As we approach the end of a year many people will be celebrating holidays. One in particular is that of Christmas. Christmas is generally accepted to be a Christian holiday one to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is my option that this holiday has long since grown out of being a Christian holiday and has become a societal holiday, much like Halloween. This is not to say that people do not hold a religious connection to the holiday. Among Christian faiths it is still very much a faith based holiday. Many attend mass and celebrate the birth of their saviour.
One does not, however, have to look far to see that this holiday has grown well beyond being faith bases. The icon that represent this holiday, for the most part, is not the child said to born on 25th of December day, but a fat man in a red suit. Santa or Santa Clause, notice that even the religious ties to this figure have been removed, represents many things. Many of these things are good; like sharing and giving. But he also represents the commercialization of the season and bribery. Not things any faith would want to be connected to.
In our family we do celebrate Christmas. We exchange presents, but each year the best ones are the ones that produce the biggest laughs. It is a time for us to get together with family, have fun and laugh. It is a time to put focus on those that need our help and to give them a hand. This for me is the true meaning of the holidays. The things that our friend Mister Scrooge kept in his heart all year.
So this year, take a moment for the business of this time of year and think about what Christmas means to you and your family. What message you are presenting to the children in your family. Is this a time for giving or receiving or neither? Is it a time to come together with your family? Is this a time for help those less fortunate? In these things you will find the true spirit of the season. So I send you best wishes this season and hope that we can all keep good thoughts in out minds, thoughts of love not of the things we will get and give.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Posting Again
It seems that every few months, some times longer, I find myself back here for a few new posts. Every time I do this I promise to start posting again. I cannot promise what will happen, but I'm going to try and put up a post once a week, this will likely not be consistent until the new year if I'm able to come through on this one.
Friday, March 14, 2008
State of the World Follow-up
Since my last post I have discussed this issue with a few people. Although I still think the points made are valid there are some counter points that came up that as equally valid.
The biggest point that was made was that in order to facilitate change that made by things need to get bad. If my last post was correct that there was a large number of people that were lower energy then maybe something need to happen to change the world. The fact is that we have a very high population. Maybe at this point there is not enough higher developed souls to support that population. That would mean that in order for the Earth to progress spiritually that there would be a need to cut the worlds population drastically. Today's political and environmental state seems to be pushing us in that direction.
The other item that is interesting to ask is how many higher energy people does it take to effect change? Can a few dedicated spiritual peoples off set a large number of lower energy people.
My main issue was that many spiritual people believe that we are entering a time of good spiritual energy for the earth and that people will become more spiritual in this time. Today there appears to be more people who are not affiliated with an organized religion or are not devout followers. Is this the start of the change? There are more spiritual book and stores than ever before but is just servicing the few or is this a sign that the majority is changing.
If we are venturing into a new Spiritual age is the turmoil we are seeing now just a response to that change. Many people are resistant to change and will settle back into what is familiar. When their surroundings no longer make sense to them they tend to panic and strike out.
So is the world spiraling down or transitioning for the great climb ahead?
The biggest point that was made was that in order to facilitate change that made by things need to get bad. If my last post was correct that there was a large number of people that were lower energy then maybe something need to happen to change the world. The fact is that we have a very high population. Maybe at this point there is not enough higher developed souls to support that population. That would mean that in order for the Earth to progress spiritually that there would be a need to cut the worlds population drastically. Today's political and environmental state seems to be pushing us in that direction.
The other item that is interesting to ask is how many higher energy people does it take to effect change? Can a few dedicated spiritual peoples off set a large number of lower energy people.
My main issue was that many spiritual people believe that we are entering a time of good spiritual energy for the earth and that people will become more spiritual in this time. Today there appears to be more people who are not affiliated with an organized religion or are not devout followers. Is this the start of the change? There are more spiritual book and stores than ever before but is just servicing the few or is this a sign that the majority is changing.
If we are venturing into a new Spiritual age is the turmoil we are seeing now just a response to that change. Many people are resistant to change and will settle back into what is familiar. When their surroundings no longer make sense to them they tend to panic and strike out.
So is the world spiraling down or transitioning for the great climb ahead?
