Art to brighten the darkest of these mid-winter days. Before Christmas we have the Solstice, midwinters day. Together they bring powerful energy that we can feel on many levels.

 

It seems that  children get so excited about Christmas mainly because of the hyperventilation in anticipation about the visit from Santa. My own children, then easily excitable, could barely sleep and then would frenzy out at 4.00am on Christmas morning. What really was the driving force behind that, mad, crazy dervishness that still pulls children into energetic knots??? 

 

I know now that the energies that occur at this time is one in which children are very able to feel, but because the nature of the energy is subtle and can seep deep into a child but it is  not addressed in mainstream culture, dialogue or tradition a child has no vocabulary to embrace or describe what they feel..................

 So the pointers and flags lead and persuade the child's energised attention to the consumerised and popular figure that drops presents down a chimney.

 

Adults too feel this energy, but please don't tell me it's because they are excited about getting or giving presents! The energy is sweeping through and driving hoards of happy shoppers from shop to shop and bar to bar.  The celebrations of  Christmas are real, however in general, when we think we are celebrating Christmas, we are in fact being driven by time old energy that  pours in on top of us. ..........................

But because we are unable to grasp or embrace these energies fully, our attentions get diverted into the mass hysteria of 101 ways to cook a turkey, or different outfits for different days over the party season, or non stop TV viewing ...........

 

Its as if we are unable to determine how to individually use this amazing energy and need traditions (that have been made popular by the affluent or celebrity classes of each age) to whitewash over the truth and simplicity of this blazing energy.

 

 By doing so we miss yet another opportunity to drink it in and let it swell into us and add to our energy fields.  

 

There is something that most of us feel in that morning of Christmas day, that we intuit is different from other days. 

 

 However it is not just the hangover, or  the anxiety of getting it right, or the sinking feeling about the misjudged overbuying, or the 'let's get this over with'.  Nor is it feelings of exclusion that we may empathise that is felt by the homeless, the lonely, the vulnerable and marginalised people, as yet again, the gap between the rich and the poor is both spotlighted and overshadowed by the Christmas that is celebrated in the West.

 

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This is energy that is bestowed on each and all,  to accept and do with as we wish.

 

The difficult part is tuning into and getting the gift that is wrapped in that parcel. It is a energy ball that will fill the spaces within with light.....

 

........and it may be uncomfortable as it can show up places in our life and in ourselves, that we are unhappy about, but the gift is;

 it shows us who we are right now and the places that need healing.

 

 

It does this and more. You are invited to embrace, explore  and feel this energy, where we celebrate Christmas and discover what it is bringing you.

 

Much Love

Namaste.

 from my 'getting ready for Christmas' home to yours.