The Christmas holiday season is a tradition followed by Christians celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. The evolution of the holiday includes family gatherings and gifts from Santa Claus. However, there is controversy over the timing of the birth of Jesus and whether he was actually born on December 25. Traditions previous to the Christian Christmas included celebrations around the winter solstice marked the beginning of the longer days toward spring. Additionally, the holiday season often brings forth a time of introspection. Family gatherings often conjure up fond memories as well as a mix of loss and regret. The internal conflicts can make the season hard to bear for many. We on the one hand feel love and gratitude then the right hook of guilt and pain may smack us from out of nowhere.
Despite your religious or spiritual upbringing, belief or non-belief, Jesus did teach a powerful message: forgiveness. Perhaps the reason for the season is not about the gifts and glam but of working on forgiving – not just forgiving others, but forgiving yourself as well. During the holidays we are often confronted with family or friends that we may have held onto hurt feelings or baggage. Sometimes those people have passed and their memories and unresolved feelings remain. The process of forgiving may be a long journey. You may be compelled to speak directly to those in your life. If unable to have the heart to heart conversations, perhaps try a meditation.
Find a quiet space alone where you won’t be disturbed for at least 30 minutes. Sit in a comfortable chair or cross-legged seated position. Close your eyes and imagine a white light of protection surrounding you like a bubble. Ask the white light to offer you protection and remove all negative vibrations from your surroundings. Observe the negativity leave your bubble. Now imagine a space surrounded by the same light and ask the higher self of the person you’d like to converse with about your forgiveness to enter. Thank their higher self for coming to speak with you and let them know what you’d like to discuss also stating how you’d like the conversation to end with letting go and releasing any negative emotions and enter a state of forgiveness. You may spend a time conversing. At any time you need protection from the white light, ask for the love and protection and release of negativity. Come back to the higher self conversation and end goal for the discussion. Once you’ve come to a state of forgiveness, perhaps you want to sit and meditate in the white light for a time. When complete, slowly come out of the meditation, perhaps lying down and stretching for a few minutes.
As human beings our emotions influence our relationships, choices and attitudes. Working with the flow of your emotional and spiritual self towards forgiveness may free your mind from blame, shame, guilt and other forms of punishment to align with your higher and greater good.
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