Gurudeva Padapuja

Jai Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami!

Each month during the chitra nakshatra the aadheenam observes a padapuja in Kadavul Temple to Gurudeva's granite paduka (sandals). Today's puja began at 5:45am with the chanting of Sri Rudram and an abhishekam performed by Natyam's Mayuranatha and Jayanatha. This is a powerful time of year for connecting to the inner world's and today's puja was no exception with a somewhat "zingy" energy felt from Gurudeva throughout the temple. Aum Namah Sivaya.

"Renouncing all I inwardly entered
And beheld the Light within.
My heart trembled. I prostrated low.
But Him I never forgot;
And the Lord of Celestials
Freeing me from the whirl of births
Immortal made me here."
-Tirumantiram 2615

MWS lesson 91: \"After the deep samadhi of Self Realization our perspective couldn\

t really be called vast;\"'

we simply see things the way they are. And it\

s as simple as that.'

We see things the way they are and that is the way they are from the inside out.

You look at a tree. You see the energies of the tree all working within the tree. Then after that you see the leaves and the bark and yet you see it all at the same time all working together.

That is Self Realization.

Those are the five steps on the path of enlightenment five steps that you have to work with.

The first one could be the most difficult--attention

It is making a strong brave soldier thats going on a great mission out of awareness.

By calling awareness to attention awareness immediately has to detach itself from that which it was previously aware of.

For when awareness is attached to that which it is aware of it thinks it is that thing. It doesn\

t think it is that thing, but seemingly so.'

When we detach awareness from that which it is aware of we can move freely through the mind, first in a limited area of the mind

then in a more and more vast area of the mind.

Then we learn to concentrate which awakens the power of observation.

If you have attention and concentration the other stages come automatically. But for Self Realization you have to really want it more than your life;

for that deep samdhi, that\

s what it is: more than your life.'

The realization of the Self beyond the rarefied areas of pure consciousness is more than your life. You have to want it more than your life.

Memorize these five steps: attention, concentration, meditation, contemplation, samadhi.

Now there are various stages of samadhi--savikalpa samadhi, nirvikalpa samadhi--but when I use the word samadhi I refer to Self Realization the Totality the Ultimate which I just described. It is worth seeking for. It is worth striving for. It is worth making a mission of existence on this planet for.

We are not on this planet to become educated to get things to make money to dress up the physical body to acquire property to feed ourselves.

We are on this planet for the realization of the Self, for that one thing, to go within ourselves. That is why we have come to this planet and we will keep coming back through the process of reincarnation time and time and time again

until that awareness grows up into a great big ball where it is strong enough to move through the rarefied areas of the mind--

if we are comparing awareness to a ball, from a ping-pong ball, to a volleyball, to a beach ball--and finally we are just there.\"

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