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Becoming Like A ‘Virtuoso’ In Meditation – Part 1

The Path of a personal Spiritual Practice includes becoming like a ‘Virtuoso‘ in meditation. The goal of deep meditation is to find an inner peace that turns just sitting and doing ‘nothing’, into an inspiring ineffable experience that is beyond mere words to describe yet is so subtle that most at first won’t notice those […]

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Piano meditation

Becoming Like A ‘Virtuoso’ In Meditation – Part 2

Meditation deepens in stages. As you begin sitting at this early stage of this current meditation, you’re becoming more aware of the subtle nuances in the experience of any tensions, fears, or anxieties… relaxing them and just letting it all go… Don’t sit there an pine about the past, or fret about the future. If

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Foul weather brings rainbows and beautiful clouds

Find the silver lining on you challenge days. ———————————————————— Whenever you are challenged… and that’s at least a few times a day… Take a deep mindful breath and allow the beauty that is already there to disperse the anxieties of those challenges. Become deeply mindful of your True Nature, the ultimate ‘Self’ that is not

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The Start of 2020

Our business was doing great, but we still couldn’t afford to buy a house or a condo. Renting in Maui for another 30 years was not an option we wanted to take. Then, Bobbie Jo suggested we buy a sailboat that is comfortable to cruise and live in. By the end of January, we started looking for our new home.

After a long search, we found our dream boat in Mazatlan, Mexico. COVID-19 was not yet a concern when our boat hunt began, but masks were starting to appear at airports by the time we flew to Mazatlan. Originally, we had planned to get the boat ready as fast as possible to cover a full calendar for the busy wedding season. However, it was apparent our business was going to tank amid the pandemic, and the struggle went on until the end of the year.

Luckily, we scored an awesome condo for only $19 a day at Mazatlan. On the 10th day of our stay, we received the news that all harbors will be closed the next Monday morning. We thought we’d be stuck in Mexico longer, but another sailor advised us to leave before sunrise.

We felt the adrenalin of escaping the Mexican harbor master just before the sun rose that faithful day. The seas were rough as waves were building up in the tight channel that led us to the open ocean. We ended up anchored off an adorable little isle just a mile offshore. We enjoyed cruising to many spectacular anchorages and cute villages on our way to Puerto Vallarta, where we would depart for Maui on May 7. On May 30, 2020, we completed our 24-day passage from Mexico to Maui.