For the Angels That Surround Me

For the angels that surround me: 

and the essence of my practice is gratitude, cultivated at first, but now a full welcome each morning for the rising of my very own existence. I am alive, awake to the joy that an entire day stretches ahead and I can greet the world with infinite care and kindness. This is the gift of true forgiveness, laying the burden of resentments aside each evening and allowing the night to refresh me with its blessings. There are angles of light just above me, whispering love notes of forgiveness. 

I am fortunate indeed for the angels that surround me...

thank you, thank you, thank you. 

~

I love you, Eric

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My Only Possible Response

My only possible response: 

forgiveness is ongoing, a continuous zen practice of recognizing my truest self in the reflection of another, a meditation through my daily interactions. It's easier now, but the lessons are still forthcoming, and often equally painful as the ones in the past. There's no bypassing here, life is to be lived fully, and not retreated from in anyway - and that's the great importance of forgiveness, it brings me to the reality of each moment fully prepared to offer love over my still present stirrings of resentment. I haven't fully awakened to the presence of the eternal Christ-mind within me...but I see it more often now, peeking through the appearance of hurt and anger presented by another, offering me a blessed opportunity to extend love and healing through this practice of forgiveness. I see myself in you, both the anger and the pain, my own resentments as well as yours - and I see the ever-present eyes of Christ within you too, showing me infinite love and such deep tenderness and compassion. 

I am revealed through this forgiveness. 

awakening.

and my only possible response now is...

thank you,thank you,

thank you.

~

I love you, Eric 

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Milestone

Milestone: 

I suppose it's a milestone birthday, turning 60 is indeed a celebration of life and I'm happy to have reached this point in time. It has not, as many of you can imagine or may know for yourselves, been an easy journey to arrive here. This is also a milestone of loss and growing concerns, with so many loved ones no longer present to join a celebration, once cherished relationships now over, and growing concerns over finances. 

no milestone is ever easy.

and that's exactly the reason we celebrate, we've arrived, and honestly, I mean that completely - I am here, alive, joyfully so, only because of others. We've arrived here, at this particular milestone, together. I would not be here without you, any single one of you, all of you - we are collective ideas in the mind of God, intimately joined beyond compare. 

we're life.

and at every point a milestone of celebration.

thank you, thank you,

thank you.

I love you all.

~

Eric 

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Thank you

Thank you: 

as if every encounter shows me a version of myself in need of understanding - that's been the great opportunity that has blessed me lately, a keen insight that's as Ramana Maharshi said, there are no others, and I truly get to live this now. The key difference for me is that I'm more willing to let go of my own most cherished opinions, not as forceful with my views, and hold my every belief more lightly. I can afford to be kind because I'm simply not invested in maintaining my sense of righteousness.  

or at least not to the extent I once was. 

and this shift has eased me towards kindness.

a more living life unfolds.

what's happening is that as my self-involvement lessens, a much greater sense of Self is then shown, there's a light that's recognized through others that reaches me, deeply so, and I feel a healing extend in all directions, present everywhere, with no possible exclusions. 

I'm returning to the whole.

or more truly,

I'm aware...this is who I've always been.

I just needed you to show me.

thank you. 

~

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Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer:

for decades now I've had the ritual of morning prayer, a simple one, not petitionary, adopted from the German mystic Meister Eckhart and very brief in it's moment -

"if the only prayer you ever said was thank you, that would be enough"

no other prayer is needed.

and so my day begins with the prayer...

thank you, thank you, thank you. 

three times and with sincerity, not for repetition, but for sincerity, spontaneously arriving to my lips now after so many years of practice. I am thankful for the dawn of  a brand new day, that I woke from a deep slumber of nothingness to a world filled with everything I most truly need - and none of this was asked for, given by the grace of my existence.

thank you, thank you, thank you.

what more is there to say?

~

Peace, Eric 

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My Only Prayer

My only Prayer: 

at first it was a practice, meaning that I had to purposefully remember both words and feeling for the simple phrase "thank you' as I awoke each morning, it was a ritual designed to invoke the presence of gratitude for the beginning of my day. This was inspired by the German mystic Meister Eckhart who once stated that if the only prayer one ever said in their entire life was thank you, it will be enough. So imagine if I started each day by cultivating that attitude of gratitude? 

indeed, that would be enough. 

and it is, honestly, I love this waking ritual of gratefulness, and it's no longer really a practice now, more of a spontaneous greeting to the morning and a parting salutation to the night. I'm awake, alive, with an abundance of air to draw breath from, ample sunlight to guide me through the day, and an atmosphere that supports my very existence. My body functions well, strong, even if there's a few aches from a high mileage life. I'm inspired, and my mind runs freely with ideas and inspiration. Each morning I wake with this prayer of thank you eager on my lips, natural now, appreciative for all that will follow through the course of my day. 

whatever that might be, as it's always a mystery to me.

even if it's familiar in its form.

no day is really ever quite the same.

yet each is a gift given.

and as it is with every gift, nothing is required but acceptance, an acknowledgement of grace and that something truly exceptional has been given. At first my morning prayer was a cultivated practice used to help me appreciate the everyday occurrence of this grace. But it wasn't long before this ritual turned into a spontaneous act of pure exuberance and joy - so many gifts given, infinite, and impossible to ever count them all. 

and so sincerely, I say thank you...

my only prayer,

and indeed, 

it seems enough. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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