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Today is the “Night of Shiva”

March 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Tonight and tomorrow your thoughts are magnified 1000X 
According to the hindu calendar, once a year on the new moon in the month of “Maagha” (similar sound to the name for Ma-ka-ra for the Thai name for this month of March) occurs “the night of Shiva” or what is called “MahaShivaratri”
The tradition is to fast from […]

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You’re feeling down? That’s Shiva talkin’

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

 

 How your mind is like a string telephone, with God on the other end. This technique of meditation will transform sorrow into bliss!
The Shaivaites say that  everything we experience is a pulsation of the experiencer. The experiencer is pure consciousness and energy which pulses, like a heartbeat or maybe like hitting one end of a […]

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