mewtwo Posted May 14, 2014 At the monastery know as google a noob was meditating on a koan his sys admin had given him. Why is it that the on off button or switch will solve errors in electronic devices, if the keyboard is not responding turning it off then on might fix it please explain? So your thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted May 15, 2014 The on/off switch is a wonderful thing. Turn something on and whatever it is connected to will likely do wonderful things for us. If it starts smoking we need to turn it off. On a computer a bad program can cause many knids of problems, even make the keyboard stop responding. Turning the computer "off" removes all programs from memory. Turn it back on and the keyboard will function properly again unless the program that caused the problem is run again. Life is that way, you know. We turn ourself "On" (go out into society) and experience problems but when we return home (Off) the problems disappear. Back when I was married to my third wife I acquired "selective hearing" where when she started bitching I totally lost my hearing. When she stopped bitching or if she or I left the house my hearing magically returned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Posted May 15, 2014 I still don't understand why people don't use the off button when they want to start bitching instead of making me using the off button of my hearing. But I hear you, I've been there too. (not yet at the third wife) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silent thunder Posted May 15, 2014 I recalibrate often, usually by camping alone. Love that on/off switch. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted May 15, 2014 It is not the button that goes on and off. It is your mind. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted May 15, 2014 (edited) There is no off button with minds but there is an exit door. Best to keep that exit door open. Otherwise things become pretty overcrowded pretty quickly. We all have a great teacher. Cultivation 101... "Breathe in and you gotta breathe out." Edited May 15, 2014 by GrandmasterP 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted May 15, 2014 it is a return to beginning, a re-initiation of protocols ergo, practice embryonic breathing 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites