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February 03, 2005
Awareness, Following one's heart.
Stories, Quotes ... I and a friend were talking about how to be peaceful. While parting, he asked me to try something: He said, speak in a lower voice than you usually do, reduce your pace and speak more slowly and take pauses in between thoughts See what happens. Ever since, whenever I could do that I am noticing something significant - I am becoming more aware of what I say, I listen much better. ... Hearing someone speak without pausing is like listening to ten songs in a row without any break between any two songs. Everything becomes a... <$MTEntryExcerpt$>Posted by pkaipa at 11:49 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
February 18, 2005
Advaita
This week was unique. We did not do the usual check-ins, finding a collective theme and exploring it. Prasad offered the Dhakshinamurthy Ashtakam and got spontaneously inspired to talk about it for the rest of the session. We went with the flow� and what a flow it was! I remember an ad for Porche that read, �We do not make a new car until our engineers start giggling like children.� Whatever comes from spontaneity and joy is worth making� hence with Prasad talking spontaneously and the rest of us listening, we made the session worthy and joyful. Some highlights from... <$MTEntryExcerpt$>Posted by pkaipa at 08:22 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack