Super Cool Beach Geometrics

There is not a lot of mind blowing architecture that stands out on the Riviera Maya, but there is always a 'Black Swan' that unforseeable event which randomly occurs, but always does, just to confound any notion of predictablity in every facit of life. 

In Puerto Morelos just south of Cancun there is a beach Villa /Condo development that is turning heads. Here are a few pics of the location. I congratulate the architect and the developers in this one.

OK Mudras

OK continuing with this OK sign.As far as i know its a universal hand gesture for OKAY, i may be wrong, in some countries it could be a rude signal, i will continue research on that. 

The Scuba Diving community adopted it very early to signify I AM OK down here, in this uncertain environment i can breath, i am safe right now, ect ect. Which is a good reference for me because The Shadow Agent is saying that even here when we are uncertain its ok. It may be chaotic outside but i am cool inside. Shit may be happenin as it does... but i am OK. I am not even in control but i am ok dealing with what ever happens.

The Buddha used a lot of hand gestures or Mudras ( from the Sanskrit meaning seal) to signify things. Sort of a non verbal communication device to get across an insight or an experience. A sacred language of communication, when you are in Bliss you just don't want to talk. The OK hand sign has many ancient references.

It is called The Vitaka Mudra, and signified the Buddha's teachings. It's also called The Gyan Mudra and is made to clear ones mental faculties, bringing about mental peace (an ataraxis) it improves concentration & sharpens the memory.A slight variation of this is called The Chin Mudra where the index finger touches the base of the thumb, this is often seen in deep meditation poses.

Mudras are ways to integrate the BodyMind in such a way that we experience a unity of mind body & Spirit. The Art & Science of Mudras is extensive, and not just confined to Buddhism or Yoga look at images of the Christ and the saints of Christianity and you will see them posing ( particularly in Renaissance religious paintings) with various esoteric hand signs.

I find it very interesting. 

So practice... OK !

Its Gonna Be OK ... an Ataraxis of the mind

The Shadow Agent Rides ...

I put the Shadow on a bike the other day and sent him for a spin.So what is he about exactly?

In a word ATARAXIA.

A Greek word meaning an absence of mental disturbance, or anxiety about the future. 

I first heard about this word from a doctor called Anslie Meares, who many years ago wrote a book called Relief Without Drugs. He was an Australian psychiatrist who after studying various meditation techniques in many countries began to teach a very simple technique of stilling the mind, to his patients.

 

This approach which he learnt from an Indian Yogi reported to be 123 years old, enabled the brain to operate a more simpler less anxious way, bringing about a state of atavistic regression which in turn brought about a natural increase in the function of the immune system thereby,in many patients illiciting a healing from even cancer.

Aside from his clinical work,he taught this Ataraxis Meditation to many people including me, to help simply improve the quality of life, which comes about with the diminution of stress in the absence of anxiety. Over the years i have gone on to study this anxiety state. We all suffer from it from one degree or another. Its called suffering by any other word.

Well the whole point of the Agent who had previously appeared in another video was to say that inspite of everything 'Its Gonna Be OK' He appears from the shadows from time to time, to remind us - Just don't forget it. 

And of course we all do when ever we get caught up in the ping pong of Attachment & Aversion. 

Well its not that often you come across this word Ataraxis ; taraxis means disturbance, Ataraxis - without disturbance Well i did recently on on Opacity, Nassim Taleb's philosophical musings page where he mentions it in relation to Stoicism and life in the East. 

Nassim Taleb is an amusing lively writer/philospher who's major thesis is about randomness and the impact of the highly improbable in society see  The Black Swan. Things that make us feel anxious, all uncertainty does.

So the Agent reminds us that no matter the uncertainty in life and life is just that, and will never be anything else, its OK. He uses the OK sign which i will write about later as its an ancient gesture/ yogic hand mudra that denotes many things.

So practice this OK sign throughout the day, even when its going pear shape.