Well, I’m going to tell a secret. Shiva’s secret. He’s hiding in plain sight. He’s being you, looking through your eyes, hearing through your ears, experiencing all that you experience, and you don’t know. It’s the mystical secret from beyond time. Your secret that even you don’t know. Thus, knowing is the goal. I look at you and I see Shiva pretending to be less than Shiva, delighting in his assumed identity, but you don’t know what’s going on inside. Shh, it’s a secret. You are Shiva.

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You don’t become Shiva you simply find that you already are. You let yourself know your own Self. You be you at the deepest and most expansive level within, oh Shiva. If you’re not able to do that just yet, it’s okay. I have more words and more practices that will get you there. Actually, it’s getting you here, right here. There’s no “there” to go to. It’s right here, right inside. So, you’re being you more fully, more wholly, more authentically you. 

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There are three paths to enlightenment. The first is cultivating the knowing or feeling of being Shiva. The second path is to fill your mind with the energy of Consciousness by doing more mantra. The third path is to delve into the yoga practices that you resonate with. Most importantly, the support and guidance of a Master will help you on your path to enlightenment.  

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Jesus was a mystic.  When I say that Jesus was a mystic, then I have to explain:  What is a mystic?   The dictionary gives us a good definition, saying that a mystic is a person who seeks to attain unity with or absorption into the deity or the Absolute by contemplation and self-surrender.  Or, one who believes in the spiritual knowing of truths that are beyond the intellect.   You might qualify, you think?

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You matter. In life you usually focus on the experiences, as though they matter, as though they make you who you are. But your essence is unchanged, regardless of the circumstances. You are you. You are Consciousness. You matter.

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Your mind lives in multiple realities simultaneously. Unfortunately, this is called delusion.  The fictional events in your mind are real. They have real effects on your mind and body. When you are not yet enlightened, you think God is separate from you. This is called duality. But there is only One Divine Reality, who is the source and substance of all that exists.

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If all you ever do is familiar stuff, the rest of your life will be a replay of what you’ve done so far. Is this what you want? Or do you want something more? People sometimes tell me it feels weird, it’s strange. Yes. It means you aren’t who you used to be. And you’re not yet who you’re going to be. You’re in a process and you…

- Gurudevi Nirmalananda

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