Samuel Wexler/Insights

Insights

Synthesize and spread the insights that actually make a difference, in your personal life and in the world.

Cut through the noise by turning up the signal on what matters. I don’t have all the answers, but I feel like I’m asking the right questions. Not a guru, just a guy constantly learning things worth sharing. Let’s put our pieces of the puzzle together.

Enough wallowing in despair.
Enough forced or naive optimism.
Eyes wide open to both the horrors and wonders of our world.
Feet firmly on the ground to take one step at a time into a harmonious reality, inside and out.

The series

Demystify the Ego & Harmonize the Mind What is not working in our relationship with our own minds, and what can be done about it. The series Reasons for Hope in Humanity Hope in humanity doesn’t mean it will all be okay. It means we’re not necessarily doomed. Every reason Music Parallels Life Fractal concepts. The patterns that show up in music show up everywhere else too. Watch below Inner to Outer Productivity in service of healthy self-expression, for the benefit of all. Watch below Self-Realization Consciousness, awareness, yoga and meditation, from 2014 to now. Watch below AI Music Deep Dive Resistance is Futile. How a technology gets integrated harmoniously instead of becoming pure dissonance. On the album page

The first foundational series

Demystify the Ego & Harmonize the Mind

We pretty much all experience being a slave of our minds, rather than being its master. Why is this, and how can we properly integrate the mind to serve us? Why do we just accept our inner and outer fragmentation as normal?

The human being is amazing, and we can operate ourselves so much better than we normally do. It’s time we connect the pieces of this deep existential puzzle, and work together to take one firm step at a time into a harmonious reality, inside and out.

Explore the series The playlist on YouTube

Series 03

Music Parallels Life

As a violinist, music has consistently taught me lessons which help me in my life in general, and vice versa. This series will deepen your relationship with music, transforming it into a constant reminder of insights you wish to keep present in your day to day life. I’ve also presented it as a workshop at music festivals, and more episodes are on the way.

The series on YouTube
  1. Harmonious reality might not mean what you think it means8:37
  2. Leaving home’s comfort5:39
  3. Riding your edge5:23
  4. Half the effort, twice the results: a life lesson from a master musician4:46
  5. You know a better way, but can’t do it yet. What to do?4:56

Series 04

Inner to Outer

There are things inside us that need to come out: ideas, creations, inventions, contributions and expressions of who we are. Holding them in creates tension and toxicity. Bringing them forth creates harmony within ourselves and in the world we share.

The series on YouTube
  1. What’s inside you needs to come out14:32
  2. Open loops are draining your energy12:23
  3. A process to close the open loops that fragment your mind29:14
  4. I struggled to finish projects my whole life. These mindset shifts changed everything.14:31

The open loop in these episodes became Less Than Three, fourteen compositions recorded in 2019 and 2020 and finally finished.

Series 05

Self-Realization

Some of these go back to the beginning of the channel, in 2014. They are simple on purpose: meditation is not a complex thing for “spiritual people,” it’s a simple thing for everyone.

The whole playlist on YouTube
  1. “I tried meditating, but I just kept thinking”6:17
  2. Don’t be intimidated by meditation. It’s simple.4:39
  3. What yoga actually is, in simple terms4:14
  4. Observe what’s happening before trying to change it3:52
  5. The truth you don’t want to hear, even from yourself3:11
  6. Language revolution6:45
  7. Integrate moments of clarity8:57

The playlist also gathers episodes from the other series, like meditation’s true purpose.

Speaking

Talks and workshops.

I’ve presented Music Parallels Life as a workshop at several music festivals, and it was received well. Now I’m reworking the presentation, to bring it back out in various forms.

For talks, workshops and events, write to me at booking@samuelwexler.com, the same address that books the music.

booking@samuelwexler.com

Writing

A single insight can make all the difference.

Essays and audio on harmony, attention, meta-learning and human potential, on Substack.

Essay and audio

Harmonious reality might not mean what you think it means

Harmonious does not mean peaceful, docile and boring. Harmony is the constant dance between dissonance and consonance.

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Essay

Open loops are fragmenting your mind

Every project you have started but not finished is costing you more than you realize, and closing even one can change your life.

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Where it began

Welcome to Harmonious Reality

Insights to make a real difference in your life and the world, synthesized from diverse fields and cultures. Harmony, synergy and symbiosis, inside and out.

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Music

Less Than Three

Fourteen violin live loop compositions, each under three minutes, one continuous take, in beautiful locations in Mexico.

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