Speaking Tree| TOI | April 2, 2011
Rational thinking means reason-based thinking. It is the kind of thinking that is based on proven facts. It is based on sound reason. We tend to let our heart rule our thinking and this can cloud our judgement.We need to control our emotions and understand the realities of life objectively; only then will we be able to develop rational thinking.
Speaking Tree | TOI | October 31, 2010
No. on the contrary, emotions are our strength. After deciding on doing something, we need determination to execute it and it is our emotions that give us the determination. But there are two sides to emotions: the plus point is that it gives you incentive to do something; without emotions, we’d be like robots. The negative aspects is that through it activates you, it does not differentiate between right action and wrong. It’s your mind which does the differentiation.
Speaking Tree | TOI | October 31, 2010
Objective thinking and introspection are the surest ways of discovering your negative points. Negativity goes against man’s basic nature. So, when one develops some kind of negativity, his nature tries to reject it. It is this action and reaction that creates tension. So, by rejection, your mind already does 50 per cent of the task; you need to do only the rest of 50 per cent.
Don't follow emotions and follow reason and you will become a wise person.
The Speaking Tree | Sunday, June 27, 2010
Silence is the quality of a wise person. Silence means more concentrated thinking. Silence means avoiding immediate reaction and giving a well-considered response. Silence means speaking after thinking.
One of the important points made in the UNESCO constitution is as follows:
“Since war began in the minds of men it is in the mind that the defence of peace must be constructed.”
This is an indisputable fact. Whether the quarrel is between two people on the street, or between groups or nations, the origin of all such incidents lies in the mind. It is in the mind that feelings of hatred, revenge and anger are produced, and when these spill over into provocation, the result is some measure of conflict, ranging from petty squabbling to full-scale war.
