Now, Yoga Begins

Now, yoga begins:

really, it's about watching the mind - my yoga has arrived at the central focus of ego and the Holy Spirit, mindful of my choice between the two, and then a gentle shift back whenever I find that I have strayed from a place of loving kindness. For me, this is the yoga of forgiveness. Even on the yoga mat I bring my mind to the posture at hand, releasing all judgement of the body that's performing the pose now, being aware of the nuances of mobility that every practice period offers. A yoga teacher recently gave me a marvelous translation of the first of Patanjali's yoga sutras:

atha yoga -anushasanam...

now, the teaching of yoga begins.

and indeed, as this teacher pointed out to me, this moment,  right now, is the beginning of yoga, an entrance into the same timeless realm that forgiveness leads us to, the gateway of eternity. Releasing myself from ego's judgement, relaxing into every posture that life delivers, yoga heals me, asking me to forgive all that preceded this moment, and focus only on what's present.

and this is where love ifs found.

now, 

the teaching of yoga truly begins.

~

I love you, Eric

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Declaration

A declaration: 

there is no word is quite a declaration, and Jesus says this most directly in lesson 132 of A Course in Miracles. Oddly, I never really struggled with this concept, perhaps being ready to accept such a radical truth that would free me from a world of suffering. Through the years I have heard arguments for the world's existence, metaphors, explained, the dream like quality of perceptions being offered - but I always come back to that powerful declaration.

Jesus said there is no world...

and I believe him.

~

I love you, Eric

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Opportunities

Opportunities: 

sometimes it feels like there's limited options, being without a car, struggling with emotional health, particularly loneliness, and and deep uncertainty of being able to make ends meet - what I do have is a cellphone, internet connection, and a sincere desire to offer my heart to the world. So my YouTube channel has become limitless opportunity to extend love, just a small place to demonstrate my own commitment to caring for others.

sometimes, yes, options might seem limited.

and yet,

love is always the way of expansion...showing me a limitless world.

full of opportunities. 

~

I love you, Eric 

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To Be Written

To be written: 

and really, it's as simple as this, just recognizing that truly, I need do nothing. This is the ultimate display of trust, allowing myself the restfulness of the present moment without the rush for any sense of achievement or gain. Of course this doesn't mean inaction, my life might still look like someone devoted to a spiritual path, or attempting to earn an income through my work on social media. But this is what I'm guided to do, at least for now, and it brings me great joy to devote myself to it. The difference is that I'm beginning to trust that I'm exactly where I need to be, there's no frantic energy involved for things to be other than what they are right now. I'm more relaxed, trusting in an inner guidance.

almost as if, 

I'm an instrument belonging to a greater hand...

allowing my life to be written.

joyfully.

~

I love you, Eric 

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Only Love Remains

Only love remains: 

it's radical responsibility, accepting that fact that I see exactly the world that I have invented through the beliefs that I have cherished and valued. Looking around the world this is hard for me to accept, both the beauty that appear beyond my ability to even imagine, as well as the tragedies and violence that seem to abound. The metaphysics of A Course in Miracles insists that I am the creator of the world I see, assigning all meaning, and mostly, this isn't even original in my own thinking, having inherited a belief system that keeps me trapped in their appearance. Having explored this concept for many years, studied the lessons of the Course and then applied it - I do, indeed, believe that this is so.

sticking with the Course even further,

I'm now beginning to invest in a world I truly want to see.

forgiving every belief I formerly cherished. 

 seeing reality just beneath them....

and only love remains.

~

I love you, Eric

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Above the Battlefield

Above the battlefield: 

to move from form to content, relating less to the effects of the world and being more mindful of their cause - to be above the battleground is not indifference, far from it really, it's a tenderness so powerful that we wish to remove all reason for suffering to even exist at all. This is returning to the mind, our creative source that is the true cause of the world we see right now. The word that's often used is miscreation, implying that we've blindly created a world mirrored by our belief that we are an ego, small, limited, and violent.

 it's a battlefield.

sadly.

and we're asked to forgive it, moving above the battlefield to the source of it's creation. It's a choice, ego or the Holy Spirit, a continuous battle through life or the experience of peace. Sounds overwhelming doesn't it? But it doesn't have to be, not with the small, everyday, choices of refusing to give weight to the thoughts that condemn, smiling more often at our slightest judgement's, actually, just smiling more often at the ridiculousness of our predicament...we have trapped ourselves in an illusion, we're dreaming the world right now and refuse to forgive ourselves awake. 

to rise above the battlefield is to begin to wake up.

reclaiming our power.

one small, mindful moment at a time...

forgiving every choice that doesn't bring us peace.

~

I love you, Eric

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Step Off the Battlefield

Step off the battlefield: 

I like to imagine that while still on the battlefield, post fighting and with a quiet peace beginning to settle, Krishna offers one more path of yoga to his pupil Arjuna, a fifth, and for now, still secret path shared just between them. With a whisper it's revealed that forgiveness transcends the actual battle that was only imagined, frightfully so, but still taking place in the collective mind shared by all. This is the yoga of forgiveness, an escape from maya, and even more direct than all the other paths. The truth is -that ancient battle was brief in its pause, we have continued to war against ourselves...

and it's still imagined,

only maya,

just waiting to be forgiven.

this moment, right now, is the age of true yoga. 

we step off the battlefield.

once and for all.

forgiving the dream...and returning home.

together.

~

I love you, Eric 

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