Tuesday, December 23, 2014

CHRISTMAS - ITS SPIRITUAL MEANING


Christmas is known to all men over the world as the memorable day of the birth of Jesus, the Savior. Though it is true that Christmas is celebrated as the day that Christ came into this world. It also symbolizes a very deep significant truth of the spiritual life. He was born at a time when ignorance, greed, hatred and hypocrisy prevailed. The rulers were arrogant and unrighteous. Morality was neglected.

In the midst of these conditions, Christ was born and He worked a transformation in the lives of people. He gave a new and a spiritual turn to the lives of man. There was a change in the land. People started a new way of life.  A new era dawned for the world.

Those conditions of darkness, impurity and materialism that prevailed before the coming of Christ signify to you the inner state of the seeker’s personality. In that period the seeker has no thought of God or a higher spiritual life. He is immersed in the pursuit of the material things of this external physical world. He is the slave to his senses. He has no spiritual ideal in life. He is desire-ridden. He lives a life of lust, anger, greed, deluded attachment, pride and jealousy.

The real Christmas is when the Divine element begins to express itself in the heart of man. From then on, a light begins to shine where darkness was before. Ignorance gives place to the beginning of wisdom. Impurity is replaced by purity. Hatred ceases and love begins to blossom. This starts the life of self-restraint and simplicity, of unbroken serenity and peace, balance of mind, unflinching courage in the face of all oppositions and perfect dedication to the worship of God through the service of man. This is the spiritual implication of the Christmas that is now celebrated.

Jesus Christ was not born in a grand palace. He was not born to very wealthy or learned parents. He was not born in the full blaze of daylight with the knowledge of all men. Jesus Christ was born in a simple lowly place, a corner of a stable. He was born to humble and poor parents, who had nothing to boast about, except their own spotless character and holiness.  He was born in the darkness in the obscure hour of midnight, when no one even knew about it, except a few divinely blessed people.

This is the birth into a Divine Life. It was the secret of this birth that centuries ago the Lord Jesus sweetly explained to the good Nicodemus. The good man did not quite understand what precisely Christ meant when He taught that a man must be born again if he is to attain the Kingdom of God. “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked. Then it was that Christ explains that this birth is inward, not of the body, but in the Spirit. Such inner spiritual birth is essential if the Supreme is to be attained, if true bliss is to be experienced. Rejoicing takes place only when Christmas has come.

Please take the time in this time to really listen to this significant message of Christmas. May the true reason of Christ’s birth or Christmas dawn upon your hearts! Realize fully that so long as the thirst for money and the arrogance of power infects the nature of man, you cannot be blessed and true happiness cannot enter into your life. When Christmas is being celebrated all over the Continent and in England, America and in the entire Christian world, bear this in mind that, “unless ye be born again, ye cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven”. The fundamentals of true faith, true charity, genuine humility and a spiritual rebirth alone can usher in true bliss and brotherhood upon this earth.

Beloved seekers, bring the real and spiritual Christmas within your being. Conquer egoism. Become the embodiment of true humility. Develop meekness and lowliness of spirit by simply surrendering to the Lord. Be courageous to overcome all obstacles. Welcome the Light of Grace within. Celebrate the Christmas that ultimately leads you on the glorious Transfiguration, Resurrection and Ascension. Through Christmas realize Christ and the radiant light Wisdom we are being offered.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

John 10:10

"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!


Signing off...Debbie with Care Placement Service, a non-profit employment agency in Westminster Colorado

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