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Conversations on the Spiritual Path Archives

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Oct 13, 2020

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 out unpleasantly. I shared with her that it is best not to get involved in people’s personal matters unless there are go...

Oct 8, 2020
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Commit to a path

It’s only when you commit to a spiritual path can you truly make progress. In fact, this applies to any path leading to a clearly defined goal. But people are terrified of commitment. They would rather, as my guru would say, “be committed to not being committed”. Commitment for
Sep 30, 2020
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Push The Horizon

It is hard to care about anyone or anything when you only think of yourself or just today. But when you push the horizon further it is natural to start seeing the bigger picture and start caring. Let me ask you a series of questions to make my point. If you had children, would
Sep 23, 2020
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Too Young to Die

When you don’t value your time on this planet enough is when you don’t see the need to live a focused life. Life is an absolutely precious gift that can be taken away at any time. This is a fact not something that is debatable. When I was 21 years old a friend of mine passed aw
Sep 14, 2020
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Build a Dam

The rate and volume at which information comes at us today is unparalleled in human history. It seems that wherever we go there is a barrage of information thrown at us - warranted or not, it’s forced upon us. It’s not only information but things and people as well. It’s easier
Aug 26, 2020
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A Focused Life

A focused life. Desired by many. Strived for by a few. Lived by even fewer. The art of bringing awareness back to what and whom it is engaged with is the key practice for becoming good at being focused. There is no shortcut to becoming good at focusing. Just hard work, relentle
Aug 19, 2020
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The Spiritual Path

I hear many people tell me that they are on a spiritual path. When I ask them where their spiritual path is taking them, almost all of them have either no clear answer or they waffle on about peace and love which tells me that they have no clue of their destination. When someone