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, July 24, 2011

Day 205 - Lesson 204

I am not a body.  I am free.
For I am still as God created me.

(184) The Name of God is my inheritance.

God's Name reminds me that I am His Son, not slave to time, unbound by laws which rule the world of sick illusions, free in God, forever and forever one with Him.

I am not a body.  I am free.
For I am still as God created me.

Today we honor the Law of Pure Potentiality.  According to The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success:  Pure consciousness is our spiritual essence.  Being infinite and unbounded, it is also pure joy. Spending time in nature is a great way to feel this through all of our senses.  I spent a lot of time out doors today and I am ever thankful for it.  I was able to honor these lessons by the beautiful experience of welcoming pure potentiality through all of my senses - the feel of the earth beneath my feet, the sight of crystal clear skies and sparkling water, the scent and taste of grass and salt - watching the birds, the fox, the ground squirrels - and there I was right in the middle of it all.

In The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga book Deepak Chopra and David Simon encourage that when we practice yoga (union with God), "You will discover that God is not difficult to find.  God is impossible to avoid, for there is nowhere that God is not." 
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