Festivals are celebrated @home

Not in some resorts away from the extended families

शुभं करोति कल्याणमारोग्यं धनसंपदम् ।

शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तुते ॥

Shubham Karoti Kalyaannam-Aarogyam Dhana-Sampadaa |

Shatru-Buddhi-Vinaashaaya Diipa-Jyotir-Namostute ||

Meaning: Salutations to the Light, which brings auspiciousness, health, prosperity, and which destroys that inimical feelings; Salutations to such (inner) light.

We don’t get to celebrate festivals at home because people burst 💥 crackers. Our terrified 🐩 🐕 😢 are the reasons to escape to the wilderness!

When they heard crackers burst even in the wilderness of the resort, away from the city, their home :(

When they gave up on humanity!

Remember the #starfish story. Someone would pick up the starfishes, one by one, and throwback into the sea. He was happy to save, one at a time.

• ‘Ask not what the country can do for you….’. JFK. Now the shift in consciousness needed is ‘what I can do for #humanity’, environment, and birds, animals.
• With 2 dogs 🐕 🐩 at home, we see their suffering when crackers are burst.
• With close friends & family members allergic, I have a choice.
• Let us not give it a religious fervor.
• Let us be sensitive. Show some love to the animals, birds?
• Ultimately what matters is the spiritual quotient.

‘It is in the depth of silence the voice of God can be heard’. Not the noisy crackers!

• To pollute or not to pollute. Even if our per capita contribution is one of the lowest globally.
• I still respect your choice to burst crackers.

Karma hai na!

Diwali is a festival of lights, the lights within.

‘Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya’.

Happy Diwali 🪔 🪔 🪔

14 Nov: 10 days after Diwali, people continue to burst 💥 crackers 😢 daily.

• If I look at it from a religious angle, God nor my Guru can save me. It is just not spirituality. Karma hai na!
• If I think I am entitled to pollute till other big polluters stop, think of the starfish story! ‘Ask not what the country can do for you..:’
• If I think my children deserve to have fun bursting crackers (=polluting), I should step back look at my parenting style!
• Spare a thought for all the elders & kids who suffer from breathing 😮‍💨 related health issues
• Pets, dogs, cats, animals, birds… all need our love & care. Not inflict suffering upon them. We appeal for their sake 🙏🙏
• Environmental impact is a choice. The planet can take care of itself.

Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya’.

Happy Karthikai Deep 🪔 🪔 🪔