Blog Archives

Yogaswami says:

"What infinite varieties are seen as the Dance of the
One, whose gracious Feet be my unfailing Guide, Aum."

Natchintanai--264.
No Audio Today

Be surprised! No new audio today.
Take this opportunity for an adventure.
Close your eyes and click to get a message
picked at random from our vast audio archives

Click to send Gurudeva a spiritual question he will later answer for all to benefit.

transcription begins

Date: October_13_1998
Topic: Create Change and Thought
Category:
Duration: 10 min., 38 sec.
Date Given: October 13, 1998

Today at Kauai Aadheenam, October 13. By our Vedic calendar, Sun 1. We begin a 6-day phase. This means that we serve for 6 days and then we have a 2-day retreat.

We just finished a 2-day retreat reflecting on life that we live here, reflecting on the future and reflecting on the past. What we do in future, do we want to remember it in the past? Big question. That is why we always have to stop and reflect. We can't be too busy to include reflection upon the past and upon the future, in our agenda of living life here on planet Earth.

Today we had a beautiful homa fire, invoking God and the Gods, to help us create the foundation of the Iraivan Temple. We need to raise about $ 300,000 to have a one 24-hour day cement pour. It is going to take 24 hours for the cement to pour. Over 150 cement trucks will be coming and then we can stop putting temple stones soon after.

We attended the 'Future Fair' here at the Garden Island of Kauai. The people of Kauai are trying to, and are being successful in all parts of the island, in having an unified vision for the next 20 years. An unified vision of all the residents here.

Remember a few days ago, I mentioned that we were creating a big banner? It said, "One Island, Many Peoples, All Kauaians". Well, when you are a Texan, you live in Texas. When you are in Boston, you are a Bostonian. When you are in Kauai, you are a Kauaian. You share in the spirit of Aloha, which means loving, giving, and supporting, acknowledging all the fine qualities of life. It was a very successful event and the big banner was on the front page of ' The Garden Island' paper. We are very happy about that. A beautiful article written by Sue Dixon our fine editor, about we are all Kauaians and the reason why we live in a diverse community but, we are one, under one banner. We are all working for a sustainable future.

Well, we are improving one of our rooms, the room where we receive guests. Milan and Margaret Nezbeda have designed a beautiful marble floor. John Anderson and Wayne Field are experts at putting marble, creating a beautiful place to walk and sit. We will put a picture for you to see, when it is finished. It is really beautiful.

Yogi Tapodana and Markandeya Sendan arrived from India and are telling us many, many stories about their mission through Singapore, Malaysia, and through the southern part of India. Very happy to receive them back.

Now, the thought for today is 'Affirmation'. We often make affirmations that don't work out to our benefit. We say, "Oh, darn!" and "I'll be ..." the d-word, and all kinds of swear words. What we are doing when we do that, is programming our subconscious mind to create barriers and hindrances in our lives. Have you ever thought that something wonderful is really going to work out, all of a sudden falls through and does not work out at all? The subconscious mind is an obedient supercomputer that is performing its functions for you. If you say, "I'll be darned", then you are darned and things don't work out. If you say, "I will be the d-word," then obviously, you will get the d-word working in your life.

There are other 4-letter words that you can use. L-o-v-e. K-i-n-d. Love, kind. You can put positive affirmations into your subconscious mind.
I will be what I will to be.
I will do what I will to do.
Through the grace of God, life is going to be perfect tomorrow, the next day, every day after that, on to the future.
Think positively. Those positive thoughts take the substance, which this universe is made of, and bring it all together, to impress it in your subconscious mind. It actually can be seen in your aura by a psychic person. You become a new person, a brand new person. The 'love' word and the 'kind' word eliminate the "I'll be darned" and all the other naughty words. Erase them. They no longer exist because kindness, love and charity are all the wonderful qualities of powerful, moving energies. Whereas, hate and stopping and jealousies are negative energies and they don't move as fast. They just sit there, grinding away.

Thought is a very powerful thing. The computer that you are looking at now, is a product of thought. Somebody, somewhere had an impulsive vision. Then, that impulse turned into a pulse. The vision began to be more clear in their minds and parties of the various parts came together. They were inspired and they saw how they could help humanity. It became concentrated and finally, it manifested in what we are looking at today. Everyday, it improves. It gets faster and faster and faster. I wonder if it will ever get faster than the speed of light. Maybe, it will be like the newspaper, carried by the cat. We will see tomorrow in today's computer ... who knows? It is advancing so quickly and it is also helping us so much. The building that we are sitting in, that you are sitting in was once a thought. The impulse to pulse to creation to finally manifestation.

You are a creative being. Everybody living on the Earth is a creative being. We say poverty is a state of mind. Poverty is a state of mind. Change the state of mind, stop cursing yourself and cursing others, which is also yourself. You will be an uncursed person, able to go ahead and be successful in life. People who are wealthy control their desires. That is why they don't spend more than they have.

It all begins up there in the head. It is all controlled by the feelings of the heart. If we get lower in the anatomy, we don't know what is going to happen. In those parts below the heart, things get all mixed up, and confused. Things often, back up on us in ways we don't want, in ways we don't like, causing us to resent life and want to end it all. Suicide is not an option. In some countries, they have a death penalty. That is a joke! But, it is not an option.

There is a wonderful movie playing here on the Island of Kauai, about suicide, death, after-life, reincarnation. I forget the name of it .... 'What dreams may come'. Go, see it. The whole nation is understanding reincarnation, life after death.We are moving on very rapidly. Many people are preaching the end of the world, that it will happen next year. Let us hope so. The end of all the worst of the world, just leave the best. We will go on from there into a New Age. Remember, a New Age begins with harmony and peace in the home, raising your children without being afraid of the parents.

Well, we are kind of running out of time here. I will be seeing you in our very familiar place, looking at you. Positive affirmation, think about it. I love you, you love me. I love you, you love me. That is a good affirmation to say to people that you are a little edgy around, that haven't quite pleased you or maybe that teased you. Change the attitude by changing the belief.

We'll gather together tomorrow, cyberspace comrades. We'll be together tomorrow.
transcription ends

The lovely Lalwani family came for a short stop at the monastery. Ashok (in the back on the left) has been viewing these TAKA pages regularly and had printed out the directions from our web site. The whole family was on a cruise ship that stopped at Kauai and they only had a short time to visit. It is wonderful to see a whole family together like this.

Left to Right: Kamala (Ashok's mother) Lalwani and sister Asha. Ashok and his wife Sangita and American born Manav, son of Ashok and Sangeeta ( and taller than both of them!) and the on the right, Situ, father of the clan. We invited them all to return for a pilgrimage one day.

Young newly weds Pratik and Sampurna came again today and attended the 9am Siva puja.

Sampurna and Pratik feel happy to have their union blessed at the temple and go home renewed and ready to start a family. Sampurna is a school teacher and looks forward to seeing some of our materials for children.

Brahmcharini Damara Shanmuga's in San Diego. A belated showing of this submission to TAKA: Damara's special seva is putting Gurudeva's teachings into braille for the blind. She sent us this little write up from Southern California:

"This is my oldest grand daughter, when she first learned to talk she informed us that her name is Vali Devi Shanmugan. She became be 8 years old on June 11. This picture was taken on April 9, 2001, in Uncle Sadhu's living room. It was his 55th birthday and our little Saivite family was all together for a special family home evening, Easan Sankara and his new bride were visiting San Diego on their homeymoon. This is the very first copy of Weaver's Wisdom, the Tirukural, in braille.

Aum Namasivaya!

Bri. Damara Shanmugan

Sadhaka Jivanandanatha, assistant managing editor for Hinduism Today and our official photographer, gets in front of the camera today. Here he is by the magnificent Maha Spatika Lingam in Kadavul Hindu Temple.

The Remarkable Vision

Iraivan Temple Progress Update

Join this historic undertaking. Please contribute generously. Sponsor a stone today! Monthly Report Sponsor a stone Iraivan Wonders

Another stone ready to be laid into place.

All hands on deck as the stone is tilted over gently onto rollers. The silpis are striving for a "paper joint" which is thin enough not even to allow a post card to be fitted between the stones. Even so, they still use a grouting mix between the stones to fill the joints. In old days they used limestone paste, but today they use highly quality fine mortar. One primary purpose of the mortar is to fill all the spaces so that not a drop of moisture can seep between the stones. If that happens, mold and fungi begin to grow and the joints will "turn green."

Leveling and smoothing each stone may take several days. Pointed chisel and cross hatch head polishing chisels allow the silpis to creat a near perfect fit.

Gurudeva's spiritual center in the island country of Mauritius
in the Indian Ocean near South Africa

Mr. Biharical Naranji Kanak is a very close friend of the Spiritual
Park. He comes there regularly on weekends with his family to enjoy
the peaceful atmosphere pervading the place. Mr. Biharical manages a
big company that deals with jewelry. The Spiritual Park is very
thankful to him for generous donations he has been making to the park
in the past. He has particularly been inspired by the teaching circle
project in the midst of ebony and bamboo growth at the far end of
the park: project which is however, being reviewed.

Children like to accompany their parents at the park on weekends.
Other than running here and there on the lawns, they enjoy watching
the fish in the ponds and look at sailing boats in the blue lagoon.
Here are two nice friends who like to stay close to lord Ganesha
inside the Mandapam.

This wonderful family from Rose Hill comes to the park every month to
hand over humble donations they collect from friends and relatives to
support the maintenance of the park. Ashok Naiko on the left, works
in the Police Force whereas his father in law, in yellow, on the
right has been a sailor all his life. The whole family is practicing
Reiki.

The grey cats of the park are very charming creatures which enjoy the
presence of our visitors especially those who care for them. Here we
see little Sivarathna feeding them.

On the chilly and windy July 28th evening, (it is winter time on this side of the equator) Gurudeva's Mauritian sishyas gathered at the Saiva Dharmasala to enjoy the warm darshan of their Satguru. A nice peedam was set up in the Mandapam and the brahmacharis are here performing the pada puja.

Brahmachari Vel Mahalingum ceremoniously pouring water on the sacred Tiruvadi.

The Kularvana Tantra:

"Cherish the very sandals which hold his feet. All knowledge is founded on those Feet. Remember and cherish those feet which yield infinitely more merit than any number of observances, gifts, sacrifices, pilgrimages, mantras-japa and rituals of worship."

The ladies have their eyes concentrated on the Tiruvadi while the brahmacharis are chanting the sacred mantras.

At the peak moment of the ceremony, everyone stood up to chant the Guru mantra while Brahmachari was doing the arthi on the holy Tiruvadi. After this everyone prostrated at the Holy Tiruvadi while sishyas sang beautiful devotional songs.

Here are some of the sishyas quietly seated an enjoying the Guru's darshan while smoke from incense sticks is uplifting the atmosphere.

"At the root of meditation is the Guru,

At the root of puja are the
feet of the Guru.
At the root of mantra is the word of the Guru.
Atthe root of liberation is the grace of the Guru.
In this world all holy actions are rooted in the Guru.
Therefore is the Guru to be
served with devotion to fulfillment."

12 Glorious Days, 8 Enchanting Countries and One Chance in a Lifetime! Imagine spending 12 days with one of the greatest spiritual leaders of this century. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami will be leading this exotic educational and spiritual voyage himself combining the mystical path of Indian spirituality with a superlative retreat from it all. Take advantage of this one chance to be in close proximity with a living master. Come with us on an inner and outer voyage to Northern Europe and Russia. www.innersearch.org