how perception alters reality and affects the manner in which a person internalises their experiences.

The Neuroscience of HappYness - Part 5 Part A of Stress, or more accurately, DISTRESS! (Saturday, 11th May 2019) Reading time approximately 5 minutes Continuing from Part 4, how do you ensure that you do not lose brain cells? The common thinking is that stress is the biggest lifestyle ailment. That stress kills brain cells, damages DNA, makes one age faster, and it even kills people. I have penned a few articles earlier that stress is the most common cause of all human a

Bangalore, Saturday, 13th April 2019 "Like, dislike, are they real? What is the basis of such thought? What is the effect of people's past on their present and future? How do all those experiences affect people's lives?" These are questions that occurred after giving a talk titled, "The Neuroscience of HappYness" to a group of distinguished persons, a couple of weeks back. I attempted to give people something to think about in the short time I had; ended up getting something

If one feels outraged, upset, sad or disappointed about something – they think the "reasons" (or justifications or excuses) are in the events that caused them to be outraged. And along with the outrage, upset, disappointment, most take the license to be nasty, angry and vengeful of the "perpetrators." And they castigate, condemn and vent their ire rather vociferously in most cases. And when the supposed outrage is due to an event they come to know of from the media, it's most

It all begins with awareness. What I'm aware of, I have the ability to do something about. If I lack skills, awareness gives me the necessary impetus to gain the skill. If I have the skill, awareness helps me use it. If I'm using it, awareness makes it possible to become better. If I'm becoming better everyday, then I increase the chances of attaining some semblance of excellence. So it all begins with AWARENESS! How does one become aware might be question! Probably the s

Being loving towards those who are kind and compassionate is easy! Loving lovable and loving beings is easy! Similarly, hating despicable behaviour, or hating the haters, is easy! And both of these might require no personal growth or effort! And more often than not, occur naturally. We're born with the ability to differentiate kindness from unkindness. I have written about it earlier and here's a link to a video that might be helpful to understand this. Loving all, especially