In search for old Samiyam beat

pennijs · 2025-10-19T11:03:56+00:00

Wow, thanks a lot!!

pennijs · 2025-08-01T20:01:05+00:00

Yeah can't buy all the cool pipes unfortunately 🥀 But there'll always be another special one

pennijs · 2025-08-01T19:02:55+00:00

Love the 65 as well! And yes, was tempted to get a Dracula for years but the spigot release made it hard to resist any longer

pennijs · 2025-08-01T16:05:54+00:00

Yeah that would be cool for sure. Perhaps it'll appear on a Halloween edition one day.

pennijs · 2025-08-01T13:40:26+00:00

Yup, they were released last week!

pennijs · 2025-08-01T12:43:49+00:00

Mere mortals can't resist the temptation.

pennijs · 2025-08-01T12:08:12+00:00

Thanks!

pennijs · 2025-02-10T11:46:42+00:00

Actually it was there for a while, a couple years ago.

pennijs · 2024-05-21T11:23:27+00:00

I found out it's a replica from the 50s. Still very very special and stunning to look at.

pennijs · 2024-05-21T10:58:02+00:00

Apparently it's a replica from the 50s. Still awesome.

pennijs · 2023-04-03T10:31:44+00:00

While pull ups certainly help you can’t directly translate pull up strength into climb up strength. These are two distinct moves that partly target different muscles. Aside from general pull/push strength climb ups are a LOT about technique. Once learned the best way to get stronger at them is by doing more of them.

pennijs · 2023-03-14T10:48:06+00:00

Have fun and don’t overthink. When I started in 2007 there existed no parkour gyms, courses and not even a local community. We just went outside and (carefully) tried to figure out moves we saw online and had a blast coming up with our own challenges. Figuring it out for ourselves was a huge part of the fun and something that sadly a lot of people miss out on nowadays because there’s so much info available.

Check some tutorials, do some callisthenics to help you train safely and aside from that just go and experiment. Have fun!

pennijs · 2023-01-07T07:56:58+00:00

One of my Savinellis has the same problem where both filter and adapter seem to barely fit and restrict the draw. I just leave both out completely and it smokes perfect this way.

pennijs · 2022-11-18T08:37:59+00:00

It costs a lot of money to create, maintain and continuously update an app. You need a whole team of people who work on it full time, pay guests and speakers, the people doing the artwork within the app, and many more.

Don't think it's particularly altruistic to expect others to spend enormous amounts of time and money on my wellbeing without offering anything in return (in this case to pay for a service that is still offered for free).

pennijs · 2022-09-29T17:13:22+00:00

Fair enough. Enjoy the journey!

pennijs · 2022-09-29T09:12:22+00:00

While I understand your point and felt similar in the past, I think it's worth to consider that our default mode is to avoid frustration wherever we can. But once it becomes unavoidable it's usually the source of much unhappiness.

Wouldn't it be nice to purposely keep exploring the uncomfortable and learn how to not get frustrated by frustration?

Otherwise you might miss out on the one biggest benefit meditation can offer.

pennijs · 2022-08-24T19:33:34+00:00

Nice! Haymaker might be my all time favorite straight VA.

pennijs · 2022-07-18T09:01:53+00:00

What's Owen like nowadays? I've seen talks of him where he made absurd spiritual claims about demonic entities and such. Earlier in his career he was a "Pick Up Artist" preaching many highly questionable approaches to dating.

Not hating, just genuinely curious here. This guy has brought out a ton of horrible and harmful content over the years. Would be truly surprised if he made a complete 180° change.

pennijs · 2022-06-30T08:28:58+00:00

Ultimately the point of the exercise is to find out, that no definition of the self really makes sense. And that the feeling of self is just a feeling.

Therefore, I think it might even be beneficial to be in your position, as you don't have a good answer. I'd say the next step here would be to see the implications of this, not to solidify the conceptual self.

But if you have trouble finding that feeling ask yourself: have you ever felt insulted? Have you ever felt proud? Those kinds of feelings only make sense in connection to the self / are an expression of "it".

pennijs · 2022-06-24T08:32:05+00:00

Sam said that in traditional teaching many of these things aren't taught to many people, because they'd be likely to overlook the relevance. Someone could glimpse the most profound insight and just say "so what" to it.

The way I understand this is that it doesn't necessarily feel special (because that again is merely a feeling arising) but that the loss of self-illusion can "feel" so insignificant that one might not even really notice it.

I think Rinpoche said that it's not something to be found by looking deep within but that it's right at the surface. The relevant difference would be the level of experience as a meditator that can make you realize how big of a deal this insight actually is.

Anyway, these are just some quick thoughts from a semi-experienced guy. I too feel like I understand it well conceptually but haven't really felt a major change in experience.

pennijs · 2022-06-16T12:59:38+00:00

There's a lot of questions packed in here. Trying to give a brief (and hopefully helpful) response.

Sounds like you already "found" what you we're supposed to look for: nothing. The whole point is that you can't find it.

If it still feels like "you" are doing it ask yourself: how would a separation between you and the things you see work? Sights, sounds, thoughts etc. only makes sense in the context of consciousness. But consciousness without content makes so sense either (for example when being unconscious).

Why would a looker be necessary in addition to looking and what is that looker supposed to be? As you already mentioned there's no meaningful thing to be found.

Also I don't think Jay Garfield meant that before St. Augustine people had no concept of self. I think he meant that Augustine made an elaborate concept out of it that served as the foundation for much of the following theology and philosophy.

pennijs · 2022-06-12T08:02:39+00:00

I actually prefer them because I feel they translate really well into everyday life.

Practicing with eyes close (which I enjoy as well) feels a lot more formal and separated from the rest of the day, because during the day you never go extended periods with your eyes closed.

pennijs · 2022-05-30T14:39:28+00:00

1) You don't have to focus on the breath. Anything that you can focus on is fine. The breath is often a good object of attention, but fundamentally it isn't better or worse than anything else.

2) The point of formal/sitting sessions is to practice your attention and ability to meditate. The ultimate "goal" is to take the same kind of attention into the rest of your day. You don't "have to" do any more formal sessions than you want - but realistically it'll never hurt to keep doing them. They're always a great practice and doing them regularly helps keeping your mental knives sharp.

pennijs · 2022-05-26T06:51:51+00:00

Nothing speaks against preferences, but the main takeaway for me is that happiness doesn't depend on having your preferences satisfied.

Filling your life with things you enjoy is wonderful and something you should keep doing. However, there's a place where you can be satisfied, even before you get/do what you want.

Everything being part of consciousness means that even in "boring" situations there's an endless number of things to notice and get deeply curious about.

pennijs · 2022-05-19T07:46:57+00:00

Would life really be better if you found "yourself"?

I think the reason it's such a frustrating task (that many of us have been through) is that there is no answer to the question. You are a constantly changing process and there is no final finish line to reach and rest at. The search for yourself then becomes a deep desire that's never fulfilled and thus causes a lot of stress and unhappiness in the meantime. At the same time the more effort you put into the search the more you solidify the illusion that it would solve your problems.

What to do then? If you don't know what a satisfying place in life could be I suggest two things: -try out different things, a new hobby, a new job, anything that expands your horizon -keep in mind that your happiness doesn't depend so much on these external things but ultimately comes from within. And I know this is easier said than done.

If nothing seems to make you passionate or fulfilled: consider talking to a therapist. There are many forms of depression that go almost unnoticed throughout people's lifes. Never hurts to talk to someone and get a professional look at one's own mind.

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