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Jun 10, 2013

Directing Desire

One never really gets to the point in their life where all desire goes away. As my guru says "desire is life". I often hear older people say I don't have desires any more. I beg to defer. You do have desires. You just no longer desire what you use to desire. You have new desires. As you mature your desires, the focus of your energy, change causing you to leave old desires and create new ones. But ...

May 8, 2013 Insights on Life

Lesson Noted, Lesson Learned

A couple of weeks back I was speaking with someone 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 unple
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May 1, 2013 Insights on Life

Question on the 3 Phases of the Mind

Someone recently asked me the following question on the three phases of the mind and I thought I'd share my response. I am curious to know - do you think the 3 phases of the mind (instinctive, intellectual and intuitive) can ever operate in harmony, or are they in eternal confli
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Mar 6, 2013 Insights on Life

Give a Fish or Teach to Fish

Well we all know the old saying "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day but teach a man to fish and you feed him for life". This evening I was at a subway station here in New York City and an old Indian lady wanted me to help her through the turnstiles. She held her MTA (su
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Feb 19, 2013 Insights on Life

Three Phases of the Mind

Today I posted on Facebook the following reflection that I had while watching the sunset off the coast of Fort Kochi in India along the Arabian sea. "It takes courage to redirect the forces of your life and create a permanent change in lifestyle." I had some nice responses and q
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Jan 29, 2013 Insights on Life

The Spirit of Responsiveness

It's been a long hectic week of workshops and meetings in Canada, Germany and Austria. It's nice to have a morning off in Munich to walk around and reflect on life. What's mainly on my mind this morning was something I experienced yesterday evening. My friend came to pick me up
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