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, February 26, 2011

Day 57 - Lesson 56

Lesson 56 is a review of lessons 26 through 30.  These lessons reinforce the desire to see, to see differently, to see God in everything, and to recognize that God is in everything because God is in my mind.  I remember these lessons really well and recall how helpful it was to practice them.  I appreciate the structure.

"You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you." ~ Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

This quote is so fitting today - The day that is the Law of 'Dharma' or Purpose in Life.  The lessons combined with reflection of this law reinforce for me my ultimate intentions.  I cannot reach those intentions without being connected to the power that created me, without understanding fully that God is in my mind and everywhere.
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