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Dandapani’s Blog
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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 separated it from the Rottweiler and the man. The owner of the Rottweiler turned his head and looked down in the direction ...
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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
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Jul 28, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
The Path to the Superconscious
The path to the superconscious mind requires you to go through your subconscious. The subconscious is the gatekeeper to the superconscious mind. Few spiritual texts or teachers speak about the importance of understanding the subconscious mind and how it works on the spiritual pat
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Jul 21, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
Mental Arguments
You’ve probably heard me describe the mind as a vast space with many different areas within it. And awareness as a glowing ball of light that can move within the mind to any of these areas. If you haven’t, then I encourage you to listen to my TEDx talk, Unwavering Focus, that ex
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Jul 14, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
Dealing with Disappointment
To expect to go through life without disappointment is delusionary. Disappointment is a part of life. It is a part of life until we start to shift our perspective on disappointment. Disappointment comes when our expectations are not met. When we have invested so much in something
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Jul 7, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
Why you need a goal in Meditation
A question that I get asked quite often is, "Do you need a goal in meditation or can you just sit down and pretty much go for it?" Well, meditation is a process just like a lot of other things that we do in our life and having a goal is extremely helpful. And with a goal comes a
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Jun 23, 2021 4 MINUTES READ
Focus Misconceptions
There are so many misconceptions surrounding focus. These misconceptions often lead people to have a very skewed or misinformed perspective on focus thus shunning it as a possible quality to cultivate in life. I’ll pick a couple of them and hope to dispel these misconceptions her
