May 2013
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April 2013
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Musings by Samsaran: Sam, Can you speak alittle... →
samsaranmusing:
Sam, Can you speak alittle about quieting the mind during meditation? I find the meditative state so fragile. I’m a beginner, and enjoy the attempts at hanging onto the quiet, but I fear that effort is getting in the way of mindfulness. Thanks!
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Sure. Setting…
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March 2013
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“When the student is ready the teacher will appear.”
– Buddhist Proverb (via samsaranmusing)
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“Observe the attachment to your pain. Be very alert. Observe the peculiar...”
– Eckhart Tolle (via paintmefiftyshadesofgreen)
Pain is ok. Communicating pain is ok. The important part is being aware as it happens.
“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.”
– Jesus Christ (via samsaranmusing)
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February 2013
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Lately I haven’t been posting as much about the Enneagram as a system, but about ways to get in touch with yourself, learn to be an inner observer, and relax your ego a little bit. These are the first steps to a good practice, and any lesson in the narrative tradition would have long classes on this type of thing before you even looked at the Enneagram shape. Like wax on- wax off, get it?...
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Welcome!
I recently realized that I’ve been running this blog for quite a while now, but never really stopped to say hello.
Hello and welcome!
This is a blog dedicated to both the study and practice of the Enneagram. I would also like very much to start a conversation here, answer your questions, and let you teach me. Please don’t be shy about sending asks of any sort!
The Enneagram is just...
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“We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to...”
– Hermann Hesse (via samsaranmusing)
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Musings by Samsaran: Addicted to Our Familiar Pain →
samsaranmusing:
“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”- Thich Nhat Hanh
Pain, either physical or emotional pain, it would be thought is something to avoid. After all isn’t this the purpose of pain? Seeking pain…
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“If you’re really listening, if you’re awake to the poignant beauty of the world,...”
– Andrew Harvey, The Return of the Mother (via samsaranmusing)
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From Samsaranmusing.tumblr.com
Anonymous asked: Sam i have a problem with wanting more and more, it's like an addiction. It's like i want constant attention and praise, classic ego. it's like i can't be happy with what i have i have to keep wanting more and more and at the end i end up with nothing. How do i control this crazy way of being?
Sam: This is not “like” an addiction. It “is” an addiction. Not all addictions are chemical except that they all rely on the production of certain neurotransmitters. The mechanism of addiction is always the same. We are made in such a way that when we get too much of anything our desire for it diminishes. However, with certain things this does not happen and the net result is that we require more and more to get the same “rush”. You get a burst of pleasant neurotransmitters when you receive attention and that is what you are addicted to. That and, as is generally the case, you have issues with your self image and the praise of others gives you much needed positive feed back and validation.
This is classic “attachment” in the Buddhist sense. Attachment is the craving, clinging and compulsive aspect of desire. How do you diminish attachment? Well, being aware of it is a good start. Now you must also work on ego. You will never be able to fill the emptiness with praise or any other external thing. You can only fill that empty place in your chest with a spiritual life.
Sam.
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Musings by Samsaran: Self-observation: The Key to... →
samsaranmusing:
Socrates famously said “The unexamined life is not worth living”. Yet, it is the unobserved mind which causes most of our problems. What do I mean “unobserved mind”? Most of us live our lives inside of ourselves never taking a step back to observe what goes on within our minds. In fact some people…
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“In this unbounded existence, I have found signs by which I have been guided to...”
– Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari (radi Allahu ‘anhu)
“It doesn’t make sense to call ourselves ugly, because we don’t really see...”
– dirty wings (via thatsgoldjerry)
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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I...”
– Rumi (via calloway)
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“Be kind to yourself. Stop telling yourself that whatever you are struggling with...”
– How to keep moving forward, even when your brain hates you. (via socialrants)
“And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think...”
– Khaled Hosseini (via likeafieldmouse)
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“Every positive change—every jump to a higher level of energy and...”
– Dan Millman (via uni-tea)
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Musings by Samsaran: Things which Occur Naturally... →
samsaranmusing:
We talk a lot, or I suppose to say that I talk a lot about mindfulness. This state of consciousness of being in the now, reminiscent of our child state. We first train in concentration. Then we use this technique to develop this mindfulness first in our meditation practice then in our daily lives. Here are some things that you might notice as your practice bears results:
you...
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“Be present as the watcher of your mind — of your thoughts and emotions as well...”
– Eckhart Tolle (via samsaranmusing)
“I’ve always had a terrible weakness for beautiful but sad things.”
— Sylvain Reynard
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“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to...”
– Charles Bukowski (via bbaybi)
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Musings by Samsaran: Walking Meditation →
samsaranmusing:
We are all familiar with the classic “sitting meditation”. However, we are not required to sit to meditate. In fact, playing a musical instrument, singing, dancing and even athletics provide meditative states. Beginning students are often too fixated with results, with form over substance….
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Musings by Samsaran: Meditation in EZ Mode →
samsaranmusing:
If you are curious about meditation but are not ready to invest a lot of time into something you don’t really know much about here is a simple and easy meditation which takes about 8 minutes and involves no complicated techniques but is also quite effective.
Prepare by stretching out your back…
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January 2013
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“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”
– Leo Tolstoy (via trivition)
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“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
– Rumi (via lazyyogi)
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“Imagine you’re at a party. A guy offers you a drink. You say no. He says “Come...”
– The art of “no,” continued: Saying no when you’ve already said yes. « CaptainAwkward.com
A great point.
(via ayabug)
For any of us who have trouble saying “no” in any situation.
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“I am eternally, devastatingly romantic, and I thought people would see it...”
– Catherine Breillat (via weaverofstars)
December 2012
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“ ‘I Am’ is an extremely powerful statement. Be aware of the words...”
– Duane Townsend
“Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.”
– Alice Walker
(via ineedmymorningtea)
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ponchopeligroso:
every single person you know has something in their life and past that is probably worth collapsing to the ground in an uncontrollably sobbing heap over, so be nice to each other and tell good jokes
“You don’t know anyone at the party, so you don’t want to go. You don’t like...”
– Julien Smith (via wine-loving-vagabond)
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“Stop the noise,
and you will hear His voice
in the silence.”
– Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)
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It ain't love
ashramof1:
Love doesn’t ask a bird to quit flying. Or a rose to save its fragrance just for you. Or a caterpillar to forget about becoming a butterfly. Or a hummingbird to stop hovering. Or cheetah to give up its sprint. Or a lion its roar. Or a giraffe its neck.
If love wants you to change your song it ain’t love.
