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Dec 21, 2012

Day 1 Pancha Ganapati Festival 2012

Pancha Ganapati is a modern Hindu family festival of the Five-Faced (pancha means "five") Ganesha. The festival was created by my guru many years ago and extends over a 5-day period. Each day has a particular focus and a spiritual practice for all members of the family to perform. Here's what my guru has to say about the first day. My guru, Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuniyaswami says in his book "Lov...

Dec 17, 2012
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Insights on Peace

The recent tragedy at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, is needless to say at the very least heartbreaking. It made me reflect a lot on the source of peace and violence, and this brought me to recall a talk given my guru, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami about 12 years ago. T
Dec 17, 2012
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What Is the Inner Source of Violence?

Looking deeper into peace and violence I'd like to share some further insights by my guru, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. This is taken from his book Dancing with Siva published by Himalayan Academy (Page 196). What Is the Inner Source of Violence? Violence is a reflection of lower, i
Nov 25, 2012
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Speaking at EO Alchemy 2012 in Seattle

On October 27th I was invited to give a keynote presentation at the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) west coast regional event called EO Alchemy 2012. The event took place in Seattle and the topic of my keynote was “The Art of Balancing Life”. The vision for the event as stated
Nov 24, 2012
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My First Magazine Cover

Last month SpiceRoute, the inflight magazine for SpiceJet airlines in India, reached out to me asking if they could purchase one of my photos for use on the cover of their November 2012 inflight magazine issue. It's the first time one of my photos has made the cover of a magazine
Nov 23, 2012
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An evening with entrepreneurs in Sydney, Australia

Yesterday evening I was invited to present to the Sydney chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO). They were holding an event for two days so they had members from other states also present. It was a wonderful evening and I focused on the topic of Balanced Living incorpora
Nov 23, 2012
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Expressing Gratitude and Apprecition

During this time of thanksgiving many people take the opportunity to express gratitude and appreciation to the people in their lives and for what they have as well. When we express gratitude or appreciation it's good to remember to be specific. For instance, instead of saying "th