Inner Truth: The Heart of Christmas

At the heart of Christmas is the message of “Peace on earth, goodwill to men” which evokes feelings of hope, kindness and benevolence – a sense of neighbourliness.  

It concurs with Jesus’ directive to love our neighbours, even our enemies.  This seemingly difficult task becomes easy when we follow the Golden Rule from the Bible: “Treat other people exactly as you would like to be treated by them.”  

This Rule demands pro-active loving and caring, not just refraining from negative behavior. Our motives and acts are then impelled by “the sweet amenities of (divine) Love …in true brotherliness, charitableness, and forgiveness,” writes Mary Baker Eddy.  The result is unconditional love devoid of self-righteousness, and warm relationships.

There’s an additional benefit - new research reports that having goodwill to others actually makes your heart healthy.

So express the heart of Christmas every day and experience the peace and goodwill that heals heart, mind, body and soul.

The author is a practitioner of Christian Science healing. 

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