The word "Diwali" is a contraction of "Deepavali", originating from the Sanskrit word Dīpāvalī which can be translated to "Row of Lights". Hence the Diwali Festival is also called the "Festival of Lights". Diwali is the name for the festival in North-India. In South-India the festival is called "Deepavali".
About Diwali
Diwali celebrates to victory of the Good over the Evil and Light over Darkness. Is has a major religious significance for Hindus, Sikhs and Jains alike - not only in India, but also for Indians living abroad. In the western (gregorian) calendar, Diwali falls on a day in October or November every year - just after the monsoon season in India. The exact date varies and is being calculated based on the Hindu Luni-Solar calendar (according to the positions of the Sun and the Moon). The day of Diwali falls on Ashvina Amavasya (the lunar day of new moon) on 15 Ashvin (Hindu month). This date also marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year, and many businesses in India starting a new accounting year on the Diwali holiday.
Diwali is a festival over 5 days. On the first day (Dhanteras) people pray to Goddess Laxmi for prosperity and wealth. The second day (Choti Diwali) is also known as 'Small Diwali', 'Naraka Chaturdashi' or 'Kali Chaudas' in some states. According to the legend, Lord Kirshna killed the evil daemon Narakasura on this day. People worship Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Rama. The third day is the actual day of Diwali. Many devotees visit their Temples for worshipping Lakshmi, Goddess of beauty, wealth and wisdom with Laxmi Poojas and also pray to Ganesh, the 'Lord of Beginnings' and 'Remover of Obstacles'. When Aarti is performed, oil lamps with a cotton wick are placed on a Puja Thali and offered to the deities, praising the deity by singing wonderful Aarti songs. At night people light up little oil lamps called Diyas, Dipa Lights or Ghee Lamps and place them around their houses. They hang colorful lanterns and fairy lights, enjoying firework displays or blasting firecrackers. The forth day (Padwa) is 1 Kartika in the Hindu calendar and is also known as Govardhan Puja or Annakoot. It is said that Krishna defeated the god of rain and the heavens Indra on that day. He lifted Mount Govardhana to save people's life from the floods. On this day people cook mountains of food resembling Mount Govardhana. According to another legend followed in South-India, Vishnu defeated the demon-king Bali on this day. Finally the fifths and last day of Diwali is called 'Bhaiduj' ('Bhai Dooj') also known as 'Yama Dwitiya'. This is the day for brothers and sisters to strengthen their relationships. Just like Yami prayed for her brother Yama (God of Death), sisters are praying for their brother's well-being on this day, and brothers give little gifts to their sisters in return.
On Diwali families gather and eating lots of foods and sweets. It is also common to send Diwali greeting cards to family members, relatives and friends. Recently however it is becoming more popular to send Diwali eCards or Diwali SMS. Diwali Mela (Fairs) take place not only in India, but in many countries in the world. Sellers of handicraft and artworks like to rent a booth on a Diwali Mela to offer their items for sale to the general public. Where is Diwali being celebrated ?
Deepavali and Diwali celebrations take place in many countries in the world. There is a large population of over 30 million Indians living outside of India in overseas countries due to migration or as guest workers and students. Those 'Non-Resident Indians' (NRI) and 'Persons of Indian Origin' (PIO) play an important role in many societies and enriching the cultural diversity of whole nations. The largest groups of non-resident Indians live in the USA, Canada, Nepal, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi-Arabia, South-Africa and in the United Kingdom (UK).
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About HOME a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
In the past 200,000 years, humans have upset the balance of planet Earth, a balance established by nearly four billion years of evolution. We must act now. It is too late to be a pessimist. The price is too high. Humanity has little time to reverse the trend and change its patterns of consumption.
Through visually stunning footage from over fifty countries, all shot from an aerial perspective, Yann Arthus–Bertrand shows us a view most of us have never seen. He shares with us his sense of awe about our planet and his concern for its health. With this film, Arthus-Bertrand hopes to provide a stepping-stone to further the call to action to take care of our HOME.
HOME is the first film that has been made using aerial-only footage. The film marks artist-activist Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s feature film directorial debut.
HOME the movie is carbon offset. All of the CO2 emissions engendered by the making of the film are calculated and offset by sums of money that are used to provide clean energy to those who do not have any. For the last ten years, all the work of Yann Arthus-Bertrand has been carbon offset.
RECAP: In our 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has hopelessly upset Mother Nature's delicate balance. Some experts claim that we have less than ten years to change our patterns of consumption and reverse the trend before the damage is irreversible. Produced to inspire action and encourage thoughtful debate, Home poses the prospect that unless we act quickly, we risk losing the only home we may ever have.
This is also the unified focus for the Planetary Grid Transmissions this New Moon TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE Tuesday, November 13.
RITE OF PASSAGE #8
The Rite of Equanimity
All evolutionary development is based on the resolution of karma in our planetary system until we reach this initiation.
This is the phase in which we authentically enter into the "peace that passeth understanding", potentially leaving behind all suffering as we transcend the last vestiges of personal selfishness.
Equanimity is our real nature. It is realized from the remembrance and understanding of the One Consciousness at play in the weavings of our daily life.
It is through Equanimity, combined with intuition and synchronicity as our guide, that we are able to navigate the choppy waters of the material plane with grace and ease. With an attitude of indifference, we are unattached to outcomes and focus only upon the task at hand.
In this Rite, we are learning to serve through mental detachment as stilled instruments of peace. This initiation helps us to live our daily life from the Absolute Reality.
This initiation is the point of truly realizing the eternal moment as the past, present and future existing as one. In this field of expanded perception, all becomes possible. We make the choice to surrender the "past" as a living imprint in favor of the all encompassing Now.
Planetary Grid Transmissions ~ This New Moon Tuesday
Unified Focus ~ Living Life in the Absolute Reality
JEWEL OF WISDOM
Absolute Equanimity
Through embodied Equanimity, we are calmly living our life in the Absolute Reality of the One Consciousness.
This One Consciousness, that exists in and through everything, IS the Universal Consciousness.... that which we refer to as God.
This Universal Consciousness is also referred to as... THAT.
This consciousness individualized is referred to as... I AM.
When the two are LINKED the result is THAT I AM.
I AM THAT I AM.
There is only one identity, one entity of which we are a part.
THAT is the truth.
THAT I AM is this truth in each of us.
Remembrance of THAT I AM is the realization.
JEWEL OF WISDOM
We are One Consciousness
We are connected to every thing through a highly attuned field of energy which contains the perfected blueprint for all existence.
All life is a collection of pulsating charges that are simply repeating patterns.
The same particles of energy, over and over, one Being constantly reforming itself.
Everything is a reflecting the One Consciousness of life.
Peaceful, calm, and steady. This is the unattached nature of life.
Just flowing in the rhythm of the One Consciousness at play.
JEWEL OF WISDOM
Living in the Absolute Reality
Each and every day, let's feel ourselves to be one with this awareness.
The one observing and the one being observed.
We are simply a witness, accepting everything just as it is.
We are not for or against anything, just neutraltowards everything that is not of this pure awareness.
We are neutral to everything that is of the temporary world, holding no emotional charge.
When we detach, we come home to the REAL.
JEWEL OF WISDOM
The NOW Moment IS the Divine Reality
This moment is all that exists, that has ever existed, or ever will exist... right now.
All is possible in this moment. Everything is available to us instantaneously.
This is the changeless, this is the REAL.
"Pure awareness"... even, steady, calm and neutral.
We create from this space.
Attention Grid Transmitters
It is through our neutralized awareness that we are able to truly perceive the One Consciousness that pervades all creation. In this state of Equanimity, we can affect great transformation through our presence and attention alone.
During this New Moon, we are radiating these truths to those in need through the benevolent influence of our collective peace commanding presence.
Those of you who are living from the Absolute Reality, please transmit your frequency signature and actualized codes through the Planetary Crystalline Grid.
Special Sacred Fire Request
We are asking everyone to utilize the following Sacred Fire invocation to co-create a worldwide field of neutralized awareness supported by streams of Divine Harmony and Illumined Peace. (You may use daily if you wish during the Rite of Equanimity)
Beloved Mother-Father God, please anchor a pillar of the Platinum Cosmic Light around the entire planet. Bless this column of divine light with the power to affect spontaneous transformation and revelation in the hearts and minds of all people and all life, everywhere. I command that this pillar of Platinum Light creates and eternally sustains a field of perfect neutralized awareness, so that all may experience the Absolute Reality.
Beloved God I AM, please surge the Emerald Flames of Harmony throughout the planetary Crystalline Grid and the through the consciousness of all people on Earth. Please bring all creation into the full power and affect of Divine Harmony, balancing and stabilizing all currents of energy within the Unified Field.
Beloved I AM THAT I AM, I now call forth the Golden Flames of Illumined Peace to blaze through the Earth with the might of a thousand Suns. May the radiant light of true inner peace stream forth to and from the hearts and minds of all people, transforming all into perfect stillness and Pure Awareness. We are Masters of our Peace Commanding Presence.
By and through these mighty streams of cosmic light, may all humanity live in the peaceful knowing of the Eternal Now, moving through this world in perfect Equanimity, in absolute Harmony with the One Supreme Consciousness.
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En "Camino a la Libertad" David Icke nos ofrece una magistral conferencia donde desvela numerosos secretos ocultos por aquellos que nos gobiernan y manipulan. Entre otras cosas, nos habla sobre la masonería y los iluminatis y su relación con muchos de los presidentes de EE.UU.
Special music for relaxation, meditation and healing.
Special music for relaxation, meditation and healing. Are frequencies that affect the balance and harmony of the body, restoring energy patterns. Among other tunes are Ahu Saglam, Arnica Montana and music with dolphins and whales.
Música especial para relajarse, meditar y sanar. Son frecuencias que inciden en el equilibrio y la armonía del cuerpo, restableciendo los patrones energéticos. Entre otras, se encuentran melodías de Ahu Saglam, Arnica Montana y música con delfines y ballenas.
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