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, February 25, 2011

Day 56 - Lesson 55

Lesson 55 continues the review and the lessons included this day are 21 through 25.  These lessons focused on seeing things from a different perspective, vengeance, attack thoughts, not perceiving things in our own best interest, and no knowing what anything is for.  Gosh, this synopsis makes it sound pretty dismal.  The lessons weren't dismal at all.  

Any lesson that helps me to better understand myself is worthwhile in the positive.  These lessons certainly correspond with and are reinforced in so much of the studying I am doing - from my studies in preparation for certification as a Perfect Health Instructor, to utilizing the Strengths Finder 2.0 and Strengths Based Leadership books and on-line guides and assessments. Something that both Deepak Chopra and Wayne Dyer talk about is once we start living in the present moment and acting as vessels of spirit, we begin to see connections and actions that support our awareness.  I have found this to be completely accurate.

This information has been instrumental in assisting me through a couple of difficult challenges recently.  Rather than feeling 'worked up' and tense and worried, I have been able to exercise some healthy detachment and release my fears about the 'uncertainty' of it all.  This doesn't mean that I don't care or have a diminished desire to see the challenges resolved - it just means that I am not being negative and judgemental about it.  I am also not obsessing about the challenges and feeling defeated by them.  This is huge progress on my part.

I read an excellent quote today - "Holding resentment is like eating poison and then waiting for the other person to keel over." ~ Anonymous

When we can offer compassion to those we feel resentment towards we free ourselves to move on.
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