DECEMBER Theme 2021: JOURNEY OF BECOMING
The journey comes to an end, but we know that is simply the beginning of another cycle and year. At each solstice is a stillness, a few days’ pause between the dwindling light and lengthening days to follow (or vice versa in the Southern Hemisphere). This is a time to sit and be with ourselves right where we are, listening to the still small voice as it speaks, giving ourselves over to the mystery.
December 5th • Surrender is Action
Surrender is an active verb, and requires a conscious choice to move from control into relaxing into the Order of the Divine. We surrender, not into chaos, but into Order. Surrendering further, we let go of all sense of separation and enter into a state of conscious union (kingdom 4 consciousness/4th stage of spiritual development/as me) In the Hanukkah story, the oil lasted eight days after the Jewish people rebuilding their temple accepted that it would only last for one, but lit the lamp anyway. Rather than try to stretch the oil or otherwise impose their will, they let go into the reality of the situation, and miraculously found they had all they needed.
December 12th • The Joy of Becoming
In the stillness and surrender is time to pause, peruse, and plan the next descent and ascent moving from glory to glory as we take in what we have become through this journey. When learning a new skill or undertaking an adventure, a critical step is sitting at the plateau to assimilate and integrate our experiences before finding “what’s next.” In this quiet space is time for deepening, steeping in the experience… the joyful expectancy of knowing we still stand on the shoulders of those who came before and we are their dreams fulfilled.
December 19th • The Gift of a New Journey
The sacred continuum cycles upward. What gifts do we offer as the expression of the greater yet-to-be? We greet It with joyful expectancy and awe, following our inner “Star of Wonder, Star of Light.”
December 26th • The Light of a New Dawn
The current year fades into the new, as the night subtly yet suddenly becomes dawn. As visionary leaders… What dawn chorus sings for the next journey? What magic does the sunrise offer? How are we now called to fulfill the promise of the Vision? Hearts fill with gratitude and enthusiasm as the new day breaks, and we have a moment to collect ourselves before their journey continues. In the United States, this is the first day of Kwanzaa, celebrating the principle of unity. We remember our Divine unity with all peoples, all beings, and simply with All.