Category Archives: Mind / Body / Spirit

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR All of us understand the significance of taking time off from our frenzied schedules. The formula is predictable — to reconnect with nature, stroll in the woods, smell the grass, feel the dew, count the stars, sit on a swing, visit a place of worship, and dwell in silence. It is not pristine […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR There’s this fascinating video clip of tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain not getting worked up, or irritated, when one of the microphones got wobbly and was falling off. He holds it with his left hand and weaves his magic on the tabla with amazing dexterity — and, with a delightful smile. His poise, […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Our mind is more than an advance — a mirror to life itself. It’s also far ahead of what René Descartes, the mediaeval philosopher, reasoned: “I think, therefore, I am.” We all know it — that within the world of matter is the body, even though our fundamental body goes beyond matter in […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR There are two core branches of thinking: creative thinking and analytical thinking. Creative thinking pertains to thinking for new ideas and products — of seeing a new pattern of relationship between things that weren’t obvious before. This extends to finding new ways to expressing things and combining existing ideas to producing new and […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The philosopher Aristotle never thought in threes. From his law of contradiction, also labelled as the law of the excluded middle, to the binary logic of our modern computer programmes, our mind-set focuses its compass and radar on certain pros and cons and vice versa. The mediaeval philosopher René Descartes, however, offered a […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Our mind is just not limited to subjective and objective feelings. It is also not just the seat of intelligence. It loves amusement as much as rest, juxtaposed by habitual periods of activity. Get the point? People, especially night workers, who deprive themselves of adequate sleep show signs akin to psychosis. This demystifies […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Hope insulates us against stress. It inspires us to overcome difficulties. It reduces the song of one’s burden — the excess baggage of surplus, negative emotions that we carry during tough times. It is not just that — when the going gets tough, the tough ‘get going.’ Everyone does that — in one way, or […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Being conscious of ourselves and others is as simple as our everyday chores — if only we are receptive to hear the echo and experience things around us. Yet, the apparent thing is we tend to drift to a different level when we are aloof of our own self, or side-step our experience. […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The thrusting action behind every action is a persuasive longing to doing better, also one’s best, at every step. This uplifting idea works on that vibrant, enriching loop called conscious principle. The result is simple — a vigorous urge to become unequivocally useful to oneself and also others. There are decent folks around […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR It is rightly said that our brain is our own inhabitant physician — gifted with the ability to ‘write’ prescriptions for our mind and body in health and illness. This is, first and foremost, the reason why scientists, and not just philosophers, observe that when we understand the power of our mind and […]