Spiritual Technology

Spiritual technology: 

it feels like alignment, how a deepening practice of A Course in Miracles is bring me back full circle to my original formal practice of sitting meditation. After decades of practicing mantra meditation, and even becoming certified to instruct, I find myself back on my meditation cushion with the prayer of Saint Francis slowly playing through my mind. I first learned Passage Meditation from Eknath Easwaran in the early 1990's when I desperately needed a guiding hand. It was perfect for me at the time, transformative in spiritual, as well as practical way. Through the ensuing years almost everything about my life began to change, and in some ways in a very dramatic fashion - such as alcohol completely leaving my life in a truly miraculous way. This prayer, especially applied through Passage Meditation is spiritual technology and almost feels required for the world we have today. And right now it feels so completely aligned with my commitment to the Course. It's a prayer of non-duality, deeply so, word by word revealing the absence of any line drawn between us and God. Even the opening words are a please to be used completely for God's will alone....

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. 

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon. 

it's the very essence of A Course in Miracles, a foreshadowing of it's arrival 800 years in advance, and, for whatever reason the Holy Spirit has planned - it has called for my return. Perhaps it's time for another transformation, an inner shift to a more complete surrender. Whatever unfolds I will be guided by the words of Saint Francis, and if there is doubt, the prayer will lead me to peace, replacing any darkness with the light of God. The final words of the  reveal the nature of the plan...

it is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life.

amen.

~

I love you, Eric 

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Editions

Editions:

there are several editions of A Course in Miracles, and honestly, I've seen very little debate over which version is the single best to get its valuable point across. Of course with options there will always be the opportunity for people to make claims of best or worst, right or wring, or even if other editions were ever necessary at all. But again, this hasn't been what I've seen, at least personally. My cherished version is the original blue book I bought in the early 1990's and I've given little attention to any other. This isn't so much from a point of preference, but really from never really lifting my head from the book and seeing what else was out there. I've received everything I need, a lifetime of inspiration from my single book, and so little reason to ever look for me.

recently, however, several lines have floated my way from different editions, and they've hit with such great impact that I now feel called to explore. I don't know the reasons made for any editing decisions other than removing some personal information provided to Helen and Bill. And I have little interest in knowing anything more on the matter. It's those lines that grab me, literally stopping my mind in mid thought with their profounity. I'm so grateful that they've found me. It's like I was ripe for their arrival, each time, perfectly so in they way that they've affected me. 

so what's what my take on the "right edition" after coming across these wonderful line? Well, I actually have no opinion at all on the matter. Every little bit of wisdom,, the perfect diamond of a line that suddenly shines brightly, or the subtle lesson that genly find us ready for its whisper...it's all in perfect order. Simply cherish their arrival. You're ready to receive them.

~

I love you, Eric

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That I love You

That I love you: 

the original goal was to create something uniquely mine, an expression of my inner most passions brought into  the world. That was the start of my YouTube channel, bring so many of the things I live to the public eye and opening them for discussion. But, as with everything in life, it soon became clear that my own plan had little to do with what the Holy Spirit had in mind. Everything is here for the purpose of forgiveness, awakening from the dream that we are separate from God and that any of this is ultimately real at all. Lesson 25 of A Course in Miracles reminds me that I don't know what anything is for and this has always proven to be the case. And so my YouTube channel has become what it was always meant to be - a place of forgiveness, an expression of love that allows my original error to be corrected. It's simple enough, I show up daily and talk, things happen and there seems to be a reason to react. Like everything else, there's a choice between ego and the Holy Spirit. That's it. I just get to do it publicly in view of a small audience. What I truly love is when I vibe with a guest and we get to practice love together. It might appear to be a discussion but what's truly going on is a mind that's reunited with a seemingly lost aspect of itself and now gets to rejoice in it's reunion. 

when I started my channel,

 I didn't know what any of this was for -

and now I do.

it's to remember that I love you. 

~

I love you, Eric

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Another Way

A plea: 

he spoke for us all, unknowingly, but those heartfelt words were from the collective soul and meant for every one of us. William Thetford, head of the medical psychology department at Columbia University, gave an impassioned please for another way, a more peaceful means of communicating with his colleagues, particularity with his assistant Helen Schucman - and this is generally considered the energetic birth of of A Course in Miracles. I love that this is a personal as well as universal prayer and the beginning point for us all, being a birthplace for miracles to now unfold. 

my own plea was mostly silent, 

it was loneliness,

an alcoholic daze.

there was nothing spoken aloud that I can recall, but a pleas through so many little things - such as books that I felt compelled to read, a deepening dedication to meditation and yoga. It was as if my mind gave voice to a prayer that my body could not yet comprehend, a deep sense that there was, indeed, another way. A better way. And of course there was. It was during this time that repeated references to A Course in Miracles made themselves known, and not long after that I was gifted the means to buy the book for myself, an intuitive hunch that this was "another way" for me to go. 

being an answer to my silent plea.

that was over 30 years ago, 27 of them miraculously sober. 

grace given.

my friends, yes, there is another way. I don't know what the way is for you, which path is designed for your own healing, and ultimately, for your awakening. But there is another way....and maybe through words, or presence, or even the transmission of a loving smile or simple act of kindness - 

we'll help each other find it.

together. 

you are not alone.

ever.

I love you.

~

Eric 

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Consistence Courtesy

Consistent courtesy: 

the original edition of A Course in Miracles calls it a "very healing habit to acquire" referring to the practice of consistent courtesy, which is really a very zen like mindfulness act of direct recognition of the inherent holiness of others. This is a new line for me, recently discovered, and I instantly fell in love with it, clearly recognizing its importance. Consistent courtesy, for me, and how it seems presented here, is truly the practice of continuous forgiveness - meaning that I'm reminding myself of the depth of our connection and then living each moment in this awareness. 

a very healing practice, 

indeed.

~

I love you, Eric

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Best Writing

Best writing: 

my best writing is not entirely my own, containing words and phrases and deepest insights that are clearly beyond my imagination. That this doesn't happen all the time is a testament to my stubbornness, some buried need to still prove my cleverness to the page. Yet after decades of daily writing, a streak of 27 years I believe, the one thing that has gotten easier is surrendering my cleverness for silence, allowing just the right words to grace their way to me and easily reach the page. In my best moments I'm not actually a writer, more of a temporary vessel serving as a conduit between inspiration and the page - a vital part, yes, but only in service to the entirety of writing. What's really happened is that my trust has developed to the point that I've outsourced my ego for the sake of completion. It's still allowed to claim authorship of course, signing a name, taking credit for the best of words and defending the worst. Ego stuff. That's what it best after all, boasting of ownership, rushing for the completion of a delicate task, and basking in the smug satisfaction gained from hearing its own applause. 

and yet the best writing happens on it's own.

unhurried,

words gifted,

with no authorship to claim.

a shared grace. 

~

I love you, Eric

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A Peaceful Mind

A peaceful mind: 

it's those lessons that interrupt thought patterns that are so important to me, vital in arresting those downward spirals into judgement and resentments. A Course in Miracles has become a mind-reference for me, while decades of practice hasn't rid me of every grievance, there's a quicker return to peace now, with a quiet mind more natural than the chaos of  the ego's every demand. And it's so often those early lessons that come easiest to mind, especially the reminder that I am never upset for the reason I think being an abrupt full-stop, almost urgent in it's arrival - and my ego's almost instantly in check, a readiness prevails, and the Holy Spirit then speaks gently through my mind. So after decades of practice it all comes down to this....just a little willingness to forgive. 

and everything else seems to happen on it's own.

natural,

easily. 

a peaceful mind abides.

~

I love you, Eric

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