Peace on Earth, and Good Will to All!

Christmas 2022

Warmest wishes of the Christmas season to all my dear readers, in divine friendship and love from my home to yours! According to the teachings of my precious guruji, the great Indian saint Paramahansa Yogananda:

Each year at Christmastime there are stronger than usual vibrations of Christ-love and joy that emanate to earth from the heavenly realms…Those persons who are in tune through devotion and deep meditation feel in a wondrously tangible way the transforming vibrations of the omnipresent consciousness that was in Christ Jesus.

It is indeed a joyous time for those who observe this holy season that celebrates the birth of divine consciousness that manifested in Christ Jesus as infinite love, harmony, and peace. According to Yogananda, “Jesus was not sent to us to symbolize an unattainable goal. He came as a living inspiration, demonstrating what we all may successfully seek and achieve.”

The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You - A revelatory commentary on the original teachings of Jesus by Paramahansa Yogananda

I have also been inspired since my early youth by the teachings of the late American clairvoyant and spiritual trance medium Edgar Cayce. Here are some excerpts from a Christmas message he delivered in 1937:

Let patience, love and mercy be thy watchwords. Practice them in thy daily life. For in so doing ye bring into thy experience all the joy, all the expectancy, all the anticipation of a closer walk with Him ― which is indeed the Christ-mass spirit…Let thy light so shine that it will lighten the way for those that are stumbling here and there about thee…Let that love, that beauty as was the message to the shepherds, be thine today: 'Unto thee is born,' yea unto thee ― each one here ― is given a knowledge, an understanding of the life of the Christ that will renew thy life, thy purposes ― if ye will but sing that new song, 'Love one another.' (Edgar Cayce Readings: 262-116)

And finally, I wanted to share one of my favorite mystical Christmas songs for you to enjoy, from the album Celtic Christmas (Windham Hill 1995). The song is titled Soillse Na Nollag (“The Lights of Christmas”), arranged by Altan, music by Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh, lyrics by Proinsias O Maonaigh:

Chorus excerpt (English translation):

O come to us Mary and bless our lives,

There’s a welcome and lodging for you and your child,

Banish all hatred and scorn from our minds,

And fill with your love our hearts that are blind.

I wish you, my lovely friends and supporters, Peace on Earth, and Good Will to All. Jai Guru Dev! Merry Christmas…with love and light from Juliana