Every excuse for celebration is good. One celebration is that for Thanksgiving, as an expression of Gratitude for the Divine, and the other is to move forward by dropping the past, as the life is eternal and any grief is transient.

The year gone by has taught us many lessons; what we should be doing and what we should not. Every pain that we went through in 2009 brought us some depth, and all the joy and pleasure gave us a new vision of life and hope for the future.

Welcome New Year with a genuine smile from within which comes when you know that you are loved by the Divine. If you don’t feel loved You will live in insecurity & so with greed, selfishness, resulting in Anger. The anger causes lust, and so, sadness and misery; one behind the other, like a chain.

In the past year, check how many days you were entangled in maya? Turn back and remember the whole year, do not reject anything. Let your attention be on the self. Spirituality is a harmonious blend of outer silence and inner celebration; and also inner silence and outer celebration! Celebration that comes out of silence is real celebration.

Last Year saw many ‘rainy’ days. This year, let there be sunshine & brightness - both in our lives and in society. Let us all have a determination to make our life and others to be filled with peace, joy and happiness!

Happy New Year!