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Storytelling is an art which has the backing of science, neuroscience to be precise. All that we remember from our childhood are stories (incidents /anecdotes). As soon as the word ‘story’ comes, even our tired brain gets alert ready to listen and retains it in memory. Even at the end of a working day, when we are too tired to scan data, we are still willing to read a story. What makes stories so powerful? Here are the 7 reasons from neuroscience:- 1) The Shared Experience and Neural Coupling The listeners connect to the story through their own ideas and experiences because of neural coupling process. Hence a story connects most with the reader when a story or its parts makes the reader feel that it is his / her story. We relate and relive the sensations described in the story, be it fear, pleasure, guilt and so on, creating a shared experience between the story narrator and audience. When we hear a story, we try to relate it to one of our existing life experiences. Dur...

Why do most of the people start meditating to reduce stress rather than find joy? Does meditation have any benefits except stress management? Should we not meditate as a proactive measure to find joy and connect with our inner selves? Is there a scientific reason why people get inspirations and creative ideas during deep meditation? Has meditation got some relationship with the sub-conscious mind? These were some of the questions troubling me few years back and I began to search for answers. The answers came from inside and outside. Inside means the inner voice which told me how was I getting transformed through meditation aided by shift in mindset. Outside means the scientific research which was validating my conclusions and experiences. I started with the crudest form of meditation which is chanting. For two years the benefits were so inconspicuous and invisible that I hardly noticed the transformations. It was only after regular practice of chanting for one hour every day...

Source: Uploaded by user via Dr on Pinterest "You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle." Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Computer   Self-Reflection with the help of meditation is the best way to discover our true and deepest passion. During meditation the conscious mind gets silent. As a result, we are able to hear the sub-conscious mind or we can say that the sub-conscious gets activated. If you feel more comfortable with self reflection or plain contem...

Two perspectives’ is a monthly column with two different perspectives from two different continents, genders and cultures on the same topic viz.  Janet Smith Warfield (based in Florida, USA) and  Dr Amit Nagpal (based in New Delhi, India).  Janet Smith Warfield's Perspective What do we mean when we talk about the subconscious? How can we tap into its power to enhance our effectiveness? Our subconscious and conscious minds are like an iceberg. The conscious mind is the tip we can see. It is that small part of awareness that is above the surface, the part on which we are currently focused, the part that is obvious, right here, right now, to our five senses. The subconscious mind lies below the surface. It is an enormous source of untapped resources we don’t normally see. What we don’t see, we can’t use to support our lives, our communities, and our world. When we tap into our subconscious and bring its energetic power to the surface, we mine its abundanc...

Many books like, 'The Secret' have been talking of life and universe being an echo and we get what we send to people and the universe.  The question arises, how do we master our own thoughts, which seem so out of control and tap the power of the sub-conscious mind? To read more, click here:- Positive Affirmations and the Sub-Conscious Mind

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Source: Uploaded by user via Dr on Pinterest Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. - Albert Einstein   The mind consists of two parts viz conscious and subconscious (Freud calls it unconscious). To make it simple to understand we shall use the terms ‘noisy mind’ for conscious mind and ‘silent mind’ for subconscious mind. It is important to quieten the noisy mind to tap the wisdom and intuitive capabilities of the silent mind (you can call it soul, if you are spiritually inclined). Noisy mind is cluttered and hence confuses us and often ends up taking wrong decisions under stress. The silent mind is clear and comes up with perfect decisions. The more we exercise our silent mind, the faster decision making it can do. We need to have strong intention of what we wish to do (or decision we wish to make) and then leave it to the silent mind to come up with answers at its own...