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David
We’ve been David all along:
when I first made my way to the Manual for Teachers, the finishing volume of A Course in Miracles, it was the characteristics of God’s teachers that struck me as a truly worthy goal to achieve. These were traits that I worked hard to demonstrate, believing that with effort and hard dedication they would all make themselves known to me and that I could then demonstrate them to the world. This was simply where I was in my life, a seeker, and not afraid to put in the work necessary to make things happen.
even enlightenment.
I’ve since learned to relax.
not everything is meant to be chased after, pursued, or conquered.
every single characteristic described in the Manual is possessed in abundance by us all. They are qualities inherent within the very fabric of our existence. My own realization was how easily and naturally these gifts show themselves through the single practice of true forgiveness. So I’m reminded of the story of Michelangelo and his seventeen-foot block of stone, deemed unusable by many sculptors before him and abandoned because of its many flaws. Yet Michelangelo saw the truth within the stone, an original form that literally begged him for its release. For three years Michelangelo worked in secret, guided by an inner vision shared between himself and the hidden figure within the stone.
