"empty"

can also mean "sky"

"absence of everything negative and destructive"

"emptiness of ego"

"empty"

"ostensible reality should not be understood as true reality"

"the way of the empty hand"

"the method by which we live most productively, constructively, peacefully, etc."

"mind of nothingness"

unconscious consciousness

the state of mind that is totally in harmony with universal principles

state of mind that "knows intuitively" what is right and what should be done in each situation because it does not artifically strive to know

"mind of the moon"

without prejudice, hatred, egocentrism

karate practitioner canbe aware of opponent's movement and intenton, mind is keen and clear enough to percieve everything

if your mind is preoccupied then you cannot see clearly

"mind of the water"

only when the surface of the water is undisturbed does it reflect directly and truly

karate practitioner can see opponent clearly and directly, without distortion or self-deception

no preoccupation of the mind

"karate does not include the first move (hand)"

i.e. one should not provoke violence

note: is not meant to convey passivity

"karate is the first move"

implies that one must be ahead of the other(s) in action at all times in order to achieve victory

in order to see and hear things in the truest sense of the words you need a neutral mind with no conscious thought

direct awareness and direct experience are interrelated

occurs in three stages:

alarm

resistance

exhaustion

Physical:

dry mouth

excessive perspiration

frequent illness

gastrointestinal problems

grinding of teeth

headaches

high blood pressure

punding heart

stiff neck or aching back

Emotional:

anger

anxiety/edginess

depression

fatigue

hypervigilance

impulsiveness

inability to concentrate

irritability

trouble remembering things

Behavioral:

crying

disrupted habits (eating/sleeping)

meanness

increased use of drugs

problems communicating

sexual problems

social isolation

more controlling,

schedule driven,

competitive,

potentially hostile

higher percieved stress level

greater coping difficulties

react more explosively

more likely to have heart disease but also more likely to survive it

less hurried,

more contemplative,

more tolerant,

less frustrated

less likely to have heart disease but less likely to survive it

difficulty expressing emotions,

anger suppression,

feelings of hopelessness and despair,

exaggerated stress response

lower levels of immune cells

form of optimism

makes people view potential stressors as challenges and opportunities for growth and learning rather than as burdens

percieve fewer situations as stressful

reaction to stressors tends to be less intense

committed to activities, have sense of inner purpose, feel at least partly in control of their lives

set goals and face adversity through individual effort

three basic types center on how an individual responds to stress:

nonreactive resiliency - person does not react to stress

homeostatic resiliency - may react strongly but quickly returns to normal

positive growth resiliency - person learns and grows

associated with emotional intelligence and violence prevention

one study - 43% of adult americans suffer health problems related to stress

another study - 51% of women, 43% of men

universal and predictable response to all stressors

stress occurs in three stages: alarm, resistance, exhaustion

area of current research into the relationship between stress and disease

study of the interactions among the nervous system, the endocrine system, and the immune system

underlying premise: stress, through the actions of the nervous and endocrine systems, impairs the immune system and thereby affects health

- think and act constructively

- take control

- problem-solve

- live in the present

- go with the flow

- visualization

- meditation

- progressive relaxation

- biofeedback

- drug use

- unhealthy eating habits