 Out of the silence, miracles are born. When we contemplate the reality of renaissance as a perpetual blessing that sustains and informs our lives, we welcome the renewal that is available to us in every breath. As we await the rebirth of the sun and its life giving light, we know that we are part of a larger vision than our own. We know that we are part of the All that has existed from that first moment in the illusion of time. We know that light is the manifestation of our essential being. Namaste! https://www.tobiehewitt.com/contact.html to join my mailing list. (Art by Joy Argento)
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 The stark beauty of bare tree branches reaching into the gray morning sky reminds us of our own cycle of life. We incarnate into the physical plane and enjoy our span of manifestation, then experience rebirth on the other side of the veil. The illusion in the physical plane of the cycle of life and death serves to instill in us a sense of longing and at the same time fulfillment. Through our physical journey, we seek to gain an understanding of our physical being. When we are non-physical spirits, we welcome the lessons available only in the realm of form. Namaste! https://www.tobiehewitt.com/contact.html to join my mailing list. (Art by Joy Argento)
 While some have finished their holiday revelries and reveries, others still have several more days of preparation in advent of celebration. Whatever the form our rituals take at this time of year, they are all rooted in the idea of renaissance, of birth or rebirth, of new beginnings arising from the darkness to spread the light of love throughout the earth. In this time of faith and hope, we may dig deeper to add charity of thought and deed to our daily routine that we manifest the vision of the Creative Spirit on earth. It is in giving that we receive the knowledge that we are one. Namaste! https://www.tobiehewitt.com/contact.html to join my mailing list. (Art by Joy Argento)
 Celebrate! The darkness has reached its full depth and the sun awaits in solitude to be reborn. Even though the daylight hours will not seem any longer for some time, we know that in reality, the sun will soon start to wend its way higher in the sky until, six months from now, we will be celebrating its zenith and coming descent. But, at this moment, we are in the midst of the Winter Solstice. As we sit in anticipation, we may hear the far off crunch of snow, the ringing of bells, the singing of holiday tunes, or the crackling of the hearth fire. From the depth of the silence and the darkness, we become aware of the dawning of hope kindled by the promise of a renaissance of light. Namaste! https://www.tobiehewitt.com/contact.html to join my mailing list.
 The days of greatest and deepest darkness are upon us. Now is the time when we must stand beyond faith and know that the sun will return to warm us and illuminate our path. In ancient times, how frightening it must have been to not know that the growing darkness would not swallow the Earth forever and that the nurturing and life-giving orb in the sky was not about to disappear, never to return. Our far distant ancestors were impelled to create rituals that would invite the light to return. As we light our candles to dispel the darkness, we reach back in time, in community with our earlier selves. Namaste! https://www.tobiehewitt.com/contact.html to join my mailing list. (Art by Joy Argento)
 As spiritual beings housed within physical forms, we are often frustrated to find that our connections to others are limited rather than helped by our physical manifestation. As such, no matter what lengths we go to to join with another on this plane, there is too often a sense of separation. This feeling can manifest as loneliness and disassociation from others. For those who feel this estrangement most acutely, it can often become a challenge to experience a connection to anyone. At this time of year, marked by celebrations in community, we are charged with reaching out to those in most need of compassion, empathy, and kindness. In the light of love, all are welcome. Namaste! https://www.tobiehewitt.com/contact.html to join my mailing list. (Art by Joy Argento)
 We are each filled with a sparkling and radiant light that is the visible manifestation of our individual spirit within the physical form. As such, we are never truly in the dark, for we each carry with us at all times our portion of that light which is eternally connected to the Creative Spirit that brought us into being. As we meditate on this radiance, we can begin to feel it radiate into the recesses of our physical being and further into the very air around us. Rare though it is to see the spirit of one incarnate, this light can be perceived by the eyes of the heart as an expression of the energy of love. Namaste! https://www.tobiehewitt.com/contact.html to join my mailing list. (Art by Joy Argento)
 All cultures celebrate festivals of light at this time of year as the darkness overwhelms us. From Diwali, to Chanukah, to Saint Lucy’s Day, to Christmas, to Kwanza, all holidays at this time of year incorporate light into their rituals. Whether stemming from the miraculous or from a call to service and inspiration, candlelight serves not only to illuminate the path we each must walk, but also reminds us that we are spiritual beings having a physical experience. The radiance of each spirit comes together in community to celebrate the vanquishing of the darkness of ignorance and intolerance and invites us to share in striving for the greater good of the All. The festivals of light remind us that we are all a part of the light of the Creative Spirit. Namaste! https://www.tobiehewitt.com/contact.html to join my mailing list. (Art by Joy Argento)
 The hours of darkness grow, day by day, until it seems we have hardly begun our day when the sun begins its descent below the horizon. We say there are not enough hours to complete our tasks and we feel the lethargy that sets in when we do not receive enough of the sun’s rays to revive and energize us. Like hibernating creatures, we sleep more in an effort to assuage the exhaustion of dealing with less sun (and perhaps more snow). We can benefit from shifting our awareness from the outer darkness to the growing internal brightness. The light that lives in our hearts leaps with a growing expectancy of the miraculous inching its way toward us. Namaste! https://www.tobiehewitt.com/contact.html to join my mailing list. (Art by Joy Argento)
 The touch of a loved one. The smile of a child. A friend calling at that moment when we feel most alone. These are all miracles. When we become grateful for these occurrences, we increase our awareness of all the miracles that surround us each day and, in doing so, we realize the ever-increasing incidence of the miraculous in our lives. In the moment of silence, we can breathe in the loving energy that surrounds us and feel the totality of the miracle of our being present in this place at this time, and even though the concepts of time and space exist as illusion to sustain our physical beings, we can rest assured that our existence is indeed a miracle. We exist because the Creative Spirit breathed the energy of love into physical form, creating the interdependent web in which we live. Namaste! https://www.tobiehewitt.com/contact.html to join my mailing list. (Art by Joy Argento)
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