“When heart and mind are freed of baseness, when desires have been tempered and excesses avoided, dharma is known and followed, and good conduct naturally arises.” – Gurudeva
“To accept one’s karma and the responsibility for one’s actions is strength. To blame another is weakness and foolishness.”
“It is wise to have a free mind, a clear, serene and relaxed attitude toward life before partaking of food. That is why people on the inner path traditionally meditate for a moment, chant a mantra or say a prayer before a meal.”
“Sacred is secret in all religions because if you talk about your inner experiences, you make them outer experiences and you stop the process.”
“We’re here to realize the Self, to have that one dramatic experience where everything that we thought was things is turned upside down, and our whole perspective afterwards changes. That is the purpose for living on this Earth.”
“The whole mind is finished, all complete, in all stages of manifestation. Man’s individual awareness flows through the mind as the traveler trods the globe.”
“The most important rule of honesty is to be honest to oneself, to be able to face up to our problems and admit that we have been the creator of them. To be honest with oneself brings peace of mind.”
“Have a view of the direction in which your mind is going, and you will have a good control over the direction of your life’s circumstance.”
“Siva is the God of love and nothing else but love. He fills this universe with love. He fills you with love. Siva is fire. Siva is earth. Siva is air. Siva is water. Siva is ether.”
“That goal is to realize God Siva in His absolute, or transcendent, state, which when realized is your own ultimate state—timeless, formless, spaceless Truth.”
Examine the word “I” and honestly see what it means to you.
There is a great wisdom in cultivated affectionate detachment. Let go of the past. Let go of the future. Be a being right now.
The energy within our body is the same energy that pervades the universe, and it’s all emanating right out of Lord Siva.
You don’t discipline yourself to attain the feeling of love. You attain the feeling of love and then you want to discipline yourself because you love the discipline, because it brings more love.
Jai Gurudeva!
During today’s chitra nakshatra, we observed our monthly padapuja to Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. Monks and local members gathered in Kadavul Temple at 6:00am for the puja which was performed by Mayilnathaswami and Sadhaka Shankaranatha. Aum.
It’s easy to live in the now if you work with yourself a little every day and concentrate on what you are doing each moment.
– Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
OM NAMAH Shivaya