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Awareness Riding on Technology
Last week an entrepreneur from Australia that had attended one of my workshops there, shared with me an article titled “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction” that had appeared in the New York Times. Coincidentally enough, my meditation class in New York City last week (pic below) was focused on “Awareness and the Mind”.
I shared with the class how it was important for us to look at ourselves as awareness rather than then mind. We are pure awareness moving through various areas of the mind. I went on to share that one of the key concepts to grasp in understanding the mind is to understand the difference between awareness and the mind. It is very important to know that you are awareness traveling through different areas of the mind. Wherever your awareness goes that is the area of the mind that you become conscious of. Using your willpower and concentration, you can take your awareness to any area of the mind and hold it there for a given period of time.
The article in the New York Times shares how technology, for example your smart phone, can take your awareness from one thing to another in an uncontrolled manner training us to be easily distracted and less concentrated.
Today’s meditation class in New York City is on “Learning to Concentrate” and exploring forms of energy. For those of you that will be attending see you this evening.
Press for a Photo at the Kumbha Mela
The Kumbha Mela is, needless to say, a photographers paradise. For those of us who have never been to a Kumbha Mela or never will, it is these men and women that do their best to bring this experience to our doorstep by photographing this exhilarating festival, if it is even possible at all to&he...
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Kumbha Mela’s Ascetics
In February of 2010 I was fortunate enough to be present at the Kumbha Mela festival that was taking place in Haridwar, North India. Thousands of Hindu ascetics (a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself...
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Our latest Spiritual Adventure
Stay tuned for the announcement of Vedic Odyssey’s latest spiritual adventure to take place in October-November 2011.
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Leading a Spiritual Life in the World
On Sunday, 20th February I conducted a workshop in San Diego titled “How to Live a Spiritual Life in the World”. It is something I hear a lot of people tell me that they would like to do but are not quote sure where to get started. This inspired me to put together this workshop…
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The Beautiful Drive to the Western Ghats
Certainly one of the most beautiful drives in south western India is the drive from Kochi to Periyar in the Western Ghats. During our upcoming 2-week spiritual adventure to Kerala, South India we will be making our way up to the Western Ghats. To learn more about this spiritual adventure or join ...
Read MoreMy Himalayan Spiritual Adventure
In this video Gary Gilman from Colorado shares about his experience of traveling on Vedic Odyssey’s 2010 The Himalayas spiritual adventure through the Himalayas of Nepal and North India in October. He shared the journey with 16 other travelers from various countries on this 16-day experient...
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