This is something I wrote some years ago but perhaps you have never had a chance to read it. I hope it helps fill your Christmas season with God’s light.
I am the Christ-consciousness, which has been with you always. Before you were born, I was there. Before even the world was, I was. I am the Spirit of God that dwells in the heart of every atom. I am ever aware of you, though you see me not. To every part of your being I give my unconditional love.
On the day of your birth I, too, was born within you, destined from eternity to be the king and ruler of all your thought-citizens. My birth took place in a humble, silent part of your mind. Only your pure and simple thought-children knew of my coming, and even they had to be awakened from their slumber by the angels of your latent God-consciousness.
As you grew, you began to call me with all your heart. I heard your soul-call and came out of the clouds of your desires and distractions. I, the Christ within you, sought out those attitudes that were ready to become my disciples and called to them, “Follow me.”
Certain parts of you heeded my call. There was your devotion, born of lifetimes of meditation on me, which I called “John.” And deep, intuitive faith: This I named “Peter.” But even among the spiritual parts of your mind, not every aspect was fully developed. There was your “Thomas,” yearning to believe, but haunted by lingering doubt. And there was the wish to use my spiritual power to rule your other thought children be they willing or not. Some years later this “Judas,” impatient with the slow path of love, would betray me to the powers of ego and worldly desire that still ruled your mind.
At first, my newly awakened thought-disciples were filled with fresh enthusiasm. You felt intense devotion as you offered back to me the tiniest part of the love I ever gave to you. What freedom you felt as you left the confining walls of your home and the nets of your petty preoccupations. All you wanted was to walk with me, and serve with me. Ah! what joy we shared.
According to God’s will I, the Christ-consciousness within you, began to reveal myself more fully and to change you through miracles. During a time of celebration, I transformed the water of common everyday thoughts into the wine of ecstasy. And your thought-children, who always love a good miracle, began to take notice and take the first tentative steps toward spirit.
Light, which is my very nature, began to heal those parts of your mind which were ill and undeveloped. Latent talents, crippled by neglect, came to me and I helped them walk. I gave you sight where you were blind to the needs of others or to God’s beauty. And, where you had been deaf, I let you hear laughter and song.
I taught you with the simplest of truths: “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” And I showed you that there was no need to overload your senses with groaning banquet tables and never-ending entertainment. A handful of loaves and fishes could satisfy multitudes of desires as long as you remained near the Christ-consciousness.
Drawn by miracles, thousands of your thought-citizens began to come. Yet most begged for only the least of my gifts—for wealth, for health, for power. These I gave, but I yearned to give my true treasure: infinite love, unending joy. I longed to make you one with me and my Father. Alas, only a small part of you was ready for Self-realization, and so from an ocean of bliss I measured out the few drops your tiny cup could hold.
As I grew more prominent, your entrenched rulers of ego-consciousness became filled with fear. Old habit-bound desires for power and possessions hated me. They, having long ruled the dark corridors of your mind, now began to plot ways to rid themselves of my revealing light. Your carping spirit challenged me when I fed my hungry disciples on the day of rest. I, who see all and love all, replied simply, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.”
Self-destructive tendencies of judgment and self-righteousness were ever ready to condemn small parts of you, which fell, for a moment, into error. With love and compassion, I said to your fault-finding thoughts, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone.” And to petty mistakes you cannot help but make, I said, “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”
As I, your eternal light, continued to heal and teach, there arose within you the great conflict of the devotee. Part of you loved me and yearned to become one with me. But another part of you was deathly afraid to let go of old familiar habits and desires. Most of your mind was simply uncommitted—happy to cheer and lay palm fronds in my path one day, ready to jeer and spit upon me barely a week later.
To my disciples, your spiritualized attitudes, I promised that I would never, could never, leave them. They had but to break bread and think of me with love in order to know I was ever with them. They had but to concentrate one-pointedly on my inner presence in order to drink the wine of ecstatic communion with me.
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Thank you beloved,Am well pleased about this revelation.These is sounds strong and touching.God bless you.
Thank you for this insight and wisdom!
May we all drink the wine of ecstatic communion with Christ within.
Joy to you
Thank you very much. The Christ consciousness is within us, rather we are the Christ consciousness.
Love and joy to you.
AN EXCELLENT OF ‘THE SELF’ REVEALING ITS NATURE AND IDENTITY
ERRATA AN EXCELLENT “DEPICTION””—–
This expresses beautifully and comprehensively the true meaning of christianity ” christ living in you! I am raised as catholic and i am an active member of my church.. But what you have written is what i have been longing for evryone to realize, experience and follow. I will definitely share this wisdom first to my children this christmas when we meditate during lighting of our Advent candle. Blessings!
Yes…
I love this , Jyotish. Thank you for sharing it. I had already read it several times recently on the ananda.org website and enjoyed listening to it read out loud at the alternate all day Christmas meditation.
Namaste, Laura
Thank you for this Christmas gift of beautiful prose, Jyotish! You have captured the profound way that it all “is.” I feel uplifted and renewed after taking this in to my consciousness. Blessings upon you, Devi and all that Ananda continues to do for us who are scattered around the globe. Peace be with you.
My eyes are filled with tears; my heart is overflowing with love for you. Your words touch the core of who I truly am. In my ignorance and arrogance I never paid enough attention to the beautiful light inside me. For so long I saw so much darkness; your words have removed the darkness and I see so much light now – thank you ever so much. God bless you and your work.
Jyotish,
Many thanks and blessings are yours for sharing this missive of love. It is greatly appreciated.
Thank you. Your sharing is a deeply loving reminder to me to remain thoughtful, loyal, caring and uplifted. Namaste
This is VERY helpful in understanding how the Christ Child can be born in me this Christmas. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Marilyn
Thank you Jyotish…Merry Christmas.
Ouch! The distance I perceived between God and me in those infinite small and large ways were exposed and revealed for what they really are. That was uncomfortable, even painful; kind of like going to a spiritual dentist! I will reread this often to continue growing spiritually. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this series, it is such a life brightener. This Christmas message, and Living in the Flow are especially inspiring. Christmas blessings.
WOW, thank you very much for this wonderful and deeply touching and inspiring article. God bless you.
Dear Jotish thank for this touching and inspiring thoughts you shared with us. Not only for this but also for all the other articles you and Devi send us. All of them are of great inspiration and help in our path to God.
May the Light of Christ and Great Masters always surround you and inspire you
With love Gabriella
So inspiring and beautiful. Thank you.
Please keep writing. You have much to convey. A compilation with this and more, plus talks will make
a blessed book for all.
MATHEW 24:4-5
Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.”
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WOW!!
Jyotish, that was truly powerful; and exactly what I needed to “hear” today.
Thank You.