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May 16, 2016

Belief vs Experience

Last year during a Conversations on the Spiritual Path event in St.Charles, Missouri, an attendee asked the question on how does one separate the philosophy one was taught from that one has experienced in life. And if those two philosophies contradict one another what does a person do especially if one’s surrounding environment is not supportive of one’s experiential beliefs? This talk is excerpt...

May 9, 2016 Conversations on the Spiritual Path

What is my Spiritual Path?

One of the attendees at my Conversations on the Spiritual Path event last year asks the question "What is my Spiritual Path"? It's a question many people have and a topic many are unclear about. In this talk, I give suggestions on how to begin the process of exploring and discove
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May 2, 2016 Conversations on the Spiritual Path

End Goal Of Hinduism & Buddhism

This talk shares some basic insights into the end spiritual goals of both the Hindu and Buddhist religions. Every path leads somewhere. It is essential that before a person embarks on a spiritual path that he or she is clear what the end goal is. This talk is an excerpt of a 2-h
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Apr 30, 2016 Insights on Life

Energy and Money

If people treated energy the same way they treated money they’d have a lot more of it. Energy is a finite resource just like money. Before you invest your money you ask questions. Before you give your energy to someone or something ask the same questions you would ask should you
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Apr 27, 2016 Meditation

The Journey of Awareness in Meditation

The mystic's goal is to control awareness in his mind. To separate awareness from that which he is aware of so he can consciously move it to any area of the mind that he wants it to go to. As he gains mastery over his awareness and a gains a better understanding of his mind, he
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Apr 16, 2016 Awareness & the Mind

The Key to Self-Mastery

As events occur in life, most people react to them in an uncontrolled way. When this happens awareness gets drawn out and externalized. Their energies get externalized too entangling itself with people and things around them. Before long they find themselves bound to the external
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Apr 12, 2016 Meditation

Meditation requires Effort

Effort is not something a lot of people associate the process of meditation with. Meditation is often mistakenly believed to be synonymous with relaxation, letting go, just being, observing and all those not very well understood concepts. True meditation requires tremendous effor
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