Diwali Festival 2023: Set up rows of lamps in the form of love and humanity

Diwali is a worldly festival. This is a festival of awakening the soul and making the inner world bright, hence efforts have to be made to eradicate not only the outer darkness but also the inner darkness by placing rows of lamps. We can remove the darkness of attachment and unconsciousness by lighting the lamp of religion within. Inner purification has its own meaning. “The more we clean up our bad habits, the better we feel,” says Christy Marie Sheldon, founder and healer of Love Above. The flow of good energy within also has a good effect on our surroundings. With this in mind, we have to give Diwali a spiritual form and not just a physical one. Make Diwali meaningful by worshiping Shri Ram in every house as per the lines of the song – Shri Ram will come to remove the darkness of the huts.

To make life illuminated with the lamps of spirituality, it is important that we interview ourselves most of all. Whereas often we ignore ourselves. In such a situation, sometimes asking about your well-being, removing the junk of useless thoughts and complaints, lightening and calming the heart and mind is to fill yourself with new strength. One meaning of inner purification is that instead of blaming others, we should find our own mistakes. Improve it. Author Edmund Mbaika believes that only we are responsible for our success and happiness, no one else. We make ourselves happy by our daily right actions. Therefore Diwali is a beginning to be good, do good and think good.

On the occasion of Diwali, everyone usually tries to clean, decorate and beautify their homes. In the same way, if the karmic waste accumulated in the inner courtyard of consciousness is swept away and cleaned, an effort is made to decorate it with restraint and the eternal flame of the lamp of the soul is lit in it, then man can achieve eternal happiness, peace and joy. Can be received. Merely cleaning the outside does not suffice. Dirt and cobwebs accumulated in the inner corners also have to be removed. The reason is that no matter how many layers of dirt are buried under each other, sooner or later it comes out. The real festival of Shakti like Diwali can be celebrated only by removing the thorny bushes growing in our inner garden. It doesn’t matter whether you perform puja or not. Go to temple or not. What matters is how you perceive yourself and others. How much importance is given to the philosophy of humanity. Buddhist guru Dalai Lama says, ‘There is no need for a temple, nor for a heavy, complex philosophy. My heart and mind are my temples and compassion is my philosophy.

Rows of lamps is not just the literal meaning of Diwali, it is the real meaning. Continuity is essential for queues. And a measured sequence for consistency. When lamps are in a row, they become an indicator of happiness. As if there is a silent festival – Jagar-Magar of light. The lines of lights symbolize joy. The lamp is inspiring. A wick, a glass of oil and a whole lot of light. Nothing can be simpler than the Diwali lamp. It is as if the soil has matured and blossomed the flame from the seed of the wick. This victory flag keeps away the entire night of darkness of Kartik Amavasya. On the night of Diwali, every lamp creates a wave of light, contributes to the sea of ​​lights. There should be similar light within also.

Shakespeare’s famous line is – ‘If light is the life blood of purity, then light the world and have it in abundance to your heart’s content.’ Whatever may be the context in which Shakespeare said this line, its purpose was definitely sacred and this statement, which has many meanings, is actually closer to the clarity of life behavior. This is also the announcement of the festival of Diwali and the darshan of lights associated with it. lights! It is a symbol of celebration, a symbol of expression of happiness, a symbol of enlightenment of the soul, a symbol of success. If we immerse ourselves in this thought, then these aphorisms can become the blood vessels of our life and from them the rays of good behavior can shine. The notes of the results of those rays will be – “Always rejoice in the eight hours of Diwali”, “May the lamp burn gradually”, “May the flame of the lamp meet the sun”.

The entire festival of Diwali is an energy, a power, a self-enlightenment, a kind of movement. The continuous, uninterrupted movement from one truth to another is the liveliness of Diwali. Diwali is an amalgamation of many experiences in life. The speed of the unique and wonderful moments of Diwali in the journey from one experience to another is the reality of life. Life is a journey, a continuous journey. Similarly, Diwali is also a journey, a departure, to achieve something new, to do something unique, to enrich the world within. Welcome the lights. On the night of Diwali, the sky descends on India. Just as the stars twinkle in the sky, so do the lamps twinkle on the earth that night. On Diwali, when the flags of lights are raised high and the lamps stand before you, it is a timeless declaration of victory.

To achieve this victory and drive away the darkness of attachment, the lamp of religion will have to be lit. Where the sun of religion has risen, darkness cannot last. Once darkness complained to Brahmaji that the sun chases him. He wants to destroy me. When Lord Brahma told the Sun about this, the Sun said – I don’t even know darkness, forget about eradicating it, you first present it before me. I want to see his appearance. When Brahmaji asked him to come in front of the sun, darkness said – How can I come near him? If it comes, my existence will cease to exist. To spread light in the society, it is important to have humanity within a person. Just as a lamp lights a lamp, in the same way love increases by giving love and the lights of love and humanity are much needed in the society today.

The conversational threads of life’s decline and growth are darkness and light. Darkness is not nature, it is potential. He is a symbol of our personal weaknesses, handicapped dreams and resolutions. A dejected, passive, aimless lifestyle. Of accepted meaningless thinking. Of breaking loyalty towards the values ​​of life. Legislative lack of thinking, action and conduct. Till now only lights have liberated man from darkness, with the help of these lights he has experienced knowledge i.e. implemented the theory in practical life. This is the reason why his fame has not faded till date. In his view, virtue is not mere knowledge, virtue is not mere conduct. Both are coordinated. The one who has no difference between his words and actions is the one who gets respect in the society.

Let us identify the real lights, examine ourselves, remove the desires within us like lust, anger, greed, attachment, pride, jealousy etc. and walk on the same path which is the path of humanity. We should understand that human life is very rare, it does not come again and again. Society worships only those who live for others and not for themselves. This is why Goswami Tulsidasji has said – ‘Brother is not a religion, brother’. Remember that this is a tribute to the light and this light is the meaning of our life. Whatever is true, whatever is right should not be just blindly accepted. One should also see and examine with open eyes. When the unconsciousness breaks, resistance power awakens in the person. He puts an end to evils.

– Lalit Garg

Writer, Journalist, Columnist