. . . thus, it is good to be clear about the nature of our expectations: when I am an awakened being, it will look like this. It will feel like this. Others will respond to me in this way. And so forth. Expectation, even though it is directed at the future, is predicated onContinue reading “Depression, Expectation, Liberation”
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Unaware of the Light We Are
In general, we are unaware of the light we are, the love we are. “Light” and “love” are just words, of course, which opens up all kinds of possibility for confusion and projection, but still. We don’t need to be enlightened; we need to see we are enlightened – naturally, right now, as is. YesterdayContinue reading “Unaware of the Light We Are”
That Which Obscures
Even the articulation of “the present” – what A Course in Miracles calls the holy instant – is a concept, because both perception and conception require time. Whatever the present is – even if if is – it is obscured entirely by perception and concept. And if we are honest, most of us, we willContinue reading “That Which Obscures”
Investigation and Grace
Investigation cannot be undertaken when one is sure of the result; a spirit of openness is necessarily inherent in investigation. We do not know what we will discover; if we did, then the investigation would be a recovery effort. Who knows does not investigate. Just so, as we inquire into existence (into Self and RealityContinue reading “Investigation and Grace”
Nonresistance and A Course in Miracles
Nonresistance is a helpful aspect of any practice of nonduality. Certainly it is reflected in A Course in Miracles, the path – for lack of a better word – down which I was stumbling when the light-that-is-always-there began to reveal itself. We say ‘God is,’ and then we cease to speak, for in that knowledgeContinue reading “Nonresistance and A Course in Miracles”
Letters from the Hill (#2)
In the meantime, I turn my attention to what works, which is only what I perceive as helpful. The world does what it does and the circumstances that arise accordingly are like waves I do not trust to hold me yet. Hence, the daily lesson of A Course in Miracles. Hence a walk into moonlitContinue reading “Letters from the Hill (#2)”