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Mohan Ramanathan, grandson of Mr Sabapathipillai who was the founder of the London Highgates Murugan Temple. Mohan first met Gurudeva when he was 8 years old in London, when Gurudeva came to start the worship for the temple. Now Mohan lives in Virginia.

[No audio today as our sound man has the afternoon vigil in Kadavul temple and is happily worshipping Lord Ganesha and proof-reading the July-August issue of Hinduism Today]

Click to send Gurudeva a spiritual question he will later answer for all to benefit.

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Date: April_21_2001
Title: Physical Injury, Daily Sadhana
Category: Self Improvement
Duration: 2 min., 44 seconds
Date Given: April 12, 2001

A cyberspace devotee asks Gurudeva about the physical difficulties of the accident in the spine that happened December 5. "How we should face physical difficulties when they come?"

If we think for a minute that we are our physical body, facing physical difficulties is very difficult. Similarly, if we think for a moment that we are our emotions, facing emotional trauma or upheaval is very difficult.

Karmas are on many levels. The physical body has its karma, the emotions their karmas, the intellect its karma. We can share karmas with other people or with projects in taking on responsibility and dispatching that responsibility. That is all karma management.

Realizing that we are the life force that flows through body, mind and emotion, realizing that we are the soul that lives in the mental body, the astral body, the emotional body, the physical body, we maintain our own personal identity through any trauma physically, mental or emotional.

My advise in going through a physical trauma is to be patient. The physical body, the mental body, the astral body and the emotional body will eventually adjust themselves back to normalcy.

A cyberspace, 'Merging with Siva' student who is doing the 52 sadhanas asks, "I want to do daily sadhana. Which of the 52 sadhanas should I use?"

The basic sadhana is waking up in the morning early, preferably before dawn, performing a small worship puja, then meditation upon the daily lesson within 'Merging with Siva'. Repeat some positive affirmations to make you strong. "I can, I will, I am able." Then, begin your day. Also, attend some temple, religious service once a week. Go on a pilgrimage rather than a vacation, once a year.
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Vivek, born and raised in Toronto, Canada, is here on school break to experience as much surf and Siva that he can.

This is the sister of one of our monks who has come to visit.

Manmohan and Shashi Rani Mittal from Fremont, California.
They are long time readers of Hinduism Today.

Sivakumar Meyyappan and his wife Lavanya, a Chinese Singaporean who is soon to formally become a Hindu through the namakarana samskara.

Another "cross national" couple, Scott and Bhavini from Pennsylvania... just married who came for blessings from Kadavul Nataraja. Acharya Ceyonswami blesses the couple with a shawl.

A close up of a bromiliad inflourescence. Peeking out from the luscious folds are the structures that have tiny flowers on their ends. Who designed these things anyway?

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