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Holi gives message of going beyond I and youTuesday, March 06,
2012HOLI is a national, social and spiritual festival of Hindus.
The festival reminds us of how Prahlad, who remainedsteadfast on
virtue, came out unharmed while the evil-natured Holica was
destroyed. It is social festival when peoplesprinkle coloured water
on and thereby express solidarity with one another forgetting their
differences.
The Holi festival is the celebration of the change of weather in
the form of onset of spring season. The crops of wheatand grams are
ready at the time of Holi. In some regions, people bury pitchers
filled with grains and burn the Holi fire onthe place. The
half-roasted grains are then distributed as Prasad the next day.
This half-roasted rice is helpful inalleviating Vata and Kapha
disorders. Half-roasted grains are called Hola.
The real purpose of this festival is to penetrate the veil of
external distinctions and to get to the unity hiddenunderneath.
With this end in view, it is prescribed that Lords idol should be
seated in a chariot and a procession shouldbe taken out from the
Ekadashi of bright fortnight of Falguna; and prabhatferies, japa,
meditation, discussion of theLords glory, kirtana and company of
saints should be undertaken till Purnima.
On the day of Holi, one should invoke the virtues of unwavering
devotion, divine love, forbearance and equanimity likethose of
Prahlada and should develop in oneself the divine virtues of divine
love, goodwill, sympathy, faith in onestutelary deity, faith in
japa, in recollection of Gods name and in satsang; compassion, etc.
while resolving to get rid of luxurious life-style and desires.
The Holi falls on Purnima (full moon day) and thus gives the
message of going beyond the distinctions of I and you and attaining
fullness. Dhulendi coming on the next day gives the message of
throwing I and my into dhul (dust).When your outer body is co
loured by Holi colours, your subtle body is simultaneously coloured
by Bhakti and youyourself are coloured by Self-Knowledge and you
become a jivanmukta (one having attained oneness with God); yourego
and attachment is consigned to the dustbin.
Dhulendi is celebrated to mark this throwing away of the baggage
of births and deaths into dhul (dust).
He, who is firm like Prahlada, will not abandon noble thoughts
even in the face of a thousand obstacles in life. Their evilnature
itself becomes the cause of their doom. People with pious thoughts
are never deterred from their path. Man is aconglomeration of ideas
and the origin of his mind is the Self-god endowed with amazing
powers, the Supreme Soul. Itis a divine arrangement that His
devotee should face opposition so that his hidden courage is
awakened and hecompletes his journey to the divine, be it Narasinh
Mehta, Adi Shankaracharya, Dadu Dindayal, Swami Ramsukhdas,Mirabai
or Bhakt Prahlad. Obstacles and oppos itions came in Prahlads life
to awaken his dormant powers. When youface oppositions and
obstacles in life, dont complain that you are facing troubles even
when you are worshipping God.True, trouble has come, but it has
come to awaken in you the power to trample all troubles, to break
free from the cycleof transmigration. Stay firm in this conviction.
Do not be disheartened, be firm like Prahlad.
The festival of Holi gives us the pious message that we too
should face the obstacles and problems in our life withcourage like
Prahlad and have unwavering devotion towards God, however,
difficult the circumstances be. We havecelebrated many Dhule- ndis,
but let it be the real Holi this time. If you have not dyed your
heart with the colour of divine love, you have not played Holi. If
you have not eradicated your ego and attachment, you havent
celebratedDhulendi.
Similarly, when your mind realizes the Real Self, you need not
play Holi with the toys of samsara. Play with your Rama,your Lord.
Offer your whimsical thoughts, which you have been nurturing for
aeons as oblations to the flames of
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Self-knowledge on the day of Holi. Celebrate a splendid Holi by
burning your capriciousness and evil tendencies in thefire of
Holi.
Instead of the toxic colour, dye yourself and others with the
colour of the name of the Supremely Pious Lord. Forget
alldistinctions of superiority and inferiority, mine and yours,
behold the one Truth Absolute, Consciousness AbsoluteSupreme Soul
in all and progress on the path of attaining blessedness in life.
Asaramji Bapu
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