Awakening

Awakening; 

it's a direct path, and the reason is that it's very beginning is also the endpoint of our journey. A Course in Miracles offers zero detours, at least not in its purest sense. If everything is to be forgiven, with no exceptions made, then whatever confronts us, even if we feel ill prepared, is at the very least examined before we forgive or decide otherwise. Nothing is demanded of us, but we are asked to choose which internal teacher we wish to learn from right then, and we always have the option of choosing once again when we feel more ready reexamine whatever it is that troubles us. Personally, each time I forgive, in the truest sense of the practice - I'm awakening. By this I mean, quite literally, that I experience the light of reality right then and there, directly, and then there's the grace of letting go...

if only for the moment of my practice.

until once more,

I'm asked to choose again. 

and so indeed, 

awakening never ends.

~

I love you, Eric

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Everything Asks for Kindness

Everything asks for kindness: 

it's my own way of transcendence, using kindness as a means of awakening, a slight an inward turn that literally begins to change me with only the least action taken. This is the simplest path, direct, involving others with whatever they bring to me and offering only patience and love in return. My ego so often rebels at this, even after decades of practice, and yet it also feels so natural and easy now, as if it's always been my truest response just waiting to be remembered. 

everything is asking for kindness.

everything.

and my life is given in reply.

~

I love you, Eric 

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A Headless Yogi

A Headless yogi; 

a Jhana yogi, that seems to be the direction now, but maybe one without an intense need of answers, settling for the mystery itself and letting life unfold in curiosity and wonder. Jhana yoga is one of the four classical schools of yoga and is often considered the most direct path to realization. Traditionally it consist of studying sacred scriptures and practicing self-inquiry, an exploration of our inner world while employing an unwavering sense of honesty, never settling on an easy answer as to who we truly are. 

just as easily

I could call myself a headless yogi.

as the end result is much the same. 

Jhana yoga is often referred to as the path of the intellect, using the means of a sharp mind and pinpointed questions to plumb the depth of our minds for answers. The study of scriptures is used to confirm our findings, that there's a tradition providing clues for us along the way. Douglas Harding, a British mystic and architect discovered this largely in his own and then spent a lifetime sharing his most remarkable discovery. More so - he showed those curios few who gathered to his home or went to hear his talks, exactly how they too could be Headless yogis. 

perhaps the most direct path of all. 

the Headless Path simply asks us to look right towards the source and then spend the rest of our lives living from the place of this discovery. We literally point directly to reality and then allow the world to unfold in seamless curiosity. It can't be doubted, and this brings us to Jhana, an intellectual understanding based upon the actuality of our experience. As well, every path of yoga falls into place here, our actions unfold from this point of origin and this is also the means of our surrender and devotion - the practice is life, reality, and the path flows onward with every possibility. 

the classical question posed by Jhana yogis is  - who am I? 

asking this...

I point towards the source of asking.

and live my life from here. 

a Headless yogi all along.

~

Peace, Eric 

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