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, July 27, 2011

Day 208 - Lesson 207

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

(187) I bless the world because I bless myself.

God's blessing shines upon me from within my heart, where He abides.  I need but turn to Him, and every sorrow melts away, as I accept His boundless Love for me.

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

I thought about this along with the Law of Least Effort today.  I realize that when I don't force solutions, when I allow the ebb and flow of life to occur without inserting an automatic outcome, I reduce the stress in my own life and in the lives of others.

I had a conversation with someone today in which I explained a situation that baffles me.  It was suggested that I just 'make the outcome I want happen.'  That is what I would have done in the past. "I'm right, I know I'm right, and you all will appreciate my outcome - you just don't understand it yet, but you will."  Typically, that just fueled whatever fire was smoldering into a roaring blaze, it caused unnecessary hurt feelings, and I never felt particularly good about myself afterwards.  Really, no one appreciates being told what to do (even though it may make perfect sense to me!).  I explained that rather than 'force a solution - my solution' I was looking for ways that allowed the benefits of my suggestion seem reasonable, logical, and right for everyone involved.  The alternative is I may see a valuable perspective that I can't currently see for some reason, but maybe given enough time I will. 

When I release my need to defend my point of view I bless myself, and, in turn, I bless the world.
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