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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 National Park in Costa Rica. The turquoise colored waterfall is quite a spectacular sight and is well wroth the 1-hour hike into the park to see it.
In April, we headed down for the fourth year since acquiring the land to work on Siva Ashram. This year we focused on infrastructure, layout and the maintenance of the gardens versus just planting. We were joined by Nick and Tracey Bloor, our intrepid friends who “swung” over fro
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In looking to change our own negative traits, we should seek to understand them first: How did it come about? What caused it? How many lives did it take to create? Remember the trait was a product of decades or centuries of repeating a behavioral pattern and to expect to change i
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Meditation is a fine art and we need to treat it that way. We need to treat it the same way we would treat learning any art form. If we wanted to learn the piano, we would not take a 12-week course hoping at the end of the 12 weeks that we would be able to play the piano like a m
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Reflection for this weekend: “When we understand how the mind works, we can control it. When we can control it we can direct it. When we can direct it we can create the life that we want and sustain the changes that we seek.” ~ Dandapani Photo: The sun rises another day on the
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Today I thought I'd share some images that I photographed of smiling and laughing children during my many travels to India. These pictures remind me of my favorite quote from my guru, Gurudeva Subramuniyaswami: "Life is meant to be lived joyously." I always jokingly say that life
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The best way to teach children how to concentrate is for you to learn concentration and practice it yourself. Concentration is the ability for you to keep your awareness on one thing for an extended period of time. Parents struggle to teach concentration because they are not conc
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