Emotions play an important role in how we perceive and interact with the world around us. We each experience different emotions throughout our life and we experience them in response to changing situations. Similarly, different experiences in our lives incite different emotions to differing intensity. However, there are certain moments that subject us to negative …
Consciousness : State of mindful awareness
Many of us are often confused with the concept of consciousness. Sometimes we use it as a mere mental activity and sometimes we think it means merely being awake. In our day-to-day activities, we attend to so many chores, big or small. ][But most of these are done mechanically and unconsciously. Even when it comes …
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Letting go: The path to freedom
“The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, it’s power will be diffused.“Chin-Ning Chu Most of us identify with our thinking mind. The stream of thinking has enormous power that can easily drag you along with it. Our thoughts always buzz around like a swarm …
The Beginner’s Mind
"In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” - Shunryu Suzuki As children, we all start off with beginner’s mind living with spontaneity, not knowing or not being sure of, yet fearless and totally available to the moment. But as we grow and become familiar of things, mind …