To achieve Nothingness / State of No Mind

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:58:55 +0200

Such a brilliant quote from Takuan Soho (unfettered mind) on reaching the state of Oneness / the mind of no mind:

This is of course, totally useless if your'e not into Zen.

To think, "I will not think"
This too, is something in one's thoughts,
Simply do not think,
About not thinking at all.

For those into sword arts, or any martial or spiritual arts, the book "Unfettered Mind" is a must read.

A dribble from my feeble mind....

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:11:15 +0200

Seriously wished I was in an alternative reality inversion recently, struggling to keep my mind alive.... Is it me or is there a collective country-wide sluggishness on Wednesdays? On Monday, we wake up and wish it was still the weekend, but rush around all the same to get the week started. On Tuesday, it’s a “flow” day; things are happening, picking up speed, getting busy but coping as usual. Then we hit Wednesday, this is the middle of the week, the mental way-point between our plans for the weekend ahead and the realisation that we still have two more days to go, we hit a weak point, craving caffeine to keep going… still can’t… be bothered… to finish the latest task….. Praying for 5pm before losing more brain cells to the drudgery of working for a living. Thursday oh blessed Thursday, nearly as good as a Friday, you stay up later, you can feel it in the air, taste it around you, the weekend is coming, “I might go for a drink” you think, in the vain belief that tomorrow is Friday so it won’t be that busy. Then finally Friday hit’s! hooray! You wake up hung-over (if out the night before), or just generally tired, but you don’t mind because today is FRIDAY…. Everything is going to be allllllrrright, the last task if you choose to accept it, is to complete the day with as little work and upset as possible… getting the 4pm jitters and then trying to find things to do without being “work” related. “Tea anyone?” a favourite of mine, gets you off your desk for as long as required, especially if you throw in a toilet break during the proceedings. Eventually Friday 5pm arrives, but you now feel tired from the excitement of dodging work all day, pretending to look busy and general lack of enthusiasm. Who has enthusiasm when going to work anyway? Seems to be one of those mythical creatures that only “Managers” or people who are doing their “Dream Job” has.

Anyhoo, Friday should be a great day, however, as I have recently (four months ago) become a father, there no longer seems to be such a thing as “The Weekend”. Weekend has now become different work whilst not at work days. Don’t get me wrong, I love being a dad but sometimes wouldn’t we all just like to sit for a while in peace and quiet? No rest for the wicked!

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Short Ramble

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:18:34 +0100

This is my first post although I've been on here for months. It's difficult to know what to say when you're not quite sure what you want to write about.... Question: if I was to choke a Smurf what colour would it turn? If the world was the size of an orange, would it be too small? What's it all about?

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SoulMonkey

To achieve Nothingness / State of No Mind

A dribble from my feeble mind....

Short Ramble