Remember that Christmas is set at the Winter Solstice. December 21st is the day the season turns. The sun has been diminishing, smaller day by day, since its peak in summer. This is the day that the light begins to grow again. This is the day the sun begins to return.
This is the time, when the sun has been at its' smallest, when new light, when new life, when a new sun, the consciousness of the new Son, is reborn within you!
Prophets have said, "As above so below." As in heaven, so on earth. As seasons turn, the season of your soul turns too. This time of darkness, of cold, of longer nights and deeper darkness, is the perfect time for introspection. It is perfect time to take within all that has come to you throughout the year, and especially, all that is present now. To take all this within, to listen, to see, to feel, to intuit, to contemplate and to find new places of self-realization.
It is self-realization that the light of the new sun brings to us. This light of self-realization is the very same light of love, the very same grace of heaven, the very same warmth that the loving light of God brings. Bring the most loving, the most conscious, the most compassionate awareness to every relationship around you.
Be willing to see more deeply and more clearly through your fears, through the wounds, the hardships and the difficulties that you have experienced. Whatever is your pain, those around you have its equal in the form, in the shape, in the particular qualities that are precisely formulated to bring them into their own deeper place of loving consciousness. The have their own deeper place of compassion, of generosity and their own sacred journey to find their choices of love.
Choose to fill your perceptions, your thoughts and your heart with the grace of God. God’s grace is the light, the warmth, the return of love that is celebrated, welcomed and embraced on this holy day.
We offer help and assistance to you as you go about your holiday activities. We will be with you step by step and in every place of gifting, every place of celebration, every place of interaction with friends, family and community. Remember that we walk with you.
We are also with you in every place of difficulty during this season. We are with you when you feel disappointment, when a relationship, event or experience during this holiday season does not meet your expectations. We are with you when you feel disappointment, when you feel you are not receiving the love, the respect or the kindness you wish for. We are with you in whatever place of lack you feel. We are with you there to help guide you to what is to be realized within your own self-awareness and to guide you back the universal, unconditional and complete love that God gives to you.
Every place you feel a pain, a fear, a disillusionment in yourself or in others, is a place that is ready receive the pure, unconditional light and love of God. It is a place that you can release into our loving hands and into our loving grace for we will help you - as far as you allow us to - into your own self-realization of your choice of love.
The grace of God is not conditional. You may receive the good grace of God simply by choosing to do so. God's love for you is truly unconditional. God's grace and care for you is not based upon your past thoughts and actions. This moment now may be fully opened into the loving grace of God by your choice to accept God's invitation which is always extended to you.
This pure and perfect love is all-encompassing. It is like the sun that shines on the earth bringing light and warmth to everyone, every place, everywhere. Total and complete love for you has been present since before your birth, is present throughout your life and will meet you when you leave this life.
Keep this in your awareness this season and you will find deeper compassion, deeper understanding, deeper forgiveness and much greater willingness to be with the true spirit of Christmas.
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The Highest Gifts of Christmas Winter Solstice
From Christopher Dilts, for About.com
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