Zone Awareness as new frontier.

Mankind is always seeking new frontiers to discover

 and the conquest of each new frontier is an enormous boost to his pride and achievement.  Before the Internet, we went to the library as the source of knowledge and sought out information from books written on a subject of  our interest.  you had a need for an object of inquire because you were not going to begin looking for something you knew nothing about. You searched what you wanted as this new information.  Although, still to this day there are library goers who walk the stacks of books looking at titles and accepting they might find what they want. Photo of earth at right Popular Science

What has this to do with new frontiers? The Internet has open new areas of knowledge with what is called surfing. Going from a subject to another site of a completely different subject and continue to surf a wave of information with a general lack of intention is a new frontier.  In the library you would be running back to the card drawer or computer to locate the suggest topic; where with the Internet you click or search the interest that the last subject created and in an instance you are send to that new location.

 The last blog was a slap in the face with “one hand Clapping” as I prepare myself and the reader who may have rejected the blog's  ideas  I accept t that some readers did not understand or find a reality in the information. Now, as I  began part 2  of “Muscle Memory” and go into a more detail aspect of commuting with the subconscious mind; the development of a “Seeing memory”. unlike Pre-visualization,  to have a post-visualization sight will require the learning which others may find strange or without a sense of reality.

I have began re-reading the third book of Carlos Castaneda,

 “Journey to Ixylan” and  find some similar doubts about reality in this  American author and scholar  with a Ph.D in anthropology who wrote a series of books that describe his training in shamarusn and the native use of plants. His books are notes from interviews with Don Juan, a Yaqui brujo (sorcerer) and is now writing about  his learning of “Stopping the World”.  In Reality, it was learning to detach himself from the world and the speed of everything and become aware of nature. 

Castaneda, a scientist with years of ability to analysis the simple native idea and analysis cultural facts has becomes so confused and tired following a discussion, he writes about  the conversation going  silent. 

“He (Don Juan) did not say another word for a very long time, perhaps an hour went by in complete silence” “I did not know why, but our conversation had drained me. I felt like going to sleep”.  (Page 35)

These last blogs which have been rather long may have tired the readers as they were long and reference other blogs written earlier on the same subject and  of  a similar length.

So Castaneda with the interview finished and driving Don Juan to town, we find that Don Juan suggested, probably as a part of his teachings; that they stop. 

^Back of book cover'

 “He asked me to stop...and told me that if I wanted to relax, I had to climb to the flat top of a small hill on the side of the road and lay down on my stomach with my head toward the east” “ I did not want to argue or perhaps I was too tired to even speak. I climbed the hill and did as he prescribed”.

 Now this is an educated scholar doing what an old man who often seems as a “simpleton “ (page 18);  confronts his pride and suggest that he do something stupid like going and lying on the hilltop in Mexico in a certain position. 

"My interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, ..I want to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while." writes Castaneda of Don Juan teaching. (photo right)

However, Castaneda wrote “I slept for only two or three minutes, but it was sufficient to have my energy restored.”  (Page 36).  This book is not a fiction but based upon  notes from his journals of documented interviews.

  I am sure that the idea of the communication with the subconscious mind and being in the zone (Zen or relax) and the ability to see the pre-visualize action of your bowls, is just as tiresome and strange and is needing of a rest.  For this reason I have separated Part 1 and Part 2 of the blog.

We all play our sport for our own reason. Social, competitive, self-development or any of a long list of reasons; but on the net we find a new aspect of our sport. We learn about "Surfing the net".where we began to run from one ideal to the next site which discuss  a similar  topic.  

lawn bowling: BEAUMARIS, UK

 In first learning our sport, we had the teaching of how to perform the necessary actions to achieve acceptable  results from our performance.  However,  sometime while reading a blog or information about equipment we find a “Buzzword” which we have heard but have never taken the time to look at in detail.

In the last few blogs, the “buzzword”  was  “Muscle Memory”; as  I  discussed the mental aspects of our performance and bowl delivery.  because we know that somehow the muscles seems to have developed the ability to repeat the same acceptable performance. 

 Now with a new aspect of our knowledge introduced to us, we are curious as to how detail or how close to reality this idea is and if we want to include it into our sport. We are proud of who we are and how well we perform our sport and simply more practise is what most suggest as necessary for improvement.

. We have developed an image of performance which suits us and which we are happy to portrayed  to others.  We wish to stay in our "comfort zone" which is defined by what knowledge others of our group accept and what we believe to be reality. 

 We are proud and will do nothing to diminish the opinion other club members have of us.  For this reason, we may take this new information and study it, develop it, and even in the end reject it; but we will not share it. Stopping the world, of Castaneda's teacher and guide, Don Juan is doing what is necessary to find peace and enjoyment of our reality.  Our sport and our simple bowl performance.

 But if during a clubhouse discussion this topic was introduced, we will evaluate the general acceptance of this new knowledge to others of the group; and maybe indicate our previous learning.  But if the topic is not introduced, not by you or another; then it remains a personal development knowledge.  Please share what is good for our sport.  If you don’t agree or don ‘t find an advantage to using a new technique; at least accept someone else might think differently than you. Sometimes, we suggest changes which are not at that individuals stage of development or advancement.

  But if in you attempting the idea suggested or if the doing allows a lesson to be leaned, it is well worth the effort and no damage is done,  Except… DO NOT DO IT AS PART OF YOUR REGULAR ROUTINE OF DELIVERY.   

Do it as a training or exercise in learning.    As a separate and new aspect of your delivery. Know the difference of seeing the image in your mind (subconscious) and that it is not like the conscious thought of thinking of the wanted delivery action.

Oh, by the way.  Because blogs are erased after 5 years and some popular blogs are still read regularly; I will be re-publishing those blogs like “Knowing which bowl is Point” and these on the subconscious mind exercise or lessons.