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Date: September_07_1998
Topic: Bear Cheerfully and Happily
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Duration: 5 min., 59 sec.
Date Given: September 07, 1998

Today at Kauai Aadheenam! Welcome everyone. September 7, it is a Monday. We sit together on this day, it is Siva's day. All of our extended families, that I am the spiritual guide for, gather together, sharing with each other, loving each other, caring for each other, being grateful for each other, appreciating each other. It is a Monday.

On our calendar, the Panchangam, it is Sun One. You can access our calendar through the Internet. We have a homa, each Sun one. This is a beautiful fire-ceremony, where the mathavasi Swamis chant Sri Rudram. Our priest performs the Vedic puja for the foundation of Iraivan Temple, for bringing over the stones for Iraivan Temple, placing them carefully one on top of another, to last for a thousand years.

Also, there is a bit of news for you. Jyothi Palani will become a supplicant of our monastic community. His new name will be Jivananda, a beautiful name for a beautiful soul. Another supplicant will be taking his vows. His name is Nilakantha, also a beautiful name. Japendranatha Sadhaka, will be receiving his silver ring. It is going to be a wonderful day.

Bodhinathaswami, Nilakantha and Brahmachari Markandeya will be leaving for Malaysia, Singapore and India. Back to Malaysia and back to Kauai Aadheenam. But, Bodhinatha and Nilakantha will be going on to Mauritius for 2 weeks and then back to the United States. So, we are empowering them to send them off, as we are empowering you to send you off for a wonderful day.

You are a very special person. Look in the mirror. You will see a face. You will see the marks of your birth karmas upon your face. Maybe they are happy, maybe they are sad. You have lived through much in this life. You must bear your karmas cheerfully. That means, accept your karma, carry it cheerfully. Don't resent those who reflect your karma back to you. Don't fight life. Life is meant to be lived joyously. That means, be happy all through life. That is a directive that is very difficult to do, to be happy all through life. But, you can do it. I have faith in you. I have your darshan, through cyberspace, which I look through. I call it the astral plane, the plane within the material world, that is within the mind, the akasa. I am seeing you. You are seeing me. We are loving each other. We are together. I support you, protect you. You are a very special person, because you tuned in today, into Kauai Aadheenam, for darshan.

Larry Payne, a very prominent Hatha Yoga teacher in Southern California, is bringing a group to Kauai Aadheenam, 40 or more, Hatha Yoga students, that are having a seminar here, on the island of Kauai. Every year, he comes about this time, with his students. But this year, for the first time, we are giving him a demonstration of Hatha Yoga, also. by Yogi Kartikkeyanathaswami, an expert in Hatha Yoga, is the Hatha Yoga trainer of all of our young mathavasi monks and task-forcers.

Then, we are also introducing Lemurian Scrolls, our new book, to the entire group. I am giving them a good talk in the morning, emphasizing their dedication on the spiritual path, emphasizing stepping forward and stepping out of their norms into a bigger and better life, emphasizing the Vasana Daha Tantra cleaning up the past. Writing down everything they have on their mind, in the deep subconscious, burning it, releasing the emotion from the impressions within the subconscious mind. A mystical practice, very easy to perform.

They will be visiting the beautiful stones that have arrived here on Kauai Aadheenam, Iraivan Temple. Their presence is welcome. Big day for them.

Also, the day-after is an eclipse. A very intense time here, because we are all very sensitive to the movement of the planets and stars, the moon and the earth, all in association. We feel we are in tune with the Universe, in tune with nature. That is why, everyone feels the peace of Kauai Aadheenam.
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The Sun One homa was performed as usual bringing us as always into the high realms of inner space as the "doors" between the three worlds open one to another.

Sadhaka Tyaganatha, our Agni Hotri (priest of the fire ceremony) prepares the traditional "homa ash" which is to take the durva grass that is laid on the fire altar during the ceremony, and "fire' it quickly and mix the ashes with ghee to make a black paste which is put on the sacred Kumbha pots and also offered to the devotees who put a dab on their foreheads as a pottu (sacred forehead mark.)

A small innovation has been implemented in our Cyber Talk program, which is to record Acharya Palaniswami reading the full question from those emailing in. This gives us a full idea of what is being asked. After he reads the question, then Sadhaka Thondunatha translates the question again in Tamil.

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Iraivan Temple Progress Update

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Work continues on finishing up course number one of the main sanctum. In the far background is Dennis, a local building inspector who signed off on the first phase of the foundation construction.

The silpis are very carefully filling in the space between the inner and outer stone walls.

In a process that probably no modern construction company would ever have the patience to use...first they mix the cement powder and sand.

What is different is that this mix is dry....

The dry mix is laid in to the space in a small layer and then these lava rocks are hand placed.

Next, the silpis hand water the layer, and usiing a trowel they meticulously work the mortar, sand and stone mix, inch by inch. As the building inspector said, who was watching them, work "water and sand will make for perfect compaction...it will be impossible for a single air pocket to form with this method. Modern construction for a similar situation would be to dispense entirely with the rocks and simply pour in a very wet concrete mix to fill the space as quickly as possible." But such a fast method would leave spaces and cracks as the concrete dried. Sthapati explained using stones also allows for moisture to be absorbed in the wet season and then given back in the dry season.

Our Siddhidata team backs up the silpis by providing them with materials right at the edge of the structure. Please give generously. Contact Iraivan.org to make a monthly pledge or choose a stone or a pillar to sponsor.

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