December 25-26 – Aquarius
Night of John. The Eagle of the soul circling high on its wings and looking back from a great height, observes its own life. And now the man recognizes the Laws of Karma.
The
Mystery: Choosing the narrow and difficult path or the path that is wide and easy.
For those who are born of flesh it is hard to find the path of the spirit.
Bhagavad Gita: A selfish life, or a life devoted to humanity?
Rudolf Steiner’s indications for the Holy Nights given to Herbert Hahn
Translation from German by Laura Zanutto 2015 adjusted by Mark Willan 2016
2. Heilige Nacht
25.-26. Dezember – Wassermann
Nacht des Johannes. Der Adler der Seele kreist hoch auf seinen Schwingen, schaut zurück aus grosser Höhe und betrachtet sein eigenes Leben. Und jetzt erkennt der Mensch die Gesetze des Karma.
Das Mysterium: Den schmalen und schwierigen Pfad oder den breiten und einfachen Weg wählen. Für den, der aus dem Fleische geboren ist, ist es schwer den Pfad des Geistes zu finden.
Bhagavad Gita: Ein eigennütziges Leben, oder ein der Menschheit gewidmetes Leben?
Second Contemplation: by Kristina Kaine
Christmas is a spiritually elevating time which can sometimes clash with the materialistic ideas of the modern world. We must strike the delicate balance between experiencing our spiritual self and our earthly self. We are inclined to clothe our spiritual self in our earthly understanding thereby masking its beauty and purity. Our task is to integrate the two by always acknowledging that our spiritual self underpins our earthly self.
When we look at our lives through the eyes of our spiritual self we see how we attract all our difficulties for the express purpose of making us stronger and more objective. For it is only with objectivity that we can even see our spiritual self, our I Am. Christ came to earth to give us personal use of our I Am, that is the real Christmas gift. Do we reject it? Yes, we do. Each time we blame others for what they do to us we reject this gift. We only ever accept this gift when we acknowledge that whatever happens to us we have attracted so that we can experience this gift more fully. If we can become the interested observer of all that takes place in our lives we stand with Christ and share his work. Kristina Kaine 2011
Art: St. John the Evangelist on Patmos by Gleismuller
To accept our divinity, our spiritual self, to tread the path between serving humanity and to celebrate the self. The I AM and the thou. The We. I blame no one and accept all responsibility myself. I have had the strangest dreams last night. The strangest.
I left Singapore PRECISELY because of this. Because I did not want to blame someone else. I did not want to turn around at some stage and say this is my life because I was not allowed to waste it. You have to take the step, take that responsibility. Bring yourself to the crucible and throw yourself in. Test your own mettle. Make that decision.
In a way I have nothing to add to this. But it is good to be reminded every year that this is the reason why I have chosen this path. This path into the darkest parts of the forest... the glimmerings of possibility and then to be taken to the heights, after the birth of the soul, to see everything from its highest perspective and to keep that perspective. It is easier to do that now as I have done most of that journeying through the darkness, having fought my way through the thicket. And been so lonely while I did so. I blame no one else. This year the spiral sees me come full circle. And the healing then is set to begin. Once more.
Revelations and images of revelations
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