The inner festival of lights

Starting from the 13th day of krishna paksh of Kartik until the second day of shukla paksh of Ashvin, marks an extremely powerful time in the Vedic calendar. The energy of various nakshatras is focused on earth. On the amavasya of Kartik, the night of Diwali, the energy patterns are especially conducive to the manifestation of gods in general and Mahalakshmi specifically.

Creation stays in balance because the various heavenly bodies are constantly engaged in the task of maintaining it. The congregation of various forces determines the energy patterns of a particular day; our patterns combined with that of the day determine the course of events in our life. Like the various heavenly bodies, each one of us is a ‘poorna ansh’—a complete part—of creation and has been assigned a specific task. There is a purpose to our birth—a specific experience based upon the soul’s desire. Various energies help us realise this purpose to realise the balance of the world. On certain days it is extremely easy access these energies, Diwali being one such occasion.

Most of us have grown up lighting diyas in front of the idol of Goddess Lakshmi on Diwali night. Diwali’s essence lies in the sloka, ‘tamso ma jyotirgamayo’ (take me from darkness to light). The light mentioned refers to our inner light to attract the Goddess, and not switching on lights of your house. The inner light when awakened with specific chants and advanced Sanatan Kriya practices on this amavasya bestows the practitioner with good luck and blessings of the Goddess.

The various cosmic energies, gods and goddesses are there to guide us on this journey. They do respond when you call them to grant you experiences the soul desires. Goddess Lakshmi is the shakti of the preserver, also called Maya. She is the Goddess of wealth—physical as well as spiritual. When invoked with right practices and purity of thought, she bestows the practitioner with physical abundance as well as spiritual siddhis. The purpose, however, is not collection but evolution—to experience and move beyond.

Maya is the glue that binds us to the physical. It is important to go beyond because there is no end to desire. You can go on collecting all through your life and still be unsatiated and soon the time will come to leave the body and you will be tied to another birth with similar desires and more pain. You must remember that all things physical are temporary. The more you collect, the more the pain is. It is best to utilise this time to experience, detach yourself from the physical and move beyond by giving back to creation what you have collected, through service and charity. For the rocket to break the pull of gravity and reach the stars, it has to leave behind its excess mass. Diwali’s essence lies not in asking for more wealth but rather— ‘give me wealth and detach me from it because the physical is nashvar, temporary.’ Enjoy the physical and yet stay detached from it.

There are two aspects to creation, its dark aspect convcerns occult practices and black magic. Diwali is the festival of light, but is also the darkest night of the year. It is a powerful time to invoke dark energies when the darkest forces are at their peak.

Practicing Sanatan Kriya and connecting with your guru nullify the effect of dark forces if anyone is trying anything on you. May you all aglow with light this Diwali... blessings.

Yogi Ashwini is the spiritual head of Dhyan Ashram. He will be in Bangalore to conduct Spiritual Healing and Sanatan Kriya workshops on Nov 29 and 30. To register, contact
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