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　　SATORI in Zen is a kind of personality change. It is brought about by mutual interaction of Active Zen daily activities) and Static Zen (Zazen, in other words, regulation of body, respiration and regulation of mind). In other words. It is brought about by every day activities including Zazen. As it has been mentioned before the mental stales in SATORI are expressed as ”SHUKYAKU-GOITSU", "MUGA", "ZAMMAI" etc.. But the personality changes will not occur with just these kinds of experiences alone. Such kind of experiences of SATORI would affect his cognition and cognitive pattern and they lead him to look at things from new angles. Here, the personality changes refer to the changes of one”s cognition. Then what kind of changes in cognition are brought about by these experiences in SATORI. Detailed explanation will be given afterwards, but it seems that these can be summarised down to the following 2 points.

　　(1) It enables a person to face and observe the reality and accept it as it is.

　　(2) One would stop having an egocentric point of view and start seeing things from altruistic point of view, or would have a wider point of view. Then. what kind of changes do Zen practices cause to one”s personalities and one”s actions

　　(1) Changes in real life are seen.

　　(a) Inner resource to live every second with all one”s energy occurs.

　　(b) One comes to be able to accept thc reality as it is. Tendency to escape or avoid difficult situations decreases.

　　(c) Feelings of fullfillment and vigor appear.

　　(2) Anxiety or fear decreases.

　　Emotions are released and desensitisations arise in state of dynamic equilibrium in Zazen.

　　(3) Performing daily acts based on abdominal respiration becomes a habit.

　　(a) Performing physical functions are activated by abdominal respiration.

　　(b) Balances in autonomic nervous systems is recovered.

　　(c)Function of internal organs is strengthened.

　　(d) Tolerance against stress is reinforced.

　　(4) One is released from attachment to the self.

　　A person”s energy can all be used in actions in reality in state of MUGA (selflessness). For example. it is seen in athletic technique, artistic expression, the perfection of behavior of NO (classical Japanese dance drama) or SADO (tea ceremony).

　　(5) Ego-centric point of view ceases.

　　(a) Seeing things from other people”s, or with wider point of view becomes possible.

　　(b) Creative ideas will not be restricted by a rigid frame of thinking.

　　Summary

　　In this treatise. I considered about the relationship between Zen practice and self-control.

　　Zen practice consists of thc interaction between the Active Zen (concentrating of one”s attention upon inpidual actions in daily life) and Static Zen (Zazen : regulation of body, regulation of respiration and regulation of mind).

　　SATORI is an intuitive awareness which is brought through changes of the way of experiencing and and accumulation of these changes. A state in SATORI is psychophysiologically very peculiar.

　　It”s a well balanced state of body and mind accompanied by tension within relaxation and fulfillment rather than than just a state with body and mind in relaxation. SATORI would influence one”s cognitive structure and could be possible for one to look at oneself and one”s world from new angle.

　　These changes of the way of looking at things can be summarised down to the following 2 points.

　　(1) It will be possible for a person to face and observe the reality and accept it as it is.

　　(2) One will stop having an ego-centric point of view and will start seeing things from an altruistic point of view or will have a wider point of view.

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