Happy Christmas to those who have arrived here to read this post.
The world and the media remind us often that Christmas is a time for giving, for compassion, for family, for celebrating Jesus and for receiving.
It is also a time when we reflect on the past year - what has occurred and happened in our lives and where we have come.
The New Year beckons and we begin to look forward to the positive changes that we desire, our aspirations and hopes for the future. We want to feel better in ourselves, and have an improved world with less stress, anxiety and suffering.
Looking forwards is a powerful thing. It provides us with the ability to consider what may be, as we journey into the unknown. It enables us to work out where we would like things to go. In the animal kingdom, I expect we are one of very very few species that have this ability to look out over long periods of time. Other animals will look forwards I expect season by season, if that. They concentrate on the present.
Being present in the present (which funnily enough is a gift) is a powerful thing. Resting and being in that space between thoughts, where there is no past and no future, is very empowering and serene. If you journey there just for a moment on a regular basis, you learn to embrace it with both arms. We learn that in reality, the present is actually all that there is. We accept it for what it is and this brings peace and serenity.
Perhaps if we all concentrated on the present and what we have,
If we forgot to think about what we want and desire for the future,
If we accepted that the past is history,
If we all took these three simple steps....
Perhaps if we all did this at Christmas time, Christmas would truly be what the world and the media does not remind us - a time for us all to be one.
Namaste
The world and the media remind us often that Christmas is a time for giving, for compassion, for family, for celebrating Jesus and for receiving.
It is also a time when we reflect on the past year - what has occurred and happened in our lives and where we have come.
The New Year beckons and we begin to look forward to the positive changes that we desire, our aspirations and hopes for the future. We want to feel better in ourselves, and have an improved world with less stress, anxiety and suffering.
Looking forwards is a powerful thing. It provides us with the ability to consider what may be, as we journey into the unknown. It enables us to work out where we would like things to go. In the animal kingdom, I expect we are one of very very few species that have this ability to look out over long periods of time. Other animals will look forwards I expect season by season, if that. They concentrate on the present.
Being present in the present (which funnily enough is a gift) is a powerful thing. Resting and being in that space between thoughts, where there is no past and no future, is very empowering and serene. If you journey there just for a moment on a regular basis, you learn to embrace it with both arms. We learn that in reality, the present is actually all that there is. We accept it for what it is and this brings peace and serenity.
Perhaps if we all concentrated on the present and what we have,
If we forgot to think about what we want and desire for the future,
If we accepted that the past is history,
If we all took these three simple steps....
Perhaps if we all did this at Christmas time, Christmas would truly be what the world and the media does not remind us - a time for us all to be one.
Namaste
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