[Buddha-l] mind wandering

[Jamie Hubbard]

I couldn't agree with Erik more-- aside from the sloppy research (iPhone 
as the new standard for NIH grants!!), premises, methods, and 
conclusions, we can simply point to the obvious: "Be Here Now" is not 
the point of Buddhist awakening--by definition, impermanence and the 
insights derived from that insight cannot be had in the Eternal Now.

This is Happiness 101 Hogwash-- Gilbert et. al. should be ashamed (but 
they want an invite to the Mind & Life Institute stuff, and are in 
competition with Harvard buddies Ben-Shahar et. al. . . .the mind boggles)

This is a return to the stupids. . . I am happy (HAPPY) that I can plan 
for tomorrow and remember yesterday-- and I do that now, right now, in 
the here and now I plan for the future.

Try not being here now.

Or better yet, try yugen 幽玄 for a blissful/mystical happy wandering 
mind. . . wonderful, wonderful. . . Saigyo was a wanderer:

I'm in a roadside willow's shade,
Where pure water of a spring
Flows by. . . as has the time now
Since my 'moment's stop' began.

Get it?

Remembering past buddha-l encounters, vowing to not engage in future 
disputes. . . happy. . . happy. . . joy . . . joy. . .

 From my iPhone/Psychology Lab,

JimBob Hubbard

On 11/13/2010 4:05 AM, Erik Hoogcarspel wrote:
> I think it's bollocks, sloppy datamining and jumping to conclusions. The
> value of selfevaluation is highly disputed and measuring happyness in
> percentages is a joke. A person in danger is very focussed but also very
> unhappy. Angst doesn't make one daydream. The best is the remark about
> how many people use this wonderful app.
>
> erik. (waiting for a nirvāṇa app)
>
> Op 12-11-10 18:37, Dan Lusthaus schreef:
>> Bring the mind back to what is in front of you, or so the zen masters
>> instruct... Here's why:
>>
>> http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/11/wandering-mind-not-a-happy-mind/
>>
>> Dan
>>
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