Does God Have a Hero?

Does God Have a Hero? 

over 25 years ago I wrote a little handbook for myself. I titled the book Does God Have a Hero? and it was meant to be a guide for the upcoming years of sobriety, a decade of heavy drinking fresh behind me, and I was ready for some guidance greater than my own. For me, the title signified a life of service and forgiveness, after sitting in meditation one morning, feeling lost and unsure of direction - I asked God for my path to be revealed and the answer received was an intuitive poem.

does god have a hero?

soon after a series of essays followed, one for each stanza, and indeed, it felt like a guidebook for me, a clear direction with my new gift of sobriety. My talk of God and guidance shouldn't be confused with any religious views or sense, this wasn't channeled material from a higher realm or spirit-guide. It was just compassionate common sense from a part of me that had been long blocked off through fearful living. It was, and still is, the voice of God through my own best understanding. 

it was heart speaking directly to me.

and I was finally ready to listen.

in a sales sense, the book didn't do so well, published through one of the first print on demand houses, and with no funds for promotion, only a few people have ever read it. Yet it's my book, inspired, and it's message has been well lived by me. Not always successfully so, but the effort was always there to live by the loving guidelines provided. 

so does God have a hero?

I don't know. 

but I live my life as if it's so, 

compassionately, with deep care for others, practicing forgiveness. 

and that's enough for me,

even after 25 years.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Others

Others: 

at a certain point our lives are called to service. Maybe not overtly so, with no grand gesture of turning our backs to the life we know and working solely for a charity, or perhaps not even noticed by anyone at all. Just a small, quiet life of serving others through infinite acts of care and love. That's the beauty of where my path has now brought me, surrendering my once great concerns for life to the more immediate care for others. 

again, small things.

but it feels enough for me.

I'm reminded of how Ramana Maharshi was once asked by a follower as to how we should treat others, and his reply was brought forth with a smile and the reminder that "there are no others" - and finally now, I seem to deeply understand this, more so, to intimately know that this is true. 

and so,

just a small, quiet life of service,

through infinite acts of love and care.

it seems perfectly natural now.

~

Peace, Eric 

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A Quiet Life of Seva

A quite life of seva:

lately, I've been thinking of the concept of seva, a Sanskrit term for selfless service and is usually viewed as a means of practicing karma yoga, a transformative means of surrounding ourselves to the aid of others without concern for personal attainment. This is the path that mindfully recognized the ego as it rebels against what often feels like such a thankless task, instead of an attempt to subdue this voice of displeasure and personal demands, it's simply recognized and worked through until it eventually surrenders to the joy of serving others. 

it seems to be a difficult path to follow.

yet only to a point of that surrender.

and then we serve with love...

for that's all we have to give.

seva.

traditionally seva is practiced within a community, being of service to a guru and the place of gathering for their devotees, an ashram. It's pointing other peoples needs above our own and surrendering the results of our actions to God. In this way we are actually serving in worship to life through its various manifestations and forms, trusting that every appearance is divine.

it can be a beautiful path. 

but lately, I'm thinking more on intimate terms, a quiet life of seva, just a small welcome to those who enter my personal orbit and wishing them well, being of service to their most immediate needs. Silently asking how may I serve is a mantra of soft awakening, momentarily subduing my ego for the sake of simply being present for the sake of another. It's not a grand gesture, seldom even recognized, but everyone is welcomed and offered a silent wish of love. 

it's a quiet life of seva.

and being the cause of my surrender.

~

Peace, Eric

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