Of Steps and Freewill

Of steps and choices:

my own sense of free will has been narrowed to the scope of two choices, each unfolding very differently in the possibilities of their outcome, and only one of them based entirely on the reality of love. A Course in Miracles reminds me that the script is written, meaning that my welfare is assured in heaven, and indeed, salvation has already occurred. This isn't a metaphysical statement, heaven isn't a distant achievement granted by a capricious God - it's here, now, and as Saint Catherine of Siena beautifully stated: every step of the way to heaven is heaven. So my only real choice is in choosing a step towards heaven or the illusion of distance between myself and God. 

yet the script has been written.

I'm already home.

and my every step is a mindful prayer...that this is so.

~

I love you, Eric

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An Easy Path

an easy path:

it's an easy path for me now, mindful without real effort, and the only real focus is on checking in with my emotions, a quick scan of thoughts when I find myself experiencing fear in any of its myriad forms. From this point on, it's just about forgiveness.

that's all. 

of course it took awhile to get here.

there's a line in A Course in Miracles that struck me deeply, chapter 11, where we're asked if we'd rather be host to God or hostage to ego. As I've spent a lifetime being held hostage to my ego's demands of resentment, judgement, and grievances - it seemed the right moment to try another plan, something kinder to myself and others. It was as simple as that, really, and although I had probably read that line a hundred times or more, for whatever reason now, 

I was ready.

chapter 6 of the Course offers another take on this, that in any moment we are either choosing crucifixion or resurrection, fear or love, grievance or forgiveness -  and this might be the entirety of our freewill, the only choice truly have. But first we need to able to see this, to know that peace is indeed an option, or more aptly, available as a present reality. 

and then...it's just a simple matter of choosing.

as often as needed.

an easy path,

with a lifetime of practice. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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