tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post5259589297714996166..comments2024-02-06T22:19:13.028-08:00Comments on Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold: SAUNDARANANDA 16.41: A Medical Metaphor for the Four TruthsMike Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-19689470502618770872009-03-25T13:18:00.000-07:002009-03-25T13:18:00.000-07:00I find that to inhibit unwanted responses is an ex...I find that to inhibit unwanted responses is an extremely difficult practice, and not one that lends itself well to verbal discussion. <BR/><BR/>But what we can notice, in the case of Ashvaghosha and also in the case of FM Alexander, is that they weren't afraid to use words like nirodha and inhibit, which describe the action of stopping something. Not only something stopping, but us stopping or suppressing something. <BR/><BR/>This is a point that Prof. Richard Gombrich impressed on me a few years when I asked him about it. Duhkha-nirodha-satya, Prof. Gombrich said, is the truth of stopping suffering -- with nirodha being used as a transitive verb whose object is duhkha.Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-91498008319078320312009-03-25T12:39:00.000-07:002009-03-25T12:39:00.000-07:00Do you not find Mike that setting out to suppress,...Do you not find Mike that setting out to suppress, get rid of or destroy these 'unwanted responses' sets up more conflict in yourself?lxghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192146744058183451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-62626706334356605762009-03-25T12:02:00.000-07:002009-03-25T12:02:00.000-07:00Hi Alex, Reflecting on your comment this afternoon...Hi Alex, <BR/><BR/>Reflecting on your comment this afternoon, and doing some Alexander work and some sitting as well, it struck me that there is a kind of freedom in sitting fixedly upright with like-minded people, pulling the chin back in a controlling way. Conversely, sitting upright in a more poised and free way, allowing the head forward and up et cetera, seems to require me to suppress the hell out of something within myself. So the whole thing is a bit of a mystery and not easy to put into words. <BR/><BR/>But that doesn't stop us trying!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment.Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-17275743627632488842009-03-25T11:57:00.000-07:002009-03-25T11:57:00.000-07:00Hi Jiblet,Thanks for the encouragement and for the...Hi Jiblet,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the encouragement and for the reminder to walk the good walk.Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-19312481034557899772009-03-25T08:07:00.000-07:002009-03-25T08:07:00.000-07:00Hi Mike, here's a relevant quote from FM Alexander...Hi Mike, here's a relevant quote from FM Alexander's fourth and final book, 'The Universal Constant In Living': <BR/><BR/>"My technique is based on inhibition, the inhibition of undesirable, unwanted responses to stimuli and hence it is primarily a technique for the control of human reaction."<BR/><BR/>Personally I'd like to know what he meant by the word 'control'. It's seems to be a bit of a dirty word for some teachers.lxghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192146744058183451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-24766716557060425382009-03-25T07:14:00.000-07:002009-03-25T07:14:00.000-07:00Hi Mike,Just wanted you to know that I'm watching,...Hi Mike,<BR/><BR/>Just wanted you to know that I'm watching, listening, and maybe learning as you walk peacably away.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the work.Malcolm Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07695792204679760604noreply@blogger.com