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How to Make Your Meditation Work for You!

In my previous blog, I explained why meditation does not work for many who try it in the hope that it will reduce the stress in their lives. Let’s say you have an arid farm and let water flow into it through an irrigation canal you have dug. You let the water flow for an…

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Why Your Meditation Practice Is Not Working

The entrepreneurs and executives who attend my talks and come to my workshops are successful people. Virtually all of them report feeling stress in their lives, and this has both increased in the recent past and continues to increase. Many have started a meditation practice. One student, let’s call him Joe, was puzzled. He started…

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You Change When You See Reality!

We go through life doing stuff that we find enjoyable. But we do not see the damage that we sustain in the process. In fact, many never realize the destructiveness of their actions. We encourage others to follow in our path. And this is simply something that we pass on because others encouraged us down…

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Dunlop Maxply and Stainless Steel – A Powerful Lesson!

I wish you a terrific New Year in every way. May you be healthy and prosperous and, most of all, may you become rooted in the knowledge that the only purpose of life is to become one with the Cosmic Principle. And with that said, here is a story for you that is also a…

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The Illusion of Labels

Have you ever noticed a pattern in your life that subtly undermines your serenity? It’s so pervasive that its omnipresence goes unnoticed. It’s the knee-jerk labeling of life’s unfoldings as ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ This insidious habit, ingrained in our cultural fabric, often escapes our scrutiny. Why is this incessant need to categorize our experiences so…

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A Very Perceptive Actor!

In the mid-seventies I watched a movie that I thoroughly enjoyed. Many others thought it was excellent. It made a clean sweep at the Oscars winning in all the major categories – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. You may have seen it – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The protagonist…

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I Am Depressed! How Wonderful!

I am going to wander into some dangerous territory today. Many will raise their voices in vociferous protest at what I say. So, let me acknowledge at the start that what I advocate will not work for everyone. But it will work, in spades, for anyone who is actively conscious that they are on a…

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Every Parent Knows This! Why Don’t You?

I was in Lafayette, CA, visiting my grandkids. And, of course, my daughter and son-in-law. Krish, my grandson, is four and was delighted to see his Tatha. That’s what he calls me, and it means grandpa in Kannada, my native tongue. He came back from school the evening before my return trip to New York…

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The Psychologist Solved the Problem!

Many years ago I heard an enormously funny joke. Even at the time it struck me as a little cruel, but it was still hilarious. A man went to his psychologist for help with a problem. “I have this really deep-rooted inferiority complex,” he explained. “It prevents me from doing well at my job and…

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102 Portals to Your Spiritual Awakening!

Alex Exarchos is an executive at the European Central Bank. He was also my coaching client for more than a year and is now on his own journey of growth. He writes well and I thought his recent blog on 102 portals to spiritual growth was so good that I am sharing it with you.…

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