Book review – Mental poisons and antidotes

Hello readers

How are you this evening, hope you are happy and well?

Your mind is full of confidence or fear according to what you put into it.

-DR Joseph Murphy.

Mind, When you hear this word, how do you feel? Do you feel its presence in you, have you ever thought about controlling your mind, I mean to ask you have you considered controlling your thoughts?

I came across this brilliant book, written by one of the greatest psychologists this world has seen, Dr. Joseph Murphy, the title of the book is called “Mental poisons and their antidotes.

I am writing a few great lines I liked in this book.

To begin with, the author in the initial pages describes physical and mental poisons, physical poisonous are those substances if we ingest, will have adverse effects on our organ systems and can lead to bereavement.

Coming to mental poisons, he quotes examples like hate, fear, jealousy, and the reasons these mental poisons create in our minds is due to the continued illness, loss or unhappiness in one’s personal life or his family.

I was impressed by this incident mentioned in this book which happened in Russia, six hypnotised cats and conditioned cats were given cyanide of potassium with no fatal effects! While six other unconditioned animals died, so he concludes if we have the personal power of God within ourselves, we will nullify all deadly poisons, mental and otherwise.

So what is the prophylaxis, stop thinking in the wrong directions, if something negative happens with you so be it, why do we start beating the drum of tears, dissatisfaction and contempt to the whole environment you are living and contaminate it.

The second step would stop being afraid about, arthritis, cancer, heart diseases, diabetes for that matter any disease from this moment.

Your state of mind is your master. It is foolish to let that ignorant, blind, stupid monster fear to push you around and direct your activities.

Don’t let your thoughts bully you when you feel some disease has gripped you, and this thought boasts about itself in your mind with its pseudo-strength and intimidates You, don't let these thoughts bow beat you, fight against it so that your thinking becomes weak feeble and finally forces that bad beliefs leave your body.

This is just a synopsis of the book or you can call it a highlight of it, please go ahead buy this book and read it, you will get some positive energy in this world of negative minded people.

Meditate and pray upon positive and spiritual values, claim your ideal, solution, health or peace of mind upon the basis that the spirit within you is omnipotent and supreme and by thinking your solution or ideal with confidence and faith, you are containing your mind to the answer which you seek.

Thanks for your time, please let me know your thoughts in the comment box.

Helios

Modern mishaps

Hello readers

Hope you all doing well.

True Knowledge is not attained by thinking; it is what you are and what you become.

-Sri Aurobindo Gosh

The rains have recessed in India, but I feel still there will be an aftermath effect of the recent floods in parts of Kerala and Karnataka. I pray for their wellbeing.

Today I wanted to discuss something which is lingering in the corner of my mind from quite some time now.

Have you seen people around you, who have a garden approach towards nature and not a natural one?

I know you are wondering about what I just said, ok let me be a little bit clear when I say garden approach I mean to say some people feel the surroundings of their homes need to have trees and plants well pruned always, not only their households but also their neighbours.!

I am sure you would have come across such people, well am not judgmental here, and I will leave the thinking to you. So here is the instance.

There is a policy of the municipal corporation in Bengaluru which says, for every new house built, the civic body will plant a minimum of one sapling and up to a maximum of 2 seedlings in front of the homes to compromise any chopping down by trees during land development.

Apparently when these plants grow in a span of 10 to 15 years, there will be a periodic shedding of leaves and flowers, and of course, all this is biodegradable and can be used as compost manure for your garden If you do have one.

Here is the problem some people consider this natural process of shedding leaves and flowers as a new sense and make a big a deal about it, and reach the heights of chopping the branches of the trees or sometimes the whole tree itself, do you know who helps them the to accomplish this task? The same municipal Wing which planted these trees.

The question we need ask such great people who want to keep their surroundings "so clean" is that have they realised how much waste they generate on a daily basis from the time they get up until they sleep. Poisoning rivers, which once were flowing with clean and pure water now a city sewer for crores of people?

Stop thinking of nature as a burden, remember you are part of it if tomorrow there are no trees you are history. For all the authorities who believe they can get cheap votes by this type pruning appeasement, it's the biggest shame and the most useless way to get votes.

Please consider options like co-operative compost pits, neighbours should participate in cleaning each other's garden cleaning activities and see how happy you would feel and also will be a physical activity which would help you stay healthy.

Thanks for your time.

Helios.