Namaskar,
Jai Zindabad.
Welcome esteemed partners.
We have completed our 10 days journey.
Of learning,
Understanding and experiencing.
That turns supreme.
Plates of the soul.
Don't we feel lighter?
Relaxed.
And perhaps happier.
Of being able to achieve our journey's objective.
Of progressing on our internal journey.
How was it?
Did you enjoy what you have achieved?
By overcoming or reducing tainted emotions i.
E.
Kashayas like anger,
Arrogance,
Deceitfulness.
And always being acquisitive or worldly.
Possessions.
How about your experience of practicing self-restraint?
And avoid sweets or excessive spices.
For a day or more.
So finally you feel that you have gained control over your tainted emotions and material cravings to enjoy good relations and better health at last.
So today is the day for deeper invitation.
To pause and reflect.
What hurt am I still carrying towards myself,
Towards others?
Towards the events of my life.
Forgiveness is not simply saying,
Sorry,
It is not forgetting.
Not tolerating.
Nor pretending that something did not hurt.
It begins with understanding.
Understanding does not erase what happened.
But it can open the door to compassion.
Forgiveness is not simply saying sorry.
It is not forgetting.
Nor tolerating.
Nor pretending that something did not hurt.
It begins with understanding.
Understanding does not raise what happened.
But it can open the door to compassion.
And from compassion forgiveness may arise naturally.
Without the need to say the words,
I am sorry.
A better way to seek forgiveness is from myself first.
Rather than from others.
How?
By making a promise to myself.
To bring more cautious about my sensual pleasures.
Like derived from eating,
Travel and worldly comforts slightly.
Such caution can benefit us first.
In terms of good health,
Saving money,
Etc.
,
As well as contribute to the welfare of others,
Like reducing the ill effects of global warming,
Minimizing water shortages,
Floods,
Landslides,
Hurricanes,
Etc.
Some small promises one can make on this day are For example,
Setting AC at 24 degrees rather than 80 degrees centigrade.
Taking shower for less time than we normally do or limit the water used for bath like most Indians do with a pail full of water.
Minimizing the use of fast foods and packaged foods etc.
The more science helps us in eradicating physical diseases,
The more we become careless with the results.
Of facing more deadly diseases like stress,
Sleeplessness,
Loneliness,
Bad health,
Obesity,
Etc.
With these feelings,
Now we are returning to normal day life.
After 10 Spiritual Days of Inner Awakening understanding and cleaning.
It is important to continue practice of the spiritual traits,
Learn and make further progress as new challenges emerge.
To prepare ourselves for these challenges.
Then celebrate the day.
Or the festival of Shamaavani or seeking forgiveness.
From others for committing,
Knowingly or unknowingly,
The wrongs against them.
By doing so,
We build greater camaraderie with all and avoid revenge from them against our earlier actions.
In general way,
This is not the end.
We go a step further.
We also forgive those who have caused hurt to us.
So that our earlier ill feelings towards them vanish.
What a wonderful way to move from present level to higher levels in life journey of being happy and contribute to the happiness of others.
Just remember To forgive is good.
To forget is better and to move forward is best.
So join this undertaken activity to start afresh.
It goes like this.
Mithyami Dukkadam if I have hurt you in any way.
Through words,
Actions,
Or dates.
Knowingly or unknowingly,
I ask for your faith.
Forgiveness.
And the best wish you a happier and more enlightened person.
Life.
Keep Auditing your daily activities like Pratikraman of the mistakes made Promise not to repeat them and move on for a happier life and world.
Namaskar and best wishes for a happier life.
Till we meet next year.
