I am filled with gratitude for people who have made my life
meaningful and happy.
Christmas is a time to love, and leave your past failures
and heartaches behind. Let us celebrate this Christmas with hope in our hearts,
knowing the Messiah will always be our guide.
Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior,
Jesus. A time of rejoicing, a time to give and share, knowing that even a
smile will brighten somebody’s day.
I wanted to find a special Christmas message to share and there
are so many beautiful, inspirational and blessed words it was difficult to choose something unique. After searching,
I found a Christmas message that seemed so perfect, a message to have Christmas
every day of your life.
Jesus
was born in the cradle of Christ Consciousness twenty centuries ago. His
universal Christ Consciousness is reborn in every wise man. Are you ready in
the coming Christmas to expand your soul to behold within yourself, the birth
of the omnipresent Christ?
To observe the birthday of
Jesus with gifts and festivities shows some respect and attention to the
ideas of
His life. But to meditate and prepare your mind for the holy occasion of
Christmas. That you may experience within yourself the birth of a new consciousness of universal
brotherhood, and love for all living creatures is really to celebrate Christmas. Drive away from your mind all pride
and prejudices, that you may fittingly
hold the omnipresent Christ Consciousness in your love-expanded bosom.
If at
Christmas you find your strong will unconquered by the tests of temptations, know that Christ is with you.
When you cannot be
roused to wrath by crucifixion through others wickedness, know that you are ready for Christ. When you feel love for all,
in spite of any hatred toward you, know that an alter for Christ is created within you.
When
at all the time, you can feel within you the ecstasy of unbroken joy of meditation,
know that Christ is with you ever more, and that within your deathless
consciousness you will celebrate the Christmas experience of every moment,
every minute, every day ever year, unto eternity.
Swami Narayani from
the book ‘Within and Beyond”
The above story
was published on this link:
by Paramhansa Yogananda, Inner Culture,
December 1937
Stay blessed this Christmas, knowing that you
are special, an inspiration and loved. Wishing
you a merry Christmas and an awesome new year, filled with beauty, love,
joy, and happiness.
Laura Oneale
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