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Imaginary Flight and the
Odyssey of Christmas
By Julian Wash |
Rattleberry
Pie |
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
For: rattlereport.com |
Dear Humans,
Today I wish to return to your awareness the virtue of the
season, the power of love and the power of imagination. I
invite you to take a little journey with me into a world of magic
and wonder. And this journey comes with a promise that a
certain truth will radiate as clear and bright as the tapestry of
stars dotting the constellations of winter.
The Solstice and The Cross
On around the twenty-second of December, Earth transitions into
Winter Solstice, ushering in the shortest day of the year.
About this time the Sun appears to rise and set exactly in the same
place for three days. This was once seen as most unusual
because the Sun normally scoots over a tiny bit either higher or
lower every day. On Christmas the Sun “wakes” from its three
days of slumber and once again begins scooting over a little bit
higher in its daily arc across the sky. The mythology
of the ancients told the story of how the Sun “died” on the
celestial cross of the Solstice. The cross can be thought of
as a point in the heavens where the axis of precession crosses the
ecliptic. The return of the migrating Sun, or “rebirth”
brought great joy, relief and celebration to early observers.
The more modern meaning of the date may well have been a Roman
contribution. On Christ-Mass, or Christmas, Christians
celebrate the birth of Jesus on the very day the Sun emerges from
its three days of rest. Religious scholars of all walks and
persuasions have long questioned the authenticity of this date as
His true birthday. The subject continues to be a matter of
conjecture.
Debates aside, Christmas remains a very special, whimsical
celebration of light and birth. With each passing day that
follows, Christmas brings the promise of a slightly longer day of
light as a “gift” to a weary world facing a long, bleak and often
brutal winter.
But our journey is not about the study of religious dogma or
scholars and not about astrotheology, paganism, saturnalia or
druidic customs and tradition. Today we will walk our own
path and discover our own little secret truth about this time of
love and joy. Did I say walk? Why walk when… we can
fly.
Taking a Ride in an Open Sleigh
Let’s start our journey on board a magical, candy apple red sleigh
which by all accounts defies gravity, aerodynamics and pretty much
matter, space and time as we know it. There are no
special requirements for this flight, no qualifying certificate or
license. One should simply bring an imagination and perhaps a
Santa hat if so desired. Flying reindeer take us from rooftop
to rooftop all across the world -and our driver who is both robust
in size and demeanor, effortlessly glides down chimneys with a sack
full of toys and goodies for the children who believe in this jolly
fellow –and even to those who don’t.
Of course there will be a good many that would dismiss any of this
as real. For this group of well-meaning skeptics I would be
remiss by failing to ask the Socratic question, “What is
real?” The very question is presented rather stridently by
the gatekeepers of wisdom- one must try to answer if they plan to
enter higher realms of reason. No worries- we’re together on
this one. One of the more clever tools in the arsenal box of
sages is to simply respond to a question with a more focused
version of the original.
What is the Reality of Thought?
The chair you’re sitting on, the computer you’re tethered to, the
lights, the car, the structure you dwell in were nothing more than
“imagination” at one time. Some would go so far as to say
they still are. So the question becomes “what is the reality
of thought?” Where exactly is the line drawn between thought
-and what is “real?”
In the case of a loving romance some believe validation comes in
the form of a physical representation, such as bringing
flowers. By doing so one has manifested an external
construct as a device to help reflect what is real on the
inside. There are margins of error in these external
constructs. Anybody can bring flowers to someone and say they
love them- even if it’s not so. In such a case it can
be sensibly argued that the sincere thought is more “real” than the
representative physical action of delivering a
bouquet.
To be fair, “it’s all in your head” is a rather valid expression
though generally regarded as sarcastic in intent. A thought,
a spark of creativity, an imagined place, person or thing are to
some just as real as the feeling they get when seeing a
child’s eyes light up on Christmas morning. The physical
aspect of the experience is external- but what goes on in the
inside is very real.
Our interaction with physical matter, like using a wrench to turn a
bolt or miscalculating a hammer swing onto a finger, is an
experience brought to you by the physical universe- but it’s your
awareness, your thought about the experience that validates it as
real. This imaginary world is not so imaginary after
all. So I’ve got another secret to share with
you-
Santa Claus is Real
Over a billion children could not possibly be wrong. If one
does not hear sleigh bells on Christmas Eve then perhaps they’re
not listening hard enough. And should one insist that Santa
Claus is just an imaginary person then I would be the first to
agree. I would also proceed by introducing myself as an
imaginary person and go on from there.
Before one tells little Johnny or Jenny there is no Santa- they
should first ask if that is what they believe or is it just what
they’ve been told. Santa Claus may be “merely a
thought” and yet, are we not all born from thought? During
this magical season, let’s not be so hasty deciding what is real
and what is not. After all, if one were to keep looking deep
within, down to the atomic level and beyond, they would eventually
see themselves as pure energy. And that, my dear Humans, is
exactly what a thought is- Pure energy.
The secret I've been alluding to is that Santa, as a “state of
mind” is quite real. So let your inner-child run free,
embrace the boundless excitement, the thrill of anticipation and
all the power of imagination the season has to offer. And
should you decide to ride with the bearded one in the red suit on
that special flight, imagine Peace to all and to all a good
night.
-Until next time
email: jwash@rattlereport.com
Article originally published at:
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