Happy Solar New Year

At 9:24 MST this morning the new solar year will begin.  The sun will start to rise in the sky bringing warmth and longer days.  During this Winter Solstice we will reflect on the past year and start planning for the spring.  As we live within the cycles of nature, winter is for resting, so I spend a lot of time writing as you can tell.  We will start discussing which plants to grow, when to start them, hatching chickens & ducks and planning for the arrival of baby goats as well.  

In a few days we have invited our clan to our place for our yearly clan party.  I look forward to this party as it is important to get together on a regular basis to break bread and catch up on what everyone is doing.  Spending time with family and friends are important to us, so we do this whenever we can.  I long for the days where communities get together once a week to spend time together.  Instead we do it through interfaces rather face-to-face.  

The feudal serfs are preparing themselves for their statutory holidays, granted to them by their feudal masters.  Statutes are nothing more than royal public announcements (promulgation).  Statutory Holidays are granted to the kings serfs so that they can have specific days off throughout the year.  It is the kings attempt to ensure that the serfs are not taken advantage of by unscrupulous business owners who try to get everything they can from the human resources at their disposal.  They think these resources can be pillaged like any other natural resource on this planet.  After all, the king swore and oath to protect the people and that also means to ensure the vulnerable are protected as well.  

We don't celebrate or recognize statutory holidays.  Instead we follow our own customs and traditions.  We are working hard to remove our dependency on the Gregorian Calendar as it is messed up and does not follow any natural cycle on this planet, the horrible symptoms of greed.  We would love to move to a lunar calendar as it would help out with so many of our activities throughout the year.  

It is also this time of year when we renew our commitment to walking the path where we express Christ level of consciousness.  This journey has not been easy but has been rewarding.  During this celebration I reflect on the past year and work to forgive myself and others so that I can let go of any emotional baggage that I may be carrying.  Despite all that has unfolded, people still make mistakes and we are all learning.  So I work to forgive as I celebrate my own personal jubilee to ensure the slates are clean for the new year.  I also work hard to break the slates so that I don't keep score any longer.  Keeping score means somebody wins and others lose.  I don't want to keep score any longer.  Instead I want to have a loving relationship with people where everyone enjoys prosperity.  So today I work on busting up my slates and continue working on my journey towards Christ level consciousness.

So in the spirit of the earthly season and the impacts it has on Spirit, I celebrate the new solar year today and I look forward to what the new year brings.  May Creator bless us all with peace, freedom, prosperity, joy and love as we embark on yet another trip around the sun!  A timeless tradition that influences life on this planet and requires that we come into harmony with that cycle so that we can use this experience to grow as young, youthful spiritual beings.