#susan piver

[lowcountry-gothic]

In Tibetan, the word for equanimity is tang-nyom. Tang means ‘release’ and nyom means ‘equalize.’ Equanimity is not about feeling fine with whatever happens. It has more to do with relaxing with what is….This is at the root of true equanimity, and when the focus on suffering can be softened, Fours will find they have a gift for it.

Susan Piver, The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship

[alizahhope]

[In Buddhism,] compassion does not mean being nice to everyone all the time. That is a mistaken definition. True compassion is simply our natural and reflexive response to what we encounter when our hearts are open. When they are, we become more intuitive and find we know what to do to be of greatest benefit. What is most helpful is naturally drawn from us, whether that is to be sweet, sharp, or silent. In this sense, compassion has far more to do with being awake rather than being nice.

Susan Piver, The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship

[tozozozo-x]

I never do stuff just to have fun. Never. I am so not built like that. However…among the most pleasurable things in my life are the things I’m committed to doing: spiritual practice and writing. I love those things! I remembered that they make me happy.

Susan Piver

[commonplacebuddhism]

Through applying the technique rather than making advance judgments about what the technique is or should be, the posture begins to work on you rather than the other way around.

— Start Here Now by Susan Piver

[radical-revolution]

If you’ve ever wished for a friend who would love you as you are, appreciate your genius, and make space for your foibles, welcome you when you’re funny and shiny and when you’re a complete mess—well, I can introduce you to this person. Rather, your meditation practice can. He or she has been there the whole time. You are the one you’ve been waiting for, as they say.

— Susan Piver, Start Here Now

[joyfulgaruda]

Love can never be made it safe. It is the opposite of safe. The moment you try to make it safe, it ceases to be love.

-Susan Piver

[sleepysera]

"As interest in meditation increases, so do misunderstandings. It would be really easy to get the idea that meditation involves having no thoughts and feeling blissed-out while sitting in a very uncomfortable position. Not so. All meditation involves is substituting for your thoughts another object of attention. Whether it is your breath, an image, or a sound, when the mind becomes absorbed in something other than thought, it relaxes. From this relaxation come many wonderful things, which you will discover for yourself if you make the practice a part of your life."

-Susan Piver, Quiet Mind (2008)

[mbti-sorted]

Susan Piver

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[putawaytheglobe]

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[luxe-pauvre]

The trouble is that for any of us who have a little too much of our self-worth wrapped up in our work output – and I just may be speaking from personal experience here – the supposedly down-to-earth idea of “just getting on with it” quickly morphs into a barked internal command. It begins to sound less like the idea that all you need to do is put one foot in front of the other, and more like the idea that you should be able to force yourself to do whatever you’ve decided needs doing, whenever you’ve decided to do it. [Susan] Piver writes: “I’ve spent a lot of time in my life trying to force myself to do things. Really good things. Things that are important to me. Things like meditating, journaling, going to the gym, and so on. I set schedules over and over… [but] I fail more than I succeed, which makes me really, really upset… It spirals out of control until I either give in to lying on the couch, or somehow manage to squeeze in a day of discipline according to schedule, whereupon I exhale a half-sigh of relief and immediately begin bullying myself to repeat this tomorrow.” The problem with forcing yourself to do things (as it’s taken me, too, decades to learn) is that self-forcing just strengthens the underlying belief that work is the kind of thing you have to force yourself to do – and that you’re the kind of person who won't get it done unless you force yourself. And so you end up oscillating between making reluctant, unhappy progress, or procrastinating in an act of rebellion against the bastard (ie., you) who has the gall to treat you like an indentured servant. Shifting some of the focus back to what you’d truly enjoy doing right now can be, ironically enough, nerve-wracking rather than enjoyable, at least at first. For many of us, that’s because we’re convinced, deep down, that we require this constant self-vigilance in order to make sure we do the things we need to do, so as to justify our existence on the planet. If you relaxed the surveillance operation and just let things happen… who knows what might go wrong, what obligations you might neglect, what important to-dos you might forget?

Oliver Burkeman, The habit of force

[relaxstationmusic]

Your Partner Disapproves? - Lion's Roar

Your Partner Disapproves? – Lion’s Roar

As part of our #MeditationHacks series, a new meditator’s spouse disapproves of their newfound practice. Susan Piver, founder of The Open Heart Project, answers. Photo by Eric Ward. I’m a new meditator and I’m beginning to relate to my life in an entirely different (and often helpful) way. But my partner isn’t a meditator, and doesn’t really approve of what I’m doing. I don’t want to stop…

[lowcountry-gothic]

[In Buddhism,] compassion does not mean being nice to everyone all the time. That is a mistaken definition. True compassion is simply our natural and reflexive response to what we encounter when our hearts are open. When they are, we become more intuitive and find we know what to do to be of greatest benefit. What is most helpful is naturally drawn from us, whether that is to be sweet, sharp, or silent. In this sense, compassion has far more to do with being awake rather than being nice.

Susan Piver, The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship

[gtunesmiff]

No matter how hard you try, you can only write one word at a time~

Susan Piver

[commonplacebuddhism]

When you take your seat in full and unabashed possession of both your wisdom and you confusion, the teaching channel opens in a most interesting way.

— Start Here Now by Susan Piver

[surejaya]

Writing as a Path to Awakening: A Year to Becoming an Excellent Writer and Living an Awakened Life

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Writing as a Path to Awakening: A Year to Becoming an Excellent Writer and Living an Awakened Life by Albert Flynn Desilver

“In this gentle, lucid, erudite and compassionate guide, Albert Flynn DeSilver offers the wisdom and warmth of a true friend who has walked the path. One who reaches out a capable hand and offers it to the new writer, to the struggling writer, and says here, here, let me show you not only how to write, but how to live.” —Dani Shapiro "This is a wonderful collection of insights, practices, writing exercises, and meditations to help you get words on the page, not just as an accomplishment but as a way to discover who you really are." —Susan Piver The best writers say their work seems to come from a source beyond the thinking mind. But how do we access that source? -We must first look inside ourselves and be willing to touch that raw emotional core at the heart of a deeper creativity, - writes Albert Flynn DeSilver. In Writing as a Path to Awakening, this renowned poet, writer, and teacher shows you how to use meditation to cultivate true depth in your own writing--so your words reveal layers of profound emotional insight and revelation that inspire and move your readers. Writing calls on us to fully engage our mind's cognitive powers, while meditation often asks us to let go of thinking and storytelling. Though these two practices may seem incompatible, Albert teaches that they can be powerfully complementary. With a mixture of engaging storytelling and practical exercises, Writing as a Path to Awakening invites you on a journey of growth and discovery--to enhance your writing through the practice of meditation while using the creative process to accelerate your spiritual evolution.

Download : Writing as a Path to Awakening: A Year to Becoming an Excellent Writer and Living an Awakened Life More Book at: Zaqist Book

[unleashyourbuddhanature]

Bodhisattva Road: November 2017

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