No-Mind By Athos Antoniades Athos explains what is the 'No-Mind' state and how it can be used in Martial Arts. The Reptilian Brain is also the doorway to the subconscious, therefore entering it will also take us into the Zen state of `No-Mind' or `Wu-Wei' in Chinese.
The subconscious will then take over and direct the logical mind and body and we could have mastered self. The state of No-Mind will enable the body to move in an integrated and connected manner, maximising power and speed and therefore greatly improving our fighting ability. Most Martial Arts are not useful or effective in a realistic self-defence or fight situation as they attempt to formalise fighting by using the logical conceptual brain. Using logical pre-arranged techniques instead of using the survival instinct of the Reptilian Brain will never work as we cannot apply logic to an illogical situation and fighting and self-defence are definitely illogical. Logical pre-arranged techniques also deprive us of the ability to react and adapt to what the attacker is doing to us, attempting instead to apply our pre-arranged techniques to deal with an attack. This will always prove to be futile in a real fight. The only way to defeat any attacker would be to coordinate our energy with his pre-empting and intercepting any attack. This effectively means becoming `Masters of Adaptability'. We must eliminate thinking and fight at a No-Mind subconscious reflex level. If we stop to think chances are we will get hit. We must therefore always adhere to the Zen concept of No-Mind where the subconscious controls the logical brain and physical movement. Our intention goes to the subconscious while the thoughts go to the logical mind (ego). Therefore if our intention is to defeat any attack, the subconscious will react in a state of No-Mind and direct our energy (Chi) which will in turn direct our physical movements to always do the right thing and we can deal with any attack with maximum aggression, power, speed, and perfect timing. Just like a wild animal doing whatever it needs to survive at a No-Mind level." http://www.martialarts-london.co.uk/martial-arts-articles/no-mind.html <http://www.martialarts-london.co.uk/martial-arts-articles/no-mind.html> --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > James, > > You simply don't understand what is actually meant by no mind. It doesn't mean becoming unconscious. It means emptying consciousness of all the little usual distracting details of consciousness so that consciousness itself is experienced. It couldn't be more different than becoming a stone... > > Edgar
