tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803595820939776322.post1038197342270143179..comments2023-10-30T06:38:39.170-07:00Comments on Snow Branches: Mental Fractals: Thinking About Thinking About ThinkingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803595820939776322.post-44512383097396630702012-05-05T23:00:26.278-07:002012-05-05T23:00:26.278-07:00I think he did ;)I think he did ;)David Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339979176989832285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803595820939776322.post-16697342349616148722012-05-04T20:05:29.257-07:002012-05-04T20:05:29.257-07:00“Think of not-thinking. How do you think of not-th...“Think of not-thinking. How do you think of not-thinking? Non-thinking. This in itself is the essential art of zazen” <br /><br />Dōgen nails it yet again : )Maia / Liberated Life Projecthttp://liberatedlifeproject.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803595820939776322.post-65512297220969615752011-09-16T22:23:04.366-07:002011-09-16T22:23:04.366-07:00Hindizen - Thank you. I find that being mindful i...Hindizen - Thank you. I find that being mindful is a lot easier than remembering to be mindful...<br /><br />Thanks Kellie! I can't really say that routines help all that much (other than formal routines in the zendo)- for a while, but then they become too easily (for me) a part of the background. I stuck little coloured dots on my phone and monitor and keyboard at work to remind me to be mindful but they soon stopped attracting my attention. I find the only thing I can do off the cushion is the same as when I'm on it - just become aware when my mind has wandered and return to whatever I was doing.David Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339979176989832285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803595820939776322.post-43854115189903852582011-09-12T04:57:22.664-07:002011-09-12T04:57:22.664-07:00Great post! I've been meditating for 20+years ...Great post! I've been meditating for 20+years and it was only several years in that I finally got a glimpse of the true makings of my mind - whirling into infinity.<br /><br />I like how you create moments for mindfulness during your workday. I think (!) I'll take a cue from you and add in a few to mine. Indeed, it seems like the microseconds are the ones that're most accessible.<br /><br />I, too, take walks, and nature has its magical way of bringing me right to it - so much so that I've left (mostly) city living in order to allow the natural world to have its way with me. <br /><br />Curious, do routines help you be more present, or less?<br /><br />Thanks!Kellie Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07101739307919866010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803595820939776322.post-70558735828515564412011-09-07T05:40:28.449-07:002011-09-07T05:40:28.449-07:00Hmmm... new perspective and thinking on age old pr...Hmmm... new perspective and thinking on age old problems. I like it.<br />About offering you tips on mindfulness, I have started doing everything slowly and with a sense of awareness, and you are doing similar to that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803595820939776322.post-91876264814363667382011-04-11T22:40:58.456-07:002011-04-11T22:40:58.456-07:00I like your points about scheming. Scheming has ...I like your points about scheming. Scheming has a narrow connotation - a kind of gathering in of the thinking, like pulling the draw string of a cloth bag. Thinking in a reflective, meditative way is the opposite - open and expansive. I will use this when I am 'thinking' about a problem, and rather than scheme I will think. <br />To be truly meditative I believe the body should be still. Then the mind can listen to the breath and be still also. The mind finds it difficult to be still when the body is fidgeting. Walking in the forest can be most meditative. <br />I am thinking I like the look of your lunch! <br />Thanks for your blogs David.Kate Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266620564138169276noreply@blogger.com