合理性を考えることとか、思考することを無条件に是としていたけど、思考を手放すことの重要性が説かれていて興味深い。 タイトルがグサっとくる。 瞑想とかマインドフルネスとかなんか定期的に流行るよね〜笑…と斜めに構えた視線を向けていたものがホントに大事っぽいのか…？と考えが転換しそうになってる。 •We all have the ability to let go of our thoughts, to choose where we direct our attention, how long we allow our attention to linger on things that cause us harm. You do, too. Sometimes, you just need a bit of practice. Because when we ignore or completely lose interest in that ability, we end up at the mercy of ingrained, automated behaviours, views and patterns. They have us on a lead, so to speak. And so we keep trudging round and round the same track. That’s not freedom. That’s not dignity. →ずっと思考が止まない状態は自由も尊厳もない…？そうなの！？ •One of the reasons I like being with people who have begun their inward journey is that they‘be just discovered the chaos in their brains and have therefore created some distance between themselves and their thoughts. Inevitably, this makes them humbler. →確かに傲慢である自覚は少しある…humblerになりたい •Regardless of who we are, where we come from and what our history is, we tend to have a lot in common in terms of our inner workings. By admitting that and shining a light on it, we make it easier to stop pretending we’re on top of everything. →人の心はみんないっしょ、ね。これはアチコチで暮らして体験的にもわかる感覚かも。 •We’re shaped by how we were raised, what we’ve experienced, what we came into this world with, our culture, our life situation and the messages we encounter on our journey. We don’t choose our thoughts. We don’t control the shape they take….We can only choose whether or not to believe it. → 私の思考は自分発ではないということか、、 まぁ言われてみたらそうかも色んな要因によって形成されているんだね。I have totally been believing it all these years😇 とりあえずKindleで25%まで読んだ記録。 **4月27日追記** •there’s more to us than just reason. We also have another way of reaching knowledge and making decisions. We have moments of inspiration. Buddhists call this wisdom. And they see a clear link between meditation and wisdom. →意思決定は理屈以外のものもベースに下せるという論。インスピレーション、それはなんとなくわかる。それが瞑想を通じて得られるということ…？瞑想、してみる？ •If we want access to a higher wisdom, we have to let go of some of our convictions and become more comfortable with not knowing. Thinking that we know is often a big problem. Knowing you don’t know is hardly ever a big problem. →わかってるって思わない方が良いってことね、もうそろそろそれはいいよ。わかったよ、知ってるよって感じになってきたよ←わかってないことをわかってない笑 54%まで読了。お腹いっぱいになって来たけど、まだ半分ある😂 **4月28日読了** タイを離れてからはビョルンさんのライフストーリー感が強くなり、引用記録しておきたいところはなかったな。 (『I May Be Wrong: The Sunday Times Bestseller (English Edition)』(Björn Natthiko Lindeblad 著)