Comments on: The Beginner’s Mind

By: How To Preserve Your State of Mind | MonkAtWork.com

How To Preserve Your State of Mind | MonkAtWork.com — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:07:02 +0000

[...] I’m asking of you: Be vigilant about your state of mind today. Place the sanctity of your own mental coherence above habitual patterns of [...]

By: Digital Alterity » Blog Archive » Getting Back To Productivity Basics

Digital Alterity » Blog Archive » Getting Back To Productivity Basics — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:23:02 +0000

[...] Do you find that all manner of productivity fads and tools enter your life and you just recreate the same level of stress? Do you find yourself focussing on the system rather than the items you’re supposed to be working on and getting off of your mind? This article by Douglas Johnston might help you get back the absolute basics: I released that my biggest problem was trying to contain all the information, constantly trying to shape an unnatural flow as one might attempt to contain or change the course of a river with only one’s bare hands. Time after time, this caused my tension and frustration to build to the point of needing to abandon my fledgeling systems. You see, my cherished systems were the result of my accumulated knowledge and many years’ experience in IT work; they had become a series of intellectual challenges, and not a natural way of looking at or managing my life. I had to leave this mind-clutter and baggage behind, at least temporarily, and forget about my unholy communions of wikis, web-based project management tools, PDAs, server-synced calendars, sitebars, databases and 20-step flowcharts (Read more). [...]

By: Jon Rutherford

Jon Rutherford — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:33:11 +0000

As Zen Buddhism has been the chief influence on my life and thought, such as they are, since 1975, I was pleased to see the word “Zen” used in a way that for once did not cheapen it.

Very interesting article, which I stumbled upon while researching how I might return to paper data-keeping in view of perhaps having to abandon my longstanding Palm handheld usage.
I’ve always taken more pleasure in using a fountain pen than in using a palmtop, so I guess in a sense I’m halfway there.

I haven’t had a chance to read all the comments here, so perhaps somebody has recommended the classic “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. It was my first “serious” introduction to the Zen way of living. I like it so well I’ve read it, I think, four times, and I keep a photo of Suzuki Roshi in my living room.

Thanks for a most interesting site that I’m tickled to have discovered.

By: the evans center for sleep deprivation studies

the evans center for sleep deprivation studies — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 05:53:18 +0000

actually getting things done

I’m always overcommitted. Have been for years. So when the geekosphere started getting excited about David Allen’s Getting Things Done, I sort of watched from afar with curiosity. I finally read the book, and spent some time thinking about…