Dearest Friends,
A New Year or a New You?
In time, it is a new year.
In spirit, it is a new you.
In time, we have habits and ongoing patterns of longings, hopes and dreams of newness, being better, living more fully.
In spirit, we have epiphanies, transformations and inspirations.
It's time to imagine your new year and the new you!
Before I share thoughts on all the newness that is possible I want to share some thoughts on the Holy Nights.
The formal timing of the Holy Nights has come to an end. Some of you may be wondering if you missed out because you had no formal practice of spiritual attention for the nights between Christmas and Epiphany. Other may have practiced many forms of the Holy Nights. I know of at least nine guided Holy Nights practices! I've just completed the 17th year of the Inner
Christmas Messages which offered twelve elements of the Dance of Differences and twelve Acts of Kindness.
The Inner Christmas Messages are not a to-do list! They are gifts that can be opened any day, any year. They are an as-needed prescription for spiritual nourishment and guidance.
The Holy Nights really aren't about an earthly calendar. They are about a spiritual opening in your soul that can happen at any earthly time. In fact, you can still receive the messages. Just click here to subscribe.
All religions have calendars to bring a yearly cycle and rhythm of rituals, focus and remembrance. These are meaningful and inspiring for those to whom religion and dogma are important. As human souls have developed a sense of individual spiritual-but-not-religious paths, personal timing based on personal practice and need have become more creative. As I wrote in
the Dance of Differences, we are moving from formal spirituality to improvisational spirituality. I love the mix... we can follow the forms and timings of religions and we can create our own forms and timings.
If we miss the formal practice, there is a pattern of feeling "sinful" and "outcast." Let go of that feeling. Let go of any need to be perfect.
Everything I offer through the Imagine Self Academy is yours for your individual timing, process and application. Trust yourself.
Let's bring that trust to planning your 2021.
Just yesterday as I was imagining my personal goals for 2021 I found myself approaching the process in a new way. It was so powerful I wanted to share it with you right away. This weekend I will be offering a two-part zoom program, New Year/New You!.
There's a short description below.
Let's imagine 2021 together.
