Remember the famous line, “I think, therefore I’m” by Rene Descartes, the French philosopher who fired the modern course of reductionistic science through giving precedence to rational way of working with information. Knowledge derived from thinking, and that too the rational kind, became the reigning mantra over the ensuing centuries. We have troves of self-booksRead more
PARMJIT SINGH, PhD
Many people often tell me that they can’t do meditation. It is not their cup of tea. Their mind is a mess, agitated, and all over the place. At the same time, you can’t really fail at meditation, if you understand it in a right manner. If you take a moment to contemplate; is meditationRead more
Distracted mind is an unhappy mind, the old saying goes. At the same time, being present offers various rewards. In one of the research studies published* few years back, it was indicated that participants who remained present even when they were stuck in uncomfortable situations were likely to be happier than those who chose toRead more
What happens to brain under meditation? Mindfulness meditation has a way of working on different important circuits of the brain. For example, when we are trying to stay present to the coming and going of the breath (our object of attention in this case), following four different circuits* are being worked on constantly: When mindRead more