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

Monday, September 26, 2011

Day 269 - Lesson 268

Let all things be exactly as they are.

This is such an important reminder and good lesson for me.  There is absolutely no reason to force solutions.  No reason to make judgments to place myself above anyone else.

This lesson reminds of the Law of Least Effort, which tells us:

Nature's intelligence functions with effortless ease...with carefreeness, harmony, and love.

And when we harness the forces of harmony, joy, and love, we create success and good fortune with effortless ease.

I used to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to control everything, assess everything, label everything and in doing all that I missed out on so many of life's joys.  I would get terribly caught up in trying to figure out what others were doing and thinking and in taking too much personally.  As I have taken these studies to heart, I find that life is much more enjoyable when I let go and let life happen.  I set my intentions, I set my direction, I embrace life each morning with a mission of service, of being a vessel of spirit and - guess what - I am!
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