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How do you best prepare for the new year☀️?

The Mother would usher the New Year with Her music and a message. It is a beautiful way to start the New Year this way. 

Also to feel one’s inmost aspiration in the deep quietude, reinforce it with the fuel of renewed determination and faith in the future. Since it is a collective convention one should add to one’s own prayer, a prayer for the earth and humanity especially for the future. 

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