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Are you contented with your life the way things are? Ask yourself these 10 questions and find out:

1. What do I really want?

The question of the ages. So many things you want to do with your life and so little time to even go about during the day.

2. Should I really change?

Is what you’re doing now moving your toward or away from what you really want?

3. What’s the bright side in all of this?

With so much is happening around us there seems to be no room for even considering that light at the end of the tunnel. We can still see it as something positive without undergoing so much scrutiny. And if it’s a train at the end of the tunnel, take it for a ride and see what makes the world go round! Read more »

You can make a determined effort to know the way you think. This can be done by drawing inferences from past experience. You can know why you have a fear for a particular activity or object by delving deep into the way you reacted to that fear or object. This will give you a better insight into your inner-mind. Once you understand the basic cause of a fear, you can take steps to overcome it.

Do you remember your first day at school? Were you afraid to leave your mom and dad to go to a new place? After a while, you enjoyed going to school. How was this possible? By analyzing and understanding, the way you overcame this fear can help you to conquer any other fear that you have.

Your behavior is highly influenced by external forces. These forces can be negative like violence, racism, poverty, crime and abuse — or they can be positive, like a loving family, best friends and supportive teachers. Like your past experience, you also can draw inference from these events. You can analyze your reaction to a particular event and then analyze the cause-effect relationship. By determining the cause and by understanding the effect, we can make a premeditated decision to overcome any negative effect of that event or use any positive effect to help you out at a later time. Read more »

You know the old saying — “an elephant never forgets.” Whether that’s true or not, it is clear that the mind of an animal can be substantially large in its learning capacity, using memory to perform amazingly in many ways.

With humans, we’ve discovered that memory can be shut down, temporarily or permanently, depending on how traumatic the remembered event was. People have protected themselves subconsciously by disengaging the memory. The mind sometimes seems to play tricks on us by confusing one memory with another. Sometimes this causes the person to be unable to function in society. What seems to be a problem with memory can actually be a problem with the processing of information going into the mind.

Memory can be adversely affected by a variety of things, such as medication, diet, attention when an event occurs and more. For me, the latter is most prominent in my life. I have ADD and if I’m not paying attention, I don’t remember. On the other hand, I have a fantastic memory for things that I’m engaged with. Read more »

Meditation refers to a state where your body and mind are consciously relaxed and focused. Practitioners of this art report increased awareness, focus, and concentration, as well as a more positive outlook on life.

Although commonly associated with monks, mystics and other spiritual disciplines, you don’t have to be a monk or mystic to enjoy the benefits of meditation. You don’t even have to be in a special place to practice it. You could try it in your own living room!

Although there are many different approaches to meditation, the fundamental principles remain the same. The most important is that of removing obstructive, negative, and wandering thoughts and fantasies, and calming the mind with a deep sense of focus. This clears the mind of debris and prepares it for a higher quality of activity. Read more »