Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Festival Of Lights

I am in India writing to you on this day of Deepawali.

Deepawali is celebrated across the world as the ancient Hindu festival of lights. It has many traditional mythologies associated with it but I would like you to understand its present day spiritual significance..

The oil lamps symbolise the inner light present inside each one of us and lighting the oil lamp is significant of giving attention to your own soul and making it the centre of your life.

This is important because one of the greatest truths you can understand about life is that we all live simultaneously in 2 worlds - the inner and the outer.
The outer world is the world of your circumstances, events, results, environment, and other people, while the inner world is the world of your thoughts, perception, emotions and actions that arise from your emotions.

My Master, Swami Rama, taught me that true yoga means to be able to live masterfully in the external world while being anchored in the inner world. In other words, to bridge the two.

If you can do that you will realise that regardless of the external world which is full of the uncertain, unknown and insecure, you will be able to create your own reality by the correct use of your mind (thoughts and perception), your heart (emotions) and your body (actions)

So mark my words - It is only in the external world that you will be tested, and it is only in the inner world that you will find your victory!

Peace, Happiness, Love, Success, Completion and Contentment...all of these are off-springs of the inner world, not the external world. To become a Master means to be able to master your inner world of thoughts, perception, emotions and action, regardless of what the externals may be like..

So when the lamp is being lit, it is in fact a silent declaration that 'I will give time to myself and my spiritual growth to be able to light the lamp of my soul within myself so that It may erase the darkness of the external world around me".

We make a commitment to ourselves to live like a lotus flower - which grows in the midst of the muddy, dirty and the negative, and yet rises above it to be positive and beautiful. And shines its beauty on the whole world.
We must learn to live as the Lotus flower - This is the true message of the ancient Masters!

Today, I encourage all of you to light a candle or an oil lamp for yourself and as you do, commit to yourself to live a life centred in your soul, whatever it takes.

We made that commitment many years ago, and that's why we call ourselves SoulCentre.

I send you my love and light, today and always, from this ancient land.
Vikas
The Enlightenment Specialist
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