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Become acquainted with the awareness, that one beautiful, pure element of the soul, your superconscious body, which is easily found and easily discovered by simply closing your eyes and opening them and saying “I’m aware,” not necessarily of what you are aware of. Close your eyes. Say, “I am aware.” Awareness is closely identified to the realms of sight–hearing, of course, too, but more predominantly sight. As awareness expands and as awareness contracts, we find that we have power over awareness. It merely becomes a tool. The underlying power of awareness is the blissful state of the spiritual body of man, pure consciousness, the central source of all energies in its blissful, calm state. Meditate on awareness being like a lotus flower.
Close your eyes and visualize a river flowing into the sea, and see yourself holding on to the bank of the river, and the river flowing on past you. Now, let go of the bank of the river and flow down with the river and merge into the sea of life. Feel yourself, right at this instant, living in the here and now. Holding onto the river bank, we hold the consciousness of time and space. Holding on to the banks of the river of life is to recreate within you fear, worry, doubt, anxiety and nervousness. Detach yourself from the banks of the river and again be free. Love the banks as you pass, with a love born of understanding, and if you have no understanding of the bank, study your attachments until you do.
–Gurudeva
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Bodhinatha leaves for Toronto and Montreal tomorrow with Sannyasin Yoginathaswami…
TRAVEL NEWS! Bodhinatha’s next visit is August 11 – 17: Toronto and Montreal, Canada. See travel page for more information.
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The Ekadanta Kulam gave their report today. Saravananathaswami and Sadhaka Dandapani are quite focused on the advanced arrangements for Bodhinatha’s coming missions to Canada, then just a few weeks later to
Malaysia, Singapore and Mauritius and then in the fall to California. Here he reviews the schedule with Yoginathaswami.
Waialeale Mount looks incredible today. The night rains and clouds have pulled back…
Showing us the face of the volcano draining the mountain.
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The first jalakam is complete, with all the pieces in place from the floor level to the ceiling level of the gopuram.
It’s one of many of Iraivan’s remarkable pieces.
Looking forward to the coming construction is what Shanmugam Sthapati is always thinking about. Here he has begun drawing out positions for the next set of pillars to be placed.
The ancient technology used for this process is extremely accurate.
Modern day engineers have come to the temple and looked at the pillars that have been raised so far and are amazed that the silpis could do all this without modern instruments.
More Shikha Stone Installation Images
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