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Dandapani’s Blog

Welcome! Sharing my reflections on the spiritual path.
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Sep 25, 2017

Living in the Moment

To understand how to live in the moment, we need to have an understanding of time. Let’s look at time in a very simple but practical way: If you could divide time into three parts, you could say there was the past, the present and the future. At any given point, awareness can be functioning in one of these parts. Awareness can be in the “past” part of time and it can be absorbed in a conversation ...

Sep 18, 2017 Insights on Life

Awareness, the Dog

Treat your awareness like a dog. I remember a few years ago I went on holidays to the Caribbean, and while I was there, I stayed with a friend of mine. He works for the FBI and is in the Canine Unit, so he has a German Shepherd. A big, beautiful dog. This dog is so well trained,
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Sep 14, 2017 Reflections

Taking Responsibility for One's Actions

Reflection for this weekend: "Taking responsibility for one's own actions is the first step in understanding the law of karma." ~ Dandapani Photo: Mount Merapi at sunrise, Central Java, Indonesia.
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Sep 12, 2017 Spiritual Adventures

Madurai's Sacred Citadel to the Goddess

Madurai's Meenakshi Temple in South India, Hinduism's grandest citadel to the goddess, is a sacred place of pilgrimage for Hindus the world over and one of the most famous temples in India. This temple, centuries old and hand carved out of granite, covers an area of 16.5 acres. I
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Sep 11, 2017 Podcasts & Videos

Life is Finite

We really don’t know what happens at the point of death, so most of us don’t like to think about it. We live our lives like we’re going to live forever, but the truth is we don’t live forever. We all die at some point. When you realize that life is finite—not short, but finite—yo
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Sep 10, 2017 Insights on Life

The Need to Learn

I meet so many people that are obsessed about learning, that are perpetually taking one course after another. Learning is good, but more important than the ebullient need to consume knowledge should be the need to apply the knowledge learned in daily life. This is where most peop
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Sep 6, 2017 Reflections

How to Deal with Energy Vampires

Reflection for this weekend: "Withdraw your energy from people in your life who are inherently energy vampires. Practice being affectionately detached with them but always kind, gentle, sincere and loving towards them." ~ Dandapani
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