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The Mind

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By  Dr.S.T.Nambi Mind is the next most important thing after our physical body. While the body is tangible the mind is intangible and hence difficult to fathom. But what is mind? The answer still remains elusive as science, philosophy and religion conceptualize it differently. Science defines mind as the set of faculties involving  cognitive aspects and non-cognitive aspects. Cognitive aspects include things such as consciousness, imagination, thinking, intelligence, perception, judgment, language and memory. Non cognitive aspects include things such as emotion and instinct etc. Philosophers and religion answers this differently. Is the mind part of the body, or the body part of the mind? Are they same or are they different? If they are distinct, then how do they interact? And which of the two is in charge? All these inevitable questions led philosophers to propound theories such as dualism and monism. Dualism is of the view that the mind and body both exist as separate entities.  M

That’s what we all want when we start the day

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By Mr. Sreeraman Nandhi  There are various means to talk with your mind. One of the best way is to write down in a paper, this helps the mind to echo. Before going to sleep one must prepare his or her mind for two important things, one is to assimilate the day’s events so that he or she gets good sleep. Next is to prepare the mind to work for the next day. How can it be achieved? It’s very simple, all that is needed is to write down the day’s event honestly as an essay for at least one page. Then spending few minutes on what is written to ensure that everything is captured. This process will help to close the day and also shutting down our brain after the day’s work. It’s like shutting down the PC at the end of the day. Once this is done, three learning’s for the day and five things which need to be done for the next day as top priority during the first half, should be written in separate page. This whole process should be completed in less than 15 to 20 minutes. After completing the a