Diwali #4

I didn't write one last year due to a hell of a lot of shit going on. It didn't seem right. In some ways it seems even less right now but here goes.

It is Diwali today. The Indian equivalent of Christmas. Tomorrow will be the new year. Today is the darkest night of the year-so candles, diyas and lanterns will be lit. 

For those that don't know, Diwali symbolises Light over darkness. Hope over despair. Knowledge over ignorance. Good over evil. Right over wrong.

It used to be my favourite time of the year. However, everyday is the same to me now. 

In Hindu philosophy, it is believed that there is an afterlife. That there is more to just the physical body and that there is an inner-self. A soul. A soul which is pure, infinite, eternal.  

There are things which happen in life. Things that are unreasonable. Beyond unreasonable. Things that can leave you wondering, questioning. Things that can leave you forever sad.

Things that can leave you empty and lost. 

But maybe all is not lost. 

All is never lost. 

If what I have written is true. If there is Light over darkness. Hope over despair. Knowledge over ignorance. Good over evil. Right over wrong. 

If what I have wrote about an afterlife. A pure, infinite, eternal soul being all true.

(I hope it is all true). 

Then today, Diwali. 

It truly is a day of celebration. No matter what happens in life-or afterlife.

Things are going to be OK.

This post is for Louise and Will x

R.I.P Myles Oliver Neale 12/10/2014 x