The enlightened Mystic, J Krishnamurti says in the Book of Life: Can the mind be free from the past, free from thought—not from the good or bad thought? How do I find out? I can only find out by seeing what the mind is occupied with
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Other remarkable result described by Goldman in destructive emotions, were reported by Paul Ekman, one of the world's most eminent emotion scientist, who was then leading the human interaction laboratory on the San Francisco campus of the University of California. Ekman has been among the small group of scientist present at Dharmashala and had observed one of the first meditations to come to the labs, several months earlier in cooperation with that monk, he had undertaken four studies, in each of which, as he said, " we found things we have never found before. " Some discoveries were so novel, Ekman commented, that he was not entirely sure of understanding them himself.The first experience drew on a system for a measuring the facial expressions used to convey various emotions. The development of this system had been one of the greatest successes of Ekman's carreer. A series of faces displaying various expressions is shown in very quick succession on a video. It begins with a neutral face, followed by the expression, which remains on screen for mere 13th of second. The emotive expression is replaced immediately by the natural expression, and so on.The test consists of identifying, during that 13th of a second, the facial signals one has just seen: anger, fear, disgust, surprise, sadness or joy.The ability to recognise such fleeting expressions has been associated with an unusual capacity for empathy and insight. The six micro emotions put forward are universal, biologically determined, and expressed facially the same way worldwide.As Goldman comments: "While there are sometimes large cultural differences in consciously managing the expression of emotions like disgust, these ultra rapid expressions come and go so quickly that they evade even cultural taboos. Micro expressions offer a window on the other persons emotional reality".Ekman's studies of thousands of subjects had taught him that the most talented at recognising micro expressions were also the most open to new experiences, the most curious about things in general, and the most reliable and efficient. " So I had expected that many years of meditative experience" - which requires both openness and consciousness - " might make them do better on this ability" Ekman explained.It turned out that to experience western meditators whom Ekman had tested had achieved results that were far better than those of 5000 subjects previously tested. " They do better than police men, lawyers, psychiatrists, customs officials, judges - even secret service agents," the group that had proven hitherto to be the most accurate, Ekman noted. He has since developed an interactive CD that teaches this skitl to anyone in a few hours. But without this special training, it is only the meditators who display such ability.
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When the master has decided that now you are ready and the secret of his own experience can be communicated, when the moment has come when he can say to you that which is unsayable, when this technique has to be used. Eye still, without blinking, at once become absolutely free
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Take a diary or a notebook and start today to write a Gratitude Journal. First think in retrospect from early childhood three things that made you happy, that were great moments of achievement and success, a moment of celebration and pen them down.
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If you scan the last of cultures that have a thin ideal for woman, you will be stuck by something fascinating. All thin ideal cultures also have eating disorders. They also have roughly twice as much depression in woman as in man.
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As a wave it was one with the ocean; however, if it becomes a chunk of ice it will survive, of course, but than it will cut off from the ocean. And how long will it survive in that state? What so ever is frozen will undoubtedly melt.
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Religion means having an understanding of how to become spontaneous, how to be one with the inner nature of life. Hence, it is just knowing - not a specialised knowledge.
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"Mindfulness allows us to see clearly so we can respond wisely and effectively. Mindfulness has been shown to have a wide range of benefits including decreased stress and anxiety, reduced depression, stronger immune functioning and improved sleep quality," said Shauna Shapiro
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