Breaking Free: Understanding and Managing the Freeze Response
-Deva Narayan Though the fight-or-flight response is very popular, the freeze response is quite inconspicuous yet vital in dangerous situations. The fight-or-flight response being well known makes the freeze response just as beneficial for a person’s mental and physical health. Recognizing what the freeze response is, why it occurs,...
Cultivating Happiness and Discovering the Meaning of Life through Mind Training
“Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.” Walt Disney How to Cultivate Happiness and Discover the Meaning of Life through Mind Training? Life is a journey, and along the way, we often find ourselves searching for happiness and purpose. We...
The Impact of Listening to Your Thoughts -Transform Your Life
Many of us think that the enemy is our thoughts. We make an effort to repress, control, and dismiss them. We think that if we can just stop thinking about bad things, we’ll be happy. Your ideas are not an adversary that must be vanquished; rather, they are inner...
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Arjuna Vishada Yogam: Chapter 1: Verse 40
A Deluded Mind Has Limitless Fear Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Arjuna Vishada Yogam: Chapter 1: Verse 40 अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रिय: | स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्कर: || 40|| adharmābhibhavāt kṛiṣhṇa praduṣhyanti kula-striyaḥ strīṣhu duṣhṭāsu vārṣhṇeya jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ || 40|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 1- Ver. 40: When lawlessness dominates,...
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Arjuna Vishada Yogam: Chapter 1: Verse 24
Attachment In Any Form Makes One Weak and Diverts His Mind From Dharma Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Arjuna Vishada Yogam: Chapter 1: Verse 24 सञ्जय उवाच | एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत | सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम् || 24|| sañjaya uvācha evam ukto hṛiṣhīkeśho guḍākeśhena bhārata senayor ubhayor madhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam||24|| Shloka...