Koan #10...

By Vichara

Koan Monday on a Tuesday…”Without anxious thought, doing comes from being”. A number of times a day we can overload our mind / body system with information, creating a state of possible anxiousness and confusion. This multi-task, multi-stimuli state makes it difficult to come to clear answers. It is like when you have many programs opened up on your computer and the processing of information is significantly slowed down. If you close down any unnecessary programs the process of information increases. Much the same way our minds can have many programs of anxieties and irrelevant thoughts open that can slow down our natural process. If we still our mind through such practices as meditation it will free up the mental processes to respond quickly and efficiently, igniting a more spontaneous and natural response to whatever situation may arise.

marmoreal • \marh-MOR-ee-ul\ • adjective
: of, relating to, or suggestive of marble or a marble statue especially in coldness or aloofness

Example Sentence:
Mary sat silently in the corner of the room, her face expressing nothing but marmoreal calm.

Did you know?
Most marble-related words in English were chiseled from the Latin noun "marmor," meaning "marble." "Marmor" gave our language the word "marble" itself in the 12th century. It is also the parent of "marmoreal," which has been used in English since the mid-1600s. "Marbleize," another "marmor" descendant, came later, making its print debut around 1859