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Awareness & the Mind Archives

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Aug 20, 2017

Where are you going in life?

My guru, Gurudeva Subramuniyaswami, once said, “There is nothing more important than knowing who you are, the path that you are on and its final end.” Once you begin the process of getting to know yourself, one of the first things you have to do is ask yourself what is it that you want out of this life. To have a clear purpose and a plan leads to leading a joyous and happy life. Why? Because when ...

Aug 14, 2017
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Awareness and Energy

As I have shared previously the most important thing in the beginning study of the mind is to understand that there is a separation between awareness and the mind. Another equally important thing to understand is the relationship between awareness and energy. There's a beautiful
Jul 16, 2017
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Technology and Concentration

I’ve seen and heard many people hold up their smartphones and say, “These things are ruining our lives.” I beg to disagree. Smartphones are not ruining our lives. They are wonderful devices with great capabilities. What is ruining your life is your inability to exercise disciplin
Jul 9, 2017
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Misconceptions of Mindfulness in the Workplace

We should start by defining the word "mindfulness." I define it as a state of being fully aware of what one is engaged in at any particular moment. So many people are talking about mindfulness but I think very few people can actually define it. And I say this because people often
Jul 2, 2017
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Paths in the Mind

Here is something deeper for you to reflect upon. I’ll touch on it, but won’t get too deep into this for now. As awareness repeatedly goes to a particular area of the mind, it creates a groove or a path to that area of the mind. As it repeatedly travels back and forth to this des
Jul 19, 2016
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Insights into the Awful World of Worry

If you are not already an expert at the art of worrying like most people are here’s a little insight into the world of worry and how it works. Most people's lives are a continuous series of worries. That is not to say I have never worried or don’t worry. That’s not true. Contrar
Apr 16, 2016
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The Key to Self-Mastery

As events occur in life, most people react to them in an uncontrolled way. When this happens awareness gets drawn out and externalized. Their energies get externalized too entangling itself with people and things around them. Before long they find themselves bound to the external