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Tag: Energy

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Jul 24, 2017

Your Spine, Your Center

The meditator’s goal, on the Hindu spiritual path of Raja Yoga, is to first become aware of energy and then to familiarize himself with it. Next he learns to harness this energy so it does not all flow out of him. Once this is done, his task is to withdraw this energy. As he withdraws this energy, he needs to draw it into and concentrate it in a central location. That central location is the spine...

Jul 24, 2017 Podcasts & Videos

Life and Energy

Your life is a manifestation of where you put your energy. Wherever you put your energy in your life, that’s what starts to manifest in your life. The people around you, the things around you, the opportunities around you — they are all a manifestation of where you are investing
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Jun 18, 2017 Insights on Life

The Power of Thought

Everything begins in the mental plane first before it manifests in the physical plane. You think to yourself first, “I would like some ice cream,” then you get up and get yourself some ice cream. But it began in your mind with a thought. Each thought has a picture, sound and colo
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Nov 29, 2016 Insights on Life

The Way Forward is Inward and Upward

The way forward is inward and upward. Truly. In this confusing time (post election in the US), and it is very confusing for a lot of people, our first step is to take a higher perspective on all of it. If you are functioning in a lower state of mind like fear or anger for exampl
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Sep 10, 2016 Spiritual Tools

The Container Rule

When it comes to managing energy one of the first things we have to do is look at what is draining our energy. Simply put you can look at yourself as a container or a barrel filled with energy. If there is a hole in the barrel then what you want to do is plug the hole. Both peop
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Apr 30, 2016 Insights on Life

Energy and Money

If people treated energy the same way they treated money they’d have a lot more of it. Energy is a finite resource just like money. Before you invest your money you ask questions. Before you give your energy to someone or something ask the same questions you would ask should you
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Oct 15, 2014 Speaking

The Art of Charm: Monk with a Macbook

I recently did an interesting interview with Jordan Harbinger of “The Art of Charm.” I spoke a bit about my journey to becoming a monk, life in the monastery and then we had a great discussion about relationships, energy and the importance of knowing your path in life. I expla
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