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Stop trying to distinguish the joy of meditation from the messiness of life. Begin to see the divine in everything. She is in the joy just as much as the misery.

Rod Stryker

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Rod Stryker
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 19
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Nimrod Gross
Trying
Yoga
Much
Misery
Life
Begin
Meditation
Divine
Joy
Messiness
Stop
Wellness
Everything
Distinguish

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I am grateful for the unending hunger to rest in the mind of Buddha, the heart of Krishna, a domain where all yogis, sages, and saints abide, waiting for those whose real self has emerged from the searing pilgrimage of Spirit's flames.
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Looking back, I see that I was born with the subtle sense that material treasures alone, no matter how grand, would never be enough to satisfy the longing in my heart to see the light, to know the truth.
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The more you insist on improving who and what you are, the more you become master of your destiny.
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Our self-acknowledgement, our dedication has to be bigger than our fear.
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When it comes to desire, it's not a matter of avoiding desire, but rather learning to discern those desires that are helpful and necessary for your growth - those that serve your soul and help you continue to thrive - from those that do not.
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For some people it may be kind of off-putting. But the idea that fear accompanies us at every step: the point is that our courage has to be bigger than our fear.
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Collect the power. Because our fear has power. And our fear is paralyzing, and our fear sets us off course. So it's about gathering and collecting that power, waking it up. And dedicating your life to honoring it.
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Learning to honor all four of your soul's desires compels you to thrive at every level, leads to lasting happiness as well as a complete and balanced life.
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Indeed, much to my parents' surprise, the first word I spoke in this lifetime was light. Prior to uttering its name, however, I was already searching for light - for my source. Yet despite my preternatural kinship with that spark that lights this and all worlds, for the first two or three decades of my life, I resisted it.
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Fear is what inhibits us moving forward.
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