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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.

Insights on LifeFeb 14, 20161 min

Advice from a 126-year old Monk

Swami Bua was a dear friend of mine. I was first introduced to him when I lived as a monk at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. My guru had known Swami Bua for years now and had invited him to spend…

SpeakingFeb 10, 20161 min

DC entrepreneurs Learn Unwavering Focus

It was my first ever visit to Washington DC and I loved my brief 24 hours in the country's capital. One of my hosts was gracious enough to spend the afternoon showing me around some of the memorials.…

Awareness & the MindFeb 8, 20162 min

Awareness – The Story of your Journey in the Mind

Do you know that you are pure awareness traveling through the mind? Do you know that you are not the mind? Imagine for a while that you are awareness and imagine this awareness as a ball of pure…

Awareness & the MindFeb 6, 20161 min

Awareness the Dog

Your awareness is like a little puppy. If you let it do what it wants and let it run around where it likes then when it grows up it will be uncontrollable.

LearnFeb 4, 20162 min

3 Business Lessons I learnt in a Berlin restaurant

Last year in November I was invited to Berlin, Germany, to speak to the Berlin chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). The night before the event the board members of the chapter invited…

Insights on LifeFeb 3, 20161 min

Facing & Understanding Challenges

"All seekers accept as their own karma all experiences that come, however harsh or difficult, never uttering a syllable of complaint. Theirs is the power of surrender, accepting what is as it is, not…

LearnFeb 2, 20161 min

Monastic Life to Entrepreneurship

Joe DeSena, founder of Spartan, interviews me on his Spartan Up Podcast about monastic life, affirmations, life's purpose and more.

Awareness & the MindFeb 1, 20161 min

How long does this high last?

Those of you who have been following my blog know that I have just returned from conducting Enstasy, my meditation confluence in Kerala, South India. One of the participants who had returned home to…

Spiritual AdventuresJan 26, 20164 min

Experiencing Kerala on Enstasy

Day Three of Enstasy began, similar to yesterday (day 2), with yoga asana practices just after sunrise with our guest teachers, Robin, Jasmine, and Yvonne. After their morning posture practice,…

Spiritual AdventuresJan 23, 20164 min

Inner and Outer Journey of Enstasy

We began Day Two of Enstasy just after sunrise with yoga asana practices guided by our teachers, Robin, Jasmine, and Yvonne. Each of our guest teachers led their classes from various locations on the…

Spiritual AdventuresJan 10, 20163 min

Enstasy begins!

Day One of Enstasy, our first ever Meditation Confluence, began with a warm welcome to our participants who traveled from far and wide around the globe to dedicate the next eight days of their life…

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