Guest guest Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 > >geo: OK..but I cant guarantee it will indeed be interesting to all... It wont. To > me there are two situations: > 1- all is one, I am not, and all is well. The second is different from the > first one. > 2- all is not really too well - I feel it deep inside, nonetheless I keep > repeating " all is one, I am not, and all is well " > > These two situations alternate but the person does not notice. > I say not everyone will find this interesting because there is the need of a > certain minimum amount of honesty to admit > this oscillations to oneself. In other words: when am I expressing > non-duality just as a concept, trying to convince myself and others? > > So....to me we may exchange these words and try to understand oneself better > in order to eventually identify instances > of self-hypocrisy. > -geo- P: Yes I agree, but that is just a start. Going further we can notice that we don't need to repeat the mantra " all is one. " Just noting what we're feeling now, and remembering how we want to feel will change it. We have a " nearly' omnipotent brain as far as changing itself and the body. Ask and you shall receive. Read the research below: Increased Muscle Strength!-Experiment In a fascinating experiment, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation discovered that a muscle can be strengthened just by thinking about exercising it. For 12 weeks (five minutes a day, five days per week) a team of 30 healthy young adults imagined either using the muscle of their little finger or of their elbow flexor. Dr. Vinoth Ranganathan and his team asked the participants to think as strongly as they could about moving the muscle being tested, to make the imaginary movement as real as they could. Compared to a control group – that did no imaginary exercises and showed no strength gains – the little-finger group increased their pinky muscle strength by 35%. The other group increased elbow strength by 13.4%. What's more, brain scans taken after the study showed greater and more focused activity in the prefrontal cortex than before. The researchers said strength gains were due to improvements in the brain's ability to signal muscle.3 Pay attention to your breathing. Is it slow and deep, or quick and shallow? Is your belly expanding and contracting, or is your chest doing all the work? Now if you want to learn more techniques how to improve your brain, read the whole article clicking on the link and the end of this post. So, If your brain can increase your muscle mass by visualizing an exercise, imagine how much faster it can change your mood if you keep imagining how you want to feel. Don't debate with yourself, just picture it, and it will be done. http://www.fi.edu/learn/brain/exercise.html > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Nisargadatta , " cerosoul " <pedsie6 wrote: > > > > > >geo: OK..but I cant guarantee it will indeed be interesting to all... It wont. To > > me there are two situations: > > > 1- all is one, I am not, and all is well. The second is different from the > first one. > > 2- all is not really too well - I feel it deep inside, nonetheless I keep > repeating " all is one, I am not, and all is well " > > > > These two situations alternate but the person does not notice. > > I say not everyone will find this interesting because there is the need of a > > certain minimum amount of honesty to admit > > this oscillations to oneself. In other words: when am I expressing > > non-duality just as a concept, trying to convince myself and others? > > > > So....to me we may exchange these words and try to understand oneself better > > in order to eventually identify instances > > of self-hypocrisy. > > -geo- > > P: Yes I agree, but that is just a start. Going further > we can notice that we don't need to repeat the mantra > " all is one. " Just noting what we're feeling now, and > remembering how we want to feel will change it. We have > a " nearly' omnipotent brain as far as changing itself > and the body. Ask and you shall receive. Read the > research below: > > > Increased Muscle Strength!-Experiment > > > In a fascinating experiment, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation discovered that a muscle can be strengthened just by thinking about exercising it. > > For 12 weeks (five minutes a day, five days per week) a team of 30 healthy young adults imagined either using the muscle of their little finger or of their elbow flexor. Dr. Vinoth Ranganathan and his team asked the participants to think as strongly as they could about moving the muscle being tested, to make the imaginary movement as real as they could. > > Compared to a control group – that did no imaginary exercises and showed no strength gains – the little-finger group increased their pinky muscle strength by 35%. The other group increased elbow strength by 13.4%. > > > What's more, brain scans taken after the study showed greater and more focused activity in the prefrontal cortex than before. The researchers said strength gains were due to improvements in the brain's ability to signal muscle.3 > > Pay attention to your breathing. Is it slow and deep, or quick and shallow? Is your belly expanding and contracting, or is your chest doing all the work? > > Now if you want to learn more techniques how to improve > your brain, read the whole article clicking on the link > and the end of this post. > > So, If your brain can increase your muscle mass by visualizing > an exercise, imagine how much faster it can change your mood > if you keep imagining how you want to feel. Don't debate with > yourself, just picture it, and it will be done. > > > http://www.fi.edu/learn/brain/exercise.html > > > This guy on t.v. said playing table tennis is one of the best brain exercise as one must make instant decisions accounting for spin, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Nisargadatta , " richarkar " <richarkar wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , " cerosoul " <pedsie6@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >geo: OK..but I cant guarantee it will indeed be interesting to all... It wont. To > > > me there are two situations: > > > > > 1- all is one, I am not, and all is well. The second is different from the > first one. > > > 2- all is not really too well - I feel it deep inside, nonetheless I keep > repeating " all is one, I am not, and all is well " > > > > > > These two situations alternate but the person does not notice. > > > I say not everyone will find this interesting because there is the need of a > > > certain minimum amount of honesty to admit > > > this oscillations to oneself. In other words: when am I expressing > > > non-duality just as a concept, trying to convince myself and others? > > > > > > So....to me we may exchange these words and try to understand oneself better > > > in order to eventually identify instances > > > of self-hypocrisy. > > > -geo- > > > > P: Yes I agree, but that is just a start. Going further > > we can notice that we don't need to repeat the mantra > > " all is one. " Just noting what we're feeling now, and > > remembering how we want to feel will change it. We have > > a " nearly' omnipotent brain as far as changing itself > > and the body. Ask and you shall receive. Read the > > research below: > > > > > > Increased Muscle Strength!-Experiment > > > > > > In a fascinating experiment, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation discovered that a muscle can be strengthened just by thinking about exercising it. > > > > For 12 weeks (five minutes a day, five days per week) a team of 30 healthy young adults imagined either using the muscle of their little finger or of their elbow flexor. Dr. Vinoth Ranganathan and his team asked the participants to think as strongly as they could about moving the muscle being tested, to make the imaginary movement as real as they could. > > > > Compared to a control group – that did no imaginary exercises and showed no strength gains – the little-finger group increased their pinky muscle strength by 35%. The other group increased elbow strength by 13.4%. > > > > > > What's more, brain scans taken after the study showed greater and more focused activity in the prefrontal cortex than before. The researchers said strength gains were due to improvements in the brain's ability to signal muscle.3 > > > > Pay attention to your breathing. Is it slow and deep, or quick and shallow? Is your belly expanding and contracting, or is your chest doing all the work? > > > > Now if you want to learn more techniques how to improve > > your brain, read the whole article clicking on the link > > and the end of this post. > > > > So, If your brain can increase your muscle mass by visualizing > > an exercise, imagine how much faster it can change your mood > > if you keep imagining how you want to feel. Don't debate with > > yourself, just picture it, and it will be done. > > > > > > http://www.fi.edu/learn/brain/exercise.html > > > > > > > This guy on t.v. said playing table tennis is one of the best brain exercise as one must make instant decisions accounting for spin, etc. > that's a good point. every advaita retreat and satsang should have a ping pong table in the back somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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