We open today with a short description of today's audio CyberTalk, available in the Satguru's sonorous voice by clicking below:

The question came about how to help a person during death. Gurudeva explained that it depends on the situation of the dying person. Souls who are helping loved ones prepare for that Great Departure are seldom in their intellectual mind where we reason things out or think about mathematics or science.

They are in the higher, intuitive mind and know when the soul is leaving the physical body or if they need to help to him prolong life.

Gurudeva spoke of the differences in Western and Eastern perspectives, and that each caretaker needs to follow his or her conscience in these matters, needs to act in ways that are faithful to his or her deepest beliefs. For those who are convinced about the truths of karma and reincarnation and take Vedic knowledge seriously, death and dying will not pose a grave problem. They will remain secure within and joyously let go of the world.

Gurudeva noted that his Saiva Siddhanta Church is unique. While others take people from birth to death, Saiva Siddhanta Church nurtures souls from birth to death and back to birth (referring to the fact that individuals have died in our Church and then been reborn to members, much like the Dalai Lama is born and later recognized as the same soul). This keeps the spiritual organization alive life after life after life.

He's always bright, eager and carries a joyful presence whereever he goes. He is a good example of the attitude of "Santosham" meaning, contentment, one of the "Yamas and Niyamas", a fundamental pre-requisite on the path of yoga.

Each of the five kulams of our monastery are like a "miniature school of life." and young residents and taskforcers sometimes move from one to another, serving as needed, gaining a variety of skills along the way, from typing, data base entry, milking the cows, caring for the birds, digital scanning of art, proof reading, desktop publishing skils, making chutneys to leaning how to plant and care for a big garden.

They also were editing a new addition to our website, a page that gives ways that people around the world can help. It's just started, but if you are wondering how you can support Gurudeva's many projects, you can visit the How Can I Help? page today.

One item here is about stone shipping from India. We thought TAKA veterans might like to know just how convoluted it is to simply get a few dozen tons of granite from India to Kauai. Check out this list from our freight forwarder in Bangalore:

We are giving below our best rates for handling one container of carved granite pieces from your work site to temple site at Kauai. Following are the work which we would undertake :-

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THANK YOU, GURUDEVA!

For those who have been touched spiritually by Gurudeva's work, his books, his guidance, his inspired life and example and even his website, the "Thank You, Gurudeva Fund" has been established within Hindu Heritage Endowment.

Proceeds from this fund are forever, not a one-time gift, so gifts to this fund have an eternal gratitude built into them. They live on, in perpetuity.

Each month Gurudeva receives the income from the fund, to be used at his own discretion to promote his work and mission around the globe. He loves this, for he knows that it comes from all the good souls who have met him and studied with him, or traveled or just talked with him, over the years. A contribution to this fund is tax-deductible.

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.