I keep thinking about that sadly beautiful movie, Babette’s Feast, and how it coaxes gratitude out of the disappointments of life. The film centers around a dinner created by an extraordinary chef, Babette, who has experienced tragic loss in her past.
Babette was taken in years ago by two gentle sisters who live an austere existence. The sisters tend to a devoutly religious community and have remained in this small parish all their lives. Long ago, they gave up their personal dreams for its beliefs. Now old and gray, they are gathering for a special dinner. And Babette has secretly spent her life’s fortune to create it.
The dinner begins, but because of their strict religion, the sisters and their friends try to deny the pleasures of the feast. They are determined to speak only scripture and to eat in silence otherwise. Yet as the lavish meal progresses, the guests go through a kind of transformation. Despite their fears of the bountiful meal, they begin to feel joy stir within their hearts. Despite the sadness of their personal hopes that never came to pass, they begin to feel gratitude for each other and for this occasion to be honored – honored as we all deserve. And somehow this honoring brings out truth and spirit, and the old friends realize just how much they love. Their love transcends their human plight, and before our eyes they experience a shift in consciousness.
That a feast can bring something more spiritual than abstinence is profound. I think this movie tells a fitting story for where we are right now. We are all being invited to sit at that beautiful dinner table and recognize the tremendous love we feel for each other here. And, at the same time, we are being shown just how much we have been denied.
Humanity is seeing that the abundance of love has been squandered and measured, and downright stolen, when it was always our birthright. We are ready to say goodbye to a world where our dreams had to be put aside, and, like Babette, where the artist had to endure life-shattering tragedy only to sacrifice for her art.
We will rise above the unbearable violence and injustice here and know blissful peace. It may take time to get there, but the outcome is certain, and the way to get there is love.
Let us feel gratitude for the love each soul has shared with us and taught in this heart-wrenching world. We are so brave with love to be here in the first place, and so lucky to watch our spiritual evolution unfold.
A spiritual feast is being laid before us – higher consciousness, and it is more glorious than we could ever hope! Let us receive this honor together instead of fearing as we’ve been taught. What a precious gift to be part of this momentous time for humanity – this resurrection and heart-opening growth. Celebrate with me, dear friend, and welcome awareness to our earth.
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I agree things are going to get better, Suzy. I am not sure if you have ever studied the Yuga cycle (a 24,000-year period), but currently we are beginning the Dwapara cycle with a long ascension to the Sayta Yuga (Golden Age). Of course that’s still thousands of years away, but at least we’re on the upswing from some dark times.
Hi Josh. I really appreciate your perspective and the mention of this cycle. This seems like the perfect place to share my personal experience:
I stood in the sun on 12-21 and became flooded (again) with the emotional realization that we humans are, at this moment, creating our new earth. It is happening right now! I feel a huge change in myself and the people I come in contact with. It’s like we are ready to remember how sacred we are and ready to take care of that sacred-ness. I continue to receive information that what we are going through as humans is the most dramatic and rapid evolution the universe has or ever will experience. My Spirit Guide tells me that by 2015 Ascension will become common knowledge. (Wow, amazing to think what this means.) I still don’t have a clear answer on how long it will take to accomplish Ascension. My Higher Self tells me to proceed by focusing on my heart chakra at all times, and to “breathe” through this chakra. Mother Earth guides me and feels so close – so comforting. … It feels thrilling beyond words that I get to be a part of this incredible time to be alive – what a precious lifetime this is!
I wish to express my sincere gratitude and admiration for your personal experience, your insight, and your incredible work! Wishing you a very special and very Merry Christmas ~ Suzy
just thought I’d reread a random post just now – I failed to grasp the enormity of the message in this one this first time.
This is what I got from it this time:
It’s more than OK to enjoy life – it’s obligatory!
I think today austerity is a dumb deal struck with an illusory god.
God is Love and Love is anything but austere.
Profound words, Spence: “austerity is a dumb deal struck with an illusory god.” I see a poem here : ) Yes, we are here to enjoy this precious experience of life! Thanks so much for illuminating this.
It is our divine right to revel in what WE have created. When we realize that WE have created it, we can choose to make a more harmonious world. Suzy