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elcome to Lion Sage,an adventure forchildren in nine-teen episodes.Forthe 21stcentury, the monks of KauaiAadheenam completelyredesigned an earlierwork bySivaya Subramuniyaswami, called Mystic Mouse, enlisting Ashley Moore in California to redraw all of the art, adding both color and hercreative abilityto tellstories withgraphics.Ashleyspentmanymonths conceiving the ideas andexecuting them in the style youwill soon discover. The cover is by Kerala muralist Manikandan.The bookismeant toteach childrenhowtoface life’schallenges,but more importantly to inform them of their true identity. They are notthe bodywhich suffers now andthen. Theyare nottheemotions that well up in good times and not so good times. They are not the thinking mind. Theyare light and love, theyare animmortal soul on a path of self-discovery. Knowing this one truthcan alter a young life forever.As you take your children through these pages, you are provid-ing a deep comprehension of life and values that few people have. You are teaching them to live in the now and not dwell on the pastor worry about the future. You are strengthening their self-esteem,theirproblem-solving and theirabilityto cope with relationships.You are givingthem tools to create ahappier, less stressfulchild-hood. Youare erasing much of the negativity that the outside worldpieter weltevrede