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Focusing energy and maturing desires
Aug 9, 2017 Reflections

Focusing energy and maturing desires

Reflection for this weekend: "Your desires, the focus of your energy, change as you mature, causing you to leave old desires and create new ones." ~ Dandapani Photo: Dandapani speaks with Robin Buck, a co-teacher on his spiritual adventures, on the banks of the Ganges River in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, North India....

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  • Each moment is a choice
    Aug 3, 2017 Reflections

    Each moment is a choice

    Reflection for this weekend: “Each moment is a choice you make to be in charge of where your awareness goes or to allow someone or something to dictate where it goes.” ~ Dandapani Photo: The sun sets behind one of the gorgeous Hindu temples in Khajuraho, North India. Built betw

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  • Courage and changing habit patterns
    Jul 26, 2017 Reflections

    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 la

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  • Choose where your energy flows
    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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  • Simplify your life
    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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  • How to Concentrate
    Jul 5, 2017 Reflections

    How to Concentrate

    Reflection for this weekend: “Do one thing at a time! Consciously choose where your awareness goes.” ~ Dandapani Photo: The full moon rises behind the Swayambunath Stupa as pilgrims circumambulate one of Buddhism’s holiest shrines during the celebration of the Buddhist new year

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  • Learn to direct energy
    Jun 28, 2017 Reflections

    Learn to direct energy

    Reflection for the weekend: “At the heart of everything is energy. Getting to know it, understanding it and learning to channel it is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself.” ~ Dandapani Photo: The gorgeous waterfall at Celeste River (Rio Celeste) at Tenorio Volcano Na

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