It enables the individual to focus their intention and awareness. Thought is the main orchestrate of intent. In most cases we conceive or realize that we may have a broken heart, or we are filled with joy, sadness, jealousy, anger, grief, sorrow, etc. One feels emotions, rather that thinks them. Emotions may possibly be centered in the body, but are translated into thought consciousness by the thought process of the brain. Mental logic, reflection, conception, imagination, hope, ideas, expectation, opinion, are all centered in the brain. The entire body and everything that goes with it is the mind. Thought, imagery, emotions, feelings, the body – all are a part of the mind. Where did your mind go? Maybe it focused on your stomach as you began to think about eating or you imagined going to a friend’s house possibly an emotion came up when you remembered that you needed to have a serious talk with a family member. Then put your mind back to where your hands are on your body and breath. After a period of time (about 1 minute), think (for 20 seconds or so) about what you may have to do later.ĥ. (Your lungs do not go down there, so do not use force – just imagine.)Ĥ. Now imagine your breath can also touch the area where your hands are placed. In other words, feel where your hands are on your body. With your feet parallel and shoulder width apart, overlap your palms and place them on your lower abdominal area.Ģ. In teaching my students the meaning of what I am speaking of when I say the mind, I start with a simple exercise:ġ. For if it were true that the mind existed only in our brain, then our experience of life would only exist in our heads. When you consider that the body also participates in communicating to the brain with gut feelings, nervous reactions, and instinctual hair raising fear, one can begin to broaden the understanding of what may be – constructs of the mind. It is however a very narrow perspective of this thing we call the mind. Is the brain the “mastermind” ? In a sense this may be true. The brain is believed to house cognitive thinking, the interpretation of what we see, hear, touch, taste, smell, and it performs all calculations. More by Master Young Where the Mind Goes, the Chi Followsįundamentals of Chi Kung and T’ai Chi Ch’uanįor most people, there is a belief that the mind exists and resides in the head, in that place called the brain.
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