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September 21, 2001
Gurudeva's Statement on America Under Attack
Each morning after the meditation Gurudeva answers questions posed by the monks on meditation, inner life and recently on world events. He continues to make the point that any man who beats his wife is a terrorist and any parent or teacher that beats a child is a terrorist and is participating in a form of terrorism. His message to everyone in the world during these times is "Don't give in to terrorism, keep in the higher chakras. What does this mean? It means don't go into the emotions of fear, anxiety or retaliatory anger. Be alert, keep yourself informed of what is going on, but keep the emotions at a higher level.... How can you do this? It's simple: if you feel the lower emotions of fear, anxiety etc. then just sit down, breathe slowly and pull yourself up. If you see or hear anything suspicious, inform the authorities, but do not take the law into your own hands."
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One of Gurudeva's sadhanas is to walk in nature and identify the colors around you. This way in meditation you will be able to see these colors, which is a powerful means to uplifting consciousness. Our water lilies have a remarkable color scheme with the center yellow being almost irridescent under the bright sunlight.
Jothi and Vasuki Sendan live nearby, both have been members of Saiva Siddhanta Church from a very young age. Jothi came on task force and learned to love nature and planting while he was in the monastery. Later he married Vasuki and together they have a wonderful nurturing spirit. Jothi raises tropical flowers and also fish.... To order a fantastic gift from Hawaii for some special person in your life... go to http://www.ktropicals.com/ and there you can also find, in his "Notebook" a wonderful lesson on tropical flowers and some incredibly beautiful pictures (click for the large size) of flowers he grows.
Today he came to stock our stream with several varieties of fresh water fish that he has raised.
Gurudeva has always said:
"First learn to love birds, then fish, then animals, then man... only in this way can you come to know the Self... "
Nurturing life in any form is always an uplifting activity. Thanks Jothi and Vasuki!
Sadhaka Haranandinatha showing a visitor around who came to pray for peace in the world while her cruiseship docked at our port in Lihue. As expected, the number of daily visitors has dropped considerably since the terrorist attacks.
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Date: August_23_2001
Title: Hindu View of Diet Items
Category: Self Improvement
Duration: 2 min., 45 seconds
Date Given: June 29, 2001
Acharya Palaniswami: Onions and garlic are the nails of asuras and have qualities in them that produce negative feelings when ingested. That is the reason why, I am told, a Hindu would not eat such things. I also know that some people don't eat carrots, tindolla, eggplant, masoor dal and so forth for the four months that are considered most holy in the Hindu calendar.
Gurudeva, I am confused. Please let me know what Gurudeva thinks about all of this. Does he and his mathavasis, for example, eat onions and garlic? Thank you for your guidance. I remain in search of God and spiritual ways. Rakesh.
Gurudeva: To keep the health high here at Kauai Aadheenam, our beautiful Hindu monastery where we have about thirty mathavasis, we have a practice of holistic health, which is a little bit different than running to one doctor, to another doctor, to an acupuncturist, to a chiropractor and medical doctor.
We have a nutritionist, an ayurvedic nutritionist, Dr. Sodhi in Seattle, who comes here every two years and tells us all what we should eat. He takes blood tests and analyzes the diet of each individual. If there is a health problem with one or another of us, the acupuncturist, the chiropractor, the allopathic doctor and the nutritionist all talk together. To me, this is the holistic approach. They all discuss the case from their particular point of view and education and try to solve the problem by giving very good advise. Yes, they do recommend onions and garlic.
I was told, many, many years ago in Sri Lanka, the men would take off their shirts and worship. They would be very hot and everybody would be perspiring. One of the reasons, probably the best reason, they don't eat onions and garlic is because it gives the body odor.
So, rather than relying on village superstition, it is good to go to the professional and get the solid advise.
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