An unpleasant, unforeseen event occurs in our life. Maybe an illness, or maybe something smaller, like a power outage. What is our natural, immediate response? Greek philosopher Epectitus wrote about being able to differentiate between things that lie within our control and things that lie beyond. We can only control ourselves, our mind, our response […]
Category Archives: Applied Philosophy
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Remember always that what so ever is happening around you is rooted in the mind. Mind is always the cause. It is the projector, and outside there are only screens -you project yourself. If you feel it is ugly then change the mind. If you feel what so ever comes from the mind is hellish and nightmarish.
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Human happiness comes in different shapes and sizes, like candies at the store. Martin Seligman proposes that there are three types of happiness!
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Nandita Kochar The Little Prince continues to capture the hearts of both children and adults since it was first published in 1943. Put to paper by pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry during his time in America, the story was inspired by his time in the French Air Force. On the surface his words may seem simple […]
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Neurologically, we know, emotional reactions to pain vary significantly from person to person, and a considerable percentage of pain sensation is linked to the anxious desire to suppress it.
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When man and woman decide to live together as a couple, their feminine and the masculine energies melt into each other–this is a natural happening. In the beginning, when they are in love, they care more for each other and the love between them is given more value.
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The soothing power of music is well known across mankind. Since it helps us connect to our emotions in a unique manner, it has proven itself to be an effective tool for stress management. Plugging in your headphones or putting on the speakers or sitting in an auditorium can be a source of music that […]
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Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman and Amostversky has studied this extensively. We are easy prey for the conjunction fallacy because we have an inate attraction to ” harmonious”or ” Plausible” stories. The more convincingly impressively or vividly Chris the aid worker is portrait, the greater the risk of false reasoning.
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Many Sadgurus, the true masters, especially the Zen masters discouraged this tendency of the lethargic attitude of the meditators and taught them to work as meditation.
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Nandita Kochar Yes, there most definitely is. Detachment means distancing oneself from the world due to a lack of interest. Detachment finds its home in aloofness. It’s a form of escapism, the kind that causes suffering in the end. Non-attachment is a practice of mindfulness and being wholly in the present. It’s also not letting […]