Friday 16 November 2012

HAPPY DIWALI EVERYONE



HAPPY DIWALI EVERYONE Today in India, on the 13th of October, is Diwali, a day when the entire country is bedecked with lights, from the North to the South, from the East to the West, from the poorest of homes to the richest, cutting across race, religion and nationality. Today 1.25 billion people who comprise about one sixth the population of the earth have lamps burning in their homes to symbolise the joy of love, peace and goodness in the form of Diwali. I had phoned a Muslim Chemist yesterday asking him for some medicines- and the first thing he said on lifting up the phone was "Happy Diwali!" even though Diwali is a traditional Hindu festival. Diwali - the festival of Lights. What does it symbolise? It symbolises the victory of Good over Evil, the victory of God over the Devil. It is the day when in 3000 BC or earlier Lord Rama of the Hindus vanquished the evil Ravana and came back to his kingdom- where the people were waiting for him, to receive him with lights - lamps of Clay with cotton wicks burning in oil. Indeed what is common amongst the people of the world of whatever faith is the realisation that Good is synonymous with God and Evil is synonymous with Satan. Everywhere evil is detested and Goodness exalted. HH Shri Nathji, my father had always said: "The laws of God have been written down within the depths of the human heart ever since time immemorial - they are written down on the slate of the human conscience." "And it is there in the human conscience that the feeling exists that good is supreme and evil is abhorrent. This is seen in all cultures, all races and in all parts of the world, and has been with man ever since the dawn of history. The ultimate victory of Good over Evil." Indeed every time evil is vanquished and good exalted there is the burning of the light of joy within the heart of man. It is an eternal Diwali that has been going on since time immemorial. Goodness is synonymous with Love, Peace, Righteousness, humility, Unselfishness, helpfulness, charity, forgiveness, compassion etc. and indeed every action that is good and noble in the world These are the values that Diwali is supposed to celebrate.
Today in India, on the 13th of October, is Diwali, a day when the entire country is bedecked with lights, from the North to the South, from the East to the West, from the poorest of homes to the richest, cutting across race, religion and nationality.
Today 1.25 billion people who comprise about one sixth the population of the earth have lamps burning in their homes to symbolise the joy of love, peace and goodness in the form of Diwali.
I had phoned a Muslim Chemist yesterday asking him for some medicines- and the first thing he said on lifting up the phone was "Happy Diwali!" even though Diwali is a traditional Hindu festival.
Diwali - the festival of Lights. What does it symbolise?
It symbolises the victory of Good over Evil, the victory of God over the Devil.
It is the day when in 3000 BC or earlier Lord Rama of the Hindus vanquished the evil Ravana and came back to his kingdom- where the people were waiting for him, to receive him with lights - lamps of Clay with cotton wicks burning in oil.
Indeed what is common amongst the people of the world of whatever faith is the realisation that Good is synonymous with God and Evil is synonymous with Satan.
Everywhere evil is detested and Goodness exalted.
HH Shri Nathji, my father had always said:
"The laws of God have been written down within the depths of the human heart ever since time immemorial - they are written down on the slate of the human conscience."
"And it is there in the human conscience that the feeling exists that good is supreme and evil is abhorrent. This is seen in all cultures, all races and in all parts of the world, and has been with man ever since the dawn of history. The ultimate victory of Good over Evil."
Indeed every time evil is vanquished and good exalted there is the burning of the light of joy within the heart of man. It is an eternal Diwali that has been going on since time immemorial.
Goodness is synonymous with Love, Peace, Righteousness, humility, Unselfishness, helpfulness, charity, forgiveness, compassion etc. and indeed every action that is good and noble in the world
These are the values that Diwali is supposed to celebrate.
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