have to do is ask.

~

I love you, Eric

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Some Mornings

Some mornings:

for the first time in some years my writing has been a bit more of a struggle, tension gathered around my desk as I wait for the right words to arrive. It's not writers block, there's always infinite things to write of, and I'm always inspired to share my thoughts. Yet some mornings, not all, but more than a few lately - I find myself without anything that seems like it's meant to shared, not a single thought arrives that feels ready to be given to the page. 

some moments aren't meant for writing.

and I need to honor that.

and there's the tension, when ritual no longer fits the moment and the air becomes tense with expectations of an easiness that just isn't there. Writing isn't meant to be a struggle, it's a joyful meditation, a process of listening and response. 

so some mornings,

lately,

I spend more time listening, my response is patience and I sit for a longer period of time...some mornings, it seems, I'm meant to trust the silence more than the arrival of words. 

it's about honoring what's present. 

not the expectations.

some mornings the ritual is silence and mindful sips of coffee.

and that's part of writing too.

~

I love you, Eric

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All Things

All things: 

I love the absoluteness of these lessons, if the very beginning of A Course in Miracles is a discourse in negation, dismantling our false belief system - then the middle point of lessons 180 to 200 are where are filled with the truth of who we actually are and why we're here. 

today's lesson:

  All things are lessons God would have me learn. (ACIM, W-193)

there's no wavering here, it's a declaration of purpose, and doesn't broker any deals. The Course tells us that if we understand any one lesson completely than we can get the whole. This could certainly be the one to bring us home. Whatever occurs in our lives, with no exception, is a lesson that God would have us learn - and remarkably there's only one thing that God would have us know.

⁷Forgive, and you will see this differently. (ACIM, W-193.3:7)

that's it.

forgiveness. 

so of all our suffering, our every sorrow and the trials that we believe we're asked to endure - their only purpose is to be forgiven all the way to the point of our awakening from this dream of separation. We're meant to return home each moment, now, always now...

and forgiveness takes us there.

that's the only thing we're ever asked to learn.

~

I love you, Eric

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Beginner's Mind

Beginner's mind: 

I'm finding great joy in sharing A Course in Miracles, offering the lessons each morning on my YouTube channel, and gently guiding people in it's practice. I've always resisted the idea of being a teacher, never quiet feeling ready or worthy of the title - which, of course, is a subtle play of the ego. Because the truth is, the only real teacher is the Holy Spirit. With this in mind, sharing the Course becomes a vital point in my own practice. I'm a better student now, more apt to listen to my own inner teacher now than ever before. Each lesson becomes alive in a new and exciting way for me - and in this sense I'm a beginner again, learning the very familiar deeply to my core. 

exactly as it's supposed to be.

~

I love you, Eric

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Ready

Ready: 

at a certain time in history lesson 191 of A Course in Miracles would be hereasy and saying it's key phrase out loud would most likely lead us to a gruesome death. There are many such statements in the Course and even today they stand in stark contrast to what most standard traditions have to say. Lesson 191 is particularly bold, powerful in its surety, and by the time we reach this point in the Course - utterly believable. 

it rings with certainty. 

I am the holy Son of God Himself. (ACIM, W-191)

what I most love about this statement is that it follows soon after lesson 189 where I am asked to come with wholly empty hands onto God. This lesson empties me out completely, leaving me with nothing false to cling to, and with a yearning to be filled by a powerful truth. I'm not left waiting for very long, the lesson concludes with a prayer asking for a revelation. 

. Father, we do not know the way to You. ²But we have called, and You have answered us. (ACIM, W-189.10:1-2)

and what follows are some of the most powerful lesson in the entirety of the Course.

I am revealed. 

more so,

I'm ready to accept this truth...

and live my life from here.

finally.

~

I love you, Eric

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