Category Archives: Mind / Body / Spirit

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR What we feel, see, smell, touch, hear, and taste are as important and striking as our emotions. Emotions are our soul songs that croon their ‘hearts’ out — they understand, they analyse, they slide, and go deep into the vast recesses of our being. They caress us just as much as they do […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Our brain is the pivot of our conscious and unconscious processes. It articulates and connects every activity of our life. It shares a multitude of thoughts and contexts of our mind at myriad levels. It also connects every dot with a host of diverse functions that are, otherwise, not perceptible. One could, therefore, […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The word, hypnosis, therapeutic hypnosis, or, better still, hypnotherapy, connotes awe and perplexity in most people. It isn’t either. It is essentially a condition, where the mind accepts suggestions ‘articulated’ by the therapist. Most clinical hypnotherapists prefer to call hypnosis ‘a state of heightened suggestibility’ that can be generated by a permutation of […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR It evolved ages ago — the pristine idea that crying has therapeutic effects on our psyche. The Greek philosopher Aristotle believed that crying could purify the mind by alleviating emotional stress — through the expression of emotions. Contemporary psychologists call this progression as catharsis. The idea of catharsis too is not new — […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR We all voyage through life like combers over matter, or slow, measured surges — a form of explicit, or resourceful, transformation. This is part of our time and space expanse, or continuum. It delineates us and précises our existence — of who we are, as self-regulating entities, with each of us being as […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Our life is like the seasons. It is simple; it is complex; it is also, at times, prickly. Yet, in the midst of happiness, or chaos, it is as exciting as a nail-biting T20 cricket match. It also seems like everything in life is happening at the same time — health, career upheavals, […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR We live in the best and the worst of times, to use a Dickensian phrase, albeit the great English novelist may not have pictured the gloomy COVID-19 hurricane. To cut a long story short, the foremost thing that each of us could do is making, not just attempting, a constant and resolute effort […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The conscious self and the divine self are two sides of the same coin. When the two coalesce, it is akin to the mind acquiescing to itself, while relating to the whole self, or consciousness. In the process, it seamlessly integrates with self-awareness, but not so much with the unconscious self-awareness, or unconscious […]

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The human being is endowed with authority, intelligence, and love. Philosophers surmise that we are all masters of our own thoughts. We hold the key to every situation. We also possess within us a transforming and revitalising dimension. This is one of nature’s greatest characteristics — it makes us what we are and […]