禪 與高空彈跳
How to Get Rid of Mental Stress with Zen Meditation
by: Junji Takano pyroenergen
Stress Elicited by Bungee Jumping
Bungee jumping is a well-known thrill-seeking risky sports activity. Considering the risks that bungee jumpers are exposed, we tried to check and study their stress levels just before their jump. We recorded various data such as heart beat, breathing, and brain waves, while asking them about their worries in case accident happens.
For some groups, we requested them to do certain types of meditation like Yoga or Zen (Zazen). We tried to see if these sorts of meditations can help eradicate their anxiety and bring down their stress levels.
Bungee Jumping
When you have worries or problems, you stress level changes depending on the degree of your anxiety, as we have concluded based on the brain wave tests. We found out that when you are in a state of anxiety, an inner part of the brain reacts and either becomes less active or completely stops functioning. We think that this function may be the key to stop stress or reduce anxiety.
To prevent further increase of anxiety level in your brain, you really need to do some sort of trainings to reduce your stress buildup. The first thing that comes to our mind is something like that of Zazen (Zen Meditation).
Performing Zen Meditation to Calm your Mind and Reduce Your Stress
Zen meditation may be one of the best stress reduction techniques to calm your mind and reduce your stress. Yes, brain exercise of 15 minutes a day can be recommended for those who are facing such stressful situation.
As evidenced from our interviews conducted with people practicing Zen meditation, we learned that those who performed Zen meditation for more than 30 days were able to sleep way easily, as opposed to those who did not.
Zazen Meditation
Here's a Simple Meditation Technique You Can Try at Home
Imagine yourself resting while looking at the beautiful running stream of water.
Then, picture a fallen leaf passing through the creek downwards.
Now, focus and visualize placing your problem and worry to this small leaf.
The concept of this meditation technique is that the leaf will carry your problem downwards until your eyes cannot reach it anymore.
Q:
How to get rid of mental stress?
Where your stress come from?
How to calm your mind and reduce your stress?
What do you think about Zen meditation?
Sharing your ideas or experiences about bungee jumping or some extreme sports?
What to do when you have worries or problems?
What is the difference between Zen practice and chi practice?
BBC 報導台灣衛生紙 “恐慌”
Taiwan toilet paper panic: why is island caught short? BBC
Taiwan retailers have seen a rush on toilet paper over the weekend, as word spread of an imminent sharp price rise.
Shoppers used social media to post pictures of empty shelves where the product would usually be.
Manufacturers have written to retailers warning that prices are set to rise by 10% to 30% next month, as extra costs are passed on to customers.
But some shoppers said they bulk-bought because of fears the product would run out, rather than over price worries.
Toilet paper
Wikipedia
Most modern toilet paper in the developed world is designed to decompose in septic tanks, whereas some other bathroom and facial tissues are not. Toilet paper comes in various plies or layers of thickness, from one-ply all the way up to six-ply, meaning that it is either a single sheet or multiple sheets placed back-to-back to make it thicker, stronger and more absorbent.
Joseph Gayetty is widely credited with being the inventor of modern commercially available toilet paper in the United States. Gayetty's paper, first introduced in 1857, was available as late as the 1920s. Gayetty's Medicated Paper was sold in packages of flat sheets, watermarked with the inventor's name. Original advertisements for the product used the tagline "The greatest necessity of the age! Gayetty's medicated paper for the water-closet."
Q:
What do you think about new reported that “Taiwan toilet paper panic”?
Do you think that there many rumors and hoaxes in social media?
Are you an impulsive buyer?
Is toilet paper creating problems for your plumbing?
What do you about the public toilets in Taiwan?
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