The mind .... a strange device that is just as confusing in the study of as it is in its actual use in life. Strange, bazaar and amazing. The more I study the more I am amazed and inspired and cautious.
We truly live in a self-matrix mind. The recent book I am working through is "Fringe-ology" by Steve Volk. I was listening to the book review and interview of the author on the radio show National Public Radio. It was about explaining the unexplainable, the paranormal and other subjects like lucid dreaming, etc. Never did I start feeling I could extract or find relations to my practice of karate in this book. It was about UFO's and Ghosts for crying out loud, a book that would be fun but I found a lot of connections, amazing ones and suggest it for reading.
When I reviewed the Noetic Institute site and realized the meaning of the word and the efforts of that site it spoke of the things we martial artist of a classical practice strive to understand; our inner wisdom, our direct knowing and our subjective understanding of it, its practice and its repercussions when applied in life and especially in threat conditions.
When you read about the brain/mind and other connections that will also connect to all the sections of the book you will find it an amazing book on humans and humanity.
I highly recommend this book for martial artists and of course everyone else outside the martial community. It is informative, fund and amazing - enjoy!
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