The forth jewel, the Yama Brahmacharya, is interpreted as “walking with God.” How do we walk with God? How do we keep things holy? How many people, besides me, spent Christmas day doing something, if not several things, to excess? Christmas day, or the 6th Light of Hanukah, or any sacred holiday (Holy Day) is a day that we set aside to walk with God, and yet it becomes instead an exercise in excess. Too much food, booze, party favors, just too many gifts, not to mention the heap of wrapping paper. And how many of us are getting ready to do it all again next week, so that we can really feel the need to make those New Year’s resolutions ring true? Today I will try and walk with God, to breathe in the sacredness of each moment, to not try and fill my needs with more stuff, more sugar, more. Today I will remember that less is more.
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