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Dandapani’s Blog
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Define the Destination
A couple of years ago, at an event I held in London, someone in the audience asked me, "Dandapani, every morning I meditate and I journal. Now I hear you talking about affirmations and it really resonates with me. Should I incorporate affirmations in my morning practice?" My response to him was, “The better question to ask or the way I would approach it is by asking the question, ‘Where am I goin...
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Oct 6, 2021 4 MINUTES READ
The Journey & The Destination
I’m going to make the wild assumption that most of you that are reading this email have heard someone or yourself say, “It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey.” I vehemently disagree. We as humans, often in our instinctive state, have a tendency to repeat what o
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Sep 30, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
The Transitory Nature of Life
A lot has been happening over the past few weeks that have consumed my awareness including testing positive for COVID. Even though I was vaccinated I got pretty sick. I could not help thinking during this time that this experience was an excellent reminder of the fragility of li
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Aug 25, 2021 4 MINUTES READ
You do you, I’ll do me
In the years leading up to me becoming an ordained Hindu monk, I had so many people tell me how I should be living my life. They knew I was very spiritually inclined and in the year before becoming a monk, I made my intentions to be a monastic clear to people. It was fascinating
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Aug 18, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
COVID: The Path Forward
The last 18-months have been challenging to say the least. For many, as a result of this pandemic, so much of life has changed - from work, income, lifestyle and more. For some, it has been devastating with the loss of loved ones, side effects of the virus and other severe reperc
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Aug 11, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
Big Dog, Small Dog
I once observed a man walking a big Rottweiler dog on a sidewalk. As he passed along the fence of the front yard of a home, a small dog came running up from the front door of the home to the fence barking. This little furball threw its front paws on the chain-link fence that sep
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Aug 4, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
Emotional Surfers
Do you get affected by other people’s emotions? Do other people’s emotions impact how you feel? Many people surf the wave of other people's emotions but emotional surfing is optional. The words that people say to you contain emotions. Sometimes they don’t contain much emotion a
