Comments on: Heads up http://blog.dodman.org/archives/24 All flesh is as grass Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:36:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dod http://blog.dodman.org/archives/24/comment-page-1#comment-1265 dod Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:33:37 +0000 http://blog.dodman.org/archives/24#comment-1265 Hello Peter, Personally, I believe it all boils down to a division in the process of thinking. It's not so much between thinking and not thinking - although not thinking is useful - as between 'thinking of' and 'thinking about'. I suspect the amount of time humans spend 'thinking about' as opposed to 'thinking of' is in direct proportion to their poor use. If you want to know what I mean by 'thinking of' and 'thinking about', check here: http://www.dodman.org/index.php/Writing/Alexander/Thoughts/thinkingof-and-about11.htm Nicholas Hello Peter,

Personally, I believe it all boils down to a division in the process
of thinking. It’s not so much between thinking and not thinking -
although not thinking is useful – as between ‘thinking of’ and
‘thinking about’. I suspect the amount of time humans spend ‘thinking
about’ as opposed to ‘thinking of’ is in direct proportion to their
poor use.

If you want to know what I mean by ‘thinking of’ and ‘thinking about’,
check here:

http://www.dodman.org/index.php/Writing/Alexander/Thoughts/thinkingof-and-about11.htm

Nicholas

]]> By: peter http://blog.dodman.org/archives/24/comment-page-1#comment-1258 peter Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:49:39 +0000 http://blog.dodman.org/archives/24#comment-1258 Hi Nicholas, I enjoyed reading your blog about your visit to Goa and the good use the hawkers seem to have. I wonder if this good use arises from a greater unity of thought and action. There is no superfluous thinking or ruminating. In so much of the West people are addicted to living in their heads. Thinking and ruminating for it's own sake, divorced from any real consequences. I am coming to feel more and more that good use involves a greater simplicity and honesty in one's life. Becoming more attuned to one's real needs and living in more synch with those real needs. Really taking care of and inhabiting the present moment. The phrase holy simplicity comes to mind. Maybe a crucial element in non end-gaining is more fully experiencing the richness and quality of the present moment. Peter Hi Nicholas,
I enjoyed reading your blog about your visit to Goa and the good use the
hawkers seem to have. I wonder if this good use arises from a greater
unity of thought and action. There is no superfluous thinking or ruminating. In so much of the West people are addicted to living in their heads. Thinking and ruminating for it’s own sake, divorced from any real consequences. I am coming to feel more and more that good use involves a greater simplicity and honesty in one’s life. Becoming more attuned to one’s real needs and living in more synch with those real needs. Really taking care of and inhabiting the present moment. The phrase holy simplicity comes to mind.
Maybe a crucial element in non end-gaining is more fully experiencing the richness and quality of the present moment.

Peter

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