← Maya
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Why Are We Not All-Knowing Like Siva?
The three bonds/pashas, given by Lord Siva: karma, maya and anava, are there to mature the soul. At first it is natural for the soul to be totally involved in ...
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Deeper Perspectives and Monastic's Realization of the Self
The more you can detach yourself from life the more you can avoid the ups and downs of life, but you don't want to detach too much, or you will ...
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Reality and Life
The existence of the world, extreme views: The attitude that the world is real, the attitude that the world is illusion. When we look at it the right way, through ...
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What Are Our Saiva Forehead Marks?
The three stripes of vibhuti across the forehead signify trying to purify ourselves from the influence of anava, karma and maya. There are two ways we're attached to the world, ...
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All Knowing is Within You: Experience Without Reacting
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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Siva Consciousness
Yesterday we started the page by the omnipresence of the Divine in this universe, "Siva above us. Siva below us. Siva before us. Siva behind us. Siva to the left of us. Siva to the right of us. Siva outside us. Siva within us. How Great is such an ever-present One?" ...
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Past Lives, Why Siva created the universe?
A cybercadet asks why don't we remember our past lives. Gurudeva says that the memory of past lives is available to us and that it is possible to trace back ...
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Staying Clear of Maya
Today's question comes from a devotee who is concerned about getting too caught up in maya. "What can I do, Gurudeva?" Gurudeva advises the basics, "Practice the religion; follow the advice of your elders, the respectable elders" and more. ...
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Accepting and Facing Challenges
Having a sense of who we are, fulfilling the dharma of that person, we're motivated to do certain things in the world. Those change lifetime to lifetime. Find inspiration in ...
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The First Dimension and the Shum Perspective
"The first dimension is the inside of things that you cannot see or touch... All dimensions of the mind exist in every cell, every atom in the universe...Within the first dimension of the mind, called 'arehmushum' there are energy flows..." Gurudeva's story of a breakthrough of mambashum in 1969. Shum definitions of Arehmushum, Mumlingmi, Nashumif, and the 18 basic movements of nature. The Seven Dimensions of the Mind. ...