Osho People take life for granted, hence there is no gratitude in them. And without gratitude there is no growth, with out gratitude there is no religion, without gratitude there is no prayer. Religion begins in gratitude and ends in gratitude. It is a journey from gratitude to gratitude. In the beginning it is a […]
Category Archives: Positive Psychology
In the Lab there are two main ways to test the meditators. Electroencephalograms ( EEG) allow changes in the brain’s electrical activity to be recorded with very accurate time resolution, while functional magnetic resonance imagining (FMRI) measures blood flows in various areas of the brain and provides an extremely precise localisation of cerebral activity.
The birth of a new born baby can lead to one experiencing a jumble of emotions – happiness, joy, anxiety, gratefulness. But it also might bring in something unexpected – depression. Many parents experience what most call “baby blues” after the arrival of the new member. What do these blues look like? Well they usually […]
A fixed mindset about ability leads to pessimistic explanations of adversity, and that, in turn, leads to both giving up on challenges and avoiding them in the first place. In contrast, a growth mindset leads to optimistic ways of explaining adversity, and that, in turn, leads to perseverance and seeking out new challenges that will […]
Hence a profound irony – the boosting of self esteem, which is intended to promote a sense of wellbeing and to discourage aggression may instead be a cause of depression and violence.
Presuppositions program us to accept things that may or may not be true, and they can be used on us by others, or even, subconsciously by ourselves. For example, if you ask yourself a question like “Why do I always sabotage myself?”
A financial crisis can affect not only your professional or personal life but most importantly, your health. It can make you feel as if turning things around will be impossible. Two of the most common effects are anxiety and depression. And these two walk hand-in-hand. When one is anxious most of the time, they increase […]
The key to disputing your own pessimistic thoughts is to first recognise them and then to treat them as if they were uttered by an external person, a rival whose mission in life was to make you miserable.
Today I was wondering as to what creates the desire for learning in students in and beyond classroom. While we all know that effective teaching is 20% content and 80% education process and we also believe that any process that begins also ends. In the context of teaching, instead of bringing closure to a lesson […]
We all know and more importantly believe that human being are born with a DNA. Now DNA comes to us as a thing that could not be changed no matter what efforts we made. Adding to it, is a comfortable acceptance of what is given to us by nature