I hadn’t known I would be able to watch the Open MSIA Seminar Live Online from San Francisco, but through loving each moment I was blessed to be able to do so.  By calling in the Light throughout my day, blessings “just happened” to pour forth in ordinary, simple ways, leaving me with my newly purchased Christmas tree all ready to be decorated just five minutes before the Seminar began.  As I sorted through our box of decorations, I watched and listened to the Seminar through my cellphone, with headphones on, sometimes tucking my phone into my pants pocket so I could reach the top of the tree easily or jot a quick note to myself in my journal.  It was a lovely experience of cooperation with the abundance of goodness present. What a beautiful way to enjoy the inner Christ — adorning a precious tree with lights and touchstones of Christmas past while listening and watching our Traveler share about the Christ within!

Our seminar began with the lovely, gracious MC Lynn welcoming us all!  Aaron Maxwell then called us forward into the Light, reminding us of our gratitude to the Lord for divine protection and guidance.  We were then blessed with three delightful, moving contributions.  First, Laila Millar engaged us all in a sweet Czech Nativity Carol where we sang together about being “rocked” by the Lord.  Then, LeAnna Sharp sang a glorious adaptation of “Tonight” from the play, West Side Story.

Phil Danza shared about how NOW Productions continues to mine through the vault of John-Roger’s 5,000-plus seminars to bring us new excerpts of wisdom and comfort.  We then listened and watched several recently culled excerpts from J-R through the years, concluding with a few powerful moments from a Christmas seminar from over 30 years ago.  Phil noted that J-R has brought forward 20 Christmas Eve Seminars.  Then, John Morgan played his gentle guitar and sang an original song about moments of awareness which he called, “Standing by the Open Door.”

John Morton then joined us and continued with the inviting message that the Lord’s door is always open. It’s our choice to enter and allow the Spirit to become a greater and greater part of our lives.   John shared about how John-Roger has worked cooperatively with Spirit for over 50 years to bring forward the teachings of the Traveler, reminding us that what matters most is to love one another as the Lord loves us.  I enjoyed hearing John share about how John chose to serve Spirit, to help John-Roger and serve his works, and that he is always learning and choosing to do better as a Traveler in this world.

John reminded us that we are all being called into our own MSIA, meaning we are all in our own personal movements of spiritual inner awareness.  We are all on a “path to mastership,” which is also the title of a wonderful book and seminar by John-Roger, because we are all on a loving path to and with God always.  John reminded us to look at our lives and ask if we are making progress in what our soul, our true nature, came here into this world to do.  It’s important to check out our experiences in each moment so we look for the inner loving guidance of Spirit.

I appreciated John’s encouragement to be a lightbearer to ourselves first, by calling in the Light as we go forward throughout each day and each moment.  We are all lightbearers, and as we bring forward God’s light within us, we then radiate that Light out into the world, serving all.  John reminded us that God’s light will correct us as well as protect us.  It’s up to us to choose wisely, to be awake and aware, and to direct our awareness as best we can spiritually.

John then shared about invoking the blessings of the Christ, as the Christ is forgiveness.  He encouraged us to first be forgiving to ourselves, as the Christ is always forgiving us within.  Remembering that the forgiveness is already present, we can send the Light to places and people to help bring forward greater awareness of the forgiveness present in each person and situation.  With a twinkle in his eye, John encouraged us to be a “Light Hole,” meaning one who is open to allowing whatever comes to or through us to be forgiven.  We can always exercise complete forgiveness, as Christ’s forgiveness, in this moment right now because Christ walks amongst us within us always.

As John closed the seminar with a greater invocation of the Christ’s presence, he reminded us to listen to Christmas Carols and take in the eternal messages those sweet sounds bring forward.  John shared how we are all kindred spirits, in the harmony of the one Spirit that unites us all.  We can love more each day and give more than we take.  In loving one another and each moment more and more, we can raise our awareness of the great joy present and help bring forward the blessings that already are.

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As I sat beside the glow of our sweet, joyful Christmas tree, lighting up our home and our spirits anew, I allowed myself to tune into the great love present through John’s sharings.  I took in the blessings of the Lord, receiving of the warmth, tenderness and inspiration the Christ bestows when we choose to allow that divine door to open.  I’m grateful I followed my heart and chose to allow the Lord to light my path.  He leads me to green pastures or perhaps an evergreen tree of life, inspired and enLightened by the Traveler in my heart.

Be sure to join John Morton and our spiritual family for the MSIA Christmas Eve Webcast!

Baruch Bashan
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