New Year's Message

Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati

My message for New Year 2025 is to develop healthy, robust, positive connections. This should be the goal of every human being: make the attempt to develop a robust, positive connection and let this awareness spread. The only way out of the strife and anxiety in today's world is by connecting with something which is uplifting and positive, supportive and fulfilling.

What is uplifting, positive, supportive and fulfilling is a positive connection which we can develop with our own families, our society, group of friends, with humanity and the world. Only then can we expect harmony, peace and happiness. It is challenging to have a positive outlook in life. It is even more challenging to go through a creative process to beautify our life.

In the absence of these efforts, there will be darkness. The only way to combat darkness is to have a spark in our own life. One spark can illuminate the dark space by lighting a lamp. I cannot be a lamp, you cannot be a lamp, yet we can definitely strike a match and create sparks. We can pray that this spark becomes a flame. The spark is luminous and the flame is luminous. By keeping the awareness of the luminosity of life within us and in everybody else, respecting and supporting this luminosity, we can develop a positive connection.