October 2018 - Maurice Leavitt

29 Oct 2018

Practice What You Preach – Never Take Things Personally – Everything Happens For Your Benefit

by Maurice | posted in: Adventure, Personal Growth, Relationship, Sabbatical, Spiritual | 0

10/29/2018 – I write this on the airplane traveling from Delhi to Kochi, India while 2/3 of the people on the airplane are a group of a “semester study abroad” college students from the US. I guess I needed to write this now. ???? “Everything happens for your benefit” … Read More

25 Oct 2018

Mystery/Uncertainty

by Maurice | posted in: Adventure, Personal Growth, Relationship, Sabbatical | 0

Having been in India for over a month now I have learned so much about this country, the culture and the people. A couple of the things I have learned are how much the people do not think they really lack anything even though they may be poor… and how … Read More

24 Oct 2018

Being at Peace….

by Maurice | posted in: Adventure | 0

There’s been a conversation going on in my life for a while that discusses what it means to be at peace… having peace of mind… a joyful way of being and looking at life… in a state of happiness. This topic has been amplified as I’ve been studying A Course … Read More

22 Oct 2018

Meditation and Its Practice – Sadhana Mandir Ashram – October 19-22, 2018

by Maurice | posted in: Adventure, Personal Growth, Sabbatical, Spiritual | 0

I arrived here in Rishikesh on October 17, 2018 and made my way to Swami Rama’s Sadhana Mandir Ashram. Why Sadhana Mandir you may ask. I took some classes with Dr. Rudy Ballentine who was Swami Rama’s doctor at his ashram in New York and I wanted to see what … Read More

19 Oct 2018

From Varanasi to Rishikesh – October 17, 2018

by Maurice | posted in: Adventure, Relationship, Sabbatical, Video Post | 0

After 24 days in Varanasi it was time for me to make my way to Rishikesh for meditation and yoga. I know what you might be thinking, I just finished a 10-day vipassana course and in under a week later I’m taking another course in meditation and yoga. Yup, that’s … Read More

16 Oct 2018

10-day Vipassana Course – Noble Silence – Insight

by Maurice | posted in: Personal Growth, Sabbatical, Spiritual | 0

I have wanted to take a 10-day vipassana course since a few friends told me about it a few years ago. Since I was traveling to India and a town called Sarnath, about 14km from Varanasi I found a place called Dhamma Chakka Meditation Center. Here’s a bit of a … Read More

14 Oct 2018

Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple aka The Golden Temple

by Maurice | posted in: Adventure, Love, Personal Growth, Spiritual | 1

I couldn’t get to this piece of writing before I left due to time constraints and wanted to write about it before I wrote about my vipassana experience… What I did on my last day in Varanasi was talked about as being something I should be doing as one of … Read More

1 Oct 2018

Holy Cow! The Cow is Sacred?

by Maurice | posted in: Adventure, Cooking Advice, Personal Growth, Sabbatical | 0

Rohit (the dairy farmer) was talking to me about the cows he raises and the cows that are in the streets in India. This man has a passion for what he does and is very progressive in his practices, even in the USA! Millions of Hindus revere and worship cows. … Read More

1 Oct 2018

Dinner at the Dairy Farm

by Maurice | posted in: Adventure, Cooking Advice, Personal Growth, Relationship | 0

Last night was a special night. I was invited to Reeta’s sons (Rohit) home for dinner last night. Rohit runs a dairy farm a few doors down and I was interested in how things were run knowing they would be very different from the USA, just not sure how different … Read More

Monthly Archives: October 2018