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Beautiful St. John
It's my third visit to this beautiful island in 14 months and each visit I love the island even more. I thought I'd take this opportunity to share a few images I've captured over the last couple of days. These photos were all taken using the built-in camera on the iPhone. Cinnamon Bay beach is 3.9 miles east of Mongoose Junction on Route 20, St. John, US Virgin Islands. By far the best view o...
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Apr 26, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
Technology meets Spirituality
I'm not sure how many Hindu priests out there like myself are interested in technology but I certainly love it. A few days before I left for the Virgin Islands last week I asked myself if it would be possible to document the meditation retreat I was conducting using just my iPhon
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Apr 24, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
Practice, practice, practice!
Our wonderful retreat came to a conclusion today and the concluding thought we left the group with is practice, practice, practice! Find ways to integrate the tools into everyday life. We can only make progress in meditation if we are working at developing the key qualities neede
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Apr 23, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
Hiking in St John & working with our inner psychic currents
This morning we took a ferry to the neighbouring island of St. John about 20 mins away. We then hiked to Solomons Beach. White sand with coconut trees on the beach, turquoise waters and only a handful of people there it was the perfect beach. We enjoyed our time here before hikin
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Apr 23, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
What do I meditate on?
Meditation needs to be approached in a positive and systematic way. We should make an outline of our meditation before we even sit down to meditate. If we don't do this we'll be running around in mental and subconscious circles. So, what do we actually do when we sit down to med
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Apr 22, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
Encountering the Subconscious
In this evening's class we covered the first thing that a serious meditator will encounter as he begins his journey within and that is the subconscious mind. To put it very simply. One could look at the mind as layers. You have the conscious mind then above it the subconscious an
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Apr 21, 2010 1 MINUTE READ
Learning to Meditate
Our meditation retreat is off to a wonderful start. A brief light shower that came in from the south cooled the island after what had been a pretty hot day. In our first class today we learned one of the most important concepts in the process of learning how to meditate, that
