Meditation for Christmas Eve
Paramahansa Yogananda
Lift your eyes and concentrate within. Behold the
astral star of divine wisdom and let the wise thought in you follow that telescopic star
to behold the Christ everywhere.
In that land of everlasting Christmas, of festive, omnipresent Christ
Consciousness, you will find Jesus, Krishna, the saints of all religions, the great
guru-preceptors waiting to give you a divine floral reception and everlasting happiness.
Prepare for the coming of baby Christ by decorating an inner Christmas
Tree. Around that sacred tree lay gifts of calmness, forgiveness, nobility, service,
kindness, spiritual understanding, and devotion, each one wrapped in a golden covering of
goodwill and boudn with a silver cord of your pure sincerity.
May the Lord, on the Christmas morn of your spiritual awakening, unwrap
the gorgeous presents of your heart offerings sealed with tears of your joy and boudn with
cords of your eternal fidelity to Him.
He accepts only the gifts of sacred sound qualities. His acceptance
will be His greatest gifts to you; for it means that, in return, the gift He will betow on
you shall be nothing less than Himself. In giving Himself, He shall make your heart big
enough to hold Him. Your heart shall throb with Christ in everything.
Enjoy this festivity, the birth of Christ, in your mind and soul and in every lving
atom. By daily meditation you will prepare the cradle of your consciousness to hold the
infinite baby Christ. Every day will become a true Christmas of divine communion.