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, November 16, 2011

Day 320 - Lesson 319

I came for the salvation of the world.

I really only have one thing to say about this and it's been coming up a lot the past several days - it seems to come up at least once per day - that I am reminded that Jesus said, "I am not in the world, the world is in me."  I honestly don't know from which gospel this is from and a quick search on line didn't produce it.  However, I have heard this several times from many credible resources. 

The thing is - salvation of the world is my own salvation.  I understand this better and better all the time - especially when I give myself permission to just, "shut up."  And I mean this genuinely.  When I close my mouth and listen without worrying about exhibiting my own opinion - my whole world opens up.
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