You feel it before thinking
You cry because you’re sad. In reality, though, it’s the other way around. The body works through interaction with the environment. You’re sad because you cry.
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Today’s Empallet
You feel it before thinking
You cry because you’re sad. In reality, though, it’s the other way around. The body works through interaction with the environment. You’re sad because you cry.
(2) Inner Speech is a Gateway to Consciousness
We think of abstract concepts such as kindness and courage using words. Your pet has a consciousness, but humans have a higher consciousness through inner speech.
Life is made up of time unit of two seconds (2) (a unit of speech)
Life is like railroad tracks. The left rail is mental, and the right is the physical processes. Your speech connects these two rails in a breath or two seconds.
We were already connected
Empathy is the connection between ourselves and others. Naturally, we are all connected by air. But we live while making “distinctions” between the connections.
Become an octopus [living in the heart-to-heart connection].
Peter Godfrey-Smith says.Octopuses know humans really well. The world is a continuum of self and others. We all live together in the connection of mind.
The Drill for Aspiration
Think of the drills. An electric drill. A math drill. A marching band drill. An evacuation drill. They have one thing in common. The power of focused iteration.
Life is made up of time unit of two seconds (3) (a unit of thought)
The majority of life moments are completed every two seconds. It is a time for speech and thought-Inner speech in two seconds gates our self-awareness.
Life is made up of time unit of two seconds (1) (a unit of a moment)
In a blink of an eye – the length of a moment is 0.1 second. The discrete sound that a human can distinguish is 0.1 seconds. That’s the edge of consciousness.
The surprising power of kindness
The four deeds in Zen. Share, Love, Serve others, Treat equally. Practice kindness. Speak kind words out loud. You will be surprised by how powerful they are.
Harness the edge of the subconscious
Empatheme method generates, records, and reflects on the behavior of the adaptive unconscious, which is inherent in human beings. Cultivate your liminal space.
“I was lucky” – what it really means.
Imagine the world that could’ve been for you. We live in the web of possibilities. We keep forgetting it. So when you say, “I was lucky.” You remember it.
Aspiration is the mother of invention
Not that necessity is the mother of invention. Invention is the mother of necessity. So, who is the mother of invention? Aspiration is the mother of invention.
Feel a broader world
Learning is not about acquiring skills. It’s to feel a broader world where you and the other life (or object) interact. Cultivate your mind. Nurture your heart.
I am the missing piece.
We think that something is missing in ourselves. But the truth is, it is not that we are lacking something, but that we have forgotten the world we live in.
Happiness is the way you feel empathy
Happiness is not a goal but an activity. Immanuel Kant said: Morality is not the teaching of how to be happy but how to behave in a way worthy of happiness.
(5) Sow and Grow Your Self
Many words go with self—self-awareness, self-improvement, self-cultivation, etc. Cultivate yourself by internalizing words through inner speech.
You can only change your next action
Many things go wrong in our daily lives. But we cannot change the world around us. You can only change your next action. You can always change your next action.
The purpose of life is not happiness
The purpose of life is happiness. Is it true? Emerson says the purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, and to be compassionate.
I am a reed.
Pascal says it only takes a drop of water to crush a reed. Man is noble because he knows his own weakness. The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.
Your mind is the barrier.
What good does mindfulness practice do? To get in touch with yourself. Empty your full mind. You become aware of your own barriers when you sit calmly.
Natural Resource Analogy – Your Inner Speech
Your speech is the essential resource that creates the workings of the human mind. And in particular, your inner speech. Vocalize and harness your inner speech.
Practice Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem. Greek poet Horatius advises you to minimize thinking about the future and pick today. The essential part is stillness. Practice it with Empatheme.
Cultivate your soil
Take care of the soil of your body and mind. Sit quietly, exhale, and relax. The words we output with our bodies become our nutrition. Cultivate your soul.
How do your cultivate yourself?
Self-cultivation is not about doing hard work or forcing yourself to achieve an objective. The essence is in sitting with composure and emptying the mind.
When you wait, it happens.
At the trail’s edge, a butterfly flutters down on a flower in front of me. The butterfly and myself are connected by the same air. This picture was a gift.
Relax, to do nothing.
Since ancient times, it has been complicated for humans to “do nothing”. Relax, it’s an act of doing nothing, which cultivates your mind and body in harmony.
(6) Inner Speech Connects the Mind, Language, Brain, Body, and Environment
Many recent empirical studies show that language use shapes human thoughts, but studies of behavior and consciousness do not discuss language.
(4) Inner speech Involves Vocal Action
Most inner speech relies on the same brain regions as surface language. When vocalized, the inner speech becomes flesh and blood, echoed cultivated in yourself.
(3) Inner Speech is Key to Learning
Inner speech is the key to learning as it involves working memory and essential language functions such as reading, writing, speaking and listening.
(1) Inner Speech Shapes Thoughts
We process more than 300 million lines in life. We communicate with the self in our inner speech. One-fourth to one-third of all thoughts is inner speech.
Thank your voice!
Thank your voice!. Words are a physical movement of the voice, a series of sounds woven between your conscious and subconscious. We work together, amazingly.
You can count
How can we add different things? Why can we count? We can forget about such small things and abstract them as “things.” When you count, you treat them equally.
A breath brings peace
A breath is the window to regulate the body and the mind. Strengthen the respiratory muscles. Breathing brings peace. Slowly breathe out, breathe in.
Stillness is the way
Hearing is a crucial function for protection. But it also allows unwanted things to come in. We need to create tranquility. Reflect on the way you are now.
Empathy matters most
Surprisingly, Confucius singles out the most essential of all. Compassion. Empathy, before knowledge, matters most. Be the other person. Be with yourself, too.
Life is in the giving
Everywhere you go, it’s all about getting. Your mind is full. It makes you off-balance. Life is in the giving. When you say it out loud, you feel relieved.
Do it now because you can do it over
Do it right. But something holds you back. You’re not alone. Have an action method. If you do one thing, you can do it over. If not, you never can. Voice it.
Your voice is the essential power
The primary method of learning is vocalize words aloud. The iteration in your own voice, you will learn them. Your voice will become a part of you.
Learning Formula (1) Iteration
Here’s the formula for any learning. (A) Connection to yourself x (B) Iteration x (C) Continuation. How connected, how iterative matters most.
The mind is an activity, not a repository.
This summer, the trees of the northeastern US were covered with billions of 17-year cycle cicadas. Imagine! The mind is an activity, not a repository.
How do you practice courage?
Courage does not happen when you have all the answers. Courage happens when you don’t know the answer. Acting on yourself is the only way.
Become yourself (from now on).
“Be yourself,” people might advise you. But how can you be yourself if you don’t know yourself well? Instead, you just have to become yourself from now on.
Every day is a gift (time and space of your size]
The flow of time is different for each animal. Time is related to body size. Humans also have the size of time and space. Breathing is the most natural time.
95% Subconscious – The principle of Practice (1)
Get frustrated because you can’t wait for a few seconds? You’re practicing something that makes you feel frustrated. 95% percent of practice is subconscious.
Ask yourself to inquire.
Philosophy is something you practice. Since we quickly get used to ordinary things, then how do we open our minds to the unknown? To ask. Ask yourself.
Open up your heart.
Thaumazein (to feel wondrous) is key. New inspiration requires surprise. It takes a moment to jump out of the circuitry of the expected. Open up your heart.
Posture lets you think
We think with our minds and act on what we think. James Gibson flipped this view called the nature of our interaction with our environment affordance.
Resonate with the Earth
We are the eyes and ears of the earth, and we can think as if we were the earth. We live between ourselves and the air. Interaction is the soul.
Your environment is reflected in your mind!
Look at how the ant walks on the sand. It’s not that the ant’s mind is complicated. It’s the environment. When you feel unsettled, it is reflected in your mind.
Empathy and Economy
Based on empathy, Adam Smith theorized the foundation of the modern economics. How do we use the energy of the mind? The human mind is also an economy.
The whole is the soul
We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these are the shining parts, is the soul.
Walk alongside – Caring Communication (1)
Facing each other is essential, to the other person and to yourself. But not always.
Before facing the situation, there is an essential thing. Walk alongside.
Trust your gut – here’s why
The human body comprises 60 trillion cells and 100 trillion microorganisms in the gut alone. Trust your gut. The “gut self” knows what the mind does not.
Less is more (1) How?
Less of something is more of something. Less is more. Also, more of something means less of something. More is less. Less ego, more chances, more connections.
The only way to have a friend is to be one
Everyone wants to have great friends. The problem is that we forget what we do become their friend.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Wish on a falling star. How?
A wish is a word that can be voiced in a few seconds. Keep your wishes in mind, vocalize them, and listen to them yourself. They become your aspiration.
What is Practice?
Practice means (1) Do it by yourself (2) Act with your body (3) Do it regularly (4) Iterate (5) Reflect (6) Change yourself (7) Connect with yourself and others
I am the dialogue with myself.
The self is made of dialogue. Words are born from dialogue with others, before words. Even alone, we live with the words we speak to others. I am the dialogue.
Isn’t your mind full?
What is mindful practice? What good does it do? Meditation is actually about getting in touch with yourself and relaxing your full mind. Isn’t your mind full?
Guide your equanimity
Hard branches will break. Be flexible and bend well. To guide yourself for the equanimity of mind and body. Listen to your body’s voice.
The small unit of time is vital
The small unit of time is vital. The secret is the amount of work you can do in less than a few minutes, with your micro-actions. Output your voice in a flow.
Building a habit (to begin with)
Being satisfied with the knowledge of habit does not lead to action. Empatheme helps you practice the micro-actions you need. Unlearning matters most.
Sit and be still for a moment.
By sitting, we learn what is unconditionally essential for life. Just sit. Be still for a moment. It opens the door to learning to unlearn what’s not essential.
Even a rocket is not alone.
Even a rocket is not alone. Most of its body is fuel, and it can continue to fly because it is in space. Being alone is not alone. Be alone to feel connected.
Be ataraxy
The Greek word “ataraxia” means “to have a tranquil mind. The essence of ataraxia is to enjoy every moment of every day. Relax. Imagine.Be ataraxy.
“Everyday” Is A Practice.
We practice life. We practice everything. Repeating and reflecting the same thing over and over. We practiced walking, speaking, and feeling.
Empatheme Connects Us
Empatheme cultivates your senses. It is a new concept of Practice to cultivate one’s self and connect with others. Nurture habits and Inspire Imagination.
Practice Counting
Count your blessings.
From a conversation with Art:
Art：This phrase hold true.
me：Tell me more about it. How do you count your blessings?
Art：Right.You act as if you count them.