Get in rhythm with your healing hands.

Hands to heal you by creating something to feel good about self and at same time may be to serve others. Be it basic things like cooking a meal or cleaning, working from desk or on site, if you try to bring rhythm to whatever you do you will soon start to realise that you are healing yourself. 

If you find yourself in a position where going gets tough or you feel you can no longer go ahead with it then try some soothing techniques like singing your favourite tune or may be you just like to hum.

Giving rhythm to work sometimes help you to get organised for next task. You don’t need to have guests around to use your favourite cutlery and crockery. Get them out when you feel you need good change. Cook your favourite meal, garnish it with best ingredients you have. Set your table like you would do on those special occasions, play music you like, lit candles, switch on your special room freshener and have your perfect meal.

If your loved one is together its even better, you can make your moment much nicer by using red colours around, be it your tablecloth or napkins or any tableware. If you got kids it adds to your pleasure. You can get them all in one place and have fun filled time together.

When you are done with your meal, clean it all up. Don’t forget to get help from your loved ones to be quicker. Then get on floor and spread out drawing sheets and draw your thoughts. I feel getting on warm floor send positive vibes to your body and mind.  You do not need to be professional painter or creative head of any company to draw using your imaginations. Do not get discouraged if you notice your drawing a complete disaster. Smile you are drawing to feel good and not to put them on sale.

When you feel bit better and you think you are getting in rhythm then get dressed to go out and have a long walk. On your way back collect all those colourful gravels, if you are walking on seashore then collect few sea shells bring them back with you and wash them and decorate them in empty glass bottles or glass bowls as they add on to your home designs.

You can also grab a nice scented flower bouquet and display them in your favourite vase. Try to be creative by baking your own breads, cakes and biscuits. Learn to cook and be prepared to surprise your loved ones or guests. Love what you do.

Notice and appreciate nature around you, take your camera with you if you like to capture things your eyes have seen. Observe little details of what nature has to offer. Smile when you see those little dewdrops on grass, plants and trees. Feel the warm sunlight in you, if you are out in the evenings then sit back to see sunset and observe those birds returning to their nests. Spot those little birds flapping wings to catch up with the speed of their fellow mates.

Places in your home or office where you tend to spend most of your time, try giving it more pleasant look. Use your favourite shades on bed sheets and pillows covers. Give it a rhythm, display things according to its shapes and sizes, most used and least used.

Hold hands of your loved ones, children or friends. Try it as holding hands with another person is a very healing action. Sit down in a quite place need not say a word. Let heart do its job, its very good at passing messages without words when happy or when sad.

Do some gardening, run your fingers on those lovely flowers and fruits, leaves and grass, branches and stems. Once again if you are on seashore build your own sand castles, feel the warmth in the sand, let that warmth travel in your body through skin.

Blow a kiss with your hands to your loved ones and friends when you finished with arguments and getting back home together and wish them good luck raising your thumbs up.

You need not be a part of audience in a show to clap. Clap when you feel happy, clap to show appreciation. Generate a rhythm and clap accordingly. You might soon realise those sounds generated by clapping your hands are one of your favourite tunes.

Don’t forget to massage your hands, legs and face with your favourite massage oil and may be get a back massage from your partner and if you like give warm massages to your loved ones too.

If you find too difficult to do things on your own then get online and watch others getting creative as that can sometimes inspire you and motivate you to do something creative.

Try to always remember our basics. Where we come from and where would we go in the end. Little things bring more happiness and bigger things can sometimes not long last. If we find happiness in little things we would never notice difference of how big things look like.

War within, ''What matters today means nothing tomorrow''

I try to reflect on self by sitting down quietly everyday for 15 minutes after my son, Gautam goes to bed. This is a time when I try to recall every little details, which occurred in a day.

Thinking about people I met, what I spoke, how I responded to people's gestures, how I replied to their questions, what conversations I had and what it led to, if I gave enough time to everyone I met today, if I was considerate, if I was thoughtful, hoping I did not try to overly get involved in people's lives by commenting in a way supporting their views, if I tried to manipulate things so it looks like I was right, if I tried to raise my voice because I felt I was right or maybe I felt I knew more, if I said thank you to show appreciation to people who helped me, if I fed my family, my fishes, my pets and birds outside?

Did I help someone without expecting favours in return and finally thinking of what I can do to make sure that with all these questions in my mind I should start with fresh thoughts next sunrise without getting too judgmental or trying to convince myself that I hold better position and not trying to look down upon others.

When I get answers to all my questions in my thoughts I then tend to repeat this sentence in my mind for couple of times "what matters today means nothing tomorrow", saying so helps me to grow within. This sentence directs me to neutral gear.

I then smile, this smile is in a way commanding my brain to erase little details which really makes no sense if present in thoughts and makes no difference if it's nonexistent. It takes about 10 minutes to get answers to my questions; the remaining 5 minutes are to frame questions for next fresh start.

Will I smile and greet every individual I meet, no matter what experience I had with him or her, good or bad? Will I give enough quality time to people so they get chance to express themselves too? Will I show appreciation to everyone who supported my existence and stand by me when I needed the most? Strangers are teachers of life too will I respect them? I don't have to be right every time; will I show consideration to those who have their own views? It's natural to get in argument as everyone thinks not the same, will I remind myself to forgive and forget? Am I sure that I served my child and husband before I could lend helping hands to others? Will I always be aware that my existence on earth is not to hurt some, or be judgmental every minute, or to make comments or say something on every incidents, or to compare myself to others or vice versa? Will I be aware that every individual have their own rights to own things they have, be that intelligence or intangible goods as I have no rights to prove self or anyone their grades with superior or inferior tags?

Towards the end of 15 minutes when I am done with framing questions for my better tomorrow I then tend to have 2 minutes of peaceful no thoughts moment. These 2 minutes of quite moment has thought me a lesson too that I need to conquer the war within. Most of my good and bad of life is on how I think. I need to learn to open and broaden ways of thinking so that it helps me to look at life from different aspects and not get carried away with limited thoughts making my life along with others quite painful. I need to remember one sentence "what matters today means nothing tomorrow" to conquer the war within.

Gia Guru Nayak 

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Seventeenth Century Nun's Prayer

My husband and I use to work together to manage and run a coffee shop business in Oxfordshire for few years, that coffee shop was in one of the oldest buildings in south facing part of Abingdon. Apparently it was built in 15th century. Its loft, which was then extended in 18th century, had some bric-a-brac in. One of the previous owners of that building must have thought of dumping old photo frames in that gap of extended loft may be to upgrade their photo frames collections or  may be to get rid of them. In year 2007 when we had heavy down pours we noticed some water dripping from the ceiling so my husband thought of getting in the loft to see if there was any problems in the roof or roof tiles. We managed to get it sorted and fixed but were surprised to see tons of picture frames lying in the gap of two lofts. We had two options either selling them or displaying them in our coffee shop. We opted to display few in coffee shop and live rest for our friends. All pictures were black and white and most of them were sketches of beautiful girls dancing or working in traditional English pubs and tearooms. There were few pictures, which had Egyptian ladies cooking, and serving food to their gods. One of the picture frames was very unique it did not have any pictures but had some script on it, which read Seventeenth Century Nun's Prayer author unknown. I was very pleased having found it and thought of displaying it on the way to stairs leading to first floor seating. Ever since then I always made it a point to read it once in a week, which was mostly done on Sunday mornings, my day off. The reason why I enjoyed reading it was because it had unexplained depth to it. Every time I read it I got different meaning, different expose to real essence of my life. I felt I wasn't alone. I felt I am not any different. I felt I was only human. I was always so busy doing different things that reading Seventeenth Century Nun's Prayer every Sunday just became a routine and I never thought of looking for its author or its origin. Today I was reading beautiful Christian story '' A Bible for Graduation'' and it said author unknown, this event connected me to the event when I first read Seventeenth Century Nun's Prayer and never knew whom the author was. So thought of doing some online search hoping to find the author for that beautiful, inspiring prayer. Alas! I still have no clue who was the author.

I thought of sharing it with you all because it is so inspiring. We need not have to be religious or believe in a particular religion to read this prayer. I personally feel this prayer is not to speak reverently to god or a god in order to express thanks or make request.  This is beautiful piece of work, which is actually helping us to reflect in self and also feel good that we are only humans.

Here it goes,

Lord, You know better than I know myself that 

I am growing older and will someday be old. 

Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say 

something on every subject and on every occassion. 

Release me from the craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. 

Make me thoughtful, but not moody. Helpful, but not bossy. 

With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all, 

but You know, Lord, I want a few friends at the end.

Keep my mind free from the endless recital of details;

give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains. 

They are increasing, and love of rehearsing them 

is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

I dare not ask for grace enough to enjoy the tales

of others' pains, but help me to endure them with patience.

I dare not ask for improved memory, 

but for a growing humility and a lessening cocksureness 

when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. 

Teach me the glorious lesson that occassionally, I may be mistaken.

Keep me reasonably sweet. I do not want to be a saint 

- some of them are so hard to live with.

But a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. 

Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places, 

and talents in unexpected people. 

And give me, Lord, the grace to tell them so.

Amen 

How to Argue Logically

I have been reading about different philosophers and their works and contributions. I found this article below quite interesting and so decided to share ot with you all. This piece of work is contributed by Richard H Popkin. (December 27, 1923—April 14, 2005) was an academic philosopher who specialized in the history of enlightenment philosophy and early modern anti-dogmatism. His 1960 work The History of Scepticism from Erasmus to Descartes ^[1]Pyrrhonian Scepticism of Sextus Empiricus. Popkin also was an internationally acclaimed scholar on Jewish and Christian millenarianism and messianism. introduced previously unrecognised influence on Western thought in the seventeenth century, the

How to Argue Logically

We like to think that we speak logically all the time, but we are aware that we sometimes use illogical means to persuade others of our point of view. In the heat of an impassioned argument, or when we are afraid our disputant has a stronger case, or when we don't quite have all the facts we'd like to have, we are prone to engage in faulty processes of reasoning, using arguments we hope will appear sound.

Such defective arguments are called fallacies by philosophers who, starting with Aristotle, have catalogued and classified these fallacious arguments. There are now over 125 separate fallacies, most with their own impressive-sounding names, many of them in Latin.

Some arguments have easily recognizable defects. For instance, in the argument ad hominem, a person's views are criticized because of a logically irrelevant personal defect: "You can't take Smith's advice on the stock market; he's a known philanderer." In the genetic fallacy, something is mistakenly reduced to its origins: "We know that emotions are nothing more than physiology; after all, medical research has shown emotions involve the secretion of hormones." Another illogical argument is named for the erroneous thinking a wagering person may fall prey to, the gambler's fallacy (also called the Monte Carlo fallacy): "I'm betting on heads; it's got to come up since we've just had nine straight tails."

Some fallacies may not be recognized as erroneous reasoning because they are such commonly used forms of argument. For instance, if we say, "I'm sure my cold is due to the weather; I started sneezing right after it went from 60 degrees to 31 degrees in three hours," we are committing the fallacy with the Latin name of post hoc ergo propter hoc ("after this, therefore because of this"). Many a political argument exemplifies the fallacy of arguing in a circle; for instance: "Only wealthy men are capable of leading the country; after all, leadership can be learned only if you have had money to exercise power." Many prejudicial or stereotypical arguments commit the fallacy of division, or of applying to the part what may be true of the whole: "North Dakota has wide-open spaces; since Jack's farm is there, it must be quite large." The converse of this is the fallacy of composition, where properties of the parts are erroneously attributed to the whole: "Every apple on this tree is rotten; therefore, the tree itself is hopelessly diseased."

It may be a surprise to realize that some widely accepted forms of argument are just as fallacious as the most logically defective reasoning. When we appeal to the beliefs or behavior of the majority to prove the truth of something, we are committing the fallacy of consensus gentium: "Imbibing alcohol cannot be bad for people, since all cultures studied have used alcohol." Or consider the person who argues that "Tragedy is the highest form of literature; after all, didn't Aristotle consider it such?" This is a form of the fallacy of arguing from authority. There is also the fallacy of ignoratio elenchus, which has nothing to do with ignorance; its name means that the point made is irrelevant to the issue at hand, as in the untenable view of a lawyer who says, "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you cannot convict my client of manslaughter while driving under the influence; after all, advertisements for alcohol exist everywhere in our culture."

Fallacy

{fal'-uh-see}

In logic, a fallacy is a form of reasoning that is illogical or that violates the rules of valid argumentation. A formal fallacy makes strict violations of the rules of logic. An informal fallacy does not violate the rules of logic, but it violates the rules of valid reasoning or arrives at unsound conclusions, because of unsound reasoning.

A common formal fallacy involves affirming the consequent or denying the antecedent in hypothetical reasoning. That is, if A, then B, affirming B as the proof of A, or denying A as the basis for denying B. In either case, it does not follow that the affirmation or the denial proves what is claimed. Thus, if all Americans are bald (A), then all Americans require no hairdressers (B)--the affirmation of B, that is, saying it is true, does not prove A; neither does the denial of A prove the denial of B.

Two other kinds of formal fallacies that are important are the argument from the undistributed middle and the conversion of a universal positive proposition. In the first, it is argued that "all A is B" and "all C is B"; therefore, "all A is C." If "Americans" is substituted for "A", "human beings" for "B", and "Hungarians" for "C", it is easily seen that the argument is fallacious. In the other case, it is argued that if "all A is B," then "all B is A"; this is obviously fallacious if the same substitutions are made.

Because informal fallacies occur much more frequently in ordinary discussions, in political speeches, and in advertising, they are, in some ways, more important. Some of these fallacies are a result of the ambiguity of the terms used; people often slip unconsciously from one meaning of a term to another. Other major informal fallacies are the ignoratio elenchi, that is, arguing for something different from the question asked; and the tu quoque argument, in which an unsound argument is justified by claiming the unsoundness of another. These soon degenerate into the argument ad hominem, in which the argument of an opponent is countered by pointing to his or her personal faults rather than by considering the substance of the argument; and the argument from authority, which appeals to famous or important people who agree with a particular point of view.

Richard H Popkin

Original Inspirational Quotes

Few original Quotes I could think of. If you got more thoughts do write to me, I am happy to publish them with your name and place below.  We all need inspirational quotes to live with. You could all find my quotes and few more contributions on http://www.great-inspirational-quotes.com/

Attitude: If I had wings I would love to sit with wings widely open, reason being firstly I don't have to worry about my flight down and secondly it works as shelters for those who cannot fly. 

Conclusion: Jumping to conclusion is like jumping monkey, no thought only jumping which takes you nowhere. Every action has its own reason which is unique, so don't generalize. 

Search Amazon.com Computers for Opportunity: I always think that it's not Opportunity that knocks our door, but it should be us who should be doing vice verse but make sure we hold hands of confidence and trust to do that. 

Sensible living: Make it a habit of drinking wine in shot glass and water in pint glass to appreciate good health and sensible living. 

Hope: My grandfather introduced me to god because he wants me to never lose hope. 

Adive and Motivation: 'Careful' can be advice but 'can do it' is a motivation I say it to my son. 

Lies: He who lies to hide the truth never realizes that lies can never hide. 

Motivation: Continuously and Consistently are two words that can take you miles.

Power: Learn to control yourself not others, as power is not as mightier as intelligence.

Problem: Problem is not when you dont know something but it is when you think you know everything.
  

Sensible:Doubting, judging, concluding are bad things you could do to others and worse to yourself.

Good souls: Good souls embrace, others abandon. Do not compare but grow compassion as events in people's lives are projections of how they will behave or respond. 
 
Gia Guru Nayak 

Have you lived enough?

Have you lived enough? Enough to say you lived your life to the fullest. 

Do you appreciate the fact that you are blessed with everything you always wanted? 

Do you appreciate the fact that you are born with all the senses working? 

Hands to work with, legs to walk with and heart to love with? 

Do you appreciate the fact that you love someone without expecting much in return? 

Do you appreciate the fact that you get different options to eat, clothes to wear and clean water to drink? 

Do you appreciate people who gave you birth and your ancestors who gave them lives? 

Do you appreciate the fact that you are blessed with enough thoughts to keep you going for your survival and means to living?

Today if you find out that it’s your last day to live would you smile and look up to say thank you. 

Would you appreciate for everything you are blessed with?

Gia Guru Nayak 
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My Journey towards death

Thoughts of my journey towards death, journey beyond it where there is absence of life, had to look for the answer, thoughts had to look for the meaning.

Sunny nice day on beach with my family, we all sat down building sand castles, close to the seawater that wasn’t very far. Started building one then few more. It had boundaries and were recognised as ours, recognised as mine. It had shape and was firm with bit of moisture in it, in no time water in form of huge waves decided to take it belongings with it, my sand castle away with it. Those sand castles, that stood firm and tall few minutes ago.

I got sad, I got quiet only to realise I had found my answer. I knew where my journey was going to, I knew where I would go when I was no more I. My soul would jump up high in the air, my blood as vapour, my flesh in the earth and big waves which took my sand castle away would come again to welcome me to get together with my family, all those elements I am made up of.

I will be still in this world not in the form I am now, I would not be recognised. I will be waiting for the next creator who would put me together, giving me a form, giving me my name. I realised I got quiet and calm to know the meaning and the answer to my thoughts.

I sat back to think for some more time only to get ashamed of self. My thoughts of where would my ill feelings go? I had within me. Where would they go? Would they travel with me? All the hatred, jealousy, and anger I have within me.

I heard some voice it was from my mind. That voice tried to say something. It shouted saying leave it to the fire it will burn it all away. That voice made me scared, that voice made me ashamed. I started to think if there was any nicer way.

As a natural way to defend myself I thought of good feelings I have developed in me. I smiled in a way it was to feel good and to convince myself that I had good feelings too which would travel with me on my journey towards death.

I heard some voice again. It was same voice from my mind, which said my good feelings would go back in the earth; my good feelings would go back with my heart, the flesh that is going back to the earth. I was left alone again with my thoughts to look for the answer, to know where my ill feelings would go? By this point it started to feel heavier it started to appear bigger.

All those ill feelings were in a way gathering every bit around to get heavier and appear bigger only to make me feel smaller and ashamed. I knew I had to look for the answer to dispose off my ill feelings, as I knew my ill feelings had nowhere to go. It was trapped in my thoughts it was taking its control. Laughing at me. I knew I cannot take it with me, I knew fire would burn my ill feelings all away but it would take me along with its blaze. I got scared, I got ashamed. Ill feelings made me smaller and smaller as it got bigger and heavier every minute. I knew ill feeling had nothing to do with my journey towards death.

I got ashamed, thinking why I developed it in the first place? I would have to go through the fire to get my ill feelings to its home. My ill feelings got taller than me looking on me and smiling. I could see victory in its eyes. It felt happy, as it knew that I wasn’t going to the earth where good feelings lived in form of flesh, in form of heart. I had tears in my eyes. I felt I was losing. Losing with things that I developed.

I still had some hopes looking for the answer. My eyes looked everywhere. It looked right and left, up and down. It looked up again. I felt I found my answer. Indeed I found my answer. I knew my ill feelings could go up in the sky in form of stars, which would twinkle in the dark. Show right direction to people who have lost their way, their way back to the earth.

I smiled as I found good place for my ill feelings to be. Its home, its authoritative position up in the sky. It was now time to get organised. It was the time to break my ill feelings into small bits. So small that it was easier to fly up in the sky. I knew I needed help, as it was difficult to break my ill feelings into small bits. It stood tall, heavy, big.

I noticed my ill feelings got numb. It stood there weak. It knew what I had in my mind. It knew it had to go, as it cannot travel any further with me. As it wasn’t recognised where I am going.

I was still looking around for help. I heard something. It was power inside me called Will which stood up slowly but firmly and said it was happy to help me but only if I agreed to do it in its own way. I was happy I had help so I asked what was its way? It said I would have to smile on every attempt of hitting my ill feelings to small bits. It said how difficult it would get when my will got stronger and stronger. How difficult it would get to start with and only get easier towards the end. Hearing to it I assured and promised my Will that I would smile on every attempt to break my ill feelings to bits.

Before I could move any further I heard a voice again. It said I could help. I was very glad with the feeling I had more support to break down ill feeling which I had build so far. It was Hope. It said it was happy to help me too but only if I did things its way. On asking it said that I will have to hold on to it very tight same time make sure I didn't lose it as it was very fragile. I knew it was very big challenge, as I had to juggle everything with smile on my face holding onto my hope firmly with my Will, which would get stronger and stronger towards the end.

I was very ashamed of what I had to go through to destroy something that I couldn’t take it with me till the end. Something with no meaning or no contribution. Something I developed all these years, which couldn’t come along to my journey towards the death. I am pleased I have solution that my ill feelings had somewhere to go. Be a star up in the sky, to shine when there is complete darkness. To show direction to people who lost their journey towards death.

I have started my attempt of breaking down my ill feeling into small bits. I now know how nice it feels. I heard some voice again it wasn’t my mind this time. The voice was from the sky. It said start today and only concentrate on your work. Do not get distracted. If you do yours then world is the nicest place of all. Do it together and it gets faster and quicker. Do it together but not for each other. We all are on our journey towards the death. Let's all get together. Walk hands in hands. As towards the end there is nothing more to hold on to but on the way there is plenty to drop. This walk is getting nicer and gentler. Let us all make this walk, our journey towards the death a memorable one.

Gia Guru Nayak