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

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Day 153 - Lesson 152

The power of decision is my own.

The 'mantra' for this lesson is: The power of decision is my own.  This day I will accept myself as what my Father's Will created me to be.

This lesson, again like so many of them, complemented so well the law of the day - The Law of Intention and Desire.  Which encourages, among other things: I will accept the present as it is, and manifest the future through my deepest, most cherished intentions and desires.

This lesson addresses plainly - No one can suffer loss unless it be his own decision.  And - You may believe that this position is extreme, and too inclusive to be true.  Yet can truth have exceptions?  If you have the gift of everything, can loss be real?

Life really is about choices - I love that quote that says, "Whether you believe you can or you can't, you are right."  I also love the reminder from this book of lessons that - I can either choose grievances or I can choose miracles.  It is terribly easy to get caught up in the ego dramas that exist in life....but -

The power of decision is my own!  I choose miracles and I believe I CAN!
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