NEWS FROM THE CARIBBEANWe are writing to you from St Kitts. From Mr Chnadiramani's home. He's a
local businessman owns a hotel and many other stores on the island.
Gurudevga is talking to him and other Hindus right this moment. There are
aabout 5 hindu families on the island. He gave us a wonderful tour of the
island. It is absolutely beautiful abnd the beaches are outstandingly
gorgeous.
All our classes have been going well. The highlights of them: Manipuri
dancing in the morning and Gurudeva doing skits for the first time ever.
They love it! We all do. The food is great. The chefs have managed to
prepare great indian dishes like dosai, capatis,etc, curry puffs, ....
We leave in a couple of hours...off to Martinique tomorrow. Enjoy the
photos.......Gurudeva is enjoying the broadway shows every night. Thanks
for the trinidad info,....appreciate it.....hope everything goes
ok....excuse all the typing errors...trying to get this done quickly.
Love from Gurudeva to all the monks.. we'll try and send more photos when we
can
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Om,
Sivananda (Katir)
Satguru Speaks
Cybertalk: Gurudeva answers two questions today. One is about the efficacy
of group prayer. The other is about the reality of free will. How free are
we, really? But perhaps the biggest question is, how is Gurudeva doing this
while he is traveling on the innersearch in the Carribbean?
Title: Group Prayer; Free Will
Category: Good Conduct
Duration: 2 min., 26 seconds
To submit questions on topics that you would like Gurudeva to elucidate, e-mail questions@hindu.org
A detailed index of past inspired talks is available here.
Scenes from Fort Lauderdale
Gurudeva took an "air boat" ride on the EAverglades
A not too close up of an alligator
Gurudeva meets at a small South Indian style temple in a home in Fort Lauderdale, about 150 people came.
Later he went to another temple, more North Indian style.
Here he signed books from some of the devotees.
Having breakfast in Fort Lauderdale
Then, off to the boat!
We have this write up that just arrived:
54 souls have come together on the MS Volendam for a luxurious ten day cruise to the Caribbean, visiting the Hindu community in Trinidad and Domingo. Inspired by Gurudeva, innersearchers from India, Singapore, Malaysia, Scotland, Canada and eight US states have set aside their daily routines for this special time with Gurudeva and the matavasis. We joined Gurudeva in the Crow's Nest, at the very top of this gigantic ship, for our first shipboard gathering. From our shipboard mountaintop perspective, we watched land slip away as we sailed into the Atlantic Ocean to begin our inner and outer journey.
Lila Shakti Devi getting ready to board.
Early next morning we made our way along rolling hallways and pitching stairs to our 6:30 am class with Acharya Palaniswami. With senses not yet accustomed to this gentle (says the crew!) but persistent rolling motion, navigating this outer world has been an amusing array of lurches, swaying and dizziness, accompanied by nausea and malaise for some. Seasickness and its various cures have been conversation topics for many. For those hearty souls able to brave the ocean's endless swells, Acharya's class laid a wonderful foundation for our ten days with Gurudeva.
At 9:30 we met with Gurudeva for our first class together on color and Manipuri dance. His first words were addressed to the lingering seasickness, offering us this simple cure-move with the motion of the ship instead of attempting to right yourself against it. Flow with the bobbing river of life! Some personal testimony is that Gurudeva's advice works. Each area of our lives is never too insignificant for Gurudeva's counsel.In a less etheric vein-
Being greeted with Namaste upon entering the ship's elegant dinning room welcomes us. The food they have prepared for Gurudeva is wonderful. No western food, but delicious Indian food served with graceful attentiveness by the Indonesian staff. The private meeting room has a great view of the ocean moving by beneath us and is a wonderful space for gathering with Gurudeva. In dramatic juxtaposition to our innersearch, immediately outside our meeting room are an array of slot machines making their music-like sounds.
Back At Home On Kauai
Shot from a recent spectacular light how over Mount Waialeale.
The young residents couldn't believe their eyes, never having seen anything like it before in their lives.
Look, it's a movie!
Footage from Bangalore of the fabulous carving in progress for the Iraivan temple.
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Natarajnathaswami has the evening vigil in the temple from 6PM to 9PM during which he holds a Master Course class. He has developed a siimplified version of the lessons in Dancing with Shiva for young people, each concept has a lovely picture going along with it.
These lessons will eventually form one of the books of the Master Course for Gurudeva's students.
This is the lesson for Mandala 7: Karma and Rebirth.
The Yogaswami shrine in the back of the Guru Temple.
Saravan Veylan reviews the lesson for today.
Deva Siva Veylan. . .he says "Om Sivaya!" to his mom and dad and all his friends in Edmonton Canada.He recently changed his service from the publicatons team to the Lombodara Kulam . . .(he is moving from one department of the monastery to another as part of his training.) Now he will learn about cooking and cows and the temple work. He said about our new KOL pack walk-in cooler, where the temperature is maintained at a low 40 degress fahrenheit: "I have a suggestion. You name everything else around here. Let's call it the Canada Room!"
Evening class with Natarajnathaswami.Text Transcriptions of
Gurudeva's Previous Cyber Discourses
(To listen to the actual audio
click on the link to that day.)Date: March 26 2000
Title: Seeing Yourself in Others
Category: Self Improvement
Duration: 1 min., 16 seconds
The question is "Is what we see in others manifest within ourselves or could be expressed within ourselves, in the right situation, whether it is something that's bad or something that's good?"
The answer would be that when you see a quality within another that excites you, it would be a good quality. If it disturbs you, it would be a bad quality. Yes, under the right circumstances, you would be inclined to do the same thing. That's why you are disturbed.
You will see qualities in another person, that you do not like, that do not disturb you. That means you have conquered those qualities, within yourself and, therefore, you can help the other person.
A good test is watching television. What disturbs you on television is what you might do under the right circumstances. If you are happy on television, that's what makes you happy under the right circumstances. Whatever is stirred within you, is a part of you.
Date: March 15 2000 [This day's files are not on archive]
Title: Earrings and nose rings
Category: Hinduism and Tradition
Duration: 1 min., 10 seconds
A question from Dinesh wanting to know "Why do men and women pierce their ears?
The best answer is what I have been told through the years. Apart from making the face and head beautiful, and more attractive, there is also an Ayurvedic way of explaining why many men pierce their ears and nose.
In the Ayurveda, the natural form of healing, ancient custom of India, China and through Asia, it is felt that gold has a very important property. When the blood passes over the gold earring or gold nosering, it gives added health to the body.
We don't recommend and men don't pierce their noses but, they are piercing their ears, more and more in today's world. I am sure that they will experience better health if they wear pure gold earrings.
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GURUDEVA'S BOOK SIGNINGS IN FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA
It's a pleasure to inform you that Gurudeva, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
will stop in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on his way to conduct a travel/study
Innersearch cruise in the Caribbean. You are invited to attend his
presentation of the newly illustrated 2nd edition of Loving Ganesha,
Hinduism's Endearing Elephant-faced God at Borders Books and Music, on March
25 at 12pm. His other books will also be available at the store. For
directions and details please contact the bookstore's Events Coordinator,
Richelle, at 954-566-6335. View a map of the store location at
www.borders.com. Gurudeva will also stop in Northern California on his
return from the Innersearch program, presenting Loving Ganesha at Barnes and
Noble in San Mateo on April 5 at 7pm. For directions and details please
contact Sharon Anderson, at 650-341-5560. View a map of the store location
at www.barnesandnoble.com. Don't miss these rare events!
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:
/audio/
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.
Year 2001 Summer European Innersearch
The Caribbean Innersearch 2000 Travel/Study Program is full, but there will be another Innersearch to Northern Europe next summer, where Gurudeva has started several important temple in the last two decades.
For information, contact our wonderful tour agent who will be conducting the Innersearch: Kailash and Indra Dhaksinamurthi of Search Beyond Adventures, Inc. ASAP at
search11@mail.idt.net Very Important!:
Be sure to include your mailing address and phone number in the body of your message! Kailash will be mailing you information, but if you don't send an address there is nothing he can do.
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