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, October 8, 2011

Day 281 - Lesson 280

What limits can I lay upon God's Son?

Father I lay no limits on the Son You love and You created limitless.

This has been one of those difficult lessons for me.  I'd like to say that, "tadaa, I no longer place limits upon myself, upon my thoughts, upon my abilities."  However, it just doesn't work like that.  I am, very thankfully, uncovering the layers of illusions that are cast upon most of us and reinforced by society, bureaucracy, family units, and such.  That reprogramming takes time, ritual, practice, because letting go isn't as easy as opening the palm of your hand and uncurling your fingers.

Exposure to a world of literature that takes me deep into Vedic philosophy - ancient wisdom 5,000 years old.  A daily practice of meditation.  Asking the soul questions and always, always asking, "what would love do?"  Moving beyond the instant reaction of taking things personally.  Allowing people to be who they are - without assigning labels.  These are the practical steps in uncovering those layers - in releasing those self-imposed limits.

God wants me to feel my soul melding into Spirit.
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