Thursday 24 December 2009
*Angels and Men*
The moon in Aries brings out the red side of Christmas. The berry not the leaf. With a little testosterone.
Oh well, it is indeed the |difficult third of the week| and the heart of it today, with less of it tomorrow, which suggests of course that Christmas eve may feel like a race to "get things done" in time for the big day. Sorry about that. I sit serenely watching all you guys rush around because I just don't care what people think when I give them nothing.
Disappointments and annoyances might stimulate some to look for the deeper meaning of the holiday. "Man's extremity is G*d's opportunity." Sitting and meditating on the Christmas star on a tree, or a manger scene, might be better than fretting.
Associations with those who have stamina and oomph may bring success. It rubs off on you. Social and business climbing could be on your mind, for the smell of money can be entrancing. This may seem unseemly on Christmas eve when we are supposed to be thinking of the shepherds and wise men. Instead we think of the wise guys. Frustrated ambition is in the air.
But since there is no end to the longing after success and gain, but it dangles like the carrot before the ass, you try again to get where the smart, stylish, successful, beautiful people are. And again. And it always seems that they are still somewhere else.
Yet it is Christmas Eve, and my experiences of that day convince me that there are indeed Christmas Angels. Dora Kunz, whom I knew in the Theosophical Lodge of New York City years ago, was a clairvoyant who could perceive such beings and although she was a Buddhist more than a Christian she testified to the existence of angelic beings who "swoop down" metaphorically on humanity on Christmas Eve. I feel that happening every year and I think you will today and tonight. Let us welcome these Visitors with open hearts. Their blessing is ineffable; it grants Initiation to those prepared.
"There is no peace on earth, I said." This line from perhaps my favorite carol, "I heard the bells on Christmas Day," is poignant every time I hear it. The man who wrote the carol had lost friends and relatives to humanity's insane warfare and the carol he wrote was an outcry from his soul. Although the group Casting Crowns, a Christian ensemble, changed the melody in a way I do not like, the visuals in the following musical video are overwhelming and I hope you can watch it: youtube.com/watch?v=-150Y6Hf8ds . This is my Christmas card to all of you. (If you don't like the new melody, I suggest watching it twice; the second time for me, a day later, was overpowering.)
Let us not forget, in our Christmas giving, the groups which might prevent war in accord with the wishes of our Prince of Peace, among them Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Rescue Committee, and the Carter Center. If we gave to such groups half as much as we give to warfare (57 per cent of every tax dollar) there might be hope. (If you know of other groups devoted to peace, and worthy, please let us know.)
Especially this year, this day could be momentous in terms of personal self-discovery and spiritual awakening. Why that should be is a Mystery, as are our very lives.
He who seeks shall find.
{Thursday} *Angels and Men*
Cosmic Piper
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