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

Friday, January 7, 2011

Day 7 - Lesson 7

Lesson 7 is the practice of realizing that, "I see only the past."  

This lesson, the practicing of it, made me think about how easy it is to develop an opinion, a belief, about something simply based on a past experience.  While that might be okay - the problem is that we don't often change our opinions or beliefs, even when we receive new objective information that tells us that it would be logical to change our opinion or belief, because we are so committed to a position based on that past experience.  This prevents us from allowing others to grow and change, from developing relationships, from living life in the moment and appreciating that.

My experiences, particularly in the past two years, have taught me that people change - they constantly change - and the best thing about that is it gives us regular opportunities to decide to love, to appreciate, to care as opposed to label and judge.
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