Sasha Chapin+

Average moments of a long-term meditator

Outside the community of serious long-term meditators, meditation is still thought of as a healthful hobby, like speed-walking, that will make you an incrementally better person.

Biting the no-self bullet

It really is like that

Surrender as a non-stupid life strategy

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Without hope of resolution

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Utopia is a particular restaurant in Brooklyn

a sudden plate of popcorn

Practice method, not results. METHOD NOT RESULTS.

a short PSA

You can judge a book by its cover

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Practice Nothing, the most profound of all practices

poof, there it is

We need your spiritual gifts

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Notice your limp heart until it becomes a rose-colored meteor

A brief personal guide to heart practice

Pre-order our book, or, what's so special about Cate?

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Random opinions about the path

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Underrated sources of mental tension in meditation

loosen up in unexpected ways

The spiritual path is a side effect

a note to all my dharma weirdos

The two kinds of desire, and one of the most important things I know

pull over push

The rare people who are solid

Notes on congruence

Year in review 2025

a very good year

The three most common hallucinations

A guide to the drama triangle

Book Review: Sanity and Sainthood, by Dr. Tucker Peck

good book!

Reviews Dec 7

some opinions

My Enneagram: 5, 8, 2

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My Enneagram: 4, 1, 7

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My Enneagram: 3, 6, 9

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There's trauma, and then there's Gnar

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The Bay Area is cursed

xoxo