A Happier Dream

A Happier Dream:

it's a beautiful life, and this is meant to be stated singularly, just one thing, life - that through a long time practice of kindness and forgiveness it's almost impossible now to perceive a sense of separation between myself and other aspects of this beauty. 

this is the seeds of continuous practice bearing fruit, commitment paying off in happier dream of the world. Not an end result at all, ongoing, but a glimpse of our perfection. The path of yoga starts with ethical restraints for a reason, through refraining from harm a sense of peace eventually overflows into our lives and cleanses it of  any false perceptions.

we see things more clearly.

only love is real.

and that is what we give to the world.

it's all we have to offer.

A Course in Miracles says that we reach a point of a happier dream, still in the illusory world, but light filled, seamless in our connection with each other. It's this way now, already, and always, only waiting for the slightest shift of dreaming. 

we can dream a happier world.

right now.

with just a little practice. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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Our Truest Favor

Our truest favor: 

it's funny as I think about all the things that have never worked for me throughout life,  the thoughts and habits that haven't made me happy in anyway, or worse, have contributed to a great deal of discomfort, and too often, no small amount of sorrow. Yet, it seems, I have clung to such ideas with passion, defending them to myself and others even as I knew the truth of what they offered. 

and I really have no idea why.

my guess is that I believed that they were somehow part me, an identity that, for better or worse, defined me in what I considered an important way. And of course they did - but only because I allowed them to do so, giving these thoughts the power to prove my own world view. However unhappy they might seem to make me. I believed every story that I told about myself, embraced every lie that I thought, and gave myself permission to suffer these illusions.

and not a single one of them were true.

ever.

not really.

these days I find myself smiling more, deeply and sincere. I'm kinder to myself, and I'm honest with my own self-assessment now. None of these thoughts, opinions, or beliefs, not of myself nor any other, are even close to being true.

not a single one.

they're just stories that we tell. 

so often that we believe they're real.

but they're not.

we can see right through our illusions...viewing the world a different way.

by questioning our stories just a little.

and being willing to let go -

of all that doesn't serve our truest favor.

~

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Election

Election: 

this is a high stakes election for many, viewed as one that could change the course of the nation, and emotions are heated on both sides of the political aisle. I obviously have my own preference and most people guess correctly through conversations and my writing. But I don't talk about it as much as I used once did, there's little need as I don't need confirmation and I know that there's little, if any, chance in changing anyone's mind. 

nor do I really wish to.

I simply live my life by values held dear.

kindness.

empathy.

compassion.

forgiveness.

trusting that others will arrive here on their own.

so with this I surrender the results of this election. I will vote, but refuse to take a side that pits me against another. I am not a political party and neither are you. We're family, deeper still, we're heart connected, belonging together as loving thoughts in the single mind of God. There's no way I could ever take a side against you, an impossible task and one I will no longer even entertain. 

whatever the outcome...

I will love you.

happily so. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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Love Our Way

Love our way; 

continuing on a political theme here, that really, this is a season of division that has spread wider and deeper than ever before. We're literally and constantly being told who we're supposed to hate and given vague reasons why we must despise them - terms, slogans, and chants - all offered to stir the blood and give rise to our darkest and most violent emotions. 

but no one can truly convince us to hate another. 

those thought reside in us alone.

and it's our responsibility to heal them.

we'll never hate our way to freedom. 

with almost half of any country convinced that there's an enemy within they'll eventually burn themselves completely to the ground and proclaim victory to the ashes. There's really only one alternative to this, a simple solution, although admittedly not initially easy - love those whom we perceive as different, for whatever reason, without a single exception. 

especially those we most strongly disagree with. 

vote against them.

campaign.

even protest if there's a valid reason.

but don't hate.

because it never works.

we can only love our way to healing.

let's try.

~

Peace, Eric 

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Less Inclined

Less inclined: 

I think it's as simple as becoming less insistent, that I no longer need to make my every opinion a central focus and will now gently let it go in support of another. Of course this doesn't mean that I don't hold certain views as more important than others, or that my opinions don't matter. It's just that I'm less inclined to make others wrong in order to support my own claims of self importance.

there's less need to always be right. 

I'd rather be kind.

and so every encounter has now become an opportunity to gently examine my thoughts, allowing myself to settle in to listening to another before of rushing immediately in a counter response. I'm less insistent, kinder, and empathetic...willing to support instead of offering my judgement. 

I'm happier.

and wish the same for others.

it's a simpler path now.

~

Peace, 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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A Quiet Revolution

A quiet revolution: 

political season, but then it always feels as if we're now in a perpetual challenge of choosing sides and being asked to divide ourselves against each other. We're watchful and mistrustful of our neighbors motives, concerned about what candidate's sign might be posted in their yard. It's always political season these days it seems. And it's tiresome, deeply so, all the way to the bone level - 

to the point of the soul actually. 

so I'm done.

just like that, 

I refuse to join a side against another, anyone, politically or otherwise. Yes, I have my preference and for good reasons. There's a list of concerns that keep me going to the polls to vote for what I feel are vital challenges to the world. But I also know that the only meaningful change that will truly make any difference is from within ourselves. Until we confront our own inner divide we're simply spinning wheels endlessly, replaying the same scenario through different times.  

what I'm asking for is a quiet revolution. 

but not for anyone else.

this is my own task at hand, a healing opportunity, going within to the very source of my projections that I've placed upon the world. With this action I will change everything, literally so, or at least my own perceptions. A small healing perhaps, but profound -

and a ripple effect place in motion. 

my own quiet revolution.

loving all the world. 

~

Peace, Eric 

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