- Siva Lingam
Madame Blavatsky regarded the Cross as a Phallic Symbol. Miss Mayo called the Siva Lingam a phallic symbol. As this mud-slinging was going on we forgot that expressions like “phallic-worshippers" mentioned in some scriptures referred to people given to sex and sin and not to devotees of Siva Lingam.
- Prayer an Karma
Prayer does alter our Karma. For prayer itself is an action whose reaction is good. I may be destined to die at the age of 60, for that is my Karma. I now 'do' something - karma, to shorten my life such as taking poison. This takes effect immediately and cancels out the previous Karma. This is what prayer does too, in a beneficial way.
- Pradakshinam
We can only perceive the Truth from our own point of view. In order to realize the Purnam, the Infinite, we should endeavour to appreciate others' points of view too. That is the meaning of Pradakshinam - circumambulation or going round a temple or deity.
- Lucky People
Some people have friends who love them and enemies who hate them.
Some lucky people have friends who love them, and enemies who sympathise with them .
Some others have enemies who despise them and friends who dislike and disapprove of them.
- Guru Training
Guru training an obedient disciple.
It is often a mystery - He creates paradoxical situations.
It is like the cosmonaut being put into a simulated space flight in a lab.