Why is Holi celebrated and what does it teach.
Life should be full of colours! Each colour is designed to be seen and enjoyed differently. If all colours are mixed in one, they will all look black. Red, Yellow, Green etc. All colours should be different, But at the same time, we should enjoy them together. Similarly, the roles played by the person in life, Peaceful and isolated existing within him. For example, if a person starts playing his "father" role in the office, then God is the owner. But sometimes leaders in our country think first by becoming fathers and later by becoming leaders.
Whatever the circumstances, we should contribute 100% of our contribution and then our life will be full of colours! This concept has been called "Varnashram" in ancient India. It means - every person - whether it is a doctor, teacher, Father or something, He is expected to play that role with full enthusiasm. Mixing businesses has the opposite effect on production. If a doctor wants to do business, he should not give priority to his doctor profession, Business should be done separately and not medical should be made its business. Keeping these different 'characters' of mind separate and distinct is the secret of a happy life and this is what Holi teaches us.
All colours originate from white, but when all these colours are mixed, they are converted into black. When our mind is bright and consciousness pure, Cool, If happy and meditative, different colours and roles are born. We get the power to play all our roles realistically. We have to dive into our consciousness again and again. If we only kept looking outside and playing with the outer colours around we are forced to get dark around us. In order to play all our roles with full devotion and seriousness, we have to take a deep rest between the roles. Desire is the biggest factor in disrupting intense relaxation. Desires reflect stress. Even small/trivial desire gives great stress. Big goals often give fewer concerns! Many times desires also torture the mind.
The only way is to take care of their desires and dedicate them. Being alert or meditating towards the unfathomable karma is called "Kamakshi". Reflexes reduce the grip of desires, And surrender easily and then the nectar stream explodes within itself. The goddess "Kamakshi" holds the sugarcane in one hand and a flower in the other. The sugarcane is very hard and has to be squeezed to get its sweetness. whereas the flower is soft and it is very easy to remove juice from it. In fact, the same happens in life. Life is a mixture of both! It is much easier to get this ecstasy within yourself than it is from the outside world, while in the outside world there is a lot of effort to do it.
Story of Holika Dahan.
According to a legend associated with Prahlada, the festival of Holi had started since then. Prahlada was a child dedicated to God, But his father did not believe in God. He was very scared (proud) And were cruel kings. So the story goes on in such a way that Prahlad's father was an atheist king and his own son kept on bearing the name of God all the time. He wanted to teach his son a lesson after this. He Made all efforts to convince the son, But there was no change in Prahlada. When he, If he could not change Prahlada, he thought of killing him. So he enlisted the help of one of his sisters. Her sister received the boon that if she entered the fire by taking anyone on her lap, nothing would happen to her own but her, The person sitting in the lap will be consumed. The name of the king's sister was Holika. Holika placed her lap to burn Prahlad, But in place of Prahlad she herself was burnt and chanting "Hari ⁇ " and is dedicated to God, Prahlad was protected by fire and came out safely.
In some villages, people pass through the coals and they do not have anything, they do not even have blisters and blisters in their feet! Faith has a lot of power. Faith contributes greatly to live. Holika combustion has an effect on the coming monsoon.
Holika is an indicator of the burden of the past which wanted to burn the inferiority of Prahlad. But the Prahlad, deeply connected with Narayan devotion, embraced all the old rites and then created bliss with new colours. Life becomes a celebration. past tense, We leave and move towards a new beginning. Our feelings burn us like fire, But when the fountain of colours explodes, then there is an attraction in our life. Emotions are like a burden in ignorance, While the same feelings in knowledge fill life with colour. All emotions are related to one colour such as - red colour to anger, Green jealousy, Yellow pulsed or pleased, Pink love, Blue colour vastly, White consoles and saffron is associated with contentment/abandonment and purple knowledge. Know the essence of the festival and enjoy Holi in knowledge.
Know the stories of holi.
The word Purana originated from the word 'Pur Nav' in Sanskrit, Which means 'which is now in the city'. Purana is the way to present facts/things in a new way. It is a book full of colourful stories and stories. On the surface, these stories look imaginary, but in reality, they have very subtle truths.
An Asura king Hiranyakaship wanted everyone to worship him. But his own sonPrahlad' was the ultimate devotee of Lord Narayan, the fierce enemy of that king. Enraged by this, the king wanted to be freed from Prahlad with the help of his sister Holika. Do not burn in the fire either(A burning fire by taking the power-hunga Prahlad in his lap (pyre) I sat in But in this fire, Holika herself was burnt and Prahlada came out of the fire right.
Here Hiranyakaship is a symbol of evil and Prahlada Nishchalata, Of faith and bliss. The soul cannot be reduced to having love only for material things. Hiranyakashyap wanted all the bliss from the physical world, But this did not happen. No soul can be imprisoned in materiality forever. It is natural to eventually move towards its higher self i.e. Narayan.
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