Breath in, Breath out - a Humble Offering to Eric Dierker!
Be good without reason.
This is a wise way to live happily.
— Sean DragonAbout Eric Dierker
Eric is a miracle, a miracle of Love! If I had to use one phrase to describe him, I would surely say that he is "a man of God", you have just to read some of his hubs, and you will understand. I am quite sure that in some other lives Eric had been a student of Socrates or Plato and Apostle Paul! I wouldn't be surprised if I learned that he was Moses! He is a human form around an enormous luminous Heart which is constantly glowing humour, kindness and Love in a world desperately needed these virtues. Every time I read one of his writings I become wiser and happier!
Eric, I have never met you in person, but you are a true brother of mine! I Love you, I pray for you, I thank you for being Eric the Great!
This is not a tribute; this is a big big hug...
Freeze Frame
Calm down, you do not have to hurry. This moment is one of the countless moments you will experience in eternity. You are made of the same materials that the eternal Universe was made of. You will always live somewhere. So, what's the reason for you to hurry? Enjoy the gifts of this moment. Breath in, breath out.
Calm down, you do not have to worry. You are a child of God and God is Love. In His Love, everything, difficult or easy, is meaningful. How significant will be your current problem after some time? But it will still be a lesson that made you wiser, that lifted you a little higher. Learn from the difficulty, do not worry about it. Breath in, breath out.
Calm down, you do not have to condemn. You can judge the actions, but not the people. You have not lived their lives, you do not know what has happened to them, what fears they haunt them. You do not know the pain they have experienced, the temptations they had to fight, the misunderstandings they have faced, the demons they had to deal with. You also are not perfect, and you do not know how you would react if you had been in their position. Do not judge, no matter how easy it may be, do love, no matter how hard it may seem. Breath in, breath out.
Calm down, you do not need to bear a grudge. Fight for your rights, but do not seek revenge. If someone has offended you there is a Greater Law that will take care of your recovery, as long as you continue to be righteous. Raise your consciousness over the wrong and free yourself and the offender from this situation. There is no higher Power of Change, no more excellent medicine, than forgiveness, because it is the beginning of Love. Forgive and live free. Breath in, breath out.
Calm down, you do not have to complain. It may seem that you have fewer than others and be jealous of it, but believe me, this is your perception. Some others are jealous of what you have. So deal with your stuff. Thank God for what you already have, be grateful for all these, and take care of your spiritual improvement so that to enjoy everything you want. The Source is inexhaustible, the limitation lies in our ability to absorb from Him. Gratitude is a source of happiness, grievances, nagging, and misery, are causes of unhappiness. Breath in, breath out.
Calm down, you do not have to claim things that are not yours. If something does not belong to you rightly, if it is not part of your consciousness, you will never be able to keep it, even if it is given to you, much more if you take it fraudulently. Whatever you take in this way it will hurt you, no matter how it seems initially, because it postpones your growth. If you want to change the world around you then first change the world inside you. We gain spiritually what we need, and then we earn it on the material level. The reverse is ephemeral, and against the laws of the Universe, hence it will bring us problems. Become a better person, and better things will come into your life. Breath in, breath out.
Calm down, you do not have to compete with others. In whichever position you are now, it's the right one for you at this specific moment. It is your position, and no one can steal it from you anyway, such as you cannot take the place that belongs by right to someone else. If you do not like the one you are in now, do not claim the position of someone else but strive to improve yourself in order to get what your Soul wishes. Raising your consciousness with acts of Love, kindness, offering, and understanding will elevate your position, and no one will be able to deprive you of it since it will be the one that the Universe would have prepared exclusively for you. See others around you as partners in this endeavour, as comrades rather than competitors. There is no competition in the Universe, because, it offers wisely to every one according to his needs. Breath in, breath out.
The moment you learn to create your own happiness no one can deprive you of it.
— Sean Dragon© 2019 Ioannis Arvanitis
Comments
Okay Eric, I will work on that for you. I write a lot of dark stuff, but that's how I work through the pain I'm dealing with... but writing about light and love is great too❤. I will work on a story about my kiddos for you
Sheila my superior told me to leave my coat on today so that another and I could fly. I think that is you. Now if you would be so kind return the favor about a story of your children. Little critters. They are up to so much that our old critters can learn from -- and you have the art to relate that to me.
How much better does it get?
I put feelings to forms. They laugh at me but you also have that gift. And they way over pay me!
Ioannis and Eric... You are both so very sweet and so wise. Thank you both so much from the bottom of my heart for the love, encouragement and support! You're both amazing humans, you're two of the good ones .❤
Sean I have no Idea how dreams work. But early on before sunrise I woke up to Crete and thought of you and my mom. Greece perhaps in real, the richest country on earth.
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Eric, you are my Brother and an invaluable treasure for us all! You can see it in all these comments. I am so glad I wrote this Hub for you.
Much Love from your Greek family!
Sean
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My dear Sheila, I have been in a place like this and Love brought me back in Light. Giving Love is the great rescue! So, I send you mine to stand by your side.
Greetings from Greece!
Sean
Sheia duck for cover. Around here we shoot straight and happy. I battle with depression every day so I grab on to something. Just now it was my son doing fighting with imaginary creatures.There is a time for and a season for every purpose.
Depression is not passing or light, but when we crawl out of it we carry the weight for others. Yahoo. To everyone having a struggle with depression let us hold hands.
Strange that people do not get that anxiety goes with depression. I say that is the hardest. Love.
Thank you very much Ioannis. Writing helps to get some of the darkness out of me... I have really been struggling with agonizing depression and anxiety. I am in a place where all I can seem to see is dark.. I am frantically searching for my happiness and I'm at a dead end.
Just duck for cover Sean. This boy is currently in full remission from gut cancer. If I act manic -- I have a right to be. There will be dancing and fun tonight. Or maybe just some frolicking. hihihi
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I humbly thank you for your encouraging words, Sheila. Happy to see you here. Welcome to the community of HP. I see that you have already done some great work!
Remember, your darkness is full of Light!
Sean
Very nice! You did a fantastic job with this... Thanks for writing it!
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I am so happy to know that I am a reminder of good things for you, my dear Peggy! Thank you for your beautiful comment! I apologise for my late answer but it is an over-working season.
Gratitude renews my Heart!
Sean
Wonderful to hear from you Manatita. I kind of reserve "disciple" for Christ and student for others. But just semantics. Sri Chinmoy was a student of so much and so worthy to follow on a great exciting journey with others.
Just count me in on any literary love fest.
This is a beautiful tribute and good words to hear for anyone reading this post. Following your wise advice would only lead to happiness. I am pinning this post so that I can easily find it and reread it again as a reminder of how to live.
If you are a Disciple of Sri Chinmoy, Eric - not that you have to be - but just answering your question. Then you joy can only increase!! We believe in Self-transcendence - going beyond, beyond, into the ever-transcending beyond. There is no limit or end to the Joy-experience … the Love-bug-rhapsody … ha ha.
Greetings my brother Sean. A bit absent these days. So sorry.
Sean and Manatita we are having so much love fun today - Oh my, how great will tomorrow be?
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My dearest brothers, Eric and Manatita, I am proud to be family to you and a medium for such beauty to be expressed!
Love is the blood that makes us family!
Sean
Just a few days/moments ago I really needed a hand up a nasty cliff. Family gave it to me and here I am. You and Sean are family with that hand up. Gracie
You do get around, after all. Ha ha. Thank you for coming and the compliment to Guruji. Thanks to Sean for providing the platform for this journey, Glory be!
Thank you Manatita, that is a wonderful invocation. What beauty.
Eric,
Here it is. Every disciple knows it and it is our most sacred prayer. We say it with folded hands.
The Invocation
Supreme, Supreme, Supreme, Supreme!
I bow to Thee, I bow.
My life Thy golden plough;
My journey's Goal Thy soulful Dream.
Supreme, Supreme, Supreme, Supreme!
I bow to Thee, I bow.
Supreme, I am Thy glowing Grace.
My world, Thy Feet of Light;
My breath, Thy Vision's kite.
Thou art one Truth, one Life, one Face.
Supreme, Supreme, Supreme, Supreme!
I bow to Thee, I bow.
— Sri Chinmoy
27 August 1967
It is also a song we sing every morning at our shrines and at every Centre meetings (Worship)
Sean I hope you are having as much love with this as this tired old horse.
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My dear Li-Jen, when we learn to love for the sake of Love and not as an act of the interests of the Ego, we learn to be happy! I hope to be helpful to you. I wish you to learn to love the beautiful human being you are. Thank you for your kind words.
A hug from a Dragon of Love!
Sean
Hey Sean. It's cool how you are able to talk about Love in many ways. To love without reason is love indeed! I will take note what you wrote in this article. The points are relevant and useful in a place where you're not the only one. Thanks for sharing this.
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Practical and helpful I always long to be, like you, my Sister Dora, and my Brother Eric, are! So your comment is a joy to my Heart! Thank you!
Gratitude and prayers for you!
Sean
Great read and a thoughtful tribute. Your "Calm down" statements are practical and helpful.
Manatita I will look it up.
This morning my reading was Colossians 3 about being raised by Christ which reminded me of Chinmoy on Spiritual Teachers.
I hope I emulate such ideas. Not to preach really but to offer the key.
Sri Chinmoy's 'Invocation' is the most sacred one I know.Look it up bro. Cool.
Working on a prayer that does not include the "me". You brothers inspire me as do our sisters. Psalm. But in the sound of silence.
Thanks for all my insisters of doing more to love.
Love to our dearest brother, of course. I chid myself! Greetings O great One (Eric)
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This is my dream, brother, to be a reminder of Love for my brothers and sisters!
We need such loving embrace to bring us to the highest place. We are renewed and set above by all the people sent from above. We thank friend for lifting us higher, uplift us all to raise higher. I will try to honor all your kind words ant thought. A piece of heaven will not soon be forgot. Now get upon the chores of life for the one you leave may be in great strife. Thank you Sean for reminding us to live in love, It is a gift from above.
Doris you said what I needed to hear. Tacos anyone. Lighten up Eric. You say it Doris and I shall live it.
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Thank you, my dear Doris! Your comment is an excellent addition to my text, and therefore am grateful to you!
We all have, we have to remember it!
Sean
Sean, you've said what so many people need to hear. Just calm down and let it be. Don't try to build yourself up by tearing someone else down. Gratitude is the key. Express gratitude for what you have and more will come your way. We have an expression in the U.S. "them that have gets." It is usually said in a derogatory way as jealousy over the rich getting richer. But when used in a spiritual way, it is a universal truth when expressed "those who have and are grateful are sent more."
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Farmer of Love! This is one of the best compliments ever! I love it!
Thank you, my brother, Eric, because you have been a good teacher to me.
My Heart is a bouquet of roses to all Mothers!
Sean
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My dear brother, Manatita, isn't that the source of our distress, carrying too many dead elephants on our shoulders? I am glad to know you liked it! Thank you for honouring with us our brother Eric!
Blessings from the family!
Sean
OK now peoples I got the flowers ready for mom when she wakes up (well my boy's mom, my lover of almost two decades)
Sunflower, Hibiscus, Rose and a trio of Dandelions from the boy.
Crazy here to say that? No!
All of your loves are the most precious flowers. A bouquet of all our lives full on with butterflies to suckle on our nectar and then give it to the next flower as a nutrient of life.
Sean here you are the Farmer. Thank you for this garden of love.
Breathe in, breathe out, or have a drink of water first, then act without haste. That is what some say.
A few noble, yet very powerful pointers here and excellent summary of how we can avoid carrying to many dead elephants on our shoulders. Freeze Frame is cool! Om Shanti!!
Linda, happy happy mother's day. Yesterday was our Mexican one, always on the 10th no matter. Moms from here to Guadalajara. I am very busy this weekend. They call me Mijo. Kind of affectionate for son. Some are younger than I am. So it means boy at heart. My sisters are my mothers also. You are a great sister/mother. Whahoo!
Dana we are flying so high around here. Ms. Alice is having a sciatica problem. Not good for driving we have a date tomorrow at 10:40 am sharp. It will be fun to go to her church with her. I am driving but I am the guest. We will be wearing our Sunday best.
She is a sweetheart at 92 years old. She made it clear I had to be a sharp dressed man or she would not hold my arm. Women!
So we shot up north Oceanside Camp Pendleton way. Every other dad in the place was a clear Marine. My pard and I flip a coin for who would pay for 12 beers to go around. I won. which means I bought. They were with wives and kids. Chuckee Cheese which I do not recommend. I wore shooting ear plugs. Real Marines know how to hug. I tried to go up and give away some love and got a ten time return.
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Thank you, my dear Sister, Linda! I am blessed with the gift to meet so many beautiful people in this community of Love, here in HP! And you are one that I love, and I admire. So, maybe you are next...
Unconditional Love makes God smile!
Sean
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No my brother, Eric, this is your article, and you can answer to anyone you want. My home is your home too! I am happy with your tears of Love and the comments I read! You are a positive influence for us all!
Gratitude and joy!
Sean
Eric is indeed a one-of-a-kind. I have not "met" him, yet I feel as though we are neighbors, perhaps even kin (the younger brother I wished for but never got). The man rejoices in adversity. Yes, I do believe he is a clone of St. Paul. He has taught me much and I continue to learn from him. Thank you for this beautiful offering to a beautiful human being.
All my friends thank you. Although this is Seans Loannis's article I feel a need to address the love individually. But my floodgates of love are overflowing. I need to go share the waters of tears of love.
I have a friend who has overcome alcoholism for a full year. I will share our love with him.
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"He is rare and one of a kind and, it is a privilege of mine to call him friend."
You said all my dear Sister, Dana! Thank you! Gratitude!
Life brings us angels in many forms!
Sean
He's certainly my favorite hub-friend. Always supportive, always kind never judgmental, seeking to understand and never assuming. He is rare and one of a kind and, it is a privilege of mine to call him friend.
You have written dedications for many wonderful people but none more deserving, in my opinion, than our Eric Dierker.
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Thank you, my dear brother, Bill for the great gift of accepting me in this fellowship of Love! I am grateful knowing all of you!
Love can offer you a family as big as all the Creation!
Sean
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Thank you, my dear brother, Eric! I also have expressed many times my gratitude to God for you! Knowing your Heart is an incomparable gift! I hope I have stood worthy of it.
Brothers are made of Love rather than blood!
Sean
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Thank you, my brother, Chris! This comment means a lot to me. When I thought to write this offering to Eric, I tried to shape his smiling face in my mind and then the text came out instantly! I wanted to be an article worthy of his great Heart, so I am glad to hear from you that I have accomplished my goal. Higher greetings!
A kind word is a precious gift which cost nothing!
Sean
Eric is, in many ways, my brother....we both are driven by the need to surround ourselves with love...as are you,Sean. That makes this the perfect offering.
Thank you so much. " Some others are jealous of what you have. So deal with your stuff. Thank God for what you already have". In humility.
See you again in a bit after I spend some time in gratitude to God for you.
Sean, this is a beautiful way to highlight our brother Eric as a man and his work of encouragement.
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