A Thinking Disease
- By thinking we can become ignorant
- Withdrawing into our brain decreases our power of concentration
- The three disturbing emotions: desire, anger, and uncertaintly
- Keeping your sense active helps maintain a balanced state of mind
- Satisfying your mind by responding to your senses
How to Control Your Body and Your Mind
- Steps to eliminate frustration and uncertainty
Speaking
- Observe the tone of your voice as a basis for speech
- Arrogance prompts you to talk back to people
- Practise eliminating your negative thoughts
- When apologizing, offer specific suggestions for improvement
- Self-serving excuses will only inflict more pain on the other person
- A sincere apology from the heart will ease the other person's pain
- Short- and long-term interests misconstrued by the brain
- Speaking ill of others will eventually darken your heart
- Does continuous lying make us less intelligent
- Don't force others to listen to your idle talk or gossip
- The Japanese disease of saying thank you too often will distort the mind
- Modulation and variety are needed to express gratitude
Listening
Seeing
Reading and Writing
Eating
Discarding
Touching
Nurturing
The Strange Relationship Between the Brain and the Mind
