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RAGHUVANSHI 2023 - 2024 HAPPY DIWALI
Diwali Blessings
Dear Divine Souls of the Lohana Community North London,
I divinity and not by ego, greed and
hope that – by God’s grace – this
polarization.
finds you all in the best of health
and happiness at this holy and
divine time of Diwali. As the golden glimmer of Diwali
approaches, casting its illuminative
The festival of Diwali signifies the dance upon our homes and hearts,
joyous return of Bhagawan Rama it is important to realize that the
to Ayodhya. All the people filled epic tale of Lord Rama’s victory over
the streets with brightly burning darkness and his triumphant return
lamps to welcome Bhagawan Rama to Ayodhya is not just a beautiful
home and with which to behold His historical event of that sacred day.
divine face. When Rama returned to It’s also a powerful teaching for our
Ayodhya and took the throne of the times. Today the darkness is not just
city, it was the beginning of what the absence of light but the shadow
is called “Rama Rajya” or the rule we cast through the darkness of our
of Rama. Rama Rajya is referred ignorance upon our Earth through
to, again and again, not only in thoughtless actions, excessive
the Ramayana but in innumerable consumption, and a disconnect from
other literary works, as an era Nature’s rhythms.
of perfection, an era of dharma,
righteousness, integrity, equality. From record-breaking temperatures
It is the era which we need to to massive and destructive fires
create again -- a time of peace, joy, and floods across the globe, we
harmony, health and abundance. have never seen such extreme and
That can only happen when our detrimental climate changes in
lives, our communities and our such a short period of time. Mother
nations are ruled by goodness and Earth is ailing, and her children
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