The Festival Within

Each Christmas calls us to remember, and also to renew—for within the silence of the heart, the inner child waits to be born.  —study from The Christmas Thought and the Mystery of the Ego

Christmas is often pictured as a story long concluded—a story told again and again. On the surface, the season is adorned with memories and old traditions, but inwardly it whispers a harder truth: that each must welcome its own inner birth. It's here that Steiner reminds us that the Christmas Story lives in the present as a living picture of the soul's rebirth. For within the human being is a quiet place that is waiting to receive the light. ​

In this way, Christmas is the living mystery of light meeting darkness. It is the invitation to awaken to the higher self in the darkness. During this time, we must ask ourselves: will we let Christmas remain only behind us or will we let it become a living festival within us—a birth renewed in the depths of our own hearts?

For just as the Christ Child entered the outer world in silent darkness, so too, the eternal child within us is born in the hidden depths of our being. And yet, from another perspective, the mystery of Christmastime belongs to the rhythm of the cosmos—as the sun is also reborn during the solstice. And it is this very gesture that moves us so deeply. Beneath every candle's flame we sense the spark of a greater fire. And beneath every song we hear an echo of eternity. 

And so this season becomes a living picture of our own becoming. Outside, the world is silent. Inward, the soul is preparing for new birth. For it is only in this still darkness that the mystery of the Ego reveals itself. 

Perhaps this is why the Christmas season feels so personal, yet immense. For we sense in dark night the eternal truth: that humanity itself is being born again. And to celebrate Christmastime in this light is to look inward with wonder. 

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Enjoy a traditional Waldorf Christmas Fair (on Vimeo).

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Read from other blog post below.

Intro - The Four Lights of Advent

The Advent Sprial

The 12 Days of Christmas