Time to start squeezing!

Please allow me to start off this blog with a little trivia; the reason will become apparent down the road.

The mass of an adult human brain is approximately 2.87 to 3.1 pounds; a newborn human brain is about 0.77 to 0.88 pounds. The average Male's brain weighs 3 pounds; the average Female's brain weighs 2.8 pounds.
The brain of the genius Albert Einstein weighed 2.71 pounds, a bit lighter than the average male of female, I wonder why?
Maybe he’s was trying, and succeeding, to do what I am, emptying his mind of all his useless thought.
Is that even possible?

I tend to think so, and believe it is of the utmost importance on our path of awakening. I call it squeezing out the sponge; others may call it emptying the tea cup. Those familiar with Zen have all heard the story of the university professor who went to visit a famous Zen master. While the master quietly served tea, the professor talked about Zen. The master poured the visitor's cup to the brim, and then kept pouring. The professor watched the overflowing cup until he could no longer restrain himself. "It's overfull! No more will go in!" the professor blurted. "You are like this cup," the master replied, "How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"
I myself tend to think my mind is filled with tons of useless information, judgments, beliefs, ideas; the list goes on and on, all filling my mind like a sponge, and not till I squeeze out the sponge will I have room for clarity.

Time to start squeezing!