It was one of those spur-of-the-moment decisions made when I called up the phone number that I saw tucked in one corner of the classified ads in a local newspaper. One thing led to another and this started the process of learning to play the Tabla at the young age of 44+ on one rainy afternoon way back in 2004, on 7/8/2004 to be precise.
72,000 nadis (energy pathways) – Myth or Reality?
I was told during my First Degree Reiki class way back in 1996 that the life force or Pranas as it is commonly known flows along 72,000 fixed pathways (also called as nadis or channels) in all human beings. This, I was told had been mentioned in the ancient texts – the shastras – and therefore could not be questioned. I just accepted this bit of information as being the holy truth and something that could not be questioned as no evidence existed to either confirm or deny it.
Creativity during Commonwealth Games
These pics taken during the recently concluded CWG 2010 really showcase the tremendous creative potential of human minds. Hats off to the Creators and also to the One who captured these moments beautifully.
More on Acceptance of the Negative
I wish to draw attention to the following lines in the last paragraph taken from this newspaper clipping: "They found that paradoxically, low self-esteem participants' moods fared better when they were allowed to have negative thoughts than when they were asked to focus affirmative thoughts."
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