compassion, collaboration & cooperation iN transistion
IT IS APPARENT that the IDEA that it is POSSIBLE
flows from a state of "mindfulness" - and that
perhaps mindfulness comes naturally to dyslexics.
Never forgetting of course that Albert Einstein was
a right-brained left-handed dyslexic.
"WITHOUT leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, IS a form of planning" - Gloria Steinem
The genius Austria composer Mozart would have his most creative moments when lying awake in the still of the night, warm and relaxed in bed. In a letter to his father he once wrote - "WHEN I AM completely myself, entirely alone or during the night when I cannot sleep, it is on these occasions that my ideas flow best and most abundantly. Whence and how these come I know not and nor can I force them."
As Tony Buzan goes on to say in his latest epic - Modern MIND MAPPING for Smarter Thinking - The reason why these creative outpourings occur in such scenarios is that the brain is relaxed and either physically or conceptually in solitude (away from the incessant 'noise' of iPods, [iPhones, iPads and ALL other manner of tablets], Blackberries and so on). This is the environment which then encourages the flowering of creative ideas.
So daydreaming, once seen as a 'no-no' and undesirable especially in the classroom, we are now beginning to see as a behaviour that IS a fundamentally magnificently creative exercise.
MINDFULNESS is the art of paying attention to the details of the present moment - without judgement.
It is in our quiet moments that our minds settle and we find that we can meditate or relax. This in turn creates a mental "cushion" from which our imagination and thought associations can flow and traverse to eureka moments.
Daydreaming is at the heart of creativity.
You have to take time out & think about what you are doing when you create a Mind Map. You have to put yourself in "a frame of mind" to think about what you have learnt or what you want to set down.
A simple way to do this is to take a leaf out of Leonardo da Vinci's book and
cultivate your senses - LEARN to see through the eyes of an artist, to hear through
the ears of a musician, to feel with the sense of a lover, to smell with the nose
of a perfumist and taste with the palate of a chef.
This MINDFULNESS Mind Map provides a matrix of 49 "tunnels" - designed for and by the masses - allowing access to a place conducive to Coexistence, Cooperation and Collaboration - such that the collective all-inclusive first person singular present tense, third person objective - point of view - will then lead to the establishment of a new model & method of wealth creation, mutually beneficial to ALL.
[BE]ing mindful, having mindful awareness, is often defined as a way
of intentionally paying attention to the present moment without
being swept up by judgments - Daniel Siegel • MINDSIGHT
Practiced in the East and West , in ancient times and in modern societies,
mindful awareness techniques help people to move towards well-being
by training the mind to focus on moment-to-moment experience.
People sometimes hear the word mindfulness and think "religion". But
the reality is that focussing our attention in this way is a biological process
that promotes health - a form of brain hygiene - NOT a religion.
Various religions may encourage this health-promoting practice,
BUT learning the skill of mindful awareness IS simply a way of
cultivating what we have defined as the - INTEGRATION of
CONSCIOUSNESS.
MINDFULNESS is a form of mental activity that trains the mind
to become aware of awareness itself and to pay attention to
.
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Modern Mind Mapping for Smarter Thinking by Tony Buzan
This book brings Mind Mapping into the modern age with a bang. Four decades ago, Tony Buzan invented the game-changing thinking tool, the Mind Map. Now over 250 million people are utilising this infinitely flexible tool and its applications have multiplied to span all areas of education, business and home life.
In this latest collaboration with creator of iMindMap software and author of GRASP The Solution, Chris Griffiths, the inventor of Mind Maps explores and defines their relevance today.
You will learn both the theory and the practise of an infinitely versatile technique from the inventor himself and world experts in the field of innovative thinking.
Discover how to update your thinking by using:
- Powerful, practical applications for Mind Mapping in everyday life
- Different thinking modes to find better solutions
- Simple memory techniques to drastically improve your recall
- Daydreaming processes to generate huge creative leaps
With a collective 60 years of research and experience, Tony Buzan and Chris Griffiths will show you how to take the most powerful thinking tool available and use it to turbo-charge your creativity, productivity and success in the modern age.
NO THING happens in LIVING NATURE that is not in relation to
THE WHOLE as the BALANCED ECO-SYSTEM which Homo Sapiens
must now restore to ensure the survival of LIFE on EARTH.
The MINDFULNESS Mind Map provides a matrix of 49 "tunnels" - designed for and by the masses - allowing access to a place conducive to Coexistence, Cooperation and Collaboration - such that the collective all-inclusive first person singular present tense, third person objective - point of view - will then lead to the establishment of a new model & method of wealth creation, mutually beneficial to ALL.
Mindfulness IS the energy of being aware and awake to the present
moment. It is the continuous practice of touching life deeply in every
moment of daily life. To be mindful is to be truly alive, present and at
one with those around you and with what you are doing. We bring our
body and mind into harmony while we wash the dishes, drive the car or
take our morning shower.
This practical book has given tens of thousands of clinicians and
students a comprehensive introduction to mindfulness and its
clinical applications. Leading practitioners in the field present
clear-cut procedures for implementing mindfulness techniques
and teaching them to patients experiencing depression, anxiety,
chronic pain, and other problems. Also addressed are ways that
mindfulness practices can increase acceptance and empathy in the
therapeutic relationship. The book describes the philosophical
underpinnings of mindfulness and reviews the growing body of
treatment studies and neuroscientific research. User-friendly features
include illustrative case examples and practice exercises.
It's no secret that mindfulness meditation - a practice that encourages
focusing attention on the present moment - can ease emotional stress.
And evidence is mounting that mindfulness may also have key
benefits for your physical health - from lowering blood pressure
to helping curb addiction.
But A NEW STUDY conducted by researchers working in Wisconsin,
Spain, and France shows that mindfulness can even affect your genes.
Specifically, the study shows that mindfulness can limit the
"expression" of genes associated with inflammation.
There are certainly worthy dimensions to mindfulness practice. Tuning out mental rumination does help reduce stress, as well as chronic anxiety and many other maladies. Becoming more aware of automatic reactions can make people calmer and potentially kinder. Most of the promoters of mindfulness are nice, and having personally met many of them, including the leaders of the movement, I have no doubt that their hearts are in the right place. But that isn’t the issue here. The problem is the product they’re selling, and how it’s been packaged. Mindfulness is nothing more than basic concentration training.
Although derived from Buddhism, it’s been stripped of the teachings on ethics that accompanied it, as well as the liberating aim of dissolving attachment to a false sense of self while enacting compassion for all other beings.
What remains is a tool of self-discipline, disguised as self-help. Instead of setting practitioners free, it helps them adjust to the very conditions that caused their problems. A truly revolutionary movement would seek to overturn this dysfunctional system, but mindfulness only serves to reinforce its destructive logic. The neoliberal order has imposed itself by stealth in the past few decades, widening inequality in pursuit of corporate wealth. People are expected to adapt to what this model demands of them. Stress has been pathologised and privatised, and the burden of managing it outsourced to individuals. Hence the pedlars of mindfulness step in to save the day.
Ronald Purser - The Guardian
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