Jnana

Jnana: 

it's really a course in self-inquiry, Janna yoga, almost a continuous asking of who we really are and what is our relationship with God. Lesson 156 of A Course in Miracles implores us to ask "who walks with me" at least a thousand times a day until uncertainty has ended and we are established in the true peace of God's love. We aren't meant to convince ourselves with this practice, but to allow the question to reveal our essence through it's steady refusal of accepting anything false about ourselves. Jnana yoga separates the real from the unreal and it's in the reality that's revealed in which we finally rest. The Course doesn't so much provide answers as it does the means for us to arrive at the truth on our own. That's the practice of self-inquiry, it's where its real value lies, how just the right question will give us the actual experience of God's presence, then all doubt is erased forever and only love abides.

who walks with me?

and now with decades worth of asking...

I know.

~

I love you, Eric

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Opportunities

Opportunities: 

and so for me, A Course in Miracles is a path like no other, it's uncompromising in its objective, direct and demanding in what I'm asked to practice...even as it gently meets me exactly where I am along the way. I find that when I forgive, truly so, I am as awake and enlightened as I'll ever be, not continuously, but if only for that one pure moment when love reigns supreme. And of course life is constantly bringing me those forgiveness opportunities, awakening points throughout the day. It doesn't really matter if I'm enlightened or fully awakened - I'm peacefully forgiving my way through life. 

one opportunity at a time.

~

I love you, Eric

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A Final Prayer

A final prayer: 

there is a final prayer offered in A Course in Miracles, the last rung of the ladder in our climb to heaven, and it states that - "I cannot go without you, for you are part of me". This prayer recognizes our oneness, no longer metaphorical, but truly that we will not reach heaven without being joined by every brother and sister, together, or it's not realized at all. So my own prayers are slowly turning to this realization, knowing that my needs are not separate from yours, and that they meet in the essence of this prayer. I pray for my awakening...knowing that there's a single dawn in which we join.

may it be so. 

~

I love you, Eric

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How Everything Serves

How everything serves:

and so defenselessness is essential for true forgiveness. It's become a mindfulness practice that informs me when I'm reacting from ego's perspective, fearful, and not resting in the love of God. Everything serves a holy purpose in someway, even the urgent need to defend my point of view. What was once viewed as a negative trait that blocked heartfelt communication - is now its first inkling is a reminder to surrender and let love lead the way. It's the opposite of bypassing really, more mindful, recognizing what's occurring within, and then just allowing myself to be present to the need to defend my every point of view...and simply letting go. Even if it still takes a few moments for this happen. 

defenselessness is a practice.

it's a meditation carried off the cushion.

 and how everything now serves the yoga of forgiveness. 

~

I love you, Eric

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The Holy Instant

The Holy Instant is a consciously chosen moment of eternity. It's without timeline and the present is offered towards another without agenda of the ego. Only love is given, and only our original innocence is recognized. We are joined in the presence of the Holy Spirit. 

. The Goal: To recognize that our perceptions of separation and any conflict are illusions, interpretations of others and events that are being dreamed within the present moment.

. The Method: When we feel any sense guilt, if  there is anger is towards anyone or anything, or even a mild annoyance persists  - we stop and offer that thought to the Holy Spirit.  

. The Mantra: I am responsible for what I see. I choose the feelings I experience, and I decide upon the goal I would achieve." (T-21.II.2)

This is our instant meditation, available any moment needed. It's when we truly being to live the yoga of forgiveness as a continuous practice off the mat and beyond the meditation cushion. The Holy Instant is freedom, it's liberation from our enslavement by the ego. Our practice is to extend it whenever possible - and it's always possible. We just have to remember. And through this process...

we awaken,

~

I love you, 

Eric 

Mighty Companions

Mighty companions: 

and so I have come to find that I am truly blessed by what A Course in Miracles refers to as mighty companions, those friend, both seen and unseen, who walk beside me on the way that I have chosen. They are vital in my life now, bringing light to those darkest places that once kept me blind. These friend work miracles, and more so, they teach me to work miracles in my life as well. So for me, this has been a long period of learning trust, finally surrendering the notion that I move through life alone. I'm recognizing that I have never really been alone before, how my deep sense of loneliness was only been based upon false perceptions offered by a demanding ego. There are mighty companions in this world, and I don't always understand their role, not specifically at least. But I'm learning to trust in the perfection of their arrangement, appearing in ways that might be beyond my present understanding...yet knowing that only love is real. 

and they walk in light beside me.

thank you, thank you,

 thank you. 

~

I love you, Eric

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Occam's Razor

 Occam's razor: 

Occam's razor suggests that of multiple spiritual pathways the one with the simplest set of elements will lead us most directly to our true home. Toltec seer Carlos Castaneda asked us to distinguish the path with heart and that should be the one we follow. For me, A Course in Miracles is my most direct path, one with heart and the simplest of all to follow. 

I am the Love of God. 

My only function here is to remember.

I do so by forgiving every seeming obstacle to the light of this awareness.

Occam's razor.

and that's my only practice.

~

I love you, Eric 

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Following Echoes

Following echoes:

above all else I simply need to listen, truly and deeply so, beyond the superficial noise that's offered by the world. This is an active listening that brings me to a reinterpretation of what's first heard. Lesson 151 of A Course in Miracles tells me that all things are echoes of the voice for God, reminding me that my every initial reaction is wrong, a shallow judgement that will mask the Holy Spirits words. I've rushed through life on advisement of the ego, listening to the rush of noise that only led me to to hurtful conclusions. I'm asked to listen now, to follow the everyday echoes to a deeper meaning - and it seems I'm finally ready to pause and allow myself to be guided by the loving voice for God. 

above all else...

we only need to listen.

deeply so.

~

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Largely Unnoticed

 Largely unnoticed: 

and so the most meaningful and important thing I do is largely unnoticed by others. It's an action quietly undertaken through the course of each day without anyone knowing what's actually going on. Practicing true forgiveness is now the undercurrent of my life. No fanfare or announcement, just an everyday affair between me and the world. It's an active meditation, an immediate awakening that brings me great comfort and relief. What's being forgiven here is the world itself, an entire belief system that keeps us caught within a dream. Forgiveness isn't an escape, it's simply choosing to remember that this is all my own creation, a mishap that never really occurred but is still playing out through my mind. 

so I'm really practicing self-forgiveness,

in whatever form it may appear. 

I'm remembering.

and slowing waking up from the dreaming of the world.

~

I love you, Eric

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And So the Mantra Plays

And so the mantra plays: 

it's a mantra, perhaps really my only one, and whatever words or phrase used is secondary to its recognition. Forgiveness truly plays through my life as a mantra now, ceaseless in repetition, a soft reply to every encounter. The words are less important than the intent to see, deeply so, a wish to peer further than my personal sight allows and actually experience the light of God within another. So the mantra itself is just a silent nod and any word that follows is simply a confirmation that it's done. 

I let forgiveness rest upon all things (ACIM, W-342)

and so the mantra plays.

~

I love you, Eric

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Artist of Infinite Design

Artists of infinite design: 

and only beauty remains, our kindest acts, and our every loving thought. I love the promise from the text in A Course in Miracles, that the Holy Spirit sweeps through our past, correcting every error seemingly made, and leaving only the love that's been shared as a testament to those days. What's been cleared away is the illusion that the past exists at all, or that it has any true meaning to the present moment. Yes, of course we could argue for our past, attributing mistakes to ourselves and others and believing that those memories make us who we are today. Yet that denies the reality of this actual moment, it's freshness and the richness of this very instant. The past has no actual bearing on this...and that's the love which creates and recreates me right now. So only our true creations remain eternal, what's been done through acts of kindness and shown as beauty. This leaves us artists of infinite design, heart-full with divine potential, along the endlessness of this moment as our platform.

let's begin...

again.

~

I love you, Eric 

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This is What Everything is For

This is what everything is for: 

it's simple.

really. 

I (ego) don't know what anything is for (lesson 25)

even relationships.

actually,

especially relationships.

but I do know what I want.

peace.

happiness.

real happiness...not based on my (ego) demands.

my (ego's) way has never worked so well to achieve this goal.

actually, 

it's never worked.

ever.

fortunately within me (Holy Spirit) 

wise and loving,

that knows what everything is for. 

so all I (the decision-maker) has to do is ask...

"Holy Spirit what is this for?' 

and it's revealed.

everything, including relationships,  most especially relationships are for the sole purpose of expanding love. It's how we remember who we truly are. Relationships serve only to bring us to a Holy reminder, an instant when we get to choose to see our own divinity reflected through the appearance of another. It's a practice. A commitment. 

and the only one that matters.

true forgiveness is our tool for transformation.

it's how we remember who we are.

here, in our relationships, forgiveness serve as a means of seeing.

I (decision maker) choose to see the light of who you are,

only this.

nothing else.

and so this is how we heal each other, ourselves, 

the world.

one moment of forgiveness at a time.

one Holy Instant.

extended through eternity.

I see You.

and I forgive those moment in which it seemed I had forgotten.

with this...we remember.

even if it seems to take some time.

and yet,

our Holy Instant, that moment of remembering who we truly are, 

that's forever.

I love You.

Eric 

Holy Relationships

Holy relationships: 

as with all things, we asked to bring our relationships to the Holy Spirit, allowing a shift to take us away from demands towards the purpose of divine love. What it takes is willingness, just a little as A Course in Miracles is fond of reminding us, and it begins with the recognition that we don't truly know what anything is for, including our relationships. Yet the Holy Spirit does. So with this our every trigger, each familiar pattern we believed served us somehow, is now an offering to the Holy Spirit, laid at the alter of a higher understanding. We simply ask...

show me the way.

and thus, 

transformed. 

our relationships now serving our salvation.

holy.

~

I love You, Eric 

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Ksama

Ksama: 

it's a mind asana, ksama, which is a Sanskrit word for forgiveness, and with every word of that ancient language, so much more is layered in its meaning. Sanskrit words are often meant to convey qualities of virtue, not just a single action of label but an actual way of living. Ksama too is such a word and it is deep in the gifts that it offers. Here' we're not asked to forgive in any traditional sense, but to hold it deep as a posture of the mind an asana that is returned to throughout the day and lived as an expression of divine grace. There's an implied strength within the word, forbearance, that we are meant to return to this as a practice, building a stamina of forgiveness that carries us through life. This is also the forgiveness of surrender, releasing others of long held resentments, refusing to judge or hold a grievance, and knowing that this is our own true path of salvation. 

it's the yoga of forgiveness. 

and so for me, 

A Course in Miracles has become my yoga - it's my forgiveness path, ksama in its purest sense of grace and purpose. I've been led to this point, countless asanas, endless repetition of mantra, and cultivating prana though my breathwork. All valuable practices, preparing for me for a final letting go...in the end, moksha, liberation, is freedom from the heaviness of grievances. 

forgiveness is enlightenment. 

it's the path that takes us home...directly so.

~

I love you, Eric

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Finally

Finally;

from this point on I will step back and let the Holy Spirit lead the way. Of course I've made this declaration countless times since my first encounter with this lesson from A Course in Miracles, and with equal sincerity every time. This morning, early and before the sun even hints at rising, I consider the lesson once more - there's no declaration made, it doesn't come to me as another grand announcement. It's much softer now, more of a grace than any sense of an achievement. I no longer wish to be in charge. I'm tired of my own self-created mess. 

I will step back and let Him lead the way.

and not in resignation,  

but relief.

being grateful to finally relinquish the role of leading the way.

it's time.

I love you, Eric

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Little Further Now

A little further now:

much like those balancing yoga postures that I've learned to lean into, every aspect of my life seems to have come to the same precarious balance now. I'm being asked to trust in a deeper way than ever before, frighteningly close to an edge that promises no assurance to the ego's wish for certainty. I think this is where I'm supposed to be, not without fear, but amidst the accumulated doubt of an entire lifetime, my insecurities and questions of self-worth -   

everything gathered right here.

forgiven,

all at once, and then let go.

trusting that it's time...to lean a litter further now. 

~

I love you, Eric

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Lean

Lean: 

I love the balancing postures, two in particular each morning, vrikshasana, or tree pose, and natarajasana, also called the dancer's pose. Both of these poses require trust, being mindful of just the right shift of balance to continue the posture a little while longer. What I'm trusting is not only the body, but ground beneath my feet and the very air that seems to support be when I reach the point of feeling perfectly poised and stead. It sometimes feels like I could hold each of these asanas forever, an eternal yogi trusting that a greater force will hold him. And fairly often too I stumble from the pose, as if the air defeated me and gravity frowned upon my effort to defy it. Lately though, my trust has grown, deepened into something nearly describable - 

I'm being held. 

not propped to support the the pose, and not always with a sense of ease, but with a grace that whispers to me that every fall and tug of gravity is in perfect order for the lesson of the moment. I'm not asked to trust that each asana will be perfect, no, it's that they will be perfectly expressed in such a way that I learn to remember to smile through every shift of balance. Trust is dynamic, requiring deep listening and keen inner sight that takes us beyond the appearance of what the moment offers. I know that each fall doesn't remove me from the hold of grace, but only furthers my commitment to smile and lean even deeper into the unseen arms that always hold me. 

it's trust.

and every morning...

I lean just a littler further.

~

I love you, Eric

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With The Holy Spirit

With the Holy Spirit: 

turning even my morning yoga asana practice over to the Holy Aspect, guided into each posture as to what is absolutely right for me to perform. This wasn't something that I willfully did, it wasn't a conscious surrender, and I unaware that I was being guided until I compared my practice from over a year ago to what I do now. My yoga has become a fine art of listening to this holy voice, shifting sequence without notice, holding a pose for just the right amount of time before letting go. There's a greater rhythm here and it's far beyond my own. The softest nudge and intuitive sense causes me to move in just the right way for the healing of my body to occur. My mornings have a peaceful reverence now, beyond mere ritual and routine, there's a guidance in every move that carries on throughout the day. More so than ever I'm beginning to trust the Holy Spirit, not an outside source, but the very voice for God that speaks through every cell of my body, informs just the right thought, and urges me to continue in this subtle art of listening...even as it guides me through my yoga practice. 

not a whisper to be left unheard.

I'm listening now.

finally. 

~

I love you, Eric 

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Home

Home: 

all guilt is trickled down, small testaments of our believed great sin of separation from God. Yet this was an imaginary act, a dreamed journey without distance as A Course in Miracles reminds us. My own return home to God lies through the release of guilt, and in this relinquishment I take you with me. This is our journey, together, and I wish to know us both as innocent once more. Forgiveness shows us both the truth of who we truly are...and I now see you, again, in the light of this of love. 

with this...we go home,

together.

~

I love you, Eric

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The Holy Sprit's Book of Living and Dying

 

The Holy Spirits Book of Living and Dying: An Essential Guide to Grief.

(Based on the Principles of A Course in Miracles) 

10 Sutras to live by. 

1. The Jolt

There is no death. Get over it. What God has created cannot be lost. Ever.

2. The Shadow

Stop giving belief to shadows on the wall. The light that is the source of a shadow’s creation is still shining brightly—eternal, and right behind us.

3. The Actor

An actor wears a costume and plays a believable character. When the play is over, they shed both to return to their true self. The actor does not cease to exist just because the costume is put away.

4. The Spirit

In grief we see an empty chair; Spirit sees a full heart. Trust the heart, for the eyes have been trained to only see what is temporary.

5. The Distance

There is no space between minds. If we think of anyone with love, we are holding their hand. It is that simple.

6. The Ego’s Game

Grief is the ego’s way of trying to prove that God failed. Peace is Spirit’s way of proving that only love is real and survives every temporary belief in loss.

7. The Cemetery

Don’t look for the living among tombstones and bones. Souls don’t belong to bodies or boxes. They live in the presence of our heart. Always now. Always now.

8. The Bridge

Forgiveness is the bridge that connects us to our loved ones. Drop the grievance against "endings" and we will find they never left.

9. The Inheritance

They didn’t leave us their absence; they left us their love. Absence is a nightmare. Love is our reality, and it serves as our connection right now.

10. The Awakening

We are dreaming of a loss that never happened. Wake up and find that in the mind of God—where everyone resides together and forever—everything is still whole.

Dedication:

To my father...who taught me to be a caregiver. 

And to continue so.

Introduction

This small eBook was inspired by the title of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, as well as the core princile of A Course in Miracles - that only love is real, and nothing unreal exists. The essential is never loved. And we are essential. May this book be helpful. 

Afterward

I hope this book found you. And that it was helpful. Whoever you are. 

I love you, Eric 

A Happy Learner

A happy learner: 

I'm learning to trust, and there's been hard lessons that have brought me low and made this a difficult thing to learn. From the perspective of  Course in Miracles, trust is letting go of the need to control the narrative, being centered in the present moment, and not judging what unfolds. Trust is relying solely on Source to provide the means for my function to be fulfilled. My function, as is everyone's, it to move from a fearful mind to one of trusting in the voice of God, shifting from a mindset of separation to the reality of being joined together in love. I've not always been a happy learner with these lessons. The Course says a happy learner is someone who is willing to unlearn everything those hard lessons offered, relearning to trust that God's only concern is for my true happiness. 

and that's where it seems I'm slowly arriving -

happiness.

joy.

I'm beginning to fulfill my function. 

perhaps soon, not far off at all, I can call myself a happy learner.

and complete mean it.

because it's true.

~

I love you, Eric

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Yoga of Forgiveness

Yoga of forgiveness: 

my yoga is forgiveness, a practice from first waking with breathwork and meditation to the asanas that follow - all of done with gentle intent, a kindness extended to the present condition of my body, whatever state that might be. I am mindful of every ache that comes with 60 years of living, relaxed with a mind that still sometimes wanders after decades of meditation. Forgiveness brings sharp focus to what's present in each moment, releasing me from the need to push my body harder, or straining to catch my mantra as it slips my concentration. I am asked to be gentle to myself, easing into the morning with the grace of acceptance, grateful that I can still move so easily even with some inevitable aches and pains. Forgiveness tells me that this is the body that's present, working within the perimeters it offers, and not holding onto whatever demands the ego makes for me. 

this is the yoga of true forgiveness.

a fresh beginning each day.

a joyful practice.

~

I love you, Eric

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The Only Tool

The only tool: 

so the central lesson is forgiveness, to be at peace in any situation that demands the ego's immediate response and instead offering only peace to fill the moment. A Course in Miracles reminds us that all things are lessons God would have us learn, and the curriculum is undoing the ego so that the Holy Spirit's true response can shine through. These lessons will occur in major and minor form and each is to be met wit the singular tool of forgiveness. A lifetime of lessons, one purpose, and the only tool needed is our sincere desire to forgive....and see it all a different way. 

~

I love you, Eric

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A Teacher

A teacher: 

a teacher of God, according to A Course in Miracles, is anyone who chooses to be one regardless of background or religion, and it's a decision based solely on their wish to heal. There is a qualification here though, this person has to have reached the point where they are willing to learn whatever lessons Holy Spirit has in store for them, sincerely working on forgiving grievances and judgement made against the world. There are characteristics of God's teachers too, but these are no ideals to met, they're simply qualities displayed through the sincerity of their practice. Trusting in God as the only source to value, honesty, gentleness - the teacher demonstrates these qualities consistently over time, perhaps not perfectly so, but always with a sincere return. Most importantly, there's a purpose to their teaching, an attempt to save time for this all important healing, transforming the world through each forgiven moment. And lastly, a teacher of God has a method use, a talent that may not even be apparent as they first begin teaching. It's not always overt, perhaps just a gentle stride through life with a smile that offers everyone the warmth of their unconditional love. This is an energy, a glow of sincerity, and grows stronger as their own practice deepens and their love expands further in its reach. 

a teacher of God...

and with this I find my purpose here.

~

I love you, Eric

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And We Forgive

And we forgive: 

sometimes I forget, even after many years of consistent practice I forget that there is no world apart from my perception, and that everything occurs only as an opportunity for forgiveness. Recent turbulent events in my life have pondering why they're happening, questioning myself, as if my spiritual practice would have left me immune to such things. Of course, ultimately, everything happens in this world for the sole reason of separation, a single belief that I am distance and estranged from God and must suffering in this absence. It's a deep guilt, still present, and as long as I am present in the world, believing in this separation, difficult and tragic events will still seem to happen. 

and the solution is forgiveness.

there's only problem present in the world, made manifest in infinite appearances...each to be forgiven until we bridge the gap of separation to a final step towards God. 

so life continues, things happen, the stories of our life unfold

and we forgive.

~

I love you, Eric

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An Adjective

An adjective: 

reminding myself that I'm still learning, and that while a healed mind does not plan, as lesson 135 of A Course in Miracles beautiful states - I'm not quite there yet, healing, trusting, but I haven't completely placed my faith in the Holy Spirit. I have, however, fully embraced the process, those small moments of surrender that deliver an enormous sense of joyful bliss. It's okay that right now I'm living more as an adjective than I am a noun, I'm in process, almost at that point of fully accepting those expressions of love, experiencing miracles in my everyday life. The truth is, I'm in process, and this is exactly as it's supposed to be right now, this is where I am, an adjective...

on the verge of realizing it's true nature. 

~

I love you, Eric

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Mantra of Forgiveness

Mantra of forgiveness: 

each repetition of the mantra is offering forgiveness, transcending previous thoughts to the point of relaxing into the natural stillness of the mind. I love my mantra meditation, seeing it now in the light of true forgiveness - that nothing mars my natural innocence, no thought can ever really affect my peace of mind unless I dwell upon over time. Mantras, in this form of meditation, have no meaning, they're a vibration of silence come to manifest in the form of a word. Repetition of a mantra isn't used to erase previous or present thoughts, again, they're used as forgiveness, kindly so, easing the user into the silent garden of the mind. Approaching my meditation time as another means of forgiveness has changed my practice dramatically, 

as nothing goes wrong in a forgiving mind.

and my meditation  now continues...

for beyond the cushion.

~

I love you, Eric

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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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