Aspirations for the New Year

New Year, New Beginning

This is the time of year for re-kindling new hopes, dreams and aspiration.

A time of majestic hopes, lifted idealism and noble intentions. The most inspired intention we can set this time of year is to re-bind ourselves to our soul’s yearning to know the All. This is our primary purpose in this magnificent journey from life to death. To know the source of All in our daily lives- the purr of a kitten, snow on the mountains, the ring of wind chimes in the night.

When we can strip away the cloaks of self-identity, then we can know directly the great unifying force which binds all beings. Nothing else can fulfill us completely. Until we become aware of our soul’s purpose, we wander like waifs from world to world and from birth to birth. Our lives are a moonscape of meaninglessness unless we are actively engaged in our own unique process of enlightenment. Because we are embodied individuals, this knowledge can only be fleeting for most of us, although there are saints and Bodhisattvas who claim to live in this state of boundless joy without interruption.

 All work, all relationships, and all religions and spiritual practices have the intention of developing the capacity to hold this awareness. It is the Holy Grail of the Knights of the Round Table, the God head of Brahma, the Way of the Taoists.

 Try This!

 1) Write out a spiritual intention for yourself in the next year. E.g. This year I will be more aware of the inter-connectiveness of all sentience. Place this intention in a private place, behind a mirror, in your journal or hide it in your home.

 2) Write out a spiritual intention and give it to someone as a gift. E.g. “May you realize all your dreams this year.”This could be simply phoning a friend and wishing them joy and happiness in the New Year, a card with a wish for their well being, a note attached to a present.

 3) Write out a spiritual intention and give it to the world. E.g. May all beings be happy.You may want to write in on a sandy beach at low tide, on a paper flag which your burn or on a leaf which you release in a stream or ocean. This ritual of wisdom will set up your inter-connecting lines of energy to be receptive to all beneficent influences from the Three Worlds-individual, social and universal.

 Joy in the Journey!