Communion

Communion: 

primarily, artistically, I'm a writer, or I like to think myself to be - and so with that I allow inspiration to guide me to where the words are, as if every piece is already written in infinite scripts and I only have to find the right one to fit a certain mood. Writing, for me at least, is a daring endeavor in the gentlest form, an excursion into the realm of imagination, ideas, and expressions all existing to choose from. It's a journey made directly from my desk and keyboards - from nowhere to no-here.

really, writing is a form of meditation.

an already answered prayer.

communion.

~

I love you, Eric

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What Are The Odds?

What are the odds?

a most often  asked metaphysical question, why are we here at all given the astronomical odds against our very existence. I have heard that the likelihood of our an individual existence is 1 in \(10^{2,685,000}\) which is a number so large that it actually has more zeros in it than all the atoms in the entire universe. So it seems just as likely, more so actually, that we shouldn't exist as all.

except we do. 

my friend and frequent guest on my YouTube channel, Cynthia Orlando, was asked this question yesterday.  Cynthia is A Course in Miracles student with keen insight derived through careful self-inquiry, and navigating through years of her own personal struggle. She had a most lovely reply:

God had an idea of you.

there is is,

simple.

beautiful.

and ultimately true no matter how we look at it.

of course a scientist could unpack this in a way that disproves God's existence. But it seems impossible to me that we can discount that there's a vast intelligent system at play here. Things work, I mean the universe works, gravity has a very specific purpose that keeps everything cosmically aligned and chugging along. That doesn't seem accidental. So what I'm pointing out here is mind, or Mind really, one great intelligence that for a very specific reason, or maybe none at all, had a thought of you, and me too -

and that's love.

God had an idea about you.

everything that follows is just details.

~

I love you, Eric

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Only Presence

Only presence:

this has been a year of acceleration for me, a deepening of a spirit-filled life in which my guidance has sharpened even through what felt like distance from my guide. Or maybe, actually, because of that seeming distance. From 2020 onwards has been difficult for many, from Covid to high costs of living and seeming divide we share in the world - it's just been hard. For me it's felt almost like continuous loss, a series, almost seamless, of treasured people and things leaving my life. 

this past year in particular.

and yet,

so many blessings have appeared as well.

here's the paradox, and maybe my greatest loss - I've had to learn that guidance doesn't mean that my every demand is met, especially not instantly so, and that it doesn't always appear in the most familiar guise. This is where distance comes into the picture, or even what I took was absence. My job isn't to make demands on the Holy Spirit and than look for signs that an agreement has been made. It's to hand everything over and trust that there's a holy purpose at play.

and the purpose is always forgiveness,

of course I've known this since year one of my study of A Course in Miracles, and that was over 30 years ago. The last few years I've been asked to live it, and this year, deeply so. This year feels like a year of settling, even in the midst of some health and financial concerns, there's a deepening sense of trust that all is well. Even when it doesn't like it - or maybe especially when it doesn't feel like it.

and that makes all the difference. 

there is no distance,

no absence.

only presence.

~

I love you, Eric

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Swayed

Swayed:

vrikshasana, tree pose, is my lifetime yoga  - and not just as an asana to perform for it many physical benefits, but for the spiritual lessons it bestows everytime I practice. It's a graceful posture, rooted and reaching at once, stable, yet swaying to and fro with every distracted thought I entertain. Vrikshasana shows me where I am each morning.

and teaches me forgiveness.

you see, some mornings I'm not so steady, my mind might hold a distraction, an issue left over from the day before, or even weeks ago. Every grievance shows up in vrikshasana, any resentment makes itself known through even the slightest sway and break of concentration. Vrikshasana doesn't demand complete concentration, it reveals the content of the mind and asks only for the release of whatever thought robs me of my grace and inner peace. This is the posture I hold with the Holy Spirit, reflected here as the symbol Lord Shiva, and I offer Him my prayer of release.

each distraction surrendered.

one by one.

and once more my feet spread sure and grounded, secure, and my torso feels free to lengthen fully in a reach towards heaven. 

grace.

if only for a moment.

until another thought sways me, once more distraction...

and that's forgiven too.

~

I love you, Eric

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On Writing

On writing:

it's one of those a rare morning when I don't have anything to write about, my mind isn't wandering towards a particular lesson or passage from A Course in Miracles, health updates have been covered, and there's no deep message with an urge to be conveyed. It's just a quiet moment with coffee and no concerns. A writer writes, everyday, with no exceptions. It's not to keep their skill sets sharp, but to enjoy the sensation of fingers moving across the keyboard, how a quiet mind suddenly leaps into an inspired thought, and the thrill of a well crafted phrase reaching completion on the page. 

so this morning I write for all of those reasons. 

just a few words.

yet more inspired than I realized. 

it seems the Holy Spirit speaks in subtle ways.

I only have to listen.

~

I love you, Eric 

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Handing Things Over

Handing things over:

the practice is simply handing everything over to the Holy Spirit, continuously so, and almost immediately now,.Each event, situation, and whatever person acts as a trigger is blessed and let go of - I give everyone and every encounter directly to the Holy Spirit. I don't know what the plan is, why anything is happening, but there's a sure guide that will see me through it all. 

that's the most important work of myday.

handing everything over.

forgiveness. 

~

I love you, Eric

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Light

Light: 

I will there be light. (ACIM, W-73)

and there it is, the central plan of A Course in Miracles, casting light upon a world made dark by our own deepest grievances and judgements. Once, in my earlier Course days, this felt like an impossibility, or at best, a by passing technique that never truly addressed by darkest thoughts. The truth was, and sometimes still, is that I felt justified, even comforted by my darkness. 

it was just easier to blame others.

I love the Course lessons that give me a workable plan, an on the spot mantra that works to the bone of the matter and offers me a different view of a darkened world. But it's not easy, not at first and sometimes not later after years of practice either. But it's always worth the effort to truly see the light that shines from the world, being given back my own illumination through the willingness of seeing yours. 

Your picture of the world can only mirror what is within. ²The source of neither light nor darkness can be found without. ³Grievances darken your mind, and you look out on a darkened world. ⁴Forgiveness lifts the darkness, reasserts your will, and lets you look upon a world of light. ⁵We have repeatedly emphasized that the barrier of grievances is easily passed, and cannot stand between you and your salvation. ⁶The reason is very simple. ⁷Do you really want to be in hell? (ACIM, W-73.5:1-7)

so it's our thoughts that are the source of darkness.

our grievances have literally created hell.

and yet light is present.

love.

³I will there be light. ⁴Darkness is not my will. (ACIM, W-73.11:3-4)

and with this we'll meet in heaven.

right here.

now.

~

I love you, Eric 

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