Head of the Year / Purpose Fulfilled

Rosh Hashana, which means “head of the year” begins tonight, Sept 29, 2008. Though it falls in the 7th month of the Hebrew calendar it is the beginning of the new Spiritual Year. It is a time to look back and review lessons. However, it’s main theme is looking ahead – giving God a snapshot of what type of year you are envisioning.

Some of us were given the insight last January that 2008 is the Year of True Purpose. You probably have had a sense of this, even if you didn’t know it specifically. The What’s Up on Planet Earth post for September 29, 2008 addresses our True Purpose. Here is an excerpt from that post.

“And this is the way of our current transition. We are letting go of anything that is not pure and clean, or vibrating high. And we are thus going directly to Source. And this creates the necessity to learn new ways. And this is why we have recently been plugged in to our true and authentic selves…connecting more fully to our souls or to Source. And this is why so much of the old world in now falling away in earnest. And this is why we need to be very good at what we do. And this is why we are now ready to be who we came to be, have always known who that is (even though we think we do not), or are now getting the opportunity to discover who that is and get up to speed with it.”
What’s Up on Planet Earth

I wish you all the most joyous fulfilled spiritual year possible.

“Now I’ve been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come. And, I do believe it could be something good has begun.”
Cat Stevens, Peace Train

Cracked Pots & Spiritual Deepening

Reprinted from the Zemira Newlsetter 9/11/2007

At sundown Wednesday, September 12th the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana ushers in the Spiritual new year and a 10 day period of reflection which closes the “Book of Life” for the year so we may begin afresh. This is followed several days later by a 7 day “the work is done” celebration called “Sukkot” and then a two day celebration of receiving deeper spiritual enlightenment.

On Thursday, the 13th of September, the 30 day holiday of Ramadan begins. Ramadan is one of the most holiest holidays among Muslims. It is believed that in this month the Qu’ran was revealed to the prophet Mohammad. Ramadan is basically the spiritual cleansing of the soul through self restraint.

Whether you are Jewish or Muslim or Christian or Buddhist or agnostic or green slime from the planet xgeyt, let us join together to reflect on our relationships, clear our souls and make things right with all, so we may receive greater light.

Here is something to meditate on to begin your reflection.

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends
of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a
crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a
full portion of water. At the end of the long walks from the stream
to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing
home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot
was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was
ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only
do half of what it had been made to do.

After two  years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it
spoke to the woman one day by the stream.

“I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes
water to leak out all the way back to your house.”

The old woman smiled, “Did you notice that there are flowers on
your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s
because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower
seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back,
you water them.

“For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to
decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there
would not be this beauty to grace the house.”

Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it’s the cracks and flaws
we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and
rewarding.

You’ve just got to take each person for what they are and look for
the good in them.