{"id":25044,"date":"2013-11-01T18:28:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T23:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/?p=25044"},"modified":"2013-11-01T18:28:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T23:28:37","slug":"diwali-is-not-a-mere-festival-it-is-a-spiritual-possibility-a-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/11\/diwali-is-not-a-mere-festival-it-is-a-spiritual-possibility-a-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali is not a mere “Festival”, it is a Spiritual Possibility… a Shift!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Existence lies both, in the Gross and the Subtly profound. \u00a0In Matter and the Quantum.<\/p>\n

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When Vibration happens in the subtle, matter and life as we know it happens. \u00a0Science points to both the realms. \u00a0Most of us cannot experience it as a human experience. \u00a0Because\u2026 and<\/span> just because we have lived in the ignorance of any other realm of existence \u2013 at least consciously \u2013 other than the Gross, the subtle.. the<\/span> profound never confronts us. \u00a0When one moves from the possibility of one realm to another, when one sees one dimension after being in another always, the shift enforces a realization. \u00a0An awakening. \u00a0Awakening to the real self.<\/p>\n

What is darkness at one level \u2013 to our senses \u2013 is the foundational truth of existence at the subtle, quantum level. \u00a0What is lighted Creation to us, is a mere vibrational<\/span>\u00a0and temporary \u201cUntruth\u201d. \u00a0Darkness and Light of Foundational \/ Existential Dimension are not the same as Darkness and light of the Creational dimension.<\/p>\n

There is no way to tell for someone who has stayed in and experienced only one. \u00a0The moment of awareness happens<\/span> at the time of \u201cShift\u201d. \u00a0Shift between<\/span> one dimension to another. \u00a0One state to another.<\/p>\n

That is why in Hindu Spiritual traditions, Twilight holds such significance. \u00a0Meditation at that time brings most results. \u00a0It is the time of shift<\/span>. \u00a0Shift<\/span> which can nudge Awareness. \u00a0And Awareness, even for a few moments, abets Realization. \u00a0Realization<\/span> that helps one move from the Untruth to Truth. \u00a0From Existential Darkness, yet Creational Light to the other side. \u00a0Where, there is Light.<\/p>\n

Diwali, a 5 day \u201cProcess\u201d and Possibility to bring such a shift in one\u2019s consciousness is one such opportunity. \u00a0Ashwin is the lunar month in September \/ October and in it\u2019s\u00a0Krishna Paksha<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cdark fortnight\u201d) starts the time for Diwali on Dhan Teras. \u00a0The Diwali days<\/span> end on the Second day of the Kartik month which are in\u00a0\u00a0Shukla Paksha<\/span><\/em>(<\/span>\u201cbright fortnight\u201d).<\/p>\n

Diwali is the Shift. \u00a0Between the \u201cDark Fortnight\u201d to \u201cBright Fortnight\u201d. \u00a0From Dark to Light. \u00a0Nature doesn\u2019t need candles to announce the shift. \u00a0Or lamps. \u00a0It becomes<\/em> the \u201cShift\u201d. \u00a0We light lamps because those who understood the movement of nature and its significance, spiritually, had suggested it to us, in case we missed the larger phenomenon.<\/p>\n

Diwali is not a Cultural Festival. \u00a0It is a Spiritual Opportunity.<\/p>\n

Celebration<\/span> is one thing. \u00a0Awareness and Realization is another.<\/p>\n

Narakasur<\/span> and Ravana represented the dark creational<\/span>\u00a0energies. \u00a0Krishna and Ram were glowing existential energies. \u00a0When the Energy of knowledge and Consciousness prevailed over that of ignorance, Diwali happened. \u00a0In those eras<\/span>, it was a Shift of consciousness. \u00a0As it can be today.<\/p>\n

There is nothing wrong in bursting crackers \u2013 although it brings pollution \u2013 or lighting lamps or dancing away in the night and celebrating like one does in any festival. \u00a0But Diwali is not a mere festival. \u00a0It is an opportunity. \u00a0An opportunity to move one from Creational dimension to the Existential one. \u00a0IF, one is willing and aware.<\/p>\n

Let us use it this year. \u00a0The Earth and the Humanity needs<\/span> the \u201cShift\u201d!<\/p>\n

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Here are some photos depicting the traditional celebrations of Diwali.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A Card for a Happy Diwali<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

photo<\/span> credit: ayashok<\/span> photography<\/a> via photopin<\/span><\/a> cc<\/a>
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\nphoto<\/span> credit: Ragesh Vasudevan<\/a> via photopin<\/span><\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n

Featured Photo credit: jasleen_kaur<\/a> via photo pin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n

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