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, April 20, 2011

Day 110 - Lesson 109

I rest in God.

I rest in God and today is also the Law of Least Effort.  I love how these lessons so regularly coincide, support, and complement each other.  Even though there were disturbances and turmoil in my life today, I felt comfort, strength, joy, and love in knowing that the universe is exactly as it is intended to be.  It's not that my heart wasn't affected by all that was going on - it's that I am able to accept it without trying to force solutions.  These studies, this active present moment awareness, have become such blessings in my daily routine.

One of the messages within this lesson is: This is the day of peace.  You rest in God, and while the world is torn by winds of hate your rest remains completely undisturbed.  Yours is the rest of truth.  Appearances cannot intrude on you.

I felt this profoundly today.  A year ago at this time, I would have never believed it possible.  And here we are - I choose miracles.
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