Hmmm….it’s festivity all around and once again I can’t stop myself from penning down a few thoughts that are close to my heart and I can’t escape these…
So it’s the day that we celebrate the triumph of good over evil- we call it Dusherra or Vijaydashmi….the underlying spirit is let good prevail over evil and it does…this day we worship Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of knowledge, reinforcing our belief in the guiding light of knowledge that can overpower the ever prevailing darkness-that guiding light of knowledge that can pull us through the shambles of superstition and regressive thinking..but the saddest part it-we don’t want to know the meaning of these festivals, so long as we get a holiday to ‘chill out’, to go shopping etc etc…we don’t need to know the reason and/or significance of any of it…but yes ofcourse-if it’s a ‘general knowledge’ question-we can tell that Dushherra signifies the TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL!
But I seriously feel that like all other festivals that have given our lives some meaning, that signify the importance of goodness, even our ‘celebration’ of today has become completely symbolic!!! No, I don’t mean to say that we must do way with the traditions, not at all but I feel we must not forget the reasons, the true essence of these festivals and today is the day to let the evil in us die at the hands of goodness that is hidden in everyone-let it prevail over the evils that have engulfed us-let the goodness be set free in order to set ourselves free from the clutches of evil that’s within all of us-I guess that would give us the true reason to celebrate Dusherra in its true spirit and essence…
Ravanaa symbolizes evil and centuries ago that evil met with its end-that was just to show us a way to keep fighting the evil around us and today I must say that there’s a bit of Ravanaa in every one of us…and today it is important that we fight the evils within us-only then can we can understand the meaning of celebrating the victory of GOOD OVER EVIL!
At least I want to celebrate this way and I will… to begin with I am going to steal some quite moments for myself and list down the ten ill habits of mine, those which make me little mean, those which hampers my growth, those which affect my loved ones badly and those habits that I know are not good-it could be as silly as procrastination and as serious short temperedness and I would make all sincere attempts to conquer those to let the goodness in me prevail over everything else- that would be my tribute to the legend of Lord Rama’s victory over Ravanaa!
That is what we all need today…each one of us to wage war against the evil within us and only then can we realize and sensitize ourselves against the greater evil that our society is subjected to-the evil that is eroding the value system- evil that is making us ‘inhuman’!
Today, the evil within us surmounts over the little goodness that we all have and I need not elaborate how?!? The disgusting picture of our society today is nothing but a true reflection of our inner self and it’s TIME WE CLEANSE OURSELVES OF ALL THE EVIL WITHIN US TO CELEBRATE THE TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL…
:> Your thinking is so correct! :) :) :) Frm last few yrs I also knw the meaning of killing Ravan! :) Ravan ws not bad..only few things in him wr very bad..so he died n today he is treated bad!
ReplyDeleteGod and Evil is in every human being! :)Nw I hve to decide ll let Evil rule or God rule! :)I hve to take the last decsion! :) I cnt be perfect bt at least I cn try few things! :) Thts definitely in my hand! :)