Thursday, December 23, 2010

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! Christmas is the time of celebration. We say Life in its true essence is a celebration. But how many of us miss the true celebration of Life by only celebrating on a holiday, when we exchange gifts or go to parties? Is this the only time we can have fun? What is a true celebration?

During this time of the year we give ourselves a happy, joyful time, forgetting the petty differences and routine problems of day to day life. For a brief while we feel free from all the nagging frustrations and the negative challenges of routine life at home and at work. But as soon as the holidays are over, we are all back to square one! I am afraid we sometimes do not celebrate the True meaning of Christmas; we only immerse ourselves into the transient pleasures of life and name it a celebration! Just as Siddhartha Gautama is not Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama transformed is Buddha, and Buddha is but the state of Consciousness of Unity or the Enlightened Self.

So also, Jesus of Nazareth is not the Christ, Jesus transformed is Christ, and Christ is but the state of Consciousness of Unity or the Enlightened Self.
True celebration in not in the name and form of Siddhartha Gautama or Jesus, which are ever changing and transient but true celebration is in the Buddha Consciousness or Christ Consciousness, which never dies. Let us all celebrate the Birth of Christ Consciousness by being conscious of the real essence of our Being, a state of Pure Bliss. It is only in a meditative state that we truly celebrate for then the Joy gushes forth from the Essence or the Root of our Being or Self.

This celebration does not stop a few hours after the New Year’s Bash, but continues to flow as the Life flows with all its true Merriment. If we practice meditation throughout the year then Happiness will flow spontaneously in the New Year, for then we are living life INSIDE OUT.
Love flows, Happiness happens, and Peace surrounds. Baba