PK's Observations On Relationships

It was Saturday night and I had gone out to see movie PK with my family followed by dinner. I was deeply moved by the observations made by the character PK about our planet earth. We came back home but PK’s innocent observations were still moving in the back of my mind. We were all tired so I switched off the lights and closed my eyes.

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Why Are We Blind To Our Own Mistakes

We all make mistakes. There are times when we accept our mistakes, learn from our mistakes and move on in life. However most of the times, we don’t own up to our mistakes. There could be several reasons for not owning mistakes but this is one of the root causes of most of the problems in Human Life. 

I am sure all of you would have come across cases, where any rational thinking person can make out whose fault it is. But the person who is actually at fault fails to realize his mistake. He could be our life partner, friend, neighbour,

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Talk by BK Shivani on Harmony in Relationships

Last Saturday, my wife told me that she was planning to spend the weekend with her parents. She gave me free passes for Sunday evening of a talk by BK Shivani on “Harmony in Relationships”. Most of you would have listened to BK Shivani on television in programme “Awakening with Brahma Kumaris”. My wife knows my inclination to listening to spiritual discourses whenever possible. And the venue of this programme was my daughter’s school which is walking distance from my home. I could not have asked for more from god on that day.

Next day evening, i was so excited that i reached the venue half an hour in advance. I had also decided that i will write a post on this event for the benefit of reader’s of my blog. I am touching upon some of the takeaways of that evening through this post.

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How to overcome stress and live a life full of happiness

Stress has become an integral part of our day to day life. And the worst thing is that if we don’t take corrective measures, we start remaining under stress for longer duration which causes lot of health issues later on in life. So let’s try and understand what stress is and how can we overcome stress in life?

Understanding Stress

Stress is a reaction by an organism to a disturbing or dangerous situation.

Robert M Sapolsky, a Stanford University neurobiologist has penned down his research on stress in a great book “Why Zebras don’t get ulcers”. Sapolsky explains that in humans and other animals, body’s response to stress is the same. When Zebras runs for their life from chasing lion, basics are all that matter. Lungs work overtime to pump mammoth quantities of oxygen into the blood streams. The heart braces to pump that oxygen to throughout the body. So muscles respond instantly. You need your blood pressure to deliver that energy. You run for your life. Body turns off anything that is not essential, be it growth, reproduction, tissue repair or any other repair to a later time if the zebra survives. But as soon as Zebra escapes his death, its stress response shuts down.

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Seven habits that will bring happiness in our life

  

Have you ever wondered what could be the secret recipe for a life full of happiness? What we all learn from experience is that material things like electronic gadgets, big car, beautiful house etc though give us a feeling of happiness but it is short lived. Till the time we don’t have them, we think it’s one of the many important things that can bring happiness in our life. But once we own them, slowly over time, it no more excites us. Today we will talk about 7 habits that we need to make part of day to day life that will bring everlasting happiness in our life.

• Empathy – Empathy is the feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences and emotions. I was travelling in a crowded metro train few days back when I saw a young boy carrying bag on his back. It was causing inconvenience to lot of co passengers. So an elderly gentleman requested “Young man, please put down your bag so that passengers can stand comfortably”. The young boy replied arrogantly “But uncle, I am more comfortable putting bag on my back”.

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