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Cybertalk: Nine year old cyberspace cadet Yatrika from Sunnyvale, California wants to know where does everybody go when Siva absorbs the entire universe during the time of Mahapralaya. Gurudeva reassures her that this will not happen soon and explains about Mahapralaya. Another cyber devotee asks how does one become a Saiva Swami. Gurudeva says to become a swami one has to settle all affairs within the world and within himself so that the world renounces him.

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Date: March_15_2001
Title: Gurudeva Interviewed by Loni Petranek Part 9
Category: The Guru
Duration: 3 min., 35 seconds
Date Given: August 20, 2000

Gurudeva: It is a really wonderful book, very inspiring. It tells about life in the ancient days and gives us advice on how we can live it today. We have modeled our monastic living after some of that advice and it has made a very harmonious group. Nobody argues, nobody fights and if any misunderstanding comes up even today, it is settled before bedtime.

Loni: That is a good idea. Well, it reminds me of people, sort of, holding information. I have just met with someone here, who is working with some very valuable information about Kauai. I have spoken with some Kupunas and now they feel it is safe to actually bring the information or the gifts, so to speak, out because the younger generation now speaks the language and will protect and keep it intact. So it does go out, as it is supposed to go out. It is what you are speaking about the 'Lemurian Scrolls'. It is sort of an idea, whose time has come and so to be sharing that. Now, you spoke about channeling and you didn't feel it was channeling. How do you receive most of your information?

Gurudeva: Well, this particular experience was reading from the akasa. Actually seeing through the third eye, just like looking at a TV set. So, I wouldn't call that channeling. We call that reading the akasa. There are other forms of channeling, of listening to people speak in the other world. Then of course, there is walk-ins and walk-outs and all of that. But this is very specialized. It happened and when it was finished, it never happened again. So these things come to you. It is not like you can turn them on and off. It is for a certain purpose. It is like, the people in the other side in the other world now want to communicate. So, they open the door and when they are finishing, they close the door.

Loni: Now, you also had visions before you came. You knew that this is where you were going to be establishing your headquarters, so to speak, your monastery and temple. You received that clairaudiently and clarivoyantly, as far as that information?

Gurudeva: The vision about the temple came in an early morning dream. The difference between a dream and vision is, you forget your dream but a vision is even stronger in your mind years later, than even it was at first.

Loni: So you receive a vision, you can receive it in a dream state or is it in a conscious state?

Gurudeva: It is in a half-way state and it only happens early morning. just as you are coming back into your body.

Loni: A lot of people would say it is intuition. Is there a difference there?

Gurudeva: Intuition is your own superconsciousness and everybody has that. You know, you get a flash, an idea. That is your intuition.

Loni: So, receiving a vision, there is a differentiation.

Gurudeva: That is different. That is also if the people in the inner world want to give you a message, either verbal message or a visual message. They open the door, you get it. That is not like an off-and-on switch that you can work yourself.
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Meanwhile we have an increasing guest flow... Today members of the seniors' "Association of Former Government Employees" came for a visit. We were expecting about 40 people but about 70 showed up.

Meanwhile one of our favorite Ammas, Mrs. Manonmany Sangarapillai, brought her whole family to visit. Amma is originally from Sri Lanka and a devotee of Yogaswami. Here Sivakatirswami shows them this daily web page.

On the right in the photo, next to Acharya Ceyonswami who visited the family in Chicago a year ago, is Pravin. He's only 16 but a very tall young man with plans to be a world class golfer. Next to Pravin is his dad, Dr. S. Asokan.

On the left is: Mrs. Mali Asokan, Mrs. Manonmany Sangarapillai, and Anjali Asokan. The whole family are big supporters of the Iraivan Temple project. Please join them in our world family of participants on the monumental Iraivan Temple Project.

Here is Lord Ganesha on the west outside wall of the Kadavul Siva temple that is in the center of the monastary administrative complex. It is traditional to keep shrines on the outside walls of temples. Sometimes people may not feel pure enough to enter the main temple, not having bathed or only having a minute to worship. So they can stop by the outer shrines for darshan of the Gods.

Gurudeva's other monastery in the island country of Mauritius
in the Indian Ocean near South Africa

It is Ougadi. A national holiday in honor of the New Year's day of the Telegu speaking people . The Mauritius Andra Maha Sabha celebrated the holiday with a gala cultural program this year at the one-year-old Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture in Phoenix. (The center was a gift to Mauritius from the Indian Government.)

Many people took advantage of the holiday to visit the spiritual park today. Here's the Youth Wing of the Sai Baba Center of Le Hochet, Terre Rouge singing for Ganesha.

The Sai group traditionally wears white. A very nice level of elegance can be seen among the group here.

Mr Beehary brought his family. He bought 'Dancing with Siva' and donated a bilva tree for planting in the Spiritual Park.

This photo could maybe someday soon be taken in Mauritius. However this picture shows Gurudeva with some of the Hindus of Martinique during the Caribbean Innersearch cruise that took place in March last year. Sulochana Maniry (standing to Gurudeva's left) performed some Indian dances and her entire group sang some spirited bhajan for Gurudeva and the innersearchers that were travelling with him. Events such as this add magic moments to the Innersearch experience. You can be sure that the upcoming August cruise will also include gems of culture and the warm hospitality of the Hindu people living in Scandinavia. You can be a part of it! See below and sign up for the cruise right now.

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