Uncomplicate

Uncomplicate: 

I love how life seems to uncomplicate itself, eventually at least. Being 61 years old, and with decades of practicing meditation and A Course in Miracles behind me, metaphysical ideas and seeking explanations are of less interest to me now.

kindness matters most.

forgiveness.

as does my relationship with the Holy Spirit, having an ongoing conversation where I'm asked to let one more concept go, another belief that no longer serves. My life is much simpler now, softer, with a growing sense of trust that everything will be ok. With age comes loss. There are less people in my life now, some relationships have simply drifted, death has claimed family and friends. Those who are still with me I cherish deeply in my heart. 

it's not complicated.

I love you all.

and that's the entirety of my practice.

~

I love you, Eric

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Already Arrived

Already present: 

the Holy Spirit never points to a far off  time or place of our arrival, there's no finish line to cross to signal that we've made it through to heaven - each moment is the exact and perfect location for our awakening to occur. It's all right here, heart-deep within business of life. 

that's the beauty of the atonement.

it's here.

now.

and every moment is it's arrival.

however, we are asked for a little willing to extend its invitation, forgiving each instant of an illusion that only serves to keep us hurt, lonely, and believing that we're separated from God and each other. The atonement is the undoing of that illusion, a glimpse of reality. 

it's already present.

forgiveness is our means of seeing that this holy instant.

has already arrived.

here.

now.

~

I love you, Eric

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Teachers

Teachers: 

the last two years have been a masterclass in forgiveness for me -health issues and anxiety returning, relationships shifting in their status, financial strain, and the usual list of life's demands. Forgiveness saw me through with no small amount of grace. Yet most significantly this past year brought a host of truly wonderful teachers to my small YouTube channel, as if each one was literally selected by the Holy Spirit for the exact moment of my need. 

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

lesson 25 was gifted to me by such a teacher, initiated really, bringing back to he very foundation of A Course in Miracles. It's become a life mantra, an utterance not of despair, but for a brand new mindset to view whatever's at hand. 

and perfectly aligned, knowing that there are no real coincidences, today's lesson is reviewed in perfect fashion: 

Love is the way I walk in gratitude. (ACIM, W-215.1:1)

so to my teachers, each one with just the right message and again in perfect timing...

thank you, thank you, thank.

I walk in Love and gratitude for you all.

~

I love you, Eric

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I Promise

I promise: 

prayers for the struggle, no matter your particular battle, just know that I love you. This is a personal note, it's for you and yet I have no idea who you are. I don't need to though, not really, because I've reached an age where my own battle scars show through and there's no wish to even try and hide them. 

my prayer for you is to reach the otherside.

whatever your battle,

there is a way through.

I promise.

and I love you.

at this point I could recount my own struggles, retell old battle tales of addiction, depression, and a loneliness that breaks me to the core to remember even now. But I won't. I have no stories to tell you, no scars to show - you can see them though, they're not hidden. 

they're just forgiven.

and that's my point here, why I made you that promise. 

there's a way through.

it might be different for you, another path, something that calls to you with an unmistakable voice of care and healing. You'll hear it. I promise. And I'll be there with you, even if we never actually meet in person, I'll walk the path with you. 

we'll reach the otherside. 

together.

I promise.

and I love you. 

The way is not hard, but it is very different. ²Yours is the way of pain, of which God knows nothing. ³That way is hard indeed, and very lonely. ⁴Fear and grief are your guests, and they go with you and abide with you on the way. ⁵But the dark journey is not the way of God’s Son. ⁶Walk in light and do not see the dark companions, for they are not fit companions for the Son of God, who was created of light and in light. ⁷The Great Light always surrounds you and shines out from you. (ACIM, T-11.III.4:1-7)

~

I love you, Eric

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Of Our Awakening

Of our awakening: 

indeed there is something about those four words, just their consideration gives room to pause and brings a shift to something far gentler than our previous state of mind.

⁷And God thinks otherwise. (ACIM, T-23.I.2:7)

it's a prayer, 

soft,

a deliverance really, that right now in the very mind of God we are held in reverence. Loved beyond all measure. But we miss this through our own haze of denial and disbelief. Our every worst thought about ourselves is a lie. Everything we believe about another is mistaken. 

God thinks otherwise.

always.

with no exceptions. 

it's the prayer of our awakening.

~

I love you, Eric 

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The Yoga of a Little Willingness

The yoga of a little willingness: 

it's never been a stretch for me to see forgiveness as a seamless expression of yoga, in fact my first year through A Course in Miracles I easily took it as a deepening of my practice. While Patanjali's Yoga Sutras doesn't explicitly mention forgiveness, it's clear to see how it unfolds in that direction, a natural result of a yogi's commitment. I fell in love with how the Course too me there directly, a reverse order yoga where the truth is practiced first without preamble. 

forgiveness is my path of yoga.

my practice.

and it immediately offers me the benefits of yoga, as a matter of fact these words from Lesson 122 of the Course could easily have been taken from any ancient yogic text:

Do you want a quietness that cannot be disturbed, a gentleness that never can be hurt, a deep abiding comfort, and a rest so perfect it can never be upset? (ACIM, W-122.1:6)

Jesus explains in the Course that all this, and more, forgiveness offers you, and it's certainly has been the case for me. It often brings me directly to the second sutra, leaving me in a profound state of grace that can only be explained as an instant awakening in truth. Even if for just the moment of my practice. Of course the good news is that it's repeatable, uncomplicated, and only requires one thing that Jesus ever asks from us...

⁵Your part is only to offer Him a little willingness to let Him remove all fear and hatred, and to be forgiven. (ACIM, T-18.V.2:5)

so really, this is the yoga of a little willingness.

and that's become my practice.

~

I love you, Eric

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Sips of Coffee

Sips of Coffee: 

the ritual is now sips of coffee and asking Holy Spirit for just the right words to reach the page - between the two is a sweet space of silence where inspiration always finds me. I guess every writer has their process, a means of invoking their own personal muse. Through the years my writing has grown softly specific with little need to petition for inspiration. 

sips of coffee,

ask,

and then patiently wait for the Holy Spirit's words to find me. 

my ritual for joyful writing.

every morning.

~

I love you, Eric

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