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HAPPY MINDS TO JOYFUL LIVING - TAMING THE BEAST

 HAPPY MINDS TO JOYFUL LIVING - TAMING THE BEAST We have looked in our previous blogs, what is the apt relationship to maintain with our mind ? and why we need to maintain so?. In the current blog we look at, what is commonly referred to as the chatter of the mind. MIND'S CHATTER TO MINDFULNESS We talked about the constant information pounding of the mind, What does this result in ? More information being stored and memory links forming over time. One of the major consequences of this is the amplification of the existing chatter in the mind. CHATTER or THOUGHTS Until now we have not touched upon the subtle aspect of the mind which is the "thoughts". The seemingly unorganized and repeated thoughts and it pattern's are generally referred to as the chatter. Everyone hears, see them for themselves and understands what is going on. The inner voice is a constant companion, never fixed ever changing, moving from one extreme to another. Like it or not constantly going on. An ...
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HAPPY MIND TO JOYFUL LIVING - MIND AND RELATIONSHIP WITH IT - What is mine is not me

HAPPY MIND TO JOYFUL LIVING - MIND AND RELATIONSHIP WITH IT - What is mine is not me

In the previous blogs we looked at what we mean by exploration of the mind and what mind is.? Also we looked mind and its functions.

The mind plays a very key role not only with in the body but also in our life. In the journey of life certain relationships we are born with like the parents sibling's, certain we take on a few (life partner, friends, mentors) and a few others we create (children's of course).

More than any other relationship, there are two entities which remain with us always till the end, one is the body and the other mind. A few choose to look at what kind of relationship should I have with the two entities that are with us always. 

What type of relation to maintain with the mind ?



Its personal

In today's age people prefer shooting themselves in the foot rather than letting the other person do it, mind you in both cases the pain is the same, the only saving grace here is people proudly claim "I did it myself". This attitude reflects an deep urge in most people to act and do things independently.

Any suggestion on what type of relationship to maintain with their mind by a few words in a blog is not apt for the times we live in. So then again the question arises why so many words ?.

What are we looking for then?

We can safely conclude most people are seeking a pleasant living, both within themselves and in the outer world. Lets explore a bit what is meant when we use the words pleasant living.

Every individual on a day today basis faces many situations ranging from the trivial to the most complex, irrespective of the situation, the expectation on the individual is to handle the situation competently accompanied by an overflowing joyful effervescence.

Either to become competent or a joyful effervescence or both, the only tool we have at our disposal is our mind. How we maintain the relationship with the mind matters a lot.



From suggestion to exploration and discovery

Humans are social creatures and any kind of work they take up gets completed by a group. For a work to be done competently in a group setting there is no space for personal things, at yet at the same time for an individual personal things matter a lot.
 
Ideally for this dichotomy to work out, an individual needs to be equipped with a sharp mind capable of handling these contrary things. Like a On-Off  switch or a mode selector in a machine. 

Maintaining flexibility- Its mine but not ME.

With quiet reflection within and/or observation of others over time it will be apparent that we consider what is ours as ourselves. We may own a pen, a car but we are certain that it is not US. This distinction is clear and apparent. No thought schools, lectures, experts needs teaches us this.

When it comes to mind and its functions many seem to struggle to embrace this distinction. We comfortably take the thoughts, emotions and memory which are an output of minds functions as ourselves.

Until each individual make an effort to see this obvious distinction mental health is a pipe dream. The stage and times at which we live in, addressing our mental health should be our top most in the to do list.

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