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November 12, 2001Gurudeva says: "The Hindu looks at nothing as intrinsically evil. To him the ground is sacred. The sky is sacred. The sun is sacred. His wife is a Goddess. Her husband is a God. Their children are devas. Their home is a shrine. Life is a pilgrimage to mukti, or...
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November 11, 2001Gurudeva says in Merging with Siva:"To develop a whole new lifestyle takes thought. Our desire has to be transmuted into doing that. In the ordinary lifestyle of human consciousness, our desires generally are for things, for emotional experiences, for intellectual knowing. And that's all good, but they're not organized. We...
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October 30, 2001"Serve Him by praise, by the action of the hand, by touch and sight, by the power of the mind and soul, and such dedicated work will take you to the supreme goal of Siva" "There is one thing that man implores of Siva, which is to serve Him unto...
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October 29, 2001"Who bids the sun to move? Who makes the moon resplendent? Who impels the stars to twinkle? Who directs the force of sunshine? Who illumines the eyes to see? Who animates the air to blow? Who stirs the waters to rise? Who inspires the wise to praise? Who rotates the...
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October 28, 2001Gurudeva once told the monks:"First learn to love fish, then birds, then animals, then man... only in this way will you come to realize the Self." And recently he has brought forward an even simpler magic six-word mantra: "I love you. You love me." In this simple way he echoed...
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October 27, 2001Gurudeva has often said that Yogaswami is on the inner planes... working day and night and very active... Here is another of his beautiful works, a letter to a young man. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sivamayam Yogendra! Look everything is Sivamayam. Then who are you? Who am I? Who is your father? Who...
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October 26, 2001What Yogaswami said, Gurudeva fulfilled: "Shall we not invoke the name of Siva and gain clarity? Shall we not rejoice in His gracious Feet? Never shall we forget to offer the blooms of grateful love. To far off lands shall we traverse in the service of Siva." --Natchintanai 60. No...
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October 25, 2001From the songs of Yogaswami:SARVA JNANI, MY JNANA-GURU "Have you known my Jnana Guru? He is my beloved who has given me the support of the Mulamantra AUM, and in compassion he has taken his place in my heart." He would wander in the precincts of Nallur with a cheerful...