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How to Be Happy: Learn and Apply the Law of Growth

April 22, 2011

The Law of Growth, sometimes also referred to as the Law of Production, is a simple natural law that expresses the way a thing attracts to it what it needs to grow, that which is in vibrational harmony with it. Because everything exists in a state of vibration, all things attract that which is like [...]

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How to Attract Abundance, Spiritual Success Tip #1: Appreciate Others

March 10, 2011

The act of appreciating another is one of the most powerful ways to not only transcend the self and overcome the ego, but also one of the most effective ways to attract goodness and abundance into your life. Commonly known as the Golden Rule, which is generally paraphrased as “Do unto others as you would [...]

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Snatam Kaur, Kundalini Yoga, Islam and World Peace

March 3, 2011

Last night I had the opportunity to catch Snatam Kaur and Guruganesha, accompanied by Ramesh Kannan on tabla and percussions, live in concert at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. It was my first experience at a Kundalini Yoga chant concert, which originates from the Sikh music tradition (closely related to Sufi music), and [...]

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Spiritual Success Strategies: Get Present

March 1, 2011

You can actually increase your productivity and effectiveness in the practical dimensions of your life through understanding and applying what we call spiritual success strategies. In fact, the greatest spiritual masters to have walked the planet, the greatest luminaries of light, wisdom and divine knowledge, also often doubled as the most productive and practically successful. [...]

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How to Stop Procrastinating and Overcome Laziness in 4 Easy Steps

February 19, 2011

Do you find yourself asking, “Why am I so lazy?” Do you have trouble with overcoming procrastination and getting into action, even when you clearly know it’s in your best interest to do so? Would you feel better if you could once and for all, finally stop being lazy and put procrastinating behind you forever? [...]

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The Dawn of a New Age

December 28, 2010

We are but a few days away from the end of the first decade of the 21st Century and the beginning of a new year, and as with all endings, it is an opportunity for reflection, and thus for learning. Furthermore, with any ending comes a new beginning and the opportunity for conscious intention, the [...]

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On Spiritual Excellence

November 2, 2010

God has said, “Neither the heavens nor the earth can contain Me, save the heart of a believer.” — Prophet Muhammad (S) The term spiritual excellence is one which is very specific, and refers to the ultimate goal of the spiritual path and of religion itself: To attain a state of transcendent presence in which [...]

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On the Pursuit of Happiness

November 2, 2010

What is the key to happiness? Perhaps it can be summed up in a single word: Freedom. Elusive as it may seem, freedom is attainable. A freedom completely independent of external circumstances. The freedom to be oneself, to be who you truly are. In this video, I discuss how through the Spiritual Excellence Program we will [...]

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About A Course In Spiritual Excellence

October 24, 2010

In this short video, I discuss the goal of the Spiritual Excellence Program in supporting individuals who are seeking to grow, to evolve and to create change in their lives and in the world. Additionally, I discuss our ultimate goal in the creation of a new community and culture rooted in the principles of spiritual excellence. [...]

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A Spiritual Warrior on the Virtue of Gratitude

October 19, 2010

The Soviet-Afghan war, beginning with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, was perhaps the last clear authentic jihad, a struggle for freedom by simple common people against tyranny, injustice and oppression. The war had overwhelming moral support throughout the globe, drawing warriors from nearly every country, idealists who still sought a pure and unambiguous [...]

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