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Darker Celebrations
At one time, earlier in human development, there were darker celebrations. We have now determined that only things we decide are positive are worthy of celebration, which really means that we celebrate nothing. The road of life goes two ways. We are brought up to think there is a forward and a backward. In my…
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To Draw Out
Today we are talking about celebration. We are talking about celebration in a general spiritual sense. I will start by asking, what is celebration? Is it partying? The original and core meaning of that term is to form groups, and modern day partying just as often destroys groups as forms them, hence politics. So what…
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Commercialized Celebration
Now we celebrate fads, celebrity hedonisms and psychosis. Vulgar force excercised to secure resources at the cost of life, in the name of “freedom”. Anything else we celebrate? Sports? Oh, yes. We celebrate mans most basic abilities. Which could be good, but we think it’s evidence of mans superiority over nature. They think mountain climbers…
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First Celebrations
The first celebrations were ceremonies inspired by mans experience of nature. The idea of a party as we know it today would have seemed strange, pointless even. There is still a culture in Africa to this day that lives much as prehistoric man must have, and after efforts were made to explain the concept of…
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Bring Forth Into Awareness
What is celebration? To mark the significance of. However, that is also done at a funeral. Celebrating a persons life. This is true. I see a funeral as a final birthday, which is actually a common attitude in animist cultures like those that follow voodoo. Seen one way, a funeral is just the culmination of…
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Spirit Of The Holiday
Any thoughts about the spirit of the holiday, friends? I like to think it’s not about stuff, but presents are important maybe more for the giver than the receiver. I agree. I had a fair number of things before I married, and none of them had any real value. Had they been stolen, I would…
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On The Threshold
Even if you don’t subscribe to metaphysical influences, many sceptics believe in a phenomenon that has been called mass hysteria. I offer that these are more mass movements of social consciousness than hysteria. And in this Christmas season, which has often been associated with contemplation of world peace and compassion, we can consciously embrace what…
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Preparing For The New
What should we do to prepare for upcoming changes and the new year? Let’s bring this to something easily related to. For a good many people, this holiday has a dark pall that hangs around it. They find it very depressing. The reason being, they mistake yearning for hope and intention for renewal. When you…
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Could our understanding of consciousness and soul evolution suggest that plants and trees are repositories of ancient wisdom? How might…