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考えない練習

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話題の僧侶による、休脳のススメ「イライラ」「不安」は、練習でなくせる。考えすぎて、悩みがつきない私たちに必要なものは、もっと「五感」を大切にする生活。それは難しいことではなく、ちょっとしたコツの習得で可能になる。本書では、その方法(練習)を、気鋭の僧侶が余すことなく語りかける。さらに脳研究者・池谷裕二さんとの「心と脳の不思議な関係」と題した対談も収録。小池龍之介氏の著作のなかでもっとも実践的といえる本書で、不安のない日常を手にしよう。

226 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 14, 2010

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September 14, 2018
Came at the right time—

This slim volume is really, really good, especially in light of my experience with meditation. It came at the right moment and offered that rare gift where the book spelled out, reinforced, and extended things I have been noticing and learning in my daily practice. It also encouraged me to be meditating in daily life, off the meditation cushion—something, I'd coincidentally begun just before picking up this book. In particular, the author's take on reactivity—how much of our life is just us reacting to and craving for stimuli—jibed with me and my understanding of meditation and mind (and also with Stephen Batchelor's interpretation of Buddhism in his After Buddhism). Though I don't agree with his stance on laughing—there's room for humor in a meditative life, though not all humor/laughter—or on gratitude, which he leaves out of Buddhist virtues to be cultivated, saying it happens to you and can't be forced (but can't you say the same thing about equanimity, compassion, and others?).

At any rate, the main lessons I want to incorporate into my life include trying not to make sounds in everything I do, getting rid of things I don't need and not buying them unnecessarily (getting better at it, though it's been a struggle, especially with books), eating mindfully (always a challenge for me, too, being a foodie), listening to others fully, being mindful of, and avoiding, strong stimuli (a challenge for anyone living in the First World country), and just being mindful at all times and not being stuck in my head and thoughts (which I tend to do a lot) and opening myself up to the world of the senses.

Definitely will read his other books. Highly recommended for anyone who wants some peace and calm in their daily life.


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忘れたつもりでいても、心はちゃんと覚えていて、「どうしようかな」と思い続けている。ものを捨てないことは「無明」の領域を増やすことになります。自分で自分が見えない領域をふやしてしまうのです。この「無明」の領域は、ものを欲によって増やして執着するにしたがって増えてまいります(159)

ほしいものを手に入れた後にも心に苦が刻み込まれていて、常に強い霧を発生させてしまいます。持ち続けなければならないという苦が生じているのです(163)

「安いから買う」でも「ほしいから買う」でもなく、「必要なものだから高くても買う」「本当に必要なものを少なく買う」という姿勢を貫いていれば、欲にまみれず、良い心持ちで生活し続けることができるのです(172)

ペンタガストリンの実験(236)

本人の意識に自由はないけれど、脳に支配されていることを認識することで拒否権が生まれる。自由意志はないけれど、自由否定はある。(237)

人間の行動はほとんどが脳の反射によるもので、本当は自由意志なんてないんだ、自由否定しかないんだ・・・反射しかないんだったら、その反射を鍛えれば良い、むしろやることが限られて良いじゃないのかなと思うのですが(241)
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