How do I open up Levels 2 & 3? Thank you. 🌹🥰❤️

I don’t make them but I do decide what seeds I might be planting. How do you approach the New Year? Do you feel the close of the shedding snake year and the pending entrance of the fire horse? I like to make resolutions in the spring. In the darkness I like to consider what will serve me best

I’m going to be honest. This Christmas was a struggle for me. I’m usually pretty easygoing. Kind. Live-and-let-live. But somewhere between the decorations, the food, the forced cheer, and the excess, I felt… feral. Not in an actual punch-someone way. More like an internal, eye-twitching, “I need to stare out a window for a minute” way. I watched everyone enjoying themselves and thought, Why can’t I get into this? The food didn’t hit. Opening gifts felt strange. Christmas movies felt hollow. The decorations, the waste, the repetition… for what? The birth of the biggest spiritual scandal in history? 😬 When you’ve spent the better part of a year learning how religious stories were shaped, borrowed, edited, and used to control the masses, it’s hard to suddenly slip back into wide-eyed celebration like nothing happened. And yet… here we are. Because Christmas isn’t just a religious event anymore. It’s a family tradition. A memory-maker. A nostalgia machine. It’s love, togetherness, childhood, warmth. Things that matter deeply, even when the original story no longer lands the same way. That’s where I felt stuck. Spiritually homeless between nostalgia and truth. Not wanting to ruin it. Not able to fully believe it. Trying to hold it all without snapping. And yes, every “Keep Christ in Christmas” bumper sticker activated a very sarcastic inner monologue. Not because I hate Christ, but because slogans don’t allow for nuance. Or history. Or personal evolution. Or the reality that some of us are in the middle of a massive unlearning. So here’s my honest question, because I know I’m not alone: ➡️ How did you handle this year’s celebration? ➡️ Did you lean in? Check out? Feel irritated, sad, nostalgic, detached, or conflicted? ➡️ Did it bring comfort… or highlight how much your relationship to religion and spirituality has changed? No right answers. No debating. Just real reflections. Because if you felt a little unhinged, a little tender, or a little lost this year, I see you.

Has anyone heard of her or know anything? The town I lived in and the ancient cathedral are named for her. She received 13 tortures - one for each year of her life. The final one that killed her was crucification. She would not denounce her faith

The next book circle book is in discussion. We are so loving Anna, Grandmother of Jesus. Do you think we should go on to the next book in the series?