"This Week"
by the
Bahrain Meditation Centre

24^th December, 2005

The Christmas Tree is a very spiritual symbol teaching us many lessons of life. We cut down numberless trees and spend extortionate amounts decorating them, but seldom stop to ask the question: What does it all mean? This could perhaps be one interpretation. That it is a reminder of us, the Human Family, living and growing together in harmony. But let us start at the beginning, always assuming there is a beginning!

The seed is always buried, unseen, hidden, and underground. This represents the Supreme, the Divine, the Creator, known to all of humanity as God. God is the one Being who is spoken about the most, by the majority, and yet whom we know the least about. However, He too is invisible, unseen, hidden, both in our subconscious and heart. The seed is very often not revealed until the tree has reached complete maturity and bears fruit. Hence, God as the Supreme Seed, within whom is contained the ‘DNA’, the knowledge, is revealed at the end and symbolized by the shining star at the top of the tree.

The tree is an evergreen - a reminder that the virtues in the soul are ‘for ever green’. They don’t leave us; it is we who lose sight of them.

The different ornaments on the tree represent all the variety of actors on this world drama stage. Each one has their own place (role) on their own branch (faith) which we accept and appreciate without judgment or criticism.

The angel, also at the top, is a reminder of our perfect, higher form, i.e. the nicer side of all of us. As part of the saying goes, there is a saint in every sinner. It is only with the passage of time that we learn to understand that all beauty and mastery lies within us, but only when we uncover our angelic qualities. If someone does a good deed, what do we say? They are an angel. Angels are beyond gender, hence representing the virtues in the soul which is also beyond gender.

So, whether one is a Christian or not, the Supreme Santa comes in the dark night of ignorance, laden with gifts of knowledge, virtues and powers for all of us. Santa is not only a reminder of the generosity of the Supreme Consciousness embracing all the souls of the world, but also of our current Time, the dark night. We may be dead to the world, with our conscience half asleep; however, the present time is calling upon each one of us to bestow gifts and plant positive seeds for the future of humanity. Yet we leave you with the ultimate question: which comes first, the seed or the tree?

Seasons greetings to all

Om Shanti
(I am a peaceful soul)

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