Prayers for the Winter Solstice, Christmas, and the Return of the Light

I no longer care whether "God" is referred to as God or Goddess or Allah or Krishna any other "name" of God, because I have had the experience of understanding that there is nothing that is NOT God. 

The central prayer/mantra of the Sufis is 

La illaha il Allah hu

which is often translated as "There is no reality but God," or "There is no reality but the One." And in my path of studying various religions, spiritual traditions, and mystic visions, I was thrilled to find out that Allah means both "yes" and "no." So the true meaning of the word Allah is really like the concept of Yin and Yang, embracing both polarities.... That which is masculine and feminine, light and dark, all that is manifest, and all that is unmanifest. So my favorite "name" of God is Allah -- but even that seems too narrow for me. So the word I am most comfortable with is Universe. I use the term The Universe to mean God or Goddess or other name of God. And so, I wanted to use a background that reflects my Universal view of God-ness.

Since I am beginning this page just before the Winter Solstice, 2006, I will begin with...

LIGHT PRAYERS FOR THE WINTER SOLSTICE

The Light Prayer of Mohammed
 

 

O Allah, place in my heart light
and in my sight light
and in my hearing light
and on my right light
and on my left light
and above me light
and beneath me light
and in front of me light
and behind me light
and expand for me this light
Light in my nerves
and light in my flesh
and light in my blood
and light in my hair
and light in my skin
and light in my soul
and light in my tongue.

 

Allahumma ijal fi qalbi nuran

wa fi basari nuran

wa fi sama'i nuran

wa 'an yamini nuran

wa 'an yasari nuran

wa fauqi nuran

wa tahti nuran

wa amani nuran

wa khalfi nuran

wa adhhim li nuran

Nuran fi 'asbi

wa nuran fi lahmi

wa nuran fi dami

wa nuran fi sha'ri

wa nuran fi bashri

wa nuran fi nafsi

wa nuran fi lisani
 
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The Great Invocation of Djwhal Khul
 
From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let Light stream forth into the minds of all.
Let Light descend on Earth.
 
From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Let Love stream forth into the hearts of all.
May Christ return to Earth.
 
From the center where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide the Monadic wills of all --
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.
 
From the center which we call Humanity
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out.
And know it sealed the door where evil dwelled.
Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.
 
~Djwhal Khul through Terri Newlon
www.djwhalkhul.net

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A Blessing for the Day

May the Light of your soul guide you.
May the Light of your soul bless the work you do with the love and warmth of your heart. 
May you see in what you do, the beauty of your own soul.
May the sacredness of your work bring healing, light, and renewal to those who work with you and to those who see and receive your work.
May your work never weary you.
May it release within you wellsprings of refreshment, inspiration and excitement.
May you always be present in what you do.
May you never become lost in bland absence. 
May the day never burden you.
May the dawn find you awake and alert, approaching your new day with dreams possibilities and promises.
May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.
May you go into the night blessed sheltered and protected.
May your soul calm, console, and renew you.
 
~John O'Donohoe

"Light descends on us, 

it fits like a glove, 

overwhelmed by grace, 

I am Love."

~Song by Bernie Heideman, Mentor of Dances of Universal Peace

 
CHRISTMAS

Written on Christmas Eve, 1513

I salute you.  I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not.  But there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take.  No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today.  Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow.  Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. There is radiance and glory in darkness, could we but see. And to see, we have only to look.  I beseech you to look!

Life is so generous a giver.  But we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard.  Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love by wisdom, with power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that brings it to you. Everything we call a trial, a sorrow or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there. The gift is there and the wonder of an overshadowing presence.  Your joys, too, be not content with them as joys.  They, too, conceal diviner gifts.

Life is so full of meaning and purpose, so full of beauty beneath its covering, that you will find earth but cloaks your heaven.  Courage then to claim it; that is all! But courage you have, and the knowledge that we are pilgrims together, wending through unknown country home.

And so, at this time, I greet you, not quite as the world sends greetings, but with profound esteem and with the prayer that for you, now and forever, the day breaks and shadows flee away.

~ Fra Giovanni ~

I found this at:

http://www.panhala.net/Written_on_Christmas_Eve.html