Chronicles of a Happy mind

Thoughts can become overwhelming. The thinking mind bears resemblance to the motion of waves endlessly forming in the ocean and crashing out against the seashore. Wired to be in a loop of thoughts, the mind’s natural form is a state of perpetual thinking with an influx of thoughts rushing in and out every second of our waking lives. Due to this, there arises a high value to inner peace and calmness.  The good news is the mind is not a prison. There are ways to step outside this vortex of thoughts and find relief from constant mental exertion. There is a simple yet immense activity that, when paired with mindfulness, might just become your personal superpower for calm and focus. BREATHING! The breath is the most basic act of sustaining life, with it’s physiological significance of delivering oxygen to the cells in our body. Without it, life ceases. Since breathing is an involuntary action, we almost always just let it happen without paying much attention to it. But what if we stoppe...

Most of my thoughts are good enough to write about. I am satisfied with my development but at the same time I’m my greatest critic. My fear of stagnation drives me, but on some days it’s not enough to conquer the edge to let go and have not a single care. I’m somewhat of a balance between very serious and care free. I cannot depend too much on the unknown, that would drive me crazy, although I know enough to place a good bet on the gainfulness of uncertainty. I’m forging a path in a world of so many possibilities.   Sometimes I get starstruck of what our minds are capable of. The sudden remembrance of all this potential is a driving force to harness as much as I can. Barely an idea of what methodology works best to unleash full potential. However, as long as I keep trying, victory is imminent. I’m destined for change. A tad scary if you ask me. My core beliefs are shaped by a profusion of information introduced to me through multiple systems and life dynamics, and my understanding ...

  I learnt about this saying at a relatively unripe stage of my development, which is when I was doing my primary education. I do not reckon I truly understood what this meant in totality at that stage of my life. I wasn’t too keen on establishing a relationship between my encounters and proverbial wisdom back then. Not a lot of events had occurred that could coherently relate to it. It is a well thought out saying, implying that only the person experiencing a situation has true and literal knowledge of how challenging and difficult the situation is.  Thinking about it now, a sense of enhanced understanding has been provoked through my subsequent encounters to present day. A lot of things happen in our lives and every so often there is a social tendency of sharing these occurrences with others. This is done as a means to seek some relief and bonding. My realization with such action is that not always do the people we share our predicaments with understand what it is that is tr...

Most things are made of different parts. Until these parts come together and become whole, there isn’t really an emergence of oneness. To become and feel whole as an individual, I think there is a need for the different parts of our lives and selves to integrate. There must be some rhythm, that all these parts dance to that unites them to function as one. Therein lies the importance of integration in our lives. Something about being whole takes away the chaos of a disastrous life. Existing with multiple aspects of yourself scattered in different directions is no good. There is a need to bring together all the different parts of our brain, the parts that make up who we are. This is what integration entails.   Integration appears in various areas of our daily lives, demonstrating how we blend different aspects of ourselves and our experiences to create a balance. For instance, achieving a work-life balance by setting boundaries between professional responsibilities and personal ...

 Happiness is a concept that has intrigued philosophers, psychologists, and thinkers for centuries. But what does it truly mean to be happy? Is it merely the presence of pleasure and the absence of pain, or is it something deeper and more enduring? I've developed a significant fixation over this term, the burden of my namesake. My pursuit is to explore the many philosophical viewpoints on happiness and how these perspectives manifest in our lives, influencing our mindset and state of being. Hedonism: The Pursuit of Pleasure Hedonism postulates that pleasure and the avoidance of pain are the ultimate goals in life. Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus suggested that true pleasure comes from simple living, intellectual pursuits, and deep friendships. In our modern lives, this could translate to simply enjoying cup of tea, engaging in stimulating conversations, or enjoying a walk in nature. Hedonism promotes indulgence, with its essence lying in appreciating the small, joyful moments th...

  My two previous posts sought to analyse two crucial components of Freud’s model of personality; the id and the ego. In retrospect, the id represents our most primal urges and drives while the ego is a reasoning component for the id’s intended actions. The third and final constituent of personality in Freudian psychoanalysis is the superego. The moral compass. The superego is said to be the portion of our personality that is shaped by the values and standards instilled by parents, family and the society. This is brought about by an increasing interaction with the world, creating a framework of understanding and dissemination of what is regarded  as right and wrong. From this foundation arises some morality in decision making, acknowledging that there are certain expectations in behaviour and general mannerisms which are accepted by society.  We may have different comprehensions of what the conscience is. A mechanism rooted in our psyche that makes us feel guilty when we’...