Pace of the Season

Pace of the season: 

with the beginning of December we're now in the countdown of days until Christmas, shopping and decorations begins in earnest for some, although for many it was following Thanksgiving and a rush to bring the next holiday near. I've never enjoyed the pace of this season, there's an energy that seems almost frantic, everyone's top concern being to scratch one more item off their list. There seems little time to simply be kind to others, or even to ourselves, that the immaterial essence of this holiday, the spirit of a holy birth, becomes lost in the pursuit of more and more possessions. 

being most about objects. 

we get swept up in the pace of this season.

I think this is why the Solstice has such a draw for me to note, it's a celebration of the length of night and that everyday after there's a slight increase in the faith of returning light, symbolizing our own gain of insights and understanding into life. It's a holy birth as well, a new consciousness of light emerging from the previous darkness. 

a true celebration of the immaterial. 

for me, the best way to celebrate is to slow down, changing the pace of the season to match my inner delight of spirit, to not have it dictated by pursuit of any object. With Solstice drawing near there's a little less light each day, our true pace is slower now, we're drawn within to prepare for the holy birth of a new year, gaining in light thereafter until it retreats once more for another cycle to begin. 

solstice is the celebration of the pace of life. 

it's the essence of the season. 

the holy birth of light.

~

Peace, Eric