“Enlightenment, the monk says, isn’t a point where everything stops and you’ve made it, forever surrounded by a halo of bliss. It is something alive, something that pushes you on every day, whether you are a Daigyoman Ajari on Mount Hiei or a data-management assistant in an office in Hounslow.” Article in The Guardian on Japanese monks who run long-distance …
Shi Su Yan on the Inner Art
You Can’t Stop
You can’t stop birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from making a nest in your hair. (anon)
Four Weeks, 40 Years, Neither is Enough
New Research on Meditating F-16 Fighter Pilots
New peer-reviewed scientific research suggests mindfulness mental training helps F-16 fighter pilots. It’s in the latest edition of the International Journal of Aviation Psychology, and describes a long-term (2-year) study using Norwegian F-16 pilots. These high-performance combat-rated pilots show a increase in self-perceived skills associated with mindfulness, attention regulation and arousal regulation following a regime of mindfulness training. Alone it’s not …
The Real Journey
It takes work, a lot of work, but eventually you’ll land the plane with the ease of a child’s toy.
Matt Hall on Not Judging an Accident from the Outcome
Matt Hall is a former fighter combat instructor and international unlimited aerobatic competitor who now competes in the Red Bull air races. His latest airmanship blog post takes a look at the recent Harrison Ford and SpaceShipTwo crashes. It’s worth reading. Don’t judge an incident or accident based on the outcome. We always need to look deeper…the preparation, the planning, …
Will Smith on the Perpetual Pursuit
“I love the hustle, I love the grind, I love working sixteen- and eighteen-hour days and waking up at four the next morning and going to the gym. I love that.” ~ Will Smith. Interview in Esquire magazine, March 2015.
Sound Familiar?
“Good seamanship is recovering from an incident at sea. Great seamanship is avoiding an incident at sea.”
They Meditate for High Performance.
I normally do my mindfulness exercises in the morning. It’s the first thing I do when I get up. ~ Kobe Bryant I am a very organized person. I get up at 6:15 a.m., the kids get up at 6:45 a.m., and so I get up and get it in. I’m addicted to the high function. To me it’s a …