“Zen is not, in my view, philosophy or mysticism. It is simply a practice of readjustment of nervous activity. That is, it restores the distorted nervous system to its normal functioning.” PhilosophyViewsPracticeActivityNormalNervousMysticismNervous System Book:Zen Training: Methods and Philosophy Source: Zen Training: Methods and Philosophy
“Solitary confinement has been used extensively, it always has. I was in prison for 44 years; it was a normal part of life - the practice of it. They put you in solitary confinement for disciplinary reasons, they put you in solitary confinement to protect you from violence or whatever, and they also put you in solitary confinement just to show you who has got the power ... It's not something new; it's just something that nobody really cared about in the past.” YearsHas BeensReasonShowsPastUsedPracticeViolenceProtectNormalPrisonSomething NewSolitaryParts Of LifeProtect YouConfinementSolitary Confinement Author:Wilbert Rideau
“According to Shakyamuni Buddha, it's normal for human beings to be anxious, because it's normal for human beings not to understand themselves. When you don't understand yourself, you're uncomfortable and scared. When you realize that you're anxious, Buddha's teaching is to practice being patient with it.” HumansRealizingHuman BeingsPracticeTeachingNormalPatientScaredUncomfortableAnxious Author:Reb Anderson
“Art and writing come from somewhere down around the lizard brain. It's a much more peculiar activity than we like to think it is. The problems arise when we try to domesticate the practice, to pretend that it's a normal human activity and that "everybody's creative." They're not.” ThinkingWritingTryingHumansArtProblemBrainPracticeCreativeActivityNormalArisePeculiarHuman ActivityLizards Author:Dave Hickey
“If you have a crippling fear of public speaking, recognize that that is perfectly normal. And know that the only way to get over those nerves is to fully understand the material, the points, the policy you are trying to explain - and then practice it a little bit.” IfsKnowsWayTryingLittlesBitsPracticePolicyMaterialsNormalLittle BitNervesGet OverPublic SpeakingPerfectly NormalFear Of Public Speaking Author:Dana Perino
“Moreover, most people, assuming they had not altogether abandoned religious observances, or did not combine them naively with a thoroughly immoral way of living, had replace normal religious practice by more or less extravagant superstitions.” PeopleWayReligiousPracticeNormalAssumingAbandonedSuperstitionsImmoralExtravagantObservanceReligious Practices Book:Nobel Prize Library Source: Nobel Prize Library