A good life is one that is characterised by complete absorption in what one does We all have had the experience of being intensely absorbed in an activity, and experiment or a feeling. This is what psychologists Mihali Csiksgentmihalyi, a leading psychologist at the Clare Mont Graduate University, calls flow. In the 1960s, studying the […]
Author Archives: Jwalant Swaroop
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Jul
Jul
There is a chance that if you feel uncomfortable at the clutter on your colleague’s desk, your feelings are shared by many including your as well as his/her bosses. A survey by the hiring firm Adecco found that 57 percent of workers admitted to judging their peers by the cleanliness of their workspace. Another Adecco […]
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Jul
Jul
Enter the sound of your name and through this sound, all sounds. Your own name can be used as a Mantra very easily, and it is very helpful because your name has gone very deep into your unconscious. Nothing else has gone so deep. If we are all sitting here, and we all fall asleep […]
01
Jul
Jul
Love is a small lamp, but it is enough, in fact more than enough. You don’t need to carry a sun with you, just a small lamp is enough in the dark night. Of course it sheds light only a few feet ahead of you but that’s all that is needed : You walk those […]
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Jun
Jun
In a family there are any number of people, each one has different conditions, likes, dislikes, expectations and aspirations. All of them are trying to make sure their needs and expectations are met, that they get the focus and attention they need. For example, the husband might think he should be given the utmost respect because […]
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May
May
Culture has not been able to come into being because of the family. We think that the unit of our family is everything – if the family is there, then we have everything. And the sicknesses which the family has given birth to never occur to us. Family is the first imprisonment. If it is […]
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Mar
Mar
We don’t want to see others happy. This can mean only one thing: that we are suicidal, that we are not even ready to see ourselves happy. We have invented the idea: “only when the whole world becomes unhappy can I be happy”. But how can one be happy when the whole world is unhappy? […]
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Mar
Mar
How do we strip the alienating emotions of their power without becoming insensitive to the world, without draining life of its richness? If we merely consign them to the depths of the unconscious they will reemerge with renewed force at the first opportunity, continuing to strengthen the tendencies that perpetuate inner conflict. The ideal, contrarily […]
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Oct
Oct
Most people have a spring in their step and put their best foot forward when they are in a new relationship (work or otherwise) but they stumble and loose their footing trying to maintain relationships over the long term. Realty soon sets in and one starts realising that the honeymoon phase is officially over. The […]
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Sep
Sep
If you have been following the rule of “Keep smiling” then may be it’s the time you re-think and do a little less of that all time grinning. The researchers have found that smiling frequently may actually make people feel worse if they’re faking it. That is smiling while not feeling like smiling at all. […]