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  • This ruined house

    Although the wind
    blows terribly here,
    the moonlight also leaks
    between the roof planks
    of this ruined house.

    Izumi Shikibu (Japan, 974-1034)

    Ref.: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/68606/spiritual-poetry

  • what is joy?

    what is joy?
    joy
    is to be eclipsed
    in who you are
    now
    and forever.
    it is to let down
    your weakness
    and let down
    your strength
    and find yourself
    at home
    in everything.

    Jinghai, Yu. A Scatter of Light in the Summer Sky: Poems of the Tao

  • Garg Aradhya plays the pants of Mighty Magnus

    In a recent Pro Chess League match between the Norway Gnomes and the Delhi Dynamite a young Indian player named Garg Aradhya rated 2315 played the mighty Magnus Carlsen. More than 500 rating points separated the two players. This is normally decisive without question. But in this match the rating difference did not matter. It seemed that Garg Aradhya literally played the pants of Magnus Carlsen. Unexplainable Garg Aradhya lost the time scramble in a winning completely winning position with a piece up. Before that he even could have ended the game with a simple win. All in all Garg Aradhya played brilliantly against the world champion.

    [pgn height=600 autoplayMode=none]
    [Event “PRO Chess League (Knock-Out)”]
    [Site “chess.com INT”]
    [Date “2017.03.08”]
    [Round “2”]
    [White “Garg Aradhya”]
    [Black “Magnus Carlsen”]
    [Result “0-1”]
    [BlackElo “2838”]
    [ECO “E12”]
    [EventDate “2017.03.01”]
    [WhiteElo “2315”]

    1.Nf3 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 e6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.h4 h6
    9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.Be3 Qc7 $6
    { Stockfish 6 64:+0.44/25 } ( 13…Bg7 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.06/24 } 14.O-O O-O
    15.Qe2 Nf6 16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Rfc1 Ng4 18.e5 Qe7 19.Rcb1 Rfd8 20.Be4 Qd7 21.a4
    cxd4 22.cxd4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 h5 24.Bg5 Qd5 25.Qxd5 Rxd5 ) 14.Qd2 $6
    { Stockfish 6 64:+0.08/25 } ( 14.O-O { Stockfish 6 64:+0.44/25 } 14…Bg7
    15.Qd2 Rd8 16.Rad1 Bc6 17.Rfe1 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Qb2 Bh2+ 20.Kh1 Bd6 21.d5
    Ba4 22.Bc2 Bxc2 23.Qxc2 Be5 24.g3 Ke7 25.f4 Bg7 26.c4 Qb7 27.dxe6 fxe6 )
    14…Bg7 $6 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.48/23 } ( 14…O-O-O
    { Stockfish 6 64:+0.08/25 } 15.O-O f5 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Qe2 Kb8
    19.Rfe1 Qc7 20.a4 Nf6 21.exf5 exf5 22.Qe5 Qxe5 23.Nxe5 cxd4 24.cxd4 Rxd4
    25.Nxg6 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Bxf5 Nd6 28.Ne7 Rxh4 29.a5 Nxf5 ) 15.O-O Nf6 $6
    { Stockfish 6 64:+0.75/26 } ( 15…h5 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.41/22 } 16.a4 O-O
    17.a5 b5 18.a6 Bc6 19.dxc5 Rad8 20.Qc2 Nf6 21.Bd4 Ng4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.c4 b4
    24.Qb2+ e5 25.Bc2 b3 26.Qxb3 Qe7 27.Rab1 Qxc5 ) 16.Bf4 Qe7 17.Rfe1 Ng4 $6
    { Stockfish 6 64:+1.05/25 } ( 17…Rd8 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.79/24 } 18.Bb5+
    Kf8 19.d5 Ne8 20.a4 Nd6 21.Bg3 Kg8 22.h5 g5 23.Qc2 e5 24.Be2 Kh7 25.Nd2 Bc8
    26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 Bg4 28.f3 Bxh5 29.a5 g4 30.axb6 axb6 31.Reb1 ) 18.Bb5+
    Kf8 19.dxc5 $6 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.39/30 } ( 19.d5
    { Stockfish 6 64:+1.09/25 } 19…e5 20.Bg3 Bf6 21.a4 Kg7 22.Bc4 Rhd8 23.a5
    Rab8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra7 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 27.Rb1 Rd6 28.Bb5 Bb7 29.Ra1 Qd8
    30.c4 Kg8 31.Qe2 h5 32.Qb2 ) 19…e5 20.c6 Bxc6 $6
    { Stockfish 6 64:+0.83/30 } ( 20…Rd8 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.52/28 } 21.Qe2
    exf4 22.cxb7 Bxc3 23.Rac1 Bxe1 24.Nxe1 Qxb7 25.Qxg4 Qxe4 26.Nf3 Kg7 27.a4 Rd5
    28.Rc4 h5 29.Qxf4 Qxf4 30.Rxf4 Rc8 31.Re4 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Kf6 33.g3 Rf5 34.Kg2
    Rc3 35.Nd4 Rfc5 36.Rf4+ Kg7 37.Rf3 Rc1 ) 21.Bxc6 Rd8 22.Bd5 exf4 23.Qxf4 Ne5
    24.Rad1 Bf6 $6 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.97/29 } ( 24…Qf6
    { Stockfish 6 64:+0.71/30 } 25.Qxf6 Bxf6 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.Re3 g5 28.Rf3 Rd7
    29.Rf5 f6 30.c4 Kg7 31.Kf1 Rc7 32.Ke2 Bd6 33.a4 Re7 34.Rh1 Ree8 35.g3 Rhf8
    36.f4 gxf4 37.gxf4 Re7 38.Rh3 Ree8 39.Rf3 Rd8 ) 25.Nd4 $6
    { Stockfish 6 64:+0.65/29 } ( 25.h5 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.97/29 } 25…g5
    26.Qf5 Nxf3+ 27.Qxf3 Qe5 28.Re3 Kg7 29.Qe2 Rhf8 30.Rf3 Rfe8 31.c4 Re7 32.Rfd3
    Red7 33.Qf3 Qf4 34.Qh3 Be5 35.g3 Qf6 36.Qg4 Kh8 37.Rf3 Qg7 38.Kg2 Bd6 39.Rfd3
    Qf6 40.Qf5 Qxf5 41.exf5 Be7 42.f4 gxf4 ) 25…Kg7 $6
    { Stockfish 6 64:+1.10/24 } ( 25…h5 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.65/29 } 26.g3 Kg7
    27.Nf3 Rhe8 28.Nxe5 Qxe5 29.Qxe5 Bxe5 30.Re3 Rc8 31.c4 Re7 32.Red3 f6 33.Kg2
    Bd6 34.f4 Rcc7 35.Kf3 Kh6 36.a4 Bc5 37.Re1 Re8 38.Re2 Rce7 39.Red2 Kg7 40.Rd1
    Bb4 ) 26.g3 $6 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.51/26 } ( 26.h5
    { Stockfish 6 64:+1.10/24 } 26…g5 27.Qf5 Qd7 28.f4 gxf4 29.Qxf4 Qg4
    30.Qxg4+ Nxg4 31.Nf5+ Kg8 32.Rf1 Bg5 33.g3 Rd7 34.Nd6 Rh7 35.Bb3 Rc7 36.Nxf7
    Rhxf7 37.Rxf7 Be3+ 38.Kg2 Rxf7 39.Bxf7+ Kxf7 40.Rd7+ Ke6 41.Rxa7 ) 26…Qxa3
    27.h5 Qxc3 28.hxg6 Nxg6 29.Qf5 Rhe8 30.Nc6 Rc8 31.e5 Nxe5 $4
    { Stockfish 6 64:+5.93/32 } ( 31…Rxc6 { Stockfish 6 64:+0.61/32 } 32.Bxc6
    Rxe5 33.Rxe5 Qxe5 34.Qxe5 Nxe5 35.Bb5 Be7 36.f4 Ng4 37.Rd7 Bc5+ 38.Kg2 a5
    39.Kf3 Nf6 40.Rb7 Nd5 41.g4 Ne7 42.Be8 Kf6 43.Ke4 Kg7 44.Bd7 Kf6 45.Rc7 Bd6
    46.Ra7 Bc5 47.Rb7 Kg6 48.Bb5 Kf6 49.Rc7 Bd6 50.Rd7 Bc5 51.Rb7 ) 32.Nxe5 Rxe5
    33.Rxe5 Bxe5 $4 { Stockfish 6 64:+123.41/43 } ( 33…Qxe5
    { Stockfish 6 64:+5.51/29 } 34.Qxc8 h5 35.Qd7 Qe7 36.Bb3 Qxd7 37.Rxd7 a5
    38.Rxf7+ Kg6 39.Rd7 Kf5 40.Rd6 Be7 41.Rxb6 h4 42.gxh4 Bxh4 43.Rb5+ Ke4
    44.Rxa5 Bf6 45.Ra4+ Kf5 46.Kg2 Bc3 47.f4 Kg4 48.Be6+ Kh5 49.Kf3 Kg6 50.Ra6
    Bd2 51.Bd5+ Kg7 ) 34.Qxf7+ Kh8 35.Be4 Bg7 36.Qf5 Kg8 37.Rd7 Qf6 38.Rxg7+ $6
    { Stockfish 6 64:+5.67/30 } ( 38.Qh7+ { Stockfish 6 64:+123.43/36 } 38…Kf8
    39.Bd5 Ke8 40.Rxg7 Qxg7 41.Qxg7 Rc1+ 42.Kg2 b5 43.Qxh6 Re1 44.Bc6+ Ke7
    45.Bxb5 Re6 46.Qg7+ Kd6 47.Qd7+ Kc5 48.Qxe6 Kxb5 49.Qb6+ Ka4 50.Qxa7+ )
    38…Kxg7 39.Qg4+ Kf7 40.Qxc8 Qd4 41.Qc7+ Ke6 42.Bf3 a5 43.Qc6+ $6
    { Stockfish 6 64:+4.36/30 } ( 43.Qc1 { Stockfish 6 64:+6.00/30 } 43…h5
    44.Qc6+ Ke5 45.Qe8+ Kd6 46.Qxh5 Qc5 47.Qg6+ Kc7 48.Qg7+ Kd6 49.Qf6+ Kc7
    50.Qf4+ Kd8 51.Qe4 Kd7 52.Kg2 Kd6 53.Qe8 Qd4 54.Qf8+ Kd7 55.Qf5+ Kd6 56.Qh5
    Ke7 57.Qg6 Kd7 58.Qc2 Kd6 59.Qc8 Qc5 60.Qf8+ Kc7 61.Qf7+ Kd6 62.Qf4+ Ke7
    63.Qb8 ) 43…Ke7 $2 { Stockfish 6 64:+18.76/35 } ( 43…Qd6
    { Stockfish 6 64:+4.36/30 } 44.Bg4+ Ke7 45.Qb7+ Kf6 46.Qh7 Ke5 47.Qh8+ Kd5
    48.Qc3 Qc5 49.Qf3+ Kd4 50.Qe3+ Kd5 51.Qe6+ Kd4 52.Qxh6 Kd3 53.Bd7 Kc2 54.Qe6
    Kc3 55.Qe1+ Kc2 56.Qe2+ Kc3 57.Qd1 Qe7 58.Qa1+ Kc4 59.Be6+ Kb5 60.Qe5+ Qc5
    61.Qe4 Qc1+ 62.Kg2 Qc6 63.Bd5 Qc3 64.Bf7 Ka6 65.Bc4+ Ka7 66.Qe7+ Kb8 )
    44.Qxh6 a4 45.Qg5+ Kd6 46.Qb5 a3 47.Qb3 $6 { Stockfish 6 64:+6.42/32 } (
    47.Qc6+ { Stockfish 6 64:+123.32/34 } 47…Ke7 48.Bd5 Qb4 49.Kg2 b5 50.Qc7+
    Ke8 51.Bc6+ Kf8 52.Qb8+ Ke7 53.Qe5+ Kf7 54.Qxb5 Qd6 55.Bd5+ Kf6 56.Qb7 Qc5
    57.Qf7+ Ke5 58.Bb3 Qc6+ 59.Qf3 Qc1 60.Qd5+ Kf6 61.Qe6+ Kg7 62.Bd5 Qg5 63.Qg8+
    Kf6 64.Qxg5+ Kxg5 65.f4+ Kf6 66.f5 Ke5 67.Ba2 Kf6 68.Bc4 Ke7 69.f6+ Ke8
    70.f7+ Kf8 ) 47…Qc5 0-1
    [/pgn]

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  • Was es ist

    Was es ist

    Es ist Unsinn
    sagt die Vernunft
    Es ist was es ist
    sagt die Liebe

    Es ist Unglück
    sagt die Berechnung
    Es ist nichts als Schmerz
    sagt die Angst
    Es ist aussichtslos
    sagt die Einsicht
    Es ist was es ist
    sagt die Liebe

    Es ist lächerlich
    sagt der Stolz
    Es ist leichtsinnig
    sagt die Vorsicht
    Es ist unmöglich
    sagt die Erfahrung
    Es ist was es ist
    sagt die Liebe

    Reference: Erich Fried

  • I had fallen in love with Alice

    I had fallen in love with Alice (from David Small’s Stitches) from Stitches: A Memoir… on Vimeo.

    Reference: David Small en barndom i gråtoner tegneseriesiden.dk

  • The clear blue sky

    Seeing the clear blue sky,

    I know I am it.

  • Liberate your mind

    Liberating your mind.
    You set your seul free.

    Let your spirit realm free,
    join nature without effort.

    Wuwei of the small mind.

    How do you do it?

    Broaden and extend your vision.
    Let your deep mind rest in Shen.

    This is when the Master has returned to your house.

    My Heart is calm. Fear and grasping voluntarily left Xin.

    My  intent rests in my Center. Yi commands central equilibrium.

    Dantien is full and steady.

    Always calm and ready to act according to circumstance. It remains calm.

    Is that not the state of the Universe?

    One calmness dictates all movement.

    If the focus is on the Qi, it will stagnate.

    Get the foundation. And you will find the initiative naturally in order to do what needs to be done.

    “Let go” of your self.

    Not having the servant as the master of the house is perfection.

    Shen fills out the whole space, my awareness is everywhere.

    Somehow everything is just perfect. When I allow it to be imperfect.

    It will always remain so.

    If I do not strive, I arrive.

    Everything arrives. Nothing is undone.

    This is the message for those who understand.

    Without trying you succeed.

    In realty, it’s nothing really.

    And of surely it’s everything also.

    Hold on to the paradoks, and you will inevitably stumble into it.

    Joy and happiness are everywhere to be found.

    Yin and yang in harmony returns.

    The great mystery of the female Mother prevail.

  • 16th International Push Hands Meeting in Hannover

    International Push Hands Meeting push-hands.de

    This was my first time at the yearly International Push Hands Meeting for Taiji Quan practitioners in Hannover, Germany, running from Wednesday the 6th. through Sunday the 10th. of April 2016. Workshops in the mornings and free push hands in the afternoon. There was a wonderful vibe all week – and it only grew in the weekend! The love of Taiji. I had a great time, meeting many push hands practitioners, and making new friends.  I even learned a couple of new words in German during a nightly bar raid with some new Taiji friends. I look forward to get the chance to go next year.

    The event is well organized. You can really tell its the 16th. push hands event in Hannover. The organizer, Nils Klug, runs a tight ship. If you fall out of line Nils will certainly let you know. I had a Hotel problem when I arrived Wednesday morning. Nils readily sorted this out in a few minutes time. He even booked a room for me in his name. Hotel Lindenkrug was just a few stops with the tram. What he did not tell me, was that the Hotel was next to the tram station. It did not matter much thou, because I was so tired in the evenings from all the excitement during the day.

    HannoverPushhandsParkI choose to participate in Adam Mizner’s workshop in the weekend. Adam had the most attendees and therefore he was given the main hall all three days. I was not disappointed with my choice. I quite like Adam’s straight forward teachings with emphasis on Song Gong. Adam told us that it’s almost the only thing he does nowadays.

    It was truly wonderful to be able to touch so many different bodies and souls during the push hands event in Hannover.

  • From nothing to something and back

    I let go and enter the domain of no one.

    Heaven and Earth are one.
    The circle and square are equals.

    They separate as necessary without effort.
    First boundless stillness, then endless movement.

    It makes no sense to talk about form or formlessness.
    Substance or no substance – what’s the difference?

    Body, energy and mind – what are they?
    I am just a conduit of the forces of Nature.

    My mind drives and fills out Form.
    Empty but full, it pervades the Universe.

    I stand in the Center.
    Watching the Master and the servant at work.

    When we offer no resistance,
    we meet no resistance.

    Miracles and Mystery.
    The mundane stuff is welcomed like a friend.

    I have no mind of my own.
    Eventually this will fall away too.

    Perfection in imperfection.
    Imperfection in perfection.

    It seems as if I am there, but I am not.
    I am not, but am I right here.

    Others cannot fathom it.
    I cannot fathom it either.

    Naturally – it’s ok.

    (Poem about the liberation of mind, heart and intention “Shen, Xin and Yi” in spiritual work like: Standing Meditation, Qigong, Neigong, Neijia and Taiji )

  • My river runs to thee

    Blue Sea – Wilt welcome me?
    My River wait reply.

    Oh Sea – look graciously!

    I’ll fetch thee Brooks

    From spotted nooks – 

    Say Sea – take Me?

    Emily Dickinson (1830–86).

  • Everywhere leads the Way

    everywhere
    leads the Way

    it is perfect
    impenetrable
    forever

    a thousand voices
    may rise
    but silence says it better

    open your eyes
    and close them up again

    listen intently
    then not at all

    you have nowhere to go
    and such is the real journey

    for all roads lead inevitably
    to your soul

    Yu Jinghai from The Voice of Sea

  • Dao – The mystery of all mysteries

    Allan Watts elucidate the Dao.

  • The self-proclaimed Modern Master of Taiji

    Chinese Internal Martial Arts, Taji, Bagua Xingyi and a few other internal styles, has for the past decades enjoyed an ever growing popularity in China and abroad for a good reason. Its good for health.
    Everybody seems to be a master of something today. Lots of people boaster their ego by calling themselves master of this or that without the slighest merit or recognisable accomplishment to their name. A couple of years of study or even a few weeks on an island and all of the sudden they emerge to the public as full fledged masters. As a master of “some thing” they naturally want to open up a new school to teach and earn a living. The same seems to be the case in the Chinese Internal Martial Arts all over, from the mountains to the valleys, from the big city to the tiny town and onto the Internet.
    In the world of sports there often is an elite that tries to propagate and develop the sport to new heights and records. This benefits the sport and is really wonderful – as long you don’t resort to cheating, match fixing and etceteras to win and get the price unfairly. This testing ground is none existing in the Chinese Internal Martial Arts. Its like everything goes!
    In the old days in China and elsewhere you could only become a master of the martial arts by merit. You should as a minimum challenge a few well known established masters, win one or more renowned martial tournaments or win a number of important real fights without any defeats. And you had to accept challenges to defend the honour of your school. Time has certainly changed. Nowadays someone who has done Taiji for a number years seems to be a master or even a Grandmaster automatically by their own submission. It seems that if you have the slightest affiliation to a well known internal martial arts master, school or family you must be a real master or even a grandmaster.
    When these self proclaimed masters are asked about their martial arts background, they often won’t say,  mention a tradition or linage they have no claim to, or hard pressed they come up with another bunch of self proclaimed nobodies who calls themselves masters of Chinese Internal Martial arts.
    Quite a few excel in their arrogance. And when these self proclaimed Taiji masters are asked about their teachings, they show off their arrogance, and relay their own petty experience and limited understanding as the profound truth of the art. When asked about the principles of the art in detail, they most often have to remain silent because of their blatant ignorance. Nobody of these self-proclaimed masters study and understand the Taiji Classics. Some even have the audacity to come up with lies, pseudo science and other esoteric mumble jumble as a pretence of knowledge. Others just pay lip service to banalities or babble about the basics of the art.
    Looking at these self proclaimed masters of Chinese Internal Martial Arts, you see the best moments on youtube.com, Facebook and other social media and websites. Others remain in hiding for a good reason. Their skills only excel when shoving their own students and novices around like prime bulls in a ring.
    If you have a trained eye and you look closely you see these self-proclaimed masters of Taiji brace themselves in wide stances, some cannot even stand straight but bend over like mediocre wrestlers, having cracks and breaks in their structure everywhere, disconnected, butting and being bottom heavy and unable to move naturally they drag their tail around like snails in the mud believing they are rooted, all using brute and stiff force when pressed a little, unable to neutralise an incoming force their body wobbles when meeting somebody’s force, mostly relaying on partial movement of the limbs, second hand techniques and tricks rather than the principles set forth by the old and renowned masters of Taiji.
     If you adhere to the principles of Taiji; you are doing Taiji. If you’re ignorant, dot not understand, not willing, incapable of putting the principles into practice – what are you doing? Not Taiji!
    When do we ever see a bout of Grand Masters in Taiji? ( I can only think of one pathetic video on youtube.)  Or have you ever seen a video on the Internet where a Taiji master takes on one of the top 10 guys from Karate, Kickboxing, Tai Boxing, Judo or MMA  and uses Taiji to win like it was a walk in the park? I guess not! They say its too dangerous! Yes, but not for the opponent!
    To avoid criticism the self-proclaimed masters of Taiji often project their own scepticism, ignorance and inability onto their students and even ridicule their students for what they cannot do themselves.
    On top of not knowing what they are doing, quite a number of these self-proclaimed masters of Taiji feel inclined to write “expert” books on Taiji or give online lessons in “real” Tai Chi fighting to the world.
    Its really pitiful and its a huge loss for the wonderful fighting art of Taiji and all the dedicated students who wants to learn the real thing. A bad student often only reflect a bad teacher. If the teacher is not doing Taiji, how can he teach Taiji to others?
    Since the last century its gone down hill from bad to worse as the art of Taiji has grown in popularity. Fortunately, there are glimmers of hope of an emerging renaissance for the Chinese Internal Martial Arts. But the vast majority of Taiji teachers today are still to be considered as scam artists and snake oil sellers.
    The Chinese Internal Martial Art needs to develop a firm testing ground and rediscover the true origins of the art if it wants to be reborn, evolve and gain the respect it deserves as a sublime fighting art.
    If you do not take my word as the truth, then listen to the words of Master Wang Xiang-Zhai:

  • The Future of Freedom

    A Feature Interview with NSA Whistleblower William Binney

    Here you will find insights to the emergence of the global surveillance state!

    William E. Binney was a highly placed intelligence official with the United States National Security Agency (NSA) for more than 30 years.

    In this feature interview William Binney blows the whistle on NSA’s blatant wrong doings and disregard of US laws, the US constitution and international law. NSA apparently consistently lies to US congress about its doings. Absurdly NSA has their own secret interpretation of US data protection laws. NSA is according to William Binney in the process of building an empire based on curruption and secrecy.

    People forget about history. Freedom is an enemy of a totalitarian state. Surveillance of everbody is a prime feature of a totalitarian state. It is the PR of totalitarian state that surveillance of everybody is for the public good, but in fact is about control of the general public. People living in East Germany under the Stasi regime remembers the surveillance state. According to William Binney they know because they are now living in a post-fascist state, but importantly they are talking about the US as a pre-fascist state.

    Facts: NSA haven’t stopped a single terror attack on US soil with their collection of data. NSA have tap points on more or less all internet connections world wide. NSA capture daily meta and content data on hundred of millions of people in the US and Globally without any prof or indication of malice or wrong doings! Basicly no digital device, network or OS is secure now.

    If you blow the whistle on NSA, they will come after you with everything the have. And this includes framing people wrongly if needed!

    Nothing could be more wrong than the naive world view: “I have nothing to hide, so I have nothing to fear!”

    The idea of the surveillance state is grotesque and goes against the very foundation of a democracy. People everywhere should be informed and they should be marching in the streets to protest this. This is about the future of freedom!

  • The understanding of mindfulness

    It seems to me that “mindfulness” is often misunderstood. In my view it’s because of wishful thinking or simply “wrong view” to use a buddhist paraphrase.

    I guess you can argue about the definition of  “mindfulness”. And you can argue which is more or less accurate in and out the Buddhist context. The following is however not really dependent of an correct definition of term “mindfulness”.

    A simple and straight forward definition of Mindfulness is the act of being aware of the present moment.

    For example being aware is in a natural and strict sense not judging. If you’re judging, you are judging, and then you’re not being aware. Off course you can be aware that you’re judging, but then you’re not judging, you are being aware! Daydreaming is not being aware, but suddenly you can become aware that you’re daydreaming.  If you’re lost in your past or thinking about the future; you simply cannot be mindful of the present moment.

    Mindfulness is the act of being aware, moment to moment, of everything that happens in your entire field of perception, without being seduced, captivated or lost in the intertwining events of your own mind. You are even aware of awareness itself. Your mind is clear like water. The longer time you’re able to support pure awareness, the more mindful you are. When you are truly mindful you are the lord of your own house in a spiritual sense.

    Most people really don’t know what mindfulness are in regards to pure awareness as mindfulness. Because they have no access to this experience. It can only be hinted at, but it cannot be explained. This understanding of mindfulness can only be understood through direct experience.

    If your mind is all over the place. And your mind is jumping around the entire time like a monkey in a tree. Then you are not mindful. In a sense you’re lost. You’re constantly being captivated by everything that occurs to you. You can say you’re a victim of your emotions and thoughts. In away this is a negative definition of mindfulness.  In a spiritual sense this is to mistake the servant for the lord in your own house. Many consider it the common and the current state of the human mind.

    Life takes place in the present moment. It’s not yesterday or even tomorrow. In a way there is no yesterday or tomorrow.  Truly we will never have anything but the present moment. The practice of mindfulness awakes you to, and anchors you, in the present moment.

    In this way mindfulness to me is good in an absolute sense. It’s an essential skill in life. And it’s something that should be learned, practiced and mastered by every single human being on the entire planet.

    Mindfulness is not escapism, blind acceptance, or a radical form of denial.

    To be mindful of the present moment, is to align you self with the truth of this moment. It’s not more and it’s not less.

    Mindfulness is an innate quality or faculty of the human mind. Like the skill, ability or faculty of “concentration”, “acceptance”, “understanding”, “affection”, “cognition” and “conation”. It is not inherently good or bad in it self, it’s just an ability, skill or faculty of the human mind.

    Being mindful of the present moment, I get to understand the events in my life, understanding all the events, I get to understand my self deeply. Understanding my self, how can not begin to understand others. Understanding others deeply, how can I avoid seeing the suffering of others. When I understand the suffering of others, how I can avoid compassion? When the feeling of compassion is alive in me, I see my self in others. Seeing my self in others, is that not like becoming one with them? Then I need not speak of love – because love is all pervading!

    How can it not be better to live and act from this understanding of “mindfulness” in regards to self, others and the planet?