Personality Themes

Photo by  Fares Hamouche  on  Unsplash Controlling the mind is like catching air with your hand. When we like to be rational, the mind plays the game of emotions. When we want to tread the path of righteousness, it makes us impulsively commit the wrong. When you want to rise up to the higher standards, it is attached to the inferior modes. In spite of all these, you can control your mind and be calm, composed, and happy. The way to achieve this is to make friends with your mind. Take time to know your mind better. Learn to communicate with your mind. Slowly convince your mind on what is good to you in the long term. Persuade the mind on how remaining steadfast on the path of principles could make your life worthwhile. Your mind is the key that locks you up in problems when it turns towards negativity. The same key, your mind, can free you from problems when it turns towards positivity. Hence your own mind can be your worst enemy if it lowers you. The same...

Photo by  Agung Raharja  on  Unsplash Want a lot of energy? Look into your mind; your mind is a powerhouse. Modern quantum physics finds the thoughts emanating from your mind to be vibrations of energy. Surprisingly, many of the ancient civilizations have asserted this some thousands of years back. Every moment multiple thoughts originate in your mind, but you do not realize their power because those thoughts are scattered and only get dissipated. If you really want to harness those great energy forms, you need to learn to focus them on a single object such as a work or a problem or an aim. You know, light loses energy when the rays are scattered, but becomes strong when focused like in the case of a laser beam. Focused light is a common analogy to understand focused mind. The power of mind comes from the pointedness of attention without distraction. An alternative word to focusing is ‘concentration of mind’. Photo by  Alireza Sahebi  on  Unspla...

Photo by  Jana Sabeth Schultz  on  Unsplash Do you recall a time when you had an argument or debate with someone and you ended up in frustration because of the wide difference of opinion you felt? Such an experience is bound to happen in everyone's life. Read the parable below which throws some light on the phenomenon. Two horses were grazing on a field. Suddenly the first horse picked up an argument with the second horse about a blade of grass that stood between them. The first horse said that the grass was brown in color. The second horse did not agree to this and contested that it was rather yellow in color. The situation slowly turned into debate and then into a fight. Photo by  Claire Nolan  on  Unsplash You will laugh on knowing the reality. The first horse only had to take a step forward and look at the other side of the grass to know it was actually yellow. The grass was brown on one side and yellow on the other. Hence the two h...

Photo by  Sian Cooper  on  Unsplash Once, an ant compared itself with an elephant to find itself too small and got into worry. His friend pointed out the real strengths in the ant, "You may be small in one aspect, but you are incomparably big in many: you are purpose-driven, excellent team-player, service-minded, and hard worker. You are one and only of your kind in God's creation!" Thus, the ant became happy again and sang, "I am not small; I am different...I am unique... I am special." Many times we get into the habit of comparing ourselves with others in terms of material possessions, lifestyle, or success. It only leads to unhappiness and affect our confidence upon finding ourselves lacking. Sometimes we may even feel depressed, discontented, jealous, or hateful. The actual problem lies in our way of thinking. If we revisit out thoughts, we can easily solve the problem. Here are a few ways of overcoming the habit of comparing and the associ...

Photo by  Tachina Lee  on  Unsplash In order to take up a challenging task and complete it, we should be completely aware of our potential, believe in ourselves, and should not lose confidence in our abilities till we complete the task. If we ever aim low or got a hang-up about attaining the goal, a strong reason could be our self-doubt or lack of confidence in our abilities. The power of self-confidence makes anything possible, while the negative power of self-doubt makes even a possible thing impossible. A bumble bee can fly even though its body is not aerodynamically structured, though its wings are too small and weak to lift its bulky body, because it doesn't doubt its potential. Hence it focuses only on effort without being anxious about the result. Nature has a lesson for us from this small creature- 'Do not doubt your abilities' . Photo by  Agustin Fernandez  on  Unsplash Sometimes, self-doubt may creep into our mind from our sur...

Photo by  Olav Ahrens Røtne  on  Unsplash There are two types of people. One, who fear problems; the other, whom the problems fear. Though God has gifted each of us with only one brain, only a few among us prove to be genius and brainy. How are they able to stand out as people who can solve difficult problems and are valued much in their field of work? Einstein, a scientist known to be gifted with weirdest genius has himself revealed the secret behind his success. In his own words, "It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer." What a straight forward answer to our question! If we can cultivate this one habit of focusing our attention on the problem for extended hours, we can undoubtedly bring out the real genius in us. Hence, genius is not a born trait, it is a habit of putting continuous effort. While we wonder about how they are able to make such a difference in a situation, we usually fail to notice the kind of hard work they do ...

Photo by  Heidi Sandstrom.  on  Unsplash A story goes like this. Mr. X felt mentally sick and wanted to consult a psychiatrist. When he went to meet a psychiatrist, he was asked to sit and wait for his turn as there were quite a few in the line. After a few minutes, a person came out of the consultation room after meeting the psychiatrist. Mr. X asked that person, "Where are you going?" The answer came very plain, "If only I knew where I am going, I would not have come here at all." The moral of the story is, a person cannot be mentally healthy if they don't know where they are heading towards in life. Psychological health depends on understanding and leading a life of purpose, because purpose gives us direction. Once we understand what our life is for, then we have a clear vision of how our future should look like, and that becomes a plan. We will know what we should achieve in our whole life, in next ten years, in next three years, in the presen...