Gifts of Pictures by Lillian Grace
The last of the devotees depart after a weekend of celebrating Christmas with our spiritual family. The house is quiet, and yet not quiet, for the all-powerful sound of Aum/Amen is ringing in the air, and from the walls, floor, and ceiling. My heart is full and complete.
God is the special ingredient that makes for this total contentment. All the plans could look the same: Christmas carols the night before, spiritual service followed by a potluck, a social gathering of such wonderful souls, but without the vibration of God the festivities would be incomplete, an unnamed emptiness.
But with God, oh, what a different story! Upon meeting each person my heart is an overflowing cup of love, the eyes flow with bliss, the Soul is touched and a depth of Spirit is reached that makes the world bright and peaceful. The Divine ingredient makes it all sacred. It is the true philosopher’s stone that turns all it touches into gold; the gold of the Spirit.
For so many years I yearned for this and did not have it. How many lonely Christmases, how much time was spent living in separation, knowing there was more; like the waif on the outside, in the cold, watching those on the inside share a warm banquet. I keenly felt the Divine absence.
Now the Infinite Presence lives in my heart and soul, separation is but a memory of the past. Oh how I long to have all yearning souls share in the Kingdom, to know that through total surrender comes spiritual perfection.
Come my dear ones; come into the kingdom of bliss, light and peace. Come, oh blessed Christ, come! By whatever the name you may call upon the one, the redeemer of mankind; for it is through Thy Grace that all are lifted, even on this day, into the waiting Kingdom of Spirit.
I continue listening to the resounding Aum coming from everywhere and nowhere, and I know that it is the result of God’s Presence combined with all the wonderful souls who have celebrated this holy season with us today. And this feeling, this music of Spirit, this is the best Christmas gift I could ever hope to receive. It is the vibrancy of the Holy Ghost and Christ Consciousness born anew, manifesting through this blissful sound. And its words sing through the very cells of my Being: Merry Christmas to you, and goodwill toward all!