Arteyeiii

Self growth 🌺Trying to find balance

[reynita9]

I am not there yet but I will create something very important because of this experience

[funeral]

“When you fire and wire the same circuits in your brain over and over again because you keep thinking the same thoughts, you are hardwiring your brain into the same patterns. As a result, your brain becomes an artifact of your past thinking, and in time it becomes easier to automatically think in the same ways. At the same time, as you repeatedly feel the same emotions over and over again—since…emotions are the vocabulary of the body and the chemical residue of past experiences—you are conditioning your body into the past.”

— Joe Dispenza, Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon

[lazyyogi]

Love is a muscle.

Waiting until you meet beings and situations that provoke your love is like waiting until you are being chased by a tiger before using your hamstrings.

You can lift weights and exercise and strengthen your muscles instead of waiting for the specific circumstances in which you’d use them. That way when those circumstances arise, you’ll be fit as fuck to meet them.

The same goes for love. Practicing love deepens love. Like exercise, it isn’t always easy and maintaining motivation is necessary at times. But it is how you will grow into your reality as an organic fractal.

Love is the sane aroma innate to the obviousness of non-separation.

[quotemadness]

“I’ve found that growing up means being honest. About what I want. What I need. What I feel. Who I am.”

— Epiphany

[lazyyogi]

do we have to express stuck emotions in order to heal?

An emotion is a feeling that occurs in the moment and then dissipates. Once it becomes stuck it is no longer, strictly speaking, an emotion. It is a karma, a distortion within your subtle mind/body. You could call it an imprint.

The essential mechanism that occurs when an emotion becomes stuck is identification. Your selfing mechanism, the ego, grabs onto the emotion and brings it into itself. Then, similar to what a fossil is to a living organism, that thing is no longer the emotion that gave rise to it. It is an imprint.

In most instances, expressing the emotion doesn't help. In fact, it is the attempt to get rid of the emotion by expressing it that often inflicts suffering on others. Think about anger, hate, jealousy, fear, and how if any of those become stuck then people will often find themselves expressing those sentiments over and over. It doesn't free them.

There are many practices and approaches when it comes to addressing karmas and imprints stuck within us. Daily meditation, specific yogic or tantric techniques, physical exercise, and psychological therapy all all known methods.

The thing they all tend to have in common is learning how to not shut down in the face of difficult and confusing feelings. A book I highly recommend on all of this is The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron. It is a short book to read but it will challenge you deeply.

May you be free.

LY

[quotemadness]

“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.”

— Maya Angelou

[amokedas]

It is all part of our journey.

[anancientheart]

"The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer." Henri Matisse

[soracities]

“Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: ‘What does his voice sound like?’ What games does he like best?’ ‘Does he collect butterflies?’ They ask: ‘How old is he?’ ‘How many brothers does he have?’ ‘How much does he weigh?’ 'How much does his father make?’ Only then do they think they know him.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

[there-is-much-more]

September is here. Meaning that you should to start fresh. So change those bed sheets. Switch out that old toothbrush. Get your hoodies and sweaters out. Prepare for a better you. With new goals. And a healthier mindset. I know it’s been hard lately, but use this opportunity to start fresh.

[quotemadness]

“Let today be the day you love yourself enough to no longer just dream of a better life; let it be the day you act upon it.”

— Steve Maraboli

[santanabellas]

[studyquill]

as requested by quite a few people - a masterpost of educational podcasts. links go to either the site or the itunes podcast store. an excerpt of the description is included with each.

* indicates a podcast that i listen to regularly

entertainment

*welcome to night vale - twice-monthly updates for the small desert town of night vale

*muggle cast - everything harry potter

general information 

radiolab - investigation told through sounds and stories, and centered around one big idea

*stuff you should know - about everything from genes to the galapagos

*stuff mom never told you - the business of being women 

tedtalks

good job, brain - part pub quiz show, part offbeat news

news

no one knows anything - the politics podcast from buzzfeed news

wait wait…don’t tell me - weekly current events quiz

college

*college info geek - the strategies and tactics the best students use

*getting in - your college admissions companion

math

math for primates - a couple of monkeys who decided that arguing about mathematics was a better use of their time than throwing poo at one another

math mutation - fun, interesting, or just plain weird corners of mathematics

science

60 second health - latest health and medical news

the naked scientists - interviews with top scientists, hands-on science experiments

60 second science - the most interesting developments in the world of science

startalk - astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe

nasa science cast - science behind discoveries on earth, the solar system, and beyond

history

*myths and legends - myths, legends, and folklore that have shaped cultures

stuff you missed in history class - the greatest and strangest stuff you missed

the podcast history of our world - from the big bang to the modern age! …eventually

witness - the story of our times told by the people who were there

the history chicks - two women. half the population. several thousands years of history.

entrepreneurship & finances

practical money matters - better managing their finances

the internet business mastery - learn how to create an internet based business

social triggers insider - the fields of psychology and human behavior

listen money matters - honest and uncensored, this is not your father’s boring finance show

writing & literature

professional book nerds - it’s our job to discuss books all day long

a way with words - words, language, and how we use them

grammar girl - short, friendly tips to improve your writing

classic poetry aloud - recordings of the greats poems of the past

language

esl (english) - improve english speaking and listening skills

language pod

coffee break

search in your podcast app for specific languages!

art

99% invisible - exploration of the process and power of design

tips and tricks photography 

the arts roundtable

hobbies & other

stash & burn (knitting)

practical defense - staying safe in our increasingly dangerous urban environments

zen and the art of triathlon - a triathlete’s view on living the multisport life

the art of charm - make you a better networker, connecter, and thinker

the indoor kids - isn’t just about video games, isn’t not about video games

rationally speaking - explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense

the dice tower - board games, card games, and the people who design and play them

motivational & inspirational

back to work - productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more

personal growth podcast - classic and contemporary self development audio

what it takes - conversations with towering figures in almost every field

here be monsters - exploring the dark corners of the human mind

on being - the big questions of meaning with scientists, theologians, artists, teachers

[buttonpoetry]

“Growing up, my mother taught me that lipstick should be reserved only for special occasions. Now, I wear it all the time. I am my own special occasion.”

— Blythe Baird, from If My Body Could Speak

[lazyyogi]

Our wounds want to become our limits. They use those limits to hide and fester. When we obey such confines, we are avoiding the full light of our awareness. At some point, the bandage must be removed, the sensitive throbbing wound revealed, and the light allowed directly into it. Easier said than done, but the alternative to healing is decay. #spirituality #healing #inspiration #psychology #yoga

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

“bullshit person” filter

[days-of-reading]

Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts