“The Zen meditative approach has a simple, unstated premise: moods and attitudes shape—determine—what we think and perceive. If we feel happy, we tend to develop certain trains of thought. If we feel sad or angry, still others. But suppose, with training, we become nonattached to distractions and learn to dampen these wild, emotional swings on either side of equanimity. Then we can enter that serene awareness which is the natural soil for positive, spontaneous personal growth, often called spiritual growth.” IfsThinkingFeelsStillsSpiritualCertainSidesGrowthNaturalSimpleAttitudeLearningSadnessAwarenessEmotionalShapesApproachTrainingAngryTrainPersonal GrowthDetermineHappyMoodPerceiveSoilSpiritual GrowthDistractionSwingsSpontaneousPremisesSereneEquanimityTrain Of Thought Book:Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness Source: Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness
“The most natural way you would attempt to cope with something inside you that is affecting your moods and your energy levels is to intervene with chemicals to help and because medical science hasn't come up with pharmaceuticals that do particularly well you tend to reach for the chemicals that are outside the Pharma counter, i.e. narcotics and alcohol because they can guarantee your mood more or less.” WayWellsHelpingEnergyNaturalLevelsCome UpAlcoholMedicalMoodGuaranteesChemicalsNarcoticsMedical ScienceEnergy Levels Author:Stephen Fry
“There are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground.” FilmNaturalFinancialMoodInsecurityCollapseFertileNoirFinancial SystemFilm NoirFertile Ground Author:Werner Herzog
“Wellness that is being allowed - or the wellness that is being denied - is all about the mindset, the mood, the attitude, the practiced thoughts. There is not one exception, in any human or beast; because, you can patch them up again and again, and they will just find another way of reverting back to the natural rhythm of their mind. Treating the body really is about treating the mind. It is all psychosomatic. Every bit of it, no exceptions.” WayMindHumansBodyBitsNaturalHealingAttitudeMindsetMoodRhythmBeastWellnessExceptionDeniedAgain And AgainAnother WayPatchesReverting Author:Esther Hicks