Impetus

Impetus: 

the impetus for A Course in Miracles began with a simple question between the scribe, Helen Schucman and her colleague William Thetford - "there must be a better way?" he asked her, and that was somehow the beginning of an extraordinary flow words that were dictated to Helen over the next several years. The Course itself claims this is the voice of Jesus offering a correction to his original words, clearing away the clouds of mistaken perceptions surrounding his teaching. Regardless if this is true or not, the Course does a remarkable job of liberating our minds from the tyranny of the ego. 

but only if we ask for a better way.

we all have our own impetus for change, emotional trauma for some, physical pain, and for so many of us, simply reaching a point of quiet despair concerning everyday life. We just finally reach a point where the only question asked is the same as Thetford's - 

there has to be a better way.

and there is.

but only if we ask for the possibility of one.

that's the impetus of our greatest change, simply asking.

nothing more.

and then to listen to the quiet voice...

providing us the answer. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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June

June:  

it's the beginning of June, considered the meteorological start of summer, and my favorite time of year. I love that the solstice is still weeks away, as if the season is gaining momentum for the longest day of light for it to offer, yet with summer itself already softly in effect. I celebrate the first of June to welcome in the season and then the solstice for its length of light, with the entire month being worshiped as the most fulfilling time of year for me.

 this also marks the halfway point of the year, that from hear on, even without our notice, there is the pull towards another winter. June reminds me to stay mindful of the present, and yet not lose sight of the transience of every season, to enjoy the touch of sunlight now, bask in its warmth, a brief and fragile gift that even now is changing. 

a briefness that only causes me to love more deeply.

June is the peak and slow decline of green foliage, the newborn of spring begin to mature, a season of passage, bittersweet in its way. 

my favorite time of year.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Much the Same

Much the same: 

another birthday is here and many things seem much the same as last year, older, yes, but there's a certain continuation of circumstances that hasn't really changed much at all. Life is amazingly stable and I'm grateful for that, it's a blessing in many ways, knowing that my world today will be much the same as it was yesterday - even if it's mostly an illusion. 

sub-atomically, my body is completely new, virtually every atom has been swapped out for another, not a newer model, but fresh for me at least. Cellular changes  have occurred here too, not always for the best as I grow older, with many cells losing their capacity to perform optimally, changing in shape and and structure with a slow accumulation of effects. Oddly, the body replaces billion of cells on a daily basis, and my body will be completely renewed within the course of several years. But this process seems to come with the price of aging, cells no longer retaining a memory of their youthful function. My cells are new, just not as spry as my former model. 

so really, it's a paradox of stability.

things are much the same.

and different too.

what hasn't changed at all is the ever present awareness that has been witness to everyone of these events, my life has unfolded through this sense of being aware, each change being noted in a changeless capacity that remains completely unaffected by time's incessant flow. Through the years, it's this awareness that I seem to relate too most clearly, a softening effect on how I view the course of life's actions, no longer quick to judge myself or others. I relate more to motion now, change, even as I find myself expanding in a subtle state of a stillness and an easy quiet. Yes, I find myself as more a witness now, yet this isn't by any means a new affair, nor is it separate from a life observed, being far too seamless and eternal to be anything other than a continuous state of simply being aware.

in this sense, truly...

everything seems much the same. 

~

Peace, Eric

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