By Jemimah Chungu
Christmas remains a day celebrated for the birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of all faithfuls; this is against all counter-narratives and theories. Christ is also recognized as a messenger from God in religions such as Islam and Judaism. It is therefore moral to celebrate the birth of Christ in a spiritual space/ environment.
As we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, let us to be conscious and clean our spiritual environments. A spiritual environment is an open space that is available for access to every persons and spiritual aspects /souls regardless of their religious affiliation.
The wellbeing of the spiritual environment has vitality on how one develops within themselves, their lives and their whole environment. This is because our spiritual environment reveals what we bring forth to reality and action. What we feed our spiritual aspects and spaces is what we project as lifestyles.
The mind plays an important role in spirituality as a whole. This is because everything starts from the mind as a thought or process to and fro our spiritual aspects. The mind abounds both unconscious and conscious thoughts as senses and abilities whilst behaviorism and lifestyle influence the latter. Therefore, a spiritually clean environment should start from the mind.
Additionally, a spiritually clean environment creates inner peace ideal for peoples’ wellbeing. Inner peace and cleanliness influences the behaviorisms such as morality, kindness, meekness, humbleness and others ideal for Christian living according to the Bible. While celebrating Christmas, it could be heartfelt to fulfil these as per Christmas tradition and Christian religion as whole.
Aside these, other behaviorisms that result from a clean mindset and spiritually clean environment are but not limited to hard work, smartness and hygiene ideal for Christians. For example, the Bible in the book of Leviticus 15: 4-5 says; whosoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Likewise, environmental consciousness starts from the mind. If one is to change their attitude towards environmental conservative/preservative lifestyle, (green lifestyle), the behaviorism starts from a clean mindset.
In other words, ones love, kindness, softness, hygiene, smartness…. affects environmental preservation as opposed to degradation and fulfils a clean environment. A clean environment in the context of a pollution free environment, proper waste disposal, clean/safe air food and water supply, free from pests such as flies, cockroaches and mosquitoes as described by the World Health Organization (WHO).
This is quite contrary to how Christmas is celebrated nowadays around the world with a lot of noise pollution, waste pollution, chemical pollution, air and water pollution, alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, and other physical and spiritual immorality.
For this Christmas, cleanliness is next to godliness.
2 Corinthians 7:1 NIV
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
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