We visited the recently renovated Dino Park and Glow Garden yesterday. The traffic was horrendous, but the visit was worth it. They have now added more ‘active’ Dinos that the kids absolutely love – they shout and scream and finally get around to touch the monsters, realizing that well, they are not the real deal. …
Humanist psychologist Carl Rogers believed that self-concept is made up of three distinct parts: ideal self, self-image, and self-esteem. His theory explains what it means when these parts are congruent or incongruent with reality, which impacts your self-concept. Rogers described the self-concept as being composed of three parts: Ideal self: The ideal self is the person you want …
So I went to the Hindu temple today at Jebel Ali, to perform a puja for my new car. After long actually – not the car…the visit. It was a pleasant atmosphere, some Vedic chanting on one side, a couple of families perfuming puja on the other. A few people sitting in the middle and …
Christmas, in the words of Sri Krishnananda. I have taken a few bits of his lecture – parts that are relevant to you and me. Have a read:) The way spiritual is one of the ways in which man can live in the world, is what the common populace may be thinking. The way spiritual …
The human body is a feat of nature that we don’t think much about. We all know what DNA is, but did you know that DNA can survive for thousands and thousands of years? In effect, it will outlive us for generations and generations to come, in a world where your own name may not …
अमन्त्रमक्षरं नास्ति नास्ति मूलमनौषधम् ।अयोग्यः पुरुषो नास्ति योजकस्तत्र दुर्लभः ॥ amantramakṣaraṃ nāsti nāsti mūlamanauṣadham ।ayogyaḥ puruṣo nāsti yojakastatra durlabhaḥ ॥ Samayocitapadyamālikā There is not a syllable which is not a mantra; there is not a root that is not a medicine. There is no person who is not able, but rare is the person who knows how to apply …
1. Question every requirement. Each should come with the name of the person who made it. You should never accept that a requirement came from a department, such as from “the legal department” or “the safety department.” You need to know the name of the real person who made that requirement. Then you should question it, …
Dr. Rick Hanson, neuropsychologist and author of “Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence”, writes that we humans share ancestors with “bats, begonias and bacteria that go back at least 3.5 billion years.” Hanson describes these ancestors as living in a world of carrots and sticks. Carrots are rewards (food, sex, shelter), and sticks …
So I mostly caught a virus of some kind. Which means, cancelled meetings and calls, a bit of work pile and the headache and fever to top it up. Is it just me, or are we witnessing a never-ending cycle of infections? I don’t remember falling sick so often…its like there is always something wrong …
Watching a seedling grow, Is an exercise in patience, determination and grit… It may seem natural, but no It takes a lot of work and effort to just help nature along it’s course… A strong wind a bit of extra rain can cause the heart to skip a beat as one watches the seedling reach …
