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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Without Absolute Certainty

Without absolute certainty: 

without absolute certainty, at least not to any beliefs that offers a theory on the world's creation, nor any type of thought system that makes claims to holding secrets revealing my ultimate purpose here. I only know what works for me, meaning practices that deliver a sense of peace through my adherence.

the rest is just a clever story told.  

yet I also appreciate the beauty of certain metaphysics, the elegance of a cosmology that tells of my existence. There is a deep wisdom in these stories, lessons, and they give meaning as to why so many of my practices seem to work so well. But in the end, simplicity rules for me, having just a few key things that I return to through the day. 

for me...

it's yoga and forgiveness.

and of course I mean the entirety of yoga, it's full meditative path, as well as its ethics, breathwork and asanas. They're all equally important and bring meaning to my life. Forgiveness too, for me at least, can't be separated from the metaphysics of A Course in Miracles, showing me exactly what it is I'm truly forgiving, returning me to a state of innocence that simply makes it easier for me to forgive. 

so there is a belief system here.

it's just held lightly.

without absolute certainty.

and it works for me.

~

Peace, Eric 

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My Own Projections

My own projections; 

it's been less about seasonal changes lately, I'm noting more the slightest shift of light as the sun begins to rise just moments later now each day. My moods have shifted as well, finding myself seeking a balance of early light and the cover of solitary darkness. I enjoy having this time largely to myself, but with a later sunrise more people will find their way outdoors for reasons of their own. 

mostly though, the morning's are all mine. 

a sacred time for me.

that's my main reluctance to sharing it, the intrusion of noise, runners with heavy steps and playing loud music, dog walks in conversations with their phones. Just a bit of the sacredness seems lost, magic  unnoticed, silence unappreciated. The daily busyness has bled into the holiest part of the day, no hour untouched by our need to be social engaged. 

but of course this is my projection, all of it, and my only true objective here is to appreciate my own time in nature, forgiving my perceptions and returning to my own peaceful morning hours. It's never about the other person, nor the loudness of someone's music. 

it's about forgiving myself for these distractions. 

turning back within.

my own holiness found...

and this is what I offer to the world. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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Just a Practice

Just a practice: 

and now, it's time to step from the conceptual realm of forgiveness towards the practical, making it an actual practice where all that is presented to me in what seems a negative fashion is instantly forgiven and surrendered. 

is this even possible? 

yes, but for me at least, only as a practice, that it's a mindful act, one that's continuously brought to my attention for as long as needed. Until my every grievance and resentment is let go of. With this, my everyday life now becomes a meditation, everything is a means of practice, and every slight, hurt. and painful encounter is the prayer of my forgiveness. 

and I don't even need to be good at it.

it's just a practice.

with this in mind...

my life is filled with joy.

~

Peace, Eric 

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My Most Inspired Words

My most inspired words: 

it's that inspiration doesn't leave it's source, a vital thought for me as I write each morning, kept in mind as I await just the right words to reach me. This original point is made clear in A Course in Miracles, it's lesson 132 as well as mentioned several times within the text. What I find is that there's only one true source of inspiration and then there is an illusion that pulls me into a false belief of ego being the origin of my most inspired words.

there's a very stark difference here.

ideas leave not there source.

and my every inspired word comes from their place of origin, having a sense of purity in their whisper to me, reaching the page with a final certainty of being heard and truly worthy. Yet almost as often I find that I write from a stance firmly planted in ego, and my words reflect this difference. My choice is always clear, not really even being an option, but more of a surrender...

I am an inspired idea within the mind of God, reality itself, a thought-form of the cosmos. I leave not my source, not ever, and my every word will always reflect this. What I surrender to is love, it's my origin and source of inspiration - 

and in my very best moments,

this is where I write from.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Never Really Left Behind

Never really left behind: 

of the infinite things for me to write of each morning and I find that I continuously circle back to the subject of forgiveness, a calling really, as if there's a deep urge which calls for my expression. Similarly, after a decade or more of sitting on a bookshelf, ever present yet mostly unopened, there's been a strong pull towards A Course in Miracles, a teaching that I largely felt was behind me now. The teaching itself still felt vital, but after decades of studying the Course I guess I felt the work was done.

yet forgiveness itself, so it seems...

is never really left behind.

perhaps it's best for these troubling times, witnessing what feels like an ever increasing state of turmoil, and that right now there's so little action that can help actually bring about a change of mind. This is exactly where forgiveness plays true, not seeking to change the world but to heal my own perception as to what's truly going on. 

it feels as if I've been called to heal the world.

one forgiving lesson at a time.

and this is what I write of.

~

Peace, Eric 

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