tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post7405800940015683964..comments2023-09-10T01:32:11.328-05:00Comments on The Broken Bokken: Brain FreezeDavid "Shinzen" Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17361987240669832512noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-82981698701889165222009-11-30T13:01:31.786-06:002009-11-30T13:01:31.786-06:00Consider it done. I noticed I couldn't get in...Consider it done. I noticed I couldn't get in to read your blog the other day.David "Shinzen" Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361987240669832512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-50651400356316082372009-11-30T11:22:12.396-06:002009-11-30T11:22:12.396-06:00Thoughtful post, as usual! :)
Shinzen...I've ...Thoughtful post, as usual! :)<br /><br />Shinzen...I've managed to lose all my contacts. I would like to add you as a reader...can you add your email to your profile?<br /><br />thank youNardahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536913063519327736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-56598565229043779302009-11-29T12:14:37.879-06:002009-11-29T12:14:37.879-06:00Wonderful comment Doug.
You are right...we do man...Wonderful comment Doug.<br /><br />You are right...we do manifest what we think, this is why I highly stress the practice of peace. This is also why in traditional martial art dojo's there is a shrine or kamiza/kamidana. It is to remind us of the laws of the mind and our true nature that emanates from compassion and love.<br /><br />Never worry about commenting to my blog...it helps my students and myself stay on track.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your code. I think it is great!David "Shinzen" Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361987240669832512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-25619431031028944202009-11-29T07:58:59.213-06:002009-11-29T07:58:59.213-06:00Shinzen, I have never been attacked as Mike was in...Shinzen, I have never been attacked as Mike was in your post above. I don't expect to be attacked, I know it's a possibility, but my mind set is such that it is 'not' a probability. I live by a code, I hope you won't mind my sharing it with you, here it is:<br /><br />1.I am Now.<br />2.Only Now is real.<br />3.The now, my reality, is perfect.<br />4.The now, my reality, being perfect, is the solution.<br />Therefore all I have to do is 'be' here and now and out of the perfection of present moment awareness, the now, unfolds the solution to the events or circumstances that exist in this moment.<br />5. What I acknowledge is what I get.<br /><br />SOoooooo . . .<br /><br />1.I acknowledge this moment by keeping my attention in 'the moment', here and now. <br />2.I acknowledge that 'I' am this moment, this moment is what 'I' am, it is the real 'I' found within the word real-i-ty.<br />3.I acknowledge that this moment is already perfect; the imperfection is in thinking otherwise!<br />4. I acknowledge that the perfection of this moment is the solution; end of problem. Or one could say that the solution unfolds out of the perfection of the moment.<br /><br />The only problem is that we think we are something other than the perfection of this moment, and in so doing we encounter problems that would otherwise not unfold.<br /><br />5. I acknowledge that what I acknowledge is what I get ;-)<br /><br />By being in the moment, here and now, and having already let go of the last moment (the past), the miracle of consciousness takes over and provides all solutions. Nothing more is required.<br /><br />I am describing my experience of life, and how I live it; I don't 'imagine' being attacked because that would be an acknowledgment that it could possibly happen. And the brain, being an instrument of magnification, would then magnify that 'image' in my mind and when consciousness then reflects off it what would happen? It would begin to manifest it for me.<br /><br />Consciousness always reflects off of our thought processes and then it reflects them back to us as events and circumstances here in existence; hence, 'What you acknowledge is what you get.'<br /><br />Most peoples lives are a mess because their minds are a mass of problematic thoughts and emotions. Consciousness is constantly reflecting this back to them.<br /><br />Think too much about a potential problem and pretty soon you'll manifest it. <br /><br />Consciousness is of this moment, it is what 'I', the reader, am. If I 'Still' the thinking mind, then all that is left is 'Pure Consciousness/Awareness, which is completely free of all problems.<br /><br />I hope you don't mind me making this observation Shinzen and thank you for allowing my participation.<br /><br />Doug.The trials and tribulations of QPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766497464486537265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-7380325197637237722009-11-28T21:50:28.471-06:002009-11-28T21:50:28.471-06:00You'll have to pick up a copy of my book when ...You'll have to pick up a copy of my book when it comes out in April. I go into detail about the parts of the mind and how they function, mostly for healing pain, but also for understanding the mind's power in general. I don't cover brain function as much as mind function...there is a difference.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment.David "Shinzen" Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361987240669832512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-16563485139616053352009-11-28T17:33:30.086-06:002009-11-28T17:33:30.086-06:00Pondered.
A little synchronicity there in my cur...Pondered. <br /><br />A little synchronicity there in my current dissecting of what part of the mind does what and what part of the brain.Ta-Wanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123753659706310015noreply@blogger.com