Ask Parvati 28: Enlightenment and Emotions – Part 1: What Is Enlightenment?

ENLIGHTENMENT AND EMOTIONS Dear Parvati, When a person is enlightened do they still respond to human emotions the same way that, lets say, the average person would? PART 1: WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT? Thank you for this question. It is an important question in that there are many misconceptions about enlightenment, mostly because most of us …

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Ask Parvati 27: Addiction – Part 2: What Is Addiction?

PART 2: WHAT IS ADDICTION? (Continued from Where Is Addiction?) Addiction is a serious disease that affects millions globally. The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as “a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry.” In the truest sense, addiction is a compulsion to be involved with a substance or …

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Ask Parvati 20 – Tantra: Yoga Is Everywhere – Part 4, Yoga Is Everywhere

YOGA IS EVERYWHERE (Continued from Yoga In the Nightclub) My song Yoga In the Nightclub is a spiritually artistic expression that celebrates the notion that God-realization, yoga, the divine can be found, practiced, lived, celebrated and embodied everywhere. Perhaps even in today’s day, when we are called as spiritual aspirants to engage the world and …

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Ask Parvati 18: TO DO OR NOT TO DO, THAT IS THE QUESTION. PART 6: TO BE AND NOT TO DO

PART 6: TO BE AND NOT TO DO (Continued from “When Is Enough Enough?”) The very energy of life is dynamic. We hold on tight to the notion of our selves “doing” to grab onto some sense of solidity, some sense of control, some sense that we, our perception of a divided self, matters. From …

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