\n $\"\"$ <\/a>What’s the meaning of ‘Dassara’, a traditional hindu festival! Is it just the Victory of Rama over Ravana (Victory of Good against Evil) as told in the childhood?<\/p>\n

Dassara festival is a Celebration of RECOGNIZING What I am NOT, <\/strong>that is…Ten heads of Ravana…
\n(as described in mythology)! <\/p>\n

Seeing directly, what I am certainly Not, these ten things. The burden of ten sticks this apparent ‘me’ carries, until it recognizes itself!<\/p>\n

What I am certainly not? First Body (1), second Prana\/Breath (2) hence not mind (3) which is extension of breath hence not even thoughts. I am neither identified consciousness(4) as it is identified & recognized from the age of 2 and will disappear on dropping of the body, so certainly temporal. When I am not this consciousness also, how can I be three states by which this consiousness $\"\"$ <\/a>operates, like knowingness (5), waking state(6) & sleeping state (7)! At the same time when I am not this consiousness also, how can I be three gunas (attributes) by which this consciousness functions, such as satva-guna (8), rajas-guna (9) and tamas-guna (10)! <\/p>\n

What remains after the negation of
\nten identities, ten heads of Ravana is THAT<\/b>
\nIndescribable<\/b>, which does not fall in “subject-object type” knowing. No one can know it! <\/p>\n

Recognition of IT just Happens. <\/b>
\nCelebration remains without A Celebrator;-)!<\/p>\n

Happy Dassara \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

With Love,<\/p>\n

Nitin Ram<\/b>
\n10 OCT 2008<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"