Mind and Machine

May 2016

AgendaWhy the mind matter

The sensesThe computer metaphor

The conscious and the sub consciousFront and background processingThe task manager metaphor

The Radio receiverResonant pendulum (free oscillation frequency)Tuning the mind (stay tune with peaceful

thoughts)Art of letting go

AppdsQA

Why the mind matter

Old men said:

What is yourself, then?- Your body? Your thinking? Your emotions? Your habits? Your mind?

Mind and senses

Senses are our I/F to the reality:-Eyes-Ears-Nose-Tongue-Body

They control how we perceive reality, but underneath, the mind control it all

The mind - the “sixth” sense

What money is for:- a frog

- a poor man

- a gambler who loses

Different mind -> very differentlyperceived

The mind psychological structure

Subconscious: The all mighty

E.g: Deal with your subconscious fear

The conscious may interest and take few steps toward, but eventually it will be carried away by the subconscious

ENGLISHconscious

subconscious

toward

AWAY

The mind:Home of bothLogicand Emotion

Instinctive LOGIC Instinctive

EMOTIONs

Mindful LOGIC

Guest room and Storage basement

transactions only

Database and Background processing

Computer as the Metaphor

RAM: Logic, Emotions

Database and Background processing

Back ground emotions: joy/ sorrow/ fear/ anger/ desire

•Program 1•Stack 1

•Sub routine•Stack 2

•Sub sub routine•Stack 3

deedswords thoughts

Life and stress We live in a world of comforts. Our pizzas are delivered to us at our

doorsteps; we are spoilt for choice in online shopping, choosing everything from sneakers to underwear with a simple click; even dating is as simple as swiping someone’s face right or left. We are earning big money, much more than what our parents did. We are young, we are independent, we are living it up.

Yet we are miserable. We are stressed because our jobs are not perfect; we are unhappy because our partners are not perfect; we are insecure because our bodies are not perfect. We are much more stressed than our parents were; we are definitely much less fitter than them when they were our age.  We cry ourselves to sleep sometimes; we drink to forget our woes; our relationships are short-lived. 

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Background mind: where stresses get accumulated

Bad stuffs accumulated

Negative energy form the background mood:: the sign

Clueless anxieties, worriesCannot stay still for a while

Nightmares

Bad habits (e.g smoke endlessly without any particular reason)

Back to the machine metaphorRAM: Logic, Emotions

Database and Background processing

Back ground emotions: joy/ sorrow/ fear/ anger/ desire

•Program 1•Stack 1

•Sub routine•Stack 2

•Sub sub routine•Stack 3

deedswords thoughts

A bad computer has so many background processes, or auto-turn-on programs

Bad machine metaphor

A healthy mind

An overburden mind

Benefit of a strong task manager

Refrain itself from activating unnecessary/ negative programs

Processes run faster and more effectivelyMonitor and ensure there’s always room

for additional RAM, CPU processingSelf-detect and fix bad sectors, effectively

prevent viral acts

Mindfulness is the task manager for your own mind

Resonant pendulum

Which will balls will be moved?

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The Radio receiver

The mind and the reality

As our senses are simulated by reality, thoughts rise

Each thought rises with its own frequency: Fun Sad Fear Anger

The Radio receiver metaphor

What If we can tune our mind like tuning a receiver ?

Fun Sad Fear Anger

We can choose to stay tuned with

stay away from

What makes mind tuning difficult ?

Try to be relaxOr (you cannot relax, then) give me an

answer

What makes tuning difficult ?

Try to be relaxOr give me an answer

Letting go (bỏ qua, buông xả)Why?

What makes tuning difficult ?

Try to be relaxOr give me an answer

Cannot letting go (bỏ qua, buông xả)Strong emotionStrong memorySense of self (tự ái)

The art of letting go

Try to be relaxOr give me an answer

Cannot letting go (bỏ qua, buông xả)Strong emotionStrong memorySense of self (tự ái)

In summary: Too much logic and less l___

The summary

How should we deal with stressUnderstand the mindBuild capability of observing the mind

Mental muscleBuild capability of tuning the mind

Mental musclePractice letting go and see how it goes

Thank you very much

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Appd_ Logic spoon

Once negative energy get rooted, the ego grows through automatic reaction mechanism

Spiral up using logic

come out as words/ deeds

Appd_ a question

How to purify a muddy cup?

Appd_ Some suggestions

Slow down the logic spoon

Appd_ Life goes on

Appd_ Some tips for letting go

Life goes on by itselfIt’s only human that feel the life joyful or

sorrowful, whereas the life itself is neither happy nor upset

Logic of the life itself is simply what must come, come, what has gone is already the past“No man ever steps in the same river twice”

Appd_ Letting go, use only positive energyIt’s negative contaminated mind that prevents us

from letting go via logical thinking mechanism. The more you use logics, the more difficult to let go.

We can only respect then let go by getting beyond logics. Positive letting go is to let it go using compassion, not ordinary logics.

“You shoot me down, but I won’t fall. I am not logical”

Appd_the_techniqueRelax

Observe your own breath/ mind to discern what’s taking placeWhile relaxing, conjure up the subject

The subconscious impressive events of the subject will emerge automatically

Re-live the impressions/events Try to step outside of yourself and just observe them

Observe the recalled events once again This time concentrate on your own breath

Respect what happened Still concentrating on the breath

Let them go Things are different now, I am different now

Relax

Appd_mindfulnessMindfulness

Is the process to bring consciousness to the subconsciousBeing mindful doesn’t mean to control

It’s not to mind your breath (use the mind to prolong/ smoothen your breath etc.)

It’s to mind how the breath is going on (just follow your own breath, let it be your driver)

It’s not to control your mind ( try to calm the mind) It’s just to clearly know where your mind is wandering at

Light up the subconscious using conscious mind

Appd_ Water surface metaphorTime-chart of a self-purified (recognize, let

go) mind

Time-chart of a “incessantly looking outside without looking back” mind