{"id":4383,"date":"2012-12-13T20:32:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T01:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=4383"},"modified":"2012-12-13T20:32:13","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T01:32:13","slug":"illuminated-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2012\/12\/illuminated-hearts.html","title":{"rendered":"Illuminated Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nationalgeographic.com\/wpf\/media-live\/photos\/000\/253\/cache\/starry-sky-washington_25309_990x742.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Silhouette of a person against a starry sky\" width=\"989\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Illuminated Hearts<\/p>\n<p>In the depths of winter, the stars scatter across the pitch black expanse<\/p>\n<p>Dancing with abandon, solo and in overlapping soul-circles<\/p>\n<p>Like so many pirouetting, leaping, cavorting, frolicsome rhythmaticians<\/p>\n<p>Beckoning earthbound journeyers to hurl their corporeal forms skyward<\/p>\n<p>To join them in celestial celebration<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Festivals of Light, ancient and abiding<\/p>\n<p>Heralding the annual call of Pacem in terris<\/p>\n<p>Candles aglow from the nine limbed menorah speak of limitless miracles<\/p>\n<p>Star of Bethlehem welcomes the anointed one, who echoes that we are each that<\/p>\n<p>With the Solstice, God &amp; Goddess dance as one in the forms of the Great Mother &amp; Sun Child.<\/p>\n<p>Matunda ya kwanza-first fruits are honored as the seven candles of the kinara become luminescent<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Held \u00a0in an ever growing circle of illuminated hearts<\/p>\n<p>A primordial human desire to heal rather than harm<\/p>\n<p>To merge rather than separate<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate rather than desecrate<\/p>\n<p>To practice tikkun olam-repair of the world<\/p>\n<p>Planting the seeds in fertile soil<\/p>\n<p>Blossoming \u00a0brilliantly<\/p>\n<p>Whispering \u201clove only\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/wSHSzGzqwfs\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/wSHSzGzqwfs<\/a>\u00a0Wizards in Winter-Trans Siberian Orhestra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Illuminated Hearts In the depths of winter, the stars scatter across the pitch black expanse Dancing with abandon, solo and in overlapping soul-circles Like so many pirouetting, leaping, cavorting, frolicsome rhythmaticians Beckoning earthbound journeyers to hurl their corporeal forms skyward To join them in celestial celebration &nbsp; 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