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

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Day 172 - Lesson 171

This begins another review.  In this review, we precede each though - each lesson - with this statement:

God is but Love, and therefore so am I.

God is but Love, and therefore so am I.
151 - All things are echoes of the Voice for God.
God is but Love, and therefore so am I.
152 - The power of decision is my own.
God is but Love, and therefore so am I.

Today was a rather discombobulated day.  I didn't feel very well all day.  I have way too much work to do.  I need sunshine....warm sunshine.  I was distracted by my heart and by my head.

However, as I reflected upon this lesson...these lessons, I went back reviewed my entries for 151 and 152.  It took me back to 'glowing.'  This caused me to chuckle.  I think I figured out the reason for the glow.  Though I want to maintain some mystery around it because the lesson ended up being powerful for me in trying to live my life as big as it wants, as it is meant to be.  I have a tendency to pull in and keep my world small.  I needed this little reminder this evening.

I have also been reminding myself to embrace uncertainty and to remember that I can't predict the future.
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