Seen in an Instant

Seen in an instant: 

there's another way to view the world, that's the promise of so many spiritual traditions, offering as much psychology as they do any sort of a religious belief system. Buddhism and yoga are virtually free of such dogma, only asking for practice and the end result of peace as proof for their effectiveness. Yet even these traditions have a more direct route, perhaps mystical would be the word, and they hold a deeper promise of a more profound transformation.

they show us another way to view the world.

often in an instant.

I've had the good fortune of being shown such direct methods, particularly through the experiments of Douglas Harding, the British mystic who instantly realized his own true nature and then spent his lifetime living from that perspective, teaching others to see as well. What I love about these experiments, what's termed the Headless Way, is indeed how direct it is, it can't really be missed. Yet more so, is that we're than invited to explore the world from this new vantage, a lifetime of seeing, a quiet way of knowing who we truly are. 

similarly, for me at least, is my long standing work through A Course in Miracles. It's much the same as yoga in its perspective, showing a clear sight of how the mind projects my perceptions, and then offers me another way to view the world. Yoga brings me a calmer mind, quieter, and my life proceeds from there. A Course in Miracle is the reminder of forgiveness, it's direct, and provides a means of instantly transforming my perception of the world.

it's all a practice for me.

direct,

seen in an instant.

and my life proceeds from there.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Free

Free: 

my thoughts have turned back to God recently, becoming more comfortable with this loaded word and allowing myself to sink beneath concepts and belief systems, experiencing again the sense of awe that was once invoked through contemplating a universe of mystery. It's not easy to drop those previous labels, and harder still to have a meaningful conversation with anyone who still wishes to defend a particular point of view. Mostly, I don't bother, it's energy wasted.

and I have better things to do.

it's not an easy topic to write of either, and really, I'm not even sure why I am, other than these words just keep appearing and it seems to be the subject for today. I have no point to make, nothing to defend and no new thoughts to offer. 

but I guess there's something for me to say here, that my experience of God is re-emerging as an undefined presence, all inclusive, and seems to be asking me to extend myself as love. I'm also being asked to forgive, not an actual request, no booming voice giving me a command, just a quiet, intuitive sense that deep forgiveness will lead me to an even greater sense of peace than ever known before. Which is amazing, as once, long ago, there was a great peace found in letting go my every thought of God. So, perhaps it's from this empty template that I begin again. 

with nothing added.

no beliefs, and free of concepts.

just forgiveness,

and love.

living my life from here.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Metaphysics

Metaphysics: 

without the metaphysics, there's still forgiveness, and that's what makes A Course in Miracles so meaningful for me. I love the unique concept in the Course that what is truly forgiven is the illusion of sin itself, I'm asked to forgive my grievances and resentments and not place the burden upon anyone else's actions. My only role is to see through my own mind stuff, my projections, and go straight to the shared innocence I share with others, not offering them forgiveness - 

just extending them love.

and with this...

my world is instantly forgiven.

the metaphysics of the Course explain this all so beautifully, it's an important concept that helps us understand the mechanics for this dynamic type of forgiveness. But if every explanation was dropped, no reasons given for why this is so beneficial - the value here would be intact, innate within the practice itself. That's enough for me, having found a definite freedom from a host of inner conflict that once kept me imprisoned within my mind. 

forgiveness is the key.

~

Peace, Eric 

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No Other Way

No other way:

new endeavors are always challenging, frightening sometimes, especially if it's a  great leap into the unknown and there's no certain outcome promised. For me, it's seeking to earn an income through means of my creativity, scary indeed, as every voice tells me of its near impossibility. Yet for some reason this is what I feel called to do, having a small platform of my own unique perspective and sharing it with the world. My goal is quite small really, earning juts enough for bills to paid, groceries bought, and perhaps buy a book or two with anything left over. 

and to do this all through the means of my creative effort.

I have no idea if this is even possible.

but I'm trying now.

so I'm on the edge here, treading a line of doubt and the hopeful thought of my success. It mostly feels as if I lean towards the side of fear, there's an underlying anxiety present that quietly erodes any sense of confidence. Yet, somehow, for reasons I don't really understand, I continue on, not by faith, nor even the faint hope of succeeding on what seems an impossible goal. 

I just do.

as if there's no other way of living...

than this.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Undoing

Undoing:

practicing forgiveness has been the undoing of my personal world, it's letting go of the fortress of self that has kept me isolated within a realm of grievance and resentment. Most of this bitterness has been buried so deeply that I was no longer even aware of their existence, being too much a part of my everyday reality to notice. But they were acted upon through my filters of perception, projected outward, and they caused me to view the world a certain way. 

I lived my life based upon resentments.

judging everything.

yet thinking I was free.

of course even now I'm not completely free, but it's enough to see this is so, to keep practicing forgiveness within each moment that a trigger should arrive. Life is gracious that way, full of little gifts that act as opportunities to release all my most cherished resentments, letting them go, and with each moment I'm a little freer than before. 

lighter.

and so my undoing continues...

until my personal world's forgiven.

completely so. 

~

Peace, Eric

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Confrontation

Confrontation: 

the most difficult part is always coming to my own confrontation, those judgments held against myself that finally surface to my awareness. It's been relatively easy to recognize and release attack thoughts against others, even the most subtle ones that seem to initially escape detection. Yet in time it becomes obvious that any thought that places another another in a category separate from myself is an attack thought, perhaps holding various degrees of damage, but still attacking someone from the point of my own deeply buried projections. 

so really...

I fail in seeing this confrontation with myself.

very subtly shifting my thoughts to other. 

and missing the point entirely.

it's always about me, selfishly so, with no one else ever being responsible for how I view the world, and how my gaze should always be turned towards recognizing my projections. That's indeed the most difficult part, hardest for sure, but it's the final key to lasting peace of mind. 

confronting myself through the guise of others...

I slowly heal the world.

~

Peace, Eric 

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In Truth

In truth: 

in truth, I don't even need forgiveness as a practice, it's not essential to my peace of mind in any meaningful way. Yet, it is something that I'm quite mindful of, I'm almost bound to it, calling it forth often through the day. It serves as a reminder that peace is always present.

only needing to be remembered.

in truth, forgiveness happens entirely on it's own.

I'm simply the ritual of it's performance.

a witness. 

and life continues on.

~

Peace, Eric 

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