letting go of aversion to small parts
accepting preferences AND letting them go
feeling it all flow through
being the flow AND the opening
flowing flowing flowing
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Opening, Letting Go, Flowing
letting go of dependence on small parts
letting go of aversion to small parts
accepting preferences AND letting them go
feeling it all flow through
being the flow AND the opening
flowing flowing flowing
letting go of aversion to small parts
accepting preferences AND letting them go
feeling it all flow through
being the flow AND the opening
flowing flowing flowing
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Less Likely to be Blown Off Course by the Winds of Life
"A new study from the University of Toronto Scarborough shows that people who are aware of their own thoughts and emotions are less affected by positive feedback from others.
The study, authored by UTSC PhD candidate Rimma Teper, finds that individuals high in the trait known as mindfulness show less neural response to positive feedback than their less mindful peers.
'These findings suggest that mindful individuals may be less affected by immediate rewards and fits well with the idea that mindful individuals are typically less impulsive' says Teper.
Mindfulness is characterized by an ability to recognize and accept one’s thoughts and emotions without judgment. Mindful individuals are much better at letting their feelings and thoughts go rather than getting carried away.
Using electroencephalography (EEG) the brain activity of participants was recorded while they completed a reaction time task on a computer. The authors were interested in participants’ brain activity in response to receiving performance feedback that was rewarding, neutral or negative in nature. Not only were mindful individuals less responsive to rewarding feedback compared to others, they also showed less difference in their neural response to neutral versus rewarding feedback.
'Many studies, including our own past work, have shown that people who meditate, and mindful individuals exhibit improved self-control. If mindful individuals are also less affected by immediate rewards, as our study suggests, this may help explain why,' says Teper’s PhD supervisor and UTSC psychology professor Michael Inzlicht.
The findings also reflect further clinical research that supports the notion of accepting one’s emotions is an important indicator of mental well-being.
'Individuals who are problem gamblers for instance show more brain reactivity to immediate rewards, because they are typically more impulsive,' says Teper."
Don Campbell is a writer with the University of Toronto Scarborough.
Teper R, Inzlicht M. Mindful Acceptance Dampens Neuroaffective Reactions to External and Rewarding Performance Feedback. Emotion 2013; epub 2013/10/09.
See also: http://www.johnlovas.com/2013/11/eight-winds-agitate-inflame-heart-mind.html
The study, authored by UTSC PhD candidate Rimma Teper, finds that individuals high in the trait known as mindfulness show less neural response to positive feedback than their less mindful peers.
'These findings suggest that mindful individuals may be less affected by immediate rewards and fits well with the idea that mindful individuals are typically less impulsive' says Teper.
Mindfulness is characterized by an ability to recognize and accept one’s thoughts and emotions without judgment. Mindful individuals are much better at letting their feelings and thoughts go rather than getting carried away.
Using electroencephalography (EEG) the brain activity of participants was recorded while they completed a reaction time task on a computer. The authors were interested in participants’ brain activity in response to receiving performance feedback that was rewarding, neutral or negative in nature. Not only were mindful individuals less responsive to rewarding feedback compared to others, they also showed less difference in their neural response to neutral versus rewarding feedback.
'Many studies, including our own past work, have shown that people who meditate, and mindful individuals exhibit improved self-control. If mindful individuals are also less affected by immediate rewards, as our study suggests, this may help explain why,' says Teper’s PhD supervisor and UTSC psychology professor Michael Inzlicht.
The findings also reflect further clinical research that supports the notion of accepting one’s emotions is an important indicator of mental well-being.
'Individuals who are problem gamblers for instance show more brain reactivity to immediate rewards, because they are typically more impulsive,' says Teper."
Don Campbell is a writer with the University of Toronto Scarborough.
Teper R, Inzlicht M. Mindful Acceptance Dampens Neuroaffective Reactions to External and Rewarding Performance Feedback. Emotion 2013; epub 2013/10/09.
See also: http://www.johnlovas.com/2013/11/eight-winds-agitate-inflame-heart-mind.html
Monday, November 4, 2013
and they all pass through ...
he plays and sings
what grabs our hearts
young children jumping
up & down
all versions of one
keep passing by
completely through
my heart
oh see them as
the one and same
each different one
who plays the game
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Eight Winds Agitate & Inflame the Heart & Mind
"Nichiren Daishonin (advised) 'A wise person is one who is not swayed by the eight winds.'
The 'eight winds' are eight influences that agitate and inflame the human heart and mind. They consist of four favorable circumstances (prosperity, honor, praise, and pleasure) and four setbacks (decline, disgrace, censure, and suffering). Their contents are roughly as follows:
• Prosperity: to obtain what one desires
• Decline: to suffer loss
• Honor: to be admired and praised in one’s absence
• Disgrace: to be criticized and defamed in one’s absence (behind one’s back)
• Praise: to be admired and praised directly
• Censure: to be criticized and defamed directly
• Pleasure: to be happy in body and mind
• Suffering: to suffer in body and mind
People naturally seek out the four favorable circumstances and try to avoid the four setbacks. This is why their defenses can be penetrated by these eight winds. The four favorable circumstances are viewed as rewards of the world of Heaven and the four setbacks as retributions of the three evil paths. For the most part, life consists of repeated encounters with these eight winds, what is termed in Buddhism 'transmigration of the six paths.'"
http://www.nst.org/articles/guideposts-in-faith/do-not-be-swayed-by-the-eight-winds/
The 'eight winds' are eight influences that agitate and inflame the human heart and mind. They consist of four favorable circumstances (prosperity, honor, praise, and pleasure) and four setbacks (decline, disgrace, censure, and suffering). Their contents are roughly as follows:
• Prosperity: to obtain what one desires
• Decline: to suffer loss
• Honor: to be admired and praised in one’s absence
• Disgrace: to be criticized and defamed in one’s absence (behind one’s back)
• Praise: to be admired and praised directly
• Censure: to be criticized and defamed directly
• Pleasure: to be happy in body and mind
• Suffering: to suffer in body and mind
People naturally seek out the four favorable circumstances and try to avoid the four setbacks. This is why their defenses can be penetrated by these eight winds. The four favorable circumstances are viewed as rewards of the world of Heaven and the four setbacks as retributions of the three evil paths. For the most part, life consists of repeated encounters with these eight winds, what is termed in Buddhism 'transmigration of the six paths.'"
http://www.nst.org/articles/guideposts-in-faith/do-not-be-swayed-by-the-eight-winds/
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