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

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Day 260 - Lesson 259

Let me remember that there is no sin.

What a controversial statement - from a traditionalist's perspective that is.  However, as this lesson states: Sin is the only thought that makes the goal of God seem unattainable.  What else could blind us to the obvious, and make the strange and the distorted seem more clear?

How could it be in God's best interest to set forth rules that would prevent us from entering heaven - that would send us to hell?  Such rules and declarations are man-made and are done to create structures of perceived power.

When I recognize that the only reality that truly exists is love I can begin to let go of fear and enter that space that is heaven.  What is the point of my existence if it is not to find love, to share love, to express love?
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