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Philen Naidu

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in Durban, South Africa

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Travel, Spirituality, Fiction

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James Redfield, Paulo Coelho, Gregory David Roberts, Jiddu Krishnamurt ...more

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As a young person, Philen Naidu was a polite, neatly dressed, and well-mannered child who was liked by all his mother’s friends, and by all his friends’ mothers. I was not an ‘A’ student, but I did well enough to gain entry to a university to study engineering. I was not a great sportsperson, but I did enough to be respected in the sporting community.

Early Loves and Contradictions
Music was one of my real and early loves, but in my teenage years, I dropped my pursuit of it because it wasn’t getting me the peer recognition I needed at an elite and private all-boys boarding school; a society that felt quite hostile to anyone on the ‘fringe’.

My other Great Loves according to memory, have all involved Being in Nature … and barefoot as far as pos ...more

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My Life My Africa: An Untamed Soul-Searching Adventure

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The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire

by David Deida (Goodreads Author)

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Brida

by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author)

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A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan

by Carlos Castaneda

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“Every man reaches his destination, if he just keeps walking”
― Philén Naidu, My Life My Africa

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Philen’s Quotes

“Every man reaches his destination, if he just keeps walking”
― Philén Naidu, My Life My Africa

tags: inspirational-quotes

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“When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen:

There will be something solid for you to stand upon, or, you will be taught to fly.”
― Patrick Overton, The Leaning Tree

tags: darkness, faith, risk, unknown

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