Objective

Objective: 

the key objective is love, that we should be experiencing it's expression as our only reality. Our practice is simply seeing through every obstacle that seems to block the presence of love from our awareness. That's it, that's the objective of A Course in Miracles. The tool we use to fulfill its aim is forgiveness. As we practice forgiveness we come to a kinder point of being, we're more patient, tolerant, and yet purposeful in our focus. Our objective is returning home to God. Life, and all that happens, daily affairs large and small...is the pathway that leads us there.

we walk together,

~

I love you, Eric

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A Little Kinder

A little kinder: 

towards the end of his life, author Aldous Huxley was asked by a reporter if he could summarize the accumulated spiritual wisdom gained from 45 years of spiritual exploration. Huxley said he was a little embarrassed by the simplicity of the result of his lifelong pursuit. His message -

try and be a little kinder. 

a few decades later A Course in Miracles teacher Kenneth Wapnick echoed that sentiment with remarkable clarity and sincerity. He would often remark that kindness was the natural conclusion of our forgiveness practice, grace easily extended towards every aspect of our lives. Be kind, no exceptions, was a favorite declaration. 

I've been very fortunate to take this to heart, and although still imperfect, it's been the cornerstone of my practice for quite some time now. The metaphysics of A Course in Miracles provide a thought system that works as a guiding principle for me, a large framework that give structure to my practice. But it's the daily interactions that matter most to me, and yes, and Kenneth Wapnick said, everything is included, from chair to smallest insect crossing my path while walking each morning - 

my only aim is kindness.

this is Occam's Razor in conclusion, a life stripped of complexities, no great spiritual secrets left to be revealed, and nothing more to be gained in their pursuit.

just be kind...

in the end, 

that's all that really matters.

~

I love you, Eric

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Small Determination

 Small determination: 

it's seeing past the ego's every mask - consistent courtesy is a moment's meditation in which we reach out with gentle vision, having just a small determination to see each other as we truly are. I love the message of consistent courtesy, being from the original edition of A Course in Miracles, most recently coming to my attention, but now a practice that I so eagerly embrace. My entire day is given to that small determination, every encounter, and even my failures are given to the practice - courtesy, the easiest grace of  forgiveness, is meant for my own mishaps as well. 

it's a beautiful way of living.

~

I love you, Eric

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Imagine

Imagine: 

it's the shift from transactional relationships to a purely holy love, surrendering the belief that anything is needed from another for our own completion to be be true. This is a very different way of viewing the world, an evolution of relationships to their highest order. Imagine if the bottom line was always about service to each other, how we could help the least among us feel that they belonged, and that everyone knew that they were loved simply for who they really are. Imagine if this was our only goal and the loving world that we would then see.

a simple shift...

and our world would change forever.

imagine.

~

I love you, Eric

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At My Most Helpful

At my most helpful: 

from fear to love, at my my most helpful there's little that I actually do beyond making this shift and then asking to be guided. This resolves of me the need to fix people, calms me of the urgency to rush in and immediately get involved in every situation. To be truly helpful begins with listening, checking in with the Holy Spirit consistently for the guidance to respond. Really, it's the ultimate display of trust - gaining a form conviction that there is, indeed, a better way than anything I've ever tried before. And at my most helpful...it's love that guides the way.

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The Very Next Step

The very next step: 

and so it is with my own struggle, what seems to be playing through is a path of small service, kindness, and what the original text of A Course in Miracles calls consistent courtesy. This always presents itself as my only real option, suffering less by being truly helpful, not bypassing my issues, but realizing the reality that all minds are indeed joined, and that my own healing is linked to yours. What I love most about this is that I don't have to seek out this path, my feet are planted firmly in the midst of life right now, and whatever presents itself is my present practice. I am healed by forgiving the very next thing that appears before me, loving myself through whatever struggle appears...

and then taking the very next step that's given. 

that's my healing path. 

~

I love you, Eric

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Only Prayer

Only prayer: 

what I notice now is that most every issue of disturbance, slightest resentment, or beginning thought of fear, is almost always followed by it's release to Holy Spirit. It's automatic, a reflex of forgiveness that comes immediately to mind. I have been saved from countless spirals by just a few simple phrases, a quick reminder that I am never upset for the reason I believe and then a asking to see the present, or even a past situation differently, clearly, and this always brings me directly to the Holy Spirit with a prayerful request - I hand this person or situation over to you Holy Spirit, so that we might both be released and see only the truth. That's it, an easy thought interruption that's powerful in it's effects. 

forgiveness is the only prayer I offer.

and through this -

my world is continuously healed.

~

I love you, Eric

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