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Tag: St. Thomas

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Dec 22, 2010

Quote by Goethe (Day 8)

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” - Goethe Photo: A long exposure photo on the island of Jost van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands reveals two night beach walkers leaving a ghostly trail with their flashlights. Stars scratch the sky above and lights on top of the masts of boats bobble back and forth in the Caribbean se...

Apr 26, 2010 Photography & Travel

Technology meets Spirituality

I'm not sure how many Hindu priests out there like myself are interested in technology but I certainly love it. A few days before I left for the Virgin Islands last week I asked myself if it would be possible to document the meditation retreat I was conducting using just my iPhon
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Apr 24, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

Practice, practice, practice!

Our wonderful retreat came to a conclusion today and the concluding thought we left the group with is practice, practice, practice! Find ways to integrate the tools into everyday life. We can only make progress in meditation if we are working at developing the key qualities neede
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Apr 23, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

What do I meditate on?

Meditation needs to be approached in a positive and systematic way. We should make an outline of our meditation before we even sit down to meditate. If we don't do this we'll be running around in mental and subconscious circles. So, what do we actually do when we sit down to med
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Apr 22, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

Encountering the Subconscious

In this evening's class we covered the first thing that a serious meditator will encounter as he begins his journey within and that is the subconscious mind. To put it very simply. One could look at the mind as layers. You have the conscious mind then above it the subconscious an
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Apr 21, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

Learning to Meditate

Our meditation retreat is off to a wonderful start. A brief light shower that came in from the south cooled the island after what had been a pretty hot day. In our first class today we learned one of the most important concepts in the process of learning how to meditate, that
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Apr 21, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

Developing Willpower and Concentration

Our day started with a morning group Hatha Yoga practice on the balcony over looking the Caribbean sea. A sweet spot to practice yoga as we watched the sun rise. After breakfast we dived into our morning class. We studied how to develop two qualities, willpower and concentration,
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