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31148688293?profile=RESIZE_400xOn the phone I said, “There’s this beaver in the water, just five meters away from me playing with a branch.”

“That is a real Canadian story, if ever I heard one,” said Nrsimhananda, my friend from the west coast. Our conversation in session had been interrupted when I saw the rodent acting in this way.

I continued, “I’ll get closer to him and I’ll bet he’ll slap his tail, in defensive warning, but no, he’s practically domesticated, used to humans.”

We were both fascinated by this, but I

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31105522669?profile=RESIZE_584xBy Dina-Palika Devi Dasi 

The Karuna Care Association is offering three upcoming courses designed to help devotees better understand the emotional aspects of spiritual life and develop tools for personal growth and compassionate care. Together, the courses form a series titled Introduction to Emotional Awareness, though each course may also be taken individually.

The first course, Name Your Feelings, Tame Your Mind, explores how recognizing and identifying emotions can deepen self-understanding

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