From Darkness to Light
ADVENT and the 12 Days of Christmas
38-day Contemplation Series
“You beings on earth who are in deep slumber, awaken! Who among you has labored to run darkness into light and bitterness into sweetness?” Stop sleeping! Wake up! What are you waiting for? the Zohar
Day 22
LISTEN!
Celtic Woman – Joy To The World (Live At The Helix In Dublin, Ireland/2013)
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Today and this week we contemplate Joy.
MESSAGE – Sacred Pause
A breath can become a doorway to peace.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to remember that we cocreate our life experiences with the energy of God, we step forward faithfully, mindfully, and lovingly. All that we create with Spirit is for our good.
Rev. Maggie Alderman says that this time of year invites moments of quiet reverence. In the stillness, we reflect on what has unfolded within us.
Let us choose joy not just today this week with that awareness. Let us be a living expression of joy, together, as we move into the new year.
QUOTES
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Buddha
ACTIVITY
Sacred Pause –Stop several times today for 30 seconds just to breathe and return to presence.
Reflect: How does my body feel when I pause intentionally instead of rushing through the day?
Practice patience – Choose to be patient in a situation that usually causes impatience. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the bell meditation at least once.
On this day of Advent …
I embody joy.
Note : This writing is partly based on the booklet “With Love at Christmas” by Unity.org
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ON A PERSONAL NOTE
Personally, I find that it is important to have a focus or an intention behind any endeavour.
Spending time with the intention to care for my mental health and spiritual well-being is always an effort. At the same time it can be fun! Reading short, warm, and enlightening messages and affirmations, doing a short task or listening to a piece of music take only a few minutes a day but it makes a gigantic difference in my life. During these few minutes a day, I peek out of the darkness, the world full of woe, into the Light: into the Peace, Joy, Love and Warmth of the Divine Presence.
I am going to walk this Christmas journey contemplating on the Divine Light and enjoying the sense of Peace, Joy and Love that it comes with.
between
the 30th of November 2025 to the 6th of January 2026
I will post a message from Unity’s Advent Booklet by Unity.org and short task that will support us to experience more peace. Then, we will contemplate on it and share about it in the UNITY EUROPE Facebook Group (CLICK HERE).
Let’s walk this journey together!
Join me by …
either reading the daily blogposts I create – SEE THEM HERE (CLICK) – or joining the FACEBOOK GROUP (CLICK) where I am going to share my writings and daily contemplative tasks. (click on the buttons below to join)
