Saturday, April 4, 2015

How we Perceive the world - Self Analysis

As they say it is all in our mind. I was trying to write this kinda article for a  long  time but then I started stumbling on Youtube videos of TED.  I couldn't have said it better than these 3 individuals. I will summarize it for you but it is worth watching these videos.


This article has a potential to change how we engage with loved one and people around us

When we have opinion or perspective it is based on the following. In personal life it will be a bit different but you get the point.
  1. Personal bias
  2. Outdated facts
  3. News bias
  4. Intuition
 (How not to be ignorant about the world)

In second video by "Emily Balcetis" on TED.. How we interpret thing based on our physical and mental conditions.. She has taken exercise as an example (for not so healthy the same distance looked longer than the individuals in better shape) , but this bias applies to us in every thing we do.. be it love, relationships , learning, work etc..

The third video is from "Chimamanda Adichie" She talks about "The danger of Single Story" (having no awareness of other opinions/facts) When I listen to it I realized.. not knowing much is also a bias in someways that we are not aware of.. lot of opinions we have are based on our ignorance .. we build our lives on these opinions , perceive people around us and the world. So we owe it to ourselves to have a balanced view.

(Some good links in the bottom of the article .. worth reading)

How not to be ignorant about the world



How mind perceive the world.. it is different from others

The danger of Single Story








Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Vedic May 2015 Horoscope/Forecast Astrology

Vedic May 2015 Horoscope/Forecast Astrology


Planet
Description
Sun
Is in Aries till 14 May after will be in taurus
Mars
Is in Taurus on 3rd May
Mercury
Is in Taurus on 3rd may Retrograde on 19 may
Jupiter
Entered in Cancer on June 18 for one year
Venus
In Gemini on 8th May
Saturn
In Scorpio Retrograde till August
Rahu
In Virgo in july retrograde (Rahu always retrograde).
Ketu
In Pisces in july retrograde (Ketu always retrograde).
Full Moon
03 - 04 May in Libra
New Moon
17 - 18 May in Taurus


Mercury the planet of communications of how we gather information how we make decisions Mercury is entering into the sign of taurus on May 3rd and it will remain in taurus about two times longer than usual. it's going to remain there until July 8 this is because Mercury is going retrograde on May 18, mercury appear to go backwards remaining in the sign of taurus and then move forwards again on June 11 2015.  Mercury retrograde is always a time when there could be miscommunications and misunderstandings. Anything can go wrong  and it has to be really triggering some difficult aspects and planets in your chart but Mercury retrograde is a very favorable time to read minds, in other words just go back over everything.

Mars is going to be in taurus until June 15 so Mercury and Mars together. Mercury conjunction with Mars is a somewhat problematic combination. Mercury is the planet of communications and Mars is the planet of combat and impatience. Obviously this is not going to be conducive to reasonable discussions rather we get a tendency towards forceful words and argument. The underlying problem here is the Mercury is the one of rational thinking and Mars is the one of fast action involves the mind is moving too fast with the result that important details may be skipped over or there's not enough time to think things through. Mercury is the planet  of making decisions Mars wants results instant.  Forceful moves of Mars on Mercury's capacity to think clearly is not good for making important decisions. The planet of information, speaking, and communications  is with the planet of aggression and conflict, the result is aggressive communication, impulsive, outspoken opinionated and prone to making mistakes. So it's not a good time for making important decisions. 

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Asking for Answers from Others (Self Analysis)

or How to ask question to be able to get the answers we are looking for

How many time we have found ourselves to be looking for answers for the real world thing. We normally just do the most obvious thing that is to ask someone whom we know or who is next to us. Let's look at a conversation....for how to fix a table..

my question is how to fix a table..(this is lot simple for this conversation than an opinion or relationship problems)

other person if they don't have visual .. this is the bare minimum a person would need to know..
  1. What is the problem with the table? (there could be lot more  as you are with a problem and the other person have no idea without a visual.)
  2. Is it a wooden or plastic table?
  3. What is the size of the table?
  4. What exactly needs to be fixed we probably want to narrow it down.
  5. What tools do we have to be able to fix the problem?

This may lead to a conversation where.... why  did I even ask the question if there are so many questions asked to me for solving my problem...

With a visual.. It is lot easier to have a conversation as the person can see, have a better context and make there own judgement and will have to ask fewer questions..

To get an answer to a question we need to be able to define the problem clearly or should have a pretty good idea of what our problem is.. Imagine we don't understand our problem clearly.. What are the chances of other person will be able to figure out our problem clearly and solve it.. 

So now the burden is on the person who has been asked a question to figure out the real problem and solve it... if they cannot then it is the person who was asked is at fault to not be able to answer the question.. Now this is really bad for the person who has been asked the question and is setup for failure.

So to be able to get an answer we should be able to do the following..
  1. Try not be in a too much of a hurry as some problem really takes time to solve. 
  2. Clearly setup the context.
  3. Clearly define the problem.
  4. Provide a visual or express the problem in a way that is very close to a visual.
  5. Be open to the conversation.. to solve a problem it take 2 to work on it at least (one who has a problem and the one who is trying to solve it).
We could have spent many hours in dealing with the problem so we probably understand it better.. for another person they are just starting on the problem so they will take some time to understand your problem.... have patience .. otherwise it is hard for a person to understand the problem with the same intensity as you have..

Sometime the other person is not into the thing and they don't have the time to look into your problem. At that time either find someone else or start figuring the solution to your own problem. Internet is a very good tool and search engines have made it easy to search for thing. People are creating videos on solving anything out there :-). With the busy life we have these days I guess Internet is the best place to start with or to understand how other people have approached the problem.

If you are a person of few words and if you feel that other people don't understand you and don't want to solve your problem then probably the above needs to be considered. If you believe there are  soulmates those who will understand what is in your mind and solve the problems.. but then how many soulmates we can find, but if we are able to express our thoughts clearly we will have a better probability of other be able to help us in solving out problems.  (Whatever our planetary positions are .. for some it will be easy to do for some it will be difficult.. but describing any problem is the first step in solving the problem )


Or if we were rich.. if the person would have made the money.. then they would have figure out how to communicate with other and solve their problems .. once you have the money then there are people who will take care of our problems.. so in any case we need to be able to be communicative to be able to live a happy and peaceful life.  (people who are born rich and have not worked on how to communicate will face the same problems)

Expecting the right answer( as in our mind) as we think for a questions is just like winning a lottery .. if we are not that lucky then it is a good idea to improve our communication and how we express our questions


Following are good articles

Law of Attraction and Astrology
Listening, Speaking and Altruism (Self)
Positive Use of Astrology Analysis 

Technically Right … does that make you happy??Self Analysis