Why this? Why now?

I have given a great deal of thought to whether or not a blog is right for me. I have been on an amazing journey - some of it very sad, some of it profoundly joyful. Transformation is possible - I know because it is happening with me.

I can't say for sure when it all started, other than it started happening with tremendous regularity upon my 40th birthday. This may be a rather normal occurence - you reach a certain age and start wondering if this is all there is in life. Am I doing what I'm meant to be doing? Are my beliefs real - what are my beliefs exactly?

Here's a smattering of the journey -

I got a divorce and began to discover and explore life from a much different perspective.

I began thinking about my health and researching and reaching out to learn things like: what I should be doing to avoid heart disease. The book, The China Study, changed my life. I am now a vegetarian. This also led me to quit smoking....and finally to stop drinking, too (I don't care what the studies say - just eat the grapes instead).

I have embarked upon an incredible spiritual journey - from a comparative religions class, to studying Ayurvedic living (of which I'm now studying to become an instructor), to learning more about Buddhism, and, as documented here in my blog, an active study of A Course In Miracles.

I am in a place in my life where I finally recognize very consciously that what I put in my mind and in my body is what comes out. As I am reminded most days when listening to Deepak Chopra's soul affirmations, "My body is the garden of my soul."

May I be of vessel of spirit, of loving-compassion.

Yes, I do think a blog is right for me. Thank you for joining me.
Namaste,

mac

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Day 18 - Lesson 18

Lesson 18 states that I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing.  Another statement in the lesson is: It also emphasizes the idea that minds are joined....

While it doesn't go into detail about what this means exactly (it says this idea will be given increasing emphasis later on), I think minds are joined.  We are capable of sensing and feeling when a mood in a crowded room has shifted, when someone sad or happy enters a room, when someone near us is angry or hurting, and in countless other ways we can feel that our minds are joined - how else would we experience these sensations?

How many times have you been feeling a certain way - negative or positive about a specific situation, but you can't necessarily pinpoint a reason for your feelings.  Inevitably someone will phone you or stop to see you and share a story that validates your feelings.  It is that mind, that conscious connection we have.  It can be subtle and it can be incredibly powerful.

I feel like I have been experiencing these types of occasions more often of late, but I'm not sure if it's because I'm more aware or if they are really occurring more often?  One thing I am committed to doing is seeing more joy, so my mind shares and connects with other minds in a way that is more often more loving.

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