Our members here on Kauai have the wonderful duty to host pilgrims and temple visitors on the mornings of the retreats… a member of each of the families takes turns. This past retreat Deva Seyon was our temple host and upon returning home he writes:

“Well it’s a temple phase this week with Sun 1 homa, Chitra padapuja on Sun 3 and Vaikasi Visakam on Sun 4, with our retreat hosting duties that is a wonderful exposure of our outer and inner bodies to the light of Kadavul. How, with all this, we manage to forget who we are and where we are going is a phenomena of nature! The reality of Gurudeva’s absence physically is a long way from sinking through every cell of our body. We experience mini shocks and tremors daily that this is now Reality. He is not going to walk in from behind the curtain – no he is not in his office waiting for you – no he isn’t sitting under the Banyan tree or walking along the pali. He is not riding along San Marga in his mushika cart eyeing the future of this magical land or visualizing the endless steam of pilgrims coming to San Marga. He is not out petting the cows or dancing in the woods next to the river. He is not talking to the silpis or feeling the stones with his hands or going from kulam to kulam pointing the way for the next innovation – or is He? Or is He?”

To the 24-hued rainbow, that goes by the name of the ‘Kauai Aadheenam’:

Blessing

A bridge too far to something near
That is a rainbow for you, my dear!
A symbol of joy
A message from the gods
Truly shows we belong to the stars!

Think of the rainbow
Complete in its range of colors �
Mix and match and you have it all
Like the life we live
From Dawn till Nightfall!
That is how beauty emerges
When the sun shines alongside raining clouds
Like a smile that brightens the day
when things happen to send tears our way!
Arching across the sky
Lifting my spirits high
How do I thank you, God,
For yet another gift you give?

I have found my pot of gold
In the inner smiles that unfold
As I stop in my tracks
To drink in this miracle I behold –
The 24-hued rainbow
that goes by the name of
‘The Kauai Aadheenam’!

JAI GURU DEVA!

We get a wonderful sense of the way temples were built in India centuries ago. This slow, patient, persistent process must in part empower the stones as the silpis, day after day, put their prana into every particle of the temple. No wonder it zings with shakti!

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

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Another wonderful day with Lord Ganapathi at the Dharmasala on the first Sunday of May. Despite the very chilly rainy weather on that day, visitors did not want to miss their Homa. Inside the mandapam the kids were squeezing in to feel the warmth of their parents. As usual devotees love to bring offerings which are placed at the Holy Feet of the huge Pancha Mukha Ganapathi.

MORE UPLIFTING THINGS		Innersearch 2002 in Hawaii! Our next Innersearch Travel-Study program will be held right here on the island of Kauai in the summer of 2002. It’s the first such program on the Garden Island since 1974! From July 17 to July 22 we will enjoy daily classes with the swamis, join in the annual Guru Purnima festival, be inspired by local culture, explore the lush tropical island in exciting and non-touristy ways, and more. Be prepared for a wonderful spiritual experience in paradise with meditations, seminars and sacred ceremonies at the Siva temple of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery. Many have applied already, and there is a limit of 50 participants, so we recommend everyone apply as soon as possible. Interested? Please request an application from pilgrim@searchbeyond.com
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