When our mind doesn’t care for the things that matter to us
When our mind doesn’t care for the things that matter to us, we don’t have to stop caring for those things. We can choose to [...]
When our mind doesn’t care for the things that matter to us, we don’t have to stop caring for those things. We can choose to [...]
Many people feel that meditating is not for them. They feel, "I just can't meditate." That's largely because they don't clearly understand what meditation is [...]
The Bhagavad Gita states that the greatest problem with focusing our mind is that it presently acts as our enemy. Interestingly, the Gita does not [...]
Some people think that if they had nothing in their lives that would cause them worry, anxiety, or fear, their lives would be peaceful. [...]
Suppose someone has a severe disease that takes time to cure. We don't hold it against them if they don't become healthy overnight, even after [...]
Our mind is like a machine, and different machines are wired differently; some people may be more prone to anxiety than others. While we try [...]
Suppose we have a fracture in our hand; we don't consider it a character defect but a functional challenge. We deal with it by first [...]
When we face our fears by gradually exposing ourselves to their sources, those fears decrease. How? By exposing the falsity of the link in our [...]
Suppose, the temperature suddenly drops and we start feeling cold. We cannot deny the sensation of cold, but that doesn't necessarily mean we have to [...]
When somebody has no anxiety, say when they are doing a high-stakes activity, they might become careless and not pay attention to pertinent details. Anxiety [...]
All of us need to look at our future and consider how things may work out. When envisioning our future, if our imagination runs too [...]
Fear is like a bully. When someone is scared of a bully, the bully becomes more and more menacing and troublesome. However, someone who faces [...]
In today's world, we have far more control over our external environment than people in the past had. With technology, we can forecast weather changes [...]
Fear accelerates our imagination and blurs our perception of what is real and what isn't. When we are being swept away by the power of [...]
The difference between anxiety and fear is that anxiety is more generalized and associated with the tendencies of the mind. Fear is often specific and [...]
When we are driving, a good car requires both a brake and an accelerator, and both complement and counterbalance each other. Similar are the roles [...]
Responsibility can be the cause of anxiety and also a counter to anxiety. Whenever we take any responsibility, we are essentially trying to make things [...]
Anxiety is constructive when it alerts us to the presence of danger, but it becomes destructive when it decreases or deletes our capacity to differentiate [...]
To deal with fear that arises from uncertainty, we don't need certainty; we can use curiosity. Whenever fear arises, we may not always be able [...]
Anxiety is caused not so much by the lack of ability to control our externals as by the lack of security when we lack the [...]
Whenever there is a running commentary of an event, say a cricket match, then the event is happening at one place and a live commentary [...]