We've Been David All Along

We've been David all along: 

when I first made my way to the Manual for Teachers, the finishing volume of A Course in Miracles, it was the characteristics of God's teachers that struck me as a truly worthy goal to achieve. These were traits that I worked hard to demonstrate, believing that with effort and hard dedication they would all make themselves known to me and that I could then demonstrate them to the world. This was simply where I was in my life, a seeker, and not afraid to put in the work necessary to make things happen. Even enlightenment. 

I've since learned to relax. 

not everything is meant to be chased after, pursued, or conquered. 

everything single characteristic described in the manual is possed in abundance by us all. They are traits inherent with the very fabric of our existence. My own realization was how easy and naturally these gifts show themselves through the single practice of true forgiveness. So I'm reminded of the story of Michelangelo and his 17 foot block of stone, how is was deemed unusable by many sculptors before him, and abandoned because of it's many flaws. Yes Michelangelo saw the truth within the stone, an original form that literally begged him for it's release. For three years Michelangelo worked in secret, guided by an inner vision shared between him and the hidden figure within the stone. What he did wasn't a pursuit, not really - it was trust in it's deepest sense.

 it was liberation. 

Michelangelo worked with the stones apparent limitations, it's fragileness, and these actually became assets for the figure David to be released from within the stones hold. When asked how he was able to accomplish such a difficult task Michelangelo simply replied that figure was already and always within the stone and that he just very carefully removed all that was not David.

and that's how life works on us.

those difficult things, our worries and deep concerns, those flaws that seem to haunt us - sculptor's tools, all of them. We are being carved through the stone of set beliefs, unlocked from the falsity of the ego's thinking. We're being revealed. 

there's no need to pursue anything.

forgive.

and watch how that delicate figure within comes to life.

we've been David all along.

I love you, Eric

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Thank you.