The 4th Humour uninfluential words from an uninfluenced man |
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Bile humour
Apathetic hemetic
Fluent indifferent
Emetic Phlegmatic
Memetics
Hard Education Life Without Hope Close Your Mind Meme Warfare Shut Up Don't Mention It Positive Feed Not Memes Memetic Quality Robopocalypse The Good Life Silence Self-Unrealization Safety and Pride Fear for Sale Egocide Joriki Tao of Quality Karma Utilization Detachment Coincidence God's Pride Real-Life Friends City of Brass Makyo in My Mind Super-Rational Game Audio Blog Paisley Princess Movie Khan Journal Haibane.info Nonsense Dream Drivel Ma Mignonne Character Reading Time Travel NPC Theory 1. Introduction 2. Modified Turing 3. Role Spaces 4. Character 5. Processing Music Opera vs. IDM Assessments a gold star for intellect and no stars for appreciation of pop culture - Karly fun to talk to, although for the life of me, I'll never figure out why - Tracy will probably never cooperate fully - Aslum not running for governor :) - Aziz 
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Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Joriki and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Most people have a major misconception of what it means to be "Zen". They acquaint it with being totally immersed in something, of having intense focus, of being totally one with the task at hand. To some extent, that is correct, but Zen is actually much broader than that; intense, focused concentration is a "lesser" Zen known as Joriki. Joriki is what you have when you're "in the Zone". Nothing exists except you and your task, and you are its master, because you are one with it. You are doing something great for its own sake, for the sake of Paedrus's Quality, or for Khan's individuality. As there is nothing outside, there is no competitor, no source of pride, but nor is there a source of honor or cooperation. It just IS. Anyone can have Joriki, and having Joriki certainly enhances your Zen, but to be "Zen" is to be enlightened. So...Mu. |
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