Towards The Light

By Manisha Manjari

There are no losses in life, lessons just to learn, and new beginnings.
Avni Sharma is gifted with some spiritual powers. God has selected her path to become a healer, but the road is not smooth and easy. She has to fight with the darkness, but first, she has to go through it.
Her story contains pain, suffering, loss, love, and spirits. She loved wholeheartedly and lost hopelessly, her life becomes a rollercoaster. But in the end, God holds her hand even more tightly, HE enlightens her path and she becomes a source of light in the darkness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sahityapedia Publishing
• Release date: Oct 19, 2021
• ISBN: 9789391470241

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Towards The Light

Manisha Manjari

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Title: Towards The Light

Author: Manisha Manjari

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INTRODUCTION

Only in darkness, one can see the stars. Our life is all about illumination and darkness. We always find ourselves surrounded by these two elements; in other words, we can also say it, positivity and negativity. Our souls can easily grasp the negativity but it takes a great effort to consume positivity, and being positive all the time. If we are looking for salvation, and want to break the cycle of birth and death, we have to raise our consciousness, have to mark the things, the elements, which bind our souls to this imaginary world.

If we go through in the little depth of Hindu philosophy we will find a word Maaya. It is a strong word, what we see what we feel and what we do is all Maaya, we can say it illusion too. There is only one truth the Almighty, apart from Him, all the things are Maaya. The Maaya binds the soul. It is a great obstacle in the way of salvation, if we want to see the truth, we have to clear the clouds of Maaya, then we will understand our true self and will able to be free.

The world where we take birth is an illusion, it is full of emotions, lots of emotion, some are positive some are negative, these two emotions are parts of the same coin but most of us are habitual to see the negative side, it is attractive and when we sink in it, it takes a great stake to get free out of it. Negativity is a kind of teacher to us it teaches us lessons and it is up to us how we learn it and shine with positivity. Our life is also a lesson. HE gave us different lives to learn. As much the soul learns that much the salvation comes closer. The soul will shine. We often see some people, whose aura is something else it shines brighter because they learn, they learn about life, they learn about emotions and they are living with us in this world but they have no attachment to these because they can see the real truth they can see beyond the clouds of Maaya, and they are near their salvation.

When, a soul comes in a human form, even though its ultimate goal is to merge with the spirit. The one soul that interacts with others physically, emotionally, and spiritually lies at the core of its life. The soul needed to go out into the world to be in many relationships, to experience loss and grief, joy and love. For all its spirituality, it has vital lessons to learn.

A soul lives in many bodies in different time zones, lives much life, some of the souls are highly spiritual they try to learn, they try to overcome, they are not rigid to live like a common human being, they try to understand beyond physical boundaries and in the process they become special, they involve their selves in spiritual activities, meditations and get experience. Their consciousness works powerfully, whom we call gifted. They go through déjà vu; few of them can see their past lives and few can experience the future...

CONTENTS

1)  WHEN HE ANSWERS THE PRAYERS

2)  THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE GIFT

3)  THE EXPLOSION

4)  THE HATRED AND THE CRIME

5)  THE SIN AND THE REPENTANCE

6)  THE DEMISE

7)  YOU CAN’T CONTROL THE DESTINY

8)  THE SEARCH

9)  THE FRESH WORLD

10)  THE FLOOD OF EMOTIONS

11)  THE SHATTRED DREAMS

12)  THE SWAMP OF DARKNESS

13)  THE SHINING LIGHT

14)  THE HELPLESS SOUL

15)  THE MOTHER’S GRIEF

16)  TOWARDS THE LIGHT

Chapter-1

WHEN HE ANSWERS THE PRAYERS

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6th October 1987, it was Friday. A violent extra tropical cyclone occurred in the Bay of Biscay in the Atlantic ocean on the midnight of 15th - 16th October, which was known as the great storm of 1987. The storm was so strong that it affected not just a country; it affected the areas of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Belgium, and Norway. Something vital happened in nature. The disasters are a way of communication, whenever nature wants to communicate with humans, it gives messages like this.

At the same time miles away a storm occurred in the eastern foothills of the Himalayas, there was a town known as Paasi Ghaat, which was trembling with rain and thunderstorm. Paasi Ghaat was one of the oldest towns in Arunachal Pradesh.

The stormy night was full of panic and fright. There was a terrible sound all around. The wind blew violently and the whole sky was overcast with clouds. It was not just heavily raining; it was raining like the water would drain the whole city. Thunderbolts and the flashes of lighting were horrifying the situation. It seemed like everything would get crushed. Generally, the storm lasts for two or three hours, but today it was taking more than ever.

Sarwananda Sharma was desperately wondering at his porch. A painful screaming sound of a woman was coming in short intervals. Sarwananda’s wife Maansi Sharma was suffering from labor pain, with the help of a midwife she was trying to deliver her baby. The labor pain started at midnight and the weather was horrific so that Sarwananda was unable to take her wife to the hospital. Somehow their neighbor helped them to call a reliable midwife Rama. Maansi was feeling like the worst gas pain she can ever imagine, followed by her butt feeling like it's going to explode or split open. The rings of fire were no joke; it's like the worst carpet burn she had ever gotten, times ten, in her vagina. But the determination of bringing her baby safely into the world; was shining in her eyes.

Exactly at 4.15 am the moment of relief came, when the baby comes out and all the pressure was gone. Maansi Sharma gave birth to a baby girl. Maansi got exhausted with pain and she slept for a while. Rama picked up the baby and cleaned her up, and then she wrapped the little one in a white cotton sheet. She opened the door with a smile and went in search of Mr. Sarwananda.

The storm was gone now and the rain had been also stopped, few stars were playing hide and seek in the sky. Mr. Sarwananda was looking at the sky from his porch, and was waiting with a mixture of horror and pleasure. In the eight years of his marriage, Maansi got pregnant three times but at the time of delivery somehow the babies didn't survive. He often thought, would he ever be able to become a father? He was lost in his thoughts; he didn’t realize that Rama bai was behind him with his daughter in hand. When Rama found Mr. Sarwananda, she said enthusiastically.

Rama – congratulations! Mr. Sarwananda, goddess Laxmi comes to your house. You are blessed with this beautiful baby girl.

Mr. Sarwananda turned and looked that Rama bai had appeared and she was holding a newborn baby. A tear rolled from his eyes. Finally, it seemed like God had replied to their prayers. He took the baby in his arms and watched her face with mixed emotions.

Sarwananda- is she going to survive?

Rama- what are you saying, sir? Of course, the baby is healthy and beautiful.

Sarwananda- how’s my wife?

Rama- oh don’t worry sir, your wife is also fine, just exhausted. She is sleeping now if you want to meet her go and meet.

Sarwananda- thank you so much Rama bai, I will always be grateful to you.

Rama – no need sir, it's my pleasure, and it's my job.

Sarwananda suddenly felt like something was missing. He asked

Sarwananda- hey Rama bai, I didn’t hear my child’s cry. Is she dumb?

Rama bai also noticed this but in her profession, she went through this situation many times, she made a face and took the child to herself. She tapped the baby's feet twice with a little force and the baby started crying hysterically. Sarwananda and Rama Bai looked at each other and laughed with pleasure.

Mr. Sarwananda was a traditional Hindu and was very much conscious about the rituals. On the eleventh day of his child’s birth, Sarwananda held the naming ceremony at his home. The Naming ceremony is a very important Hindu ritual after the birth of a child. This is one of the sixteen Hindu samskaras or rituals that are to be conducted for every person taking birth. Sarwananda invited almost all the family and friends for his child’s first formal ceremony. He invited his father’s best friend pandit Krishna Swami, who was a well-known astrologer, his predictions were always hit the targets. Pandit Krishna swami had a gift, he could see the glimpses of the future, he could feel the positive and negative auras.

When Krishna swami came, everyone came to take his blessings. Sarwananda gave him his child’s birth details like date, time, positions, etc. Krishna swami calculated everything very carefully and made the child’s horoscope. According to the horoscope, Sarwananda got an Aries daughter and the first letter of her name should be A.

Sarwananda requested Krishna Swami,

Sarwananda – pandit jee! It's our honor if you give name to my daughter.

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Krishna swami took a quick look at the child’s horoscope, and closed his eyes for a while; he then opens it with a smile and said the name in Sarwananda’s ear.

According to the tradition, the child’s paternal aunt whispered the name in her right ear thrice. Sarwananda’s sister whispered in her daughter’s ear AVNI. Then everyone showered their blessings to Avni. When Krishna Swami was ready to leave, he looked at the child with great concern and blesses her with his special chants, he then told Sarwananda,

Krishna swami – take great care of your daughter, she is gifted and it will cause her troubles.

Sarwananda- I am sorry pandit jee but I don’t get you.

Krishna swami – you know Sarwananda, why I gave her the name Avni.

Sarwananda – no, pandit jee.

Krishna swami- Avni means earth. All the matters or everything in nature is made up of five basic elements, which we called the Panchamahabhutas; the elements are earth (Prithvi), water (Jala), fire (Tejas or Agni), wind (Vayu), and space (akasha). The first element of Panchamahabhuta is earth, the—earth holds everything in itself silently; it is a symbol of great tolerance. This element is perceived