For many people Christmas is stressful. Indeed many people have actually come to abhor the holiday. The fact is that Christmas is at base a spiritual occasion, a celebration of the emanation identified as Christ and as such is a wonderful reminder about a better way.

Christ energy is larger than words but some words will indicate its gift. One of the most obvious words to apply is love. In the presence of Christ love is limitless. It is not bound by affiliations that include some and exclude others. All are considered within this care filled dimension such that even your enemy has a gift of some sort to offer.

Awareness of the Christ energy extinguishes fear. Fear filled wary watchfulness has you hiding in the shadow of the walls that constrain your awareness. In awakening this infinite connectivity the clarity of your oceanic opportunity is revealed.

This emboldens creativity and generosity in action. It enables you to travel lightly and with a greater grace. Enamoured in Christ energy you are able to cast aside the ego’s swords and armour that slow you with their weight.

Christmas is more than parties and presents. They will all be over and forgotten in a short time. It is not worth weeks of worry about whether the venue is prepared to a sufficiently high standard to welcome your guests. It is not worth beggaring your finance to buy objects for consumption.

Family connections are another common cause for Christmas concern. Christ energy reminds you that family is filled with wonderful opportunity and are deeper than one day. Familial tensions are more than an annual chore. They can be seen as learning lessons to be worked through and honoured all year long.

Surely the information offered through the allegory of Jesus Christ encourages each of us to reach for the high standards he is said to have set regardless of your adherence to any particular focus of faith. No matter what your religion is or that you may be utterly confirmed as secular, considering and inviting a sense of Christ energy will bring you a resounding Christmas cheer.

Martin Hunter Jones is an honorary life member of the Australian Counselling Association. He has a practice on the Northern Beaches. Phone 9973 4997.