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September 22, 2003"Faith, astikya, creates the attitudes for the action of worship. We can see that from the soul's conception to its fullness of maturity into the final merger with God Siva Himself, worship, communication, looking up, blending with, is truly monistic Saiva Siddhanta, the final conclusions for all mankind. We can...
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September 21, 2003"One more thing comes to mind--this is that occasionally I have experienced being absolutely aware, fully conscious of the physical body, eyes closed, while simultaneously seeing through the eyes of the inner body and communicating through thought with astral people in my room. Sometimes when the mathavasis have been late...
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September 20, 2003Gurudeva talking to the monks about the Shum language. "It is very important to decide exactly what you are going to meditate on before beginning. Then stay with the decision throughout the meditation and make every effort to avoid the tendency to become distracted and take off in a new...
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September 17, 2003Gurudeva at the Dharmapura Aadheenam in Tamil Nadu, South India on an Innersearch in the early 80's. Why don't you join Bodhinatha on the next Innersearch which is also going to South India. "Home base" will be the city of Madurai, the home of the famed Meenakshi Temple. We already...
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September 16, 2003Gurudeva with two small kittens. On one side of our monastic life Gurudeva brought to us the deep mysticism and rigorous practices of Raja Yoga, on another side he brought us into the information age of computer technology and on another side he taught all the monks to learn to...
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September 15, 2003"God Siva created us. He created the earth and all things upon it, animate and inanimate. He created time and gravity, the vast spaces and the uncounted stars. He created night and day, joy and sorrow, love and hate, birth and death. He created the gross and the subtle, this...
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September 14, 2003Gurudeva parading round the foundation of Iraivan, 2001. Our Beloved and Revered Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Attained Maha Samadhi on November 12th, 2001Click to read for Details. We are pleased to announce the web release of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's monumental work on Hindu culture and lifestyle: Living with Siva. Click here...
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September 13, 2003Gurudeva on the Caribbean innersearch... Our Beloved and Revered Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Attained Maha Samadhi on November 12th, 2001Click to read for Details. We are pleased to announce the web release of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's monumental work on Hindu culture and lifestyle: Living with Siva. Click here for the entire...