Inspiration Articles by Contributing Authors
WARNING! Read at the risk of being inspired. Death and Rebirth at Christmas
By Marlene Buffa
October 24, 2009
No matter what your religious or spiritual beliefs, the irony of a divine birth in the middle of the winter of earthly death inspires faith. Harvest complete, farming dormant, our earthly cycle of seed-to-life lays at rest in the winter months. Instead, the birth of a heavenly idea springs forth each year in the midst of a barren blanket of cold and dark, and our faith in the world renews itself. Death of earthly life – whether animal or vegetable or human – merely represents greater spiritual cycles. The symbols of true power lie not in the longest lifespan or fertile soils, but in the resilient spirit within each of us to perceive and experience an awakening of greater good amidst our darkest days.
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