Development
The learning of academic knowledge is extremely good for brain
development. One of the purposes of this teaching is to discipline the student
to apply this knowledge in certain ways. This has the effect of making the
person think in certain specific ways. Specifically, convergent and divergent
thinking. By doing this the person develops a greater ability at analysing
problems. This problem-solving will eventually develop into intuitiveness
whereby problems may be solved using very little analysis and also sometimes
with very little data.
The martial art technique also is particularly useful for this
process. It necessitates that not only development and control of the body
movement is programmed into brain but also that the mind is controlled, so that
these movements can happen. This at first occurs slowly but as this controlled
movement is practised it becomes faster and makes part of the brain operate
faster. Eventually becoming so fast that it has to be controlled by a different
area of the brain rather than the conscious. Other sports will also stimulate
this brain activity but not to the same degree.
Breathing technique also starts to develop the conscious control
of the mind over the body. This develops the ability of the brain to consciously
control and govern some of the automatic processes of the body. This meaning
that it can control and regulate, to a greater extent, some of the primary body
functions and by doing this make the body function far more efficiently. These
alterations to basic operation are eventually done without the use of conscious
thought.
Certain meditation techniques have the effect of slowing down
areas of brain. This allows certain brain waves to function in part isolation
and if practised on a regular basis will develop this part of the brain. By
developing these in isolation, when the brain is in its normal state, it can
operate far more efficiently. The development of these various parts of the
brain have to be done separately. Like peeling an onion, each layer must be got
through separately before the next is attempted. Again, under normal operation
the brain will operate far more efficiently and in a different way.
All of these tools are used to build and strengthen brain activity
because without them and the abilities they bring, it is unlikely that the
phenomenon of Zen will be found.
Those of limited intelligence who cannot develop their brain and
those who are too lazy to use their intelligence to develop their brains should
not even try to find it.
