Advent

This season before Christmas is often referred to as Advent, as in coming.  Something or someone is coming and we are supposed to get ready for it.  But it is not just a Christian idea.  All people who are on some spiritual path or trying to get on one, are Advent people.  They wait for some spiritual force to come to them either from within or from without.  If you believe the power is already within you, then its coming is from the depths of yourself into a consciousness that can direct your day.  No matter where the power or force comes from, it cannot do much good if it cannot get through the door.  We all have a door.  Over the years of not so good behavior the door gets heavy and rusty with faults, bad habits, cynicism and selfishness, not to say general fear of losing power, control and esteem.  Lots of rust.  So, getting started on the spiritual journey can be slow going at first.  Meditation, inspirational reading, some silence and solitude, are the oil can.  I guess prayer is kind of a squirt each day on that door.  Gradually, it will open wider and more easily.  A squirt in the morning and a squirt later in the day can let that spiritual force come into play.  I have found it so.  Stay oiled.