December 2022
A Christmas Dream!
Listen to the audio version by Dorothy
Just before going to our December story, as I learned that two people did not receive their October / November newsletter, possibly with the changeover to a new hosting company, as a cautionary step I've included links for the three months in question, with my sincere regret if you too were affected:
- September, 'Beginning Anew'
- October, 'Desperate Times call for Desperate Measures'
- November, 'Always Good to Ask'
A Christmas Dream! It's that magical time of year with colourful lights and beautiful music, and I have again dipped into my archives to share a Christmas story from Innisfree's December 2014 newsletter. Regretfully, I cannot identify its author, or its original source. I did make one edit to paragraph 4 to reference my 3-legged calico cat, Cadi, along with her photograph after a tiring day at the office! This was a favourite Christmas story of my late friend, Dorothy Bonshor, with whom I shared meditations and stories by phone after she got tucked into bed at her care home, when Cadi would join us by lying down on my page, resulting in much laughter. This was also the case with our last connection shortly before her 96th birthday and a few hours before she made her transition. As I later had to release Cadi, perhaps they are both listening in to again hear the story of The Christmas Dream and enjoy an old favourite. Here it is:
"I had a dream the other night that I met Jesus in a coffee shop. He wasn't having one of those fancy lattés; he was quietly drinking the house brew. He didn't have a nametag or special robes, nor was there a chariot parked out front. What I felt when I was near him was the outpouring of more love than I have experienced in the whole of my life. You could feel love in his entire being. I asked him why he had come back. Smiling he answered, 'I never left. I am here in physical form today to celebrate your birthday.'
"Before my mind could edit a single word I heard myself say, 'But it is your birthday we are celebrating.' Still smiling he replied, 'I was not born on December 25th. That date was picked for reasons having very little to do with me. I came to celebrate the birth of the Christ consciousness in you. I was once reported to have said, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do. I said something close to that so you would know that I was not an exception, but was instead an example of how God, through each of us, can do great things.
"It is God in you I have come to celebrate. I am honored that so many remember me. I am saddened by how few remember the God living in me is the same God living in every atom of creation. The God I celebrate is everywhere present. God is not reduced nor increased by height, weight, color, nationality, race or religion. The only thing that can be reduced or increased is your awareness of God.
"Suddenly I became aware of a loud and insistent meowing in my ear. It was Cadi, my lively calico cat, telling me it was time to get out of bed and feed her. Oh, I know it was only a dream. And I also know that truth often seems more like a dream than what we call our daily reality.
"So during this season of remembering, allow yourself to dream. Allow your awareness of God to be as close as your dreams. Give yourself the gift of basking in the knowledge that the God in you can do anything and is as close to you as your very own heart. And while you are doing these things, remember to enjoy this holy season of love. As you show your love to others, you also express it to God."
As we return to the light, my wish for you and yours is that the quiet beauty of this special Season brings you deep joy and warm memories to cherish throughout the coming year.
Until soon, when we meet again, please be well, keep yourself very safe, and do take time to dream awhile. Always, I thank you for joining me ... Namasté.
Dorothy B.
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