Triggers

Triggers: 

early in A Course in Miracles, just 5 days into the workbook lessons, and already the key to a peaceful mind is presented to us - I am never upset for the reason I think. Of course this takes time to truly understand, even longer for it to unfold through an actual practice in our lives. Decades into the Course and I can still convince myself that I know exactly why I am upset and someone else is directly involved in this issue of distress. But I know better now, I don't take my own accusations towards people or events quite so seriously any longer, and more easily let them go in order to deeper into exploring the matter that's really at hand. The world is acting as my trigger, every small instance irritation all the way to a great surge of anger exposes the ego's agenda of keeping me small, separate, and alone. It's my fear being shown to me, my perception of another revealed as a projection. 

and now I get to heal.

no lesson from the Course is more important than another. Each one is vital to a complete understanding and builds to a comprehensive practice. My life is a testament to this, with triggers still present and moments where blame, guilt, and loneliness are still involved. But not as much and never for very long, as these lessons come so quickly and easily to mind. At this point it's all pretty seamless now, just a little pressure on the trigger and the opportunity to ease this tension instantly makes itself known. What an incredible opportunity -

I get to choose peace.

and seamlessly, almost always...

I do.

~

I love you, Eric

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Could I Be At Peace?

Could I be at Peace: 

not every lesson's easy, in fact, most are far from it, and many are so subtle that we miss the learning opportunity they present to us all together.  Those are the ones I'm writing about here, the ones we instantly react to and then justify our response as the proper action. The problem is that we seldom even pose a question to ourselves over these matters - we assume that our thoughts would never lead us astray, and then continuing with our demands that the world behave a certain way.Completely missing an opportunity to learn.

the lesson in everything is simply this - 

could I be at peace with how things are right now? 

not everything needs to bend to my will, my every demand doesn't have to be met. I could be at peace by letting go of my incessant need to control any given situation. The truth is, it's called inner-peace for a reason, it's my interior view that shapes my outlook of the world and never the other way around. Seeing this I am able to practice an easy self-inquiry in many of these opportunities, not always immediately or successful - but getting better all the time.

it's simple,

could I be at peace with how things are right now?

it's with this that I pause,

just for a moment,

and then allow my heart to answer.

it seems the answer is almost always yes, 

or I'm guided on a better course of action. 

 and so with this...

my every encounter is a practice.

~

Peace, Eric 

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