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, October 12, 2011

Day 285 - Lesson 284

I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.

This lesson also says:

Father, what You have given cannot hurt, so grief and pain must be impossible.  Let me not fail to trust in You today, accepting but the joyous as Your gifts; accepting but the joyous as the truth.

This was definitely a good lesson to reflect upon - along with The Law of Least Effort.  It also reminded me of Marianne Williamson talking about how we aren't truly fearful of what we can't do - we are much more fearful of realizing what we can do and what we are capable of....

We are going to feel some pain and sadness in our lives, but if we place our trust in Love and make our decisions based on what Love would do - we are much better situated for releasing illusions.  When we embrace pure potentiality and operate on the God energy of the universe, we live life on a plane beyond attachment, expectation, and loss.  We become open to all that is possible.

Who would have thought a couple of years ago that I would be completely good with talking about and supporting God - that I would be pursuing a life as a vessel of Spirit - that I would be a Perfect Health / Ayurveda instructor, that I would be working towards certification as Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor - that I would be leading a spiritual based gathering once per week - that I would be starting a radio gig....I couldn't have predicted these wonderful turn of events.

May my heart continue to grow more open to all that is possible.
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