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, November 10, 2011

Day 214 - Lesson 313

Now let a new perception come to me.

I woke up this morning with a pounding headache.  I was feverish and dreading trying to get through the day.  I had another oral test to take for my meditation certification.  I was worried about infecting the other 50+ people in the room.  However, I did make it through the day and I am feeling better.  I had an incredibly productive day - even though all I really wanted to do was curl up in a ball and go to sleep.

This is another truly beautiful lesson - in part it says this:

Let us behold each other in the sight of Christ.  How beautiful we are!  How holy and how loving!

One of the greatest blessings of being here, in this program, is that I am surrounded by 50+ like-minded souls who are journeying on a similar spiritual path.  They provide amazing strength, support, guidance, and love.  I feel rejuvenated each time I am in one of these groups.

While I believe that everyone is on a spiritual path - whether they know it or believe it themselves - sometimes it feels necessary to be enveloped in a group of people all aligned with similar visions.  That's what makes this so nurturing....the similar visions, the unbounded knowingness that we are tapping into a collective expression of love and we are doing it consciously.

I am diggin' this perspective....
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