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

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Day 323 - Lesson 322

I can give up but what was never real.

This lesson makes a couple of key points for me:

  • I sacrifice illusions; nothing more.
  • What loss can I anticipate except the loss of fear, and the return of love into my mind.
I was writing my radio spots for recording tomorrow.  I wrote the first day without any trouble.  However, as I got busy writing the next day and thinking about the days that would follow, I started to worry that everything I needed to talk about included the importance of Spirit.  The theme this week is intentions, and when we set intentions and we give up the outcome to Spirit or Source without attachment, we set in motion an open path to achievement.  My struggle, as I was thinking about it, was how this message would be perceived - would I alienate people?  How would traditional Christians feel about this message?  How would atheists feel?  I was reminded that as long as my message is given with love, people will most likely perceive it positively and that I shouldn't worry about it beyond that.  This lesson reinforced that reminder for me.

Love, Spirit, Source - that is what's real.
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