A Better Way

A better way: 

perhaps only dimly now, as A Course in Miracles states, but I begin to recognize that there is, indeed, a better way. Yes, as with everyone, my tolerance for pain is high, there's a capacity within each of us that manages to embrace a large degree of suffering throughout our lives. This is a chronic condition, and needlessly so,  but again, as the Course says, it is not without limit.

yes, there is a better way.

for me, and it hasn't always come easily, it's to relinquish my own demands placed upon so many situations. It is not my job to be in charge of the world, not even the seemingly private inner-real estate I call my mind. My every demand, unmet or otherwise, has led me to this high tolerance of pain, and now they lead to me surrender. 

I am not without limit to my suffering.

none of us are.

and here's the better way...

to forgive myself through every situation, no exceptions, turning each painful event over to a higher light that always urges me to love my way through it. That's the better way, it's love, expressed through the gentle practice of forgiveness. 

I choose Love.

always.

and that's the only way.

~

I love you, Eric

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Sometimes

Sometimes:  

sometimes, maybe often, I simply choose the wrong teacher - not purposely so, at least not at this point in my practice of forgiveness. But still, a wrong choice just the same. What's great is that I quickly recognize my mistakes now, pivoting seamlessly to my most loving option. Sometimes, no one will notices my turn towards the louder voice of ego, it's so clear to me that this is not the direction I wish to go, and easily, with a small degree of grace...

I smile.

and simply choose again.

~

Love, Eric

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Only Love

Only love: 

I appreciate the stark choice laid clear by A Course in Miracles, that we have love and fear, both voices found within us, with one representing the reality of the Holy Spirit, while the other gives us a continuation of ego's illusions. 

love or fear - our only two options. 

and only one is real.

the truth is, we so immersed within ego that it doesn't seem we have a choice at all. reality is flipped around to give us a living world of chaos while love becomes an occasional act of folly. We are so deep within illusion that not even the brightest lights of Jesus or a Buddha shines its way through to us. We're lost, completely so. 

until we're not.

the voice of God, synonymous with love, is ever present. 

a whisper, yes, for love makes no demands.

yet patiently so,

a continuous whisper,

choose only love, for only love is real.

and eventually...

I do.

~

Love,Eric 

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Of the Two

Of the two: 

there's two thought systems at play here, and all that's asked is that one is listened to with full sincerity, surrendering to its voice of love as often as I'm able. This is the Holy Spirit, ever present, a source of guidance and comfort. More often now, but not always, I'm able to turn towards this quiet voice and simply listen -

and I'm always asked to love.

that's it...

the entirety of it's message. 

the other thought system is the ego, an entity of control that always seeks to strengthen it's position. This is a demanding voice, loud, and instantaneous in its defensiveness. It's also an illusion, not an actual thing but a collection of long held beliefs, affronts, and thoughts of separation. The Holy Spirit only asks, always gently, that I choose love, guiding me to this decision. Ego only demands - and it doesn't really care if its needs are met as it will just continue onward, demanding even more, never satisfied. It's an illusion shouting to be heard and thus made real.

there's no real battle here. 

only love is real.

a gentle voice...finally heard above the loudness of the world.

I choose love.

more often now then ever before.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Choose Love

Choose love: 

the question that I sometimes given on social media is to make a choice between Israel or Palestine, sometimes followed by why I don't discuss such issues now that I have a small platform on YouTube to share my views. And they're correct, I generally don't give my views and especially on complex geopolitical  problems that are so far beyond my understanding. 

as well, the phrasing of the question leaves me without an answer.

there are no sides in suffering.

and that's our thinking right now, on so many issues, that there's an actual choice to be made against another,  believing that actual sides exist, and that compassion for all is too far fetched to even consider. I don't have an answer, at least not one that would really satisfy anyone. Yet I do know what to choose and it's a always my own personal choice of peace, not through any grand gesture, but just a quiet retreat to my deepest self and then to extend myself as love throughout the world. 

one person at a time. 

so for me, that's all I can do, but maybe you're much smarter and more capable than I am, and if so, than I hope you're able to play a role in bringing peace to such a troubled world. What I do know is that no change will be lasing until we each achieve a sense of true inner peace. I know that love, a true love without conditions offered, will be the only possible solution. 

and it starts with you. 

me too. 

I'm doing my part right now, quietly so, gently, forgiving my way through the world. We teach peace individually, and it seems to take a very long time to reach others. But that's not our concern, we have an entire lifetime to spread this message. First though, and always after, it begins right now, you, me, and the love that's shared between us. Until this happens - no other peace will be achieved. 

so let's begin right now.

let's choose love.

~

Peace, Eric 

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