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circles « It’s Here Now … Where am I? — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:35:27 +0000

[...] As per circles, I recall one of my first posts which referenced running from the past. [...]

Comment on stories — spring, cntd. by val

val — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:57:21 +0000

i find it interesting that kennedy himself totally fits the bill of ‘myth’ … hmmmmmm astute

Comment on stories — spring, cntd. by kclair

kclair — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:38:24 +0000

i would also like to recant this quote, from a previous post:
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.”
-John F. Kennedy

Comment on stories — spring, cntd. by kclair

kclair — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:22:40 +0000

indeed. in thinking of a response to this, i immediately thought of samskaras and sankalpas*. in brief: samskaras are my habits; they are like deep grooves in my behavior that are easy to follow again and again (and that get deeper every time i tread them). sankalpas are new habits that i try to develop as alternatives to samskaras. actually, as i was taught, sankalpas are resolves or affirmations that can be used to encourage new habits. for example, if the habit i want to break is that i’m financially irresponsible, i could use a sankalpa that goes something like, “i am financially responsible”. of course i’d want to use a sankalpa that was more convincing than that, but the idea is that i say it to myself several times a day, and the more i say it the more i believe it, and a new habit starts forming.

so when i said, “Can’t I just decide not to believe [the negative stories] anymore? (Yes.)”, i didn’t mean that in a permanent sense. it is more like, for a split second can i not believe one of them? and what did it feel like for that split second? my idea is that if i do that on a regular basis, it is like a sankalpa … in actually feeling what it would be like for that to be true, i can believe it is possible, and if i believe it, who knows what could happen.

* samskaras and sankalpas have been mentioned many a time on this site. perhaps i should start to use tags…

Comment on stories — spring, cntd. by mars

mars — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:47:48 +0000

Oh man. What magic pill makes you stop believing these stories?! I need it! If I cant get the pill, I guess I will just have to start telling new different positive stories… why is this so hard when the bad stories come so easily?

Comment on the thing, was by Manduka

Manduka — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:08:16 +0000

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Comment on seriously? by Will @ A Journey Round My Skull

Will @ A Journey Round My Skull — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:09:41 +0000

Ian moved all the books off the coffee table on Wednesday. I’ll never find them again. I was reading those, dammit.

Comment on i actually finished a knitting project by kclair

kclair — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:02:42 +0000

Well it’s on hold until after christmas, but the torso is DONE.

Comment on i actually finished a knitting project by Phillybits

Phillybits — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:26:50 +0000

So how long before we should check in for an update on that?

Comment on Shallot-Ginger-Squash Polenta by Will Schofield

Will Schofield — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:59:11 +0000

It should also be noted that this is THE MOST DELICIOUS THING YOU WILL EVER EAT.