I enjoyed reading your article, Zhenya. I would love to hear your thoughts on how we can apply "mushin" in daily life, outside of meditation or archery. This is a new concept for me.
Last month, I wrote the reflection below:
An archery master like Kenzo realized this by the early 1900s. The skills required to master this activity were:
1. Focus
2. Patience
3. Breathing
4. Persistence
5. Clarity
... and most of all, the ability to let go. It can also apply to life if we pause and reflect on it.
On your article, thanks for sharing such meaningful insights. Looking forward to your next one! I enjoy learning from ancient, off-the-beaten-path cultures and applying some their ideas to today.
I seldom find people with such experimental mind as I quote “I would love to hear your thoughts on how we can apply "mushin" in daily life, outside of meditation or archery.”
A person who lives in no-mind state all through the day is living in present moment, moment to moment. Only present moment is eternal, so we can call all such people as Ancient people. We can learn a lot from such ancient people too, as they uses familiar words, so we can understand better.
You may find few of my posts interesting, as there I have described how I have applied mushin in my day to day life.
Just like the engine exhaust the spent up fuel, a mystic disown possessions of materialistic world after fully exploiting them get the cycle of life completed.
Disowning before that is not going to help anyone.
I couldn't agree more, Zhenya. Thank you for your insightful feedback, and I'm looking forward to reading it!
It's fascinating how ancient philosophies can be relevant to modern times. This is what fascinates me. I'm about to release a booklet in the next few days that touches on this aspect too. :)
It happened sort of subtly but I've realized I've started to fall back into an outcome based mindset (with running). Even when I tell myself to stay in the present, I'm really focusing on the outcome because I know being in the present is what will get me there. That defeats the purpose.
I really just have to let go.
I can't force myself to feel good, feel in the flow. All I can do is observe whatever is right there even if it's pain or excuses my mind weaves, and then let them go.
I enjoyed reading your article, Zhenya. I would love to hear your thoughts on how we can apply "mushin" in daily life, outside of meditation or archery. This is a new concept for me.
Last month, I wrote the reflection below:
An archery master like Kenzo realized this by the early 1900s. The skills required to master this activity were:
1. Focus
2. Patience
3. Breathing
4. Persistence
5. Clarity
... and most of all, the ability to let go. It can also apply to life if we pause and reflect on it.
On your article, thanks for sharing such meaningful insights. Looking forward to your next one! I enjoy learning from ancient, off-the-beaten-path cultures and applying some their ideas to today.
I seldom find people with such experimental mind as I quote “I would love to hear your thoughts on how we can apply "mushin" in daily life, outside of meditation or archery.”
A person who lives in no-mind state all through the day is living in present moment, moment to moment. Only present moment is eternal, so we can call all such people as Ancient people. We can learn a lot from such ancient people too, as they uses familiar words, so we can understand better.
You may find few of my posts interesting, as there I have described how I have applied mushin in my day to day life.
We wish to learn from your experiments, as today’s challenges could be better understood by today’s people.
Just like the engine exhaust the spent up fuel, a mystic disown possessions of materialistic world after fully exploiting them get the cycle of life completed.
Disowning before that is not going to help anyone.
I couldn't agree more, Zhenya. Thank you for your insightful feedback, and I'm looking forward to reading it!
It's fascinating how ancient philosophies can be relevant to modern times. This is what fascinates me. I'm about to release a booklet in the next few days that touches on this aspect too. :)
Thank you, will do : )
Hah yes! So in a way, don't overthink it and try to just be. Thank you :)
It happened sort of subtly but I've realized I've started to fall back into an outcome based mindset (with running). Even when I tell myself to stay in the present, I'm really focusing on the outcome because I know being in the present is what will get me there. That defeats the purpose.
I really just have to let go.
I can't force myself to feel good, feel in the flow. All I can do is observe whatever is right there even if it's pain or excuses my mind weaves, and then let them go.