Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label brain

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 ...

HAPPY MIND TO JOYFUL LIVING - Emotional Intelligence & Mind

HAPPY MIND TO JOYFUL LIVING  - Emotional Intelligence & Mind. In our last blog we looked at words, memory links and triggers. In this blog let's explore what is emotion, the link between emotion and mind generally referred to as emotional intelligence and the best way to explore them. Mind and Emotions The experience of life is enriched by the type of emotions we carry. Highly contrasting emotions are triggered within us, while meeting a sweet dumb person or a prickly intelligent person. The emotions which we project and which we are subjected to invariably decide the quality of our life experience. What are Emotions ? Creatures await, the cosmic song and dance, with roaring sounds and piercing lights, to breaks the deep dark silence hanging above. Many colorless drops of lives follow, travelling miles from sky to earth, to nourish the longing creatures below. Another deep red river flows up and down in silence, nourishing the flesh and bones. It dances to a two pace tune, of a...

Human mind - What is it ?

Mind a miracle or madness? This is a one among the many blog posts about the mind. In the previous blog we embarked on a journey to explore "Mind Matters". Links to previous topics are given at the end of the blog. Readers are encouraged to go through the previous blogs .  What is mind ? At the outset even an attempt to define what the word "mind" represents an envious adventure. For the purpose of the blog and for the time being let us limit the definition of the mind as an vital organ in the body that performs a set of predefined tasks. What pre defined tasks? The mind is tasked with receiving input from other physical organs like eyes, ears, nose, skin and tongue perform a series of action on the information received and stores it. For now lets not go into how this takes place in the human body. Broadly the three stage activity of reception, processing and storage of information, are functions of the mind abo...