What is MUSHIN ?
May be I’ve talked about this ten of the times if not hundred.
—– Still, I was asked the same question.
So, this is the most up-to-dated straight answer.
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It is a well known medical symptom among the Alzheimer patients
who lost the nerval connection to the Emotional region in the Brain
lost the recognition related to the SELF such as to recognize own
possessions even to distinguish the face of the own family.
So, Emotion judge the interest of OWN — in other words, this is the
center of EGO, Greed, Well being, Safety, Security, all those Instincts.
Of course, they are the key to the survival though, the total amount
of the signal/Data the brain has to deal is burst, so that there is a
rationalized economical saving was designed = coming data was
selected according to its importance.
The harmless insignificant data or repeating same data, are ignored.
We wouldn’t pay any attention to the same boring TV CM etc. and when
we do the repeating same work, we do automatic without Emotion. = In
deed, in such a case, the Motor Region of the brain would be programed
to do such routine work automatic, involving no Emotion at all.
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So, if we block the data/signal reaching Emotional region, we can do
the job automatic, without the Emotion. (= With highest efficiency !)
Without Emotion mean without the feeling of “Mine” = SELF —
because of no feeling of Ego, Self interest (mean, no envy, jealousy to
others), Own Greed, even No Cling to own Life, be free from the SELF.
This state of Mind mean, no need to cling the past, nor need to imagine
a dream= in other words, just see the world on front of the eyes as it is
Now, without having any Thinking.—– This eyes IS clear eyes.
And this state of Mind IS the “Mind of No-Mind” = Mushin.
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In order to acquire “block the Emotional process” Buddhists use
the long repeating practice for the brain to learn “How to
Opt-out the signal process” and DO the job (or Life) automatic.
(Like, you can branding “The matter” same as to the boring TV CM
and make it no longer recognized to be exists —
we know it’s still there though, it became a remote landscape.)
In certain extent, Zen Buddhism is very cool, even cold.
But, use this to live the life very hot is the other stage of Zen.
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PS : The Related Readings :
Clear the Deck for 2013 Reverse Engineering of Zen
Emotion / Meditation —– they are good to read. = It’s amazing
how Google Algorithm worked out to see the contents !
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Become Immune or Irritated ?
When you read a post, like Key Mechanism in Zen Buddhists Mind you might have
mistaken that while doing repeated practice and keep receiving repeated same signal,
our brain automatically start ignoring it. —– Really ? Think it yourself.
In the real situation, such as when you hear the same CM repeating the same name
on the radio or TV, in most of the case you just feel annoyance and irritation =
our brain, our perception couldn’t stand of it. —– So, which is the true.
— the brain become immune or become irritated and mad ?
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My explanation there was
“When a task was given by an order or from a situation in the life, first, it’s needed to
have a “Contemplation” some time interpreted as an acceptance, giving-up (to resist) or
determination to take the task (which ever it was passive or more positive, active way).
—–> And as it was accepted = no way else to go = have to face
the task head-on (this is called “Mindfulness”).
= “needed to have an acceptance” (whether, I’ll do / I have to do / I need to do).
This acceptance or determination, mind-set has to come first, preceding to the act.
And this determination = the conviction “I’ll DO” makes the same task, such as
sweeping the garden, from just a task to the practice to reach the Enlightenment.
Lord Buddha did know this from the beginning therefore in his earliest teachings of
“Four Noble Truth” he said
1) The Life is in sufferings.
2) There was the cause of those sufferings. (because of Karma, hence impermanence)
3) So, it is necessary to (actively) seek the way to escape from the sufferings.
4) And the Buddhism is the way to overcome those sufferings.
Lord Buddha didn’t go any deluded idea, how this world was created by whom kind
of mumbo-jumbo but straight into the reality of the life = It IS the sufferings, and
telling the people to accept it first.
First to accept, then seek the remedy. And the way to seek the remedy is the way of
the repeated practice. So that, the repeated same signal in the brain doesn’t cause
the repulsion but just accepted, then got used => ignored => so, the person become
immune to such signal while carrying out the daily life = => become immune to
the sufferings in the life general => able to live in peace without feel sufferings = is the
Enlightenment. (What a clever magic or the clever design of the brain mechanism !)
= this is the mechanism (the Dharma) everybody was born to have
= therefore, anybody can get the Enlightenment !
= This is THE beauty of Buddhism.
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