MIND– What it has and how it works?

Today, we will talk about what is mind, parts of mind, their functionalities and how is it different from brain.

This blog lays a foundation for my upcoming blogs. I want you to have a clear picture of the concept of mind for a better understanding of the forthcoming articles.

What is MIND?

Mind is the set of thinking faculties including cognitive aspects and non-cognitive aspects.

Recently, I have read one book ‘Power of Subconscious Mind’ by Joseph Murphy. It’s indeed the masterpiece in its niche. To understand the concept of mind, I’ll give you some useful insights about our topic from this very book.

How mind is different from Brain?

How many of you think that mind and brain is one and the same thing?  I know your answer is positive. But factually, mind and brain are two different entities.

Brain is the tangible organ of our body. Mind is part of the intangible and invisible world of thought process, feelings, emotions, belief and imagination. It is true that brain is closely associated with mind but mind is not confined to brain. Brain is the hardware and mind is the software. Mind is the source of energy in the body.

Concept of Conscious and Subconscious Mind.

Mind has two levels – the conscious or rational level and subconscious or irrational level.  Mind consists 10% of conscious mind and 90% of subconscious mind.  

Conscious mind is referred to as objective mind and it deals with the outer objects. It takes cognizance of the objective world. It’s mode of observation are our five physical senses (eyes, nose, skin, ear and tongue). You recognize things through your senses. Your objective mind is the guiding light to perceive various things in environment. It learns through observations, education and experience. It has the power of reasoning. It works only when we are awake not when we are sleeping. It works at the human speed. It is also called the logical mind because it thinks before acting.

Whereas, subconscious mind is your subjective mind. It perceives by intuition. It takes cognizance of the environment by means independent of your five senses. It is the seat of your emotions and the storehouse of memory. Subjective mind performs its functions when the objective senses are in suspension. It works 24X7. It works, in fact, way beyond the speed of light.

Subconscious mind cannot argue. It has no capacity of reasoning. It will accept what is delivered to it. If you think good, good will follow; if you think evil, evil will follow. It acts in the same manner for every suggestion.

Above are the capsules to understand the basic notion of Mind, Conscious Mind and Subconscious Mind.

After knowing this much about the subconscious and conscious mind, what do you think, which level of the mind is working presently while you are reading this blog? It’s actually both. Enjoy your day segregating your acts, as to which are governed by conscious mind and which are governed by subconscious mind.   :)

Be FEARLESS: The Risk Taker

In this age of high end technologies, cut throat competition and politics involved in the offices for climbing up the growth ladder in professional fronts, being fearless seems to be a difficult approach at the first glance, but if you be the one, I bet, you will definitely unleash a new you.  It is way better to follow the path of fearlessness instead of involving ourselves in all the other related tabs i.e. flattering, gossiping and all. Let’s check out if being fearless helps in any way in our daily life, to keep ourselves calm, to find our solace, to maintain the sanity in tough times.  

We all know the meaning of fear. We are not talking about the fear from paranormal activities or hallucinations. Let me introduce you the full form of fear.

F-E-A-R- has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise’. The choice is yours.        - Zig Ziglar

Fear in practical life resembles our insecurities e.g. insecurity of losing our job, life partner, financial insecurity etc.

Do you ever think what negative role do these tiny insecurities play in our life? They subconsciously train our mind to believe that in the event of happening a particular event, we may lose an important thing and after losing that very thing, we won’t be able to survive, we won’t be able to cope up with our lives. I used the words ‘negative role’ for them, because they restrain us to take risks. They pull us back from doing anything which may have fruitful results.

Sometimes, we create a stupid situation in our mind and don’t take the requisite steps. We keep our expression of opinion within ourselves. Sometimes, we are so pissed off at our professional front; we take all shitty things on us, just to keep everyone happy around us. We listen for the mistakes, which actually would not have committed by us and best part is, we have had the knowledge of this fact, even then we don’t speak up. And in between all the chaos around us, we lose our sanity. We think and think again as to what went wrong? Here, I ask you, why?

Can’t we afford being fearless? Can’t we come out of our fears and insecurities? Can’t we take stand for ourselves or even for others, if they are right? Can’t we quit the current unsatisfactory placement just because we are afraid of getting a new one and even if we get a new place, just because we are not sure if we’ll be able to cope up with the newness, to survive in the new environment with the new colleagues?

Revisit your LIMITS

If you forget, let me remind you a simple fact of your being a human and for you, SKY IS THE LIMIT. Now with this mindset, take all the examples referred to above and revaluate your decisions. And believe me if we take decisions keeping all our insecurities aside, we do the same work more efficiently, attracting more prosperity and relatively more satisfaction. The fearless outlook flips the results altogether.

Conclusion

Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire. Being fearless is most powerful state of mind. It boosts your confidence. The moment when your confidence is high and you are ready to take risks, things start changing.

Once you become fearless, life becomes limitless. Expand your limits.

One who is not afraid of losing anything can afford all the risks. If you really are eager to achieve something, try taking risks.  I am not suggesting you to take risks without any planning. No doubt, risk-taking can lead to big wins, but it's equally wise to be choosy and look before you leap. Every risk has something to teach us. It may either be success or failure, no other way out. Even the failures give us lessons and afford us a chance of grabbing the opportunity with better precision. Just don’t make decisions in the state of fear and keep fluttering your wings without any fear, coz SKY IS YOUR LIMIT.

Is the GOOD LIFE an enemy of a BETTER/ BEST LIFE?

As the topic itself poses a question today, the article too is loaded with lots of questions.  This is because I wanted you all to do some introspection.

Do you ever realize that how many of us live our life only in comfort zone? And did you ever reach to a point that our habit of remaining in comfort zone could have been a reason for our lagging behind to achieve the best of everything that we are now having?

Let’s do some mental exercise over this topic and go to the roots of this argument.

To understand my point, we can take some of the daily life examples.  Food with calories is good as it will definitely satisfy your hunger, yet food coupled with calories nutrition is better as it will take care of not only our hunger but health as well. For a time pass, any book reading may sound good but reading a book which can somehow touch you deep inside or can impact your life positively will always be a better option. Doing an exercise for building the muscle strength may be a good idea, but isn’t it would be a better combination, if that exercise be combined with yoga, so as to build us strong not only physically but also spiritually? An earning, which provides your family with the food, comfort and fulfillment is good but who would say no to a handsome earning which shall also include some future savings? Since childhood, I have heard the saying ‘sangat ka asar’.  In that very context, being social is good but hanging around with the people who help you grow directly or indirectly in Life is always better.

My question to all of you is, why not to utilize the limited time we get for ourselves in a better way? We have a short life, I mean, atleast for my kind of person, who wants so much from her life, the life is short. The question arises, why not to come out of our comfy zone to make this short life the best of its genus. Don’t you people think that ‘just a good life’ is an enemy of ‘a much better or infact the best life’?

We have always been nested within our snugness. I would ask you a direct question, why so sluggishness? Would you really mind, if by increasing your efforts a bit more, you would be getting a better life, a more satisfactory life?  

Good, better, best. Never let it rest till your good is better and better is best. – St. Jerome

Life cycle of the butterfly is the perfect example for all of us. Even the pupa does not exactly become a butterfly unless it wrestles against its own self for coming out of the cocoon.  The cocoon has been the comfy zone for pupa too.

So folks let’s tussle a bit more against our own strengths for becoming a butterfly, for showing our true colours to the world, for achieving a somewhat better life.

I have included no conclusion today, because you are the best judge for wriggling out the crux of the above decision for yourself.

Think about it and please let me know, as to what changes have you brought into your life with small changes.

MOTHER – A ROLE MODEL

Since mother’s day was round the corner, I thought why not to write about Mother and her phenomenal strengths.

Today’s blog is not at all technical but a segment of emotional flood.

A mother in every family plays the important role of strong pillar. She lays the foundation of a family. She does everything to keep the family’s need fulfilled even at the cost of her own comfort. They are actually the expert on almost every bit of our need. Even after marriage, I consult my mother for many tasks. From an expert advisor to a best friend, they have all within.

We all have seen our mothers doing all the household chores right from the rising of first rays of sun till the time they sleep. They have exceptional level of energies which keep them flowing. Did you ever ask this question as to from where do they get such extraordinary strength to look after all of us?

Today, when I have become a mother, I find myself being able to answer it very easily and I know, all the mothers out there are already aware of the answer.

Such astounding power comes from ‘Willingness’.  You must have noticed that they do even the smallest of work with all their heart. Because they really want to do it. They don’t get paid for their immeasurable efforts, infact, most of the time, their efforts remain unacknowledged. 

We always have enormous inspirational instances around us and one of them is the mother. The list of lessons a mother teaches during her lifetime has no end. For me, my mother is the strongest personality I have ever seen.

We have always played a role of seeker when it comes to our mothers. But somehow, I feel in the race of life, we have left them behind. We don’t give them even the least that they deserve. Don’t you think, everyday is a mothers’ day for all their daily endeavours? Why should it be celebrated only on one day in a year?

What a Mother wants?

Can you recollect as to when did you last talk to your mother without any work?

And will you believe me, if I say, they want nothing from their children and family, when it comes to their expectations? Yes, nothing, except their share of respect and time. They feel so glad when their children talk to them for no reason.  Believe me when I say that they just want a bit out of your 24 hours and they are overjoyed.

So readers, leaving your virtual/ social media lives apart, please sit beside your mother, have a fun talk with her and observe her ecstasy, the radiance on her face. They actually need it. It would be their best gift, go and please present her.

Dedicated to all the MOTHERS out there – You Are Phenomenal !!

COVID – 19: THE TOLL TAKING VIRUS

Amid all the news and death tolls, I am not going to talk about the devastating situation which this virus has created, but I am certainly going to talk about some other aspects of such virus, which I am sure must have a coincidental similarity with all of us.  

What all this virus has had for us?

This virus has different aspects for everyone. During lockdown, there is one lot of people, who actually enjoyed this period with their family. Working moms could dedicate their full time to their kids, which they have always been craved for.

On the other hand, there is that lot of people, who lost their means of earning and ran from pillar to post for satisfying the hunger of their families. Yes, the poor, the down trodden class. This class includes all from labour to our domestic helpers, to school drivers and many more.

In today’s edition, my concern is totally towards the latter lot.  Though most of us have had a deduct of certain amount in our salaries, but still we are on a much higher footing than those who have got nothing even if they are ready to serve. 

Recently, I met a person, who is a school bus driver and he was disturbed for the reason of not getting even a single penny from the passenger children’s parent just because the schools are shut. Satirically, we can pay the school fee in full, which is, now a days, is a bulky sum, but we cannot pay the meager charges of school bus for our children. Those drivers, helpers have their families too. 

Secondly, the domestic helpers, who were dependent on their monthly salary like most of us, are going through a tough time. These people have no savings. They are actually the pissed off section in the present days.

Above citied are just the two of examples with whom I directly came into contact, you all must have observed other types of similar lots too.

There appears a class of private companies employees too, who are being fired as a result of no business in the companies.  Economy has, no doubt, gone into down lines, however, the economy can be revived but the dead can never be revived.

What least we can do for mitigating the catastrophic effects on poor sections? 

My readers, who are reading this blog, I would humbly appeal that though we are not a social worker, yet we are human and only a human can understand the other personage, please pay your helpers in this hour of need, if not full then to some extent but please help them financially.  We can’t help the fired people, I know. But we should do the least, which we are actually capable of. 

With this ending note of evoking your generosity for forwarding a helping hand to all your helpers on humanitarian grounds, I cherish my endeavour of creating our society a bit more aesthetic, more gracious, proclaiming the proverb ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (the world is one family)  more realistically.

Is over thinking really a problem?

We are usually addicted to over thinking. In today’s stressful professional fronts and further the actual hours we spend at our home being very hectic and loaded with work and various responsibilities, it is not skeptical to be an over thinker.  Now owing to such a life, the question arises, is it wrong if go into a state of over thinking? Let’s find out as to how it should be dealt with.

When we over think about a certain issue, we factually think about particular words or experience which are leading us towards the issue itself. We are well aware of the fact that every word is associated with a picture/ experience in our brain. Those experiences create an emotion and the emotion ultimately generates chemical reactions with the help of our brain.  If the experiences are positive, it leads to a positive state of mind and the brain secrets dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and endorphins, which are happy hormones. If those experiences are bitter, they lead to a negative state of mind and the brain secrets less of the happy hormones which generally leads to sad state of mind.

The happy hormones if secreted in ample quantity, affects positively our body and mind and good health attracts better quality of life. Whereas, if these hormones are secreted in less quantity, our mind goes into sad zone which ultimately effects negatively our body and hence, our health deteriorates.

Need is not to terminate over thinking but deviate the way we over think to yield happiness instead of deepening the stress.

Suppose we are over thinking on certain issue happened in our home, be that a verbal altercation with your spouse. If you just jump over the conclusion as to who was right or wrong, and it is an admitted that we look ourselves not a culprit but as a victim, the whole world surrounded by that person will appear to you as your enemy. On the contrary, if we analyse the things with a peaceful mind for reaching the conclusion, we will find the correct loophole and get to know about the areas which need improvement. The so called loopholes, if corrected by the ways you poured your over thinking upon, can lead to the happy state of affairs. So, ultimately, it is the same over thinking, which led us to happiness, by that over thinking, we could be a self help to ourselves, the best help to ourselves.

Usually, we are accustomed to think negatively. It's not easy to change this habit but it is not impossible too. Even if you are overthinking, think positive.

Conclusion

Over thinking is not an issue, the issue is to divert it to a positive direction. The trick behind is as simple as written over here, and that is, to learn to shift our thoughts, to flip them to our own benefit.

So folks, apply this formula in the hour of need and let us know, if it was really helpful and the tricks I exemplified above, really came to your rescue or not.

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Unleash A Better You - A Glimpse

Hey Guys, I am excited and zesty to introduce my blog “Unleash A Better You”. As you are here on ‘Unleash A Better You’, I am sure you must be looking forward to grow in life and improve yourself to a better version and if this is your purpose, I must congratulate you as you are on right place to add value to yourself.

Happy to share that I am also focused towards finding our good-selves, to work on it, support it, to nourish it and to blossom it for ultimately using it to achieve our aims. The idea is to unleash a better us and from an author’s perspective, as we are always focused and concerned about our audience, it sounds better as unleash a better you.

Now what is the literal meaning of unleash? Unleash means ‘to free from’, ‘let loose’, ‘to let happen or begin something powerful that once begun, cannot be controlled’. When we see the word unleash in humane perspective, it means to come out of the comfort shell for achieving something on which all your endeavours are concentrated upon.

It means that you should be strong not only physically but also emotionally. It means to let yourself loose from the judgments and verdicts of others about you.  It means to make yourself strong enough to sail through the odd situations beyond the diminishing expectations of others. We all have the potential to curb any unfavourable situation and instead change the same into the favourable one. 

The odd situations should not have the power of letting us down. Not only the bizarre but other’s views and their judgments should not change the way of our perspective, our endeavours, to alter our goals and how it can be achieved is what we will try to understand through our blogs on different topics.

We should be powerful enough to unshackle ourselves from the chains of worries, inferiority complexes, other’s behavior etc. And believe me, we all already have such potentialities and energies within ourselves, the only need is to just recognize them, channelize them in a right direction and train ourselves to use them to achieve the highest of our goals, which we have been seeking for the time immemorial.

Through our blog, we will focus more on the self help as to how should we unleash our own powers and to tame them, by simple yet effective techniques, to get the desired results. So readers, stay tuned and catch all blogs in the pipeline specially designed for the aforementioned purposes.