I am going Digital!

  You must be feeling some ambiguity while reading this line. What this lady will be talking about? Comfort is Danger…sounding a little confusing. In fact, why did I say this??? I would like to share an experience.  In 2015, I was geared up to join Infosys. Initially, I was against accepting the offer as the training location was Bhubaneswar instead of the much expected Mysore.  Bhubaneswar is very far away from Mumbai as compared to Mysore. In addition, I had to stay far away from my home for 3 consecutive months. It was a long period since I had never stayed away for such a long period of time. Further, getting adjusted to a  new hostel life, coping up with the tight schedule ( as we had training sessions the entire day for 5 days a week ) was another challenge. Later on , I changed my mind set. I decided to get out of the danger zone in which I was since last 20 years. With mixed feelings, I left my house and went there for training.   What does this danger z...

                    Am I looking Good?   Every time we dress up, we might be thinking several times and repeat to ourselves 'Am I looking good?'  But the thought in the back of our mind goes like this 'What people will think of me in this dress, hairstyle etc.? ‘ Control thoughts?   As we all are aware that in India 'Right to freedom of speech' as one of our fundamental rights. A speech stems from the running thoughts in our mind. Can we have any control on our thoughts? Most of us believe that no but I say 'Yes'.As we have The Right to freedom of speech so the Right to think. Listen to the heart.  I really feel that often we are too carried away by our thoughts regarding how people judge us. We accept the fact that not all the persons are alike and even we are one of them. In addition to this, to be honest to ourselves, don’t we also judge or comment about other people? We have our own freedom of thoughts. Like this,...

                 Not only devotion but also seva.  What is devotion?     It is love, loyalty towards anything. It might be towards a person, job, hobby, God. Yes , the last one strikes me to write this blog. Some people are more devoted towards God while some are very less. Devotion and seva.  But does mere devotion create a good human being in you? I believe, certainly not. No offense, some people have been really good and devoted to God also. But, my line of thought is that along with devotion there should be some kind of eagerness to do seva (social service). Seva, our very own nature . We, as a human being, are defined by our nature which is basically a permutation and combination of different good and bad qualities we possess. Our intrinsic nature is to do seva. Help on the way  God will be more happy if we help someone in need of money, food, clothes, medicine, water or even mental support, rather ...

    Dreams they are! What are dreams?   According to me,they are a series of images which flash in our mind when we are in a deep sleep. It occurs during the REM ( Rapid Eye Movement )stage of the sleep. Mostly, they occur on the basis of our thoughts. Types of dreams   Daydreaming   It is when we dream when we are semi awake. It starts with a thought and then turns into an imagination.   Normal dreams    These are the standard dreams that everybody has every single night and we have no idea that we are dreaming until we wake up.   Lucid dreams    In this while dreaming you know that you are dreaming ! So, you can be aware and in control of that dream.   False awakenings   Sometimes you are awake but unaware that you are still dreaming. For e.g. You will get up, brush your teeth, have a breakfast and get ready for the office still being unaware that you are still dreaming ! Nightmares ...

What is happiness?   Happiness is the state of the mind. It is when we are fresh, relaxed, calm, composed. When we are happy?  When the things go as per our requirement. When we are going out for a movie, when people clap and cheer for us, when we get good marks, when we are in a family function, when our favourite dish is being served. We are happy when our surroundings are happy. And the real happiness is…   Real happiness lies within us. It means that happiness lies inside not outside. Many of us, most of the times, find the happiness in the materialistic things. However, the real happiness lies in small things.Small things means observing nature, spending quality time with family and friends, exercising, helping the needy people, planting saplings or doing anything you like but creative. Thus I end this chapter by saying that happiness has no conditions. We can be happy anytime, anywhere. Will be coming back in a couple of weeks.

What is belief?      It is the trust and confidence you put on someone or something. Why should we believe?     Without putting confidence on something we cannot complete our task with that person or thing. When and where should we believe?     Every time! Everywhere! Whom should we believe?     Yes! That is the biggest question! Now, this question may contradict with the statement which I made  above, which was 'when and where should we believe…every time and every where.’ Therefore there lies some caution. We should understand the difference between believing and blindly believing. We have to figure it out. Ok. Let’s take a few examples. We sit in a flight having the confidence in the pilot. That is blind belief. We get a call from a person claiming to be a bank employee and he asks for your account number and credit card number. Now, this person might be a fraud. Hence, we should cut the conversation immediately.   B...

What else in the lockdown? Oh my God! 2 months of this lockdown have already passed! You might be getting bored at home! Wondering what else to do! Everyday doing regular activities like cooking, reading, watching TV, surfing the net. But, is there anything beyond this? Boredom? Then, I gave a deep thought. What is boredom? When you don’t have anything in your surroundings to entice you. You are fed up of doing the same things every time. So how to get rid of this?? Don’t think of getting bored! One thing is for sure. That is, it will be only a few moments that you will feel bored. Otherwise, in doing the daily chores, which you used to do before also, you might not feel bored. My opinion is ,staying at home, keep yourself engaged in something, even if you do that everyday. Don’t keep on thinking that, I am getting bored. By doing this, you will feel more bored. Energize and engage! You have to energize yourself. This will happen when you do yoga, pranayama and meditation...