{"id":86,"date":"2010-08-11T06:08:38","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T06:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mindfulnessmatters\/2010\/08\/from-the-archive-mind.html"},"modified":"2010-08-11T06:08:38","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T06:08:38","slug":"from-the-archive-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/2010\/08\/from-the-archive-mind.html","title":{"rendered":"From The Archive: Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><strong><font color=\"05194e\"><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"05194e\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mind.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/96\/import\/mind.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span>Mind<\/font><\/strong>, in the sense that it is used here, means the totality of our experience of awareness and includes both the intellect (<em>thinking<\/em>) and the heart (<em>feeling<\/em>). Becoming familiar with the various aspects of the mind is an important part of developing the&nbsp;<font color=\"05194e\"><strong>Exquisite Mind<\/strong><\/font>. This section is organized in six sections (principles, mental factors, mechanics, layers, skillful, and unskillful) each with a number of their own pages provide an overview of the different aspects of experience that come into play with mindfulness practice. Most of what we know as mind is storytelling, and this important facet is discussed in the layers section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">There was a funny Matt Groenig cartoon that I saw in graduate school. Bart Simpson asks Homer, &#8220;Hey, Dad, what is mind?&#8221; Homer replies, &#8220;no matter.&#8221; Bart queries again, &#8220;What is matter?&#8221; Homer waxes philosophic, &#8220;never mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Mind is our psychology including the brain and its function. But is the mind just the brain? Some believe that the mind does transcend the body; others feel the mind dies with the brain. Whatever your philosophical or theological position, the mind can serve as or ally or our adversary. The mind is matchless tool, capable of beautiful creation, and also capable of darkness and violence. Most of the time it is simply a pain-in-the-ass! Mindfulness helps us to have a more positive relationship with the mind and to have it serve us, instead of us serving it. And who, by the way is&nbsp;<em>us<\/em>, if we are talking about the mind? Good question. Us is the the observing self, the self that appears to exercise choice, and the one who gets to direct attention. Much of the mind is automatic and conditioned like a reflex response whenever something happens out there in the world, or from within. The pages in the following sections will help in the pursuit of making the mind into a better friend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">(This page was published on the original version of the Exquisite Mind Website in 2002. &#8220;From the Archive&#8221; will feature these classic pages).<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mind, in the sense that it is used here, means the totality of our experience of awareness and includes both the intellect (thinking) and the heart (feeling). Becoming familiar with the various aspects of the mind is an important part of developing the&nbsp;Exquisite Mind. 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Dr. Kozak's ability to translate ancient healing traditions into pragmatic applications suitable for modern lifestyles through the use of metaphors have made him a strong voice in healthcare and business. Beginning with a journey to India in the 80\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s where he took the Bodhisattva vows from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Arnie Dr. Kozak began his lifelong practice in mindfulness meditation. Intent on finding a way to bring the practical healing attributes of mindfulness he began incorporating these techniques in his private practice. In 2002 Dr. Kozak created Exquisite Mind in Burlington, Vermont as a vehicle that could expand his wisdom to larger audiences beyond individual psychotherapy to professionals and corporations, health care providers, public groups and, most recently with Exquisite Mind Golf, amateur and professional golfers. His award-winning new book, Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants: 108 Metaphors for Mindfulness (Wisdom Publications, 2009) is a thoughtful, funny, and inspiring translation of mindfulness practice through the inventive use of metaphor applicable to our daily lives. In addition to his work with Exquisite Mind, Arnie Kozak, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist\u00e2\u20ac\u201dDoctorate has been a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Vermont and is a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry and Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine. He has studied and practiced clinical psychology, meditation, and yoga for more than 25 years. He has studied with several meditation masters, including S. N. Goenka, Larry Rosenberg, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. After receiving his bachelors degree with honors from Tufts University, he was awarded a Presidential Fellowship to get his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University at Buffalo. He completed his training as a Psychological Fellow at the Harvard Medical School. Prior to founding the Exquisite Mind in 2002, Arnie worked ten years in the private sector for the PKC Corporation consulting on mental health content for this revolutionary software company.","sameAs":["http:\/\/exquisitemind.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/author\/akozak"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}