Right now,
can you give a moment,
bringing awareness to
your lungs,
your belly,
your body?
Are you breathing?
Deeply?
Free of the grip
that clamps
the jaw;
free of the strain
that stiffens
the shoulders;
free of the worry
that sutures
the stomach,
pocking the breath
into slivers and pits?
Notice,
air moving in,
air moving out.
Notice,
what is constricted?
What is open to receive?
Please,
don’t just read these words
like un-prayed rosary beads.
Take a moment.
Pay attention
to the sound
of your breath,
the movement
of your body.
Then read this:
When you have learned
…to decide with God,
all decisions become
as easy and as right
as breathing.
There is no effort,
… you will be led
as gently as if
you were being
carried down
a quiet path
in summer.
ACIM T-14.IV.6:1-2
A summer breath,
a gentle breath,
a quiet path,
this is the Way
of the mind United;
an easy breath,
an effortless breath,
a breath led
by the choice
to let Him choose.
He has chosen you.
In this instant
your breath is
the holy path
He travels.
His coming
as effortless
as a decision
to notice,
to inhale,
to exhale,
and then,
the revelation:
I am the holy home
of God Itself.
I am the Heaven
where His Love
resides.
ACIM WB-P2. 350. 14:1