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Granting Meaning. Part 1
Look at the importance of the best of YOUR OWN VOICE coming from the outside, in the form of letters or images. For when, from within, we...
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Superpowers
I love the mysteries of the Universe, they give me energy. Sometimes, what we search for so much arrives when we stop looking for it....
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Gratitude
The art of appreciating beauty hides within the simplest atoms of everything around us.Close your eyes. Take 10 seconds to be...
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7 ~ Looking for a symbol of ‘Peace’.
- It's easy to find peace - Kaare told me. In the mountains, in the forest, in solitude. But that's not real, nor does it belong to you...
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11~ Mother Ganga Temple.
Today was a different day. I was able to meditate. I felt a bit of peace amidst my restless mind and the anxiety that had been torturing...
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12~ Surrender.
Letting go of control, jumping, trusting... Everything Anand was telling me now seemed like prophetic words for what was to come. That...
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13~ Living in an Ashram. Part 1: Shiva, Chaos, and Destruction.
I had set up my meditation altar with a small statue of Ganesha, a Tibetan singing bowl, and some Santa Rita flowers I had found in the...
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14 ~Living in an Ashram. Part 2: Through the storm.
After the chanting class, we would go together into the Ganga to purify ourselves and because we both loved the winter bath . The water...
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15~ Living in an Ashram. Part 3: Small Changes.
By the fifth day—which felt like a month—I had almost emerged from the intense confusion with which I had arrived at the Ashram. I helped...
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16 ~ Living in an Ashram. Part 4: The Important Things.
“When the modifications of the mind have weakened, the mind becomes like a crystal: transparent. When memories, past knowledge, and...
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18 ~Varanasi: Death and Rebirth.
The only place I had planned not to set foot in India—besides Delhi—was Varanasi. I already had enough inner chaos; I didn’t need to add...
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21 ~ Origins.
I came to India seeking to understand. But does our mind really want to escape the illusion we live in? To break free from the collective...
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26 ~ Varanasi, touching the sacred fire.
We were meditating just a few centimeters from the sacred fire, surrounded by smoke and drops of sweat."Everything is fine... look around...
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28 ~ Speaking of Death.
"We are repeatedly told about transmigrating, about how our spirit moves from one body to another in countless lives, seeking experiences...
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