The Festival of Magic
On Diwali, as we celebrate the demise of the 10-headed demon Ravana, I refocus on removing 10 mindsets that overshadow my life and block real happiness:
The lust which breeds self-centredness
The greed to be better than others
The pride which stops us from improving
The illusion of pretending to be someone else
The anger of over-reacting to petty things
The envy in seeing someone else’s success
The ambition that breeds immoral acts
The harshness of jumping to conclusions
The madness of not learning from mistakes
The insecurity of losing temporary things
More than a cultural festival, Diwali is meant to be magically transformational.