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

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Day 163 - Lesson 162

I am as God created me.

While this is a repeat, because it simply can't be repeated too often, this lesson begins with: This single thought, held firmly in the mind, would save the world.  I love that!

I often, too often, find myself criticizing me - I'm too fat, I'm too slow, I'm not smart enough, I'm too critical....I know these messages are not healthy.  I also know that where my attention goes, energy flows.  What I think is what I manifest.  So, I'm not sure why I allow these thoughts to enter my head?  A lot of social conditioning likely - and then there's the lot of human suffering.  We just seem to have a long history of choosing to suffer.  And yet I know that I am created from the divine.  I know that I am filled with holy spirit.  I know that I am made of light (after all, my fingers and toes have glowed - twice!).

I know that when I choose to be happy - I am happy.
When I choose to feel good about my body - I feel voluptuous and healthy.
When I choose to be smart - I am smart.
When I choose miracles, the grievances go away.

I am as God created me....a spiritual being having a human experience.
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