Born Again, and Again and Again…

The legendary Christian Christmas story about the birth of Jesus in a manger—with Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, angels, Herod, the Star in the East, and the wise men and their three gifts—provides a spiritual dimension full of rich metaphysical insight.

This insight involves the birth in our awareness of our latent spiritual potential that occurs when we realize that Christmas is true story that applies to each and every one of us. It all happens in consciousness in which each component of the story has a role in the transformative experience of our inner Christmas.

The universal symbolism, the birth of a savior, can also be found in other cultures, religions, and metaphysical traditions throughout the world, and they all share some similarities with the Christian legend.

These similarities clearly indicate that sages from ancient cultures were aware of the fact that we, spiritual beings experiencing a human incarnation, are all walking along this same path of constant birth, death and re-birth on our own personal growth journey.

The story of the savior, the sons and daughters of God, applies to all of us, independently of race or creed, and was represented in different forms throughout history. Ancient Secret Societies also have initiation ceremonies which represent the death and the new birth of the neophyte.

When I mention death and rebirth, I am referring to the concept of “reincarnation”, in other words the “death” of an old state of being and the rebirth into a new one. This can happen on a moment to moment basis, and it must happen if we are moving towards evolution and personal transformation.

In the first movie of the Matrix series we see that legend being played out again. Neo, the fictitious representation of a futuristic savior, goes through a re-birth experience at the beginning of the movie, when his body is rescued from the cocoon (womb?) where he was being kept alive artificially, along with millions of other enslaved humans.

As Neo is released, all the feeding tubes connected to his body are detached (a metaphorical representation of breaking or cutting the umbilical cord), and he goes down through a tunnel that can remind us of a baby moving out of the mother’s womb, into the new life.

Following his liberation, or new birth, Neo’s adventure starts and he learns that there’s much more to this world than he was being led to believe. More than what his five-sense perceptions imposed on him when he was enslaved within the construct of the Matrix.

This beautiful metaphor applies to all of us, as we are our own saviors. But we can’t expect to experience a new state of being if we do not constantly die to an old one and are reborn with a clean slate. Unfortunately there are way too many grownups that have not cut their energetic umbilical cords yet. They live their lives firmly tied to concepts, ideas and beliefs that binds them to an illusion of enslavement.

The energy blockages, unprocessed emotions, and coping strategies that we are enslaved to must go before we can experience the so-called new birth and start living a totally different life. This process may not be easy, but it is necessary if we want to expedite our evolution process and live in the symbolic “Kingdom of God” mentioned by Jesus the Christ.

The blockages that hold our lives back are in reality being kept in place only by ourselves. There’s nobody forcing us to feel miserable or live in the past, right? And it is our task to liberate these blockages and, consequently, free our energy systems.

To initiate the re-birth process we must, first of all, stop the “blame-game” immediately. We must forgive all those who we now hold accountable for our troubles, and realize that the past has no power over us, no more than the power we give to it.

If you keep on blaming, you keep on giving your power away to those people and circumstances. Are they worth it? Are they worth a large amount of your energy? An energy that could be better used to create the things that you truly want in life?

Yes, that is how serious it is; you are constantly misdirecting your energy by holding on to past dramas. No wonder why sometimes you may feel drained, other times heavy and overwhelmed.

We can and must re-enact the birth of the savior within ourselves, constantly, and Christmas is an opportune time to remind ourselves of this important practice. Enjoy the Christmas time with your loved ones, share love and exchange gifts, and reflect on the concept of a new birth, even if you’re not a Metaphysician. This lesson is universal and applies to all of us.

As you liberate the things that hold your life back, you will eventually feel as a new being in a renewed world. So along with the more ways you celebrate Christmas this year, set aside some quality time of prayer and contemplation devoted to the inner metaphysical drama of the Christmas story and let it quicken within you the awareness of your True Nature waiting to be born. It will add a new and profound spiritual dimension to your Christmas experience.

My Christmas wish for myself in the days ahead: a deep and abiding awareness that God is all there is, a commitment to prayer and meditation, and a trusting surrender of the lesser in my life for the greater—a higher consciousness.