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The Teachings All Around Us


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自分自身をより理解するヒントは私たちの周りにあります。あなたは誰に目を向けますか?

現実の本質について理解を深めるため、私はリチャード・ファインマン(きっかけをくれたチャック・ミラーに感謝!)やジョン・グリビンのような量子物理学者に目を向けています。また神経科学者は、MRIを使用して瞑想の前と後の脳の変化から神経可塑性(ニューロプラスティシティ)、つまり脳を継続して形作る能力が本物であると証明しています。行動するということは脳の機能的および構造的変化を起こすための主要な要素です。だから「abhyasa」「abhyasa」「abhyasa」(練習、練習、練習!)が大切なのです!

次に、解剖学者、生化学者、生理学者、遺伝学者、アーユルヴェーダの医師、その他の専門家が、骨や体、体の構造がみな同じではないことを教えてくれています。

一方、老子や鈴木俊隆のような哲学者は、真の理解は論理や説明に反し、理解への道の前提条件は「初心」であると説き、「初心者の心」が大切と伝えています。

例えばボーカルトレーニングと歌の世界の教えはどうでしょう?シェリルポーターのような熟練した先生は、呼吸のコントロール、共鳴、ピッチなどの様々なトピックについての教えがたくさんあります。もし、皆さんがマントラを唱えたり、祈りの歌に興味があれば、これらの教えは宝の山となるでしょう。

そして最後に、おそらく最も明らかな教えは私たちの周りの人々からもたらされます。直接的にも間接的にも、私たちは周りの人々に影響を受けることがたくさんあるのです。周りの人の言葉や行動(そして動かないことも!)を通して、私たちはより良い生き方を学ぶ機会があります。レモンの果汁で衣服の染みを取りといった簡単な日常のヒントから、オンラインまたは電話の「オレオレ詐欺」を見つける方法まで。周りの世界はたくさんのアイデアを提供してくれます!

ですから、禅の師たちが伝えるように、自分自身の容器を空っぽにして、周囲の良い教えを受け入れましょう。


自分自身をより理解するためのヒントは私たちの周りにあります。

あなたは誰に目を向けますか?

Maneesh


The Teachings All Around Us


Who do you look to for hints on how to better understand ourselves and the world around us?

I look to quantum physicists like Richard Feynmann (thank you to Chuck Miller for the intro!) and John Gribbin to find new insights into the nature of reality. And then there are the neuroscientists who use functional MRIs to show us the changes in the brain before and after meditation and to remind us that neuroplasticity, the ability for us to constantly shape our brain, is real! And that behavior is the primary driver of functional and structural changes in the brain! So indeed, ‘abhyasa’ ‘abhyasa’, ‘abhyasa’ (practice, practice, practice!).

Then there are the anatomists, biochemists, physiologists, geneticists, ayurvedic doctors and other experts who remind us that not all bones and bodies and bodily systems are the same.

But wait, lets not forget the philosophers like Lao Tsu and Shunryu Suzuki who remind us that true understanding defies logic and explanation and that a prerequisite in the journey to understanding is shoshin (初心), ‘beginner’s mind’.

Ok so these are probably the more obvious ones but how about the teachings from say the world of vocal training and singing? Master teachers like Cheryl Porter have so much to share on the topic of breath control, resonance, pitch and the list goes on. If you have an interest in chanting mantra or singing devotional songs, there is a treasure trove in these teachings!

And finally, perhaps the least obvious teachings come from the people all around us. Directly and indirectly, we have a lot to be thankful for to the people around us. Through their words and actions (and inaction!), we have an opportunity to learn alternative, potentially better ways of living. From simple everyday hints like how to use lemon juice to get a stain out of our clothes to how to spot an online (or telephone ‘ore ore’) scam artist. The world around us offers us a host of ideas there for the taking!

So as the Zen Masters tell us, let’s empty our cups and be open to good teachings from all around.

Hints on how to better understand ourselves are all around us. Who do you look to?

Maneesh