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Light Up The Darkness: Finding Your Inner Light


Light Up The Darkness: A Fluorescent Awakening by T.P. Blakewell is a beautiful book that looks at Diwali from a spiritual perspective. 

Rather than taking the traditional route, the author explores what light overcoming darkness, good overcoming evil, and knowledge overcoming ignorance mean to us on a personal level.

The book takes us through a six-day journey: Make Room, Clear, Welcome, Sustain, Love, and Carry. The author calls it a spiritual companion for Diwali-season reflection and recommends following the sections in order, with time to read, pause, reflect and practice each day.

✨ What I liked:

  • The cover is beautiful, and I liked the idea of looking beyond the rituals to explore the deeper meaning of Diwali.
  • The thought that our inner light already exists; perhaps we just need to reconnect with it.
  • One line that really stayed with me: “Many people do not lack light. They lack contact with the light within.”
  • The questions the author raises. They make you pause and look within, and sometimes, finding the answers can teach you more about yourself than you expect.

My takeaway: 

Some parts are repetitive. What I liked most is the reminder to be kinder to ourselves. We don't have to get everything right or have it all figured out. Sometimes, we just need to recognize what's holding us back and find our way back to ourselves, one day at a time.

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  1. T.P. BlakewellOctober 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM

    Thank you for this thoughtful review and for the care you put into creating such a beautiful post. It means a great deal to me. 💛

    You’re right about the repetition—it is intentional. In my own life, I’ve needed to hear important truths more than once, and sometimes in different words, before they truly sink in. Especially during darker times, something I understand in my mind can take much longer to reach my heart.

    Even then, I forget. I drift. I lose sight of things I thought I had learned. Knowing where the light is doesn’t mean I always remember to turn toward it.

    So those returning themes come from a very personal place. They are reminders I need myself, offered in the hope that they might meet someone else at the moment they need them too. Sometimes the words that pass us by on one page are the very words that reach us a few pages later.

    Thank you for spending time with Light Up The Darkness and sharing your honest reflections. ✨

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    1. Anugya A SinhaOctober 27, 2026 at 9:57 PM

      Thank you for sharing the book with me. The book came to me at the right time. I am in a transition phase in life and 'finding the light within' is exactly what I needed to do.

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