SAMVEGA AND PASADA

///////////////////Samvega was what the young Prince Siddhartha felt on his first exposure to aging, illness, and death. It's a hard word to translate because it covers such a complex range--at least three clusters of feelings at once:
      the oppressive sense of shock, dismay, and alienation that come with realizing the futility and meaninglessness of life as it's normally lived;
a chastening sense of one's own complacency and foolishness in having let oneself live so blindly;
and an anxious sense of urgency in trying to find a way out of the meaningless cycle.HERE AND NOW



///////////////////////////he felt at this point is termed pasada, another complex set of feelings usually translated as "clarity and serene confidence." It's what keeps samvega from turning into despair. In the prince's case, he gained a clear sense of his predicament and of the way out of it, leading to something beyond aging, illness, and death, at the same time feeling confident that the way would work.


////////////////////////////////Fear and Trembling (original Danish title: Frygt og Bæven) is an influential philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard, published in 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio (John the Silent). The title is a reference to a line from Philippians 2:12, "...continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling."


/////////////////////////////////////Kierkegaard says, "Infinite resignation is the last stage before faith, so anyone who has not made this movement does not have faith, for only in infinite resignation does an individual become conscious of his eternal validity, and only then can one speak of grasping existence by virtue of faith.WIKIP



////////////////////////////////////PAIN, UPSET, GRIEF



//////////////////////Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha

/////////////////////////Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Buddha

//////////////////////////Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
Buddha

///////////////////////////////He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
Buddha

////////////////////////////////Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Buddha

/////////////////////////////////Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

 

 

///////////////////////////////////Majjhima Nikaya 131 Bhaddekaratta Sutta 'A Single Excellent Night'
(Bhikkhus Nanomoli and Bodhi trans.)
"Let not a person revive the past
Or on the future build his hopes;
For the past has been left behind
And the future has not been reached.
Instead with insight let him see
Each presently arisen state;
Let him know that and be sure of it,
Invincibly, unshakeably.
Today the effort must be made;
Tomorrow Death may come, who knows?
No bargain with Mortality
Can keep him and his hordes away,
But one who dwells thus ardently,
Relentlessly, by day, by night -
It is he, the Peaceful Sage has said,
Who has had a single excellent night."

 

 

/////////////////////////////////Samvega means a sense of urgency to escape the round of meaningless existence; and pasada, a clarity and serene confidence that allows one to proceed confidently towards the goal without lapsing into despair.

 

 

 

/////////////////////////////"A study of judges in JSRL,, for example, revealed that 65 percent of requests for parole were granted after meals, dropping steadily to zero until the judges’ 'next feeding

 

 

//////////////////////////////NYT-The Amygdala Made Me Do It

 

///////////////////////////CANT HELP URSELF BOOKS

 

 

////////////////////////..........about life as we know it — the one you can change, but only a little, and with a ton of work

 

 

//////////////////////...........The choices we make in day-to-day life are prompted by impulses lodged deep within the nervous system. Not only are we not masters of our fate; we are captives of biological determinism. 

 

 

/////////////////////////BRAIN INFO PROCESSING- System 1 is intuitive, System 2 is logical

 

 

////////////////////////////“You have to keep the same cues and rewards as before, and feed the craving by inserting a new routine.

 

 

 

//////////////////////////////“the science of insight.” Our minds are more susceptible to epiphanies when we’re taking warm showers, BLUE SKY/OCEAN INCR CREATIVITY

 

 

//////////////////////////////////,,,,,,,,,,,,,to “scientize” brain research, using the tools of our technological age — neurobiology, brain scans, retinal research — to prove that reflection plays a more minor role in our lives than we ever realized.

 

 

////////////////////////////////Does this mean we have no “agency,” no capacity to act on our own? 

 

 

 

////////////////////////////////that people are better at controlling their desires when they are thinking about God.

 

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///////////////////////that thinking of God makes doing the right thing easier, not mandatory.

 

 

//////////////////////////houghts of God as providing the mind with “important psychological nutrients” that “refuel” our inner resources, much like Gatorade replenishes the body after a long run.

 

 

 

//////////////////////////////////NOT TEMPTING FATE

 

 

////////////////////////////////FRNTL CTX......But how does religion do this? The scientists think that faith-based thoughts may increase “self-monitoring” by evoking the idea of an all-knowing, omnipresent God.

 

 

//////////////////////////////,,,,,,People need a system of rules to live by,” he says, adding: “People drive slower when they see a police car. God is a bit like that police car: Thinking about Him makes it easier to do the right thing.”

 

 

 

//////////////////////////////////tell us about the evolution of religion, but the scientists argue that the effect represents an important “practical advantage” for those surrounded by religiosity.

 

 

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