This thought is inculcated for generations in
India as Dhanwanthri Day before the eve of Deepavali. This day marks the
beginning of Diwali celebrations. This reminds us again that good healthy
body and mind is needed to celebrate life to the fullest.
Remember if you have a Healthy body and
mind, then it is Everyday, Deepavali for
you.
2006 Message
Happy Deepavali to all of you.
We celebrate
every year birthday for our body, because the body was born on a particular
day and we are constantly aware of only the body. But there is a subtle
aspect beyond the body which in scientific language is "Consciousness" and
the religous word is "God" and Vedic name is "Brahman or Atman".
Do we celebrate
birthday for our inner "Self". This inner Self is like a light that gives us
"life'. Deepavali is the birthday of that inner light, which most of the
time we are not aware of. Our wise ancestors understood the importance of
being aware of our inner Self or light and hence made us celebrate Deepavali,
which means to be "Aware of the inner light". For our body's birthday we
blow "off " light, because this body will also one day blow off. But on
Deepavali we lit "light" which is to remind us of the inner light.
Knowing this inner light, one understands inner
peace or joy or Ananda. This is symbolized by eating and distributing sweets
and the joy of eating sweets does not equal to one zillionth of the joy
knowing our inner Self. Light removes darkness of Ignorance and that is
symbolized of gods killing Asuras or demons.
The Mahalakshmi
is the symbol of light and she is described as Hiranya
varna,
the color of the bright golden light. Mahalakshmi pooja is done on deepavali
days to remind of this wealth of light in us. Knowing this inner light is
the real wealth or lakshmi. All other wealth gives comfort to the body and
Lakshmi to the Atma.
So friends do not celebrate
deepavali as a mere ritualistic festival. Deepavali is the birthday of your
"Inner Self, the guiding Light". Happy (Birthday) Deepavali to all of you.
2005 Message
The celebration of deepavali starts with
painting, re-arranging, cleaning the house, buying new clothes, new
jewels and of course lighting earthen lamps and fireworks. But this is only
an external affair. Festivals are no doubt for fun and feast, but one
has to also know the deeper significance of it. Celebrating Deepavali or any festival without
knowing its real intension is similar to a child saying that going to school
is for fun and without
knowing the purpose of attending it.
Due to our busy life to tend to
misplace things at home and keep the house a real mess. Knowing our lazy
minds, our ancestors remind us to a yearly clean-up for deepavali
celebration. Similar to our messy house, our minds have thoughts that mess
up life's purpose and happiness. Again once a year to remind us of the need
to keep our minds clean these festivals have been incorporated in our
culture.
3 Reasons
Deepavali is bringing lights into
our hearts to remove the darkness of ignorance in us. There are three
reasons why we celebrate deepavali.
1. To celebrate the victory of Devi killing Mahisha
and drinking the blood.
What a disgusting act and a
reason to celebrate a festival in a country that talks about peace? what a
culture that worships Goddesses who acts worst than cannibals?. This is how
people sarcastically mock Vedic festivals. But knowing the reason behind it
makes us appreciate the ancient wisdom.
Blood is red color and represents
the circulator of energy and promotes activity.
