Some days ago in the park I played some chess games with a nice fellow called Alberto. While doing so I explained and demonstrated to him various tactical and strategical principles of the game. In the end he said he was delighted to learn from such a good player, to which I replied that it was not such a big deal: “If you want to improve further, just carry on - learn, practice and combine all the elements!”
And whoooooosh, there was the answer. Putting the pieces together in practice. The time is now, and this is how it works, as simple as in a game of chess. Create a beneficial environment and start investigating the beneficial factors. Explore the realms of mind and body, and as the split diminishes, keep working towards the goal. It’s amazing! :-)
Upon further reflection I would consider parts of my last posting slightly inconsistent. I suppose the “quintessence” is the emergence of a cooperative system for mankind - a thought that comes to me quite often in recent times.
In the last few days I have had some interesting and challenging conversations with Thomas. He told me a few things about NLP Trinergy and we spun a few other ideas as well. For a moment I felt like understanding the “cycle of rebirth” and kamma for the first time. I also wondered whether there could be a structural match between the Buddhist triad “greed, aversion, delusion” and some Trinergy triads (e.g. mentor/saviour, muse/victim, doer/culprit).
Discovering such matches can be great fun. It’s a bit like highly abstract pattern recognition. I probably like it too much, but who knows? Someday it might be good for something.
Today I re-discovered (I tend to “forget” a lot of things!) the significant role of internal and external justifications. This could be one of the key inhibition factors for my progress, as I can easily observe how they create and nurture loops and “vicious circles”. Yes, there is a loophole for this loop! It encompasses mindfulness and constant practice.
I also realized - thanks to the conversations with Thomas - how the “Systematic Approach” (a structured collection of mind-maps which I have created some weeks ago) is far more problem-oriented, rather than solution-oriented, than what I thought. Indeed it was supposed to facilitate a transition from the former to the latter orientation: status quo - disadvantages - analysis - solution ideas - experiences - progress - advantages - destination. But guess what, I have mainly been focusing on the former (problem/past-oriented) part. I still think it could be useful to some extent, but only when properly used! D’oh. :-)
These are interesting days. And still there is so much to learn. Oh, by the way, I learned my first Polish words today! :-)
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