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Date: March 06 1999
Topic: Hotel-lobby or Home
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Duration: 4 min., 50 seconds

Today at Kauai Aadheenam, it is March 6, and it's a busy day in cyberspace ashram, on the beautiful garden island of Kauai.

We had 2 students from the county college come with cameras, to film us and all the beautiful lakes, ponds and rivers that we have flowing through the ashram here. It's a class project.

Also, the Vedic Astrology Convention is being held on our island. Last night, we sent Sri Rudram chanters, about 6 or 8 monks there, swamis and sadhakas and yogis, to give a beautiful homa and blessing for the conference. Today, in a few hours, I'll be giving a talk, about how to use Vedic Astrology, for purifying your subconscious mind, for performing penance, which is traditional in Sanatana Dharma. Also explain to the astrologers, whether or not they are Hindu or not. People of Abrahamic religions i.e., Christianity, Judaism, Islam, don't believe in reincarnation, the existence of God everywhere, the law of karma and all that. If you have accepted those beliefs and made them a part of your life, obviously, you are a Hindu. No doubt about it.

We'll be talking about that, answering questions, and then having a signing of books. The new book, 'Merging with Siva' will be there. 365 daily lessons, which is a lifetime study. Certainly has been for me, because it has been 50 years of all of my classes, talks and lectures, programs, here and around the world, to thousands and thousands of beautiful souls.

We talked yesterday about making a house, a home. I don't know what we can do about a hotel lobby, where husband and wife work and kids are running in and out and the neighbor's kids are running in and out, and nobody is chaperoning anybody. Nobody knows what anybody is doing. Girls are getting pregnant, boys are making girls pregnant. Drugs, swearing, and all the nasty things of life. That's the hotel-lobby home, of a dysfunctional family.

It's a slow process, for a mother and a father to turn a house into a home. They move into a beautiful home. They have to be there. The aura of each mother and father and the children have to permeate the walls of the home. The devas and guardian devas and ancestors have to be worshipped and invoked into the home. That is turning a house into a home, because it is a vibration, it is a place that you want to come back to. You never want to leave, because ... why? It is your home.

Nowadays in dysfunctional families, kids want to leave home as quickly as possible. Soon as they are able to get a job and rent an apartment, they are out of there. That is no way to live. That is a wonderful way to die - lonely, uncared for, forgotten. We want to reverse that. It is only intelligence that can reverse a negative situation and turn it into a positive situation.

Everyone in cyberspace - I don't know who I am talking to. I may be talking to 15 or 20 of the daily listeners to these inspired talks. But, I hope that I have convinced you to turn your house into a home. And, if you have a hotel lobby where everybody is running in and out, try to turn that hotel lobby into a house and the house into a home.

We'll be back with you tomorrow. We're going off to the Vedic Astrology Conference, to give a nice talk to these beautiful astrologers that have come in from all parts of the world, to our little garden island in the middle of nowhere.

Aum Namah Sivaya
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At the Aadheenam today, Sadhu Paksha is over and the regular morning routines begin again. Here is a wonderful picture of the Sun One homa...

After the homa Paramacharya gave a wonderful talk on the meaning of "grace" in Saiva Siddhanta. Referring to Gurudeva's books he brought forth the understanding of grace being a divine intervention that goes beyond what we can invoke by our own will or action. Grace is something that comes when one is consistent in his or her sadhana and devotion to God. At the right moment, Lord Ganesha, or Lord Muruga or Lord Siva "steps in" and makes powerful changes in our lives, outlooks and spiritual unfoldment.

Here's Don Judges and Chandana Becker, legal and health care professionals and followers of the Siddha Yoga tradition. They were here for last week's tour day but wanted one more darshan of the temple before flying home to Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Madan Avadhani and family visiting from Fremont, California. He heard about the temple from friends at Intel.

Innersearcher Rohini Kumar from Malaysia. Rohini is in the filmmaking business in Malaysia and has been working hard for many years and this was a great spiritual break for him.

Happy Malaysian Innersearcher Mrs. Nageswary Nagalingam with her daughters Dhanika and Meena in St. Petersburg. Their trip with Gurudeva was a gift to them from Dad, Pathmarajah, who stayed home to hold the fort.

Out innersearch staff writes:

"
Aloha from St. Petersburg, Russia. We're having a
great time. What a city! Lots of work is being done to clean it up, but there are still many run
down streets, buildings and abandoned places.
Amazing post-war evidence all around, but at the same
time the Hermitage Museum and Ballet, for example,
were totally exquisite.

Indivar Sivanathan, a long time sishya (devotee) of Gurudeva.

Acharya Palaniswami with Gurudeva and Chandra Shekharan and his daughter Julia.
Sadhaka Japendranatha writes:

"We have had a great time with Alexander Ivantsov
the past 2 days in Petersburg. He's so sincere. Today, Gurudeva gave the first
namakarana samskara ever performed in the Neptune
Suite Lounge aboard a Holland America Line vessel in
the Petersburg Harbor! Yes, we had Alex, his daughter
and their friend Devasena aboard the ship for a while
with us today. Alexander's new
name is Chandra Shekharan.

Gurudeva holds up a gift given by the Innersearchers, a gold pen.

Inside the Hermitage Art museum which houses some of Russia's great artistic treasures.

Loganathan Shivam, one of Gurudeva's devotees from Los Angeles, originally from Iran. Loganathan runs a business dealing with fine artifacts imported from Asia and the Middle East.

Jeff Weiske from Kauai, Hawaii. Jeff is a physical therapist and has been very helpful teaching Gurudeva and the monks the Pilates system of exercises to strengthen and maintain a healthy back.

Kamala Srinivasan from Toronto, Canada. Innersearch... a time to look within and consider the profound things of life.

Acharya Ceyonswami and Sadhaka Thondunatha outside the Hermitage Museum with the gold dome of St Isaacs
cathedral in the background

Sheela Venkatakrishanan in the Hudson Room onboard the Amsterdam. We have our very own private room onboard the ship where daily classes are conducted by Gurudeva. Sheela has been very active in helping with this website and working in cooperation with Asha Alahan, the two of them are responsible for the daily transcriptions of Gurudeva's talks.

Gurudeva giving his daily lesson. Today it appears to be on color meditation.

Jim Daugherty from Pennsylvania.
Our staff reports:

"All is going really well here. This
group is wonderful. All of them have such big smiles
and are getting many great inner things out of this
voyage with Gurudeva. Lots of profound outer
experiences, too! Many of them went to Hindu temples
for the first time, ate with their hands on a banana
leaf (imported from Jaffna!) for the first time, even
visited the Winter Palace for the first time. Many
other firsts, too, of course, not to mention the
cruise itself which is an amazing experience in what
hospitality can be.

Marianne and Oisin Thompson. She discovered Merging with Siva and became a student of Himalayan Academy. Her little boy has been to Kadavul temple and simply loves to be with the monks and watch the homa fire.

A time to make friends for life.

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