The Only Choice That Matters

The only choice that matters:

we mistakenly believe that the election is between two candidates and their parties. It’s approached as a matter of sides to be taken, one warring faction against another, and that there will be a wining party and a losing one. This is the politics of the ego — and it keeps us trapped in the paradigm of previous generations, a perpetual battle against ourselves.

and everybody loses.

every election, this one included, is a personal matter and has little to do with who we vote for. It’s not about election day itself, nor political wins and losses, and nothing to do with candidates. Here’s the significance, and maybe most important of all in these next few days -

what do we do after?

this is when we presented an important opportunity -

do we choose peace?

love?

or continuing warring against each other?

it’s the only choice that matters.

I’m reminded that a that we’re all teachers of God, students too, and right now we’re in a unique position to teach/learn exactly who we truly are. In the Manual for Teachers A Course in miracles states that our qualifications as a teacher consist solely on a single moment when we make a deliberate choice to not see our own interest as being separate from another’s -

or perhaps more concisely stated…

we simply choose to love.

so do we teach/learn this all important lesson?

I don’t now.

but it’s the only choice that really matters.

~

Peace, Eric