Diwali-Day - getting ready, making rangoli, performing pooja, lighting 'diya', taking pictures, celebrating with crackers and games, enjoying sweets, ogling at decorated markets, homes, streets. Too many wishes & too many blessings. A Divine Day!
Pre-Diwali Days - purchasing necessary stuff, be it dress for diwali day or 'diyas for the 'pooja'; be it sugar for sweets or lights for lighting; be it fire-crackers to be fused or flowers for decoration; be it colors for rangoli or 'shagun-shopping' on Dhanteras. Each and everything that we like to buy, we do. Too many preparation & so much zeal. Really TirelessTime!
PRE-pre-diwali days - don't even ask yaar. All the cleaning, dabbing, washing, white-washing, painting, arranging, re-arranging(in case former doesn't suit your need or your mood) are included during these days. Too much stress & too much work. Must say Hectic Hours !
Usually with the beginning of 'Navratra' those hectic-hours start to happen at my house and i am supposed to do all 'the diwali-safai' entrusted on me(yea, we divide it to make it easy) along with my cupboard and book-rack. Being a bibliophile, i always begin with my bookshelves, after that the wardrobe and other stuffs. I do contribute in this cleaning-campaign, but this whole concept is completely incomprehensible to me. They say that, its a tradition to eradicate all the rubbish and unwanted items from our home before diwali day, so that Goddess Laxmi may bless us with her entrance in our home, as according to them she prefers neat & tidy places only. WTF ! Totally fanatic philosophy it is!
But sadly, Year in, year out we go for the same process. Tell me one thing- Do you really think that God has anything to do with your sweeping up the cobwebs from attics or with the white-washing of your house? Do you really believe that unless your house is cleaned, divine won't depart to dwell at your dwelling? Think once, What he has to do with this? Nothing!
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, i know, but you know what God has a symbolic meaning behind every ritual and tradition. He had set up each and every custom with a great purpose in his mind and this rite too is not an exception, i think. Only we need to decipher it.
So, what i decoded is that, this custom carries the tagline :- MOP UP MIND instead of mundane materials. This is what he really wants us to do. This is why this tradition is there. Too little he expects, doesn't he? Then what's the problem in it? Lets this season do the 'diwali-safai' this way. Lets follow some steps of this sort of 'Safai'
-Exonerate others for their venials,
-whisk off all grudges towards others,
-zap the murkiest with the brightest,
-brush aside all the rubbish thoughts. No, wait a second!.... throw it away rather,
-scrub up the malice from your mind,
-Wash yourself with altruism,
-and lastly, perfume your heart with healthy morals ........and then see the magic. I bet the Deity will always reside in your heart and home as well.
so, this Diwali
clean, not only your home,
but your heart also;
illumine, not only your street,
but your soul also.
Pre-Diwali Days - purchasing necessary stuff, be it dress for diwali day or 'diyas for the 'pooja'; be it sugar for sweets or lights for lighting; be it fire-crackers to be fused or flowers for decoration; be it colors for rangoli or 'shagun-shopping' on Dhanteras. Each and everything that we like to buy, we do. Too many preparation & so much zeal. Really TirelessTime!
PRE-pre-diwali days - don't even ask yaar. All the cleaning, dabbing, washing, white-washing, painting, arranging, re-arranging(in case former doesn't suit your need or your mood) are included during these days. Too much stress & too much work. Must say Hectic Hours !
Usually with the beginning of 'Navratra' those hectic-hours start to happen at my house and i am supposed to do all 'the diwali-safai' entrusted on me(yea, we divide it to make it easy) along with my cupboard and book-rack. Being a bibliophile, i always begin with my bookshelves, after that the wardrobe and other stuffs. I do contribute in this cleaning-campaign, but this whole concept is completely incomprehensible to me. They say that, its a tradition to eradicate all the rubbish and unwanted items from our home before diwali day, so that Goddess Laxmi may bless us with her entrance in our home, as according to them she prefers neat & tidy places only. WTF ! Totally fanatic philosophy it is!
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, i know, but you know what God has a symbolic meaning behind every ritual and tradition. He had set up each and every custom with a great purpose in his mind and this rite too is not an exception, i think. Only we need to decipher it.
So, what i decoded is that, this custom carries the tagline :- MOP UP MIND instead of mundane materials. This is what he really wants us to do. This is why this tradition is there. Too little he expects, doesn't he? Then what's the problem in it? Lets this season do the 'diwali-safai' this way. Lets follow some steps of this sort of 'Safai'
-Exonerate others for their venials,
-whisk off all grudges towards others,
-zap the murkiest with the brightest,
-brush aside all the rubbish thoughts. No, wait a second!.... throw it away rather,
-scrub up the malice from your mind,
-Wash yourself with altruism,
-and lastly, perfume your heart with healthy morals ........and then see the magic. I bet the Deity will always reside in your heart and home as well.
so, this Diwali
clean, not only your home,
but your heart also;
illumine, not only your street,
but your soul also.
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