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

Friday, September 16, 2011

Day 259 - Lesson 258

Let me remember that my goal is God.

Albert Einstein has a great quote that I posted on Facebook yesterday, "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." 

This lesson says, in part: [God's] memory is hidden in our minds, obscured but by our pointless little goals which offer nothing, and do not exist.  Shall we continue to allow God's grace to shine in unawareness, while the toys and trinkets of the world are sought instead?  God is our only goal, our only Love.  We have no aim but to remember him.

The Vedic Sage Shankara explains the layers of life - the koshas, which are all illusions (maya) until the final (Brahman).  We all have within us the ancient awareness of Source (God), of holiness.  It is, however, covered up - it is covered in our physical selves by our environment, our physical body, and an energy body; it is covered by our subtle self in our mind, our intellect, and our ego; and even beyond that two more layers exist before we reach God - the causal body which is the personal (soul), and the collective (connection between soul and spirit), to finally - Universal (God, Spirit, Source). 

Asking the soul questions - Who am I? What do I want?  What is my purpose?  Helps us to get in touch with our holiness as we enter into silent meditation.  This lesson made me think more deeply about the topic of illusions.  The layers of life are the true model of an individual.  Understanding them helps me to better understand why we get so caught up in 'stuff.'  Seeing the layers, recognizing them, acknowledging them aids me in living with them as I seek my goal, as I follow the way that leads to God.
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