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Conversations on the Spiritual Path Archives

Welcome! Sharing my reflections on the spiritual path.
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Oct 8, 2020

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 most means a giving up of freedom. That you are surrendering your free will to someone else or to a doctrine or more. Th...

Sep 30, 2020 Conversations on the Spiritual Path

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
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Sep 23, 2020 Conversations on the Spiritual Path

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
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Sep 14, 2020 Conversations on the Spiritual Path

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
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Aug 26, 2020 Conversations on the Spiritual Path

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
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Aug 19, 2020 Conversations on the Spiritual Path

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
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Aug 12, 2020 Conversations on the Spiritual Path

I Need Clothes

In last week’s post (The Natural Next Step) I talked about gaining clarity on one’s goal or purpose in life and how that will guide you in what you do next in life. If you did not read that email you can do so by clicking this link: The Natural Next Step. Having a big picture is
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