Of Love and Values

Of love and values: 

from first reading on I took the directives offered by A Course in Miracles very seriously. Being told to teach only love resonated to my core level, and I've done my best to do so through the decades of my practice. To hear that love is actually who I am and that I could experience this as my reality by extending it to others stirred something deep within me. Perhaps it was the call to action. Decades later now and this still feels like an inner-revolution, not one of battle but of gentle inquiry into my values. To teach only love means that I demonstrate my truest values, that I cherish more the innocence of another than I do my own projections. It's always a value choice. Fortunately there is a guidance system within the mind that is always clear, in starkest terms, on the consequences of my values. The ego would have me continue to treasure the things of the world that are always temporary in existence, short-termed in pleasure and leaving me empty in their absence. The Holy Spirit speaks in terms of cherishing the eternal, the lasting values that only love can offer. Whichever choice I make will be demonstrated through my actions, a life grasping for empty pleasures, or softly teaching the reality of love. 

now, reaching this point later in my life...

I teach only love,

for that is what I am. 

~

I love you, Eric

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Salvation

Salvation: 

so at this point I'm becoming one pointed in my one goal, truly focused now, with no more distractions allowed. Lesson 99 of A Course in Miracles reminds me that salvation is my only function here, and that this is achieved through the practice of forgiveness, in fact, they're one and the same. The Course explains that salvation is undoing the appearance of separation, it's correcting the error of illusions and seeing the reality of light shine through. We're light-bearers, all of us, our torch is forgiveness. I've always loved the radical nature of this plan, how salvation isn't earned by performing good deeds - but through our unwavering commitment to seeing others in their original innocence. 

of course this is really how we save ourselves 

as ultimately,there are no others. 

~

I love you, Eric

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Inner Altar

Inner altar: 

upon my inner altar, carefully, all my beliefs are gently laid aside and only love adorns. This is my place of devotion now, pure, free of the past, nothing projected into the future - it's where I consciously, continuously return to meet my prayerful needs. There is an altar within you too, our meeting place, light-filled, and my role is to greet you there in worship of our purest nature. 

today, 

may we find ourselves here, our inner altar...

together in this worship.

~

I love you, Eric 

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Epilogue

Epilogue: 

so I think I love the ending of A Course in Miracles the most, the epilogue, and especially it's urge to now surrender to the directive of the Holy Spirit, hearing only its voice calling for forgiveness. Through my many readings of the workbook I've always felt like I made it to the ending through both grace and no small amount of effort. It certainly takes commitment to go through these daily lessons, and there were many times early on when I put the book aside completely. To be honest, almost 20 years since I first completed the workbook, (and it took me over a decade to finally commit to it) I was sure that I was done and would now face the world in the new light of my effort. Of course God thought otherwise, but in a very gentle way. The Course calls to me more as a familiar voice, a song of comfort and grace that serves more as a prayer than it does lessons to be learned. 

and so my only real role is to listen to this song, 

living my life as a prayer.

surrendering

completely.

~ 

I love you, Eric

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Infinite Patience

Infinite patience: 

it's a state of loving certainty, knowing that every outcome is absolutely rooted in love, and that truly, right now - we are resting within eternity. This is what A Course in Miracles means by it's statement of infinite patience and that it's practice within the present moment produces immediate results. The word practice here is really just a mindful act of noticing that there's nowhere else to be, eternity is already here, and time cannot circumvent its presence. The immediate effects is in resting in the absolute certainty that love is always present and never wavering - even as the mind wanders in dreams of distance. 

infinite patience is the reminder that we're home.

~

I love you, Eric

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Decision Maker

Decision maker: 

so I never decide alone, I'm always partnered with an aspect of the mind that is either choosing peace and extending love, or continuously allowing ego to reign free. There is a decision maker here too, a presence of mind that can mindfully choose between the two. I begin my morning with the reminder that today, I will make no decisions by myself, noting that even now, decades into my practice of A Course in Miracles, I will still opt for the ego many times throughout the day. There's something very subtle at play here though, as both ego and the Holy Spirit have my happiness in mind, a wish for their fulfillment to manifest through my day. My role each morning is to remember which vision of happiness has truly brought me peace of mind, and then to allow that presence to make my decisions for the day - or as often as I'm able to at least. What's magical is how often now I'm able to surrender to this presence, not solely, nor every time, but those few moments that I am able to relinquish my default decision maker for it's true and holier version...  make all the difference in the world.

quite literally so.

~

I love you, Eric

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Kindest Thought I Hold

Kindest Thought I hold:  

so for me, a miracle is the gift of kindness, a gentle shift in my perception from the story being told to the reality of love that's shared between us. This comes so natural to me now, easily, although I still consider it a practice, asking for a miracle throughout my many interactions of the day. It's the kindest thing I do, the kindest thought I hold.

I wish to see you in the light of who you truly are.

and find this love reflected back to me.

thank you, thank you,

thank you.

~

I love you, Eric

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