I have often wondered how my background academic educational career in International Relations connects to the part of me that writes books on the body, mindfulness and philosophy. We are used to compartmentalizing different fields and pursuits instead of seeing them as part of a whole. It has only been in light of the recent […]
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Personal Research
My work consists of observing my bodily movement, just to see what the particular activities are, as that tells me what I should be doing in my life. Otherwise, how could I know? Everything would be speculation, prediction. This shows me exactness. But, it’s unglamorous work. When broken down to actual physical motion of body […]
Easy to Know, Hard to Accept
Our body in the space is no small thing. It is not comparable to a story about how we should spend our time. It is substantial proof, the ultimate truth about our life and how we are supposed to be living; it is primary information handed to us, just like that. Meanwhile, our mind […]
Something Else
If we are not doing the things we believe we should be doing, then the message is that we are supposed to be doing “something else.” Often, the things I am doing are not in my mental line of vision, so, I don’t even recognize them as “things.” We align and attach to certain interests […]
What Does Body Awareness Have To Do with Being Right?
It feels like we need to do something special, think up something smart, or achieve something grand to be doing the right thing in our life. It is my opinion that that belief exists because of a misperception we have that our body is not a whole. Why would these two issues have anything to […]
Riding Planet Earth
I believe we can more easily give up effort, or at least question its necessity, when we know there is something else doing the work for us. This is very much what my work is about, being that this mindfulness practice has evolved from my experience as an Alexander Technique teacher where the primary focus […]
Sand Castles and Streams
In the spirit of writing something down, I will free associate today. Since early March, I have been generating a clear message on the blog almost each day, wondering how long that would last. It was a surprise when it came on, as I had previously only been posting something a few times a month. […]
Naturalism and Buddhism: An Excerpt from Naturalist Writer Tom Clark on Desire
Tom Clark is director of the non-profit Center for Naturalism and author of Encountering Naturalism: A Worldview and Its Uses. He writes on science, free will, consciousness, addiction and other topics, and maintains Naturalism.org, an extensive resource on worldview naturalism. I highly encourage you to check out his webiste. Below is a passage of his I […]
Confronting Thought with Reality
It isn’t true that I should be doing things that are on my mind right now if I am not. It just seems that way. I really believe I need to be doing those things now though; they feel so pressing. Why isn’t this true? In my opinion, the issue is with our misunderstanding of […]
Decision-Making Guaranteed
If we are alive, then we are in activity for the continual stream of time that is our life. This means our brain makes ongoing decisions for us about how we spend our time, barring not even a millisecond. This is relevant because we struggle over the concept of how to make decisions, and, moreover, […]
Jill Eng 