Think about Yourself

What if you could think whatever you want to and whenever you want to? What if you felt joy, love and peace all the time, or even most of the time? Can you think of some old feeling that you would rather not be carrying around, or a behavior that you don’t like anymore and you would like to let it go? Now is the time. Your mind thinks as it was trained to. Over the years you have downloaded from your senses various thoughts, feelings, opinions and beliefs that rule over your life. Some of them may be quite helpful to you while others may be keeping you from realizing your full potential, or just being happy and prosperous.

You can consciously decide how you want your brain to work, and if there is something in your mind you no longer want to think about, you can now change it because it’s your mind and, of course, your thoughts. Your own mind may not believe this, and may even fear the idea, but if you would like to change what goes on in your mind and body the first step is in realizing that you can…absolutely. The other way you can do this is by accepting the things as they are rather than wishing that those would have been the way you wanted them to be. The second step in this process is in realizing what your thoughts and feelings are and how they are affecting your life. Which thoughts benefit you and which ones don’t? The next step is to consciously decide how you want to think and how you don’t. When I say this I also mean that we should give some priorities to negative thoughts in our life. Because every time one cannot have a bed of roses in one’s life, right???

The clearer your mind is as to what you want it to think, the easier it is for your mind to think about it. You would also make up your mind to face the negative things as well.

Once you have gained clarity in as to what you want your mind to think, it is simply a matter of programming your mind to think that way. Just like the way you learn a language, as you repeat ideas and feelings they become ingrained into your brain and are adopted into your own personality and behavior. Thought-forms can be created in your mind and firmly established so that your mind becomes the perfect servant to your own consciousness. Where there is a negative you create a positive, where there is fear you create courage and strength, where there is discord you create harmony. And believe me this really works. Though it sounds like forcing yourself to do this.

Look how enslaved most people are to their mental and emotional conditioning. There is absolutely no reason to stay in a contracted mental or emotional state; you can start shifting and reprogramming your mind once you decide to. This choice is the power that makes it happen. Your spirit is guiding you to make these choices, just as it guided you to read these words.

Emotionally, physically and mentally let us create those thoughts and feelings that bring greater prosperity, happiness and peace into our life. Why settle for anything else?

By Andrina Pais

Music to my ears

Some days back we had a small discussion on whether music distracts an employee while working.

Well, just thought of sharing a few thoughts on that.

I am one of those who are mild users (and I mean it in the true sense of the word) of music at work. The kind of music I listen to matters a lot too.

Having a research-oriented profile it’s important for me to concentrate and read between the lines. In case the music has nice lyrics and it’s one of my favorites, it will be difficult to focus on the task at hand. However, if it’s instrumental or heavy metal (No offence meant to Iron Maiden/Fans) there is no distraction. On the contrary it proves beneficial in keeping away all outside noise and allows me to focus on the project.

A nice gazal or a country number from John Denver (my personal fav…) will definitely go a long way in aiding your work. It helps you relax and soothes your already agitated nerves (Well ROD does that to you at times—wish I could be invisible at this point ;-) )

We generally have long days at work, which translates into a lot of yawns and sluggishness which reflects in our work. Well, besides a nice cup of coffee, peppy Punjabi beats or a Mambo No. 5 can lift your moods and WAKE YOU UP (Does this seem like an online diary already ;-) ?).

BY the way it’s scientifically proven that listening to music can reduce chronic pain and depression by up to a quarter (Source: Science Daily).

Well, enough said already, I guess it’s time to buy that attractive ear phone and shell some money for the iPod (even look alikes should do).

So at the cost of borrowing from a perky number … Get Jiggy with it people.

By Varun Kumar