The Blog — 1063 posts since 2008

Timeless wisdom
for a focused purposeful joyous life.

Teachings on awareness, energy, and purpose — alongside the retreats, talks, and travels that fill the rest of the journey. Drawn from ten years as a Hindu monk and decades of teaching, written to be applied to your life today.

Awareness & the MindSep 22, 20262 min

The Old Furniture in Your Mind

You can't furnish your mind with new growth until you clear out the old—the fears, self-doubt, and negative patterns cluttering your subconscious.

Insights on LifeSep 17, 20261 min

Control your Compassion

Compassion is a quality worth nurturing, but wisdom means recognizing that not everyone wants to be helped—and respecting their choice.

Awareness & the MindSep 15, 20263 min

The Mind as the Garden

The mind is a garden of many beds; whichever area your awareness waters with energy grows stronger, so control where your awareness goes.

Insights on LifeSep 10, 20263 min

Dogs Bark; Cats Meow

Hateful online comments come from souls at a lower point in their evolution; understand where they are, and there's no need to react.

Awareness & the MindSep 8, 20262 min

The Cure for Worry

Worry is awareness going into the future to dwell on a problem that hasn't happened; mastering where your awareness goes is the cure.

The Spiritual PathSep 3, 20263 min

The Higher Attachment

Complete detachment isn't the goal—refine what you attach to. Nurture attachments that lift your awareness and release those that pull it down.

Spiritual ToolsSep 1, 20262 min

A Simple Practice to Begin the Year

Spend five minutes each weekday in silent self-reflection—no phone, no music—asking what you want and what makes you happy, until you truly know yourself.

Insights on LifeAug 27, 20265 min

From Disorder to Discipline: Reframing Focus

Focus is a discipline that can be taught and practiced, not a disorder—before medicating for distraction, first learn and practice how to concentrate.

Insights on LifeAug 26, 20262 min

Energy Management, Plug the Holes First

Everyone asks how to get more energy. That is the wrong first question. Your body and mind are a bucket — and before you pour anything in, you plug the holes.

Awareness & the MindAug 25, 20262 min

How to Recognize Intuition

Intuition comes from the superconscious, not the thinking mind—it feels calm, clear, and certain, with no emotional charge, fear, or need to convince you.

Insights on LifeAug 20, 20263 min

Are Energy Vampires Draining You?

Before building more energy, plug the leaks—identify the people, things, and unresolved emotions that quietly drain you, and manage them with wisdom.

Awareness & the MindAug 19, 20262 min

Mind as a Mansion, Controlling Awareness

Anger, joy, jealousy, happiness — every state of mind is a room in a vast mansion. You are not the mind. You are awareness moving through it, and you can choose the room.

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