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In yoga, powerful imagination can be developed to influence the physical body to some extent. Yogasanas can be mentally visualised with great intensity, feeling every sensation, breath, and muscle contraction.
In advanced practitioners, this is said to produce effects similar to physically performing the practice. It’s a fascinating subject to explore. Maybe what we experience as “physical” isn’t entirely physical after all. 🤔
Never quote a round number.
$20,000 sounds made up.
$19,350 sounds like you actually did the math. 😄
अमेरिका में एक सांसद खड़ी हो गई अपने लोगों के पीने के पानी के लिए।
अलेक्जेंड्रिया ओकेसियो-कॉर्टेज़ ने मेटा के डेटा सेंटर पर सवाल उठाया। आसपास का पानी गंदा हो गया, प्रेशर गिर गया, परिवार बोतलबंद पानी पर निर्भर हो गए।
अब वही कहानी भारत में। विशाखापत्तनम में गूगल-अडानी का विशाल AI डेटा सेंटर। पहले से पानी की किल्लत, भूजल खत्म, पहाड़ काटे जा रहे हैं।
AI से उत्पादकता बढ़ेगी, लेकिन अगर पानी, हवा, मिट्टी ही खराब हो जाएं जो जीवन चलाते हैं, तो उस उत्पादकता का क्या मतलब? क्या इतनी कीमत पर AI इतना ज़रूरी है?
The people who learn the most are the ones willing to be the beginner in the room, again and again.
~45% of what you do each day is habit, not decision.
A new study shows dopamine teaches the brain to repeat actions, and repetition takes over once the reward fades.
Don't wait to feel motivated. Show up and let repetition do the work.
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
Your brain does not keep a birth certificate. It keeps a record of what you asked it to do.
This long piece proves age is just a number.
What actually matters is whether you still give your brain attention, difficulty, and rest.
The moment we stop being beginners, the brain stops being asked to change.
Worth reading fully.
AI can do the doing. It can't do the being.
Sadhguru ji's important reminder: when machines take over our jobs, we should better learn to meditate. 😀
Presence doesn't belong to the realm of doing.
One of the first things I am going to teach my kids is how to meditate.
It's so obviously clear that attention spans are getting crushed.
Discernment isn't a common skill anymore.
Look at our news cycles, the new way we consume information, how much of it is junk, and the sheer flood of it we receive daily.
There is no way to defend against this onslaught unless you have a trained mind.
I truly think that unless you want your mind to be highjacked 24/7 by social media, news, etc., mindfulness is the only real defense we have.
The ability to instantly refocus, become present, zoom out, and steer your own mental ship.
Awareness, mindfulness, and discernment.
These will be the valuable skills of the future.
Umesh | Mind & Meditation retweeted
I was wondering for a while after seeing this!
That familiarity breeds comfort is true! That is why many girls tend to fall in love with a guy who keeps following them (not creepily, of course). It is the mystery of the unknown that keeps the love affair going.
It is when you get to know the other too well and up close that we start taking things for granted, and that is when perhaps familiarity breeds contempt.
It is obvious in case of family and relationships. But I have been thinking about it in the context of politics also.
In India, people under 30 might have mostly not even seen the earlier governments and how India was managed before that. All they would have seen is the Modi-led BJP government. It is already slowly leading from comfort to contempt, and that is a serious factor that the BJP has to consider ahead of the 2029 elections.
We can think of a hundred different scenarios like this and see how it works out in each case. Where familiarity keeps comfort for a long time, that will be a good lesson to learn.
We tend to like things simply because we see them often.
Psychologists call this the mere exposure effect.
Familiarity breeds comfort, even when there is no real reason to prefer something.
This is why repeated ads work and why first impressions can change over time.
What is one thing you started liking only after seeing it many times?
We tend to like things simply because we see them often.
Psychologists call this the mere exposure effect.
Familiarity breeds comfort, even when there is no real reason to prefer something.
This is why repeated ads work and why first impressions can change over time.
What is one thing you started liking only after seeing it many times?
What if people aren't buying from you because they simply haven't seen you enough? 📸
There’s a psychological reason visibility can make you more persuasive. 👀
New EP18: The Mere Exposure Effect
justpositionit.com/ep/18
Ever sit down to meditate, only for your mind to replay yesterday's arguments? 🧘♂️
You aren't failing. Neuroscientists call it the Ironic Rebound Effect. Forcing a blank mind backfires.
Just 18 minutes of daily yoga lowers cortisol and calms your nervous system.
American psychiatrist Alok Kanojia recently said that 18 minutes of yoga can help lower cortisol, or stress, levels in the body.
He calls yoga the “most robust system of mental training” in the world.
In my experience, a simple yogic practice like Surya Kriya or yogasanas beforehand makes meditation noticeably easier. The body settles first, and the mind follows.
indianexpress.com/article/li…
A Few days ago, a smell just teleported me 20 years back.
No photo. No song. Just pani puri in the air, and I was in school again, walking home, happy and carefree.
Science says smell has a direct line to the brain's memory and emotion centers, bypassing the usual relay.
Our past isn't stored in the mind alone. It's stored in scents too.
Which smell transports you straight to your past?
In just 12 years, India's extreme poverty rate fell more than 10x.
Behind every percentage point is a family that can now plan for tomorrow, not just survive today.
The work isn't finished. But this progress is real.
सद्गुरु कहते हैं: ऊर्जा बहाओगे, तो छोटे सुख मिलेंगे। सहेजोगे, तो परम आनंद।
पश्चिम ने सिखाया ऊर्जा को बाहर बहाना: बातों में, भोग में, मेल-जोल में। इससे जीवन के छोटे-छोटे सुख मिलते हैं।
पूर्व ने सिखाया उसे भीतर सहेजना। जब वह भरते-भरते ऊपर से छलक उठती है, तब इंसान जीवन के किनारे तक पहुँचता है और परम आनंद को जान लेता है।
तब तुम इस संसार में पूरी तरह होते हो, पर इस संसार के नहीं। 😌🙏
He won a $3M physics prize.
He's the first Indian to receive the Oskar Klein Medal.
And he still cycles to work.
Ashoke Sen has spent his life understanding black holes and the universe itself, yet never felt the need to show off.
Some people chase the spotlight. Others chase the questions.
Want someone to like you? Ask them for a favor.
It sounds backwards, but it’s real. It’s called the Ben Franklin effect.
Franklin had a rival in the legislature who disliked him. Instead of trying to win him over with gifts, Franklin asked to borrow a rare book from his library.
The rival lent it. From then on, he was friendly for life.
Why? Your brain hates inconsistency. If you helped someone, you must like them. Otherwise, why would you have helped?
People don’t help those they like. They like those they’ve helped.
#PsychologyFacts
Your brain remembers unfinished tasks better than finished ones.
It’s called the Zeigarnik effect.
In 1927, psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik noticed waiters could recall complex, unpaid orders perfectly. But the moment the bill was paid, the memory vanished.
An open loop keeps your mind running in the background, burning mental energy.
That’s why 47 browser tabs feels exhausting.
The fix isn’t doing more. It’s writing the task down. Your brain treats a written plan as a “closed” loop.
#Psychology