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Jul 26, 2017

Courage and changing habit patterns

Reflection for this weekend: “It takes great courage to go from one force field of the mind to another, for this means tearing up long-accustomed patterns and facing a period of adjustment while new subconscious patterns are created.” ~ Gurudeva Subramuniyaswami Photo: While laying on the beach on one of my favorite islands in the world, St. John in the US Virgin Islands, this deer walked out of...

Jul 24, 2017 Meditation

Your Spine, Your Center

The meditator’s goal, on the Hindu spiritual path of Raja Yoga, is to first become aware of energy and then to familiarize himself with it. Next he learns to harness this energy so it does not all flow out of him. Once this is done, his task is to withdraw this energy. As he with
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Jul 24, 2017 Podcasts & Videos

Life and Energy

Your life is a manifestation of where you put your energy. Wherever you put your energy in your life, that’s what starts to manifest in your life. The people around you, the things around you, the opportunities around you — they are all a manifestation of where you are investing
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Jul 19, 2017 Reflections

Choose where your energy flows

Reflection for this weekend: “By wisely discriminating where our energy flows, we can with the powers of concentration channel our energies to specific areas in our lives that we want to cultivate.” ~ Dandapani Photo: Kulaniapia Falls on the Big Island in Hawaii. Breathtaking i
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Jul 18, 2017 Conversations on the Spiritual Path

How To Work With Guilt

One of the things to cultivate on the spiritual path is self-acceptance. Right this moment, you are the sum total of many, many incarnations. It took hundreds of years, maybe even thousands of years, to bring you to this very moment so you have to be forgiving of yourself for you
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Jul 16, 2017 Awareness & the Mind

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
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Jul 12, 2017 Reflections

Simplify your life

Reflections for the weekend: “Every year most people accumulate more and more things in their life. Things, like people, can uplift or consume energy. The fewer things you have the less energy you lose.” ~ Dandapani Photo: The Kolkata Flower Market is a kaleidoscope of color. M
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