Diwali Musings
Honestly I was not thinking about sharing any message today other than wishing Happy Diwali 🎇🪔 to you all 🙏
That was till I received today's Times of India. These days, I first glance through the edit pages of newspapers first. Reason : News on the first page and full page ads preceding first page can wait!
When I read the Ramana Maharshi quote in the Sacred Space I changed my mind. Remembered a Sanskrit stanza "Anyatha Chintitam Karyam
Daivamanyatra Chintayet!" which my father used to quote often.
My mind is a monkey with no training. It had no business to jump to what Arun Shourie wrote about the agony Ramana Maharshi went through with his body in the context of today's quote. My mind connected the words "this hell-like house called body is me, is Narak himself" and the suggestion that "To destroy that false belief and let the self shine as Self, is Deepavali 🎇 "
I refuse to elaborate.
Happy Diwali 🪔
M G Warrier
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