As a human being we need to be aware of 5 states of mind which can be very harmful to us. These are: Hatred, Anger, Stagnation, Doubt, and Desires. We need to continuously reflect on our actions and check whether our behavior is reinforcing or creating any of these mental states. Hence, the first step …
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Suffering and self inflicted suffering
Suffering is inevitable and is part of life. Perhaps, we could say that life is suffering. Birth is pain, death is pain and living happens through pain. While pain is just part of life and is actually a very important part of growth in many ways, there also exists pain which we inflict on ourselves, …
What to do when your life falls apart?
Impermanence Nothing lasts. If you are feeling joyful today, it won’t last. If you are unhappy, it won’t last too. So don’t get carried away when you are happy and don’t be dragged in the mud when life kicks you around. However, when you are in the gutter, at the back of your mind, you …
Ethical Conduct:Sila
Sila means the ethical conduct and is one of the pillars of Buddhism. The ethical conduct can be broken into right speech, right action and right livelihood. All the three of them are components of the eight fold path. In the podcast below, the importance of balancing the heart properties with the mind properties in …
The Origin of over attachment
If a caregiver isn’t always present for a child, the latter can possibly develop an anxious attachment style. In this case, as an adult, the person may think that it’s important to cling to others for dear life or else, the person will lose the people around himself/herself. The following podcast goes over this aspect. …
How to build momentum to your goals
We are all set goals. Don’t we? Do we meet them though? As per the University of Scranton, 92 % of people who set goals do not actually achieve them. Why? I have a new set of questions to make you think a bit. Do we feel empowered by the goals? Do we know how …
Practising Mindfulness
There exists a very powerful Zen proverb which I love immensely. It goes like this: “If you don’t have time to meditate for an hour every day, you should meditate for two hours”. It really hits the nail on the head. We spend our lives over committing ourselves so much to so many things that …
Mindfulness among chaos
I may disappoint you if I tell you that living mindfully is not about seeing everything in a beautiful way. In fact, we do not try to see everything through a lens of peace and love. We actually live our current context with much more awareness which might not be such a merry ride. Think …
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