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A Tribute to Ali Akbar Khan
I was devoted to Ali Akbar Khan and had boundless respect for him because he embodied qualities that are rare in any human being. I see him as someone who, at every era in his life, was continually devoted, deeply, … Continue reading
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Pouring Water into Water, Part 2
Every day when I light a stick of incense to offer in my puja I see a human life. For each of us, as the hours and days and months and years of our lives pass, the subtle fire of … Continue reading
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Pouring Water into Water, Part 1
About a year ago I was in Rishikesh, India with a friend of mine. He’s a Brahmin, and when we were on the banks of the Ganges, he had to wade out into the river to say a mantra and … Continue reading
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A New Set of Priorities
Most of the time we are living in reaction to our circumstances with a set of agendas that are limited–job, food, sex, that kind of stuff. Those are the things that usually engage us, and that’s how most people live. … Continue reading
Working under Pressure Doesn’t Work
We can’t accomplish much in a five minute meditation. We need to allow more time–a half an hour, forty minutes. It takes time for our bodies to relax deeply enough that we can start to make contact with our own … Continue reading
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The Expression of Creative Energy
We are in this world to grow in our awareness of that which is truly alive within us. That vibrant stillness that animates this body and is the dynamism of our mind is the whole reason why we are here. … Continue reading
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A Clear Pathway
In simple words of Swami Chetanananda It is extraordinarily simple, and really important and powerful for each of us to understand that we are in this world to grow. That growth does not happen from any circumstance that we desire. … Continue reading
The Breath that We’re Breathing
Most people live in tiny little patterns of tension that they don’t have a clue about. They have no sense of what is possible for them in their lives, the richness that is available to them, if they could only … Continue reading
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An Enormously Powerful Place
Meditation practice is, in my personal experience, the most wonderful thing there it. To sit and be in touch with the life of our life is just incredible. To be able to be in touch with a place that is … Continue reading
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Breaking through the Shell
The minute we’re born, all of the potential that we are becomes encased in a shell. Some people call this shell karma; the Christians call it original sin. I call it the disappointments of our ancestors. From the moment we’re … Continue reading