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Waves
A few years ago I used to go to the new Hot yoga studio in our small town. Back then it was all the rage, and celebrities swore by it. A few friends and I would go regularly, and push through the hot and humid classes and complete our 90 minute challenge. It was difficult.…
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Foundations
It was around 4am and I had just finished a shift that must have been anywhere between 10 to 12 hours, if not longer. I was driving and operating a fuel and lube truck for heavy equipment, and had just finished a shift on my own, as I usually did. It was a midsummer night…
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Hurt
I was thinking about why I have this set of regular setbacks when I excel at something, and why my dating life sucks, despite having great success at times. I journaled about it for a long time. Sifting through my conscious and subconscious mind. Then I did an exercise where it takes you back to…
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Seek Ye First
“Seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you” Mathew 6:33 Quite often our suffering comes from within, and we seek to heal it from without. This obviously will not work, and indeed will extend and prolong our suffering. When we think of meditation we…
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The Streets Of Bucharest
We have a Group Member in New Orleans. She is in her fifties, with an amazing warm smile, short blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. Her accent though, is something else. She speaks in an un-rushed manner, moving her head slowly from one side to the other. She speaks in a confident, slow manner, tilting…
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Hot or cold?
“‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.” (Revelation 3:15-316) The two paths leading to enlightenment… the path of knowledge, for those inclined toward contemplation, and the…
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Doing vs. Being
A few years ago, when I moved to Vancouver BC, I had an urge to improve my dating life. Every day I saw women who showed an interest in me, but for the love of God, I did not know how to talk with them or do things in a romantic way. Then I started…
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How to face our Demons
Greek Myths are not ancient relics from the last. They are living, breathing creatures that roam with us and sojourn in our dreams. It is said again and again, that we must face our Demons. But how do we do that? Milarepa and the Demons One day, the Tibetan teacher Milarepa left his cave to…