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Influences in the Conscious Mind

On the spiritual path be careful to not let the worldly approach of others influence us. Take time each day for spiritual practice; turn off the externalizing and limiting conscious ...
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Hatha Yoga, Relaxation, Letting Go

Set aside personality. Focus on being a spiritual individual. Hatha yoga helps release stress and tension. Use subsuperconscious, not reason, analysis and intellect for understanding in an intuitive way. Let ...
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Theism, Monism, Meditation, the Shumif Perspective

urudeva's teachings and Saiva Siddhanta: Monistic Theism, Advaita Ishvaravada. Become a great Theist first. When perfected, through charya, kriya, yoga and jnana, when devotion to God Isvara is really strong, ...
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Sivaratri 2016: The Meaning of Yoga

Hinduism defined is trying to be in the highest state of consciousness you can, right now. Quieting our thoughts down to the point where there aren't any. Separate from body, ...
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Awareness, Meditation, Work

The mind doesn't move; awareness moves. We have control. Sitting still, restraining the mind, nirodha of the vrittis, is what's changing subconscious from the inside out. Being spurred on by ...
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Willpower, Realization, Liberation and Merger with Siva

An upadesha by Bodhinatha. Understanding the mind is 50% of control of the mind. In order to achieve this, we need to cultivate willpower. Realization leads to Liberation which leads ...
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Claiming Your Spiritual Identity Exercise 5

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami refers to Merging wih Siva Chapter 6. He teaches the fifth practical exercise in claiming our spiritual identity: awareness traveling through the mind. He explains that Gurudeva ...
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Bodhinatha's 2003 Mahasivaratri Talk Part 1

Part 1 of an inspired talk about God Siva, worship of Siva, how ceremonies in the temple and the devotion of those present open a hole to the inner world ...
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Behold the Sacred Lotus Flower - Publisher's Desk

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Apr/May/Jun 2012 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. Bodhinatha uses the analogy of a bud blossoming into a beautiful lotus flower in order ...
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Letting Go Of Past And Future

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's presentation entitled "Letting Go of Past and Future" features in the Jul/Aug/Sep 2010 Hindusim Today edition. In this presentation, Bodhinatha explains that the restraint of the modifications of the mind or yoga ...
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Can Everyone Benefit from Yoga?

While openly available, yoga is rooted in Hindu scripture, teaches Hindu practices and leads to oneness with God. Yoga is comprised of eight main practices namely yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, ...
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Path to Higher Consciousness

Bodhinatha's presentation is based on the Oct/Nov/Dec 2014 edition of Hinduism Today and is entitled "Path to Higher Consciousness". Bodhinatha explains that attaining higher consciousness requires more than virtuous living and humanitarian ...
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May 2016 Pubdesk Video

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the July/August/September 2016 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "It is easy to talk high philosophy in Hinduism, 'man is God,' 'we are divine,' it is easy to say profound things...however to put these principles into practice to the extent that we really are a more spiritual person, that is the challenge. And that, is what we will explore here." Bodhinatha considers 5 ways the attitude of a dancer is similar to an individual ...
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Publisher's Desk: Three Stages of Faith

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today magazine, reads his Publisher's Desk article from the Oct/Nov/Dec 2009 issue on camera. He speaks of the three stages of faith: blind faith, ...
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Publisher's Desk: Three Kinds of Temples (Part 2/2)

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today magazine, reads his Publisher's Desk article from the Jul/Aug/Sep 2009 issue on camera. He focuses on the importance of keeping the house clean ...
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Explaining Willpower: A Bodhinatha Upadesha

Bodhinatha shares his insights on using willpower to succeed in meditation. Willpower is defined as the strength to carry our one's decisions or plans. Willpower has to be cultivated. There ...
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About Siva and You: an Upadesha by Bodhinatha

Parasiva, Parashakti and you as the Self: Realize that! An Upadesha given at Kadavul temple on July 24, 2011. Bodhinatha explains that we are all immortal souls living in earthly ...
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Color Meditation

Simple five minute color meditation with 12 sadhanas; auric circle, affirmation such as "I am all right right now", pranayama, flooding the aura with colors [ red light, orange aura, yellow aura, green aura, ...
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Can Everyone Benefit from Yoga? Part 2

Our publisher, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, reads his Publisher's Desk editorial from the April/May/June 2010 edition of Hinduism Today Magazine. Part 2 of 2. In part 2 Bodhinatha discusses the benefits ...
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The Inner Workings of Temple Worship

An upadesha by Bodhinatha describing Gurudeva's most important teaching: God realiation as the foremost goal of life. Deep inside we are perfect this very moment and have to live up ...
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Hinduism / Christianity Counterpoint

An Upadesha by Bodhinatha describing the differences between Hinduism and Christianity. Good words and deeds are not enough; the experience of God breaks the cycle of samsara. A key difference ...
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The Two-Syllable Mantra: A Bodhinatha Upadesha

Upadesha by Bodhinatha on the Two-Syllable Mantra given at Kadavul Temple on July 31, 2011. The Sun is the goal of the devotee's path. Siva is the self God; the ...
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What You Can Do

Upadesha by Gurudeva on What You can Do. Gurudeva encourages and urges all initiates and students to put into practice what they have been taught/they have learnt and to be ...
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A Lesson in Energy (an Upadesha by Bodhinatha)

A lesson in Energy from Merging with Siva - An Upadesha given by Bodhinatha on 02 July 2011 Gurudeva pointed out that consistent meditation impacts on the states of mind ...
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The Primary Goals and Practices of Hinduism

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami of Kauai's Hindu Monastery answers the second of five questions posed to a panel of diverse religious leaders at the Permian Basin's first interfaith gathering held at ...
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Willpower and Concentration (An upadesha by Bodhinatha)

An Upadesha given by Bodhinatha on March 14 2011 Bodhinatha explains the relationship between our inner and outer life. Continuity of efforts made in both our inner and outer life ...
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Monthly Video - February 2010

Our monthly video for February 2010. Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, spiritual head of Kauai's Hindu Monastery and publisher of Hinduism Today Magazine, reads his Publisher's Desk editorial from the April/May/June 2010 ...
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Claiming Your Spiritual Identity Exercise 4

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami teaches the fourth practical exercise in claiming our spiritual identity: we are the experiencer, not the experience. Bodhinatha outlines the concept of being the witness of the ...
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Claiming Your Spiritual Identity Exercise 3

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami teaches the third practical exercise in claiming our spiritual identity: we are not our body, mind or emotions. In this third exercise we learn to be a ...
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Bodhinatha's 2003 Mahasivaratri Talk Part 2

An inspired talk by Bodhinatha on the night of Siva. Bodhinatha explains how to live Saiva Siddhanta: cultivation of devotion and practising profound meditation. Bodhinatha reminds us of the four ...
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Letting Go of Past & Future - Publisher's Desk

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the July/August/September 2010 edition of HInduism Today magazine. "A peaceful and effective life is waiting for those who undertake the not-so-easy work required to live in the eternal now." Bodhinatha highlights the benefits of living in the eternal now and shares a few ...
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Behold the Sacred Lotus Flower

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives a presentation on topic which featured in the April/May/June 2012 Hinduism Today edition entitled "Behold the Sacred Lotus Flower". In this presentation, Bodhinatha reminds us that the seed of ...
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Hinduism: Religion or Way of Life?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Apr/May/Jun 2013 edition of Hinduism Today magazine, confronting a long-standing misapprehension about our faith, showing us why Hinduism is more than a ...
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The Journey to Liberation

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the October/November/December 2015 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "Though moksha may seem remote, there is wisdom in keeping this ultimate goal in mind as we live our day-to-day life." Bodhinatha explains how daily sadhana which includes worship, introspection, affirmation and study is a ...
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I Want To See God

Some pertinent suggestions to sincere seekers on where and how to look for Divinity. Hinduism prescribes that belief in God is the first step towards the ultimate purpose of life, ...
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Our Three Kinds of Temples

The community temple, the home shrine and the sanctuary inside you are readily available to stabilize and uplift your daily life. If an individual finds fulfilment in the community temple, ...
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Six Levels of Practice

Bodhinatha's presentation is drawn from Gurudeva's teachings on daily practice and is entitled "Six Levels of Practice". In this presentation, Bodhinatha explores each of the six practices, namely (1) Making Dharma Your ...
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An Alternative to Happiness

Bodhinatha's presentation is based on the Jan/Feb/Mar 2017 Hinduism Today edition and is entitled "An Alternative to Happiness". Bodhinatha considers the fleeting nature of happiness in the material world and outlines how ...
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The Journey To Liberation

Bodhinatha's presentation is based on the Oct/Nov/Dec 2015 Hinduism Today edition and is entitled "The Journey to Liberation". Bodhinatha highlights the mystical view that each time a soul takes birth into a ...
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Surrender is Central to All Yogas

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Jul/Aug/Sep 2017 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "Individuals who are not religious make progress toward achieving their goals in life by self-effort. Whatever they accomplish is, from their perspective, solely the result of what they do to achieve it." In order to unfold spiritually, one must relinquish his free instinctive nature and surrender ...
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Merging with Siva

Merging with Siva, Hinduism's Contemporary Metaphysics is a guide for one who is ready to diligently walk the spiritual path. Great new vistas open up throughout its 365 daily lessons ...
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How Do We Prepare for Death?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 34 of the Himalayan Academy publication "Path To Siva," explaining how Hindus prepare themselves for death. Bodhinatha explains that the soul never dies; only the physical ...
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Karma Management Part 3

Seventh principleaccelerate karma. Saivite Shastras talk about this in terms of monastic 36-year pattern for training. Within his life he goes through four lifetimes of karma. One in first 12, ...
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Moksha, Realizing God

There is a misconception that one day we are experiencing zero percent God, then the next moment we are experiencing 100 percent God. Enlightenment doesn't just happen in an instant. ...
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Austerity Part 3

Bodhinatha elaborates on the four-fold concept of austerity, which Gurudeva defined as sadhana, penance, tapas and sacrifice. So, why bother performing austerities? It increases our speed on the spiritual path. ...
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Need for Religion Part 1

Gurudeva said there is a need for religion. Gurudeva at first just taught meditation, but then later he started teaching devotion and had everyone building temples. Gurudeva realized his devotees ...
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Need for Religion Part 2

Gurudeva said there is a need for religion. Gurudeva at first just taught meditation, but then later he started teaching devotion and had everyone building temples. Gurudeva realized his devotees ...
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Foundation of Bhakti

Cybertalk: Bodhinatha reads from and gives bhashya on today's Master Course lesson of the Day from Gurudeva's trilogy, Dancing with Siva, Living with Siva and Merging with Siva. Lord Ganesha ...
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Foundation of Bhakti

Cybertalk: Bodhinatha reads from and gives bhashya on today's Master Course lesson of the Day from Gurudeva's trilogy, Dancing with Siva, Living with Siva and Merging with Siva. Lord Ganesha ...
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Temple Messages

I receive requests to send letters blessing various activities at Hindu temples around the world, just as Gurudeva did. The New Zealand Tiru Murugan Temple is having its kumbhabhishekam after ...
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Yamas and Niyamas part 2 Foundation

Today many people interested in a spiritual path say "Forget the basics, let's just start with the end of the path." Of course this approach doesn't work very well because they don't have a foundation. Gurudeva said that the yamas and ...
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Anger and Meditation part 1

Bodhinatha talks today on how important smooth interpersonal relationships are to the meditator. If our relationships with others are in poor shape, they will come up from our subconscious mind ...
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Sadhana

Spiritual life can be likened to climbing a mountain. Each experience offers opportunities to progress toward the peak, which represents illumination and union with the Divinity that lies within us. ...
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Commencer Mditer

Traduction: Jean S. Sahai, Guadeloupe ...
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Twelve Shum Meditations

Basic Maps of the Inner Mind is published by Himalayan Academy. Gurudeva, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, discovered within superconsciousness the Shum-Tyeif language as a result of his desire to give precise ...
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Fine Art of Meditation

Meditation is an art, a definite art, and well worth working for to become accomplished. It is not easy, and yet it is not difficult. It only takes persistence, working ...
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Know Thyself

These fourteen lessons are designed to offer seekers a few keys about self-discovery from man?s oldest spiritual tradition, one that is unique in its devotional nondualism. It is a simple ...
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Hatha Yoga

Hatha yoga is a system of handling the physical body so that the mind and the nerve system are calmed and quieted. It is primarily a means to prepare oneself ...
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Verschmelzung mit Siva

365 Lektion der Erleuchtung eines lebenden Meisters. Offenbarung der Tiefen des Raja Yogas, das klare weisse Licht und die endgltige Bestimmung eines jeden Suchenden. bersetzt von Lakshmi Hartmann Bemerkung: Dies ...
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Moksha Ritau

Bodhinatha gives a talk on the Moksha Ritau, the cool season and the third of three seasons or ritaus in the calendar given by Gurudeva. Moksha means release from the ...
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Our Grand Chakra Journey

The knowledge of the chakras is a spiritual science from the world of sadhus and sannyasins, the monks of Sanatana Dharma. It is a road map that can bring us ...
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Meditation is Silence

Bodhinatha reads from the October 2006 "Publisher's Desk" which illustrates, through an experience with Yogaswami, that "meditation is silence" and the esoteric meaning of "nothingness." Bodhinatha then provides bhashya on such themes as: ...
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Origin of Karma Management

Bodhinatha tells the story of the origin of the Karma Management seminar idea. Additionally he talks about enlightenment and dispels the common misconception that it happens instantaneously. He elaborates on ...
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Choose Realistic Goals in Meditation

Bodhinatha talks about the problematic attitude of getting sad when our spiritual experiences aren't as deep as we want them to be or think they should be. He reminds us ...
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The Art of Concentration

Bodhinatha shares a lesson from "Living With Siva" on The Art of Concentration. He then gives his bhashya on Gurudeva's teachings and indicates how Gurudeva's approach may differ from the standard approach ...
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Gurudeva and the Shum Language

The story of Gurudeva's unfoldment of the Shum language is related. Some effects and uses of the Shum language are outlined such as: vibration of the inner areas of the ...
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The Fourth Dimension

Bodhinatha reads from a thirty-seven year old talk about the nature of the fourth dimension. He explains that it is the "witness" and that it is very easy to get ...
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The Fifth Dimension

Before we reach the sixth and seventh dimensions we experience the fifth dimension. Yet this can be experienced only after the third and fourth dimensions are stabilized. The fifth dimension ...
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The Sixth and Seventh Dimensions

Excerpts from Gurudeva's original writings explaining the sixth dimension: The superconscious plane, the heart of the generative and regenerative function of the intelligence of man and also,"The Garden of Temptations" ...
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The Advaitin: The Beginning of the Shum Language

The transcript for today's talk includes Bodhinatha's "Introduction to Shum" which was given on January 5th. Technical problems prevented recording that day. But the audio for today is on the same subject. ...
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Gurudeva's Mahavakya Part 1

Bodhinatha welcomes everyone to the first annual observances of Gurudeva's mahasamadhi with a talk on the mahavakya, or great sayings. Citing several classics from the Upanishads, Bodhinatha repeats and elucidates ...
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Kaif: Awareness Aware of Itself.

The reading of a talk by Gurudeva on kaif, awareness aware of itself, which includes techniques to achieve this meditative state and intellectual barriers to this attainment. Spiritual interpretation and ...
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Mamsani-Basic Shum Mind Maps

To energize the mamsani, monthly meditations on them to commence shortly. Bhashya on four vibratory rates of our being: La, lam, laf, lamf. Reading from "Merging with Siva" "The Death of The Small Self" Connection between inner ...
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Sustaining and Deepening Meditation Utilizing Shum

Lesson One from Merging With Siva is read with bhashya and emphasis on the externalities of the world, bihaishum and Parasiva. Then further exploration into Shum with the focus of ...
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Awareness in context of the Shum language

Bhashya on "Merging With Siva: The Story of Awareness." "We can put awareness, which we are, into the state of consciousness we choose to put it in if we keep control of our mind." Shum images that describe awareness and awareness traveling in the higher dimensions are discussed with readings from Gurudeva's writings. Experience simshumbisi: "Where you both have a means of travel and a destination." ...
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Awareness and Observation

Upadesha on "Wisdom's Path." All states of consciousness already exist. There is just one mind. Pure awareness does not change. Judge your observance. Thought and observation. Observe from the quiet mind; ...
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The Clear White Light

Selections from: "Merging With Siva," "The Clear White Light," with bhashya on components such as: Our own greatness and spiritual potential, worry and how to overcome it. An excerpt from Gurudeva's Shum Language of Meditation ...
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Lotus of the Heart and Simshumbisi

A reading from "Merging With Siva" titled: "The Lotus of the Heart," shows the way to "Opening an inner door for awareness to flow through;" followed by a parallel Shum lesson highlighting simshumbisi -- the power in the spine. Humility and observation are required ...
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From Darkness to Light

The light of understanding is the foundation for the bright light of spiritual perception. The self-concept of Divine Being is part of that foundation. Through a balanced approach of self-reliance, ...
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Being dynamic in meditation

With successful meditation our external point of reference changes and we become aware of ourselves as a spiritual being, a subsuperconscious intelligence -- positive and dynamic. Take that deeper and ...
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The Meditator: Remolding the Subconscious

Through deliberate effort we don't have to think the way we think; to remember the things about the past we remember. Daily meditation. The forces of positive accomplishment from each ...
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The Four Perspectives of the Mind

Awareness, energy, willpower are the same thing. Interest-awareness can shift energy levels. Strengthening willpower. Inner and outer willpower are the same ability. Intuition, superconsciousness, higher consciousness are present with regular ...
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Prapatti and Bhakti Yoga

Devotion is a calm, intelligent expression of love for the Deity. Emotion means excitement. Create a closeness to the Deity and an effective mechanism is developed. Meditation requires a proper ...
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The Goal of Attaining Parasiva

The challenge of defining Parasiva, Absolute Reality, the destiny of each soul. If something is timeless, formless and spaceless it doesn't change. Claiming the part of you, Parasiva, that is ...
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Hindu Culture and the Temple

Bodhinatha speaks on Hindu culture, the theme of the Jivana Ritau, and begins with Gurudeva's central thoughts on culture which are captured in the five Living with Siva sutras on ...
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Four Perspectives of Consciousness

Perceive with an overview. Detach, move to different perspectives of the mind. Observe like a child. Think a little bit less. Look at the mind from within oneself. The four ...
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Be Simple

Our intellectual mind can make the most simple thing complicated. In Shum we are trying to have a specific experience, trying to go to a specific area of the inner ...
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Taming Distraction--Mamsani for May

Shumif perspective: awareness that travels through the mind. Inner peace, inner light always there, we don't have to create it. Benefits of not moving, internalizing. Hatha yoga and pranayama are ...
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Shum Kanif, uu, makaif -- Mamsani for February

Awareness can expand into the endless inner space of the seventh dimension: ilimingshum. The experience of kaif: awareness aware of itself. Actinic and odic force, both are needed for light. ...
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Effects of Self-Realization

Bodhinatha elucidates how we can know if we have realized the Self. He describes the various experiences and results that come from Self-Realization that would make you realize that you ...
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How Does Moksha Ritau Apply to Family Life?

Part 1 of 4 - Bodhinatha talks about the moksha ritau, the cool season and one-third of the year when we focus on the inside of ourselves and making improvements ...
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False Concepts About the Spiritual Path

As is true in many areas of life, there are more false concepts about something than true concepts, and this is certainly true regarding the spiritual path. Here Bodhinatha speaks ...
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Positive Attitudes for Positive Spiritual Progress

Bodhinatha reads sloka 2 of Dancing with Siva - "Where am I going? What is my path?" The Hindu spiritual path can be described in three simple ways - becoming a better person, learning from our experiences, ...
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Mahasivaratri, 2003, Part 1, Meditation

Mahasivaratri, Part 1 of 3Meditation and Mahasivaratri. Bodhinatha remarks how special Gurudeva's talk was which we played tonight, then goes on to give a wonderful upadesha about how the inner ...
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Consistent Sadhana

Effort at meditation on a consistent basis causes us to progress over time. Daily sadhana that we sustain year around. Be more centered, more dynamic. Issues can be absorbed and ...
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Internalizing Worship

Our tradition makes it easy and natural to first experience God in the temple then to experience God inside ourselves. Temple worship, puja, puts energies in the right place. Aptitudes ...
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Mahasivaratri, 2003, Part 3

Mahasivaratri, Part 3 of 3, Being Still. Bodhinatha elucidates some wonderful quotes from Yogaswami on the theme of "summa iru," which means "be still" in Tamil, one of Yogaswami's mahavakyas, or great ...
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Saiva Siddhanta, a Path of Knowing Thyself

Bodhinatha is getting ready for his trip to Toronto, Canada. His talk is titled "Saiva Siddhanta A Path of Knowing Thyself". In summarySaiva Siddhanta focuses on both devotion to God and meditation. Siva Yogaswami was ...
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What Is Meditation?

Meditation is the study of awareness, of yourself and of the universe, experiencing the soul. The purpose of meditation is to separate awareness from what it is aware of, to ...
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Niyama 4 - Astikya, Faith

Bodhinatha speaks on the niyama of astikya, faith. In Hinduism experience develops faith. Faith starts out as a belief in what we have not yet experienced. This leads to experience ...
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How Do We Meditate? Part 1

"Meditation is a long journey, a pilgrimage into the mind itself." In Gurudeva's approach we start meditation with the physical body then get more and more subtle, withdrawing energy into the spine then not utilizing mental activity. Everything we meditate ...
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Putting Gurudeva's Teachings to the Best Use, Part 4

Bodhinatha continues his Gurudeva mahasamadhi observances class with this part on the importance of The Master Course Trilogy in helping us establish our foundation of philosophical understanding (Dancing with Siva) ...
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How Do We Meditate? Part 2

"Adjust yourself to the realization that you are a divine being, a self-effulgent, radiant being of light." Jyoti is the Sanskrit word for inner light. To bestow on devotees terms that were more specific, Gurudeva developed the Shum Language of Meditation. In Shum the word for ...
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The Role of the Guru

Choose a sect of Hinduism and a guru and dedicate yourself to him. The need for a guru is preeminent in Saiva Siddhanta. A guru focuses on our weakest areas, ...
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Niyama 7 - Mati, Cognition

Bodhinatha speaks about the niyama mati, cognition. He urges seekers to develop a spiritual will and intellect with their guru's guidance. Part of mati involves cultivating and awakening our intuition, ...
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Overview of Upcoming Ganesha Chaturthi Trip

Bodhinatha offers everyone in the temple an overview of his coming trip to California, Mauritius, Malaysia and Singapore. Click below to listen. Real Audio --- | --- MP3 (Quicktime or ...
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Introduction to the Yamas and Niyamas

Cybertalk: Bodhinatha gives his introduction to the Yamas and niyamas, the Hindu Code of Conduct. He explains that a simple look at what it means to be a Hindu is ...
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The Experience of Pure Awareness

Outer personality verses individual awareness. Actinic energy is permanent and does not change. The soul gives Life to our life. Actinic energy appears as clear inner space. Inner light is ...
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Putting Gurudeva's Teachings to the Best Use, Part 3

Bodhinatha continues his Gurudeva mahasamadhi observances class with this part on ashtanga yoga, which is the teaching of our Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. When you go to study yoga somewhere ...
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Equanimity and Inner Consciousness

Yoga is controlling the flow of awareness throughout the day. When meditating remain imperturbable, centered in inner consciousness. The guru helps strengthen the ability to control awareness. Upeksha, equanimity. ...
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Breath is a Key to Meditation

Realize the bi-directional inter-relatedness of the mind and the breathing. Practice! Regulate your breathing, it stills down the mind in a very natural way. Still down the mind, it regulates ...
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The Summit of All Religions; Regular Meditation

Religion has a oneness in mysticism but has major differences in terms of beliefs and practices. Unrelenting effort, working on the outside with our faults and weaknesses, allows us to ...
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Nine Ways to Merge with Siva; the Nature of Liberation

The celebration of Mahasivaratri is to have a deeper experience of God. Realization, liberation and merger. Nine progressive ways to merge with Siva. Parasiva, the eighth: becoming and being timeless, ...
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Awareness and Controlling Thought

Impatience in western consciousness, certain things may take lifetimes. Acceptance and adjustments to what actually is. Awareness, energy and willpower are the same thing. Watch every thought carefully; some will ...
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Activating Kundalini; Patanjali's Kriya Yoga

Unless kundalini is active, the deepest meditative states are not available to us. But to activate kundalini, Gurudeva tells us we must invoke the grace of Lord Ganesha and Lord ...
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Uphold Behavior Twenty-Four Hours a Day

Don't let down. Success comes with consistency of conduct. Improve and control our mind and behavior standards twenty-four hours a day. Monistic Theism, our tradition, is a dual approach. Worshiping ...
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Purify Subconscious, Let Go of Negative Attachments

With the worship of Lord Karttikeya, the study of Gurudeva's teachings and the practice of daily sadhana awaken kundalini in a gentle controlled way. Through svadhyaya, communion with Ishta Devata ...
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Keys and Benefits of Meditation

Meditation: Transmute the physical and emotional forces. Quiet the intellect, slow down thinking. Tune into the spiritual energy of the spine, experience intuition, answers attach to the end of each ...
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Stay in the Now, Create Your Future

Bisi in Shum: ["I am aware of the unreality of time and the eternity of the moment."] To quiet the mind for meditation hold your mind no more than 4.5 ...
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Bhakti, Devotion, the Key to Meditation

It's easier to meditate after puja. If you try and practice meditation without devotional practice you can build up the ego and spiritual pride. External and internal worship. Give up ...
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Meditation Empowers the Mind with Restraint and Intuition

Superconsciousness is always there within us. A simple key to contacting it is relaxation. Step back, become internalized. Meditation requires retraining the way we think. The mind is used to ...
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Staying in Tune with Superconsciousness

By having a strong habit of a daily religious practice we don't lose contact with with superconscious by the demands of the external. Saying and believing, "I'm all right right now," influences the flow ...
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Four Steps To Meditation

The four basic steps ito meditation. Shum provides a map going from one place to another place, a map of the inner mind. Experience inner space. The seventh dimension, kaif, ...
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Chakras In Relation to the Gods

An important feature of Saiva Siddhanta is the mixing of Monism and Theism. Worshiping in the temple and meditating are inter-related quite dynamically. In our tradition the kundalini force requires ...
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Master Your Energy Patterns Through Meditation

Consistent meditation draws energy from the instinctive mind into superconscious, lessening antagonistic forces. Energy is energy although it flows through different channels. We can control the flow of energy within ...
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Guha Day

Gurudeva talks about the monastic retreat day called "Guha Day," what the monks do on such retreat days and the meaning of "Guha" the cave within the heart; tking to rest ...
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Yoga: Restraint of Mental Activity

Yoga is not about the body, it's about nirodhah, restraint of mental activity. When we sit to meditate we transmute force out of the physical into the mental, raising our ...
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Jnana Yoga, Jnana Pada

Distinguishing Jnana Yoga from the Jnana Pada. A significant component of Jnana Yoga, the path of knowledge, is scriptural study. Jnana Pada, actually achieving the goal of Parasiva, is the ...
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Patanjali's Yoga Sutras - False Knowledge

Bodhinatha comments on Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Verses 1.5 through 1.12. The restraint of the mental activities of correct knowledge, erroneous knowledge, fantasy, sleep and memory is achieved through practice and ...
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Net Surfing, Meditating, Illness, Raising Children

Gurudeva answers questions today about children surfing the internet and going where they should not go; about being and becoming, false identification with the physical body; those on the spiritual ...
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Net Surfing, Meditating, Illness, Raising Children

Gurudeva answers questions today about children surfing the internet and going where they should not go; about being and becoming, false identification with the physical body; those on the spiritual ...
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The Difference in Practice of Theism and Monism

During a puja we're in Theism, to receive the blessings of the Deity. After a puja we can go within our self in meditation, giving up the idea of an ...
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First Day of Pancha Ganapati

Gurudeva talks about control of the mind, how can we control thoughts, the 5 parts of the mind, finding a teacher, and starting at the beginning. Gurudeva tells us that ...
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Four Places In Which to See God

Where and how to look for Divinity. Four places to see God: In great teachers, in other people, in the temple, inside yourself. The seed of divinity is in all ...
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I Want to See God

Bodhinatha talks on how to see God, relating concepts and stories from a recent Publisher's Desk article he wrote for Hinduism Today. Hinduism is unique among the world's religions in ...
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Patanjali - Overcoming Obstacles with Concentration and Friendliness

Bodhinatha discusses Patanjali's description of the eight obstacles to progress in Raja Yoga. He discusses two of Patanjali's solutions. One is concentration that comes from an intense interest in the ...
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Siva Meditation Only for Serious Meditators

Shi Va. Two syllable version of the Panchakshara, a monistic version. When we go deep enough in meditation the inner forces are experienced and actually change our karma and dharma. ...
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Protect Your Mind By Turning Within

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's very simple but powerful teaching on protecting your mind through daily meditation. In daily meditation we can correct our thinking, control the feeling nature and stop being ...
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Living in the Eternity of the Moment

Today Gurudeva answers a question about how to improve concentration so that one can learn to meditate bettter. ...
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The River of Life: Subconscious Basement

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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Remove Five Kinds of Thought Blockages

Today, a temple decoration, a banana plant, was blocking the light that normally shines on Bodhinatha when he gives his upadesha. His face was in a shadow. He took this ...
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The Universe of the Mind: Understanding Is Control

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Subconscious Mind: Facing Old Memories

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Subconscious Mind: Never Fear The Past

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Subconscious Mind: Meditation's Great Obstacle

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Superconscious Mind: Learn to Move Awareness

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Superconscious Mind: The Self Never Changes

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Subsuperconscious Mind: The State of Perfect Timing

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Subsuperconscious Mind: Security in the Superconscious

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Nature of Thought: Awareness Externalized

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Nature of Thought: The Sources Of Thought

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Nature of Thought: Being the Watcher

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Human Aura: Color's Ceaseless Ebb and Flow

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Human Aura: Working With The Inner Aura

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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To Benefit from Darshan, Open Your Eyes, Look at the Deity

Because you're sitting in the temple doesn't mean you actually receive the blessings of the Deity. Be not just physically present but mentally present as well. The idea of darshan: ...
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Worship Supports but Differs from Meditation

The theological blending of the two perspectives, theism and monism. Dimfi: Worship of the deity in the temple, wakening a deeper perspective and enlivening the kundalini, interrelates with but is ...
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Controlling Five Kinds of Thoughts

Each category of thought may be controlled in a different way for successful meditation. Emotion causes us to think about the recent past. Better to be content in the present ...
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Karma, the Natural Law: How We Face Our Karma

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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Exercise Your Will Power

With a greater interest in spiritual life, use willpower to accomplish everything successfully. Keys for strengthening willpower. The stronger our willpower, the better we're able to harness our thoughts. It's ...
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Is it an Error to Meditate?

Today Gurudeva answer the question, "Is it selfish to meditate and read religious books." He replies by saying that it is not, that it is very productive to work on oneself, especially compared to watching TV or living ...
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Controlling the Instinctive Mind

Today Gurudeva talks about the instinctive mind, how to tame it by sitting quietly for 20 minutes a day. He explains how you can separate the light of the mind ...
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Use Will Power to Raise Energy; Discipline Speech

We are pure energy. We chose the chakras we're going to express our energy, the life force through. Transmutation of energy from one chakra up to a higher one. Speaking ...
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Consistency, Continuity, Learning from Mistakes

Nalif: The continuity of vibration from one shumnuhm or puja to another. Regret from making a mistake is the greatest obstacle to intuiting the lesson from an experience. The essence ...
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Develop Will Power; Three Phases of Mind; Accept Life

Individual awareness, willpower and primal life force are the same thing. Interest relates to willpower. Meditation: Disciplining the instinct and the intellect. Superconscious insights change the nature of the intellect ...
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The Fine Art of Meditation: What Is Meditation?

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Fine Art of Meditation: Meditation Is a Fine Art

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Fine Art of Meditation: Thought, Diet And Desire

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Fine Art of Meditation: Energy and Meditation

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Fine Art of Meditation: Overcoming Karma

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Fine Art of Meditation: Finding Your Guru

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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The Fine Art of Meditation: Going Into Meditation

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...
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Maturing Through Experience - Reaching Omniscience

Bodhinatha's comments on Dancing with Siva on how maturing through experience eventually takes leads to revealing our all-knowingness. He give examples from the life of Yogaswami how a great jnani ...
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The Best Times to Meditate

Today Gurudeva talks about the best time to meditate. He says you should always meditate right before going to sleep, and if you wake up during the night you should ...
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Meditation

Today Gurudeva answers a question about on belonging to different Hindu organizations and the same time. He explains the value of following a single parampara, tradition. He explains more about ...
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How Can We Be Strong Saivite Hindus?

Gurudeva: "The time has come for Hindus of all races, all nations, of all cultures, of all sects to stand up and let the peoples of the world know of the great religion of which they are one of the staunch adherents." The first way of learning religion is to memorize its tenants. The challenge of living with Siva means bringing religion into the home, into the family, into our ...
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What Happened on Gurudeva's Retreat

Today Gurudeva explains what he's done during the three years that he has been on retreat at Kauai Aadheenam and not traveling. It includes turning Hinduism Today into a color ...
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Sadasivanathaswami Innersearch - science of consciousness

A class given by Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami during the 2014 Mauritius Innersearch. He discusses the advancments in new science, particularly in the realms of consciousness and microbiology. ...
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The Making of a Master

Master Course Recording. Chapter 2, Gurudeva describes his catalysts and the systematic process of unfoldment. Yogaswami. Initiation. Study Guide: Cultivate the great art of doing nothing. Before listening to Master, ...
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The Faithful Computer

Master Course Recording. Chapter 6. Defining subconscious. Reprogramming subconscious mind. Using affirmation. Reprogram subconscious. Work with the hands. Defines sub-subconscious. Study Guide: Continue to keep your appointment with yourself every ...
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The Nature of Mahasivaratri

Mahasivaratri is right before the new moon signifying we're beseeching the blessings of God Siva to benefit our inner spiritual identity. The core of the soul is one with God; ...
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On the Brink of the Absolute

Choose the path of the Spirit. Move from the clear white light to the brink of the Absolute. Focus on foundational studies; sustain the higher realizations. Worship Lord Ganesha to ...
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The Illumination of Man

Master Course Recording. Chapter 7. Human aura, subconscious aura and colors. Living a contemplative lifestyle. Defining sub-superconscious mind, soul body. Study Guide: Listening to a guru speak is not an ...
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Fourteen Secrets of Meditation

A class given by Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami during the 2014 Mauritius Innersearch. He discusses the challenges and benefits of meditation. He talks about fourteen secrets to meditation. He says how deep ...
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Bodhinatha discusses the manipura and anahata chakras, Siva's omniscience and the yoga pada

A class given by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami during the 2014 Mauritius Innersearch. He discusses the manipura and anahata chakras, Siva's omniscience and the yoga pada. ...
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How Can We Be Strong Saivite Hindus?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 67 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing how to be a strong Saivite Hindu ...
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Three Stages of Self Realization

What is the Self? Parasiva the Transcendent Source of Omnipresent Consciousness. Self-realization in three stages. Realizing oneself as the Soul, realizing oneself as Satchidananda - Omnipresent Consciousness, and realizing oneself ...
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The Mind of Light

Master Course Recording. Chapter 8. Aura, awareness, thought forms, astral body, astral plane. Defining superconsciousness. How to know superconsciousness? Reincarnation. Defining awareness. Study Guide: Allow yourself to absorb the teachings ...
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Cultivating Will Power

Master Course Recording. Chapter 9. Six steps to Self Realization. Gurudeva describes moving awareness from attention to samadhi. Swimming pool metaphor. Cultivate willpower. Discover willpower. Awareness = Willpower = Energy. ...
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Mysticism and Religion

Sadasivanathaswami imparts how mysticism is an integral part of Hinduism and compares Gurudeva's teachings to other religions' views on meditation, yoga and mysticism in general. Master Course Trilogy, Living with ...
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Be a Big Person

The Soul Part 2. Gurudeva tell us to awaken our faculties developing will power and listening for inner guidance. We already know how to meditate. Gurudeva tells us to find ...
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Yoga is the Last Step

E-devotee Frank from Austin Texas has been practicing meditation for 28 years and asks Gurudeva how to deepen his experience. Gurudeva stresses the need for a firm foundation of commitment ...
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Difficulty in meditating, God and Goddesses

A cyberspace devotee has a great difficulty in meditating and wonders what she can do about it. Gurudeva says that Hinduism gives all the basics that lay the foundation for ...
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Kundalini

A cyberspace question from San Diego from someone wondering about the kunadlini and whether it can go up the wrong channel. Gurudeva warns individuals not to practice japa, meditation or ...
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Meeting Your Meditation Time

An e-devotee struggles to meet his daily time for meditation. Family concerns impinge and keep him from fulfilling this discipline. Sound familiar? Gurudeva offers advice and encouragement. ...
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Experiencing Inner Calm

An e-devotee in Luxemburg writes to Gurudeva asking about his experiences of profound inner peace that he finds while meditating. Gurudeva explains that he is experiencing Sat-chit-ananda, the natural state ...
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How Dare I Meditate?

We include the reading of the question again, to give a little audio look into the question and answer sessions with Gurudeva as they happen. Today Gurudeva responds to an ...
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A Color Meditation

Sit down, turn off the TV, breath deeply and regularly, quiet your mind, just a little, and then listen to Gurudeva guide you gently through a Color Meditation for 10 ...
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Merging with Siva, Part 3

Gurudeva gives the conclusion of his observations about his book, Merging with Siva. He explains how it is a book about realizations. His own are described, and you are led ...
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Where to place the home altar, Should we meditate everyday?

A cyberspace devotee asks where she in the home should she place the altar. Gurudeva says to place the altar in the top floor of the home and face east ...
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Prayer, Meditation and Ritual

Today we have a delightful question and answer session about the difference between prayer and meditation and the need for ritual. Gurudeva says that meditation is finding, or being your ...
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Color Meditation for Beginners

Someone asks if Gurudeva can help a beginning meditator, and Gurudeva responds by presenting a simple color meditation, which allows for the natural tendency of the mind to wander, but ...
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The Quiet Mind

Insights become more clear when you look at them from the fourth dimension. To enjoy peace it's helpful to have the mind quiet, practicing abstinence from excessive talk. Nirvikalpa samadhi: ...
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Understanding Mind, Meditation and Control

Gurudeva's Yoga Sutras. Commanding, cultivating, strengthening, and controlling our thinking, emotions, awareness, energy and willpower. Traveling through various states of mind. Constantly challenging ourselves. Increasing the ability to concentrate in ...
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Mamsani Nuhmimf Meditation for the month of June

Nifmasi, niimf, liunasi. Posture for meditation. Feeling the life force. Four step process. The nadis, the aura, the seven chakras. Effecting a permanent transformation of the entire being. ...
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A Mystical View of Sanatana Dharma - Publisher's Desk

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's Publisher's Desk editorial from Hinduism Today magazine's July/August/September, 2019 Issue. "As an emanation of God, each soul has the eternal truths of Hinduism encoded within itself, available through meditation" ...
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Meditation

Today Gurudeva answers a question about on belonging to different Hindu organizations and the same time. He explains the value of following a single parampara, tradition. He explains more about ...
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Memory; To Become a Sadhu; The Eyes of Meditation

Gurudeva briefly answers three questions today. On memory, Gurudeva says that we remember what we are interested in, and he advises us to remember our future. That is enough. Another ...
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Arthur Pacheco interviews Gurudeva Part 5

Today's cybertalk is part five of a radio interview with Gurudeva conducted by Arthur Pacheco. Arthur Pacheco conducts a weekly radio show in Honolulu, Hawaii and is also a trans-medium. ...
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Performance of Japa; Pranayama

A cyberspace devotee in Singapore wants to know why the middle finger is used to move the beads when performing japa. Gurudeva says that the index finger is not used ...
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A Way to Realize Siva

A cyber cadet in Penang, Malaysia, asks Gurudeva if it is possible to realize Siva in this Kali Yuga with so many ways to fall off the path. Gurudeva recommends ...
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Thought Manifestations in Meditation and Life

A cyberspace devotee wonders about the thoughts that manifest during his meditations. Gurudeva says that thought is a combined group of pranas that makes pictures within the mind that has ...
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How to progress in meditation?; How to know more about Hinduism?

A cyberspace devotee wants to know what is the next thing he should do to advance his mediation. Gurudeva says that all we can do is get our awareness quiet ...
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Necessity of Daily Meditation

A cyberspace devotee, Vatsala Devi from Johor Bahru, Malaysia, wants to know if it is necessary to meditate daily. Gurudeva says it is important to meditate daily at the same ...
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Take a Bath

Gurudeva keeps it short and sweet in response to a question from Chennai asking if it is necessary to take a bath in the morning before meditation. Have you ever ...
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Hindu versus Christian Practice

Doing good works is not enough. Practicing Hinduism, believing that we are all divine beings, we to come closer to God, have experiences of God . Good conduct, selfless service, ...
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Explaining Willpower

Meditate well by controling thoughts, directing awareness. Will refers to the strength and ability to carry out decisions and plans. Two keys to strengthen willpower. The nature of willpower is ...
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Gurudeva Leads Shum Meditation

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami leads a guided Shum meditation and towards the end speaks from the inner sky, guiding us to see ourselves as a soul that uses it's bodies as ...
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The Many Benefits of Temple Worship

The most important teaching of Gurudeva: "Siva's followers strive for God Realization as the first and foremost goal of life." Gurudeva's mystic and psychic abilities. Gurudeva is the only teacher in modern time to stress temple worship. How the temple works and the ...
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Find Your Divinity Within, Do Sadhana and Service

We don't have to do anything to become God. Religion gives us an age-old, well proven structure to move forward. Daily vigil is the discipline, practice and the maturing of ...
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Methods for Maintaining Inner Awareness

When going into meditation have a destiny; find the spiritual energy, the power that's within the spine. Learn how to direct where awareness goes. Keep the awareness found in meditation, ...
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Classical Definition of Yoga

The Yoga Pada of Gurudeva related to Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. The goal is to restrain the vrittis. Awareness, I am, the essential nature. Svarupa and vritti sarupa. Restraint through consistent, ...
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Karma Management Seminar Part 2

Karma Management Seminar day 2 given to pilgrims and devotees at the 9th Annual Mahasamadhi Celebration preliminary to the presentation in Malaysia with questions and answers. ...
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Dealing with Distraction, Lesson 99 of Living with Siva

The shumif perspective is helpful in detachment. Thoughts are stationary, move awareness to the pattern we want to be in which exists already. Create a pattern of controlling movement. When ...
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Theism and Monism in Saiva Siddhanta

In Gurudeva's teachings both approaches, monism and theism, are found in one tradition: monistic Saiva Siddhanta. Keep them aligned properly. Theism in the temple: the concept of the three worlds. ...
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Affirm Your Divinity

Seeing our shortcomings it's hard to think of ourselves as divine beings. Avoiding that series of memories we don't meditate. Overcoming that involves better understanding, learning from experience, improving our ...
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You Are the Self, Identify with Awareness

Find the right balance in the world that you can sustain. Purify, quiet the mind, transcend externalities. See what's always been the core of you; relax into the inner Self. ...
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Esoterics of Namasivaya Japa

Aum Namah Sivaya takes us into the reality above and beyond the 'relatively real.' Part of us is always identical with God. Nothing has to happen for that to be ...
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Involution, Nirvikalpa Samadhi, Shum Technique

The philosophical meaning of involution. Turning within on itself the primary constituents of nature, prakriti, until the world is gone in the state of permanent attainment, liberation, kaivalya. Then only ...
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The High "eee" Sound

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives a talk on lesson 264 of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's book, Merging With Siva, about the psychic high "eee" sound heard in inner states of consciousness and about ...
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The Golden Body

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami discussed the teachings of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami in regards to the meditative practice of repeating one's deepest inner experiences again and again, as a foundation for true ...
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The Nada Nadi Shakti, Resolve Mistakes

Tracing the nada-nadi shakti to its source carries the seeker's awareness to the brink of the Absolute. Through Shum meditation we end up in the area of the superconscous mind ...
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Ida Pingala; Daily Realization

Our approach to daily realization is to balance the two forces, ida and pingala naturally, activating the kundalini power slowly, through the regularity of discipline such as hatha yoga and ...
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Expanded Consciousness

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly talk in Kadavul Temple at Kauai Aadheenam. Here Satguru reads from lesson 327 of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's book Merging with Siva, discussing the meditative stages ...
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Inner Worlds Open, Increased Sensitivity

Become interested in and treasure inner states of consciousness. Gurudeva's three suggestions: 1)Associate with others on the path; 2) Purify and maintain the force field of the home - puja ...
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Nine Ways to Merge with Siva, Go As Deep As You Can

Mahasivaratri, the day before the new moon. Venerating Parasiva, all energies turning within, find through multiple realizations of Parasiva over the years, that the indwelling Self is identical with God ...
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Expanded Consciousness-Apex, the Pulse of the Universe

Disturbance of the mind comes from unwise actions. Control the external, instinctive and intellectual mind. Meditation is man's wisdom. Remember the five steps to enlightenment: attention, concentration, meditation, contemplation to ...
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Preparations for True Yoga

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from lesson five of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's book, Merging with Siva, discussing the value of theism practiced in tandem with our advaitist, meditative practices. ...
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Become an Experiencer, Not "Experienced"

Become the experiencer. At night before sleep play back the day looking for experiences reacted to yet not resolved and clear them on a daily basis. The clear white light. ...
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Four Perspective, Shumif, Mulif, Simnif and Dimfi

Our style of meditation: You are simply exploring your self. You are awareness...trying to explore your own consciousness. Bodhinatha explores Gurudeva's map to the inner mind from the four Shum ...
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The Seventh Dimension-Pure Awareness, Part 2

Gurudeva's long explanations of the seventh dimension of the mind: "...Enter realms of knowledge resulting from superconscious perceptions of the superconscious itself...Everything learned must be forgotten..." Discard the baggage of accumulated opinions and misunderstandings, unresolved issues, memories, externalizing samskaras. The seventh dimension, endless inner space, ...
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The Seven Dimensions of the Mind - The Fifth Dimension Part 1

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly Upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai Aadheenam. Here Satguru continues his discussion of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's writings about the seven dimensions of the mind with ...
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The Concept of Awareness - Part Six

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylaswami gives an Part 6 of his upadesha series on the concept of awareness and omnipresence from the yogic perspective. ...
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The Self - Gurudeva On the Multiple Ways To Realize God

Satguru Bodhinatha's Mahasivaratri Upadesh imparting Gurudeva's quintessential early teachings on realizing the Self; worshiping Siva as the source and Self of all that exists, starting with 1959, "The Self God" and 1968, ...
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Mambashum 1, the Map to the Basics of Consciousness - Part 2

Satguru Bodhinatha begins a new series of upadesh with exploration of 'Mambashum': Shum concepts describing inner states of mind, maps to guide the meditator. This is the first Mambashum - ...
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Shum Maps of Meditations - Part 1

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives part one of a series of talks which give insight and elaboration into a verity of fascinating concepts revealed in the Shum language of meditation. Here, ...
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Shum Maps of Meditations - Part 2

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives part two of a series of talks which give insight and elaboration into a verity of fascinating concepts revealed in the Shum language of meditation. Here, ...
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Mambashum 1, the Map to the Basics of Consciousness, Part 2

Shum maps to the inner mind; meditations upon the Mambashum. The Tyemmuif Mamsani, looking within, first of twelve, with commentaries from Gurudeva's writings. Observing the light and darkness of the ...
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Mambashum 2, the Map to Inner Light, Part 1

Bodhinatha imparts definitions of several Shum words relating to the second mambashum, a meditation beginning with balikana and leading to the experience of iftye, the clear, white light. Breath and ...
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Shum Maps of Meditations - Part 3

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives part three of a series of talks which give insight and elaboration into a variety of fascinating concepts revealed in the Shum language of meditation. Here, ...
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Shum Maps of Meditations - Part 4

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives part four of a series of talks which give insight and elaboration into a variety of fascinating concepts revealed in the Shum language of meditation. Here, ...
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Mambashum 2, the Map to Inner Light, Part 2

Satguru Bodhinatha continues imparting Gurudeva's commentaries on Mambashum Two including the Shum definitions of tilimf, astral seeing, and lilif superconscious awareness of vision within the astral higher worlds. These experiences ...
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Mambashum 3, Kaif and a Life Style, Part 1

Gurudeva's commentary on Mambashum Three--Kaif. The way to kaif, being totally aware of being aware and maintaining the inner life and its blissful experiences. The practice of kanif, the religious ...
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Awareness Wandering in Meditation

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly Upadesha, discussing the focus of awareness during meditations and the practice of samyama. Samyama is a continuous meditation on a single concept to gain ...
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Three Points of Concentration, Samyama

In meditation, focusing the mind on three facts or points of concentration. Its called samyama in the Yoga Sutras. Concentrate on each individually, then meditate upon them collectively. Thought, meaning ...
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Mambashum 3, Four Perspectives, Part 3

Shumif is the perspective one holds when centered within oneself, living two thirds within and only one-third in the external world. The Shum-Tyeif language is used to guide flowing awareness ...
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Mambashum 4, Namutana - First Inner Light

Bodhinatha bestows a meditation from Gurudeva within Shum on Mambashum Four-Imkaif. Now is the time and this is the day to work within yourself to experience namutana, the very first ...
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Wailua University - Meditate - Stabilizing Their Mind Force

Wailua University of Contemplative Arts is formed. Gurudeva responds to a number of things: God is love, not fear. Man's search to find peace of mind, to go within himself. ...
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Mambashum 5, Meditator, Who Has Freedom

Awareness to soar naturally. Yulamf: The fifth Mambashum. Gurudeva: "To be that transparent pure channel of yulamf is the goal of every Saivite on this planet...through tapas and sadhana you release awareness from the external world and allow it to soar naturally within." Shumif perspective is pure advaita; dimfi perspective is pure dvaitist. The Yulamf Mambashum clearly explains the areas of the First-World ...
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Mambashum 6, Simshumbisi, Purified Intellect, Free Flowing

The Sixth Mambashum-Simshumbisii is the home of Lord Skanda. Here namutana, the first inner light is experienced. Becoming karehana. Simply seek for the full being of simshumbisi. The experience and ...
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Mambashum 7, Iinsimliamkasi, Absorb the Odic Energy

Satguru Bodhinatha imparts Gurudeva's sadhana- meditation on the Seventh Mambashum, iinsimliamkasi from where "purification of mind and emotion is attained." This practice involves six steps, detailed here in Gurudeva's writings. Feel the bliss. ...
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Attending Your Innerversity

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly Upadesha in Kadavul Temple. This week he continues on the subject of awareness, as found in the teachings of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. ...
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Attending Your Innerversity - Part 2

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly Upadesha in Kadavul Temple. This week he continues on the subject of awareness, as found in the teachings of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. Satguru also discusses ...
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Mambashum 8, Niif, Focus On Two Areas, and Seven Dimensions of the Mind

Gurudeva's commentary on the Eighth Mambashum, Niif. Niif shows the relationships between states of awareness and the four states of being. By perfecting this meditation you will realize that you ...
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Shum Maps of Meditations - Part 10

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives part ten of a series of talks which give insight and elaboration into a variety of fascinating concepts revealed in the Shum language of meditation. Here, ...