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, October 14, 2011

Day 287 - Lesson 286

The hush of Heaven holds my heart today.

The stillness of today will give us hope that we have found the way, and travelled far along it to a wholly certain goal.

Every day I think about my goal - to know God.  This thought is never very far from my mind and my heart.  Sometimes I don't want to do anything but sit and ponder, think, mull, pray, meditate, embrace the God energy surrounding me. 

Tonight I was watching the waves crash upon the shore and the seagulls and loons and ducks all so still upon and around the unsettled water.  The miracle of our existence.  In that moment, I felt the hush of heaven.

No matter how unsettled things seem to be around us, and even through our connection to our unsettled environment, we can still feel the hush of heaven and recognize the miracle of our existence....and we can be thankful and joyful for it all.
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