Celebrating Siva's Great Night

Aum Namah Sivaya,

Several days ago we celebrated Mahasivaratri in Kadavul Temple. Beginning With a Siva homa, the night continued with a recorded talk by Gurudeva, a silent meditation, a break for coffee and tea, an upadesha by Satguru, and finally a Lingam Abhishekam to the small crystal Lingam which sits at the feet of Lord Nataraja. Aum Namah Sivaya. Sivaya Namah Aum.

\"The Self is like a neutron star, one millions times harder than a diamond, not light, not dark, not within, not without, all things and nothing.\"

\"You cant smell it, yet you sense its smell.\"

\"You cant hear it, yet you feel its noise.\"

\"You cant see it, yet you are blinded by the thought of its light.\"

\"You cant know it, yet you know it; and knowing it is irresistible.\"

\"The compact neutron star is heavier than heaviness itself\"

\"lighter than a balloon within air, space, nonspace, matter, nonmatter, air, the absence of air, light, the absence of light.\"

\"How can we compare the neutron star to the Self, which is a trillion times greater, infinitely greater?\"

\"There is no comparison, only an analogy of its greatness,\"

\"of the stability-of-hardness, ever-present Self within each and every one of you.\"

\"Quell the wanderings of the external mind.\"

\"Bring it in through breathing, regulated breath.\"

\"Quell the waves of the subconscious mind by bringing it into right belief, right words, right action--dharma\"

\"thus acknowledging all wrong actions, wrong words, wrong belief with penance, perseverance and final dissolution.\"

\"Then there is nothing left but dharma--right action, right thought, right speech--within every experience of life.\"

\"Dharma is sustained.\"

\"The neutron star: a trillion times more solid is the Self, which is you this very moment.\"

\"Feel strong, feel secure, feel invincible, untouchable and yet able to be touched.\"

\"Claim your heritage.\"

\"Learn to work with yourself within yourself to accept your inherent identity.\"

\"Dont waste your time looking for your religious roots, racial roots, from the past. Once found, they will only give you momentary fulfillment.\"

\"Accept and learn to deal with the realization of your acceptance of the undisputed fact of the strength of the Source.\"

\"You are always your Source, emanating, ever emanating, creation, preservation and dissolution,\"

\"but to create again to preserve the whims and fancies of the emanations of the neutron star.\"

\"The emanations of the star, of which the Self, Parasiva, you, is a billion times more compact\"

\"...is this maya of a constant, intricately complex series of performing, sustaining and cancelling out to perform again.

\"Let\

s all dance with Siva and unfold within ourselves Siva consciousness\"'

\"the all-rightness of whatever happens, of all the happenings in the perfect universe called Sivaness.\"

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