Our First Acknowledgment

Our first acknowledgment: 

and always with an emphasis on healing, forgiveness is first given as acknowledgment to what's present, but with a refusal to make our suffering real, that yes, whatever's occurring has an effect, yet ultimately it's a thought created sorrow that is only healed through love. 

our first acknowledgment is key though.

and then not bypassed, 

but explored through depths of pain, tended to, intimately so...

and only then surrendered.

finally forgiven. 

~

I love you, Eric

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I don't Understand

I don't understand: 

again lesson 25 of A Course in Miracles is my great surrender, admitting to myself, again and again it seems, that I truly don't know what anything is for, and yet I continue to cherish the things that have so little value to me. Of course this is just a lure offered by the ego, still promising me that one more shiny thing of the world will bring me true and lasting peace of mind. 

and I still believe it, even after a lifetime of false promises that only brought me pain. I still grab that shiny lure and allow the ego to drag me in again. But there is a difference now, a gentle smile plays in my heart when I admit that I don't know what anything is for, and then instantly surrender every lure and false promise over to a greater understanding than my own. 

I don't know what anything is for -

and I don't have to.

as purpose for everything will be revealed when I really need to know.

and I finally remember to ask...

to truly understand.

~

I love (and understand) you (You)

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Landmarks

Landmarks: 

I'm only asked to love, with this being my true nature - and anything else that appears in life is simply a landmark that guides my return to this reality. I have become very committed to this return, sincere in my approach to forgiveness in its most holy sense. Yet still I am often lost, perhaps completely off course sometimes...

ah, but those landmarks, 

bless them.

always offering a sure correction, whatever tug of resentment, or the shadow of a grievance, and I am certain that I'm veering far from home. These landmarks show me the way of my return, a flag of warning that a rocky and thorny terrain lies just ahead should I continue down this path. 

and so forgiveness, my internal compass, pointing true...

gently leads me home.

~

I love you, Eric 

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Simply Love

Simply Love: 

such a need to make things special, small cherished relationships set apart and made to seem separate from the all others. I have spent a lifetime in defense of specialness, my own, as well as those chosen to prop up my ego's demand for recognition. I'm retired from that now, or at least I hope so - as there are still the last tired cries of my demands. 

but they're softer now.

quieter. 

and yet...

something more intimate is being offered, something beautiful, holy, and now I see the entirety of the world in a single presence. It's not a small cherished love any longer....it's simply love cherishing everyone through the appearance of another. 

there's only love.

and I finally see that now.

~

I love you.

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Through the Eyes of Love

Through the eyes of love: 

our own salvation lies within others, being found nowhere else, and this is why our only true task is practicing forgiveness. A Course in Miracles reminds us that sin has no place in heaven, and that heaven itself exists within others. This often feels like a monumental challenge, looking past any perceived sin and at the same time facing very real pain. In truth, this is impossible to do, at least by ourselves.

here it is, the answer, the secret key to the door of our salvation...

forgiveness has nothing to do with sin.

it only recognizes innocence.

our own, 

others.

and the presence of innocence is only revealed through the eyes of the Holy Spirit. So we're never asked to see the impossible. Our role is always one of surrender, to see not from our eyes, but through a holier vision that peers directly to the heart of another. We surrender the judging eyes of ego...

and clearly now,

a heart-shared vision.

seeing through the eyes of love.

~

I love you, Eric 

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There's Nothing to Fear

There's nothing to fear: 

there is nothing to fear, lesson 48 of A Course in Miracles assures me of this - and yet I am certainly gripped hard by it right now, illusion or not it's currently a heavy presence in my life. Oddly enough, it's also reassuring as well. Fear is a sign of my misplaced strength, that I believe there's a sense of control here and ego has everything well handled. 

of course that isn't so.

the very presence of fear tells me otherwise.

my only strength is through surrender.

everything to God.

 so fear reminds me to let go.

to trust.

and to whatever extent that I'm able, perhaps even just a little, 

just a little...

I do. 

~

I love you, Eric 

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I'm Only Asked

I'm only asked: 

this is my period of trust, right now, and it brings me right back to the beginning of A Course in Miracles, that nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists. With this...I am finally ready for the peace of God, and only wish to see what's truly valuable to me. 

of course this is a difficult time, long cherished relationships relinquished, some items lost, and uncertainty rules much of my days. It doesn't often feel like theirs reason to trust. Yet all this gives cause to look deeper, to examine all that the ego holds dear. 

I'm only asked to let go of all that's never truly been mine.

and rediscover what is real. 

I'm only asked to love.

my trust begins here.

~

I love you, Eric

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