Joy to the World!

.... this beautiful Christmas morning 2011!

Whether or not you are Christian, whether or not you celebrate Christmas...

...after all, the Christmas message is not "joy to all Christians" but to the world; and joy is what we all long for, what is so desperately needed in this place of spiritual hunger, conflict and searching.

Raised by atheist parents, growing up conflicted between their rationalist message and the Christian tradition I learnt at school, I finally found my spiritual home in India, in a traditional Hindu ashram -- and it was there I finally understood the deeper meaning of Christianity, and the essential truth of all religions.

It might seem strange to find a Christian picture and message on a blog about a Hindu book. To me, it's not strange at all. It's perfectly normal. There's not a Christian joy and a Hindu joy and a Buddhist joy and an atheist joy. There is only joy.

I'll be writing about that more in the days to come; for now, it's truly Joy to the World.