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Today was a very quiet day of ...

August 10, 2010

Today was a very quiet day of retreat at the monastery.

Become a spiritual being. That is your goal, your liberation, for as the years go by you can live in heaven, or you can live in your own self-created hell, and you don't want to do that. Think about it and create a heaven right now by living with Siva.

– Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

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