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Timeless wisdom for a focused life.

Teachings on awareness, energy, and purpose — alongside the retreats, talks, and travels that fill the rest of the journey. Drawn from ten years as a Hindu monk and decades of teaching, written to be applied to your life today.

Awareness & the MindMar 9, 20201 min

Do you know who is in charge of your awareness?

Most people unknowingly give people and things around them permission to move their awareness from one area of the mind to another all day every day.You can think of this like the same way you give a…

NewsDec 27, 20192 min

Did you fulfill your 2019 goals?

As we come to the end of the year I always like looking back and reflecting on how it went. So many people set resolutions at the start of the year and by the end of the year, they don’t even…

Insights on LifeOct 11, 20191 min

How badly do you want it?

To want to create a change in your life you must really want it. You must really, really want it. The truth is, most people are never able to create the lives they want because they don’t want it…

Awareness & the MindOct 1, 20191 min

Who’s in charge of your awareness?

Most people unknowingly give people and things around them permission to move their awareness from one area of the mind to another all day every day. The same way you give a director of a movie…

Awareness & the MindSep 26, 20193 min

Announcing my App and NEW online course!

Since I released my Introduction to Meditation course in 2016, thousands of students from more than 130 countries around the world have gone through this training. Many students have shared with me…

Insights on LifeAug 21, 20191 min

Immediate change

A lot of people want immediate change. Technology has trained them to expect instant gratification. You can go online, purchase something and have it delivered the same day or the very next day in a…

LearnAug 8, 20191 min

Features of my App

Creating my app and all its content over the last few months has certainly been one of the biggest challenges I have taken on in recent years. It has required a tremendous amount of my willpower to…

Awareness & the MindAug 5, 20191 min

Manual for the Mind

You have a mind. You are born with it. You live with it. Throughout your entire life, you function in the mind whether it be in your waking state or in your sleeping states. It’s the one thing you…

LearnAug 1, 20192 min

Announcing my App and NEW online course!

Since I released my Introduction to Meditation course in 2016, thousands of students from more than 130 countries around the world have gone through this training. Many students have shared with me…

Costa Rica Spiritual SanctuaryJul 17, 20191 min

Selfless Service

A very special thank you to my dear friend Nick Bloor who flew from the Gold Coast in Australia to come help with our Siva Ashram project in Costa Rica for the second time. I cannot even begin to…

Costa Rica Spiritual SanctuaryJul 16, 20193 min

Update on Siva Ashram

Last week I got back from Costa Rica after having spent 9 days there working on the next phase of the development of our Siva Ashram project. The trip that we make this time of the year is primarily…

Insights on LifeMay 15, 20191 min

Children and Willpower

It’s easier to observe how much inborn willpower there is in a person when they are a child versus an adult. Think about the children that you know, you can tell right away that each child has a…

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