Two more good articles in TOI

Apart from article on Panic attack I found two more good articles which I am presenting here:

" Give more than you pomise, Do more than you intend to, For all good purposes, give more than you can. Aim for an ideal greater than the one you can immediately attain to. Talk only if you have something good to say." - Swami Omkarananda

" If you find yourself in fear, simply stop and ask yourself: "What am I afraid of?" When you get that answer, ask: "Well, why am i afraid of that?" Take it to the point where you can realise that the only fear you have is the fear of being wrong. Is that not a silly fear? If you are afraid of death, it makes no sense. You do not die. You are infinite and eternal. There need be no fear there" - Sue Yarmey

(Source "Sacred Space" TOI dated Oct, 09, 2007 Ahmedabad Edition)

Panic Attack!

Times of India (TOI) normally arrives late in our area, hence most of the time, I do not get to read the fresh copy of it. When I return back home, my time goes in playing with kid . But sometimes like today, I get opportunity to glance at the copy of TOI.

Today I found some good articles, some of which I would like to discuss here. You might find it interesting too and I would be happy if anyone of you finds it useful and benefits from it.

First article I came across was about "Panic Attack". I won't be reprinting the whole article here but I would surely like to discuss about Panic Attack. In our day today life we pass through lots of emotions. Maybe of Joy, Sorrow, anxiety etc.

I came across such situation one year back. It was half passed midnight in the month of November, suddenly I woke up from my sleep, I was unable to breathe and my heart started to beat fast. My hands went numb and I felt as if my soul has left my body. I gathered some strength and forced myself to come out the situation. It was really tense moment for me. This again happened to me after few days, I felt this many times again. When I talked to my family doctor he diagnosed me with panic attack. However since I was not passing through any stress or tension he declared that it might be result of some subconcious thoughts going on in my mind. However through meditation and disciplined lifestyle I was able to recover.

Panic Attack is increasing in today's stress filled world. How will you identify if you are suffering from panic attack. Most general symptoms I can say are as follows:

• Heart pounds
• Mouth goes dry
• Difficulty breathing
• Head becomes too heavy
• A sense of impending doom prevails
  

These could be sign of some other illnes too, hence its necessary to go to your doctor and get yourself checked.

Normally Panic attacks can be triggered in Closed spaces, Planes or Social Situations.
Doctor will help you identify the cause of the panic attack.

Top 10 Ways to Raise Your Consciousness (Courtsey:TOI)

Originally this article was publised on my another blog http://parvezpersonal.wordpress.com

Whole night I was suffering from slight fever and body ache and was hence able to sleep only at 4 am. Got up at 10 am. Body is still paining and still having severe headache.

Normally I don’t get much time to glance through the daily newspaper. Today coincidently while getting ready for office my eyes spotted today’s “The Speaking Tree” Corner in TOI (Times of India). Its heading was “Top 10 ways to Raise Your Consciousness“. They might seem very simple to you, but I found them to be very interesting and at least we can give it a try. So here are those 10 points (I will be giving only main points so that you don’t get bored, if you want detailed article you can read the TOI or send me a mail and I will send you the full article):

1. Forgive yourself and others.

2. Practice Gratitude and appreciation.

3. Live each day as though it were your last.

4. Meditate or Pray.

5. Suspend Judgment: One judges another to feel less guilty about one’s own misgivings. Judgment energy is dense, dark and heavy. ON the other hand, unconditional acceptance is light, free and accepting.

6. View every experience as a gift.

7. Stay consciously aware of all your thoughts and feelings: It is easy to fall into negative patterns of complaining and feeling like a victim of society and your life. When you catch yourself in th negative zone, don’t feel badly about it and beat yourself up. Simply choose to switch your consciousness to one of gratitude and positive thinking.

8. Treat your physical body as your temple: Your body is the only vehicle you’ve been given for this ride called life. The better you care for your body by eating a healthy, balanced die, and by implementing a regular exercise routine, and by giving your body the rest it requires, the more you will experience increased energy, vitality, joy and freedom.

9. View the world through the eyes of a child.

10. give love, love, love from your heart.

These are the very basic points and the original article elaborates on the same. Due to shortage of time I am posting only main points, Maybe in my next post I will post whole article.

Source: “The Speaking Tree” article by Ronya Banks, Times of India, Ahmadabad Edition, Dt. Aug 04, 2007