Teach Only Love

Teach only love: 

maybe selfish in a way, that I really wish to know myself so completely as love that my agenda is to try and always teach it through my own gentle demonstration. A Course in Miracles offers us an interpretation of the crucifixion, it's true lesson is to teach only love for that is what we are. The world will always present us with someone to crucify, and indeed, we ourselves will be placed upon someone's cross and judged harshly for our errors. But the Course says that we teach by demonstration, having a choice between ego's condemnation and the Holy Spirit's steady guidance towards choosing love. 

I really want to know myself as love, 

completely so.

and I see these two choices clearly, Holy Spirit's quiet voice is now a soft and constant urge to deny any crucifixion no matter how loudly my ego shouts otherwise. I am imperfect in my demonstration. But I'm perfectly clear in my objective.

teach only love...

for that is what I am.

(and you are too)

~

I love you, Eric

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Third Rung

Third rung: 

it's that third rung on the ladder of prayer, still with some hesitation, but yes, climbing towards complete surrender of my own small requests and asking only for the will of God. I love the metaphor of this ladder, a progression laid out that seems to display the entire journey through A Course in Miracles. My initial foray into the Course was seeking a better life, or at least what I believed I truly wanted. My prayers were to gain the comforts of all the things I thought would make me happy. That's the first rung of the ladder, and it's not long after that we take the second, offering prayers for others, having a heartfelt response to those who suffer. In the beginning this is still selective, giving concern only to those I felt deserving. I'm not sure how long this selective period lasted before it deepened to a more inclusive prayer. But I'm grateful that I eventually learned how to release the idea of an enemy through my practice. This is such an artful design, that I pray for my own release of guilt through seeking peace, sharing this mutual goal, and letting go of ego's exclusive nature. 

and now, 

so it seems...that third rung appears.

my prayers are naturally shifting towards surrender, asking mostly for the courage to go of fear and to place my trust in God's will. I am not firm on this rung, hesitant, fearful that the needs I have will not be met. But I'm praying, asking to gain the trust I most truly need. I feel equal in fear and faith right now, often uncomfortable, and seeking better to balance myself upon this still unstable rung. 

and yet,

there's also a great sense ease here, 

let's call it grace.

with every little letting go, surrendering doubts almost as quickly as they appear - my grip grows stronger and sure on this ladder, with a growing feel of balance on this rung, and gaining a sense of security I've never felt before. It's still a hesitant step. 

but it's been taken.

and of course...there's one more rung to go.

~

I love you, Eric 

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Right At the Beginning

Right at the beginning: 

right to the beginning, that's where I find myself after another year devoted to the workbook lessons of a Course in miracles. I have gone through these lessons several times in my long practice of the Course, and this time has been, perhaps, the most fruitful. And yet, as is often the case, I'm drawn back to those magical words of the introduction that have captivated me since first glance -

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Therein lies the peace of God. 

this secret is given away right at the beginning, and if truly understood can then become the basis for the entire life that follows. I smile at all the times I've forgotten this, even now and I'm in my third decade of practice. Truly, truly, truly, nothing real can be threatened, but I often overlook the real for favor of the temporary, still seeming to prefer the illusion of peace that an outer world offers rather than the internal presences of God's love that is always available should I deem to notice. Right now my own problems have become very real to me, issues of the world pressing down on me. 

and yet,

Nothing real can be threatened.

and those words are still magical to me, they're my return to reality, my promise of peace in this very troubled moment. I found myself smiling this morning, unexpectedly, at ease as everything unreal is now forgiven and seen only as my interpretation of events. 

I'm smiling because nothing unreal exists...

and herein lies the peace of God.

right here all along.

~

I love you, Eric 

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Today is Lesson 50...Again

Today is lesson 50...again: 

so a brand new year of A Course in Miracle lessons began for me a few months back, 50 days ago to be exact. Last year, after a time away from the workbook, I intuitively sensed it was time to review and renew my lessons, deepening my commitment even more than the previous few decades. This past year, and even now moving forward, has been the most difficult for me since I lost my father, wounds feel harsher, loss is keener, and it's been tough to find and remain on firm ground. It's also been a wonderful year for me in so many ways as well. What it feels like, right now, is that I've arrived at this point, lesson 50, for a reason. 

I am sustained by the love of God.

and I'm asked to truly know this, past belief to the realm of absolute trust.

every loss is false idol that I have made in my mind, an ego choice in the belief that there is a substitute for the love of God. And it's not that any of these things were wrong, but only that it was misguided faith and that nothing temporary is even meant to to sustain me. 

today is lesson 50, and so is tomorrow, and onward still no matter what the lesson or chapter number shows. The Holy Spirit urges me to get this - finally and completely. Even if I'm not yet ready to demonstrated it fully. I'm just asked to remember, to continuously return to a single faith...

I am sustained by the love of God. 

~

I love you, Eric

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All I have to Do

All I have to do: 

and right now I'm reminder of the very beginning of a Course in Miracles, how two troubled and embittered colleagues came together in an unexpected exchange and a healing ensured. William Thetford and Helen Schucman were most often at odds with each other, famously combative, and yet in a rare and candid moment a subtle veil between them momentarily dropped, an opportunity opened, just enough for a holy voice to be heard - and so the beginning of the beginning of the Course  started with a single declarative sentence....

"there must be a better way"

this is where I find myself now, imploringly, with a similar thought playing through my mind. It's a familiar theme for me, an oft repeated refrain for much of my life. After decades of studying the Course and from this older perspective, indeed, I see there is most certainly a better way, there always was, and it was offered to me each moment of my implore.

forgive the thought that keeps me in belief that I am separate from my Source.

so, simple and easy that I often forget.

the better way is right now, a forgiving opportunity to heal whatever it is that's occurring. I don't need to look anyway or await a holy sign to show me what to do. 

forgive.

and carry on.

it's all I have to do.

~

I love you, Eric

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Cusp

Cusp: 

over years of study and several times through the workbook of A Course in Miracles, lesson 48 now stands as somewhat of a cusp for me, stating that there is nothing to fear, and always arriving right when it seems that I am most fearful. This is the exact moment I'm to deny my own strength and depend fully on the will of God. Once again I'm not sure I'm ready for this leap of faith, oddly so, as it's not as if my own answers have brought me to a lasting place of peace. Indeed, the Course reminds me that this precipice is entirely of my own making, and allowing the embrace of God to guide me would release me from my fear. With so many years of practice and study, near endless demonstrations and examples of mistakes that have been transformed through my previous surrender - I find myself amazed at my stubborn clinging to fragile thoughts of strength.  And still I'm not quite ready to fully release this underlying sense of fear. Yet the Holy Spirit asks that I only to have a little willingness,just enough to gently approach this fearful edge.

and so this is where I find myself,right now.

on a cusp...

with just a little willingness.

~

I love you, Eric 

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Shift

Shift: 

and it's just that we can shift to the opposite effect, an ego's choice will always bring us the perception of a world gone mad - and yet there is another way to see it all, a different option of the mind that shows us the reality of our true loving nature. It really is that simple, requiring so little effort, just a mind-shift away from an illusory narration that tells a story of fear, and turning towards an ever present quietness that whispers only love.   The ego makes its case by the world we see right now -

and the Holy Spirit, our right mind...

reminds us of another way.

~

I love you, Eric

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