Devotion

Devotion:

and so we are an idea in devotion to the mind that has thought us...bhakti yoga brought to its conclusion, with no separation found between ourselves and our origin. That's the metaphysics of A Course in Miracles to my understanding, that we are ideas in the mind of God, a divine thought that has never left it's source. I love this as a practice, that the Course is truly a heart-journey of devotion, a bhakti path that leads us to the revelation that we are already and always home. 

God wills you learn what always has been true: that He created you as part of Him, and this must still be true because ideas leave not their source (ACIM, T-26.VII.13:2)

it's such a joyful discovery.

and truly then our devotion is towards each other, not as separate minds, but as beautiful ideas within the infinite framework of God. Forgiveness is the means of this expression, stripping away the false thoughts of identity and seeing each other we really are - it's a holy instant of recognition and the most loving thought that we can offer another.

forgiveness is the bhakti path...as well as the very end of our journey.

we're already at home in the Mind of God.

such a joyful discovery.

~

I love you, Eric

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Humble

Humble:

and if even a few words greet the page it's a gift, emptiness fulfilled, and maybe just a little bit of grace expressed. I love my early morning writing, 4:00 am, my first real moment of turning the day over to my holy guidance. It used to be that I was an author, disciplined, demanding that inspiration meet my immediate need of self-importance. I needed to be a writer, believing that I owned the words given and that it was a reflection of my talent. 

I'm a more humble now. 

and I don't mean that life has humbled me as a means of punishment in any way. This is somewhere that I've come to softly, a gentle awareness brought on through the practice of forgiveness. I'm not the author of my life, let alone a few words given to a page. What I am is an instrument of grace, at times gifted with the patience to wait in silence, trusting in the openness of a heart and mind made ready through forgiveness. Words always seem to appear on their own, arriving through the softest whisper of inspiration and guiding my fingers along the keyboard. 

how can I claim any ownership of this? 

and so, yes, I'm humble, in the most gracious way. 

The truly humble have no goal but God because they need no idols, and defense no longer serves a purpose. (ACIM, S-1.V.2:3)

what I am is inspired...

a willing instrument of God's grace.

and ready for whatever follows.  

~

I love you, Eric

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Forgiveness is the Mantra

Forgiveness is the mantra:

for over 30 years I've practiced mantra meditation, being a certified teacher as well, and it has profoundly altered my life in so many meaningful ways. Mantra is a Sanskrit word made of two syllables, manas (mind) and tra (tool or vehicle) which literally means that we are shifting towards another mind state with there repetition  - carried there upon a vibrational quality that calms and heals. My own practice begins and ends with a sankalpa, another Sanskrit word that means sacred intention. These days my intentions are forgiveness, living a life of surrender, and following only the voice of Holy Spirit. 

a sacred intention indeed.

and so A Course in Miracles has worked into every aspect of my life, seamlessly, as if it's always belonged there. After decades of practice, countless journeys through the workbook, and continuous reading of the text, the Course is truly my life-blood now. Forgiveness is my better nature, a mantra that shifts my mindset from a false identity of isolation to the reality of knowing myself as love. It's my awakening. And what's truly amazing is how it carries me off the meditation cushion into the everyday grind of life, yes, a vehicle that shifts my perception almost instantly in its passage. 

Forgiveness is the only gift I give, because it is the only gift I want. (ACIM, W-297.1:1)

what I've found, at the point in my life, is that the Holy Spirit will use everything at his disposal to heal my mind. My day is filed with the mantra of forgiveness, a loving vibration that carries the sacred voice of the Holy Spirit to be heard throughout my life - and that my only true purpose here is to continuously extend it. Meditation is now a stepping away from my cushion and into life, whatever it holds within any given moment. 

forgiveness is the mantra,

it's the vibrational quality of my life. 

and my only true practice.

~

I love you, Eric

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Love's Presence

Love's presence:

I was told that my task wasn't to seek love, words that immediately found my heart, forever ending an endless chase after something that always seemed so elusive. There is such relief in surrendering the role of seeker. A Course in Miracles gave me an extraordinary promise and then offered my life as living proof - I am already love, ever present, unavoidable, and that my only purpose here is to find every barrier within me that blocks its appearance. 

my job is to simply be aware.

and fortunately those blocks show themselves so conveniently. Every grievance, resentment and judgment is a revelation of a barrier that prevents reality from being known. They are still frequent guest, often harsh in appearance, but sometimes subtle too in their soft whisper of believability. Yet their presence is followed by a willingness to surrender their hold - not immediately, but following shortly after their appearance. It's now a matter of blessings, recognizing that a barrier is gaining entrance and that a blessing dissolves any further progress. My seeking days are truly over. 

I'm simply aware.

willing.

and ready to surrender to love's presence.

~

I love you, Eric

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Relationships

Relationships:

I've been thinking of relationships lately, considering their scope and the extent of their reach—and it's been lovely to find that no one is absent from my care, not even slightly. We are kin, connected by a dreamed-up world that waits for our awakening. My own suffering is the cause for yours, believing that I've somehow stepped past the reach of God, and now stranded, endlessly searching for home. I've kept you trapped with me, enclosing you in a belief system of desperation and isolation, denying our true and most intimate relationship—that we both share a single Christ between us.

and that thought is our awakening.

so you are my dearest relationship, my salvation, truly. And I find you everywhere now, not even a search is needed. You're never absent from my thoughts or reach. Remarkably, and so often, you appear in the least likely place that I would have previously looked for—you are present within everyone that I used to keep distant, refusing to acknowledge you there, as I believed you were once the cause of all my suffering. But I'm aware now, available to receive you in whatever guise you offer.

I'm ready to awaken.

and you are my salvation.

thank you.

I finally see you, never truly hidden at all.

you were merely waiting for my truest eyes to open.

~

I love you, Eric

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To Be Truly Helpful

To be truly helpful: 

so to be truly helpful calls for my surrender, giving up all notion that I might know my own, or anyone else's best interest. This is wonderfully freeing. I do not have to know what to say or what to do, and yet anything that needs to be addressed will be handled through me by a most loving source. A Course in Miracles offers a beautiful prayer as this reminder: 

²I am here only to be truly helpful.
³I am here to represent Him Who sent me.
⁴I do not have to worry about what to say or what to do, because He Who sent me will direct me.
⁵I am content to be wherever He wishes, knowing He goes there with me.
⁶I will be healed as I let Him teach me to heal. (ACIM, T-2.V-A.18:2-6)

this has been my directive for some time now and its success depends entirely on my willingness to let go of my own best tendencies to be helpful. The Holy Spirit speaks clearest without my interference. I'm ready to quietly serve in whatever way that's shown me - knowing that I'm lovingly guided to be exactly where I need to be and with the surest words to offer. 

amen.

~

I love you, Eric

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My Holiest Encounter

My holiest encounter:

of the infinite infinite things to write of, I choose you...and the beauty the you offer. Through all of time, you are my holiest encounter, the reminder that my true home is just a thought a way. Yet I've so often missed this opportunity for awakening, lost in my own private world and seemingly unable to sustain this connection. I'm sorry. But I see you now, more clearly than ever before, and I'm ready for us both to awaken, forgiving the illusion of our past together and embracing you fully in this one and only precious moment that we share. I love you, always...and the beauty that you share. 

my holiest encounter.

thank you.

~

I love you, Eric

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