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September 14, 2001
Gurudeva's Statement on America Under Attack
All is well at home in Hawaii. We continue with our spiritual messages pertaining to issues on the forefront of the consciousness of mankind:
Excerpt from Gurudeva's Lastest Book,
Living with Siva
[from the chapter on Nonviolence]
We all know that Hindus, who are one-sixth of the human race today, believe in the existence of God everywhere, as an all-pervasive, self-effulgent energy and consciousness. This basic belief creates the attitude of sublime tolerance and acceptance toward others. Even tolerance is insufficient to describe the compassion and reverence the Hindu holds for the intrinsic sacredness within all things. Therefore, the actions of all Hindus are rendered benign, or ahimsa. One would not want to hurt something which one revered.
On the other hand, when the fundamentalists of any religion teach an unrelenting duality based on good and evil, man and nature or God and Devil, this creates friends and enemies. This belief is a sacrilege to Hindus, because they know that the attitudes which are the by-product are totally dualistic, and for good to triumph over that which is alien or evil, it must kill out that which is considered to be evil.
The Hindu looks at nothing as intrinsically evil. To him the ground is sacred. The sky is sacred. The sun is sacred. His wife is a Goddess. Her husband is a God. Their children are devas. Their home is a shrine. Life is a pilgrimage to mukti, or liberation from rebirth, which once attained is the end to reincarnation in a physical body. When on a holy pilgrimage, one would not want to hurt anyone along the way, knowing full well the experiences on this path are of one's own creation, though maybe acted out through others.
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Title: Necessity of Daily Meditation |
Cybertalk: A cyberspace devotee, Vatsala Devi from Johor Bahru, Malaysia, wants to know if it is necessary to meditate daily. Gurudeva says it is important to meditate daily at the same time and there are many techniques that are in the Master Course that can be used to solve family problems within yourself.
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Ajit and Leena Hemmady, with their daughter Priya from Plano, Texas came for puja today.
Saravananathaswami who is full time now helping Gurudeva with the student body of Himalayan Academy, shows Sadhaka Thondunatha some recently developed correspondence study guide materials. Enrolled students will be assisted in the process of evaluating their understanding of the teachings and also their daily behavior in relation to the Yamas and Niyamas.
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Lorries rolled into the temple carving site with empty containers several weeks ago, to pick up crates of stones ready for shipment to Hawaii.
There are five containers full of finished stone now on their way to Kauai.
Temple carving site manager, Jiva Rajasankara (in front, all in white) and his Shakti, Kanmani ( in red) have been the human pillars of strength behind getting the all the stone pillars carved.
They manage the temple carving site and oversee all the work that goes on and have created a small religious village there in India. They stand with staff, lorry drivers and on-lookers before the stone disappear into the containers.
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Date: January_30_2000
Title: Why do we fear death? Part 2
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Those from the religious background, who believe that "There is only one life and when it's over, it's over," generally cry and have a very unhappy time over the departure of a loved one. This is very disturbing to the loved one, from where they are in the inner world, and wondering, "Why the grief?" Because, they are fine. They are happy and they are free of a lot of karmas, a lot of worries, a lot of conflict, ready to start a new life.
Those who have a mixed religious background - a mix of eastern religions and western religions - will be heard to say, "He's gone to Siva's feet". Yet they will be seen crying and in agony because their loved ones went to the higher side of the world that there is.
Those with the pure Asian religious background, who understand reincarnation, dharma, karma, and the existence of God everywhere, will smile contentedly and say to themselves, "What a wonderful life the departed had!" and be joyous in the new world that the departed, loved one is now experiencing.
So you, in cyberspace, can ascertain where you are. Are you solid in the eternal truth? Or, are you divided between temporal, seeming-truth and eternal truth? Or, are you in just the temporal, seeming-truth that produces sorrow and unhappiness and a sense of loss?
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Innersearch postponed
Due to the horrific tragedies of September 11th, Himalayan Academy has indefinitely postponed the Canadian Innersearch scheduled to leave next July. Please be assured, we will re-schedule the Innersearch, but only when the present insecurity around the world settles down. Until then, if you are planning to go on a future Innersearch program with Gurudeva, continue to set aside a little income each month in a special fund. |
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