{"id":269,"date":"2026-05-06T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=269"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:25:27","slug":"lesson-25-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-25-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 25 \u2013 Dancing with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DwS-Lesson-025.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Does Lord K\u0101rttikeya\u2019s Vel Signify?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u015aLOKA 25<br>The lancelike vel wielded by Lord K\u0101rttikeya, or Skanda, embodies discrimination and spiritual insight. Its blade is wide, long and keen, just as our knowledge must be broad, deep and penetrating. Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BH\u0100SHYA<br>The \u015bakti power of the vel, the eminent, intricate power of righteousness over wrongdoing, conquers con\u00adfusion within the realms below. The holy vel, that when thrown always hits its mark and of itself re\u00adturns to K\u0101rttikeya\u2019s mighty hand, rewards us when right\u00adeousness prevails and be\u00adcomes the ku\u1e47\u00ad\u1e0da\u00adlin\u012b serpent\u2019s unleashed power thwarting our every effort with punishing re\u00admorse when we trans\u00adgress dharma\u2019s law. Thus, the holy vel is our re\u00adlease from ignorance into knowledge, our release from vanity into modesty, our release from sinfulness in\u00adto pur\u00adity through tapas. When we perform penance and be\u00adseech His blessing, this merciful God hurls His vel into the astral plane, piercing discordant sounds, colors and shapes, removing the mind\u2019s darkness. He is the King of kings, the power in their scepters. Standing be\u00adhind the temporal majesty, He advises and authorizes. His vel em\u00ad\u00adpowering the ruler, justice prevails, wis\u00addom en\u00adriches the minds of citizens, rain is abundant, crops flourish and plenty fills the lard\u00aders. The Tirumurai says, \u201cIn the gloom of fear, His six-fold face gleams. In perils un\u00adbound\u00aded, His vel betokens, \u2018Fear not.\u2019\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Lord K\u0101rttikeya\u2019s Vel Signify? \u015aLOKA 25The lancelike vel wielded by Lord K\u0101rttikeya, or Skanda, embodies discrimination and spiritual insight. Its blade is wide, long and keen, just as our knowledge must be broad, deep and penetrating. Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya. BH\u0100SHYAThe \u015bakti power of the vel, the eminent, intricate power of righteousness over wrongdoing, <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-25-dancing-with-siva\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dancing-with-siva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6045,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions\/6045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}