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Media Studio Progress
October 10, 2013More today on the progress being made by the four-man team installing our dry wall. They are such concentrated workers, and a great team. From morning to night they never lose focus of the next thing, and they don't even converse among themselves except to get the work done. So...
Welcome, Chudika and Monty!
October 10, 2013What a wonderful surprise yesterday morning to encounter Chudika and Monty on the path. They are here for a week, Monty's first time in Hawaii. Monty is a policeman in a town south of San Diego. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
From Columbuthuri, Sri Lanka
October 10, 2013Paramaguru Yogaswami's Ashram in Columbuthuri, Sri Lanka, has recently had an ornately carved gopuram installed out front. The gopuram reads: "Yogaswami's Samadhi Temple." Yogaswami sits at its the center, facing towards Kauai Aadheenam. "Bliss will come, if you remain still. Why then do you want this illusory world? If you...
Twitter Update: "Looking for consciousness in the brain is like lo...
October 9, 2013"Looking for consciousness in the brain is like looking inside a radio for the announcer." Nassim Haramein
Chaturthi
October 9, 2013Yesterday was chaturthi, the fourth day after the new moon. This is Lord Ganesha's day and is traditionally a time during which special worship is performed and a slightly more elaborate form of worship is conducted in his name. Our daily Ganesha abhishekam in Kadavul Temple occurs at 3AM and is carried...
GK Media Studio Drywall
October 8, 2013Today the Media Studio drywall is being installed. A local team is doing this work of transforming the building from one big space into several small ones. This truly is a big step in the process, which completely changes the interior, and moves us from one type of construction to...
Stories of Hospitality
October 8, 2013Gurudeva often spoke of the refinements of traditional cultures, in nations all over the world. Like many, he was unhappy to see some of those cultured ways of life abandoned. He wanted us, in wisdom and moderation, to hold onto the subtle sentiments expressed in such things as respecting others,...