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, November 11, 2011

Day 315 - Lesson 314

I seek a future different from the past.

This lesson complements so nicely virtually everything I've been studying this week....software of the soul.  When I take actions, I create memories, and then desires....upon which I take action, create memory, and desire....this is a cycle we live every day, every hour, every minute, every second. 

I do seek a future different, distinctly different, from the past.  As I have embraced a regular meditation practice, I find that I more readily and spontaneously make choices (take actions) that are more nurturing and nourishing to my body and my mind, which ultimately allows me to be in better touch with Spirit.  Each time I do this, I create a new memory and hence a new desire....and I make choices that are more life affirming.

I couldn't have explained software of the soul a few years ago, when this transformation all began; and it's probably not all that clear here....However, my life has begun blossom.  I am more open, less constricted, more expansive, and less afraid.  I choose to bring into my life those things that provide balance and I embrace uncertainty (mostly). 

My future is distinctly different from my past and will only continue to be thus....

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