Best Writing

Best writing: 

my best writing is not entirely my own, containing words and phrases and deepest insights that are clearly beyond my imagination. That this doesn't happen all the time is a testament to my stubbornness, some buried need to still prove my cleverness to the page. Yet after decades of daily writing, a streak of 27 years I believe, the one thing that has gotten easier is surrendering my cleverness for silence, allowing just the right words to grace their way to me and easily reach the page. In my best moments I'm not actually a writer, more of a temporary vessel serving as a conduit between inspiration and the page - a vital part, yes, but only in service to the entirety of writing. What's really happened is that my trust has developed to the point that I've outsourced my ego for the sake of completion. It's still allowed to claim authorship of course, signing a name, taking credit for the best of words and defending the worst. Ego stuff. That's what it best after all, boasting of ownership, rushing for the completion of a delicate task, and basking in the smug satisfaction gained from hearing its own applause. 

and yet the best writing happens on it's own.

unhurried,

words gifted,

with no authorship to claim.

a shared grace. 

~

I love you, Eric

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Arriving From Grace

Arriving from grace: 

yes, I am a bit surprised to find myself drawn to the rosary, with my own long time mantra now being replaced by an almost forgotten childhood prayer, beads slipping through my fingers in a silent count of trust. But it feels familiar too, ancient, even feral, as if I'm returning myself to the womb of the great mother herself. There are a few changes in the wording and process, a spontaneous replacement of the closing word "death" with what feels like a more natural expression - awakening. The Lords Prayer is most often omitted and as I reach those larger beads I am reminded instead of these oft repeated lines from A Course in miracles - I am not a body, I am free, as I am still as God created me. The prayer has become my own, it feels alive, 

and I allow the words to be whispered to me from their Source. 

indeed, arriving from grace.

blessing me.

~

I love you, Eric

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By Grace We Live

By grace we live: 

by grace we live, that we're already and always expressed as an idea within the mind of God. There is nothing to be achieved here, no effort has to be made for this to be so - it's inherent as the very fabric of our existence. Living this grace is the acceptance of the reality of love even as we dream an often fearful world. It's through this acceptance that we gain release from the pervasive fear produced by dreaming such crazy ideas as being alone, insignificant, and separated from God. Grace is expressed though our practice of forgiveness - simply seeing each other as we truly are. 

and so it's by grace we live, and by this same grace...

the entire world released.

~

I love you, Eric

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Release

Release: 

by Grace I live, the beginning of lesson 169 of A Course in Miracles, and it's full acceptance is a way of life that leads directly to the realization of the Christ within. This is such a beautiful declaration, that grace is God's love and my trust belongs only here. I've been on this edge for sometime now, touched by the hint of grace, yet still withholding complete trust even as I knew there was no value in any other options. Yet here I am, older, worn through by fear....and grace is still inviting me, ever patient, gently waiting for me to step from that edge and fall within the arms of love. What I realize now is that I've always lived by grace, although often ignored and quickly forgotten. 

it's the second part of this lesson that's taken me so long to remember.

by grace I am released.

 forgiveness is inclusive, no one's left out...

including myself. 

and herein lies the grace of my release.

~

I love you, Eric

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Just the Right Words

Just the right words: 

writing has become a holy act as well, the page just one more thing given to the Holy Spirit and asked to be filled with whatever words best serve his purpose. More often now my day is a prayerful conversation, especially in the early morning where it feels as if I'm given my days directive. My writing is the perfect symbol of this, an empty screen and the little willingness to be graced with loving words to share. So now my most sincere prayer is may I always be an empty page...

and may the grace of just the right words find me.

~

I love you, Eric

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Whatever Small Grace

Whatever small grace: 

maybe it's enough, whatever small grace we're able to offer, or simply acknowledging someone's presence in our lives - maybe it's enough to just say I don't hate you, or resent you any longer, and I'm letting go of all my grievances towards you. Maybe it's enough to simply say I love you...and then allow silence to follow those magical words. 

maybe it's enough to forgive -

in whatever small grace we're able to offer right now.

maybe we could try.

~

I love you, Eric

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A Holy Instant

A holy instant: 

first, let's entertain that it's a possibility, to consider that there's a moment within time where timelessness appears, a holy instant which transcends our every illusion of the world. So that's our little willingness, with just enough suspension of doubt for a miracle to be given, for grace to be revealed, and the entire is then world forgiven. 

it happens in an instant.

here's our prayer: 

may we see each other as holy, perhaps only for an instant, our past altogether dropped, and then the light of who we truly be revealed without a touch of time. This is our moment of forgiveness, a miracle beyond perception, and it's always available for those who wish see. 

may we be open to receive this holy instant.

now, always now.

amen. 

~

Love, Eric 

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Grace of Yoga

Grace of yoga: 

forgiveness is the real yoga, healing a mind that seems split between fear and love, restorative, and finally offering me a complete awakening to the reality of God. It's really the only path I need. Yet what I find now is that my long cherished practice of yoga is now, and has always been, a means of forgiveness. From surrendering the strain of my most challenging asanas to one of acceptance of an occasional fall in the length of a posture held - forgiveness is the grace of my return.

and with this,

my entire life becomes the grace of yoga.

everything is easily forgiven....

should I seem to fall.

~

Love, Eric 

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There's Just Love

There's just love:

sometimes...I am filled with the grace 

of seeing how beautiful 

you truly are.

~

lately, it seems I've been falling in love, deeply so, and without any discrimination as to who it might be, or the circumstances I find myself in. In these moments I am struck by beauty, filled by a grace that comes to me through the eyes of another - and quite often too I find myself alone and overwhelmed by the presence of love itself, unattached to person or event.

 these's just love.

and it's this I now wish to give the world.

~

I love you, Eric

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