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

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Day 300 - Lesson 299

Eternal holiness abides in me.

This lesson begins with: My holiness is far beyond my own ability to understand or know.

While that line is so true, it is also and equally true that being open to all possibilities, releasing attachment to illusions, and establishing a regular meditation practice creates the path to higher states of consciousness.  When I listen with my heart to the ancient wisdom of spiritual texts and when I listen to the mystery of God I feel a sense of my own holiness.

I moderated a domestic violence awareness panel today and read the famous words of Lao Tzu about peace (There will be peace in the world when there is peace in the nations, there will be peace in the nations when there is peace in the cities.....etc. until - when there is peace in the heart).  I closed the session with those words.  I believe in these words - we will only evolve, truly evolve when we learn to love.  When we can hold peace in our hearts, we will act with peace, and we will see a less violent world.

I am so very thankful for all of the peace workers....their holiness is a shining beacon of light for our evolution.
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