This winter holiday, I wish to experience all the profound peace that the season holds. I wish to unplug from incessant scheduling and electronic distractions, and feel what is magical again. I want to hear the quiet of nature, and in that stillness, remember the sacred in everything.
Let us listen to the silent night together, and feel a thrill in our hearts for the gift of life! May we receive all the spiritual riches we are being given. May we realize that we are a luminous part of it all.
So often, we deny ourselves our own worth. We can so easily feel like we are never enough – like the next teacher or book will hold answers that only we can give. Even the New Age world can leave us feeling inadequate. But the truth is that we are so incredibly special and so loved.
Do not doubt yourself, brave soul, but sing the unique song you came here to sing! Sing it out loud for all to hear. You are so very brave as you get back up again and again in this shining opportunity called life. Remember that you do it to grow with love.
Now, in our human evolution, you are getting to a place of inner knowing without words. And it comes naturally to all of us – even those who aren’t “spiritual.” This knowing is simply love.
We love each other so much. Stop and listen, and see that this is everywhere. Love is the eternal message delivered by illuminated masters through the ages. It is the message of the story of Christmas, delivered by a newborn who came to remind us of our true essence.
I think the nativity scene beautifully explains the unconditional love that we are capable of. Because this is what we feel for our own children. It is what we are at heart. Unconditional love teaches us how to relieve our suffering and how to find our true selves. It is always the answer.
May we each of us on this earth forgive ourselves for our human struggles, and realize how beautiful we are – indeed, how spectacular and eternally loving! May we feel the immaculate peace within our souls in the silent night, amidst the natural beauty of winter.
It is dusk as I write this, and the woods paint a fitting scene. The trees are bare, reaching with elegant branches that slumber and yet are vital with life. They are pregnant with the buds of spring. The tree trunks form arches that link together, making a kind of graceful architecture. They have built high windows that frame the setting sun as it turns scarlet! And before my eyes, they transform into a magnificent cathedral, graced with stained glass in all the colors of fire. Before my eyes, the woods have become a glorious temple to God’s love – to our love that is burning with increasing intensity that no one can deny.
We have been dormant on the earth for but a brief time. Now, we are waking up to birth what has always been in our hearts. We will find ourselves starstruck by this love that we hold. And then we will know that it has always been within us, simply waiting to be born.
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Merry Christmas Suzy! This so beautiful and romantic. It is a message of hope in a time of selfish venting. I love your images. I am reminded of the paintings of Constable and the song by John Lennon: “All We Need is Love.”
Thank you! I love your comment so much. Your incredible art stirs the soul and inspires me again and again.
Okay, this requires stopping, and “living in the moment” and stepping back and admiring the beauty of what is going on. I think I can do this!
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing here,
Suzy
Is being spiritual any less or more than LOVE?
Listening to our heart is a deep listening. My prayer to all living is that each and every human-being open their hearts to hear and understand this message. This learning and listening to LOVE is the lesson of life in our human form. It is so warming that you have expressed it here.
James, you inspire me with your wisdom of love. Keep lighting the way!
I’ve been trying to write something eloquent here, and I just got that I simply love this post! Thank you!
Thank you Francoise! I was just thinking about how you have so much wisdom of the human experience, and I’m forever learning from you. Keep teaching me!
As I read your Post several words came to mind as relates to the way it is written; beautiful, eloquent, expressive, passionate, etc. I have, however, settled on Graceful. That is the term that resonates best with me.
I love to see the words Magic and Magical used as relates to our changing time. Magic is returning and this would certainly be a good time to focus upon what that really means in a Metaphysical and Spiritual sense.
I am enthralled by your phrase, “sing the unique song you came here to sing”. I am reminded of a song the name of which may be “Sing a Song”.
My favorite version is by Karen Carpenter. We do need to sing our Song and not “worry if it’s good enough for anyone else to hear”.
And Love. So easy to say. So easy to Love those near and dear to us. More difficult, for me at least, to Love those I’ve never met and barely realize exist. So difficult to Love those who seem to give us so many reasons not to Love them.
You have given me several lessons here that I should take the time to consider. Thanks for an insightful and Loving Post. Sorry to have been so long winded. Be Thankful, I could have gone on longer.
You rock Hawk! Thank you for the magic song that you sing. You are helping us all with your soaring voice. I’m learning from your words “So difficult to Love those who seem to give us so many reasons not to Love them. ” Thank you for this, and for your compliments that touch the heart.