All Things

All things: 

I love the absoluteness of these lessons, if the very beginning of A Course in Miracles is a discourse in negation, dismantling our false belief system - then the middle point of lessons 180 to 200 are where are filled with the truth of who we actually are and why we're here. 

today's lesson:

  All things are lessons God would have me learn. (ACIM, W-193)

there's no wavering here, it's a declaration of purpose, and doesn't broker any deals. The Course tells us that if we understand any one lesson completely than we can get the whole. This could certainly be the one to bring us home. Whatever occurs in our lives, with no exception, is a lesson that God would have us learn - and remarkably there's only one thing that God would have us know.

⁷Forgive, and you will see this differently. (ACIM, W-193.3:7)

that's it.

forgiveness. 

so of all our suffering, our every sorrow and the trials that we believe we're asked to endure - their only purpose is to be forgiven all the way to the point of our awakening from this dream of separation. We're meant to return home each moment, now, always now...

and forgiveness takes us there.

that's the only thing we're ever asked to learn.

~

I love you, Eric

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Beginner's Mind

Beginner's mind: 

I'm finding great joy in sharing A Course in Miracles, offering the lessons each morning on my YouTube channel, and gently guiding people in it's practice. I've always resisted the idea of being a teacher, never quiet feeling ready or worthy of the title - which, of course, is a subtle play of the ego. Because the truth is, the only real teacher is the Holy Spirit. With this in mind, sharing the Course becomes a vital point in my own practice. I'm a better student now, more apt to listen to my own inner teacher now than ever before. Each lesson becomes alive in a new and exciting way for me - and in this sense I'm a beginner again, learning the very familiar deeply to my core. 

exactly as it's supposed to be.

~

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Ready

Ready: 

at a certain time in history lesson 191 of A Course in Miracles would be hereasy and saying it's key phrase out loud would most likely lead us to a gruesome death. There are many such statements in the Course and even today they stand in stark contrast to what most standard traditions have to say. Lesson 191 is particularly bold, powerful in its surety, and by the time we reach this point in the Course - utterly believable. 

it rings with certainty. 

I am the holy Son of God Himself. (ACIM, W-191)

what I most love about this statement is that it follows soon after lesson 189 where I am asked to come with wholly empty hands onto God. This lesson empties me out completely, leaving me with nothing false to cling to, and with a yearning to be filled by a powerful truth. I'm not left waiting for very long, the lesson concludes with a prayer asking for a revelation. 

. Father, we do not know the way to You. ²But we have called, and You have answered us. (ACIM, W-189.10:1-2)

and what follows are some of the most powerful lesson in the entirety of the Course.

I am revealed. 

more so,

I'm ready to accept this truth...

and live my life from here.

finally.

~

I love you, Eric

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Welcome

Welcome: 

as a lamp, that's the analogy I've been thinking of lately. An instrument of light. My life has been a slow repursebing of body and mind, realizing through long years that, indeed, giving and receiving are truly the same thing. A lamp receives light for the sole purpose of offering it indiscriminately, not a single corner within it's reach is left unlit by its touch. 

and there is it.

my reason for being here.

yours too, really.

my writing, YouTube channel, social media accounts, all these little creations equal to instruments meant only to offer light to the world. They're lambs. 

we're lamps.

and so are the things that we create.

may we find each other my friends...

the light is always on.

welcome.

~

I love you, Eric

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Smallest Corner

Smallest corner: 

sometimes we just need a little help with our healing, maybe something that creates just enough space between the intensity of fear and pain and the beginning of a deeper mend. I've always been reluctant to use medication, and most certainly never wanted to rely upon one. Yet over the past few years I've opened up to a little help, bare minimum when possible, and never for an extended time. What I needed was a few breaths between fear and healing. And I'm working on that now.

but I haven't forgotten my assignment.

I'm here to forgive.

ultimately, that's my only task, recognizing those dark corners and opening them up light. True healing only takes place when the cause of suffering is shown and a miracle is then offered. And what makes me smile is the thought that even here I'm not alone, help is provided just upon request, with only a little willingness on my end required - ask, and I shall receive. 

so this is what healing looks like.

for me at least.

stepping closer to that darkened corner as close as I'm able to right now, peering within - and asking for a small show of light before my next step is taken. 

that's it.

and what I'm so often shown is infinite light....

arriving to the smallest corner.

simply by request.

~

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Give Gladly

Give gladly: 

and still, after decades into studying A Course in Miracles, a certain phrase or a few words can stun me with what I can only call a holy force, my mind stopped dead in it's tracks and a quiet comfort always follows. This time it was only two words:

Give gladly. (ACIM, W-187.5:1)

these words seem like a message to me now. 

instructions.

and I know I must have read them dozens of times before. 

yet now the feel like an answer to a thousand unasked question. They feel like a landmark solution to every unrecognizable problem that besieges me. Just give gladly, be a storehouse of loving-kindness, and allow the giving to replenish itself in an endless supply of love. My life is a place of miracles, yours too, and giving love is the perfect demonstration that it's true. 

so let's give our love gladly,

and then together....

we receive.

~

I love you, Eric 

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To Be Healed

To be healed: 

here's my recurring reply - "to be healed". That's the refrain that plays through my mind as those late night thoughts arise and seek to keep me sleepless, anxious, and feeling alone. Just yesterday I had a wonderful conversation with a brand new friend who framed this so meaningful for me:

these are the blocks to the awareness of love's presence. 

and they're here to be forgiven.

it's just a beautiful reminder as to why forgiveness is such a consistent practice. There might be lifetimes behind us with deep emotional imprints that carry through, unhealed, and beckon to us now. I don't really know, and honestly, even this lifetime carries enough sorrow to haunt me. So regardless of origin, each wave of anxiety is here to be healed. They have one purpose, brought to my awareness in whatever form that had to be taken - and my only role is to be a gracious host and greet them all with love. This is a true welcome, not feigning affection, but simply being grateful for their service in my healing. I do this even through repetition, no longer interested in counting, if it's here, present, then it's to be forgiven. 

and so my night passes.

until everything is healed...for now at least.

forgiveness is a continuous practice.

for as long as it's needed.

~

I love you, Eric

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