Solstice and Christmas connections.
We all know that beyond the more recent commercialisation of Christmas that the opportunity to spend time with others, the space in which you can rest, withdraw and enjoy the atmosphere of the season are the essence of this period and the festivities.
Ultimately, human connection, connecting with the world around us and with ourselves, these are the things that brings us real satisfaction, fulfillment and joy.
This is understood well in Yoga, the external is fleeting, the material will disappear, but the subtle, the presence in ourselves and others and nature is enduring. The term Yoga itself conveys this, yoga, union, connection.
Hence Yoga suggests that the ultimate endeavour and purpose of life, is forging this connection with the supreme realty. That this, within ourselves is found as the source of joy, love and bliss
So at this time of the year, when the world has slowed and stilled, the the suns movement suspended and when we have time to connect with others that perhaps these qualities are easiest found.
Today, the solstice, falls on a new moon in the Nakshatra of Mula, Mula means root and this further conveys the strong connection that can be felt today with the source of ourselves and everything.
I hope that as solstice unfolds into Christmas that you can make this connection.
Happy winter solstice!
OM.
