“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
Our 38 day journey from DARKNESS TO LIGHT concluded yesterday with Epiphany.
The New Year has just begun: What are you taking with me from the past year? And what is it that I must let go of so to have more joyous experiences in the new year? – I am asking myself.
So, today and in the coming days, I am taking a hard look at what separates me from the Loving, from Oneness with the Divine abundance of all the goodness. I look back on my notes of the past 38 days to see what has showed up, then I do what needs to be done … I forgive, I release, I accept, I let go, I embrace …
The past year was exhausting, I learnt a lot, I understood more about myself, I had many challenging and painful experiences beside the joyous and wonderful ones, so its time for integration and (hopefully) change.
I am talking inner change, because I know very well that no change can occur in my physical experiences – I cannot bring the new into manifestation – if the energy I generate does not change.
I truly understand now that creating vision boards is not enough. One must do the inner work so the vison can manifest.
So, I am letting go, releasing, forgiving, embracing … so my outer experiences can alter.
It is time to move higher.
I wish that you and I find the blocks that prevent us from having the wonderful life that we wish for ourselves and have the courage to walk through it.
“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 38
LISTEN!
MESSAGE – Walking Forward
Reflect on what you have learned. Commit to carrying this light forward.
Carry the light forward—not as certainty, but as trust.
12 Powers The Power of Life
In our Advent Booklet, today, Rev. Elizabeth Longo reminds us that the past is gone. I am free—unbound and unlimited—to create the life I desire. I am a living, breathing miracle. The universe surrounds me with love and support, conspiring for my highest good. It gently reminds me that I am fully divine and fully human.
I listen to the still, small voice within that assures me, You matter. You are worthy. Follow your heart. You are deeply and wholly loved.
With a grateful heart, I celebrate With a grateful heart, I celebrate the radiant life ever unfolding within me.
QUOTES
Judaism: “Justice, justice shall you pursue.” (Deut. 16:20) Buddhism: “Go forth for the good of the many.” Indigenous wisdom: “We walk toward the future guided by ancestral light.”
ACTIVITY
Integration – Reflect on this journey. of Light: How have I changed, even subtly, over the last 24 days—and what new light is emerging? How have I changed, even subtly, over the last 38 days—and what new light is emerging? What wisdom emerged from darkness? What light will you carry forward?
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 … The boundless power of life flows through 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/
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)
“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 37.5
LISTEN!
The Twelfth Night
The Twelfth Night, celebrated on the night of Jan. 5, is considered the end of the Christmas season. Cultures, like the French and Spanish, celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany with a king’s cake, a coffee cake with purple, green and yellow icing to commemorate the visit by the magi to the Christ child. In western cultures, the King’s Cake is associated with Mardi Gras, and the season of Carnival. Churches also vary in their celebration of the Epiphany; Protestant churches celebrate it for an entire season, lasting until the season of Lent, while many Catholics celebrate it as a single day.
MESSAGE
Rev Kudlik tells us that the important message for me in the story of the three Magi and their 12-day journey to the new- born Jesus is Oneness. In my understanding, the three kings represent various levels of our human consciousness. I have suggested one interpretation before and now I am offering another one wrapped up in the short story of the Magi. I can see the three levels of our human consciousness – that are called: conscious, unconscious, and subconscious – as the three kings journeying together being led by the brightest Star in the sky. They make an arduous journey together during which they learn about each other, they even become friendly and, in certain ways, become aligned with each other. They arrive in the middle of the night. Upon their arrival they are in awe. They bow and acknowledge the greatness that they see in Christ, a higher level of Consciousness. Reaching Christ Consciousness is their goal that they have now arrived at and finally unite with. Their separation ends and in Oneness they find ultimate Peace and Loving.
These 12 days are a sacred inner journey of unfolding, learning, and becoming. When we come face to face with the vastness of who we truly are in the Christ Consciousness – as we call Oneness in Unity – we automatically become devout and grateful because we suddenly see ourselves in a new Light.
PRAYER
“May I be safe.” “May I be peaceful.” “May all beings be peaceful.”
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.
Prayer of the Day
I rest in the truth of Oneness. There is only one Presence and one Power, God the Good, active in all. I am one with this Presence, whole and complete. I honour the Divine in every person, every being, and every part of creation. In this awareness, I live in harmony, guided by love, and grounded in peace. We are One.
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/
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)
“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 37
LISTEN!
MESSAGE – Naming the Darkness
Darkness is not failure. It is the place where truth waits to be noticed.
Sit quietly for a few minutes. Gently name one inner or outer struggle you are carrying. Acknowledge it without judgment. Then release it all.
12 Powers
The Power of Release
In our Advent Booklet, today, Rev. Bill Englehart reminds us that when we are striving for something greater, we release the lesser fears and anxieties that hold us back. When we do this, we can reach new heights.
QUOTES
Hebrew Bible: “Out of the depths I cry to you.” (Psalm 130:1) Buddhism: “To understand suffering is to begin the path.” (Dhammapada) Islam: “God does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear.” (Qur’an 2:286)
ACTIVITY
Entering the Dark – Sit in stillness for 5 minutes. Notice what feels heavy, unclear, or hidden within you. Do not analyze. Simply acknowledge its presence. Then just release it all.
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 release the claims of my mortal mind to make room for my spiritual nature to express.
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/
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)
“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!
Please see the lyrics below*
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)
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)
“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 35
LISTEN!
MESSAGE – Renewing the Story
You are not bound by who you were. You are shaped by who you are becoming.
Write one sentence beginning: “I am becoming…”
The 12 Powers
The Power of Order
In our Advent Booklet, today, Veronica Walker-Douglas reminds us that order is established through alignment with the structure of the Universe. Ask yourself: Am I holding on to anything that does not promote the best possible outcomes? Remember that you are always where you are meant to be and always divinely guided on your path.
Today, choose clarity over chaos and avoid being distracted by disorganization. Seek to make conscious choices to follow up and follow through.Plan with purpose and focus on completing priorities to live your life decently and in order.
QUOTES
Christianity: “Behold, I am making all things new.” (Rev. 21:5) Buddhism: “With our thoughts, we make the world.” Judaism: Repentance (teshuvah) means return and renewal.
ACTIVITY
Trusting the Unfolding – Reflect on something unresolved in your life. Practice trusting the process rather than the outcome.
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 live in order and abide in love.
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/
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)
“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 34
LISTEN!
MESSAGE – Compassion in Action Let your presence be a quiet light for someone who does not know how to ask.
Perform one small act of service anonymously.
12 Powers
The Power of Will
I our Advent Booklet today, Rev. Kurt Condra says that it’s not unlike the resistance we often feel when we dare to pursue fuller, freer, more abundant lives. Jesus moved through his resistance by summoning both willingness to embrace the moment as it was, and willfulness to push through whatever inner doubts stood in the way. As he told us himself, all that he did we can do also.
QUOTES
Christianity: “Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for me.” (Matt. 25:40) Islam: “The best of people are those most beneficial to others.” (Hadith) Hinduism: Selfless action (seva) purifies the heart.
ACTIVITY
Extending Light – Imagine your inner light quietly reaching another person. No fixing. Only presence.
For it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Philippians 2:13
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 … Aligned with divine will, my will moves to action all other faculties of the One Mind.
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/
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)
“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 33
LISTEN!
MESSAGE – Speaking Light Offer yourself the kindness you so easily give others. This, too, is spiritual work.
Speak one word of kindness to yourself or another.
12 Powers
The Power of Understanding
In our Advent Booklet, today,
Rev. Peggy Konkel says that understanding is the gift of knowing that Spirit is always present and that right solutions show forth when God is sought. I don’t always understand through my logical, rational thinking, yet intuitively I know to let go and trust Spirit.
As this new year begins, I remember that a New Light is born in me. I can face whatever life brings with a deeper understanding that with God all things are possible!
QUOTES
Judaism: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” (Prov. 18:21) Islam: “Speak good or remain silent.” (Hadith) Buddhism: Right speech brings harmony.
ACTIVITY
Receiving Compassion – Place a hand over your heart. Offer yourself the same kindness you would give a friend.
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 … Divine understanding opens my eyes and ears to clearly perceive the truth.
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/
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)
“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 32
LISTEN!
MESSAGE –Sacred Silence Silence is not empty. It is where wisdom gathers its strength.
Spend 5 minutes in silence, letting thoughts rise and pass.
The 12 Powers
The Power of Imagination
In our Advent Booklet, today, Rev. Sandra Campbell says that everything in the manifest world originates in the imagination. I use my imagination to create the good that I seek. The first time I won anything was at a raffle where I pictured myself winning the item even before I purchased my ticket. Each of us has this power of creative imagination. Before we can accomplish anything, we must visualize it in our minds. In the words attributed to William Arthur Ward, “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.”
QUOTES
Christian mysticism: “Be still and know.” (Psalm 46:10) Hinduism: Silence (mauna) as spiritual discipline Buddhism: Stillness reveals clarity.
ACTIVITY
Listening Within – Spend 5 minutes in silence. Notice which inner voice speaks with gentleness rather than fear.
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 use my imagination to create the good that I seek.
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/
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)
“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 31
LISTEN!
MESSAGE – Choosing the Way of Light Choose what nourishes life today, even if the choice is small.
Make one choice today that aligns with compassion or integrity.
12 Days of Christmas and the 12 Powers (Reminder)
“We will continue our daily devotionals through Epiphany on January 6.
Epiphany traditionally commemorates the day that the magi reached the baby Jesus, bringing their gifts and their intuitive knowledge that this child would alter history. The word epiphany means “revelation.” Each Christmas reveals to us anew the divine energy that is born in every child, the spiritual gifts that each of us brings to this human experience.
Having just celebrated the inborn Christ in Jesus and in us, we will explore in these next 12 days the idea that we are divine and what it means for us. Unity teaches that we are equipped with 12 inner powers or attributes of God to be developed throughout our lives.
By focusing on these 12 innate qualities, we can enter into 2026 with a fresh understanding of our own spiritual nature. We invite you to explore these 12 powers within yourself and consider ways to bring them forth and use them more intentionally as you journey through the coming year.”
The Power of Power
In our Advent Booklet, today, Marilyn King-Compton says that it is important that we remember to positively monitor the words that come through our throats, tongues, and mouths. Even if we see the power of words being used destructively, we must keep living the divine power we know.
QUOTES
Judaism: “I set before you life and death…choose life.” (Deut. 30:19) Buddhism: “The path leads to the cessation of suffering.” Confucianism: “The noble person chooses righteousness.”
ACTIVITY
Turning Toward Light – Visualize a faint light ahead of you. Do not rush toward it. Simply acknowledge its presence.
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 call upon my spiritual power to speak through 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/
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).
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“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein
That witticism — I’ll call it “Einstein Insanity” — is usually attributed to Albert Einstein. Though the Matthew effect may be operating here.*
I often hear people talk about wanting to have more fulfilling experiences or to attract different types of people and opportunities or to have more income. It is admirable that we consider making changes.
For making lasting change, however, wishing is not enough. As we are habitual creatures and we are often unaware of our repeated thoughts and actions that actually generate our daily life experiences, making changes can be tricky.
Change is personal
When it comes to change, in my experience, we need to understand where we individually need to make specific changes. First of all, it requires a deep look within our own patterns of behaviours and their results. We need to understand how we generate the experiences we are having right now. What do I believe about myself, others, the world and the Divine so I have these specific experiences? Then we need to start making some changes in areas where we wish to have happier and more fulfilling experiences.
The trap of ‘Divine Order’
God (the Divine Presence, the Loving, the Loving energy) does not make changes in our lives. We do by thinking and behaving differently. God walks our journey with us but we are required to walk our individualized journey and take the learning from our experiences. God’s main wish for us is to know us as God (sons/daughters of God) and know that we are Loved (not the human kind of love) and that we are One with All. Divine Order is not Fate. In my experience, Divine Order means acceptance of the highest order. I am not to fight my experiences or make them wrong. They are there to teach me.
The first step to any change is acceptance of what is. Then I am to look at my flaws, the habits that do not work for me any more with Compassionate and Loving eyes. That is Divine Order. I accept God’s Love for me JUST AS I AM.
Then I start releasing the limitations that hinder me from having the experiences I would truly like to have. Finally, I start to BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY. This is the CREATIVE part of change. God does not tell us what we need to do exactly so to have different experiences. We must start experimenting.
This part of the CHANGE JOURNEY is about interchanging between release and course-correct. I keep on releasing old patterns and try different new ways of thinking and being.
God (the Loving energy of the Source) walks with me encouraging me and cheering for me! Eventually, through the inner and outer journey I have walked, I arrive to new experiences. Change has taken place.
Our steps are made firm by the Lord, … though we stumble, we shall not fall headlong, for the Lord holds us by the hand. Psalm 37:23–24
“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 30
LISTEN!
MESSAGE – Gratitude at the Threshold
Pause and look back. Notice what has softened without effort.
Name three things—small or large—for which you are grateful.
The Power of Love
In our Advent Booklet today, Rev. Karen Romestan says that As we look toward a new year, we see with eyes of love to behold the goodness in humanity and all creation. We remember our oneness with all beings and share from hearts overflowing with compassion, kindness, generosity, and grace toward all others. Let us seek the good in each day and each life experience in the coming year.
Today we open mind, body, and spirit to the power of love— love that takes us far beyond the enticement of our feelings and emotions.
QUOTES
Christianity: “Give thanks in all circumstances.” (1 Thess. 5:18) Islam: “If you are grateful, I will surely increase you.” (Qur’an 14:7) Judaism: Daily blessings begin with gratitude.
ACTIVITY
Pausing at the Threshold – Sit quietly and reflect: What has shifted—even slightly—since Day 1?
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 look with the eyes of God and I see the good.
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/
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)
“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 29
LISTEN!
Song of Joy
MESSAGE – Grounded in the Earth You are held by something steadier than your fears. Rest there.
Touch the ground, a plant, or a stone. Feel stability beneath you.
The Power of Wisdom
In our Advent Booklet Rev. Robin Volker writes that wisdom is not just what I feel and know; it is the divine presence within me, guiding my every step toward my highest good. Wisdom graciously offers me the clarity and understanding to navigate the winding path ahead.
To connect with this divine power, I seek time in the Silence where true wisdom resides. I listen for the still, small voice that never fails to whisper guidance and truth. With every action, I align with wisdom, ensuring that my choices reflect my highest self and contribute to my greatest good. On this day and always, I trust wisdom to light my way.
QUOTES
Indigenous traditions: “The Earth is our first teacher.” Judaism: “Humankind was formed from the dust of the earth.” (Genesis 2:7) Hinduism: Earth (Prithvi) as sacred mother.
ACTIVITY
Grounding – Touch the earth, floor, or your own body. Feel the steadiness beneath change.
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 … Wisdom is my spiritual compass, gently guiding me with grace and clarity.
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/
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)
“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
What feels broken may be an opening. Light often enters where defenses fall away.
Silently release one resentment, even if only in intention.
In our Advent Booklet Rev. Shirley Knight tells us about The Power of Strength. With a loving heart we summon strength from the Source of all energy and wisdom. Focusing on the center of Being, we draw from the infinite flow of life. Sometimes quiet, sometimes expressive, the power of strength helps us move when it is time to move and stay when we are called to stay.
QUOTES
Christianity: “Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” (Luke 6:37) Buddhism: “Hatred does not cease by hatred, but by love alone.” (Dhammapada) Islam: “Pardon and reconcile; God loves those who do good.” (Qur’an 5:13)
ACTIVITY
Allowing the Cracks – Reflect on a moment of vulnerability or failure. Consider how openness might allow light to enter.
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 summon strength from the love of all creation.
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/
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)
“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 27
LISTEN!
‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’ By Kelly Clarkson
12 Days of Christmas “We will continue our daily devotionals through Epiphany on January 6.
Epiphany traditionally commemorates the day that the magi reached the baby Jesus, bringing their gifts and their intuitive knowledge that this child would alter history. The word epiphany means “revelation.” Each Christmas reveals to us anew the divine energy that is born in every child, the spiritual gifts that each of us brings to this human experience.
Having just celebrated the inborn Christ in Jesus and in us, we will explore in these next 12 days the idea that we are divine and what it means for us. Unity teaches that we are equipped with 12 inner powers or attributes of God to be developed throughout our lives.
By focusing on these 12 innate qualities, we can enter into 2026 with a fresh understanding of our own spiritual nature. We invite you to explore these 12 powers within yourself and consider ways to bring them forth and use them more intentionally as you journey through the coming year.”
MESSAGE – Listening Closely
Listen closely, the voice that speaks gently is the one worth following.
Our Advent Booklet says today that from the powerful season of Advent and the Christmas celebrations We have renewed our awareness of the divine light within each of us.
Rev. Juan del Hierro says, that as we move on, we focus first on the power of faith, one of the 12 qualities of our inner Christ light. Jesus shared many times that God can do amazing things through our faith, even if it’s the size of a mustard seed, so don’t minimize the power of your faith. Even a little faith can grow into something mighty, something bound to change your life and change our world.
QUOTES
Judaism: “Shema—Listen.” (Deuteronomy 6:4) Islam: “Those who listen to the word and follow the best of it.” (Qur’an 39:18) Buddhism: “Right listening leads to right understanding.”
ACTIVITY
Listening Deeply – Pause once today to truly listen to another person or to your inner voice.
Naming Without Judgment – Silently name what arises in you today—fear, grief, hope, longing. Release the need to label it as good or bad.
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 have faith in the light within 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/
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)
“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 26
LISTEN!
Lauren Daigle – LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS | Emotional Christmas Worship Song | Jesus Is Born
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MESSAGE – Breath as Sacred Gift
Even in uncertainty, your breath is a quiet promise: life continues.
Our Advent Booklet reminds us today that the heart of Christmas is the awakening of Christ consciousness, the divine love that lives within.
Rev. Jim Blake reminds us: The Christ child came into the world as light in darkness, peace in unrest, hope in times of trouble. This same light, peace, and hope are born within us each time we open our hearts to divine love. Every moment we choose compassion over criticism, generosity over fear, a kind word over apathy, we give birth to the Christ in the world once more.
In this holy season, let us each make room for the Christ to be born anew. May we create space for the wonder and majesty of this time of year, for grace and gratitude, and the miracles large and small that accompany the season.
QUOTES
Genesis: “God breathed into the human the breath of life.” (Gen. 2:7) Hinduism: “The breath is the life-force of all beings.” (Upanishads) Indigenous wisdom: “Breath connects us to all that lives.”
Let love be genuine … love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. —Romans 12:9-10
ACTIVITY
Staying with What Is – Take 10 slow breaths. With each inhale, welcome life; with each exhale, release fear. Remain with one difficult feeling for a few breaths. Resist the urge to change it. Practice gentle presence.
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 let love lead the way.
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/
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)
“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 25
LISTEN!
I AM | No Name, No Chain – Declaration of the Soul’s Freedom (Sacred Folk Worship Chant
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This week we contemplate Love
MESSAGE – The First Light
You do not need full clarity to move forward. A single step toward awareness is already light.
In our Advent Booklet today, Rev. Kathy Beasley reminds us that the wise ones, the seekers followed the light because something in them knew it was worth the journey. Their gifts weren’t just treasures; they were acknowledgments of the sacred before them.
Christmas is not just their story; it’s our story of Truth that continues to unfold every time love is chosen, joy is shared, and peace prevails. So whether you light a candle, wrap a gift, or sing a song, let this special day remind you that you are a bearer of light, a bringer of joy, and a living, breathing expression of divine love.
QUOTES
Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. Franklin P. Jones
ACTIVITY
The First Light – Light a candle or imagine light forming in darkness. Sit with it for a moment.
Reflect:How does the First Light appear to me tonight?
Contemplate on the following Sacred Voices:
Judaism: “God said, ‘Let there be light.’” (Genesis 1:3)
Christianity: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1:5)
Zoroastrianism: Light as truth and goodness opposing chaos.
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 of Advent … I remember that I AM the peace I seek.
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/
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)
“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 24
LISTEN!
Echoes Of The Wind ✧ Ethereal Vocal Ambient Song for Inner Peace and Spiritual Awakening
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This week we contemplate Joy
MESSAGE – Celebration of Light
Your personal symbol of light is a mirror of your inner fire.
Our Advent Booklet reminds us today that joy is at the core of my being.
Rev. Margo Ford says that “For me, God’s creatures are a source of boundless joy. Connecting with various and amazing life forms touches the Divine within and awakens my joyful feelings. What a blessing!”
QUOTES
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. Rabindranath Tagore
ACTIVITY
Light Revealed – You end not where you began—you carry more light now.
Reflect: How have I changed, even subtly, over the last 24 days—and what new light is emerging?
Share your light with the world – Reflect on how you can continue to bring positivity to others in the future. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the meditation/song (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … I am open to the experience of joy.
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/
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)
“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
LISTEN!
Lauren Daigle – You Say (Lyrics)
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This week we contemplate Joy
MESSAGE – Creating Light
The act of creation is itself a form of devotion.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to remember that there’s something about the lights, the music, and the sacred pause of the season that fills us with wonder and awe.
Rev. Ken Daigle reminds us that this season, let your joy be bold and boundless. Not because everything is perfect but because your heart is open, and you bring joy to the celebration of life.
QUOTES
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. Thomas S. Monson
ACTIVITY
Create Light – Make something symbolic—a lantern, collage, ornament, poem, prayer, etc.
Reflect: What did I express today that I normally keep hidden or quiet?
Reflect on personal growth – Look back at how far you’ve come and the strength you have built. How did you get here? Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the meditation/song (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … I am a radiant expression of light, love, and abundance. I choose joy.
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/
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)
St. Thomas day, St. Thomas gray, The longest night and shortest day.
December 21 is usually the shortest day of the year, yet this day usually commenced the Christmas preparation of cleaning and baking. Although we no longer honor St. Thomas on this day, we can still use this day as a reminder to put in exerted efforts and start finishing our external preparations for Christmas. All the rest of the week should be more of spiritual preparation.
Father Francis X. Weiser tells of some other old customs of this day:
In some parts of central Europe ancient customs of “driving demons away are practiced on the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle (December 21) and during the following nights (Rough Nights), with much noise, cracking of whips, ringing of hand bells, and parades of figures in horrible masks.
In a Christianized version of this custom farmers will walk through the buildings and around the farmyard, accompanied by a son or one of the farm hands. They carry incense and holy water, which they sprinkle around as they walk. Meanwhile, the rest of the family and servants are gathered in the living room reciting the rosary. This rite is to sanctify and bless the whole farm in preparation for Christmas, to keep all evil spirits away on the festive days, and to obtain God’s special protection for the coming year.
When the darkness is the thickest, the fear is the strongest. People with less awareness and understanding thought that they could keep the ‘devil’ (our fears) at bay by making noise and scaring it away.
Funnily enough, the opposite is true. Fear can only be eased away in the silence. The more we experience the fear, the more we need to sit down and connect with the Divine Presence.
The devil lives in our minds, in our thoughts and it shows up as anxiety, worry, concern, distress, upset, unease, disturbance, etc. We may not even notice it in activity filled life.
Today, on the 21st of December, we are asked to face our fears.
This morning I watched this video below.
Just like with Matthew, it hit me with a lightning bolt. I must start saying no, I must prove myself that I am not desperate any more. Desperation is a form of fear, fear of not having, anxiety about the future, financial insecurity.
What to do?
Today is the day of facing our deepest fears (if we chose it to be). We are asked to sit in the silence for a while look the fear in the face and say: NO MORE! Then we must thank the fear for protecting us by saying: Thank you for having protected me from destitution up until now. Thank you for being on my guard. Then we let go: I now let you go, you can go to sleep now, you can rest. I will take care of myself from now on. Then we look up (inwardly), connect with the Divine Presence and release it all up, back to the Ultimate energy of Love, that is God. I see the fear dissipate into stardust. … It is done. Amen.
“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
All pictures and photos are from https://unsplash.com/
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)
“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 21
LISTEN!
I Am That I Am | Powerful Mantra for Inner Peace, Healing & Awakening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-EuFH4byXI*
This week we contemplate Peace
MESSAGE – Truth Spoken
Your voice is sacred—use it with clarity and love.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today that Advent calls us into love.
Rev. Christina Garza reminds us that Advent love dares us to go deeper: To reach out to the hurting. To prioritize connection over consumption. To extend forgiveness, even when it’s difficult. To risk vulnerability by opening our hearts again.
QUOTES
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. Peter Ustinov
ACTIVITY
Speak a Truth – Your voice is sacred—use it with clarity and love. Tell someone kindly and honestly something you have needed to say.
Reflect: What truth within me is ready to be spoken more often—with courage and compassion?
Document a positive moment – Write down or photograph a moment of light from your day. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the meditation/song (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … I am a powerful channel of God’s love.
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/
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)
“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 20
LISTEN!
I Am Loved, Karen Drucker
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This week we contemplate Love
MESSAGE -Compassion in Silence
Caring for unseen souls is an act of spiritual courage.
Our Advent Booklet reminds us today that the essence of Christmas is God’s divine love expressed in the world in human form.
Rev. Lesley Miller says that Christmas is indeed about love—a love that is everything, all the time, including you and me. The idea of Christmas as love itself fills my grown-up heart with—you guessed it—love. The birth of Jesus is the ultimate expression of love made real and present as the Christ that we are.
QUOTES
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. Rabindranath Tagore
Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 John 4:8
ACTIVITY
Light for a Stranger – Caring for unseen souls is an act of spiritual courage. Pray, meditate, or hold intention for someone you do not know personally.
Reflect:What does it open in me when I care for someone I will never meet?
Express appreciation to someone – Verbally or in writing, thank someone who has made a difference in your life. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the meditation/song (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … I am the presence of love.
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/
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)
“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 19
LISTEN!
Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) – Hillsong UNITED – Live in Israel
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This week we contemplate Love
MESSAGE – Music of the Soul
What moves the heart is always a form of prayer.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to close our eyes and travel within, to sit in front of an inner fireplace, where a fire of love glows when we remember the birth of Jesus.
Rev. Claudia Olmos says is time to bring to our hearts all the parts of ourselves that we have somehow set aside, to renew them in the love of Christmas.
QUOTES
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. Jesus Christ
ACTIVITY
Uplifting Music – Listen to a piece of music that fills you with light, awe, or calm.
Reflect:What emotion or memory did the music awaken, and what is it inviting me to explore?
Plan something for the future – Think about and make a small plan for something you look forward to doing soon. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the meditation/song (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … I am renewed in the resplendent love of Christmas.
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/
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)
“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 18
LISTEN!
Mary Did You Know // Cover // Josue Avila LIVE
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This week we contemplate Love
MESSAGE – Stars Remind Us
You are small in the universe, and yet infinitely precious.
Our Advent Booklet reminds us today that this Christmas season, we celebrate the transforming power of love.
Remember that ,wherever you are, wherever you go, you carry the radiant gift of love. May the spirit of love fill your heart and home this season and always.
As we focus on love today, Rev. Suzanne Carter invites us to center our attention in our heart. ‘Take a breath into your heart space and bring to mind someone you love.
QUOTES
Our first and last love is self-love. Christian Nestell Bovee
ACTIVITY
Star Gazing – Go outside (or look from a window) and sit under the night sky for 5–10 minutes.
Reflect:How does seeing myself within the larger universe change my sense of perspective?
Move your body – Engage in some form of physical activity that you enjoy. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the meditation/song (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … Love shining from my heart illumines my path, and I know what to do.
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/
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)
“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 17
LISTEN!
Lord, I’m Tired… But Please Don’t Give Up on Me | Emotional Night Prayer
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This week we contemplate Love
MESSAGE -Letting Go
Releasing creates room for blessings you couldn’t hold before.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to remember that Love inspires us, heals our wounds, brings us solace, and challenges us to grow, always making us want to be the best version of ourselves.
Trish Yancey tells us that the one of the things I love most about love is how it can be so many things to so many people at the same time. We can incorporate it into our beliefs, thoughts, activities, and actions. Whatever we offer in love will end up being the right and perfect gift at the right and perfect time.
QUOTES
A loving heart is the truest wisdom. Charles Dickens
ACTIVITY
Give Something Away – Donate or give one object that could bless someone else.
Reflect: How does releasing possessions shift my relationship with abundance or security?
Forgive a minor grievance – Let go of a small frustration or resentment to free up emotional energy. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the meditation/song (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … I am love in action, sharing my gifts with the world.
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/
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)
“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 16
LISTEN!
HAUSER – Carol of the Bells
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This week we contemplate Love
MESSAGE – Shadow Teaches
Even your shadows hold wisdom waiting to be acknowledged.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to remember that Love is our true nature. Allowing our hearts and minds to open, we feel and express love in every moment.
Rev. David B. Adams invites us to get together because get-togethers remind us of love’s importance within our chosen circles. Aromas and flavors of the holidays remind us that life is meant to be lovingly savored. Opening ourselves to these truths, we embody our true nature. We see only love, as the Divine sees.
QUOTES
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller
ACTIVITY
Contemplate the Shadow – Journal about one fear, doubt, or pattern and how it protects or teaches you.
Reflect: What parts of my shadow are trying to protect me, and what wisdom do they carry?
Learn something new – Spend time learning about a topic of interest to stimulate intellectual curiosity. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the sound meditation (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … I choose to see love everywhere.
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/
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)
“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 15
LISTEN!
Alpine Glass Prayer
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Today and this week we contemplate Love.
MESSAGE – Love Expands
Love offered outward grows stronger within.
Our Advent Booklet reads today: At Christmastime, we are reminded of the loving presence of the Christ within. When we open our hearts to freely give and receive love, whether in the form of a shared memory or a homemade gift , we are aligned with the divine law of unity. It is the energy of love that fosters peace and healing in our lives and in the world around us.
Rev. Maggie Alderman asks us to consider the question: Have you ever stopped to consider the impact your love has made on the world? Then, she reminds us that Unity cofounder Myrtle Fillmore taught us that love is the great harmonizer, a force that can heal, restore, and unite. She believed that love has the power to bring us into harmony with ourselves as well as others. And where love is present, negativity and discord dissolve.
QUOTES
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. Buddha
ACTIVITY
Loving-Kindness Meditation – Silently repeat:
“May I be safe.”
“May I be peaceful.”
“May all beings be peaceful.”
Reflect: Was it easier to offer loving-kindness to myself or to others today—and why?
Find humor in something small – Look for a reason to laugh or smile today. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the music (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … Love is all around.
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/
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)
“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 14
LISTEN!
Lauren Daigle – Light Of The World (Lyric Video)
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This week we contemplate Peace
MESSAGE – Symbol of the Soul
Your personal symbol of light is a mirror of your inner fire.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to become aware of the song : Silent night. Holy night. All is calm. All is bright. Then notice the stillness of a dark night, a shining star lighting the sky.
Rev. Dale Worley reminds us that at this time of year, we celebrate the arrival of light into a dark world. This is the beginning of a story, but this story is not only about Jesus; it’s also about you. The manger can symbolize your open heart, a place where peace is found when you take time to be still. Let the birth of Jesus remind you of this deeper Truth: that silent, holy night is within you.
QUOTES
Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side. Vernon Howard
ACTIVITY
Meaningful Symbol – Draw, sculpt, or write a symbol that represents “light in darkness” for you.
Reflect: What does “light in the darkness” mean personally for me at this time in life?
Reach out to a loved one – Connect with family or friends to share conversation and strengthen social bonds. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the meditation/song (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … I remember that I AM the peace I seek.
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/
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)
“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 13
LISTEN!
Prayer for the Ancestors
*This week we contemplate Peace
MESSAGE – Honoring Ancestors
You carry the strength of many who walked before you.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to realise that anyone and everyone who is willing to spiritually connect to the idea of God’s unlimited peace, can call it forth from within.
Rev. Alberta Ware invites us to contemplate the joy of new birth that I will experience spiritually this season, and more peace fills our soul. All of us can feel surrounded by the peaceful arms of God.
QUOTES
To understand and reconnect with our stories, the stories of the ancestors, is to build our identities. Frank Delaney
ACTIVITY
Offer Light to an Ancestor – Light a candle and say a quiet thank-you to someone who came before you.
Reflect: What qualities, gifts, or lessons did I receive from those who came before me?
Create something – Engage in a creative activity, such as drawing, writing, or cooking. Do it mindfully. Pay attention what you are doing and how you are doing it. Do not only ‘go for’ the result of your activity. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the meditation music (above) and contemplate.
On this day of Advent … God’s unlimited peace keeps me filled with love and joy!
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/
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)
“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 12
LISTEN!
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This week we contemplate Peace
MESSAGE – Warmth Arrives
Warmth is not a temperature—it’s a presence.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to consider that connecting with others, mostly those who are different from us, depends largely on our attitude.
Akosua Washington-Woods, asks as to connect within, listen to our heart and soul space. In the stillness we reach oneness with all. We are one. We are one because Spirit is everywhere, in everyone. In Spirit we are alike.
QUOTES
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. Desmond Tutu
ACTIVITY
Warmth Ritual – Prepare a hot drink and sip it mindfully, thinking of warmth spreading within. Contemplate the experience of presence.
Reflect: Where do I feel warmth—physical, emotional, spiritual—in my life right now?
Meditate or practice mindfulness – Dedicate a few minutes to quiet reflection or focused breathing to clear your mind. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the song or meditation (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … We come together in peace every time.
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/
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)
“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 11
LISTEN!
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This week we contemplate Peace
MESSAGE – Wisdom Speaks
Sacred words become alive when you let them land gently.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to chose the light and hold our attention in it regardless of the chaos that may be happening around us.
Rev. Danny Spears, D.Min. reminds us today that if we lose focus and take our gaze away from the Light, we will sink back into the old habits of the darkness. Peter’s story demonstrates this loss of focus profoundly. We need to remember, however, that we are not alone. We can always reach out to our community who will hold us until we regain our inner focus.
QUOTES
Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. Don Miguel Ruiz
ACTIVITY
Contemplative Reading – Read a spiritual text, poem, or sacred passage slowly and reflect.
Reflect: What line, idea, or word felt alive or spoke directly to me today?
Declutter a small space – Organize one small area of your physical environment to create a sense of order. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the sound meditation (above) .
On this day of Advent … I discover and embrace peace in community.
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/
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)
“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
Forgiveness is a door that always opens inward first.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to consider that the unpeaceful times we live in are opportunities to call peace forward.
Rev. Edith Washington-Woods remind us that peace is possible no matter what is appearing. The activity of peace resides inside of us. Once we focus into peace and feel peace inside of us, it starts showing up everywhere. We may not see it with our physical eyes, but we know that it is there. Peace require action. So take a moment to center yourself by taking a deep breath. Then remember “peace be still and know that I am God’.Keep on centering yourself and breathing into this statement. Notice, you are at peace.
QUOTES
It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it. Eleanor Roosevelt
ACTIVITY
Forgiveness Practice – Write a letter of forgiveness to yourself. (you do not have to send it). Think of times when you did or said something that you judge yourself for. Start by saying: I forgive myself for judging myself for … (whatever happened.) Keep on writing until memories show up.
Reflect:What burden or pain might begin to soften if I allow forgiveness to enter?
Offer encouragement to another – Share a kind word or support with someone who might be struggling. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the meditation (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … I am centered, calm, and peaceful in this moment, on this day.
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/
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)
“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 9
LISTEN!
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This week we contemplate Peace
MESSAGE – Nature’s Wisdom
Even bare branches hold the promise of spring.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to remember that peace is inherently ours.
Rev. Matthew E. Long reminds us that spiritual wisdom teaches that peace arises from within. The soul that is in harmony with Spirit knows peace. Peace in our world begins with peace in our hearts and minds. Peace is not the cessation of conflict; it is a consciousness attuned to the divine order and divine timing inherent in creation.
QUOTES
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza
ACTIVITY
Nature Walk –Take a mindful walk, noticing winter textures, colors, and stillness.
Reflect: What did nature teach me about stillness, seasons, or change today?
Set a simple, achievable goal – Accomplish something small to build a sense of progress. Then, for 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the sound meditation (above) at least once.
On this day of Advent … My awareness of God is my peace.
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/
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)
“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 8
LISTEN!
Positive Affirmations for Peace and Calm | Reduce Stress & Anxiety
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Today and this week we contemplate Peace.
MESSAGE – Words Carry Power
Speak light, and you become its messenger.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to enter a state of peace by nonresistance.
Rev. Maggie Alderman reminds us on the second Sunday of Advent that we are invited for a deep and soul-level reflection regardless of the sensory overload that we are experiencing in the outer world at this time of the year. When we are faced with challenges because of the Christmas-craze around us, we are invited to respond with presence and trust. The second week of advent reminds us of nonresistance in a sense of peace. Jesus modelled how to still the noise and focus into our inner dialogue with Spirit.
QUOTES
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. Buddha
ACTIVITY
Affirmations of Light – Speak one of these aloud (or create your own):
“I am a vessel of light.”
“Hope flows through me.”
“Even in darkness, I am grounded in love.”
Reflect: Which affirmation resonated most today, and what part of myself responded to it?
Seek inspiration – Read an uplifting story, listen to inspiring music, or look at a piece of art that evokes positive feelings. 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 am at peace regardless of the noise.
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/
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)
“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 7
LISTEN!
20 Minute Meditation for Listening Within
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This week we contemplate Faith and Hope.
MESSAGE – Listen Within
In stillness, your inner voice becomes unmistakable.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to know that faith is filled with great energy.
Rev. Ric Schumacher reminds us today that mountain-moving faith is revealed when we use faith in our daily lives. Each time we use the gift of faith and think of the Source from which it flows, all the gifts of Spirit are made manifest.
QUOTES
The only journey is the one within. Rainer Maria Rilke
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. Rumi
Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed. Bob Riley
ACTIVITY
Quiet Reflection –Sit in silence for 10 minutes and simply observe your breath.
Reflect:What did the silence reveal that noise and busyness usually hide?
Reconnect with nature – Spend time outdoors, even a few minutes, to observe the natural world. 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 stand in faith.
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/
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)
“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 6
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Tibetan Healing Sounds: Cleans the Aura and Space. Removes all negative energy
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This week we contemplate Faith and Hope.
MESSAGE – Clearing Space
When you release what no longer serves, light enters.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to take life one step, one breath, and one prayer at a time.
Amy Ellis remind us that when life seems uncertain or we are faced with situations that feel hopeless, we can make a conscious decision to choose faith over doubt and hope over despair. Often, action is required to return us to a place of faith. It may be as simple as getting out of bed, saying a prayer, lighting a candle, and choosing to believe that a better moment will come.
QUOTES
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. James Russell Lowell
ACTIVITY
Space Clearing – Clean or declutter a small space (a table, drawer, or corner) and dedicate it to peace.
Reflect: What emotional or mental clutter do I also need to release—not just physical clutter?
Disconnect digitally for a period – Step away from screens and social media to reduce external stressors. For 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like. Listen to the Tibetan healing sounds at least once.
On this day of Advent … I affirm I am being guided, and I choose to trust divine wisdom.
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/
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)
“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 5
LISTEN!
Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas
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This week we contemplate Faith and Hope.
MESSAGE – Kindness Radiates
Even a tiny kindness changes the atmosphere.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to prayerfully attune to the power of love.
Rev. Jeanmarie Eck reminds us to day that as we attune to the power of love we open our heart to divine inspiration. When Spirit visited Mary in the form of an angel, Mary put the Lord in charge of her being. This is what heart-centered-consciousness is. As we release our ego – the limitations of the self – we invite the Divine to lead us. As a result, we are lifted and our life is lead from a heart-centered-consciousness.
QUOTES
Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.—Luke 1:38
ACTIVITY
Offer Kindness – Once again, perform one intentional, quiet act of kindness without expecting recognition.
Reflect: How did giving kindness today shift my inner world, not just someone else’s?
Engage in self-care – Spend time doing something that nourishes your body, mind, or spirit (e.g., a warm drink, quiet reading time, or gentle exercise). Can you do something kind to yourself? For 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like.
On this day of Advent … My faith invites the Spirit to be expressed as me now.
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/
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)
“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 4
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David.Ghiyam, A woman as certainty (CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO WATCH THE VIDEO)
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This week we contemplate Faith and Hope.
MESSAGE – Silence Returns You
When you unplug, you hear the truth beneath the noise.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to look at faith as assurance.
Rev. Dr. Norma Iris Rosado reminds us that Faith is the certainty—a more profound and more rooted energy—of what is hoped and not yet seen. While hope waits for the future, faith is for the present time, here and now. With faith, I trust that in spite of any situation, divine order has already been established for my good.
QUOTES
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.—Hebrews 11:1
ACTIVITY
Unplug – Turn off digital devices for 1–2 hours and sit with your own presence.You can go out into nature if you like, but you are asked not to use any electrical devices and refrain form ‘making noise’.
Reflect: What happens inside me when I step away from noise, screens, and input?
Perform a small act of kindness – Do something thoughtful for someone else without expecting anything in return. For 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like.
On this day of Advent … I have faith that I am divinely guided.
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/
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)
“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 3
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Andrea Bocelli, Kari Jobe & Cody Carnes – The Blessing
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This week we contemplate Faith and Hope.
MESSAGE – Blessing the World
When you send light outward, some always returns.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to let go of false concepts of faith.
Rev Kathy Harwood Long reminds us that faith is in God. It is time to let go of the times when we were let down and our expectations were not met. Circumstances are never perfect. The difference we can make in our life is by changing our attitude towards these circumstances. It is time to make Spirit become alive in us by choosing:
Serenity when we feel powerless to change anyone nor anything.
Peace to counter the conflict and fear we may see around us.
Love to share in any circumstance.
QUOTES
When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.Joel Osteen
Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain. L. Lionel Kendrick
ACTIVITY
Blessing for the World: Sit quietly and send a silent blessing to every corner of the world: “May there be peace, healing, and dignity for all beings.”
Reflect: What part of the world—or humanity—feels most in need of healing or hope today?
Practice gratitude – List three things you are thankful for, focusing on the simple, reliable joys in life. For 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like.
On this day of Advent … I am unfailing as love, faith, and hope.
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/
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)
“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 2
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La bonté de Dieu (Goodness of God – Bethel Music)
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This week we contemplate Faith and Hope.
MESSAGE – Gratitude Awakens
Small blessings are often the brightest. Notice them.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to acknowledge the good and be grateful.
Rev. Saba Mchunguzi says that during this holiday season, we look for the innate goodness of others and see them expressing on a positive and divine level. As we continue to grow spiritually, we realize that faith is not only wishing for good to manifest but believing it will. Faith is knowing the good we desire will manifest.
QUOTES
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness. Dalai Lama
Gratitude is one of the strongest and most transformative states of being. It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance and allows you to focus on the good in your life, which in turn pulls more goodness into your reality. Jen Sincero
ACTIVITY
Gratitude Journal: Write 5 things you are grateful for, focusing on small, overlooked blessings.
Reflect: What small blessing in my life do I often overlook, and how can I honor it more intentionally?
Identify a source of light – Pinpoint something positive, however small, that brings comfort or hope. For 5 minutes sit in the silence and reflect. Do some journaling if you like.
On this day of Advent … I have faith the goodness of life.
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/
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)
As I was researching the concept of Darkness and Light for this Advent season, I found that the Zohar, a Kabbalistic text deals in great length with the question of ‘dark’ and ‘light’.
Below I collected a few ideas that I found fascinating and something to consider.
In the Zohar, one of the central mystical texts of Kabbalah, light and darkness are not simply opposites—they are dynamic spiritual forces involved in creation, revelation, concealment, and the soul’s evolution. Their relationship is subtle, rich, and deeply symbolic. They are central mystical concepts that are not merely physical phenomena but spiritual realities with their own essences and functions. The Zohar teaches that darkness is not simply the absence of light, but a necessary condition for light’s full potential and revelation.
Ultimately, the Zohar views the human spiritual journey as a process of transforming darkness into light, a continuous effort to awaken divine light from within the challenges and limitations of the physical world.
Darkness is often associated with negative human traits, limitations, evil (kelipot), or a state of concealment (Gevurah or restriction), while light is associated with divine revelation, goodness (Chesed or love), and spiritual clarity. The Zohar emphasizes the process of tikkun (spiritual rectification), where one must engage with the darkness within themselves to transform it into light and achieve spiritual growth.
I am going to walk this Advent and Christmas season as a journey of contemplation on how to transform from darkness to Divine Light. My focus is on experiencing a sense of Peace, Joy and Love as a result.
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).
“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 1 – First Sunday of Advent – Faith and Hope
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Today and the coming week we contemplate Faith and Hope.
MESSAGE – The light begins
A single spark is enough. The journey starts with one quiet yes.
Our Advent Booklet invites us today to contemplate and understand that we are special beings who carry a special shade of the Great Light. We are here to shine.
Rev Maggie Alderman, the director of the Unity Prayer ministry, Silent Unity, writes: “We matter. The light we bring into the world—expressed in the way each of us is uniquely designed to do—matters. This Advent season, may we resist the temptation to shrink in the shadow of fear. Instead, let us step forward in faith, trusting that the light we offer is exactly what the world needs, right now.
Faith in particular plays an active role during Advent. Without it, we may lack the courage to embark on the journey of inner transformation that the season invites.”
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. Voltaire To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. Alan Watts
ACTIVITY
Light a single candle in silence and set an intention for your 38-day journey.
Reflect:What intention am I setting for this journey, and why is it meaningful to me right now?
For 5 minutes sit in the silence, look into the candle and reflect on your current challenges that you want to bring ‘light’ into. Journal if you like.
Today we affirm: : I am centered in Light.All is well.
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/
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)
First of all, it is essential that we look beyond the religious aspect of the season. Jesus was a teacher and a way-shower and his story is our story, too. Every time we contemplate his birth, we experience the ‘Light in the Darkness’.
Let me explain!
We are all Light-bearers. Our Soul, the essence of who we are, is a Spark of the Divine that is immortal. When we are born, a new ‘Light’ arrives into the world. When you look at a newborn child, you can literally see the ‘glow’ about them.
The world is a ‘dark’ place. Our fears and limited ideas of who we are make it so.
After we are born, shortly (sadly), we forget our ‘light nature’ and become part of the ‘darkness’. We accept it to be our reality and go about our life without remembering that we are of the Light.
So, Christmas time is very important because it reminds us, every year, that we are Light that meant to shine in the darkness. We matter. All of us matter because each Light we carry is unique. Every time we remember our true nature, we bring Light into our dark world. We not only uplift ourselves but we also uplift others.
During the time of Advent ( four weeks before Christmas) and Christmas, we are asked to start remembering our true nature and the qualities we seek that is of the Divine Presence: Hope, Joy, Peace and Love.
Spending time in silent contemplation or reading a short spiritually infused passage support us to awaken to our inner Light and to remember who we truly are.
From Darkness to Light, between
30 November, 2025r and 6 January, 2026
we invite you to walk this blessed season with us. We will offer material for daily contemplation. Our material is based on the Advent Booklet produced by Unity.org Rev Kudlik’s comments.
From the 30th of November 2025 to 6th of January (Epiphany) 2026 we will be sharing contemplative exercises daily to brighten the holiday season for you.
As we are moving into the darkest days and the end of 2025, you may want to take the time to reflect. Rev Maggie Alterman says that by contemplating during these dark days we strengthen our inner-light and so bring it into the world. The light we shine is the beacon of hope for us all: it reminds us that we have enough inner resources to endure temporary darkness.
Every morning, we will share a thought and a task that you can contemplate, pray, and meditate on. We are convinced that these small acts of turning inside will support you to let go of the old and what does not support you any more, so you can bring forth the qualities that brighten your life.
You can read these short messages on our website, on Facebook and Instagram.
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)
Everybody wants to be a superstar these days. I wonder why? I suspect it is because everybody wants to stand out from the grey crowd.
Deep down we all know that we are unique beings. However, most of us live blended into the grey mass that we call people. I believe the main reason behind that is that we actually do not know our uniqueness, we do not know what is special about us, and so we don’t know how to stand into that beautiful uniqueness either.
We seem to spend most of our lives fulfilling roles, for example that of a mother, of a father, of a good worker, and so on, instead of finding out what we truly stand for and live it vivaciously!
I believe that true happiness comes from a fulfilling life that is grounded in self-knowledge and knowing ourselves in the Divine (call It what works for you).
There is no one-holy-way to happiness and fulfilment. We are all asked to go out and find our own path. It can be a daunting task when walked alone.
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It’s very interesting. I think you are right that young people are not good in really knowing themselves. They focus on outer world without looking inward. When you mention God I think on the extreme materialism as one of the causes. The focus is on the body, on the money, on the stuff you can buy with your money etc.. BUT: Do you see any connection of the visible trend (South-Nord) and the religions in these countries? It seems to me that young people in the most religious catholic countries stay at home the longest.
And here is my answer to the question.
Thank you for your thoughts!!! 🙂 Well, I think that being religious and having a relationship with God (spritual) are not the same things. In my experience the more religious (particularly Christian) someone is, the least they are in touch with themselves or God. Sadly, religion often serves as a cop-out. Following religious doctrines and rituals often prevent people from looking within, facing the inner demons, and creating a loving relationship with self and God. In my experience, most religious people fear God because religious doctrines suggest an innate impurity and sinfulness which is false. As we walk the inner journey, we discover the false ideas about ourselves and discover that God is an innate Loving being within. I often observe that rituals distract people from the inner journey that can be challenging at times. With regards to young people, my hope is that they will start questioning old fashioned ideas and start looking for their own personal relationship with God via walking the inner journey. <3
I found this picture on FB today. It made me wonder. When I was 17 I could not wait to turn 18 so I can leave home and move in with my boyfriend at the time. I wanted to be independent and free. So, what has changed? Why would a healthy young man or woman wait until the age of 28 to leave home?
Most people would probably respond by saying “because of lack of money”. Well, I am not sure about that. We did not have much money when I was 18 but we wanted to forge our life on our own terms.
I think that young people of today have less confidence in themselves as we did when I was young. By the age of 17, I had been through a lot of challenging experiences. I was a latchkey child. I learnt quickly how to make a sandwich if I was hungry and did my homework without private tutors being on stand-by.
The Y and Z generation appear to be ‘overprotected’ to me that resulted in having a lack of self-confidence, unrealistic expectations and low self-esteem among them. It seems to me, that in this new age of the internet and media, people’s ideas of a happy and fulfilling life has been forged by factors that have little to do with the young person.
I often find that young people either have little dreams or have fantasies of the future.
Staying at home ensures that one does not need to face reality or make efforts towards creating a fulfilling life.
God is the solution. Not God as a white bearded Santa Clause looking guy inhabiting the Heavens, but God that resides in each of us. As young people start looking within, not only do they discover an inner connectedness with the Divine but they also discover themselves. KNOWING ONESELF is the only true foundation for a good life.
Having a clarity on WHO I AM, WHAT I AM GOOD AT, WHAT MY TRUE ASPIRATIONS ARE, and having a solid relationship with an innate LOVING PRESENCE that is GOD automatically creates HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT that cannot be matched.
When I see young people who are lost, unhappy, addicts, overachievers, etc. I simply note that they have not looked inside for the answers yet!
If you wish to start LOOKING WITHIN, CREATING A SOLID RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF AND GOD, get in touch,
In Unity we look at events and spiritual texts through the lens of metaphysics. Metaphysical interpretation means that we look behind the words and look for the messages, the learning, and the teaching in it.
I always ask, what does this event or sentences mean to me? How can I use it for my upliftment and growth?
I never judge or diminish anything just because I am not familiar with it.
I love looking at the different spiritual and religious celebrations and texts and use them for my daily spiritual practices. I use them to inspire me.
Each celebration gives me an opportunity to learn more about the people and the beliefs. We are all part of the Divine Presence regardless of our beliefs. Understanding others better gives me an opportunity to become a more compassionate human being.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
The dwelling place of God is ‘within’ man. As we walk the inner journey of meditation and contemplation, we start feeling the Loving Presence of the Divine dwelling with us and guiding us throughout our lives.
Revelation 3:21 ESV
The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
As we remove the barriers and limitations from our consciousness, as we conquer our own fear based ego, we start becoming aware of the presence of God, and we will feel as if we were sitting in the presence of the Divine all the time.
In Unity we do not suggest an understanding of God. We strive to support everyone to seek out their personal meaning of God and to create a personal relationship with the Divine that serve their upliftment and growth.
INTRODUCTION
They say that ‘all roads lead to Rome’. The same way, there are as many approaches to God as many people there are on the Earth. In my understanding, everyone is attempting to move back to Oneness with God or the Divine Presence that I call ’being in the Loving’ whether they know it or not.
In my observation, every person tries to create a relationship with whatever they believe God is depending on what they were taught and how they see themselves.
I learnt distinctively different ideas from different people. As a result, I first became an atheist and then as a result of that, I started to look for ‘my version of God’.
God is not a separate being, or an old guy looking down on us from Heaven judging our decisions in life. As a result of my journey ‘looking for God’, I realized that God is simply a loving being, an energy source that keeps on lifting us up and out of the drama and madness we, humanity, have been creating for ourselves through our collective thinking for ions of time.
In my experience, as we meditate or commune with this loving energy source we start peeking out of the fear-driven craze and start seeing the greatness and the goodness that is ‘beyond’.
DIFFERENT INFLUENCES
The Banned God
The utopistic socialist regime that I grew up in created a rather odd predicament with regards to God. Though religious acts were discouraged and if still practised punished with ostracism, churches were kept intact and Catholic religious holidays such as Easter and Christmas were held. We were nevertheless dissuaded to attend any of these events or suffer the consequences.
We, as children, were taught that there was no such God that the churches talked about – they were liars – and we should worship our political leaders – flesh and blood perfect specimen of a human being – especially the main leader of the socialistic party that we called ‘Big Brother’.
God as a Father Figure
My grandmother needed a father figure because she never had one. What I gathered from observing her, her relationship with God was ambivalent. After having lost her second husband, she lost her relationship with God with him.
I think the Bible made her assume that God was a male character, and that he was like a good Father to all his children. Through her words, God was a loving father whom children can run to for shelter when hurt. He was protective and fair.
Because what my Grandmother communicated to me about the God she knew, when I first went to the church I went there to beg God to protect me from the abuse, I was experiencing at the time. I was looking for a father figure.
It was disappointing to learn that God does not show up in your school to tell the abusive teacher off. I understood there and then that God is not a substitute for an absent father.
God as a Prosecutor
My great-aunt, my grandmother’s cousin, was a bigot Catholic and was on a mission for a while to turn me into a Roman Catholic, except my grandma would not have it. She was a Calvinist.
My great aunt’s God was a Prosecutor. We were to fear God who was always angry because we were misbehaving. God had a ‘whip’ called the Devil who, we were told, would come and take us to Hell if we were naughty.
My great aunt in her dread of her righteous God was a goodie-two-shoes who condemned everyone who did not believe or behaved as she thought was right. She wasn’t a nice person. Nevertheless, she believed that her God approved of her behaviour because she was doing the right thing.
In her relationship with God, she lived in fear of an entity that would punish her if she wasn’t a good girl. She was convinced that she was one of God’s messengers whose job was to ensure that others also follow God’s orders and were on the right path. As a psychologist it was her mission to bring all lost souls that landed on her ‘couch’ to the God of the Roman Catholic Church. She was in some ways a prosecutor herself because she believed that those who did not see things the same way she did were all sinners. She taught me that we should be grateful for our suffering because in our suffering we are closer to God.
My great aunt’s idea of God made me scared of God and wanted nothing to do with a vengeful God.
The Buddhist no-God
There was a moment when I thought that I had enough of the confusion around God and looked for a path with no God. Though Buddhists have many deities they do not actually have a God concept. Buddhists strive to attain Nirvana, which is a level of consciousness, total freedom of desire but it is not an alternative to God.
At first, I was relieved that I did not deal with others’ idea of God, anymore. I loved the meditation sessions on ‘nothing’, the focus on striving for ‘thoughtlessness’. I found a sense of freedom in that.
Soon, however, as I progressed in my meditation, I started to face a sense of ‘lack’. I felt a sense of being and connectedness in my meditation but I could not place the sensation anywhere.
In a way, the Buddhist no-God-ness helped me to look for and find ‘my God’ and create the kind of relationship I wanted with God.
The Sufi God of Fire
After my Buddhist adventure, a friend who in my experience had a deep and personal relationship with God, introduced me to Sufism. I started to read poems by Rumi, learnt about Shams de Tabrizi, Rumi’s teacher. Then I ran into a book called ‘Love is a Fire’. The writer of this book talked about a kind of meditation that I had never heard of before: looking for fire and passion in meditation. She talked about an intimate and personal relationships with God that was new to me. So far, I had only met people who had a concept of God rather than an experience. As I was reading the book and practising the Sufi type of meditation, I started to feel a movement of ‘unexplainable’ energy that was strong and lively, with a burning sensation as it showed up within my consciousness.
I loved it! The first time God was not someone else’s concept but my own experience.
MY KIND OF GOD
I prefer calling God ‘Divine Presence’ or ‘the Source’ because the word ‘God’ is corrupted by different religious ideas that I cannot relate to.
God as Loving
This experience I mentioned above and that I still have today, is passionate and fiery. I understood later that my ‘burning like’ sensation in meditation was not the result of reading the book but because of the essence of who I am. I am fiery and passionate.
My relationship with God
And so is my relationship with God. I talk to the Divine Presence, but I still do not see God as a person. For me God is an energy field of pure Loving that is alive and is in constant movement.
As I step into this field, into Oneness, and connect with this Divine Presence, my Essence gets energized which becomes the foundation for my connection with God.
God is a vibrant presence in my Life, not only in my meditations but in my day-to-day living. I sense God all the time.
Interestingly I do experience the Divine Presence as the ‘Father’ and also as the ‘Prosecutor’ but very differently from that of my family members. God as ‘a Father’ to me means that God cares about me, I am important, if I listen, I can hear ‘him’ guiding me through the wilderness of life. God is also ‘a prosecutor’ means that I am held responsible for my experiences through my free will. My thinking, my emotions and my actions create my reality. If I want to have different experiences in life, it is not the Divine who would bring it forth, I am to think, feel, and act differently. How to bring that change about is a whole other story. God in his Goodness, however, wants me to learn my lessons and free myself from my limitations. I call it ‘tough love’.
Most of all, however, my relationship with God is like the relationship between a sport team/person and its cheering squad. God is always on my side cheering me on! Similarly to Rumi, in my inner experiences, God sometimes shows up like a goof-ball dancing and singing to make sure I don’t lose faith when time gets rough. Our relationship is constantly evolving as I am evolving, opening, and becoming into my True Being.
In Unity we do not suggest an understanding of God. We strive to support everyone to seek out their personal meaning of God and to create a personal relationship with the Divine that serve their upliftment and growth.
I have observed it in myself and in others too that what we tried to hide the most about ourselves is where we are wounded. Except that we cannot heal until we ‘expose this wound to the Light’ . It means that we acknowledge the wound by becoming aware of the way we protect this wounded part of us. As we are unique individuals we adopt protective behaviours that suit our personality the best. We need to discover these as well as the underlying pains, shame, anxiety, anger, helplessness or else. As we do that, we become receptive to the Divine Light and Love that heals all wounds. It simply happens by our self-acceptance and bracing ourselves just as we are.
So, I have recently become a licensed Minister with Unity, a spiritual organisation offering practical, uplifting resources to people of all faith so they can apply positive spiritual principle to their lives. 🙂
With that, I am finally starting the project that I envisaged in 2004 when I was setting up Essence Seminars in Hungary. 20 years has passed since then. I hope that I have matured a great deal 🙂 during this time. It has become clear to me what kind of ‘alternative education’ I wish to provide youngsters and their families.
Unity Europe will combine personal growth ideas with spiritual ideas! We will offer different courses and workshops, book-clubs, a creative-lab, parenting classes, and more in our ONLINE SPIRITUAL CENTRE.
