Phase Conclusion

It has been a wonderful 5 day phase. We had the return of Satguru back home, the arrival of Chinnu and great content finished. We wish you a joyful and contemplative retreat. Aum Namah Sivaya.

\"The elephant faced one is my protection.\" - Yogaswami

\"We neither fear death nor look forward to it, but revere it as a most exalted experience. Life, death and the afterlife are all part of our path to perfect oneness with God.\" - Gurudeva

\"Our scriptures tell us the Self is timeless, causeless, spaceless beyond mind, form and causation. It is what it is, to be realized to be known. It is the fullness of everything and the absence of nothing.\" - Gurudeva

\"And you are also that Love, you are also God Siva, and there\

s only one Being and that Being is a being of Love...'

And the challenge is to bring that truth into our every day actions...

So the more we can act from that part of us which is a Being of Love the better.\" - Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami

\"And, of course, if you looked into the central source of energy, what would you see? You would see light coming out of nothing. That\

s what it looks like, light coming out of nothing.\" -Gurudeva '

\"Pervading all nature, Siva blesses all. But they know not the Truth and adore Him not. To them who adore Him Who is immanent, He is the golden stem of the lotus of the heart deep within.\" -Tirumantiram

\"The darkness of contending Pasa, and the ignorance vast, these flee fast,b efore the Jnana Light of Siva. Even as when the luminous Sun rises, The murky darkness, before him, flees.\" - Tirumantirum

\"They glimpse not the Dawn; Nor the Spaces Vast; Nor the Vision in Spaces; Close your inner eyes hard and then see, behold, there is the light, that brings not another day!\" - Tirumantirum

\"We\

re not always sitting down, concentrating on a flower in the search for the Self. You go on living your normal life once you have decided that Self Realization is the ultimate goal for you. Go on living your normal life. Everything that you do in life can collectively be channeled toward the ultimate goal for what you need is a dynamic will.\" -Gurudeva'

\"Thou gav\

st Thyself, Thou gained\'st me; Which did the better bargain drive? Bliss found I in infinity; But what didst Thou from me derive? O iva, Perunduai\'s God, my mind Thou tookest for Thy shrine. My very body\'s Thine abode; What can I give Thee, Lord, of mine?\" -ManikkaVasagar'

\"Those who repeat it while love\

s tears outpour, it gives them life, and guides them in the way. \'Tis the true substance of the Vedas four, the Lord\'s great name, wherefore \'Hail iva,\' say.\" -Sambandar'

\"As the va\

s pure sound, as the moonlight at even, As the south wind\'s soft breath, as the spring\'s growing heat, As the pool hovered over by whispering bees, So sweet is the shade at our Father-Lord\'s feet.\" -Appar'

\"Even if I were to slip and fall down, I do not know any word of exclamation other than your sacred name Na-ma-si-va-ya.\" -Sundarar

\"One moment of contact with your inner being that resides within the lotus of the heart, that is always there -- one moment -- will clear up a whole situation in the external area of the mind for you.\" -Gurudeva

\"I am with you and you are with me. There is no distance between us. I am you. You are I. What is there to fear? Look! I exist as you. Then what must you do? You must love. Whom? Everyone. To speak more clearly, your very nature is love. Not only you, but all are pervaded by love. But there is no \

all\', for you alone exist. All are you!\" - Yogaswami'
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