Saturday, September 28, 2013

Human Beings are wired to connect

The latest discovery in neuroscience has proved what spiritual sciences were saying for ages. The latest studies have proved that brain design is such that during interpersonal interactions our brain inter-connects with other brains and hence makes human species sociable.So you effect the brain of the other person through interactions .This sounds like a wireless or a blue-tooth technology.Brain-Mind- Body connection we all are aware.So what it means we all are connected and influencing each other every day of our lives.This sounds like a worldwide web.

So going further into this ,each day we have various interactions.Some interactions are desirable and some undesirable..Each interaction triggers a emotion.Now the magnitude of these emotions will depend on our bonding with the person.The stronger the bond,or we say the closer a person is -the stronger will be the emotional response because of the bond between the two human beings.The more close a person is,more time you spend with him/her and more strong is the emotional bonding and hence the response.

So our life experiences decide how we feel ,which impacts our emotions around those feelings.Different emotions result in different body responses and secretion of hormones.Have you ever noticed when you see someone you don't like or I will say hate...notice how your breathing pattern changes.You will start breathing fast or a shorter interval like you need more oxygen.

Do we realize now how important human relationships are ? A stressful relationship is like a slow poison and impacts you in a long run.but opposite is true as well.A loving relationship may give you a lot of strength and energy to counter life struggles.
  

Monday, September 9, 2013

Triple Filter Test....by Socrates

One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher Socrates and said, "Do you know what I just heard from one of your friends?"


"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test. " "Triple Filter?" asked the man. "That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I called it the triple filter test."The first filter is Truth. "Have you made absolutely sure that what you're about to tell me is true?" "No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and wanted to tell it to you." "Alright," said Socrates, "so you don't really know if it's true or not."
Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. "Is what you are going to tell me about my friend something good?" "No, on the contrary , it is bad." "So," Socrates replied, " you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain if it's true."
"You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left, the filter of Usefulness." " Is what you are going to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?" "No, not really." replied the man. "Well," concluded Socrates , " if what you are going to tell me is neither true, nor good, and nor even useful to me, why telling me at all."

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

When death comes, it does not ask your permission;
it comes and takes you; it destroys you on the spot.

Have you ever in your experience in an instant ever totally dropped HATE,ENVY, PRIDE of ANY KIND OF POSSESSION, ATTACHMENT to BELIEFS or OPINIONS or IDEAS or a Particular way of THINKING  

To drop opinion, belief, attachment, greed, or envy is to die—to die every day, every moment
If there is the coming to an end of all ambition from moment to moment, then you will know the extraordinary state of being nothing
& in this nothingness is LIVING ...

Die every day..& you will truly live...