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Cybertalk: A cyberspace devotee asks if it is alright for Saivites to donate their organs upon death. Gurudeva says by donating our organs we become earth bound and tied to the person who now has our organs. Another question is put forth to Gurudeva from John Lopez in Malaysia. John wants to know if Vedic astrology is part of Hinduism for some people he knows believe in it more than God. Gurudeva says that Vedic astrology is prominent in all of Hinduism and that it is one of the powers of our Gods.

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Transcription of One of Gurudeva's CyberTalks
Date: February_18_2001
Title: Arthur Pacheco interviews Gurudeva Part 6
Category: The Guru
Duration: 2 min., 36 seconds
Date Given: January 27, 2001

Arthur: You know, I remember as part of the Master Course, there was a point there. There were so many points raised, but one stuck with me and it has helped me so much. At one point, you were speaking about the power of affirmation. You said that if any person said, "I can do what I will to do, I can be what I will to be and I will have a wonderful day" and you just go and have a wonderful day. As simple as that is, of course, on the surface, I have found so many times when I felt I was entering a situation that could have been a little bit troublesome or maybe problematic, I have said it and it is like it just clears and disperses the clouds. So this thing with affirmation, there has got to be some deep power connected with this. Can you comment on that?

Gurudeva: Well, you really explained it better about affirmation, even better than I could Arthur. You have a wonderful memory.

Arthur: Thank you.

Gurudeva: A lot of people do not have a very good self image of themselves. Deep inside, they look down upon themselves. Maybe, they have been discouraged by their parents. Maybe, they have been hurt all along the way through life and don't realize that what comes to them, they put in motion through the law of karma in some past life or even in this life. We are busy blaming other people most of the time for what happens to us and that ruins our self image. Therefore, a positive affirmation like "I can be what I will to be, I will do what I will to do", like in the Master Course that you remember from many years ago, builds up the self image. It convinces the subconscious mind, which is the memory compository that holds these ideas and concepts. It is important to feel it too. "I will do what I will to do, I can be what I will to be." Just to feel it through every atom of your being. It is very powerful, very strong. All of the successful people of the world, especially in the entertainment business in Hollywood, those movie actors who have sustained their career, have done so on the power of affirmation.

Arthur: I get the feeling, that is not a very well-known fact.

Gurudeva: No, they don't talk about it much.

Arthur:They probably just let it be understood, it was just their pretty face or something that did it.

Gurudeva: It is a way of life, yes. A way of life.

Arthur: I see.
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Thambynathan Nutanaya finally had to end his "vacation", after two months of being free from his lessons. His schoolbooks finally arrived and he got started right away working out his own study schedule. Gurudeva gave him a small iBook computer to work on. The Sea Scape Course has an excellent range of text books. Here Nutanaya is going through an English reader called "Star Walk" and answering questions that require him to master the language. He was surprised though that the US grade seven math texts were "too easy... I already learned all this stuff in Malaysia!" So we are getting him the next grade math books.

In the Lambodara Kulam office Sadhaka Dandapani displays the newly created Iraivan Temple multi-media CD. Its really beautiful. If you want a copy the CD is available virtually free. We just request you to send $US 5.00 to cover cost for shipping and handling. Mail your $5.00 to

Iraivan Temple CD
Kauai' Hindu Monastery
107 Kaholalele Road
Kapaa, HI, 96746-0304

We are not accepting email or web orders with credit card numbers for now. The amount is too small to generate more office work. Mail orders only please.

On the left Sadhaka Thondunatha, fund raiser for the temple is happy to see the new promotion tool.

The gorgeous Waialeale Mountain's ever changing face--the source of our life line, the Wailua River. In cloud-covered-on-the-top mode the mountain delivers chilling water to the river that makes for a VERY refreshing swim for the polar bear types among us. BRRRR...

After days of heavy rains on the mountain, Waialeale gradually lives up to its reputation as the rainiest place on planet Earth. The Alakai swamp at the top becomes a giant sponge lake that drains dramatically for a day after heavy rains.

When the clouds withdraw, everyone beholds a wondrous site: dozens of waterfalls pouring out from the face of the mountain.

Using our new "telescope" we get a shot of one such waterfall. Though we have seen them hundreds of times it is somehow an ever amazing sight--fresh water erupting from the side of a sea of green, an amazing blessing of the grace of Mother Nature. We are reminded of the ancient myths of the river Ganga "falling" onto the hair of Lord Shiva's head--undoubtedly an image inspired by a scene such as this in the Himalayas.

Gurudeva's other monastery in the island country of Mauritius
in the Indian Ocean near South Africa

While the monastery on Kauai is blessed to be at the foot of the rainiest spot on earth (Waialeale Mountain), here at the monastery in Mauritius we are blessed with relentless sunshine. It makes for an ever uplifting day full of brightness, but the constant winds from off our beautiful ocean shore combined with Lord Surya rays can dry up our land in a matter of hours.

We'll take the opportunity of the visit of Mr N Pardasy from the Forestry Department to explain to our viewers our plan to bring some nearby spring water to the park. Here he is seen with Sadhaka Adinatha taking notes and a statement on the plan. The forestry department is just one of several government agencies and private landowners who must approve our plan. Mr Pardasy is the head of the Bras d'Eau government forestry nursery located about 8 kilometres (5 miles) down the coast. His main job of watershed maintenance is to oversee the planting of trees along the mountainous headwaters of all of the rivers of Mauritius. At the nursery they have over 50,000 seedlings being grown for this purpose.

Today he's on a nature walk with us to inspect the spring and the site of our proposed water catchment. That we will cut no trees or build no structures in the forest area is his main concern. All along the edge of the cane field there is a steep embankment down to the river's edge, hidden by the trees on the right. From the water line these embankments must have evoked the image of ramparts of a fortification three centuries ago. Hence the name Riviere du Rempart.

A short but steep downhill hike and we are at the spring. There is taro growing here along the water's edge.

We inspect the flow of the spring water down near the river's edge. Not bad!

The map shows the monastery and Spiritual Park in pink and a red "X" at the site of the spring. The squiggly pink line connecting the two is the proposed route of the 1 inch poly-pipe that will carry the water down to the monastery. At the monastery a pump installed on the old stone boat dock would lift the water up from the river to a new concrete storage tank. A relatively low cost project.

Here's a photo taken behind the monastery building looking upriver. The spring, "la source," is only 300 meters away. It's closer than it looks on the map. The "river" at this point is actually the salty sea water of the lagoon, just in case you were wondering why we don't just pump water up from the dock. This spring flows year round. In past years before the water system was upgraded the villagers of La Pointe would get their water there in times of drought. Perfect for us as it is in the hottest and dryest time of the year that we really need the water to keep the newly planted trees alive. Aum.

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