An Opportunity

An opportunity:

post election morning, coffee at hand, and a brand new page before me. I love that life offers me it's pure potentiality each morning, an opportunity to write something from a fresh point of view. This is as true with elections as it is with writing, there's a possibility present that's never been offered before - at least not in this particular form. What we have no is the opportunity for cooperation, balanced restored and a real chance to forgive our way into something truly stunning in it's depth of understanding each other. It's not wishful thinking, it's here within our grasp, erasing sides and seeing the wholeness of reality. But what we need is vision, we need compassion, and again we need forgiveness. 

it's the only way forward.

Forgiveness recognizes what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred. ²It does not pardon sins and make them real. ³It sees there was no sin. ⁴And in that view are all your sins forgiven. ⁵What is sin, except a false idea about God’s Son? ⁶Forgiveness merely sees its falsity, and therefore lets it go. ⁷What then is free to take its place is now the Will of God. (ACIM, W-pII.1.1:1-7)

we have trapped ourselves in a story repeated told about ourselves. There's no possibility of moving forward when we hold these views so tightly. Forgiveness, true forgiveness, is the vision of reality that doesn't cling to stories formerly told about ourselves or others - it's the fresh potentiality of each moment, an allowing of the resurrection through the refusal to continue to crucify each other. There's no exceptions to this opportunity of vision, we see everyone as equally whole, and more so, we continuously bare witness to our original innocence before a single story was ever told. Again, with no exceptions made. I love that we can do this, that our worst thought about another can be forgiven and in that very same moment they offer us our salvation. 

of course we can do this.

it's the only reason we're here.

yes, it's easy for me to say this right now, my "side" won and I see a brighter future. But it's always been a possibility and I've held this same hope through every election. It's not about sides. It's about forgiveness and an opportunity to be truly helpful.

and it starts right now.

this morning...a brand new page.

let's write something beautiful, something true. 

~

I love you, Eric

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It's Who We Are

It's who we are:

kindness is the way, and also, it's the natural outflow of my practice. Early in life I was told to be kind, in Catholic grade school it was stressed as a means of reaching heaven, and my parents were kind by example. So it was easy path to follow along. 

later, life growing harsh, kindness seemed to matter less. Or at least it seemed too. The truth is that life just grew busy, hurried, and kindness often fell to the wayside of my rush. Fortunately I was saved from the curse of an overly busy life, meditation and A Course in Miracles slowed me down and brought me the gift of patience. Not that I was, or am, always faithful to this gift. But I am, however, sincere in my commitment and practice. 

more so,

kindness is my natural state of mind. 

yours too.

 

we only have to choose the right internal teacher. 

love, 

or fear.

the first is our natural state of mind, our God-source, kind by it's very nature. The second choice is the ego and it's always wrong, loud, and in a hurry. So we retrain ourselves to notice the results of our choice, and then begin to keep our focus on the one that truly brings us joy. A simple practice, but not always so easy at first. Yet kindness is our practice, being true to ourselves is our only concern - so patiently, infinitely kind, we choose again, and then again. 

until we remember:

³Holiness created me holy.
⁴Kindness created me kind.
⁵Helpfulness created me helpful.
⁶Perfection created me perfect. (ACIM, W-67.2:3-6)

it's already what we are.

always.

~

I love you, Eric

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Initiated

Initiated: 

I love when a guest appears on my YouTube channel and shares a lesson from A Course in Miracles that is particularly meaningful to them - it feels like an initiation into their deepest practice, a heart-felt act of extending their most sacred gift. Yesterday's guest, John Crotty, brought me lesson 78, a focus on letting miracles replace all grievances. It's been a vital lesson in my practice and now brought back to me in a quiet initiation from a new friend. 

so today, this is my practice, my entire curriculum: 

³Let me behold my savior in this one You have appointed as the one for me to ask to lead me to the holy light in which he stands, that I may join with him. (ACIM, W-78.7:3)

and with this may you, whoever might read these words, be initiated into this chain of forgiveness. Today we work miracles together, seeing the light of Christ wherever we go. 

and so it is,

amen. 

~ 

I love you, Eric

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Beautiful Consistency

Beautiful consistency: 

being a teacher has been on my mind lately, specifically, teaching A Course in Miracles. I'm very fortunate to have so many great Course teachers come to my YouTube channel and sit down and have a conversation with me. Each guest leaves me changed for the better, opening me up to a new presentation and fresh look at how the Course is offered. There's also a beautiful consistency here, with metaphysical concepts being clearly explained, and most importantly, they've all been living example of the Course's teaching. I absolutely love these conversations. 

 I'm learning how to be a teacher.

but what I'm really learning from my guests, as well as my internal teacher, is how to more fully open up to my own divine expression - to truly teach love by accepting it as my only reality. Each guest has given me a glimpse of their individual curriculum and then gently guided me to see mine more clearly. The Course, even after years of continuous study, is still making itself itself known to me. Yet I've been given a clear objective: 

⁹Teach only love, and learn that love is yours and you are love. (ACIM, T-6.III.4:9)

so now my wish is to step into my own beautiful consistency, fully accepting my role as a teacher of God, wherever that leads me, and however it might unfold. My only agenda is to teach love, fully from my heart to yours, and I have no idea what this might look like. But I have so many beautiful examples to follow. Thank you guests. Thank you teachers. I love you. 

~

I love you, Eric

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Teacher

Teacher:

that I'm a teacher of God, my directive clearly given, and that everything else is simply details. To be honest it has taken me awhile to arrive here, accepting this position, as if my own self-worth was questioning it's very consideration. My mistake was in the details, believing that a scholarly knowledge of A Course in Miracles is somehow more important than the subject of the heart. Yet recently my heart has heard the call, bursting open in understanding and a willingness to extend more and more love. I am a teacher of God because there is nothing else to possibly be. 

and I accept this fully now,

joyfully,

stepping into my role...and teaching only love.

~

I love you, Eric

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Truly Helpful

Truly Helpful:

the first meaningful and committed meditation practice, the one that helped deliver me from addiction and a reckless life was Passage Meditation as taught by Eknath Easwaran. It's based on a profound, yet simple premise - we become what we meditate upon. With this in mind Easwaran would urge those beginning the practice to memorize the Prayer of Saint Francis, believing it to be a powerful formula for self-transformation. 

it worked for me.

over the years I went on to learn, and eventually become a teacher, of vedic mantra meditation. But for long stretches of time I have returned to the beautiful passage of Saint Francis, especially during times when I feel for a deeper, more intimate connection with both God, and others. Political seasons almost always draws my return. For several months now I have been meditating on the passage, 3:00 am, perfectly solitary, silently absorbed in the words. And a wonderful thing has begun to happen, spontaneously, unbidden, the Truly Helpful prayer has entered my mind right after the finish of the Saint Francis prayer. Eknath Easwaran would instruct meditators to expand their repertoire of passages from a wide range of spiritual traditions and I believe he would have loved the Truly Helpful prayer for meditation. So both these prayers are have entered my early morning practice,

we become what we meditate upon, and most days we endlessly ruminate on grievances, judgements and our troubles. Passage meditation is a wonderful tool antidote. The Prayer of Saint Francis is a blueprint of transformation filled with the highest spiritual ideals. It's a prayer of surrendering ourselves to God's highest values and the Truly Helpful prayer given from A Course in Miracles continues on that theme. I feel that my life is now becoming one of greater service in a very quiet way. I'm called to be a teacher of God through demonstrating these values, being truly helpful in subtle, yet meaningful way. Like offering a heart-smile to a seemingly harsh world. My life feels more guided now than ever, Holy Spirit inspired and filled with a greater love to extend. 

I am here to be truly helpful...an instrument of peace.

~

I love you, Eric 

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Family

                                                                  

Family:

there's just one name shared between us, our natural identity is an expression of love, and is whispering through us right now. God's name is our inheritance. This is a beautiful reminder as we look about the world and see everything, all of us, divided by labels. We're confused about who we are, lost, and wandering about in circles, searching for our true home. 

we're lonely.

and yet God's name is our inheritance, shared between us, making us family in the deepest sense of the word. This is the most healing that that we can offer - that we share a single name, united, and that God is present within us all. I don't need to search for home, or family, nor ever feel alone in the world. I have you, a joined soul that recognizes me beneath the armor of my body. 

we recognize each other.

if only for a moment, a glimpse...still, we see.

family.

in the deepest sense of the word.

Father, our Name is Yours. ²In It we are united with all living things, and You Who are their one Creator. (ACIM, W-184.15:1-2)

~

I love you, Eric

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