© Rhoberta Shaler, PhD
www.SoulWiseWays.com

What is “a Christmas Day?”  I invite you to consider an addition to the view offered by the Christmas story, a view that can make every day Christmas for you.

Can you allow yourself to accept that the significance of Christmas is even the birth of Jesus? It can be so much more. It can be that the Christ was revealed. It is a wonderful time of love, respect and gratitude for Jesus’ birth as he had the courage to reveal to the world the secret of a holy consciousness that is always present. 

 As we read and hear the Christmas story every year, eventually it goes beyond our individual minds to the part of us that can be awakened.  Many men and women go through their entire lifetimes without this area of consciousness ever being awakened.  It is available to them always.

A Christmas Day is a day of renewed dedication to the nature of God and prayer. We can live with our intellectual understanding, practicing it until we experience our own Christmas morning, a morning of spiritual rebirth, a dawning in our consciousness of the nature of the Christ.

An influential teacher in my life, Joel Goldsmith, wrote:

“The birth of the Christ is your Christmas Day and mine. It is that particular moment in which there is something in the nature of an awakening or in the nature of an awareness in which you realize that something is now functioning of which you heretofore were unaware. It may only be in fleeting glimpses. It may be in a few individual experiences, but for all, the experience is the same. …

Realize within yourself the Christ, the Christmas Day. Let every day be a Christmas Day of realization, and then loose that Christ into the world and let It touch those who are prepared.”

I wish you the joy and wonder of a Christmas Day, this day and every day.

Much joy and many blessings,
Rhoberta

Rhoberta Shaler, PhD
www.SoulWiseWays.com
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© Rhoberta Shaler, PhD

You’ve likely noticed that we have more opportunities these days to remind ourselves of spiritual principles. That’s because there are more messages filled with negativity, scarcity and limitation bombarding us. Chicken Little is alive and well, screaming that the sky is falling!

Clearly, things are changing. It’s really no surprise, is it? Everyone likes to think it is possible to get something for nothing. Could it really have been possible to buy a house with an inflated price tag with a huge loan that your income really could not support? No, but it happened. Is it really a good idea to get a credit card with 0% interest to start, buy the things you wanted and then find yourself with a 25% or 36% interest accruing? No, but it happened.

I was talking with a dear friend a couple of years ago. He is a wonderfully generous man with an amazingly talented wife, and buying a home where they could entertain was a dream. His income barely supported the small, run-down home they rented. He thought it was a miracle when a mortgage company approved their loan on the big house with the huge garden for entertaining. And, it was a miracle in the truest sense: there was no way to explain how it could possibly happen!

Having lunch with him six months ago, the miracle had faded into a source of incredible stress, fear and pain. The variable rate mortgage that made it possible for them to have the house was now eating up every single cent he could bring in, with nothing left for bills, or daily food–not to mention for the entertaining that was so important. They were distraught.

So, what about the miracle? The tremendous gratitude my friends felt for being able to purchase the house had become depression over the potential albatross it had become. Their pain was intense as they saw their dreams fading into ruined credit and a return to the tiny, inadequate rental housing of earlier years. What to do?

Fortunately for them, another miracle took place: a friend who loved and appreciated them stepped in and helped them even before the government made it possible for them to renegotiate their mortgage. This fellow believed in them and their talents. A miracle!

A Course in Miracles tells us that:

“Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle….A miracle is a service. It is the maximal service you can render to another. It is a way of loving your neighbor as yourself. You recognize your own and your neighbor’s worth simultaneously.”

So, was the miracle in the being approved for the loan, living in a house that seemed way beyond what was affordable, or, the love of the friend who removed the financial pain? All seem to qualify.

The miracles are the teachers. They are not magic because they arise from conviction of what is possible. Do they put an end to pain? Perhaps, temporarily, but other things will arise. That’s life.

“Miracles are healing because they supply a lack; they are performed by those who temporarily have more for those who temporarily have less.”

We all have something to give, no matter what the economy. We all will have learning associated with both our lack and our miracles. That’s life.

Have you had a miracle lately? I hope you’ll share it with us here.

Many blessings,
Rhoberta

Rhoberta Shaler, PhD
Founder, Spiritual Living Network
www.SpiritualLivingNetwork.com
www.SoulWiseWays.com

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©  Rhoberta Shaler, PhD

You Are Rich If…

You remember the image of something so exquisitely beautiful it took your breath away.

You can hear a friend’s words of encouragement still ringing in your ear.

You remember one wise thing a caring adult told you.

You remember a time when laughter caused tears to run down your cheeks and you to double over to catch your breath.

You have any holiday tradition that you still insist on following, no matter how trivial or crazy.

You have someone with whom you have no secrets, some who knows you well and loves you because of it.

You know how it feels to have your heart expand with love.

You like yourself and demonstrate it by treating yourself well.

You know what brings you joy and you create it purposefully.

You have a happy memory that lights you up on dark days.

You see the cup half full, and know you are holding the pitcher to fill it.

You love freely without judgment, just because it’s who you are.

You have released past hurts as there is no remedy.

You embrace the present moment because it is the only time you have.

You have someone to call who will brighten up by hearing your voice.

You know there is no one to blame and no longer go looking for them.

You believe you are beautiful in every way.

You notice and appreciate small joys, wonders and gestures as well as the big ones.

You believe in yourself and others.

Someone lights up when you walk in the room.

You have loved and been loved by a dog.

Every day you find something for which to give thanks.

I give thanks for you for…

…finding the sunlight and walking in it even when the world wants to tell you it is raining and there’s more to come.

…loving life because you’re breathing–and it beats what is in second place.

…bringing a smile to someone’s face by putting one on your own.

…taking the time to appreciate the presence of another in your life.

…reaching out to say “Thank you” for the small things that touch your heart and mind.

…living your truth, no matter what those around you have to say about it.

…remembering that life is a journey to be experienced fully, not a destination to reach or a race to be won.

…being ever aware of the gift of Life in every moment, opening it and being delighted with whatever is in the package.

…and for being a center of peace, love and well-being–on purpose.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Many blessings, much love and great joy,
Rhoberta

Rhoberta Shaler, PhD
Consultant. Coach. Counselor. Catalyst.
…leading you to align your values, vision, beliefs & purpose to create the life & livelihood you long for
www.ForWomenEntrepreneurs.com
www.SoulWiseWays.com

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