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

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Day 89 - Lesson 88

A review of lessons 75 and 76 -

(75) The light has come.
(76) I am under no laws but God's.

Lesson 75 speaks to the light as salvation and by choosing that rather than "attack" we see what is already there.  Once we see this, it dispels the darkness and we are able to recognize truth.  It sounds a bit 'out there' but when I think about this, and lesson 76, in conjunction with the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, I am able to better understand the message.

Today is the Law of Least Effort, "Least effort is expended when your actions are motivated by love, because nature is held together by the energy of love.  When you seek power and control over other people, you waste energy."

I encountered a situation today in which I had to tell myself that I had done everything I could to encourage a decision that I thought was right.  Typically, I would have 'had' to be right, I would have insisted there was no other correct outcome, and I would have been mighty pissed-off if any other outcome had been chosen.  Today I decided that the only way to get past those old negative reactions was to let go - to truly let go of any expected outcome.  I can't control other human beings; I can't control the future.  I can control my in-put, my own work, and my behavior.  So, we met and I explained my perspective.  At one point I felt that old tension rise up, that emotion bubble up - I so desperately wanted to 'defend my position' and prove that I was right.  Instead, I let it go.  I smiled, I thanked the other participants for giving the situation their thoughtful review, and agreed to have them let me know their decision later in the day.  I walked away.  I walked away with a lighter heart and thinking, "The outcome will be as the universe intends it to be." 

The participants came to my office later that afternoon, as promised, and reported that they had changed their minds and concurred with my recommendations. Yes!  I breathed a sigh of relief and of thankfulness.  I acknowledge the Law of Least Effort as a light shining law of God!  Now, to remember to practice it each and every day....
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