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July 25, 2003 
"The yoga of pure devotion is found at the beginning, the middle and the end of the path. Merging with Siva is more and more a deeply felt experiential reality when the soul gives of itself to Siva inwardly and outwardly in unabashed devotion. Prapatti truly is the key that unlocks the love needed as merger increases as the years pass by and, as Satguru Yogaswami said, "Love pours forth to melt the very stones." Bhakti yoga is not an intellectual study. It is a practice. It is also not an emotional experience. It is a devotional experience. There is a difference, which we will come to understand. Bhakti yoga is not a cure-all, nor a means to fast enlightenment. Rather, it is the foundation for enlightenment. It is not a technique. Nor is it a magic mantra. It is a way of life. The transformation that comes from living in the state of bhakti yoga is the softening of the heart. "
Gurudeva
Our Beloved and Revered Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Attained Maha Samadhi on November 12th, 2001
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Bodhinatha during Guru puja.
Study and listen to learned people and our primary scriptures, the Vedas and Upanishads and other holy texts. This guides us to become more spiritual people. But it is listening, more than reading, that is meant by this practice, for listening is more powerful. As Yogaswami said, "It is not in books, you fool!" Rather it is through hearing that the more subtle forms of knowledge are passed from the knower to the listener, from the teacher to the student. This happens most potently when the speaker has had spiritual experiences.
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Kulapati Iraja Sivadas, with us on Task Force, has been helping Paramacharya Palaniswami with our big project of archiving all of Gurudeva's audio cassette tapes. Palaniswami has scoured all storage areas for every single tape that we could, put these into boxes and Iraja has been cataloging them.
Iraja has also been finalizing an article on the mathematician, Ramanuja, for the next issue of Hinduism Today.
Our goal is to digitize all these tapes and have them transcribed. Those which are appropriate for the general public will be posted on the web in the months ahead...
Here is Iraja's catalog of Box 2 of tapes. He says the oldest tape he has found so far has audio on it dated from 1959. We think this must have originally been on reel-to-reel and then later transferred to cassette. What a treasure!
Very devotional Patel families came today, both from London and Ohio. Thank you for sponsoring a Lotus handrail of Iraivan Temple for $1008!
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After a long dry spell we had some excellent showers last night and today. But the silpis are very literally "high and dry" working on course 17 of Iraivan.
You can visualize the height of the temple... the tall side braces are 20 feet long, making them 1 foot taller than the tip of the top of the vimanam.
If all goes well we shall see the main sanctum finished by the spring of 2004.
Looking toward the north... Dakshinamurthi stands watching us all, sending out His message through silence.
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Date: April_12_1999
Title: Meditation : The Power of the Spine
Category: Meditation and Yoga
Duration: 4 min., 46 seconds
Date Given: April 12, 1999
Given by: Gurudeva
Today at Kauai Aadheenam. April 12. Greetings, everyone in cyberspace! We are so happy to talk with you.
The question has come up about being a member of one or more Hindu organizations. "If you are a member of one organization, and are invited to be a member of another organization, how do you explain yourself if you want to remain focused?"
Explain yourself in this way, that it is traditional to follow one Parampara, one Guru lineage, one Sampradaya, one denomination within Hinduism. If you can do that, they will understand because this is traditional. If you are of the Smarta Sampradaya, you are following the Sankaracharya of Kanchi or Sringeri or one of the other Sankaracharyas and you are going to be loyal to that particular lineage. That will be easily understood. It is very important to focus and not spread yourself out into a social situation. Without becoming a member of a temple, you can help in many other ways. Sponsoring pujas, sponsoring of festivals, performing karma yoga and most importantly, teaching the children. This is your participation.
Well, I hope that answered that question from California. I am looking forward to more questions. But, in the meantime, we are going to talk on meditation.
sim-shum-be-see. kaa-eef. Feel the aware of the power of the spine. Sit up nice and straight, head balanced at the top of the spine. Feel the energy within the spine and feel your awareness being aware of itself. That is the Shum word ka-eef. sim-shum-be-see means feel the power of the spine. ka-eef means awareness being aware of itself.
Shum language is a divine language. It came spontaneously from the Inner Worlds in Ascona, Switzerland, over 25 or more years ago. It has been used ever since here at Kauai Aadheenam daily. sim-shum-be-see, ka-eef. Once you hear that or repeat it to yourself, automatically knowing its meaning, you are having a spiritual experience. You are feeling the power of the spine, that makes you feel strong, makes you feel invincible. That power within the spine is emanating right out from Lord Siva at this very moment. Your mind is calm because your awareness is aware of itself. That means you are not aware of the intellect. You are not thinking thoughts. You are not aware of your physical body. You are aware only of two things. You are aware of being aware and if your awareness wanders, you are aware of the power within your spine.
This is a wonderful meditation to perform. When and how do you perform this meditation? Just before you go to sleep at night. If you wake up during the night, sit up. sim-shum-be-see, ka-eef. Wake up fully, go back to sleep in a higher world. Don't just roll over and try to go to sleep because you will go to sleep in the lower world. You don't want to be there. Karma is even made in your dreams. You want to go to sleep in the higher worlds. Sit up nice and straight, if you suddenly wake up in the night and think sim-shum-be-see, ka-eef. Be aware of the power of the spine and awareness being aware of itself.
Now we are going to have translations into Malay and the beautiful French language. We will be back again in cyberspace, looking at you, talking to you and we will be seeing you and you will be seeing me and we will be enjoying our time together tomorrow.
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