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The Transitory Nature of Life
A lot has been happening over the past few weeks that have consumed my awareness including testing positive for COVID. Even though I was vaccinated I got pretty sick. I could not help thinking during this time that this experience was an excellent reminder of the fragility of life. This is a new virus that the world is learning about and many have reacted in different ways as a result of being i...
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Aug 25, 2021 4 MINUTES READ
You do you, I’ll do me
In the years leading up to me becoming an ordained Hindu monk, I had so many people tell me how I should be living my life. They knew I was very spiritually inclined and in the year before becoming a monk, I made my intentions to be a monastic clear to people. It was fascinating
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Aug 18, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
COVID: The Path Forward
The last 18-months have been challenging to say the least. For many, as a result of this pandemic, so much of life has changed - from work, income, lifestyle and more. For some, it has been devastating with the loss of loved ones, side effects of the virus and other severe reperc
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Aug 11, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
Big Dog, Small Dog
I once observed a man walking a big Rottweiler dog on a sidewalk. As he passed along the fence of the front yard of a home, a small dog came running up from the front door of the home to the fence barking. This little furball threw its front paws on the chain-link fence that sep
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Aug 4, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
Emotional Surfers
Do you get affected by other people’s emotions? Do other people’s emotions impact how you feel? Many people surf the wave of other people's emotions but emotional surfing is optional. The words that people say to you contain emotions. Sometimes they don’t contain much emotion a
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Jul 28, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
The Path to the Superconscious
The path to the superconscious mind requires you to go through your subconscious. The subconscious is the gatekeeper to the superconscious mind. Few spiritual texts or teachers speak about the importance of understanding the subconscious mind and how it works on the spiritual pat
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Jul 21, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
Mental Arguments
You’ve probably heard me describe the mind as a vast space with many different areas within it. And awareness as a glowing ball of light that can move within the mind to any of these areas. If you haven’t, then I encourage you to listen to my TEDx talk, Unwavering Focus, that ex
