Relax your leg and hip joints

Sit on the floor with both legs stretched out in front.  Place your hands on your knees and keep your back erect. As you exhale bring all the toes together and spread your toes out as your exhale.  Make sure you exercise just the toes. Don't move your feet.  Repeat this exercise 20 times.  This exercise will ensure that your legs and hip joints are relaxed.

Strong faith in GOD

Have faith in GOD.  Faith is the greatest power.  Have faith in what you do. It makes life vital, dynamic and joyful.  Faith leads to confidence.  To believe is to be strong. Belief is power. Faith releases the power. Have belief in GOD. It is essential.  God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide and lantern to my feet etc., one should have this belief.

If you have faith in God then you will know that you have capacity to handle life successfully through the power of God.

Have firm mind that God helps you, when God guides you, your failures are superseded by a new keenness of mind and by a pleasant confidence.

Some people have inferiority complex, they think that they cannot achieve anything.  Suppose you are dominated by inferiority complex start filling the mind with an affirmative faith in God. Next, believe humbly, but strongly in yourself. Start living in the belief that God is with you.

Avoid stress at SPA

Usually people search happiness in material comforts which change or perish. When we are joyful we are happy. Now a days' living in cities is a curse because of air and water pollution. In addition, there is noise pollution also.  Our mind is not free from stress. We do everything in a hurry. Even we eat fast food. We don't sit and eat. It becomes very necessary to keep away from this busy city life, to avoid all these we must spend our time with the family. Go to SPA and relax you body and mind, the benefit of going to SPA is, you will get a treatment for how to increase body's energy flow, smoothing our muscles, stimulating circulation, reducing weight and also weight relating problems, spiritual awareness, toning and nourishing the skin etc.,

Reading Books is a good habit

A human become a machine if he / she is always workaholic. Sometime we have to divert our mind towards reading good articles, books, novels or spiritual books. It give us not only knowledge but also relaxation from the work or routine work.

The day will not begin without newspapers. They educate the public.  We can learn many things by reading books. There are plenty of material available for reading, text books, general books, magazines, weekly, monthly, daily newspaper etc.,

I personally feel reading of biographies of great men. The reading of novels and short stories is a pleasant past time. People like reading books while travelling. Thus they avoid tense moments.

The habit of reading good books is a sign of good culture.  It we have books we need not have friends.  The books are the best companions and friends.  Always there will be benefit out of reading books.

Reading is of different kinds from light reading to serious reading.  Also how to get books to read is next question.

1. Purchase books and read or download eBook from the net.
2. Become a member to any of the libraries and borrow books.
3. Have your own library.  Go on collecting books. You will have more to read.

Sportiveness - sports and games

To do any work one should be physically fit. The body has to perform the life's duties well.  A healthy body is the first requirement.  Unless one is healthy nothing can be achieved.  That is why the adage "Health is wealth. Men can enjoy the good things of life only if he is in good health.  Maintaining good health is one is the requirement of personality development.  Health is not merely free from diseases.  It is not only physical health but mental health also.

To keep fit we must do some regular exercises, running, jogging, yoga, meditation. aerobics, skipping  etc., With all these one can maintain their Blood pleasure or sugar  levels though out their life.

One cannot satisfy all desires in his lifetime

One cannot satisfy all desires in his life time. Desires are endless.  We are human.  Our desires are unlimited.  If we fulfill the desire another desire is generated.

Lord Buddha said desires cause sorrow.  A man will not be happy until his desires are satisfied. So his mind is in a perturbed condition.  I want to become a karodpati/millionaire. Desires grow. A man with desires in his mind even cannot die peacefully.  He may even take a new birth to satisfy his desires.  So where is the end.  How can his mind attain peace?

Everyone will have one or the other desire.  Nothing wrong.  They may be reasonable.  We work to achieve our goals.  But one should not be mad for getting something which is not within his reach.

By fulfilling desires one cannot become happy.  A desire has already disturbed the calmness of the mind.  So some people avoid to acquire and suppress the desire.  But this attitude also do not yield happiness.  Because the desire is not dead.  It remains in the mind.  So psychologically it affects.  The person will be grumbling now and then that he didn't attain his needs. Desire is okay but greedy will cause many problems. So to be happy, to control mind give up the desire.  Put an end to desires.

Positive mental attitude

If we think positive good things happen to us. So change your attitude if it is negative.  This is what usually the leaders of positive mental attitude movement say. It is true also.  We may feel that whatever we think are right.

Thoughts are not ordinary things.
Thoughts are things endowed with bodies, breath and wings.
Thoughts are invisible in nature, but their action is forceful.
Thoughts can travel miles together.
Thoughts have direct relation with the mind.
Thoughts are the sources of mind/thinking.

There is a saying think before you ink. Moreover one has to think and do.

All good thoughts are positive thoughts
All bad thoughts are negative thoughts

Good thoughts are creative thoughts, Business thoughts, sympathetic thoughts, intelligent thoughts and noble thoughts.

Bad thoughts are jealous thoughts, in-secured thoughts, envying thoughts, poisonous thoughts, confused thoughts, distorted thoughts etc.,

Control over these bad thoughts and balance your mind. If we want to live happily and have peace of mind first we have to improve our thoughts. Our thoughts are the causes for our problems or difficulties so we have to understand our own thoughts and analyse.

Control over thoughts means not to stop thinking, but just mastering over them. Yoga can help in this matter. Then negative impressions of our thoughts can be erased to a stage where the mind becomes pure.

Dissolve stress through

It is not easy to dissolve the stress but if you practice some then it will be possible, try these

1. Develop positive attitude and have positive thoughts

2. Plan daily routine to build up self
    confidence and will power.
3. Keep the environment clean.
4. Do physical exercise in open field
    in the early morning.
5. Deep breathing exercises.
6. Don't stick to work always.
    Do not become workaholic.
    Have alternatives activities.
7. Avoid escapism.
8. Be optimistic. Have patience.
9. Adjust your mind to think positively.
10. Have a goal. Work to achieve.

The modern healing systems that enable to dissolve stress are :

a) Rekhi
b) Pranic healing
c) Colour therapy
d) Music therapy
e) Yoga
f) Meditation
g) Art of living
h) Tai - Chi Gong
i) Painting therapy
j) Laughter therapy

Stress relieving or managing techniques donot prevent diseases. Actually they are the health improving methods.

The chief factors that cause mental stress and tensions are





1. Loneliness and
    pressures
2. Job dissatisfaction
3. Stress in marital life
4. Problems related
    to youth
5. Financial constraints
6. Heavy
    responsibilities
7. Insufficiency in
    mental balance.

How to avoid stress

The foremost thing you have to do is that you must understand the various stresses you are facing and the reactions of your body and the mind towards them.  You may have become frustrated.  Then you observe how you succumb to stresses.

Relax your mind.

Learn how to reduce you bodily reactions appeared due to stress.

Slow and deep breathing bring your heart beat and breathing to normal.

Learn same relaxation techniques like yoga, meditation, yoga postures to get yourself relieved from muscular tension.

By stretching various muscles tightness is released.

Do massage certain aerobic exercises also gives a pleasant feeling to mind.

Dancing helps in relaxing the body to some extent.

Listen good music.

Laughing to some humour relaxes the muscles.

Be jovial. Join in some laughing clubs

Morning walk, swimming, cycling, eating balanced food enables to keep the body rejuvenated.

Avoid tobacco, alcohol and cafene,

Work while you work play while you play that is the way to be happy and gay.

Relax a little or for a while during your doing work.

Develop friendship with good people.

Treat both failures and success as same and feel they are ordinary.

Do not give way for emotions. Balance emotions.

Avoid anger, from anger arises delusion, delusion promotes confusion of the mind, confusion generates loss of reason, and finally loss of reason leads to complete ruin.

Mental stress is an inseparable part of our modern life. Therefore we should have built in defense.

Develop positive attitude towards life.

Positive mental attitude helps a lot. It reduces worry and anxiety.

Keep mind calm and cool.

Entertainment, merriment brings job to our body as well as mind. Relieves tension.

Things to remember

1.  You will become what you think.
2.  A Person is a product of his
     own thoughts
3.  Idle mind is devil's workshop
4.  Negative thoughts - Escapist
     Positive thoughts - fighter
5.  Our mind is what we think
6.  Make optimistic thoughts

Good thoughts elevates us Bad thoughts worsen us

Every thought of ours has a direct impact upon the health of our mind. It all depends upon the intensity of our thoughts and emotions.

The emotions or thoughts is very peculiar things which induce the similar thoughts and emotions of other person.

Jealousy induces jealous
Anger can create anger
Smile get smile
Cry creates cry

The unpleasant thoughts leads to stress and many psychic diseases.
If you are attacked by a negative thoughts better convert it into positive thoughts.
Don't talk to others about your weaknesses. Better talk good things
Talk good things about others.
Reduce emotional elements in your thoughts.
Don't take the wordily problems and the day to day difficulties seriously.
Think whatever is happening it is good for us.

I...

The letter "I" is associated with Ego. People desire to boast of themselves by stating

I can only do this.
I was the executive director of the concern
I am the only person who can work.
Because of me the company exists.

If "I" is removed  (I is ego) from the a person he is fit for salvation.
Ego is false "I". Ego is always associated with feeling of I.
Unless this "I" is dropped, mind cannot be elevated and cannot be controlled.

Lost their identity because of 'ego'

If Ego inherited then...
Ego kills a person
Ego depresses the mind
Ego suffer to the largest extent
Ego spoils the peace of mind
Ego makes self centredness
Ego generates arrogance and ignorance
Ego separates them from the god
Ego roots to all evils

Are you positive thinker? Here you are !!

A few questions are given below, sincerely identify your score

1. Usually I,
    a) myself keep d
       dissatisfied
    b) keep neutral
    c) am active and
        enthusiastic

2. In my life, I
    a) don't have any
        ambitions or goals
    b) have some demands
    c) have specific goals

3. Life, to me
    a) is very much routine
    b) is tolerable
    c) is exciting

4. My life is
    a) not under my control
    b) little under my control
    c) purely under my control

5. If you ask me
    a) Life is a waste
    b) Life is okay
    c) I want to take birth again and would like to achieve something

6. To me every day
    a) is just routine
    b) is not that good
    c) is something new

7. My life
    a) is boring. I have no interest
    b) is mere eating - sleeping
    c) is cheerful, enjoyable

8. After retirement I
    a) take full rest
    b) spend time leisurely
    c) complete works till pending

9. Death, i fear
    a) more
    b) little
    c) not, i am ready to die and face it
       whenever it comes

10) As regards goals in my life
      a) I have not achieved any
      b) I have achieved very little
      c) I have achieved whatever planned

11) I......
      a) cannot discharge responsibilities
      b) can somehow attend
      c) am fully responsible

12) If i want to achieve anything
      a) I need support, Luck should favour
      b) I have to work hard
      c) I have to put efforts, continuously work

Now if you score is more number
'a' negative thinker
'b' slight better thinker
'c' good positive thinker

How to do Meditation

For meditation you have to sit in a quiet place. You cannot experience silence from a noisy place of state.  Never get identified with thoughts.  Let them come and go. Now there is silence.  Experience it. Be conscious of every inhalation and exhalation of breath. Observe how inhalation turns into exhalation and vice versa.  Experience stillness.  In this state you can clearly see your real self that means super conscious mind.  There will be absolute peace.  Focus your mind and the power of God begins to reflect in the clear waters of your consciousness.  Link yourself with the god.

Remove mental limitations through meditation

Meditation removes mental limitations. Mind is a bundle of thoughts.  Moreover the mind is always attacked by thoughts and we become victim of thoughts.  The mind goes on using us.  To bring the mind to our control few exercises are necessary.

Meditation is one such exercise, when the mind is in conflict creates sorrow.
Meditation is the art of letting go sorrow.
Meditation is not silence. It is the art of being awake.
Meditation helps us discover the higher self.
Meditation will control the mind

We usually think meditation is silence and silence means the absence of sound. But...
Silence is the presence filled with life.
Silence is not a product of thought but a space from which thoughts exit.
Silence is the gap during the thoughts

Whenever a problem troubles you and you find no solution or no one to help you, better go into meditation. Mediate till you find the solution. Definitely you find some solution.

Conscious mind

See that the conscious mind is active
The conscious mind should control the subconscious mind
Avoid wasteful thinking and do some useful activities
Let your thinking be planned
Avoid day dreaming

The more you live in a state of  God's consciousness, it goes on purifying and the mind gets strengthened.

Concentration

The mental health also depends on the way you to concentrate. In fact success is the result of pure concentration. The power of concentration decides what we are. Concentration means to learn to remain in the present moment.  There are people who think either of future or remembers past. Their minds do not work in the present situation.  It is because of lack of concentration.  So naturally the mind will not be under control.

Concentration improves the strength of mind.  Students who study must develop concentration to improve their memory power.

Wise people will always concentrate on one particular thing and try to remember for many years.

Environment

Maintaining the surroundings or environment one can improve one's mental health.  If the environment is not clean, noisy and not free from impurities mind gets perturbed and health get impaired.

Change

Always think positively. Then your mind will be in a balanced state. Thinking positive always helps us.  Positive thinking is the foundation of our life. By positive thoughts you can change the environment.  You will be healthy also.

Comments

If any body comments on you or makes some undesirable remarks, do not feel bad about him/her. Don't develop any malice against him/her. Just feel that his/her mood is upset. This is a positive attitude.  It keeps your mind calm. Also it benefits the person coming in your contact.

Recharge your mind

Positive thoughts recharges us completely.

If you expect the worst. You will get the worst.

If you expect the best you will get the best.

If you have a good sleep for about 6-7
hours a day then you will get complete
recharge of your mind.

Enhance self confidence

Positive thoughts enhances self confidence in us.  By being self confident you can achieve the set goals of your life.  Always fill up your brain with positive thoughts.

Brain + positive thoughts =  success (this is my thinking)

Avoid negative thoughts

Your life much depends on how you think. One should develop the habit of viewing everything positively. There is no greater joy than a healthy, positive life. Thoughts which give us pleasure are positive thoughts.  The result of negative thoughts is endless sorrow.  Negative thoughts weakens the mind, makes it restless and impure.  We must know that our life is reflection of our thoughts, our future is dependent upon our present time and our thoughts. Negative thoughts are hindrance for your success.

God is one

God is ONE most of the people will believe this. This is a powerful and good positive thinking. God is on our side. If we know God is for us, then it shouldn't matter how we feel or what other people think of us. If he is on our side, then what can others do to us. Believing God is one really is simple, yet we make it very complicated.