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Spiritual Tools for Life

Reflection for this weekend:

“Spiritual tools are useless unless they are put into practice.” ~ Dandapani

Photo: Varanasi, India at sunset

Aug 15, 2017 Costa Rica Spiritual Sanctuary

Siva Ashram Update - June 2017

In early June, I headed down to Siva Ashram by myself for a quick, five-day visit for Phase 4.2 of our landscaping. It was amazing to see how the grounds had gone from being almost completely brown in April when we were there during the dry season to being lush green in just two
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Aug 14, 2017 Awareness & the Mind

Awareness and Energy

As I have shared previously the most important thing in the beginning study of the mind is to understand that there is a separation between awareness and the mind. Another equally important thing to understand is the relationship between awareness and energy. There's a beautiful
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Aug 9, 2017 Reflections

Focusing energy and maturing desires

Reflection for this weekend: "Your desires, the focus of your energy, change as you mature, causing you to leave old desires and create new ones." ~ Dandapani Photo: Dandapani speaks with Robin Buck, a co-teacher on his spiritual adventures, on the banks of the Ganges River in
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Aug 8, 2017 Costa Rica Spiritual Sanctuary

Siva Ashram Update - June 2017

In early June, I headed down to Siva Ashram by myself for a quick, five-day visit for Phase 4.2 of our landscaping. It was amazing to see how the grounds had gone from being almost completely brown in April when we were there during the dry season to being lush green in just two
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Aug 7, 2017 Podcasts & Videos

The Great Secret

As soon as we control where awareness goes, we control where energy flows. As soon as we control where energy is flowing, we control what is manifesting in our life. This is a great secret to learn. This is something my guru shared with me in the monastery and it changed my life
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Aug 6, 2017 Meditation

Change Takes Willpower and Time

Changes in life are not instantaneous. We can resolve with all our will to change. Then we need to use that will to slowly readjust the patterns in our mind, body and nervous system. And this will take time. So don’t expect instantaneous changes in life. Life does not work that w
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