Self Esteem: Choosing between Chronic and Healthy Beliefs.

Self esteem is a choice we make for ourselves..... we can choose to feel good or to feel bad about ourselves. Remember the 90/10 secret.... 10% of our experience in life is because of what happens to us, whereas 90% is because of how we respond to what happens.

Feelings like sadness, fear, or anger are not the cause for low self esteem. It is our beliefs about them that account for self-esteem.  Some of the chronic beliefs are I am not good, not good enough, not deserving, not capable, not emotionally stable, not successful, etc. 

These are all negative beliefs ingrained into our heads right through childhood by our parents or which we have chosen as a defence against circumstances. The beliefs that we subscribed to formed a model to describe our world of childhood and make sense of our experiences. The model were based on limited knowledge and crossed connections.  These beliefs helped us to tide over helplessness and limitations of childhood. 

However, these childhood beliefs get out-dated as we grow up to become adults. As adults, we have better knowledge and clear thinking. We have better models and better ways to deal with our world. Unfortunately, in times of stress, we habitually tend to revert to our default models and re-experience childhood feelings, thoughts and behaviours.

What we require is to consciously unsubscribe from these childhood beliefs that are no longer paying us dividends. It is time we subscribe instead to healthy beliefs that will help us manage the present effectively and lead us to a better future. We need to remind ourselves to say "pass" to outdated models and feelings, and to say "welcome" to healthy models and beliefs.

Some of the healthy beliefs are – I am OK You are OK World is OK; we can trust people as long as we are not blind;  as human beings we deserve better; we are resourceful human beings, we can learn technical and people skills; we can face our fears and overcome; we can trust ourselves manage failures and mistakes; we can take independent decisions; we can move on from unhappy past; we can correct or compensate for past hurts and losses; we can visualize and create a better life of happiness, love, prosperity, health, and adventure; the universe is with us and says “Tathaastu” (So Be It)  to all our wishes; etc.

At times, we feel depressed and hopeless. These times are testing what we learn about as adults. We fall back into childhood patterns of feeling, thinking and behaviours because of overwhelming stress. It is here that we have to choose faith over desperation. It is ok to say – Red, Yellow, Green : Stop, Think, Find a Better Response. We need to reaffirm our belief in our adult capacities to problem-solve our way to freedom. 

Remember, it is OK to feel unhappy or desperate, and it is also OK to resolve them and enjoy the freedom to be fully ourselves. Let feelings motivate us to confront issues and resolve or minimize them. As adults we can be emotionally intelligent – postpone gratification of reacting to situations, and face unpleasantness or working out our issues in life.

It is difficult to change overnight…. It has to start from baby steps. Visualization will help in moving from a victim image to a master image. As adults, we have the power to make decisions that will lead us to a happier future. Visualization helps us to make believe in the powers that we have even when we doubt these powers. 

Choosing to believe (i.e. make believe) is as good as actually believing … our subconscious mind does not know the difference. Over a period of time, we see the results that reinforce the positive beliefs. What we believe is what we see, and what we see in turn becomes the basis for what we believe. Beliefs tend to be self fulfilling. “Yad Bhaavam Tad Bhavati” – Upanishad. “Whether you think you can or can’t, you are right – Henry Ford.

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On wonders and magic

Sunday. I sit in front of my laptop. It's quite late in the afternoonand I finally want to capture some stray threads of thought before they escape forever.

Being an Aquarian, I have been rather reliably informed, brings with it a certain susceptibility to flights of fancy, day-dreams and a like of myths and fairy tales. Irrespective of how much truth lies in the above classification, I unabashedly admit to the possession of these traits.The frequent dreamy look on my face suggests, not a profound contemplation on the meaning of the life and similar higher thoughts as it may seem, but rather the fact that one of my flights of fancy has taken off, attained cruising altitude, and the passengers are busily opening their packets of salted peanuts, popping the tabs of their beverages and getting comfortable in the expectation of a serious journey.

As a child, I grew up on a diet of Enid Blyton, C.S. Lewis, Lewis Carrol and the like. The lazy vacation afternoons were spent lying in bed, snuggled up with the chronicles of Narnia, the adventures of the Famous Five, the Five Find-Outers, the Wizard of Oz, Alice's escapades and so on. In the evenings I would join my boon companions, and we would sometimes think out adventures and enact them out. The surroundings, such as they were, were often recruited willy-nilly into our fantasies. Thus, the inoffensive tree in the backyard would be transformed, according to the theme at hand, into a mysterious forbidding castle, where a Snoggon-tribe held the prince  ss of fairies as hostage, and we, in our roles as heroes, would wage a stiff battle to procure the freedom of the said princess. We always managed to win.

The tree, too, demonstrated its multifaceted nature by playing its various parts successfully. Thus, some afternoons we sailed the wild seas on our trusty ship (the tree), some other times we tired of the earth and blasted off into the unknown, final frontiers on our trusty spacecraft (the tree), and sometimes, when both earth and space presented little by way of incentive for us to explore, we escaped into our fairy tale world and held off hosts of besieging gremlins, gnarks, goblins and other equally delightful wicked creatures from the safety of our castle -- a structure that was remarkably tree-like to the untrained, uninitiated eye.

As a child, I never tired of miracles, of magic, of the supernatural. Indeed, I never questioned it. Death, for example, was explained to me simply as a departure of a person from earth and into heaven, next to the Gods and I accepted it as such. The world of magic and wonder was always within reach. Compared with such an idyllic childhood, 'growing up' was rather disappointing. First I had to contend with the shocking truth that Santa Claus did not exist and the jolly rotund man who handed out the presents around Christmas was part of an elaborate charade. Then, the various knocks one receives from life during the process of growing up proceeded to harden the part of me that subscribed to the simple world -- a faerie world, if you will -- where wondrous events were the norm rather than the exception, where right and wrong were clearly distinguishable, where there was no grey.

I wonder, sometimes, if a return to the simple life is ever possible. Sure, time pushes forward inexorably. People age, new things are discovered, old things relegated to the trash heap of the past. More and more children exhibit such precociousness and maturity at such an early age that I sometimes wonder how I ever survived, since I was not as smart as they are when I was their age. I am forced, sometimes, to evaluate my beliefs, my hopes and my dreams. Is there any place for wonders in this world of today? Such thoughts are depressing and they bog me down. And then, I think: of the little old woman and her charming smile when I helped her load a carton of purchase into the trunk of her car; of the friendly black man and his little dogs, who greet me nthusiastically and exuberantly whenever we meet on the street; of the cashier in the supermarket who smiles and puts an extra purchase bag 'on the house' once in a while; of the lady at the diary who, when I sampled and asked for the price of a particularly
excellent cheese, proceeded to mark it down to half the price. This too, is magic, these little things, these wondrous things. Perhaps the simple life we seek does not need any extra door, that it is here, in front of us. We just need to see it... maybe!
....rather long write up of mine from many years ago... 
i was trying to blog then. What do you think? - nilesh

And God Shows the Way: Gerald DCunha

Anupam is my good friend Uday's nephew. Way back in 1989, when I had just started THE DAWN CLUB, I had started it not because I knew how to carry out all those activities on personal growth, but because, my heart was propelling me to do so. I did not know how to go about it... Still, I had started it. Hundreds of students had come around me to cheer me up... and, that was my greatest strength. But then, that could have been my potential doom-device too! I could easily succumb to the pressure of expectations from all my well-wishers!

No, it was not supposed to be so. If your intentions are right, God shows the way. I knew, and I would tell it loudly to everyone around: "I am sure, God will send to me wonderful people to help me out."

And, God did. Within months, these wonderful people started coming into my life, all on their own... Believe me, without any effort from my end!

Shri Uday Acharya - just Uday, to me - was one of them!

Those days, like me, Uday too had just started his Vedanta classes in the city after completing his learning in his teacher's Ashram. He had heard about me from one of my students and, along with Shri. Ram Mohan, his batch mate and pal, come to see me.

go to link
http://www.geralddcunha.blogspot.in/2012/02/normal-0-false-false-false_25.html


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What Lies Within Us - Ralph Waldo Emerson?

What Lies Behind Us and What Lies Before Us are Tiny Matters Compared to What Lies Within Us

Albert Jay Nock? Ralph Waldo Emerson? Oliver Wendell Holmes? Henry David Thoreau? Henry Stanley Haskins? William Morrow? Expelled Wall Street Stock Trader?

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/01/11/what-lies-within/

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Right or Wrong? Changing Perspectives.

Who is right..!


(or... why we are what we are! Blame the universe)



The universe is infinite, where as the mind is finite. The universe comes in multidimensional, whereas the mind is aware of just a few. Hence the disparity. 


Human beings try to see meaning in phenomena and get nonplussed. Animals accept the universe and live out their lives in harmony.


Wisdom is the ability to see other perspectives beyond our own - to see harmony where the mind sees contradiction.


The ability to see the other side, without abandoning our own, helps in building better communication and interpersonal relationships. It also helps in better stress management.

Emotions: Positive or Negative?

Emotions of Happiness and Love are not necessarily positive;
and emotions of anger, fear and jealousy not necessarily negative.

Emotions simply reflect our condition and environment and give us feedback to deal with ourselves and our world. How we respond to anger, fear and other emotions is what makes these emotions positive or negative.

There is an objective element to anger, fear, etc. as well as a subjective component. Situational emotions are what cause most people to respond to the same situations in similar ways. Everyone responds in alarm when a terrorist attack occurs, or celebrate in common an olympic gold medal.

 

Habitual emotions make people respond differently to the same situation. One person responds to a health problem with confidence while another responds to the same with despair. In a habitual response, the angry person gets angry, the fearful gets scared, and the unhappy person becomes sad in most situations.

 

What sets of our emotions, and how we express our feelings, are determined by our attitudes, beliefs, and habits.

 

The more positive our attitudes and beliefs, the more we experience comfortable emotions and steer through difficult emotions comfortably. Negative attitudes and beliefs on the other hand compel us to keep experiencing uncomfortable emotions and expressing them in troublesome ways.

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Acceptance of Pain Makes Life Pleasant

Life would be more pleasant if we accepted that there is no intolerable pain.

All pain is tolerable.... else we would not be alive today. Pain feels untolerable, but we all live with it at different levels of coping. Some of us suffer silently, others verbally, and yet others through the sharpest notes on the musical scale.

Intolerable pain renders a person unconscious.... a natural mechanism that switches off when the system gets overloaded. When the load is removed, we are back in business.

Pain is a signal that all is not well with us. Life without pain is lifeless. Alternately, a life without pain is utopia... pain is unnecessary in heaven!

Pain is not meant to be ignored or denied. Pain is meant to be addressed and treated. Pain is meant to be dealt with in the best way possible. The first steps to managing pain is to acknowledge pain, accept the fact of pain, recognize that pain can be managed, realize that one has choice to manage, explore the various options of coping, and courage to execute the necessary measures.

People respond differently to pain according to their own background. Some persons respond by withdrawing and licking their wounds, others by unburdening their sorrow and speaking about it. Some complain in order to feel better, and some go into spirituality. Counseling, alternative healing systems, medication, humour are all helpful coping methods.

Self Knowledge, Beliefs, Habits

Cognitive knowledge does not depend on play of emotions or lack of emotions. Cognitive knowledge depends only on the conditions of knowledge - e.g. seeing involves eyes, the power of seeing, the light conditions, distance from the object, size and nature of the object, corrective lenses etc. Emotions interfere when our beliefs and perceptions are contradictory. If you see a perso...n who is alive but whom you believe to be dead, it is difficult to believe what you see, right? Vichaara is when you verify what you see and resolve the contradiction. Either the person is really dead and you are seeing a twin person, or the person is really alive and your belief is a mistake.

A different form of emotional interference is when you know and see that a person is no more, but find it difficult to accept the fact. Here the mind is holding on to the past and is unwilling to let go of it. Reality requires a strong heart to stomach, and requires an reorientation period to get completely used to. Usually this period can vary from a few days to a few years, depending on how much we have been holding on to. Willingness to confront reality, awareness of the present, emotional healing practices, spiritual awareness, counseling etc. an all help.

In Vedanta, the truth is tough to digest because it is so different from all our experiences. Whereas our happiness and sadness depend on conditions internal and external, the freedom of Self is unconditional. It takes both verification (vichaara) as well as reorientation (nidhidhyaasana) for us to accept the truth logically as well as emotionally. It is difficult to believe that our worst fears about self is unfounded and based on wrong understanding. Vedanta reeds to be reviewed repeatedly in order that the truth sinks in fully into our conscious and subconscious minds.

Bansi...

These words came to me, as I was listening to Pramodiniji and Himanshu ji's "Aaj Sakhi Shyam sundar"..

To the readers here, who are yet to hear this song, please catch a listen..it will take you away, like it did to me..

Bansi


My very being is Vrindavan,
I have become the flute.
His music flows through me,
and then there is my purpose - to be and feel all at once.

In stillness I hear him,
In stillness he plays,
The sound that resonates in every cell- alive.

There is a lilt, there is mischief, there is joy and then some –
My heart is that distant drum,
When my being is Vrindavan…

It drenches me in a timeless rain,
I shall not move, ‘lest I get lost,
My breath only exists to smell the flowers…
In my being ..Vrindavan

Transition and Transformation

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Uday Acharya

Walking the path in companionship

Says Vedanta teacher Uday Acharya,: "The heart of a satsang is the communication of spiritual ideas, so even an e-group fits the bill. Writing for Life Positive is also satsang!" 

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From Darkness to Light

Certainly, there appears to be a groundswell of interest towards matters holistic. All systems of knowledge are converging and blending. Says Vedanta teacher Uday Acharya, "Science is coming closer to mysticism and psychology is getting integrated into metaphysics."

"The extremeties of consumerism and materialism are also forcing people to urgently search for meaning in life. Says Uday Acharya, "It's a good era to be in. The severe discontent is forcing people to look deeply within."  

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The Path of Japa

Uday Acharya is a Vedanta teacher who gives courses on the Gita and the Upanishads. He, too, chants Om Namah Shivaya as his mantra to become united with the universal mind. So do members of his family. There is no particular place or time when he does it, combining it with any other activity, like travelling, for instance.

The practice, he says, is relaxing and promotes an accepting frame of mind. “It can be combined with prayer or merely used as a technique to quieten the mind. You must look for silence in the gap between the repeated mantra. With practice, the gap widens and the silence deepens.”

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To Thine Own Self be True

Why do we look outside of us, to friends, family, neighbors, everywhere but ourselves, for emotional and physical sustenance?  

"Because of patterns imbibed in childhood," explains Vedanta teacher Uday Acharya."Because of patterns imbibed in childhood," explains Vedanta teacher Uday Acharya. "As children we observe that we need to 'earn' affection, that love is always conditional, that it requires being manipulative. We begin to believe that unconditional love is non-existent or that no matter how hard we try, we are undeserving of it." These patterns are carried into adulthood and we learn to treat ourselves the same way: we berate ourselves, lose faith in ourselves, mistrust ourselves. We continue as motherless children, wrapped in self-pity and rejection of ourselves.

"Affirm to yourself: As a human being I'm deserving of love. I'm a lovable person," says Acharya. "Say: I am an adult now, capable of providing for myself everything I need. Whatever I lacked as a child and didn't get from others I can give myself right now."

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“The eyes and ears faithfully send factual messages to the brain, but our mind rejects it because ‘it cannot believe’,” says Uday Acharya, aVedanta teacher from Mumbai. He cites the following story to illustrate the same:

Bharchu was a minister who was loved by the king for his wit and wisdom. One day, Bharchu made fun of the king and incurred his wrath. The king ordered Bharchu to be executed, but he himself went into mourning, contemplating his hasty and drastic deed. After a year, when the king was still depressed and mourning, his councilors decided to cheer the king and organised a royal hunt in the forest. The king set off for the forest, and passing one of the dwellings, he was shocked to see Bharchu alive and well. Believing Bharchu to be dead, the king mistook him to be a ghost. With great difficulty the foresters convinced the king that Bharchu was not a ghost. The king checked with the executioner who confessed that he had allowed the minister to escape from prison and gave the king evidence to the contrary.

Why did the king see a ghost instead of Bharchu? Was it the fault of his eyes, or was it because he firmly believed that Bharchu was dead? His eyes revealed the existence of Bharchu faithfully. But the mind rejected what the eyes evidenced.

Similarly, the scriptures reveal the truth directly by saying ‘You are That’. Why then, do we not believe in the simple truth? Because of our conditioning; through the process of living untold lives we have accumulated several objections and preconceived notions about who we are that make us unable to take this statement at face value. Low self-esteem, undesirable habits and thoughts, all shroud the truth from us. Hence jnana yoga involves reflection and questioning until the layers of ‘ajnana’ are peeled away and the truth becomes crystal clear.

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Through the mind and out

In fact, the word ‘jnana’ is used interchangeably with ‘upasana’ (meditation) in the Upanishads, says Uday Acharya. The Kathopanishad speaks of OM as an object of meditation and also as the subject of Self-kowledge. Upasana is meditation involving concentration, steadiness, and contemplative thought. It involves mental disciplines that are helpful for learning, retaining, and contemplating on Self-knowledge.

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Finishing Touches

The Indian tradition is particularly rich in rituals that invest meaning in even mundane acts, while commemorating every significant milestone with ceremony. Vedanta teacher, Uday Acharya, points to the four ashramas that trace the stages of human life.

These apart, says Acharya, the Hindu’s progression through life is richly encased in rituals from the time of conception, to her birth and subsequent punctuations such as the first hair cut, partaking of the first solid meal, the first act of writing, and so on. Then comes the ceremonial bath after one’s education, called Snathika, followed by marriage, the sixtieth and eightieth birthdays and finally death.

The rituals revolving around death, easily the most wrenching and crucial of events calling for completion, are elaborate and organized around helping the survivor get in touch with his grief and complete his relationship with the departed. Says Acharya, “During the Shraddh ceremony, the survivor conceives of the soul travelling further on his life’s journey and offers all help and conveniences for his progress. He also offers to complete the responsibilities the soul left behind.” 

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The quest that drives mankind to attain a state of happiness

The very nature of life and our Selves, according to the Upanishads, is joy or bliss. Our true nature is sat (reality), chit (consciousness) and ananda (bliss).  "Vedanta says that happinessis you," explains Uday Acharya, a Vedanta teacher.

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New Age living and spirituality takes center stage in India

Uday Acharya, Swami Dayanand Saraswati's disciple who teaches Vedanta to Mumbai aspirants, is more upbeat. Says he: "In this century all the positive things are coming together. Everything's ready for a takeoff. There's no specialization any more. Today, most subjects are becoming multidisciplinary, such as biochemistry or geopolitics. And whether in religion or in health, people are taking matters into their own hands. They come together in small prayer units, or try alternative medicine. They are taking back their power."

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Spiritual Teenager, Youngsters Are Turning To Spirituality

Says Vedanta teacher Uday Acharya: "Young people are experiencing the downside of consumerism early in life. A young airhostess recently told me that she has enjoyed everything and now has nothing to live for. Many are earning fast fortunes and losing them quickly too. They realize there are no guarantees in life. Spirituality gives them the meaning and stability they need. Also, when they are hurt, they turn to spirituality to heal." 

Acharya also believes that their interest in spirituality is fueled by greater awareness of it at the ground level. "People are reading more and there are greater varieties of spirituality available today," he says.

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Compass of Your Soul

Vedanta teacher Uday Acharya explains it (intuition) as "a comprehensive grip of the principle of universality". With this, comes a comprehension of things in their totality, a holistic knowing.
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Acharya has another yardstick to check messages from the ego: "The ego is reactive. Its messages tend to be based on thoughts of scarcity, guilt and fear. Intuition speaks from the divinity within you." 

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An article on how important it is to make family life harmonious

Uday Acharya, a Vedantic teacher, recommends traditional conflict resolution methods. He says: "The guru was the mediator between parent and child because of the respect he commanded. Value for truth minimized conflicts because if you were wrong, you had to apologize. And finally, there was a great sense of duty that compelled you to take measures to resolve relationship problems."

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Into the Light

Moving into spirituality indicates a graduation from the tacit acceptance of a belief system to an active, vibrant and experiential understanding of God. Says Vedanta teacher, Uday Acharya, "Unlike religion, spirituality is not about dos and don'ts. It is about growth."

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Books and More: My Reading List on Linkedin.com

New Passages

by Gail Sheehy

uday has read this book

Comment: "A book that follows in the style of Passages. A Sequel. Studies lives of people living beyond the 60s. Buddha Hoga Tera Baap :)"

Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life

by Gail Sheehy

uday has read this book

Comment: "Predictable Crises in Adult Life - Charting transitions in Life. Excellent researched book to understand changes that happen within us and outside as we go through different stages in life that includes teeage, career, marriage, middle age. "

Hypnotizing Maria

by Richard Bach

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "How we program our lives with everyday thoughts - thought by thought. Brings to mind the Bhagavad Geeta statement: 'Mind alone for mortals is the cause of both bondage and liberation.' Talks about coincidence as the outcome of subtle intentions and not a mere accident. Looks true, if my own experience is to be believed. I was completing the book on a flight that was booked at the last minute. My mother and I were the last of the passengers to disembark. I passed the cockpit and found the friendly co-pilot responding positively to my taking a look at the cabin. I told him about the book I was reading and was promptly invited to take his seat and explore the control panel. An experience totally unexpected and coincidental. By the way, the book was given to me for reading by my nephew who has just completed his flight training for pilots."

Shantaram

by Gregory David Roberts

uday has read this book

Comment: "Good book to know all about Bombay (Mumbai) - slums, underworld, philosophy, police methods, Indian villages, and 4letter words in 3 different languages. Racy novel based on real life experiences."

The Fountainhead (Centennial Edition Hardcover)

by Ayn Rand

uday has read this book

Working with Emotional Intelligence

by Daniel Goleman

uday is reading this book

Comment: "Case studies on the positive outcomes of Emotional Quotient in the workplace."

The Power of Ethical Management

by Norman V. Peale, Ken Blanchard

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "A corporate governance must read. "

Loving Yourself: Four Steps to a Happier You

by Daphne Rose Kingma

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "Four steps : Speak Out, Act Out, Clear Out, Set Out! Great stuff for getting over self obsession and to honour yourself. "

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "Focus on actual results, not on paper profits. An eye opener on the high cost of inventories and automation. "

First Things First

by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "Four generations of time management. You cannot manage time. Only your life in the time allotted to you. Can you manage the important and the urgent? What would be your priorities for the last six months of your life? "

The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate (Men's Edition)

by Gary Chapman

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "Five Love Languages: Communication beyond audio, video, kinesthetic NLP modes. In the same category as another book: Talking to Kids so that they listen and listening so that they talk."

Thursday, Sep 17 2009

Siddhartha

by Herman Hesse, Gunther Olesh, Anke Dreher, Amy Coulter, Stefan Langer, Semyan Chaichenets

Comment: "Siddhartha's special mantra for success: "I can think, I can fast, I can wait". A book that questions the meaning of life. Siddhartha is a fictional character and contemporary of Buddha. "

The Secret

by Rhonda Byrne

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "The secret is to first be what you want to become until you become what you are. Shades of The Alchemist!"

Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results

by Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen, Ken Blanchard

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "Bringing Wow to work"

The Feeling Good Handbook

by David D. Burns

uday has read this book

Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training

by Karen Pryor

uday has read this book

Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

by E. F. Schumacher

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "Economics of Simplicity as taught by Buddha and Gandhi"

Moments With Oneself/Freedom In Relationship

by Swami Dayananda Saraswati

uday has read this book

Moments With Oneself/Vedanta 24X7

by Swami Dayananda Saraswati

uday has read this book

Spirituality For Dummies

by Sharon Janis

uday is reading this book

Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway

by Susan Jeffers

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "5 truths about fear. Growing from victim to survivor. Saying Yes to Life. How whole is your life? Susan Jefffers at her best."

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens

by Sean Covey

uday has read this book

Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam

by Arun Tiwari

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "Great book for learning about team work and flow state dynamics."

The Teaching of the Bhagavad Gita

by Dayananda Swami

uday has read this book

Comment: "An enlightening series of talks on the Gita based on Shri Aadi Shankaracharya's Advaita. This was my teacher's first major published book. He has written many more since, and the list includes classics like 'The Value of Values', 'Talks on Emotional Maturity', 'Talks on Vivekachoodamani' etc. Check his Gurukulam websites: www.arshavidya.org, www.arshavidya.in, http://www.arshavidya-nagpur.org, and http://www.dayananda.org

Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century

by Alvin Toffler

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "No trainer should be without this book. It speaks of the power shift from muscle power to money power onward to thinking power. The person who can imagine best will rule the world."

The Third Wave

by Alvin Toffler

uday has read this book

Comment: "A masterful sequel to Future Shock. Gives you much material to chew on."

Future Shock

by Alvin Toffler

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "I was shocked reading this in my 20s. I am now in my 50s and am still awed to see the implications of future shock. Toffler takes you through the agricultural society to the industrial society onward to the information society and the implications of these changes in our lives."

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

by Richard Bach, Russell Munson

uday has read this book

Recommended

Illusions

by Richard Bach

uday has read this book

The One Minute Manager

by Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson

uday has read this book

Recommended 

Awaken the Giant Within : How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!

by Anthony Robbins

uday has read this book

The Celestine Prophecy

by James Redfield

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "A deeply spiritual book about the new age"

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

uday has read this book

Recommended

Whale Done! : The Power of Positive Relationships

by Kenneth Blanchard, Thad Lacinak, Chuck Tompkins, Jim Ballard, Ken Blanchard

uday has read this book

Recommended

Comment: "How do you train a whale? You can't order it around like you do your kids. The art of motivation at its best."

Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step (Perennial Library)

by Edward De Bono

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