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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...Posted by pkaipa at 11:49 PM | Comments (2) | 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...Posted by pkaipa at 08:22 PM | Comments (130) | TrackBack