At the Sun 5 morning talk for members this morning Gurudeva spoke to the cyberspace congregation about Parasiva and the evolution of the soul that leads to the realization of Parasiva.

It begins with the expansion of the intellect after the first diksha, vidyarambha, is given. When the intellect is under the dominion of the soul, religion comes into one's life.

Then the realization takes place that we are not the mind, body or emotions. However, for this to take place we need to be in the right environment. As we get deeper into our spiritual practises, we experience Satchitananda, feel the energies within us expanding and including all external forms.

Beyond Satchitananda is the realization of Parasiva which begins with more advanced initiations, called diksha, and this includes living in an environment which is conducive to spiritual growth. That is called a monastery.

Renunciation is the hallmark at this point in life. The renunciate lets go of the world and is freed from the thought of food, money or clothing. Freed from worries, he lives a simple life. This allows him to soar within and realize his very own being, the essence of all, the Sivaness within each soul.

So the scientist says to God : "God, you know, a bunch of us have been thinking and I've come to tell you that we really don't need you anymore. I mean, we've been coming up with great theories and ideas, we've cloned sheep, and we're on the verge of cloning humans. We've mastered space travel and the energy thing is just about solved with fusion and solar and all. Food can be engineered in infinite amounts, so as you can see, we really don't need you." God nods understandingly and says: "I see. Well, no hard feelings. But before you go let's have a contest. What d'ya think?"

The scientist says: "Sure, I'm all for it. What kind of contest?"

God: "How about a man-making contest? Making a man from scratch."

The scientist: "Sure! No problem. Hey, I'm a geneticist." The scientist bends down and picks up a handful of dirt and says: "Okay, I'm ready!"

God says: "No, no. You have to get your own dirt."

Today they received a note from India, where Gurudeva's Dancing with Siva masterpiece has been published in the Marathi language. We thought TAKA visitors might enjoy hearing from the wonderful woman, Sudha P. Kulkarni, who lives near Mumbai who did this w translation efforts and the arranging for the printing too.

Most Respected Acharya Palaniswamiji,

Namaskar !

I am very happy to inform you that formal publication function of Marathi translation of " Dancing With Siva " was held on 20th January as communicated to you earlier. The function was well attended and got publicity in the local press and city television. Forty copies of the book were purchased by the people on the spot.

At the function, I explained in 15 / 20 minutes about Gurudev, Hawaii Ashram and contents of the book. My speech was reportedly liked by the audience. Other speakers were erudite in their presentation and made great impression on the audience.

This publication was an important and unforgettable event in my life and that became possible because of Gurudeva's "blessings."

On the 7th Feb. we will be performing thread ceremony of our grand son (daughter's son ) by name Vinayak ( Gotra - Vishvamitra ) at Mumbai. Vinayak will be completing 8 years of age shortly. On this auspicious occasion I seek Gurudeva's blessings to him for long life with unblemished character, erudition and spiritual attainment.

Humble proatrations at the lotus feet of Gurudeva and Namaskar to all revered souls there.

With deep respect


Mrs. Sudha P. Kulkarni

These fast machines will be immensely helpful. Consider this. To process one sound file, after balancing all the channels, cleaning out the noise, Kartikkeyanathaswami might save the file, but that one SAVE could take ten minutes, only then can he come back and use his machine again. To take one audio from original recording to the Web might involved 45 minutes of "waiting time." To print a full color book cover proof might take ten minutes of processing time during which you can't do anything. With our G4's we can cut that time in half.

Others who do more executive communications type of work may need to open a spreadsheet, send several faxes, write 4-5 letters, hand 40 emails, do some data base searches, and print out a variety of reports. . .work that once might have taken two days is now doable into 3-4 hours.

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GURUDEVA'S MANY CYBERTALKS ARE NOW ONLINE

All of Gurudeva's Cybertalks are now on this site at:

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You will find here over 200 Inspired Talks, thoughtfully organized, with thorough text descriptions (yes, they are searchable!) so you can find the subjects that are of deepest interest to you. We encourage everyone to go to the page, bookmark it and visit now and again to listed to the wisdom of our beloved Satguru. Wow! What a grand addition to our website this is! Thanks to the many talented hands that made this possible.

Some cancellations have happened and suddenly we have some space available on the ship! But not too much! So please do call us soon, if you have a yen to travel inside and outside you.

Also, there will be another Innersearch announced for later this year, tentatively scheduled for New Zealand (where, surprise, Hinduism is the fastest growing religion in the country!) or to Europe, where Gurudeva has started several important temple in the last two decades.