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

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Day 29 - Lesson 28

Above all else I want to see things differently.  The 'practicalness' of this lesson is about literally practicing looking at things and consciously asserting that we want to see it differently.  I have a bit of a struggle with looking at a lamp and saying to myself, "Above all else I want to see this lamp differently."  However, I do understand the value in practicing an idea in order to get it.  We don't often just 'get' things because we believe we should.  In fact, more often we're frustrated because we don't just automatically 'get' things.

So, I went about my day very aware of working towards changing my perception about things I routinely look at.  I tried opening my mind to see and define things minus my past terms.  I looked at lots of things that I hadn't really looked at before, or given much conscious thought to what I thought I saw when I looked at them.  Again, much of the value I found in this was being present in the moment.
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