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Dec 22, 2021

Simplify

I often hear people say they have such busy lives. I think it’s more a problem of having misguided priorities than being busy. We are doing too much. Nobody is forcing us to do all the things we do. We choose to do them. We make these decisions to commit to so many things and people because we lack clarity of our priorities. The lack of clarity around priorities stems from the lack of clarity aro...

Dec 15, 2021
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What is your Biggest Fear?

Everyone has fears. Fear is the highest state of consciousness for the instinctive mind. The instinctive mind, the conscious mind, is tied to our five senses and our physical body. As long as we have a physical body, as long as we live in our physical body, we are subject to the
Sep 30, 2021
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The Transitory Nature of Life

A lot has been happening over the past few weeks that have consumed my awareness including testing positive for COVID. Even though I was vaccinated I got pretty sick. I could not help thinking during this time that this experience was an excellent reminder of the fragility of li
Aug 25, 2021
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You do you, I’ll do me

In the years leading up to me becoming an ordained Hindu monk, I had so many people tell me how I should be living my life. They knew I was very spiritually inclined and in the year before becoming a monk, I made my intentions to be a monastic clear to people. It was fascinating
Aug 18, 2021
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COVID: The Path Forward

The last 18-months have been challenging to say the least. For many, as a result of this pandemic, so much of life has changed - from work, income, lifestyle and more. For some, it has been devastating with the loss of loved ones, side effects of the virus and other severe reperc
Aug 11, 2021
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Big Dog, Small Dog

I once observed a man walking a big Rottweiler dog on a sidewalk. As he passed along the fence of the front yard of a home, a small dog came running up from the front door of the home to the fence barking. This little furball threw its front paws on the chain-link fence that sep
Aug 4, 2021
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Emotional Surfers

Do you get affected by other people’s emotions? Do other people’s emotions impact how you feel? Many people surf the wave of other people's emotions but emotional surfing is optional. The words that people say to you contain emotions. Sometimes they don’t contain much emotion a