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 36
LISTEN!
MESSAGE – Dwelling in the Light
Stand in the light you have discovered. It is already enough.
Visualize light filling you and extending outward to others.
12 Powers
The Power of Zeal
In our Advent Booklet, today, Rev. Todd Humphrey says that directing our attention to the divine presence born in us on Christmas, we awaken to new, more expansive experiences of joy and love. A growing awareness of divinely inspired desires awakens a deep commitment to the divine purpose of our life. Using our faculty of zeal, we transform inspiration into right action.
QUOTES
Islam: “God is the Light of the heavens and the earth.” (Qur’an 24:35)
Hinduism: “From darkness, lead me to light.” (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad)
Christianity: “You are the light of the world.” (Matt. 5:14)
ACTIVITY
Dwelling in Illumination – Sit in stillness and imagine yourself bathed in light. Allow it to settle into every place that once felt shadowed.
Closing Reflection
The darkness was not an absence, but a womb.
The light is not an arrival, but a way of seeing.
Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the meditation/song (above) at least once.
On this day, I affirm …
I choose right words and right action to enthusiastically
express the Divine in me
Closing Blessing
May the light we have touched guide our steps.
May the wisdom of many paths deepen our compassion.
May we walk forward together—from darkness into light.
Note : This writing is partly based on the booklet “With Love at Christmas” by Unity.org
All pictures and photos are from https://unsplash.com/
LYRICS
Song in Zulu and in English
Jerusalema ikhaya lami (Jerusalem is my home)
Ngilondoloze, uhambe nami (Save me, and walk with me)
Zungangishiyi lana (Do not leave me here) (Repeat)
Ndawo yami, ayikho lana (My place, is not here)
Mbuso wami, awukho lana (My kingdom, is not here)
Ngilondoloze, uhambe nami (Preserve me, and go with me) (Repeat)
Ngilondoloze (Save me)
Ngilondoloze (Preserve me)
Ngilondoloze (Guard me)
Zungangishiyi lana (Do not leave me here) (Repeat)
Ndawo yami, ayikho lana (My place, is not here)
Mbuso wami, awukho lana (My kingdom, is not here)
Ngilondoloze, uhambe nami (Save me, and walk with me) (Repeat)
Jerusalema ikhaya lami (Jerusalem is my home)
Ngilondoloze, uhambe nami (Preserve me, and go with me)
Zungangishiyi lana (Do not leave me here) (Repeat)
Ngilondoloze (Save me)
Ngilondoloze (Preserve me)
Ngilondoloze (Guard me)
Zungangishiyi lana (Do not leave me here) (Repeat)
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)
