The World I Made

The world I made: 

with the privilege of many years of practice now, those early lessons of A Course in Miracles continue to astound me with the simplicity of their profound message. This morning lesson 23 came to my attention with a subtle weight of authority:

I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts. (ACIM, W-23)

even after decades of practice my attack thoughts are still to creating a world that hurts me. This is the value of reviewing the lessons, returning as a cleansing ritual, sweeping the mind clean of its accumulated debris. Attack thoughts are subtle, multiplying quickly as the littlest of grievances until they gather as a fully ranging storm within the mind. Lesson 23 reminds me to be careful, mindful, and never wait to offer myself forgiveness. 

and with this, 

I can again escape the world I made.

one forgiven thought at a time.

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I love you, Eric

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Commitment

Commitment: 

I guess the real commitment, for me right now, is to the Holy Spirit. My day begins with a small prayer to abandon my own best thought plans and allow the Holy Spirit to guide me through the day. I'm seldom successful for very long before ego takes charge and leads me astray. Yet my sincerity has grown deeper through the years, my commitment seldom wavers, and tolerance for mind wandering lessens everyday. I love the infinite patience that I'm shown, the compassion, as each morning the prayer comes unbidden to my mind and offers me another beautiful opportunity to surrender. 

it's 4:00 am now,

and the empty page that started my morning is now filled with heartfelt words. In an hour I'll give an online talk without a single planned idea other than the lesson for today. There's a grace present right now, an easiness, a beautiful moment where, indeed, everything is surrendered. It doesn't have to last. Another moment might follow with an ego's rush of plans and ideas. But my commitment isn't a struggle, there's no punishment for forgetfulness or if my mind wavers. 

there's just another beautiful moment.

and another.

everything's forgiven.

and I'm asked to chose again.

³What would You have me do?
⁴Where would You have me go?
⁵What would You have me say, and to whom? (ACIM, W-71.9:3-5)

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I love you, Eric

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Blessing

Blessing:

My holiness blesses the world. (ACIM, W-37)

and now it's so, although it seemed to take many years to arrive here. But the truth is that my holiness is an inherent quality of existence. It's not earned nor striven for, it's just a quiet kiss of love extended to the world. My whole life seemed a search for purpose, lost years of addiction, a profound sense of having little worth. Yet even then my holiness was intact. Through the very fabric of my being there was a blessing that gently worked through me. 

and you as well.

in fact, 

it was your holiness that revealed my own.

thank you, thank you, thank you.

 may we now continue to bless the world together,

~

I love you, Eric

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Devotion

Devotion:

becoming devotional, surprisingly so, and I never thought it would be the Holy Spirit that would guide me here. A Course in Miracles has been the guide book of my life, 30 years of practice. Originally it was the logical lay out of its order, follow the exercises and the results are the peace. I very much needed that early on as my life was a chaos of late nights and alcohol. The Course definitely delivered in it's promise and my life settled into an easy study of the text, yoga, meditation. The miracles wasn't that my life became issue free, but that I was able to face my struggles with a degree of grace that simply wasn't present before. What I didn't expect was the my heart would break open through my practice of the Course, a literal devotion to the Holy Spirit and the guidance He Provides. 

everyday is now a mystery.

surrendered.

and each morning begins with the devotional act of turning towards the Holy Spirit in a first act of trust and asking to be guided through the day:

²Today I will make no decisions by myself. (ACIM, T-30.I.2:2)

and there's a continuous letting go:

³What would You have me do?
⁴Where would You have me go?
⁵What would You have me say, and to whom? (ACIM, W-71.9:3-5)

and I am truly met with guidance, surprisingly so in many ways. Forgiveness is now a thoughtful process, catching myself in earliest grievances and letting it go sooner than ever before. I'm more quickly brought to the root source with space provided for me to let the thought go. Most surprisingly though are the littlest nudges that guide me on, mysterious request such as devoting time to pray the rosary instead of my customary mantra practice, to suddenly a yoga pose that's long been absence from my practice. These seem inconsequential at first hint but always prove to the very act that fills me with a sense of ease and grace and trust. I have no idea why. Maybe it's learning to listen more clearly.

or maybe it's just mystery.

I do not know what anything is for. (ACIM, W-25)

and this proves true over and over.

yet I'm learning the fine art of letting go of the need to immediately know,or even understand the mystery that's in store.

 I'm now living my life in quiet devotion,

trusting,

 one surrendered moment at a time.

~

I love you, Eric

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Whsiper

Whisper:

taking the metaphysics of A Course in Miracles to heart, a dream of separation so inconceivable that we seemed to hide ourselves from the guilt of it's consideration - and yet at the very same instant we were gifted with the voice for God to whisper through the dream. We're not lost. But we're dreaming we are. So softly, in the gentlest way....the Holy Spirit whispers us back home.

and finally,

I'm listening.

~

I love you, Eric

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As Lovingly As Possible

As lovingly as possible:

so the answer is as lovingly as possible, and it doesn't matter what the question is, every problem and issue is handled exactly in the same manner.

as lovingly as I'm able to.

within each moment.

and I have no idea what that might look like, each situation is given to the Holy Spirit, surrendered from my worried care to the source that holds the answer. What I ask for is a re-interpretation of my view. I know, from a vast experience of a lifetime of mistaken thoughts, that there is indeed a more loving way for me to see the world. All I have to do is be willing to consider that my initial thoughts might be wrong. 

and then ask for help. 

I don't know what you might be going through. I'm sorry if you're hurt, suffering in anyway.I'm sometimes asked as to what's the best way to navigate through the difficult times that life so often offers There's no answer that I might give you that would truly ease your mind. But I want to reassure you that you're not alone, that your voice and prayers are heard. 

and you will be guided through these difficult times.

there's a holiness within you.

the voice for God.

whatever it is you'll be asked to do -

just know,

it's always done...as loving as possible. 

~

I love you, Eric

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The Purpose of These Words

The purpose of these words:

this page, the keyboards beneath my fingers, in fact, the entire computer and desk it sits upon, are all joined with the purpose of the universe. These are the words I'm meant to write for just this one perfect moment. My purpose is right here, revealed as soon as I asked to see it. The Holy Spirit grants vision upon request, requiring only a little willingness to see deeper than the eyes alone can show. What I'm shown is that everything ordinary shares a singular purpose of revealing itself as love. Nothing has an inherent meaning on it's own, and the Holy Spirit helps me re-purpose an entire universe of seemingly separate items to serve a greater vision...Christ is the underlying reality of it all.

only love is real. 

 that's the purpose of these words.

and how I came to write them.

You could, in fact, gain vision from just that table, if you would withdraw all your own ideas from it, and look upon it with a completely open mind. ²It has something to show you; something beautiful and clean and of infinite value, full of happiness and hope. ³Hidden under all your ideas about it is its real purpose, the purpose it shares with all the universe. (ACIM, W-28.5:1-3)

~

I love you, Eric

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