Have A Joyful Christmas

Return to joy.

Don't try to find it in the future. Joy is not hope. Don't try to find it in the past. Joy is not an ancient story. And all stories are ancient, even the tale of yesterday. And please don't travel to a higher plane, an elevated state of consciousness, in search of joy. You will never find it there, because joy is not a "state" to be gained or lost.

Neither is joy a condition or circumstance, the good fortune of some but not others. If you resent the joy of others, you will never find your own.

Joy is what Existence is doing when You aren't doing anything to overshadow it, to stifle with anxious thinking what glows from the heart of Presence. "For which of you by anxious thought can add one inch to your stature?" (Mat. 6:27)

Does the light of joy descend from "above"? No, it wells up like a tear from within. Joy is the light already embedded in darkness, the fragrance of the void, the music in the hollow of the bell not struck, the overflowing wealth earned by not-doing. If you need a reason for your joy, it isn't joy. Reasons why make you poor.

Jesus said, "I tell you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete." (John 15:11) Return to joy. Right here. Right now. Breathe joy. Give birth to God.