Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from my Sufi Teacher Amat-un-Nur

"The last of the Roman calendar months is December. /The name December may be divided into Dec for decreasing and Ember as the burning ember./ December thus means the decreasing heat of the last burning ember of the year./ Like a dying flame, the year is coming to its close./ The embers of the solar dispensation of one year are cooling off./ The new year will begin with January which is named after the Roman god Janus who is guardian of gates and doorways./ He is two headed for one face of his looks ruefully to the past and the other eagerly to the future./ He is the herald of endings and beginnings. / What is the relevance of all this for us?/ We know that the two faces emerge from one body and in our case the two are the aspects of our will and desire linked to the past and future./ We regret what has past and know that it cannot be changed and neither will it return, and we are hopeful that what is to come may be the bringer of fulfillment to us./ It is not a surprise that December also hosts Christmas./ This is the birth of Christ consciousness in us, bringing the meaningful discernment of lessons learnt for future prudence. /The past must teach us something of value which then shapes our will into serving the future more sincerely and with truth- orientation./ To say Happy New Year is to re-affirm the happiness that would result from our shedding the ignorance of the past, for acquiring the benevolence that a higher born consciousness would bring./ The New Year will be happy depending on the effectiveness of our learning from past errors./Only then can we enter a fresh chance of living better and happier./ So this is my message to you dear ones..../ Be the servants of a new will to breakthrough into your best Self. /Happy is the one who is born from the measure of his suffering into joy. /Be the measure of this joy by dispelling the sorrows that the lesser ego piled upon you in the year gone by. / May Allah grant you all abundance of joy, mirth, good health, vigour, vitality, youthfulness of body, heart and soul and ripe maturity of mind and spirit./ Live to the fullest, laught to the fullest and be fearless in the trust that God is with you wheresoever you may be."/ Taking the liberty of adding a little poem I wrote/ May this Christmas be a golden shower/On newly found hopes in the heart of New Year/May global health be our gift of frageant flower/To gather light of understanding without dark fear/ Wishing whole world a happy, healthy, harmonious New Year