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"Oh Guharini! Magnetic power so peerless!
Thou who art hidden in the cave of my heart unknown,
Universal Energy lying coiled and dormant within, Arise!
Release thy cosmic power in me and in all moving objects,
By the act of Grace divine-Ambrosial sweetness Thou!
Oh vital Energy so feminine! Generating Beauty of Grace!
Reveal thy liberating power so that the veiled polarity
Inherent in manifestation is removed with thy ascent,
And I experience the perpetual bliss in mystic Oneness.
Awake, Arise, Oh Mother from thy slumber!
Bestir from thy resting place of Muladhara centre;
Move majestically to unite with the supreme Being
In lotus of the crown, the seat of light effulgent.
Is there anything rare, anything separate from me?
Therefore with the nectar of thy Grace arise and come;
Reveal the grandeur of thy increscent incandescence,
As thou mingle in ineffable bliss with the Sun of Siva.
Deign thy Grace to crown me with such consummation.

--Natchintanai. 20.
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Date: September_15_1998
Topic: Realize Untarnished Perfection
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Duration: 3 min., 56 sec.
Date Given: September 15, 1998

Good morning! Here at Kauai Aadheenam, it is Tuesday, September 15. Another day, the second day after our retreat.

During our retreat, we don't turn our computers on. We just started that, because the computer demands so much time. It is so demanding that we forget about people. There should be some time, when we are not just sitting in front of the computer. A computer is like a typewriter. It is a tool to be used to produce, not for entertainment. A whole-family entertainment is watching the television. That is one good thing. Everybody in the family will be together, even though they don't talk together. But, a computer separates the family. Modern psychological study has shown us that people who are facing a computer all the time experience depression and loneliness. A computer cannot love you back, no matter what you love on the computer.

So, follow our example. Take two days a week. Don't watch anything on the computer for entertainment. Use it as a tool to get your work done, as a sadhana.

No ... I am not reading what I am going to say next. I did read 'Merging with Siva', Lesson 156. But, what I am going to say next is just for you, just between you and me, between us.

I just want to convince you that you are a beautiful soul living on planet Earth. Unfortunately, and we don't why it happened, we are living in a physical body and an astral body. We have tools of emotions and intellect to deal with, either to use or to be used by them. Get that new identity, get that new identity. Get that new identity that you are an untouched, untarnished, perfect soul, evolving on planet Earth. Free from taint, free from tarnish, your true nature is happiness. Your true nature is peace and infinite intelligence. This of course, you learn on an inner path after proper initiation in the tradition of our great Sanatana Dharma. But, you can realize right now that you are a soul, living in a physical body, having the use of an intellect, having the use of emotions, not being controlled by them.

So, don't be controlled by your computer. Don't be controlled by what you see on television. Don't be controlled by anything but, the direction that comes from your soul, that still small voice, that knowledge of what is right and what is wrong. It will never, never, ever fail you for it knows dharma, which is the great scriptures of our religion which came from the Vedas, the Upanishads, came from the souls of great people, came from Siva who created the souls of these great people.

You are also a great person and you can make a difference on this planet. Realize your true identity. It is not difficult. I am not asking the impossible. I am asking you to stand up, sit up, be free. Become a spiritual leader. Make others happy. Get your happiness from making others happy. Make others secure, by feeling secure yourself. We will talk more about this again tomorrow, as we have darshan together.
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Ganesh Subbarayan from Denver, Colorado and Deepak Goyal from Phoenix Arizona were in Hawaii for a seminar and came to visit the monastery today. Here they are at the editorial offices of Hinduism Today.

They came at a very interesting time as the "blue line" proofs for the Sept-October issue of Hinduism Today just arrived back from our printer in Missouri. Sivakatirswami shows them how we print the cover of the magazine along side other printed pieces on the same press at the same time. The team will have 24 hours to make changes and sent new files back from Hawaii to Kansas City, Missouri overnite via the internet.

Sadhaka Tejadeva is the "Bodhaka" of the day, this is a different monk every day that is on special duty according to Gurudeva's instructions. Normally Tejadeva will be hard at work outside as a key man in keeping our grounds looking beautiful. But today Gurudeva asked Tejadeva to help with the Innersearch preparations... only 20 days until departure!

And finally after several months of trying to make contact with interested people in Russian we are now getting emails from Russian "Saivites" who are saying they hope to meet Gurudeva in St. Petersburg... so we are looking forward to some interesting fellowship.

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