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samsāra,
Carlo Rovelli • Helgoland
samsara, ‘that which is moving intensely’ – being born, dying, being born again, dying again.
Eknath Easwaran • The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living: A Verse-by-Verse Commentary: Vols 1–3 (The End of Sorrow, Like a Thousand Suns, To Love Is to Know Me) (The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, 1)
In the yogic tradition, that unfinished energy pattern is called a Samskara. This is a Sanskrit word meaning “impression,” and in the yogic teachings it is considered one of the most important influences affecting your life. A Samskara is a blockage, an impression from the past. It’s an unfinished energy pattern that ends up running your life.
Michael A. Singer • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
samsara, which is the cycle of birth and death. The
Ramana Maharshi • Be As You Are: The spiritual teachings and wisdom of Sri Ramana Maharshi (Arkana)
Everything has its season,
all exists in oscillation.
A Samskara is a cycle of stored past energy patterns in a state of relative equilibrium. It is your resistance to experiencing these patterns that causes the energy to keep cycling around itself. There is no other place for it to go. You won’t let it. This is how most people process their issues. This packet of cycling energy is literally stored in
... See moreMichael A. Singer • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
This completes the cycle of saṁsāra, illustrating the turning wheel of suffering.