Day 1: What does Christmas really mean to me?
Truly before I had a baby it meant more about gifting and generosity than spiritually. Now that I have personal understanding of the miraculous gift of life and consciousness Christmas takes on new meaning for me. Especially since we have such a wonderful spiritual community to share it all with the whole season has snapped into a new dimension. I still get a big charge from gifting to friends and family, I love surprising someone with a gift that has been brewing in my mind for months. I adore shopping for Toys for Tots drives, and the Angel Trees. It's so fun to model generosity, to get excited, and keep the "gimmees" away. This year, without means, I had to surrender any expectation of what I might purchase, work with The Man about how much/when/what we would purchase (practicing Unity of Purpose)---I couldn't plan a thing, surrendering totally on yet another level. Would that I had infinite supply at my disposal in the form of money all the time and I might try and gift everyone all year long. I want to do more, I always have wanted to do more, be of service in a bigger way. Fortunately I recognize the power of the Spoken Word (b.k.a. prayer) and I do have an infinite immediate supply of prayerful abundance words for the world. (got a thrill of joyful goosebumps just now)
I know the history of Christmas celebration, the cobbling together of all the pagan/christian/roman/nordic symbolism that has become what we covet today, and I bring it lightly into conversation with my kiddos so they'll understand the history and significance rather than doggedly following without understanding. I really appreciate and identify with the symbolism of re-birth of Christ Consciousness, our highest self, newly created, newly arrived, completely un-spoilt, beautiful, brilliant and wondrous---the way we all are when we first arrive here. That's what "keeping Christmas well" throughout the year means to me, embodying that loving, compassionate, high consciousness every day of the year. We don't have to let the outside material world determine the inside, we can reclaim this newly birthed beauty every moment, every day by simply getting still and Knowing the I AM is within always and all ways.
Happy Christmas!
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