The Epiphanic Mood and the Power of the Heart

May 6th, 2010 | Posted by Mushin in alchemy - (1 Comments)

I’m in an epiphanic mood today – matter of fact, whenever I truly appreciate you being you, a flower being a flower and the house being the house, I’m in such a mood… only I didn’t know until today. Becoming conscious of anything means, “There is something ‘out there’, independent of me, that alights in … Read more →

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Enlightening the Passions – Day 21 (Splash)

December 7th, 2008 | Posted by Mushin in heart | life | mind | peace | peace of heart | surprise - (10 Comments)

Any kind of expectation creates a problem. We should accept, but not expect. Whatever comes, accept it. Whatever goes, accept it. The immediate benefit is that your mind is always peaceful. – Sri Swami Satchidananda I’ve started to have a quote with these posts every day for some time now, and previously I selected them … Read more →

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Enlightening the Passions – Day 14

November 30th, 2008 | Posted by Mushin in Charakterpanzer | constriction | flow | heart | restriction | unconditional | unrestrict | Wilhelm Reich - (13 Comments)

(Tomorrow some editing – now I’m too tired to do so…) Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the time I am being carried on great winds across the sky. – Chippewa, translated by Robert Bly What is it about listening that is so amazingly difficult? Listening to my heart – that place where … Read more →

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Enlightening the Passions – Day 12

November 28th, 2008 | Posted by Mushin in consciousness | criticism | curiosity | empty space | feeling field | free jazz | heart | listening | mirror - (15 Comments)

“Thanks to the human heart by which we live; thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears.” – William Wordsworth Last night, brushing my teeth I looked in the mirror, and what I saw made my inner critic come out. The feeling that goes with that is very similar to distrust which is the negative … Read more →

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