Showing posts with label FreeWill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FreeWill. Show all posts

Monday, August 2, 2021

Getting Answers for A Curious Mind

 

 

Human mind is curious and it has questions about any and everything.  You probably have a tone of it as well.


  • How can I be happy?

  • Why did it happen?

  • How is this possible?

  • Why do people think like that?

  • Why can't people understand me?

  • Why was I born?

  • What is the purpose of my life?

  • What is my duty?


Till we have questions our mind stays curious, wonders and tries to find answers. How do we settle this curiosity? We need to be open and accept reality and find answers by learning and educating ourselves.  Some people may help you in getting your answers , for some the questions you have may not even be a question so obviously they cannot understand and help. Since it is your curiosity it becomes your quest to find answers. Spiritualism deals with a lot of these questions as spiritualism is a way of life and yogis and our elders have given us a framework. In fact now we have an issue with the interpretations of it as these are very old guidelines and the world has changed. The curious mind can  be calmed by..


  1. Accept it as it is and don't question. (What is the cost of not knowing?)

  2. Try to be a learner and find answer


We need to be a good listener and open to different perspectives, Not react but respond with our actions. Responding engages us in life, helps in self analysis and finds what didn't work the way we expected. It becomes a feedback loop to learn more about the changes in the society and align ourselves.  What was considered a norm 10 years ago is forgotten today and we have new norms. We have to be conscious and aware which keeps us informed and makes us aware.


from my personal experience.. I was trying to learn statistics by trying to relate to what I knew.. It was very hard. Then I accepted it as a new subject with an open mind and was able to learn it a lot faster than I could have thought. So sometimes the experience helps us in learning and sometimes they slow us down. As humans we should be able to make a call about what to take up with an open mind.


If we are stuck in one place, we will keep on seeing the same problems and issues again and again.



 I just did math. By looking at it, we have only around 7 hours (2659 hours in a year) on an average per day to learn and be better. Rest of the time is used for sustaining our existence (8 hours for sleeping, 8 hours for work, 3 hours of routine work). How many hours do we spend on a regular basis on self improvement and learning?


When we are a constant learner it becomes natural to us and it is not even an effort, but most of us get into I know more and stop being open and curious, the moment we do that we go stale and uncomfortable and start losing touch with the people around us .. which makes us question, curious and at some point in time uncomfortable to as to we don't fit any more. 


Astrology can be a good start for a curious mind as it relates to almost every aspect of  life and how we perceive and interact with it. To be at peace we need to get the answers and simplify our life.














Thursday, February 16, 2017

Power of Gratitude


I recently became a fan of gratitude as described in Law of Attraction. Gratitude is simply saying thank you and also not complaining about anything. I tried out gratitude in my life and I think it really works. I am writing this out from my experience. Lot of the people have negative thinking. These days it is very easy to be negative than a positive thinker. It is easy to focus on the negative things. So when we think negative we also behave negative. When we are interacting with another person a negative situation become very negative. When we complain about the situation, we are avoiding the steps to change the situation. When we complain about things going wrong all the time, this creates a negative vibration and creates more of these situations for us. According to ‘’Law of Attraction’’ we attract according to our own vibration. So if you think negative you are attracting negativity from the universe.

So how do we turn things around ? Best thing is by thinking positively, start being thankful to everything what you already have and stop complaining, accept things as they are in present moment and pray/wish for good time. As soon you start this process automatically you will see a positivity change within you. You will feel peace of mind and happiness around you. if you don’t believe then give a try and feel the difference within yourself. Everything is vibration so your thoughts are also vibration. Universe works on the basis of vibration. Whatever vibration you are giving to people or the universe it is coming back to you. So if you are thinking positive you are attracting positive vibration from the universe.

Gratitude is being grateful for what you already have. Gratitude is considered a positive psychological factor that has also been associated with well-being. Gratitude are key positive factor to consider that an attitude of gratitude is related to better mood, sleep, less depressed, less fatigue, and more self-efficacy. The more gratitude you show more you have positive effects on better health, relationship and in general all areas of life. Therefore those people have increased levels of gratitude may have implications for improving health outcomes. Gratitude is considered a positive psychological factor, it is not necessarily good for all people under all circumstances.

Focusing on “thoughts of gratitude” reveal that gratitude interventions have a significant effect on improving daily positive emotions. Gratitude demonstrated strong relations with the following positive effects: joyful, hopeful, inspired, forgiving, and happy people tend to live longer, make more money, and enjoy enduring loving relationships. Positive emotions suggests that gratitude may also help individuals build other durable resources for well-being. Specifically, it may nurture creativity, intrinsic motivation, purposefulness and spark an upward spiral of positive emotions and outcomes.

This may explain why grateful people tend to be higher in vitality, optimism, religiousness, spirituality, well-being and better relationship quality ( because they are not criticizing each other). When we show gratitude we feel more happy. Happiness is often defined as a feeling of gladness, satisfaction or contentment, as a lasting sense that life is fulfilling, meaningful, and pleasant. Happiness includes emotional states of joy, contentment, positive well-being, and a perception that one’s life is worthwhile. Those people who live happily have shown that they complain less and possess an abundance factors such as joy, contentment, and the perception that life is valuable. Conversely, unhappy people shows more criticizing habits and fewer satisfying relationships and less gratitude.

So how to start Gratitude ?

Start by being grateful and stop complaining. When we complain less we feel much happier. We should complain less about what we don’t have and be more grateful about what we do have. This creates positive vibration about what do you wish you could be more happy, have more abundance and achieve in every area of life. A complaint free life, focusing positive aspects of life. Give thanks to every kind experience of life whether it is bad or good. Most of the time we learn something from our bad experience of life and our soul grow. After all we are here to learn and grow. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life and it turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. You will start to feel more relaxed, have less stress, you will feel more love in your relationships. You will feel more confident. We all live hectic lives these days. Having negative thoughts and feelings interrupt the flow of energy that is used in them a manifestation of your desires.

If you want to be successful in business and in life you must apply the law of gratitude. This is one law often gets overlooked and misunderstood. The Law of Attraction say you must obey this law. When you obey this law it will change your vibration and we attracts things according to what kind of vibration you have. Some people attract good relationship in their life and some are not because of their own vibration,  If you want to have good things in your life, change your vibration accordingly what you want. The magic is all around you, the trick is to see it. We all have experienced this form of gratitude. Remember when we were growing up, we were always told to say thank you, be grateful for what we were given. Do you want more happiness, more wealth and more love, gratitude is the key to achieving all these things. With gratitude, you awaken all these things in your life. Give a try.

|||Namaste|||



Saturday, April 23, 2016

Engaging in the world with Intellect/Intelligence/Awareness

Have you ever been in a situation where your conversation ended up in a conflict/anger or argument?
there could be many reasons..
  1. You may not  have complete knowledge of the subject.
  2. you may not have evaluated that the person is right to have the conversation.

In any case it is our assessment which has gaps or is flawed. We need to work on our analytical skills to avoid a situation.

Intellect is a complicated thing.. Is the other person open to the conversation or the ideas and does not have a intellect to hear the other person out and have a debate or a conversation.. then why are we even having the conversation. We should back out and find a person who is worthy and willing to grow with the knowledge and connect the dots.

Most of the conflicts around us are caused due to...
  1. Lack of awareness
  2. Rigidity to change
  3. Having preconceived opinions/notions.
  4. Lack of being open to the world/information
The conflict does not even arise among people who are open for conversations and willing to understand other persons point of view. Irrigation/anger is not letting us solve the problems. We are trying to get clarity and predictability. Every one has a point of view about how to deal with a situation, but then there is always a reason why we  don't want to go the other way. A reason is not good enough when we cannot describe or articulate it and express our dilemma.

Sometime we thing that a solution has to be perfect or it cannot have unknowns. Can we predict how we will act the next adverse event.. it is hard to .. so a solution is as good as what we know at the moment and there could be some unknowns that needs to be dealt with as they come forward.

World and People around us: We may think what we know is the truth/whole, but most of the time there is always something that we are not aware of. So navigating our way through it is the best option, as we are willing to listen and answer.. in the process we learn and appear humble. It is humane not to appreciate arrogance.

Human Mind decides to dislike then there is no turning back unless:  It is just that we as humans take time to make a belief or understand something. Once done it is hard for us to change the perspective about something. Imagine some one has done that what is the probability of they accepting your point of view. One needs to be able to articulate information is a very structured and sequential manner for other to be able to appreciate your perspective. We have to be able to articulate our thoughts and information is a expressive and positive way.

Forcing routine/structure around our life: Surprise and sudden events  can cause us unease. We should try to be predictable is what ever means possible. Since we are predictable we don't have to get surprised or plan at the last moment , which can cause uncertainty in the subsequent events and eventually in life as a whole.


One-on-One with Yourself & Entrepreneur
Materialism/Bhikshu to Spiritualism , Knowing yourself