Merry Christmas!

[Guest guest]

I wish a very Merry Christmas to all the Christians on

this list. May The Lord bless you and bring joy and

peace to your heart and to your family. May the love

and charity that Christians profess during the holiday

season persist throughout the year.

I am not a Christian myself, but I have lived in a

Christian country (USA) 26 years. I have found the

average Christian to be a warm, generous, loving

person. This is of course fitting. Jesus taught love

and compassion above all else. He was a wise teacher

who should be honored and respected as a just and

noble philosopher by persons of all faiths. Some of

his followers in more recent years have failed to live

up to his teachings, but this is their fault, not his.

It is my firm belief that everyone has something to

teach, and that only a fool believes s/he has nothing

to learn. I have learned much from my Christian

neighbors, and I have long hoped that they might learn

a little from me.

Christian theology teaches that God the Father

loved humanity so much that he sent his only son,

Jesus, to visit the earth. Jesus died a painful,

humilitating death at the hands of the Romans so that

humanity could be free. Hinduism, likewise, maintains

that the gods love humanity and protect us from harm.

Vishnu has visited the earth many times. Durga and

Kali fought long battles against armies of demons

intent on enslaving humanity. Thus although we differ

in detail, we agree on principles. We are to be

grateful to the Divine for creating and protecting

us, and for loving us all despite our human

imperfections.

Tomorrow, I shall join my husband's sister and her

family for a great Christian feast. My sister-in-law

is herself a Christian minister. I have no

reservations about this; I am grateful to her for

accepting me into her home despite my difference in

faith. Although I remain true in my heart to my love

of Mother Kali, I shall gladly raise a glass of

wassail and sing songs of a baby born in a barn in

Bethlehem, and wish all my friends and in-laws a very

merry Christmas.

 

Sister Usha

 

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Sister Usha Devi

Founder, Divinely Female and worshipper of the Sacred Flame that shines inside

every woman

 

 

 

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