What is Peace of Mind?

By: Janardhan McIntosh – Prema Shanti Yoga and Meditiation Retreat

Peace of mind has two definitions: for a meditation practitioner it refers to the stillness that is experienced when the normal mind chatter slows and one experiences the innate peace that is ever present beneath the surface chatter of the mind. The Christ refers to this as the “peace beyond understanding” because you do not understand it, you experience it.

 For people who do not practice meditation it refers to the contentment that follows the ego gratification of the senses or actions completed, this feeling of contentment is temporary as the minds normal agitation quickly resumes its dominance.

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Is wanting to be rich a bad thing?

By: Janardhan McIntosh – Prema Shanti Yoga and Meditiation Retreat

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By: Janardhan McIntosh – Prema Shanti Yoga and Meditiation Retreat

You will never be rich (financially abundant) by wanting, to want means to lack; by the very nature of the word wanting, ensures wealth will elude you. To desire wealth is inherent in human nature, good and bad are outdated concepts, there is awareness and lack of awareness, that’s all, every human being up to a certain level of awareness, desires financial freedom, it’s the prime motivator driving the evolution of civilization. Money is honey, its how you obtain it and what you do with it once obtained, is where the laws of karma comes into play. The more aware you become, the better choices you make with the abundance that has come your way. Ask yourself, does your financial wealth serve only yourself and immediate family, or do you utilize your wealth for a greater good? Listen to and follow the dictates of your conscience with all your financial choices.

Is wanting to be rich a bad thing?

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What is your definition of success?

By: Janardhan McIntosh – Prema Shanti Yoga and Meditiation Retreat

Success is being the best person you can be in all circumstances, its contentment and equanimity with yourself and your conscience, loving all, serving all.

What is your definition of success?

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Living in the truth

By: Mark Taylor – Managing Director – Keys To Success Club

It has certainly been an interesting six months since my last post.  Sometimes in life you need to go backwards to move forwards.

The two things that I’ve learned in the last six months is the importance of staying in your truth and secondly the importance of letting go.

Staying in your truth

The key question here is how often do you really stay in your truth?  To be able to stay in your truth represents the greatest challenge as-in means not only do you have to really know who you are and what you stand for, but you also need to be prepared to show this to the world whilst of course respecting others in the process.  You also have to face some real insights to yourself that Are not always pretty.

Letting go

I’ve had to face some major challenges in the last six months with certain elements not going according to plan.  In some of the instances I’ve had to face up to full accountability which has been painful at times and a great way to depower the ego.

Letting go does not been becoming a vegetable.  It is more about keeping things in perspective and being much more flexible with the ever changing landscape that we find ourselves in.

 One of the end results of this journey for me is that I have to really connect well with my heart not with my mind.  Whilst it has had been one of the most difficult periods for me, as I have really let myself be totally exposed and vulnerable at times, I am full of optimism because I now feel I can release my full power through better connection with myself and others around me.  Will let you know how I get on!

Living in the truth

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Janardhan McIntosh

Prema Shanti Yoga and Meditiation Retreat

Janardhan McIntosh is a meditation and yoga teacher, the founder and the vision behind the creation of the Prema Shanti Yoga and Meditation Retreat, situated in North Queensland Australia. His journey of self empowerment through the practice of yoga and meditation began in Auckland, New Zealand in 1983 and continues to the present moment. His experiences obtained through meditation and the practice of yoga has given him greater clarity and understanding of both the eastern and western traditions of self enquiry. This has allowed him to develop and share with his students, simple but powerful tools of self empowerment, that enable his students to confront the challenges of everyday life with greater confidence and ease. Janardhan welcomes the opportunity to share with you these simple powerful keys that allow you to unlock your own innate wisdoms, provide peace of mind, and empower all aspects of your life.

Who is Janardhan?

 I am a happily married man, who with my wife runs a meditation and yoga retreat in North Queensland Australia,

 Describe your own spiritual journey?

 My journey started with desperation, burning questions with no answers, is this (life) it? Is there more to life than eating, sleeping, growing old, and death? Is there a God? If so, who and what is the purpose of this God? Why does it allow suffering? I was full of questions with no answers, always why? Where was the purpose and meaning in my life beyond material success and ego gratification? With a healthy skepticism of all things religious, but a genuine thirst to find the answers to these questions and more, I began my  quest  to find for myself, not just  answers, but to bring clarity and peace into my life, my motives were selfish and born out of  necessity, if I was to survive my self destructive habits, I needed to know beyond any shadow of doubt the answers to these questions, with fire in my belly, like Don Quixote charging at the windmills, my spiritual journey began.

 What “failures” have you had to overcome and what did you learn from them?

 By failures, you mean my opportunities to learn, grow and build character, were numerous, with hindsight I clearly see now how each and every mistake, was absolutely necessary for me to make, they all contributed to my mental, emotional, and spiritual growth, without making these lessons in learning, I would be a less balanced person. I would not be who I am today. They led to greater understanding of myself and my relationship to the people and world around me. In truth there are no failures or mistakes in life, just choices and consequences, there are no wrong choices either, each choice in life has its own rewards and learning, just make them! My most common shortcoming is not heeding the sound advice from my wife.

 What made you decide to set up a Yoga & Meditation Retreat?

 I felt the need for a retreat centre, where anyone with the need to explore, rejuvenate, and practice yoga and meditation could come and relax in a purpose built safe supportive environment. There is an emphasis here on awakening to what serves you, and letting go of that, that does not. We share with our guests the eastern traditions of self enquiry balanced with western insights and wisdoms. We allow our guests the opportunity to explore their own innate spiritual nature in an environment specifically designed for self empowerment and awakening self awareness.

Janardhan McIntosh

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• It’s time to wake up.  Some inspirational lifeprinciples for living from the founder of Wake Up Sydney

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Keeping Life Balance

If you across any of the stuff I have been producing recently then you will know that it has been a pretty intense period for me over the last month or see.

I am fine with that as it is linked to my passion, therefore I have no issue with working hard.   What I have to be careful of though is making sure I keep my balance by also adding in quality time with friends, familly and me!

The first part of that is actually making the time, the second part is actually being present in the time you allocate.

I am doing okay and seem to be able to compartmentalise enough that I keep in a good place.

Having said that I can’t deny that I am looking foward to a break over Christmas…

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Developing a success mindset is one of the most critical and first things you need to do to change your life in a positive direction.

Many people wonder why good things never happen to them, or they fail to acheive goals; it is most likely that you have some mental roadblocks and established belief patterns that you need to overcome.

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Today’s blog is focused on positivity and some views I have found on this subject.  You really need to decide what kind of person you are and what kind of person you want to be.

Positivity is a great aspiration and positive people are like magnets as many people are attracted by this type of energy.

Here are a few thought starters on this subject.

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Organising Social Events?

This is an interesting question.  Over the years I have oscillated between being the social lynchpin of a community to a social hermit.

I have noticed that there people that seem to organise people and events and others or seem to just to go them.

After a period of hermit, I decided I should go and organise an event and put a huge amount of time, effort and personl $ into a house party.

Did, I enjoy the event; well to be honest my main focus was on everyone else having a good time and the clean up (with no help) was pretty brutal and it is easy to think; why bother.  Also generally the feedback or apparent appreciation was relatively low even though I know people had a good time.

So, why bother? Well here are a few reasons to ponder:

• Are you a giver or a taker? 
• Is everyone chose not to bother, then nothing would ever happen?
• If you are organising an event, are you doing it for you or for other people?  It makes a difference.
• What do you do to build a strong community of friends around you?

I will show you a few photos of the event in another blog post as can’t be serious all the time!

So, what should my next social get together be;

Organising Social Events?

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