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Conversations on the Spiritual Path Archives

Welcome! Sharing my reflections on the spiritual path.
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Nov 3, 2021

The Power of Believing in Yourself

Don’t waste time proving yourself to people. It’s an endless and meaningless endeavor, and an absolute waste of time and life. If you spend time proving yourself to one person then you’ll find yourself needing to prove yourself to others. This then becomes an endless process. In reading this, please apply wisdom. Obviously, for example, if you’re trying out for a soccer team or applying for a po...

Oct 28, 2021
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Define the Destination

A couple of years ago, at an event I held in London, someone in the audience asked me, "Dandapani, every morning I meditate and I journal. Now I hear you talking about affirmations and it really resonates with me. Should I incorporate affirmations in my morning practice?" My res
Oct 6, 2021
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The Journey & The Destination

I’m going to make the wild assumption that most of you that are reading this email have heard someone or yourself say, “It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey.” I vehemently disagree. We as humans, often in our instinctive state, have a tendency to repeat what o
Jun 2, 2021
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The Truth Behind Change

Personal change requires a degree of sacrifice at some level. To get something new you have to give up something old. For instance, if you want to update the look of your living room, you might start by buying some new furniture. To make room for the new furniture, you have to ge
May 26, 2021
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Conversations on the Spiritual Path

To those of you who took the time to respond to my weekly email and share your thoughts and questions with me...thank you! After my long hiatus, it’s nice to hear what is on your mind. This allows me to direct my emails in a direction that hopefully is beneficial to your needs.
Nov 1, 2020
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America ... I love

Eleven years ago I made the most difficult decision of my life. The decision to not renew my monastic vows and hence to stop living a life as a Hindu monastic. I left my guru’s monastery in Hawaii and instead of going back to Australia, I moved to the mainland US. Many years pri
Oct 13, 2020
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Lesson Noted, Lesson Learnt

A couple of weeks back I was speaking with an entrepreneur who shared with me that she got involved in a personal issue with her client that she should have stayed out of. At that time she felt it was harmless to get involved in the conversation but later the whole thing played o