Lights Bring Positivity In Our Lives

The lighting ceremony has a story to tell

Dr. Preeti Singh
Dancing Elephants Press
5 min readNov 17, 2021

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A monument with lights during a festival -image by author

Views about lighting

On Diwali this year, I went out especially to see the decorative lights. The monument above was looking so beautiful. It was spreading cheer around. Crowds had gathered a little away from the monument to see the lighting. Little children were clapping with joy and people were chatting excitedly. The whole environment was full of joy.

Lighting the lamp is so beautiful. Why do we light a lamp or candles? Why do we decorate buildings with colorful lighting?

All religious places have candle lighting, Conferences begin with lighting a lamp. Most festivals have lighting of buildings and special places. What is the reason?

People believe that lighting has an effect on people. Some anecdotal references to it I found in my experiences of meeting people:

Lighting helps the energy or ‘chi’ to flow freely making the people in that place happier and more positive in their outlook

See the building in the picture above the soft blue and yellow lights make you feel positive and happy. Lighting is a Feng Shui cure for the surroundings.

When you go to a restaurant, or a club, or any social place Lamps, soft twinkling…

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Dr. Preeti Singh
Dancing Elephants Press

Doctorate in Finance, Professor, Author, I write about Life’s experiences, edutech. 9xTop writer.