Deciding on priorities The topic title "Deciding on priorities" at first reading may seem quite obvious until we dig into what the words "deciding" and "priorities" indicate for each individual. We know the literal meaning of the words "decide" and "priority". These two words are quite a unique combination, in the sense they quietly capture the ethos of the current action packed world. In earlier blogs we looked at actions and it's relationship with the mind. Both externally and internally its an action packed world. From movement of the galaxies, to movement of the sun, to the rotation of the earth, to the growth of the leaves, to the blossoming of the flowers, to the movement of the roots its a non stop action based cosmic and external world. Coming to the internal actions of the individual, is not to be underestimated in comparison to the external action packed world. There are many things which go on within each and every indivi...
The Essence of the Human Mind: Thought, Memory, and Identity 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 inform...