MIND

           RELEASE the Power of MIND.

       Mind is nothing but small part of human body. However this small has the power to move the world, but only if one understands and uses it in a proper manner. Many people created history and still there are successful people who are experts in their respective fields. There is no great difference between those successful persons and other common people. Every human body is made up of certain parts each normal human body has two legs, two hands, two eyes, ears, nose, etc. Each human body has a heart and a mind and a unique face. Then what it is that makes every human being different from the others?

            Yes, it is true that each one of us has a mind but each one uses it differently, which is what makes each individual different. Our mind has great powers stored in it. We can achieve anything that we wish to, only if we use our mind properly and effectively. Our mind has tremendous powers, that extent of which we have no idea. Nevertheless, if you seriously think realize and understand its powers, it will definitely change your way of living and help you to proceed towards a better lifestyle. The human mind has three stages.

   (1). Conscious mind

          It is a stage of mind in which a person is absolutely awake, active and alert; that aspect of the mind that thinks reasons and discusses. One should always think from the conscious mind are adjustable and are comfortable to talk to. They are good listeners and perfect learners.

(2). Subconscious mind.

        The subconscious mind is very useful and powerful if used in a proper manner and very dreadful if one does not understand it. The subconscious mind never thinks on its own but can be influenced by other people or even by surrounding environment. Love, lust and attraction are all the result of the influence of someone or something on one's subconscious mind. It is a sort of storehouse of our memories. A person can never forget the things that are stored in his subconscious mind feels that he is always right in whatever he does even if he is not. He is neither a good listener nor good learner.

(3). Super Conscious mind.

       Super conscious mind is the purest and the most miraculous part of the human body. It has power that a person can't even think of. It is a place with no bad thoughts and no impurities, a place filled with peace and generosity. When it is experienced, it is the most pleasant moment of life. It is always fresh and clean it is our inner-self.



   This was just a brief explanation about the three different stages of the mind.
  Different people have different attitudes and different natures. Some of them are adjustable, open-minded, understand matters properly, and accept changes with a positive attitude; they think over matters and discuss them when they find something wrong. Such people work with their conscious mind.
   Talking about subconscious mind, the most interesting thing about it is that for any person, his subconscious mind is always right. If it is stored in a person’s subconscious mind that the person he is living with is good, humble and kind hearten, then he will always treat him in a good manner and support him even if he finds that the person is doing wrong deeds. This is due to the influence of the person and the environment on his subconscious mind. Sometimes you get attracted by a celebrity or start loving somebody. This is because that particular person has an influence on your subconscious mind and you begin to regard even his negative points in a positive light. This phenomenon of the subconscious mind of being influenced by somebody or something is known as HYPNOTISM. Therefore, you can understand that all the emotions like love, hatred, jealously, anger, etc., proceed from the mind not from elsewhere.
 If there is a conversation regarding a certain topic, a person talking with his conscious mind will always treat it is a discussion while a person using his subconscious mind will consider it is an argument. This is because the person talking with his conscious mind understands that even his points regarding the topic can be wrong and so he discusses it. On the other hand, the person using his subconscious mind will try to insist that his point is right. He will never admit that he is wrong and so the conversation ends in an argument.
  We often watch scenes of murder and robbery on television. We also watch the news telling us about terrorist attacks, bomb blast, etc. Such news terrifies many people. People feel that humans who create such terror in society are no better than devils. There are very much like all others but their mind makes them different. They realize the power of their mind but instead of using it for their betterment, they use it for destruction and their mind is diverted towards the negative path. All this is due to the improper development of the mind. Right from childhood, they are shown the wrong path or they may have been affected by some incidents that might have left an impact on their subconscious mind. They feel that their subconscious mind is right and so they do whatever it says. Many a time, people do wrong deeds but do not realize that they are doing something wrong. This people are working with their subconscious mind.
 If a particular image of a person is once stored in one's subconscious mind then will always see him only in that manner. If your subconscious mind says that the person is bad, then you will never like to talk to him or see him even if he is good to you. In the same way if the subconscious says that the person is right then you will always trust and believe him even if the person is deceiving you. You will never trust anybody who tries to expose him before you. A profound explanation on the subconscious mind is given in the chapter titled HYPNOTISM. 
  The super conscious mind is the most miraculous stage of mind. It has the power to do anything. Experiencing it and having mastery over your entire body and once you master yourself then it is not very difficult to master others.
 To get into the super conscious mind, one first needs to focus the conscious mind inwards and clean up the impurities of the subconscious mind. When the conscious mind is directed outwards, it experiences the outer world and when it is directed inwards, it experiences the super conscious mind, which is our real-self. The process of diverting our conscious mind inwards and deactivating the subconscious mind to go into the super conscious mind is known as MEDITATION.
STATE OF MIND
  There are different states of the mind that we experience in our day-to-day life, but we are not aware of it. The most important thing about the mind is that it never stops. You may be doing any type of work like watching television, having meal, reading book or anything else, all the time your minds keeps working. Even when you are doing nothing, just sitting comfortably and relaxing physically, your mind is moving around at different places. Have you ever thought about what happens to your mind when you are asleep, our body stops working; nevertheless, our minds keep working. You might have noticed while traveling, we feel sleepy and closed our eyes. We gradually go to sleep. However, when we hear some loud, unusual sounds or passing over speed-breaker, we suddenly wake up. This is because even while we are asleep, our mind is working. We sometimes see some events or some unusual and disorderly images while we are asleep. We call them dreams. Well, dreams are generated from the subconscious mind. Sometimes, when we sleep our conscious mind becomes inactive and we gradually slip into the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind becomes active and as it is the storehouse of all our memories, we see things that are revolving in the subconscious mind. These things can be senseless and meaningless. As your conscious mind was inactive while you were asleep, you don't remember what exactly you had seen in your dreams, when you wake up. Therefore, no matter what you are doing, your mind keeps on working 24 hours of the day.
DIFFERENT STATES OF MIND In our daily life.


  NORMAL STATE OF MIND
 This is the state in which your conscious mind is completely active and alert. One should always be in the normal state of mind. In this state, you are totally awake and the mind is directed towards the outer world. You are able to think, reason, question and react to different situations in a proper manner. You are totally in control of yourself.
SLEEPING STATE OF MIND
 This is the state of your mind when you are asleep. Sleep can be of two kinds. One, when our conscious mind is active and the other, when it is not active.
 Have you noticed dogs? When they sleep, they close their eyes, on hearing some noise they suddenly wake up. This is because their conscious mind is active even when they are sleeping. This is not the case only with dogs but also with many other animals that have a mind. They include human being as well. When we know that we do not have sufficient time to sleep or when we are asleep while traveling, our conscious mind is active. When we sleep at night, we want to be very relaxed. This is a sleep when our conscious mind becomes inactive. At midnight, when we are in deep sleep, we don't get up even there is a loud noise or somebody moves our body. We don't even register the touch of somebody. This is because at that moment, our conscious mind is not active. You will notice that in the mornings, we can hear all type of sounds and are aware of the happenings around us, even when we are sleeping in our bed. This is because in the morning our conscious mind slowly begins to work.
 DREAMING STATE OF MIND
 In this state, the conscious mind becomes inactive and the subconscious mind is alert. This time, we go into a deep sleep and start dreaming. We have already discussed earlier about the area from where the dreams are generated. While we dream, our conscious mind is not active due to which, when we wake up, we do not remember what we had seen in our dreams. However, sometimes we are able to remember the dreams and even explain what we had in dreams. These are the dreams we had seen in the mornings. We know that we have to wake up in the morning. Gradually as the sun rises, even our conscious mind slowly becomes active. Therefore, when our conscious mind is active, we will remember all that we had seen in our dreams.
  HYPNOTIZED STATE OF MIND
  This is the state in which your mind and body is controlled by a person.  The person can be yourself or somebody else. It could even be a hypnotist.   A hypnotist can hypnotize you only by your wish and your support. This is the state of mind in which a person takes compete control over your subconscious mind and gives suggestions or instructions to it. Your conscious mind can be either active or inactive. If you hypnotized by a hypnotist then your conscious mind becomes inactive. Due to this, when you are brought back to normal state you do not remember all that had happened with you. When you begin to love somebody or when somebody attracts you, you are in the hypnotized state of mind. In this state, you are more in control of your subconscious mind than of the conscious mind.
 MEDITATION
 Meditation is a process in which we have to concentrate deeply on our real self. This is the state of mind in which our conscious mind is directed inwards and the subconscious mind is deactivated. We gradually give up the contact with the outer physical world and enter the super conscious mind. This is the only state in which you can relax your body, especially your conscious and subconscious mind, and experience the super conscious mind.

Make Your Troubles, Your Blessings

                                 COMPETE with YOURSELF

          Many people in this world want to be more successful or better than some other person. Everybody wants to be at the top position in his or her respective field and to reach the top they compare with others. They start thinking of themselves as if in a competition with others. They try to be better than others. In one sense, competition is very good but instead of competing with others, one should compete with oneself. When we compete with some other person our progress gets a limit but when we compete with oneself, the sky is the limit. Instead, of trying to be a better than others, try to be better than what you are. You have to compete with yourself and no other person. A singer should and  always try to perform better than in his previous performance. We should always try to be better than ourselves. When you decide to become like or better than some other person, your progress ends when your task is fulfilled. However, when you want to be better than yourself, then your progress is never-ending.

          When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.   

                                                                                          -Lao Tzu

          You enter a competition when you are not able to recognize yourself or do not have faith in yourself. You compete with others when you find it difficult to define your own worth. You compete when you have a fear of testing yourself.

          REMEMBER, it is always easier to beat another person than to do your best. However, these easy and simple ways can make you feel happy for a few moments. Once you win against one person, you will feel very happy for a while, but later you will again find another competitor. So, to be the best, forget about the whole world and be yourself.

          You can keep improving yourself at every step. However, for that, you don't need to be better than others. Let others do what they want to and you do what you want to. Success is never-ending and so if you always try to be better than yourself, then even your success will have no end.

  

Compete with Yourself

              COMPETE WITH YOURSELF

          Many people in this world want to be more successful or better than some other person. Everybody wants to be at the top position in his or her respective field and to reach the top they compare with others. They start thinking of themselves as if in a competition with others. They try to be better than others. In one sense, competition is very good but instead of competing with others, one should compete with oneself. When we compete with some other person our progress gets a limit but when we compete with oneself, the sky is the limit. Instead, of trying to be a better than others, try to be better than what you are. You have to compete with yourself and no other person. A singer should and  always try to perform better than in his previous performance. We should always try to be better than ourselves. When you decide to become like or better than some other person, your progress ends when your task is fulfilled. However, when you want to be better than yourself, then your progress is never-ending.

          When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.   

                                                                                          -Lao Tzu

          You enter a competition when you are not able to recognize yourself or do not have faith in yourself. You compete with others when you find it difficult to define your own worth. You compete when you have a fear of testing yourself.

          REMEMBER, it is always easier to beat another person than to do your best. However, these easy and simple ways can make you feel happy for a few moments. Once you win against one person, you will feel very happy for a while, but later you will again find another competitor. So, to be the best, forget about the whole world and be yourself.

          You can keep improving yourself at every step. However, for that, you don't need to be better than others. Let others do what they want to and you do what you want to. Success is never-ending and so if you always try to be better than yourself, then even your success will have no end.

Age no Bar

                                        AGE IS NO BAR

In the huge world, each and every person has come or talent within. One needs to realize and understands that hidden talent. The earlier one recognizes his talent, the easier it becomes for him to use it and even to plan his career. All we need is to decide a goal in life, and concentrate on it. In order to have confidence in ourselves we need to believe in ourselves. We can achieve anything that we think we can. Our age is no bar to accomplish any task in life. Children sometimes think that they are too small and cannot do the things that older people do. This is absolutely wrong. A person of any age can do anything that he wishes to; all one need is to have the will to do it. Secondly, one needs to give the amount of time, concentration and hard work that the work demands. No task says that you need to be a certain age to accomplish it.

          When people walk about matters concerning career plans, some of them literally have no interest in it. They feel that they are too young and there is a lot of time for them to think about their careers. Well, a career is something that may start early in life, if you think about it at an early age. Therefore, never think that you need to be a certain age to decide your career. A child, a teenager or an adult, all have their future, which needs to be filled with bright color, and this lies entirely in their hands. One should never feel that the time to do something is gone or yet to come. Your future is yet to come and so do whatever you wish without bothering about you age.

          A study of the mind has proved that in a person's life, his minds works most powerfully between the ages of two and nine years. His observation and grasping power is as its peak during this age. Therefore, it should never be said that children have no mind. Children have a mind but they lack in experience and proper understanding. Children should never be ignored. On the contrary, they should be supported and encouraged. You must have heard about many wonder children. The only wonder on those children is that they realized and understood their inner talent and work hard to develop it. We should remember that each one of us has a certain power or talent within. We should realize it and work upon it without giving an excuse of age. Your age makes no difference. If there is something that makes a difference then it is your mind. If your mind. Says that you can do something then just go for it. Your mind has all the power. Everything depends on the development of one's mind. The mind of 10 years old child can do better than that of a 20 year old. Therefore, recognizing a person's ability by his age is not right.

          Some people come a certain age and stop progressing. They feel that their time is now over. They feel that they have done many things and accomplished many tasks. They think that it is now their time to rest. REMEMBER, the time to rest is when you don't actually have the time for it. When you feel that you have done many things and you getting older, look towards life with a positive attitude and with a feeling of doing and accomplishing some new tasks. You will definitely get something out of it.

          Your age makes no difference. Age is just related to the physical growth of the body and not to be development of mind. A child can be much more confident than an older person while the mind of an old person can be much more fresh and energetic than that of a teenager. Therefore, everything is dependent on one's mind. Age makes no difference. Therefore, stop thinking about your age and keep improving your mind and your abilities, for that is what makes all the difference. 

CONFIDENCE

                                                 CONFIDENCE

   Confidence is a feeling that you can trust and believe in. It is a belief in your own ability to do things and present yourself in the most attractive and effective manner.

   Confidence is like the shoes with spikes with which you can win the race of life. Confidence can help one to reach unimaginable heights. However we never try to realize this power in our self and because of it we perform well below our capabilities. Lack of confidence can affect one on various occasions such as public speeches, interviews, examinations, etc. This is because where there is no confidence; there is fear of being rejected or fear of failure. The fear inside us is going to take us nowhere. Confidence is what help us to put our thoughts into words in a much better and more effective manner, therefore, we should stay away from the kinds of fear that stop us from presenting ourselves before the world. Instead of being discouraged by these unending moments of fear, it is better if we work on our self with the skills we have and with loads of confidence. Working with confidence will definitely help in our journey to success.

  HOW TO BE CONFIDENT IN LIFE?

      Confidence is contrasted with fear. Where there is confidence there is no fear and vice-versa. Hence, it is always better to live with confidence than with fear. Fear resides in our mind and nowhere else. If there is any fear in our mind; fear of failure, rejection or any other, we shall not be able keep our mind clam and will perform below our capabilities. Such fears prove to be drawbacks and cause a lack of confidence in a person and in everything he does in life. Therefore, the first step towards being confident in life is over-coming all our fears by putting them out of mind. Fear raises many negative thoughts in our mind. Turning those negative thoughts into positive ones may help you to get rid of them. Try to change your way of thinking and reacting to situations and replace the negative questions arising in your mind with positive and encouraging thoughts. Like if the negative question is asked? “Will I able to do that?” instead of this question replace positively like, "I should try it. It shall be a new experience." So on.

  It is how you feel, think and speak those changes your way of doing things. So feel good, fearless and positive and you shall be a confident person.

  Many people in this world are dissatisfied with various things in life. It could be their tone of speaking, physical appearance, habit, works or even their family. If you are not happy and contented with yourself, it indicates that you have no confidence and if you are not confident about yourself, you cannot expect others to have confidence in you. Your confidence will automatically be boosted if you accept yourself as you are. Only after you accept yourself can you display yourself and your abilities to the world in the best way possible. Every individual has certain good and bad aspects, REMEMBER, the negative aspects are for accepting and understanding (they can always be worked upon) while the positive ones are for realizing and developing. Instead of thinking about your weakness, you should concentrate on your strengths. By doing this, you are reminding yourself that you too possess some unique qualities. Your aim should be to improve yourself; hence, you should on yourself and your skills instead of watching others and comparing yourself with them. Instead of searching for another person's good quality in yourself, try to realize, develop and respect your own good qualities that might be lacking in others. This will help you to develop a feeling of confidence.

  One must try to understand the value of positive thinking. At the office the boss assigned an employee the responsibility of managing a complete presentation. This was his first presentation and he was not confident. The first thought that struck him were, "will I able to do it?" what if i make mess of it?'' he taught that he might fail so he did not accept the task. The boss handed it over to some other person and the work was done properly. However, if the employee had been a confident person, he would have gladly taken up the task and would have worked hard for his first presentation to be a success. Having knowledge and knowing all the facts and figures is not enough. You should also have the confidence to expose your knowledge and skills on appropriate occasions, otherwise it may keep one away from many good opportunities in life and to reach the position you deserve.

  Therefore, in order to get rid of such negative thoughts, all you need is the think positive and try to do things without hesitation. You should keep reminding yourself that when you are making an attempt, you might succeed or you might fail, but action is absolute failure. So, why not attempt with confidence. Do every work with an open heart and mind and with the hope of success. If you want to do something and if you know how it has to be done then just prepare your mind for it and go for it without thinking of anything else. If you succeed your confidence will automatically increase and if you don't you shall at least realize what is lacking in you. You shall get the experience of attempting something, which will surely be useful in the future. Whenever you have a problem while at work say to yourself, "I can do it and I will do it," Whenever you are blocked by a difficulty, say to yourself, "I will overcome it". By having such positive and challenging thoughts in mind, you are motivating yourself and due to this you will find your confidence growing.

  If you always keep thinking over your mistakes and failures of the past, you will get nowhere. What is done is done and you cannot change it. It’s no use thinking upon matter and wasting time by being disappointed about the past.  You should concentrate about present and on what has to be done. If you keep your mistakes and failures on your mind and always feel guilty for them then you shall never be able to accept yourself and if you do not accept yourself then even others will not. Keeping such thoughts in mind stops you from progressing and decreases your efficiency. Mistakes and failures are for learning, there are not purposeful or intentional. Therefore, one should consider them as a learning experience and move ahead in life with wisdom and understanding.

      Believe in yourself. Soon, others will believe in you too.

  Attitude is a very important word in the dictionary of success. It is the way you feel and think about somebody or something. Having read the points given above, you must understand that to be confident, you first need to have a positive attitude. Whether it is a teacher, doctor, salesperson or students, nobody can be good in his or her job without a positive attitude. A person with positive attitude always says ''yes'' to whatever work is given to him if he knows how to do it. Therefore, try to have a positive attitude towards yourself and everything you do in your life. This will definitely make you a confident person.

  It is very important to be confident in life but remember; you should try to increase your confidence to the level that is necessary or else it may lead to over-confidence results in dissatisfaction or it will make a person egoistic; a person than start talking big just to maintain his ego. Ego and prides are the result of over-confidence. One should be confident enough to earn appreciation. Over-confident people are ignored. They gradually become lonely and frustrated. Therefore, always remember you yourself are your greatest helper. Nobody can help you to gain confidence. Realize your inner power and try to convert your dreams into reality.  

 

TIME

                                                 TIME

''TIME'' certainly is the most precious commodity in this world. Although, we all know it, we are not able to understand its value and its need to be used in a proper manner. It is priceless and bows before none. You cannot buy it with the wealth you possess nor can you stop it from passing by. You may have wealth today; tomorrow you might not.  Your wealth makes you feel rich, it is only a momentary feeling but as time passes, you never know what is going to happen. You are just a caretaker of whatever you possess. You have to take care of your possessions until you survive. After you, some other person will become the owner of your wealth. It is the present moment that makes you rich, therefore remember, it does not take much time for the moment to change.

          You never know, when times will change and you might have to go through a very critical situation in life. It might be the worst situation in your life. There are many people who are going through such a condition even today. If you feel that you are trapped from all sides and find no way to walk on, this is the time when you need to work with courage. Never give up. If you give up you lose the battle against life. You should work courageously with a strong in a God. Always remember, only after a dark and silent night, arrive the pleasant bright morning sunlight. No power on earth can ever stop this wonderful happening. Likewise if you are experiencing a bad time, do not feel sad and depressed. Be courageous and keep going until the good times knocks on your door, for one day there are sure to come.

          Well, no person ever changes. What changes in TIME? You will find somebody very kind. Somebody who treats you with love and courtesy, somebody who feels and expresses sadness and loneliness when it is time to leave him. However, later on, as time passes you will find the same person does not even recognize you. What you are is not because you wanted to be what you are. It is the time, situations and circumstances that made you as you are and if you find some changes in a person or in yourself, it is due to the time and the conditions that one goes through.

          We get to live our life only once and this life span is not very long. We can't even realize how fast time passes. In this entire span, we can change only one person, and that is our self. So, why not always try to improve the quality of our life by working upon ourselves and the abilities that are within us. Why not always make the best use of time we have!

          Today if you are crying, tomorrow you might be not. We have to learn to walk along with the ''TIME'' Time will never stand still. Likewise, we should not allow life to stand still. Every single moment of life is a learning experience, which can be enjoyed but only if you realize it. Time that has gone by is not going to return. This doesn't mean that you have to sit and worry about the lost time. By doing so, you waste more time. Stop wasting time by utilizing it fruitfully. Times controls life on earth. However, those who understand the perfect value of time and experience every secound of it, achieve mastery over their own life.

          TIME SHOULD NOT BE WASTED

          We all know that time is very precious yet; many of us do not use it for fruitful works. Successful people understand the value of time and they make an effort to use it stand the value of time and they make an effort to use it wisely and effectively. It helps to improve the quality of life.

          Many people have got into the habit of wasting time. This is not an inborn habit, but it is created by the person himself. Different people waste time in different ways just because they do not make  a conscious effort to realize that the activity they are doing is going them in no way. You might even have many time-wasters in your daily routine, which you might not be consciously aware of. Here are few examples;

·         Time is wasted in gossiping, laziness, phone calls etc. People enjoy such activities but they do not realize that they are wasting their valuable time. Such things are not going to do any good to them, neither now nor in the future.

·         Day dreaming and pondering over unnecessary matters is also a wasting time. We start dreaming or think about something or somebody and just waste our time. By the time we come back to our senses, we realize that our thoughts have been useless. Emotions like love, hatred, jealously, anger or excessive attachments cause us a day dream. Such emotion and feeling have to importance as they have no existence in practical life. They not only waste our time and distract our mind from the main job but they also decrease our concentration power and our working efficiency. Due to such feelings, we are not able to give our complete attention to the one particular job. They divert our mind and we are then not able to concentrate on what we are doing.

·         There are people who wasting time in smoking, drinking several cups of coffee or uselessly chatting with people who sit around.

·         Some people make phone calls for pass their time.

          As I said, different people waste their time in different ways. Some are aware of it while some are unaware. One must try to understand the value of time in one's life. Try to identify your time wasters and after identifying them, take effective measures to correct them. The best way to get rid of your time wasters is to involve yourself in other beneficial activities that could keep your mind off your time wasters.

          If you feel that you are free and have nothing to do, try to relax your mind by meditating or keeping your body and mind fit by performing yoga or certain exercises. You can also get into a habit of reading books: books that could motivate and inspire you. You can complete your pending work or the work that you might have left for some other day. You can also involve yourself in some sports or in artistic work or something that you like so that it could improve you and your abilities. Try to focus on useful matters and avoid your time wasters, as they are your biggest enemies.

          ''Do not waste any part of time. Do not allow even a minute to pass without making the best use of it.''

          TIME MANAGEMENT

Everybody is busy; Adults don't have time to complete all their work while children don't have time to complete their homework. Weather at work or at home, one has to finish many activities within twenty-four hours of the day. In such a scenario, managing time becomes essential and the time management has now become very necessary for every human being. Even if some part of our work is not completed on time, we are not able to manage the other jobs of the day.

          Time-management is essential for all successful people -this is one of the practical techniques which have helped the leading people in all fields, be it business, sports, entertainment or public service, and reach the pinnacles of their careers. It is all about sorting out important and unimportant work and giving time to each work accordingly. It involves using your common sense to use your time in the most effective and productive manner.

          Time is the most valuable and priceless element. Once it is lost, you can never retrieve it. Therefore, value this element and try to make the best use of it. Here are a few tips for managing time and using it in the most effective way possible;

·       Sort out what is most important and what is less important, that can be dropped.

·       Use your spare time in the most effective manner use it for fruitful works.

·       Concentrate on your work and avoid distractions. Stop daydreaming. This wastes time and even decrease working efficiency.

·        Avoid procrastination.

·       Try increasing your working speed. Work energetically and reduce stress.

          Use your time in a well-organized way and plan your day properly to avoid time wastage. Time management is a skill that involves planning every secound of the hour for productive results. You have not to concentrate on being busy for 24 hours of the day but on the result of the work you have doing. Many people works for days but achieve very little of what they need to. This is because of not concentrating on the right things. Hence, ensure that you concentrate as much of your time and energy as possible on the 'high-returns' tasks so that you achieve the greatest benefit with the limited time available to you.

NOTHING EVER STOPS

          Time waits for none, but it can change anything and anyone. Some unfortunate events and incidents leave an impact on our lives. There may be matters that leave you in great grief and distress. However, always REMEMBER, all sorrows, miseries and pain move away with time. No person can carry the same intensity of grief throughout his life. Time is the greatest healer of all. All one need is to give his mind the time it demands to cure the wounds of the past. Let your sorrows settle down and look towards life in a positive manner and you will soon find that things are improving. Nothing ever stops.

''Although life is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.''    -Helen Keller

FEAR

                                            FEAR

 Fear is the one of the most deadly enemies of humanity. However, the most surprising thing that man out of his own questioning mind creates this fear. It does not come from anywhere outside. It has no existence of its own. It is only a creation of one's wild and uncontrolled imagination. One's mind is the only residence of fear. Therefore, to get rid of fear, remove it from your mind and you'll find it nowhere in your life.

  Fear is the most common negative emotion felt by human kind. These do not allow a person to relish and enjoy life. They become obstacles in the smooth running of our life even when you have everything in your favor.

  It is very necessary for us to overcome our fears because they do not allow us to live our lives with complete fulfillment. Just preaching to sermons from some sacred books will not conquer the fears of life. You need to understand the root cause of the fear and then search for some solution. ''Nothing in life should be feared, it is only to be understood.

  If you notice, a fellow is always with you, he is with you day and night, and he follows you were ever you go. Probably, he may be sitting beside you even at this moment while you are reading this article, in the evening, when you relax in a pleasant park for a while, you forget this fellow for some time, but you suddenly remember him and find him beside you. This fellow is none other than the fear in your mind. Through this I want to explain that fear is with you as long as you make a conscious effort to be aware of it. Once you relax yourself and divert your mind towards other things, it automatically disappears.

  Sometimes, instead of fear following you, you start following fear. This fear takes control of your mind and enjoys full power over you. This is because you have given it a lot of importance in your life. You have given it so much power that it has now become your master.

  Fear is our greatest enemy. It is a thief who robs you of your joy, happiness, contentment and peace. Living a life with a fear is a miserable life. You must conquer your fears if you wish to enjoy your life to its fullest.

Many a time, a person has a fear of losing something he has or has achieved.

·          Fear of losing a job.

·         Fear of losing near or dear ones

·         Fear of losing money, status or fame

·         Fear of losing some precious things

 We must try to get out of mess of such fears that engulf us by identifying them through careful examination of our thoughts, feelings and find reasons and causes of our fears.

  There could be many others fears like;

·       Fear of being robbed

·       Fear of failure

·       Fear of being insulted

·       Fear of public speaking

·       Fear of being attacked

·       Fear of separation from somebody or something

·       Fear of an accident

·       Fear of being reject

·       Fear of death

  The list could be as long as you and I wish. However, these fears can be conquered. All these fears exist only in the mind. You need to uproot the fear in your mind and thus its stop growing. Therefore, to control fear, you actually control your mind and imagination. Fears are nothing but thought and they always reside in a weak and questioning mind. They won't dare to stand against a strong and firm mind. So now, it depends upon you. Do you want to fear reside in your mind?

   Robert Jones Burdette said, ''There are two days in the week about which and on which I never worry. Two carefree days kept sacredly free from tension and apprehension. One of these days is Yesterday and the other day I do not worry about is Tomorrow.''

  If there is a fear in you, it would be the fear of doing something evil. So let us rise every morning and make the following resolve for the day:

                       I shall not fear anyone on earth.

                             I shall fear only God.

                     I shall not bear ill will towards anyone.

                               I shall not submit to injustice to anyone.

                   I shall conquer untruth by truth.

                                        And in resisting untruth.

                  I shall put up with all my suffering.

                   I shall use my fear to help me to focus on my strength.

                           I shall defeat fear by believing in myself.

 

MISTAKE

                                                   MISTAKES

          Nobody willingly commits mistakes; mistakes are just the wrong decisions that are taken in haste. It is a fact that every human being commits mistakes. "I never make mistakes." Keeping this thought in mind is also a mistake.

          A mistake is never big or small. A mistake is a mistake. Thinking of it big or small  is just one's satisfaction.

          We always try to find fault with others but we should never forget that in the huge world no one is perfect. Therefore, before lookings for faults in others we should first try to find them in ourself because looking for faults in others before looking for them in you is also a mistake.

          The best teachers in this world are our mistake. Therefore, we should always learn from them and try not to repeat them. No tea

Cheer can teach you the practical principle of life, which you can learn from your own mistakes. The only thing most of us try to learn from our mistakes is how to blame others for it. It is said that ''A guilty mind always suspects others.'' By putting the blame of your mistakes on others, you are trying to cover up your mistakes, which is also a mistake. Therefore, the best thing is to admit the mistake because a person's character is always judged by books he read, the company he keeps and the mistake he admits.

          ''There is no greater courage than that of recognizing one's own mistake.''

          Many people are afraid of the punishment and so they do not admit to having made the mistake. They just ignore it.

          We can do three things with our mistakes;

·       Refuse to admit them

·       Ignore them

·       Admit and learn from them

          In admitting your mistake, you need to be very brave and courageous. It is really risky but rewarding. Wise people learn from their mistakes while wiser people learn from other people's mistakes. Our life is not long enough for us to learn from our mistakes.

          Remember, as you sow so shall you reap. If you have committed a mistake then you will definitely have to pay for it. Therefore, it is better to admit the mistake and at least satisfy yourself by improving upon it.

          A famous pianist once said that if he played all the notes correctly then nobody would notice him, but if he played just one note incorrectly, then every single person would notice him.

This is human nature. A mistake seems to attract the attention of all, more than the dozens of things that go on smoothly.

          Many people just ruin their day by brooding and being disappointed over their mistakes. They forget the many things that went wrong. They don't look at themselves in a positive way and the ego in them always keeps pinching them over their imperfection.

          Once we realize and learn from our mistakes then we can do ourselves a favor by putting them out of our mind and concentrating on what went well. This would be a simple and gentle way to face ourselves and end our day with peace and lots of confidence for the coming bright new day.

''The sages do not consider that making no mistake is a blessing, they believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually to make a new man of himself.''   -Wang yang Ming.

MEDITATION

                                          MEDITATION

In this hectic, commercial and competitive modern life, people often feel stressed and over worked. It seems like there is a just not enough time in the day to get everything done, People are so busy that they feel that there is no time to stop and meditate. But, REMEMBER, by meditation you can occupy your days’ time in more effective way as it makes your mind calmer and more focused.

            Meditation in the real sense is the key to control our mind. In meditation, you forget about all the worldly matters and get deep inside yourself. It is a process of concentrating completely on one particular object. During this process, you have your total attention on the object and you are not at all bothered about the outer world. You are aware only of yourself. This process quietness and calms the mind and makes it fresh for new thoughts and ideas. In this state of mind, you can derive as much peace and harmony as you wishes to. The nervous system of a human body is controlled by its mind and as meditation relaxes and freshens the mind it also improves the working of the nervous system in our body and it helps us to remain cool, calm and fresh for a much longer time. This is the only way to relax our mind as well as our body in this competitive and commercial world.

            HOW TO MEDITATE?

·       One should meditate in the mornings as it is the most pleasant time and so that the day starts with fresh thoughts and ideas.

·       The place should be quite and clean. Quite, so that it helps in concentrating and clean for better hygiene.

·       It is best if you can meditate in an open and airy place, for fresh air pleases and freshens the mind.

·       See to it that nobody        disturbs you while you meditate.

·       You need to sit comfortably in a traditional cross-legged posture with your back straight. This prevents your mind from becoming sluggish or sleepy.

·       Meditation should be started by a breathing exercise. You must take in deep breath, hold it for a few seconds and exhale. The process should be as slow as possible. Keep repeating for some time. This exercise makes your mind cool, calm and relaxed. It helps you to forget about all personal and professional matters.

·        Along with the breathing exercise, you now need to slowly start concentrating on one particular thing or object. You should close your eyes and visualize an image on the screen of your mind. It could be a beautiful flower, a candle, a bird, a leaf, or portrait. It could be anything as per your wish. All your attention and concentration must be on that particular object. Don't let anything distract your mind.

·       There may be many other matters that might rise in your mind. You need to avoid them and try concentrate on the image. If you find that your mind has wandered to other thoughts, immediately get back on track and concentrate.

·       You can concentrate for as long as you wish and can. Then slowly open your eyes, rub your hands against each other and pass them over your eyes and face. The hands should touch the eyes and the face.

·       Then slowly open your eyes and you will now ready to face the fresh day with a well prepared mind and a relaxed body.

You must have seen many saints or other religions people meditating. Their way of meditating is different. These people take a position at a particular place and meditate. They meditate so deeply that they forget about the outer world. They are not aware of whatever is happening around them. They do not get disturbed or distracted by anything happening in their surroundings. They aren't aware even if you call them or touch them. This is because they direct their conscious mind inwards and so it leaves the contact with the outer world. They concentrate on their inner self, which is actually the super conscious mind. To experience the super conscious mind we first need to direct the conscious mind inwards and silent our subconscious mind. When the conscious mind is directed outwards, we experience the outer world and when it is directed inwards, we experience our real self (super conscious mind). In meditation, the conscious mind is directed inwards and so people are not aware of anything that is happening around them. This is the highest level of meditation, which is indeed difficult but possible. It is the process by which one can attain unimaginable powers.