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[Naam Simran Shabad]

The spiritual significance of Diwali

The spiritual significance of this festival of lights is the
victorious entrance of the soul into Daswan Dwar, after its final
victory over mind and matter. The lights point to the splendor and
beauty of that realm where even the light of one inhabitant is equal
to the light of twelve of our suns.


The poem (Ramayana) contains twenty-two thousand slokas, or couplets,
and is divided into five hundred cantos. It is a pity that even now
but few of the Indian people understand its true meaning, although
they are so devoted to the story itself that every child in India is
familiar with it. From the day that Ram Chander, with almost
superhuman strength and will power, won his wife Sita (soul) in a
public contest by bending and breaking the bow of Shiva (penetrating
the darkness, after controlling his own mind), up to his final
victory, it is said that every word in every sentence is rich in
spiritual meaning to him who has the key to its understanding.



The epic is unique in one other respect—it was written at least ten
thousand years before its chief characters were born, but who finally
did appear and enacted their several parts in actual history. For
although this great epic is an exact portrayal of what takes place in
each individual soul who struggles to the light inside, yet the entire
story was fully staged in history. The Master explains that the
historical staging of the great epic was an effort of the Negative
Power to divert attention from its spiritual significance, and so make
it appear to all subsequent ages that the story is nothing more than a
clever poetical account of ordinary human exploits.

(With a Great Master in India – Julian Johnson)

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[Naam Simran Shabad]

There is dazzling splendor of Heavenly Lights on the planes of Daswan
Dwar (Tenth-Gate). The festival of Lights - Deep Mala or Dwali in
India - is symbolical of the victorious entrance of the Soul into
Daswan Dwar after its final victory over the demons of mind and
matter. The lights indicate the indescribable grandeur and beauty of
this realm.

(Radiant Road to Reality - Bhagat Singh Thind)