Holiday Blessings

Christ Light

YOU that come to birth and bring the Mysteries,
Your Voice Thunder makes us very happy,
Roar Lion of the HEART and tear us Open.
Rumi
IN SILENT WONDER*
The Wise see Him as
The LIFE**** flaming in ALL Creation.
The Upanishad
Star Bright, Holy Night,
Flame This Season and Evermore.
May the Light of This Flame Burn
Brightly in you this season and always.

What would it be like to see THE LIFE flaming in all creation?
What is needed within each of us that would promote true inner peace within and become a ripple to peace among all peoples, among all nations? The ancient Upanishad speak of the wise as seeing life itself as flaming everywhere if we have the eyes to see. What if we were to approach this holiday season not as one that is Christian or Jewish, or Muslim, but the holiday for the Heart? This time of year our longing for connection and true meaning becomes apparent, We long for the birth of something more authentic and true.
What if we were to turn inward and acknowledge our own longing to give birth to the divine within ourselves, to that which unites rather than divides. To THAT which indeed can save us from our own separation and bring peace and harmony. It is the mind that brings separation and division. It is belief that we cling to that often divides us from ourselves as we refuse to examine that which is divided within ourselves as well as the world into them versus us.
In Japanese there is one word for mind and heart,” Kokoro.” The Japanese ideogram for mindfulness depicts the heart and mind enfolded. It brings the heart and mind together in the moment. In Chinese, the word is “Shing” and means “heart-mind-now.” In Tibetan Buddhism, this place is known as “The Heart Essence of the Great Expanse.” “It takes a feeling mind and a thoughtful heart to enter this realm of paradox.”
What if this holiday season, the light of illumination were to illuminate our hearts. How would this illumination shine in the places in which we are knotted and divided? What if practicing a form of mindful living in the present moment with our mind and heart united became as essential as our daily bread?

In the Ocean of the Heart love opens its mouth and
gulps down two worlds like a whale
Hear from the heart wordless mysteries!
Understand what cannot be understood!
In man’s stone dark heart, there burns a fire!
That burns all veils to their root and foundation.
When the veils are burned away,
the heart will understand completely….
Ancient Love will unfold
ever fresh forms in the heart of the Spirit,
in the core of the heart. Rumi

Blessings!

Watch for upcoming new workshops and groups
in this coming new year!