CHAPTER FIVE
Iraivan Temple Sadhanas
Note: Availability depends on the current stage of Iraivan’s construction.
1. The Iraivan New Self Image Sadhana
After worshiping in Iraivan Temple, sit facing the sanctum and repeat the following affirmation having in mind Gurudeva’s statements about creating “a new self-image and clear understanding of the purpose of life on planet Earth.” “I am not my body, mind or emotions. They are but shells of the infinite energy that flows through them all. I am this energy. I am its source.”§
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The Power of Affirmation§
True Success§
Quote from Gurudeva§
Find your spiritual destiny for this lifetime.§
Supplementary Reading§
Saiva Dharma Shastras, Section 95 §
Strictly following ancient scriptural treatises, this 100- foot-long, 35-foot-tall, 3.5-million-pound Chola-style temple is being built according to divine architectural knowledge to channel and focus the spiritual power of the crystal Śivaliṅga representing the Supreme God, Śiva: Parameśvara-Parāśakti-Paraśiva. Sculpted stone panels tell in pictures and potent aphorisms the temple’s story and mystical philosophy of Śaivism. Most importantly, Iraivan, with Lord Śiva facing south, is a moksha temple. This means that being in the presence of its sanctum sanctorum brings the pilgrim closer to freedom from rebirth on this planet. The vibration of the temple wipes away the dross of the subconscious vāsanās and simultaneously heals the wounds of psychic surgery. It takes away encumbrances and releases the pristine beauty of the soul. As pilgrims leave the San Mārga Sanctuary they are escorted back the way they came, along San Mārga and through the Rudrāksha Meditation Forest with a new self-image and clear understanding of the purpose of life on planet Earth. §
Merging with Śiva, Lesson 77: All Knowing Is within You “I will be what I will to be. I will do what I will to do.” You can repeat these two powerful affirmations over time and time again and thus rearrange, restructure, the forces of your subconscious mind and create a great inner peace within yourself. Become acquainted with the spiritual energies and bring the forces of superconsciousness through your subconscious. This creates feeling, a feeling that you are what you say you are—positive, direct, full of life and energy and creative power. Your intuitive mind proves this through your conscious mind, not only through feeling, but you will find yourself acting out the part in all kindness and security, exercising the positive will of “I will be what I will to be” and “I will do what I will to do.” Feel the spiritual force permeating the entirety of your body. §
You are the security of your statement, and you accept it into your subconscious mind. As the days go by, you will become more creative and more consciously aware of your spiritual destiny. Find your spiritual destiny for this lifetime.§
The greatest thing that a devotee must learn is that all knowing is within oneself. Therefore, go to the great superconscious school within you and bring forth knowledge. In order to do this, be confident within yourself. In order to be confident within yourself, have no fear. In order to have no fear, say to yourself, “I am all right, right now.” This will quickly bring you into the here-and-now consciousness. You will feel spiritual force permeating your body, and your intuitive state of mind will be active. Go ahead in full confidence that you are the knower of all that is known. This does not mean that you know everything that is to be known about the material plane, the emotional world of people, or what goes on within their minds. This means that you are nearing the source of all sources, that you understand the ultimate destiny of all souls—to unequivocally merge with Śiva.§
Spiritual destiny is manifested in the lives of those who stand out from the masses and actually do something, who live a creative life for the benefit of others. This last affirmation affirms an age-old truth and may be said several times before sleep and upon awakening: “I am not my body, mind or emotions. They are but shells of the infinite energy that flows through them all. I am this energy. I am its source. I am on my way to merge with Śiva.”§
Additional Resources§
Merging with Śiva, Chapter 11: The Power of Affirmation, or the Power of Affirmation booklet§
