On a winter morning he was out to take an admission test. Just before boarding bus to the exam-center, he realized that he had forgotten hall-ticket at home.
How does 'dwelling' help?
Scientific explanation to how 'dwelling' helps
To put it in research-language of Behavioral-Modulation-Technique (BMT), peaceful 'dwelling' helps in providing a positive antecedent that encourages active-listening to the-self. As a result, instead of preconceived thoughts, facts of the matter get attention for further analysis and for follow-up action. Peaceful mind prohibits entry of negative emotions (the negative antecedents) that otherwise trigger ego-clashes and harmful consequences therefrom.
To put it in research-language of Dr Eric Bern's Transactional-Analysis (TA): In the later part, his 'relaxed' mind didn't 'worry' about the situation as a problem. It's parent-ego part however did stay 'concerned' about it while considering the situation as a passing-phase. It kept advising him to stay cool having experienced favorable benefits of doing so in past. Thereby his mind was free of 'emotions' of fear not allowing it's child-ego part to waver. It allowed it's 'logical' counterpart, the adult-ego, to take charge.
Adult-ego in turn kept both the child-ego and parent-ego in control and took next logical step.
It uncluttered the mind's passage off negative thoughts in order to accommodate flowing-in of more logical information and options in response to inquisitive questions such as 'what-when-where-who-why-how'.
In the language of BMT, each of the above egos have their pluses and minuses depending upon a given situation. Adult-ego is however supposed to prevent both the 'parent-ego' and 'child-ego' from hijacking a given situation. It also treats others as 'adults' and 'respects' their opinions. That's what is called as 'respecting people' and behaving with maturity.
What is the learning?
That in turn helps one to choose, rather act by design like a parent, adult or a child as appropriate to a given situation. It prevents internal ego clashes and thereby prevents clashes with others i.e. external ego clashes (see in picture the red-colored arrows shooting out).
While stuck in messy situations or while making important decisions, 'parent-in-you' may help keeping your cool. It assists 'adult-in-you' to take charge of both the 'parent-in-you' as well as the 'child-in-you'. 'Adult-in-you' thereby can choose safe-n-sound course of action by striking a balance between emotions and logic.
While in play-ground, 'child-in-you' may take charge and enjoy while letting the 'adult-in-you' to keep both the 'parent' and 'child' in you in control and balanced.
In this blog-post I have covered how 'dwelling' helps alongwith it's scientific explanation offered by BMT and TA. I have extended this learning and tips to my blog-posts titled "Success Or Failure: What Do You Like?" in order to understand equanimity and to "In A Big-Problem?: Wear Hats To Solve It !!" in order to see how it helps in solving chronic problems and larger issues. I hope it helps. Looking forward to your experiences. Do write those in comment box hereunder.
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He rushed back. The door-lock failed to open as he tried vehemently. Tension began mounting as he consulted his wrist-watch repeatedly.
The lock was behaving the way it wanted to: funnily. His body was trying to cope up by pumping in more adrenaline in reaction.
What to do? What to do?
He consulted neighbors. Called-up parents in office. Both advised him to calm down.
Taking a small break he sat on staircase. With closed eyes he meditated on sound the lift was making. Took a couple of deep breaths. Suddenly something clicked to him. He got up. Kept bag by the side. Inserted key in the lock. Pushed the door slightly up pulled it towards him gently while murmuring "Khul-ja Sim-Sim"!
Voila! The door opened.. He grabbed hall-ticket. Luckily he had (not luckily, he often has by-design) extra time at hand. So rest all went fine.
How does 'dwelling' help?
What had changed between 'non-working' and 'working' status of the lock? Three things changed.
1/ The break that he took offered him a moment to change his tensed mind into relaxed and uncluttered one.
2/ Uncluttered mind offered empty space for fresh thoughts that clicked an idea.
3/ The idea got implemented without tension.
2/ Uncluttered mind offered empty space for fresh thoughts that clicked an idea.
3/ The idea got implemented without tension.
After a couple of iterations the equipment did work. The problem that seemed very difficult, appeared exceedingly simple as it usually does in the end.
One thing was common among three things that changed: The Relaxed mind.
Non-judgmental relaxed mind coolly directed (hands to) focus on actions. It prevented negative reactions. It directed attention on choicely responding to the situation: Positive re-actions or simply put response instead of reactions as the respons-a-ble people give if you may like to call it.
Non-judgmental relaxed mind coolly directed (hands to) focus on actions. It prevented negative reactions. It directed attention on choicely responding to the situation: Positive re-actions or simply put response instead of reactions as the respons-a-ble people give if you may like to call it.
Apart from quality of space and time it offers during the nano-dwelling-moment, there is a deep meaning behind 'mind' being 'relaxed' if one is willing to receive.
Mind gets more powerful to work efficiently and effectively if 'one doesn't allow' it to (overly) 'worry' about symptoms and end-result: be them good or bad. That's a gateway to equanimity! That is what Yog-Gurus advise and practitioners of meditation do.
Scientific explanation to how 'dwelling' helps
To put it in research-language of Behavioral-Modulation-Technique (BMT), peaceful 'dwelling' helps in providing a positive antecedent that encourages active-listening to the-self. As a result, instead of preconceived thoughts, facts of the matter get attention for further analysis and for follow-up action. Peaceful mind prohibits entry of negative emotions (the negative antecedents) that otherwise trigger ego-clashes and harmful consequences therefrom.
To put it in research-language of Dr Eric Bern's Transactional-Analysis (TA): In the later part, his 'relaxed' mind didn't 'worry' about the situation as a problem. It's parent-ego part however did stay 'concerned' about it while considering the situation as a passing-phase. It kept advising him to stay cool having experienced favorable benefits of doing so in past. Thereby his mind was free of 'emotions' of fear not allowing it's child-ego part to waver. It allowed it's 'logical' counterpart, the adult-ego, to take charge.
Adult-ego in turn kept both the child-ego and parent-ego in control and took next logical step.It uncluttered the mind's passage off negative thoughts in order to accommodate flowing-in of more logical information and options in response to inquisitive questions such as 'what-when-where-who-why-how'.
A factual information 'click-occurred' and surfaced out of that, that 'this-is-how' the door behaves sometimes during monsoon. And 'that's-the-way' it needs to be opened then.
While his mind was buried under the emotions of worry and tension, it's child-ego part was ruling and behaving funnily, prohibiting recall of abnormal behavioral patterns of the door.
According to Dr Eric Bern, mind chooses to behave differently in different situations. Sometimes it behaves as a 'parent', sometimes as an 'adult' and sometimes as a 'child'. In his words:
According to Dr Eric Bern, mind chooses to behave differently in different situations. Sometimes it behaves as a 'parent', sometimes as an 'adult' and sometimes as a 'child'. In his words:
Parent-ego is one's 'Taught' concept of life (revolving around conventions, one's past conditioning or programming)
Adult-ego is one's 'Thought' concept of life (revolving around logic)
Child-ego is one's 'Felt' concept of life (revolving around emotions)
In the language of BMT, each of the above egos have their pluses and minuses depending upon a given situation. Adult-ego is however supposed to prevent both the 'parent-ego' and 'child-ego' from hijacking a given situation. It also treats others as 'adults' and 'respects' their opinions. That's what is called as 'respecting people' and behaving with maturity.
What is the learning?
What should one do when confronted with or when locked in an undesired situation such as above, or on failing in an exam, or on failing in an interview?
In a given situation it's but natural to have emotions. But it's important not to get emotional by getting carried away under the influence of emotions. Consciously keeping cool by meditative breathing does help here in getting over emotions.
Meditative Breathing To Help Dwelling
Close eyes gently.
Take a couple of de..eeeee-ep breaths.
Focus on 'feeling' the 'cool' breathing-in and 'warm' breathing-out process.
The process de-focusses you from the clutter of undesired thoughts.
The process de-focusses you from the clutter of undesired thoughts.
Hence you feel better! More composed!!
Open eyes if you wish, but slow-o-ly and gen...nnnttt...tly.
Here is a beautiful time-slot you have 'hard-earned' for yourself.
Now you can 'dwell-a-while-meaningfully' on the agenda on hand.
Now you can 'dwell-a-while-meaningfully' on the agenda on hand.
Focus on the facts that you see around concerning the situation.
Analyse the facts and process them in order to derive actionables.
While stuck in messy situations or while making important decisions, 'parent-in-you' may help keeping your cool. It assists 'adult-in-you' to take charge of both the 'parent-in-you' as well as the 'child-in-you'. 'Adult-in-you' thereby can choose safe-n-sound course of action by striking a balance between emotions and logic.
While in play-ground, 'child-in-you' may take charge and enjoy while letting the 'adult-in-you' to keep both the 'parent' and 'child' in you in control and balanced.
At workplace or otherwise the 'adult' in you 'respects' other people.
In this blog-post I have covered how 'dwelling' helps alongwith it's scientific explanation offered by BMT and TA. I have extended this learning and tips to my blog-posts titled "Success Or Failure: What Do You Like?" in order to understand equanimity and to "In A Big-Problem?: Wear Hats To Solve It !!" in order to see how it helps in solving chronic problems and larger issues. I hope it helps. Looking forward to your experiences. Do write those in comment box hereunder.
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Used the technique, feeling a lot better now :)
ReplyDeletewill use it in future too!! thanks!
Believe me, me-too use it. It's just that one needs to remind herself that someone much powerful/subtle sits inside everyone that needs to be 'awakened'. And then 'it' guides you. Many a time, one has no one around but that 'your' own 'shadow' which guides v.powerfully, if one chooses to consult 'it'.
DeleteAfter reading all above matter, what I understood is that, its a game of presence of mind. We cannot expect all the time people around you or any particular equipment will be responding according to our wish, so don't keep any expectation towards anybody or anything which may lead to frustration if it doesn't respond in our way. We need to keep our mindset in steady phase without any expectations in any situation so that we can able to keep our self cool in case of failure or success. To accept the failure also is key to winning tomorrow.
DeleteThanks Pramod for your studied comment!
DeleteBrilliant tool! And extremely therapeutic. Really improved my clarity of thought. Thanks for this! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Vaishnavi for your comments. Happy that the post was of some use!
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