Solstice Altar
The beauty of Winter Solstice is courage in itself. It is the courage to know that to be new is not necessarily going to be accepted by those expecting the commonplace. … a new you is ready … that will carry you through the new cycle. … Solstice is the time when you give up what you have and accept what is being born as the new power within you, the awareness within you, the new person within you. Gregge Tiffen (Winter Solstice: The Christmas Story)
What I would exhort you to, what I would give as a gift to you, what I would lay down a soul for, would be for your awareness to recognize that this is a personal event for your life. It is the time that has been set up on this planet for you and Heaven to be with each other without interference. Gregge Tiffen (The Winter Solstice: Giving To Yourself – December, 2007)
As we move closer to the Winter Solstice Day, I feel myself – my cells – beginning to settle, quieting in preparation for the deep quiet of the longest night. Recognizing that here in the northern hemisphere, a cycle is complete, and a new one will follow, while our friends in the southern hemisphere are at the midway point of their journey.
This is a time for going within to ‘be with Heaven without interference’ provided I can tune out the internal noise that all too often interferes with being fully present in the moment. As a time of completion and preparing the way for new beginnings, Solstice is a time for releasing everything. Farewell wishes and wants. Adios pain, worries, discomfort, and the stories that accompany them. Goodbye fears, hopes, and judgments, as well as all who have crossed my path whether in peace or discord.
I release all with deep peace and with knowing that which serves and all that is aligned with my Being and higher consciousness is always accessible to return when called.
As I write, I feel the gates opening for this release along with a hint of receptivity to the new, to what will emerge in this cycle to come. And I notice that this opens me to a Solstice Prayer …
May we release all that is not service to Life. May I.
May we each know peace within so as to walk in the world as peaceful Beings. May I.
May each of our paths be lighted with Truth, inspiration, and guidance to restore harmony among ourselves (and our cells) and respectful relationship with all of Nature and the cosmos beyond.
May we follow our paths to create a world is Life generating and Life enhancing. May I.
May we hospice and release all systems that are not in service to Life as we co-create new systems that honor and respect ALL Life.
May ALL Beings awaken to the Truth of who we BE.
Moonrise Over the Sangres