Trauma shatters the illusion of control. It cracks open the story we tell ourselves about who we are and how life is supposed to work. From a neuroscience viewpoint,trauma rewires the brain where the brain starts understanding the old coping mechanisms will not work if one's consciousness needs to elevate. Thus,our nervous systems gets into the quest of searching for new patterns. Childhood trauma comes in the form of neglect, physical or emotional violence,domestic abuse tha

The combination of our conscious and unconscious intellectual activities on how one predicts the world is known as cognition. This reminds me of the classic metaphor, we view "the glass half empty or half full". Our brain views the world based on our psychological and neurobiological aspects of how we view reality as the sensory inputs that are received by our brain starts to translate into conscious awareness,which further converts into choices and decision making. At the bi

The doctrine of karma is seen as an individual's spiritual blueprint of their intentions,acts,deeds and thoughts under both painful and pleasurable condition in one's life. In the larger context of things,the concept of entanglement comes from how cobwebbed is the Universe as the energetic connection between souls,often stems from unresolved past life issues to balance off the power dynamics and achieve spiritual growth. So are all connections made up of power dynamics,where

How does one feel when we stand on the window sill of a high rise building? Literally,on top of the world!!! The view of the world becomes quite minimized in size and everything looks like a set of miniature forms. In the spiritual realm,high rise buildings are characterized by upward movement and expansion,whereas spirituality discusses grounding of energies. So how are these two concepts intercepting? The way we connect with the Earth's energy grounds our soul to reach soul

Breech born babies are known to enter the world through an unconventional process of labour and delivery. This makes breech babies view the world in a more imaginative and creative ways. Being born feet out first,these children have deeper levels of consciousness and understanding. I was amazed to unravel this information that made me delve deeper into how do these children grow up to be in their adult life. From a Chinese Medicine perspective, babies born in a breech positio

The limbic brain is a part of the human brain that manages our behavioural and emotional responses. All our survival emotions are managed in the Limbic system,known as the Paleoammalian cortex,the organ that is explored during intense emotional experiences and altered states of consciousness. Now,the primary role of the limbic brain is to interlink the internal sensations with external stimuli to general appropriate survival responses such as fear,pleasure,fight or flight res

In Hinduism,Buddhism and Jainism,karma is a moral law concept that discusses intentional action that produces consequences that shape a soul's tendency and circumstance. Karma accumulates Samsakaras(tendencies) that shape one's creation and law of attraction patterns. Any physical action may produce tangible residue where as verbal actions create psychic imprints. The residue of each karam conditions the mental and psychological state of an individual. Brining in the discussi

The pear shaped organ,in traditional Chinese Medicine,the Gallbladder is the organ that stores the Qi,the yin,the yang and blood. I wanted to understand how the Qi energy really works? The Qi energy is utilized by the bladder to excrete water from the body in the form of urine. The bladder system stores our deepest levels of energies that are rooted in the yin and the yang that runs down through two trajectories of either side of the spine. On a psychological level, the bladd

In Hindu tradition,Shakti is known to be as the active dimension of the Godhead which possesses divine power of the feminine being with her male consort. If you look into the picture with precision, we can see multiple arms holding weapons that represent power and destruction of evil,seated on a tiger showing subdued ego and adorning pink and red attire showing soft feminine and creative energy. This is the state of being in the feminine energy which is activated during the p

The Kehuni Chakra,known as the Elbow Chakra possesses our secondary energy vortexes that regulate flow of Prana (life force) through the arm region to the heart's emotional centre. These energies influence our ability to give and receive,manifest our intentions. Located at the bend of each arm,the elbow chakras govern the energetic health of the forearms,the wrists,the hands and the elbows. When the Kehuni Chakra is in balance,an individual is said to be highly adaptive,firm

Eyesight and our psychic abilities are both connected to the pineal gland. The pineal gland is responsible for the physical vision and psychic vision. Distorting one's eyesight blocks our psychic abilities. Furthermore,if lineages have distorted eyesight,the extra sensory perception moves towards numbness.Our Ajna Chakra contains the blueprint wisdom pf our ancestors. Once,this chakra is activated; a person begins to understand family generational patterns and receives guides

The Skandha Chakra is the Shoulder Socket area that is responsible for the energy flow through the throat chakra and the heart chakra and flows the communication from the heart centre. The Skanda Chakra is connected to the physical and energetic mobility of the shoulders,arms and upper back. As per Buddhist philosophy,our human psychic DNA are built into the shoulders knowns as Skandhas in Buddhism. Simply put,the embodiment of our mental,emotional qualities that constitute t

You have come home exhausted after a long hard day at work and want to unwind your mind and soul. We,instantly reach out for our television remote,tuck ourselves in one cosy corner of our couch browse for a comfort movie or a show to watch!! The term "binge watching" came in as early as in 1998 when a TV critic commented on the X-Files focussing on the on-demand viewership of the show. Most of the time,television is used as a background noise for highly stressed individuals a

Bureaucratic work structures thrive on toxic politics,authoritarian hierarchies and suffocating rules. Quite contrarily,old souls crave freedom, right from flexible work schedules,sans authoritarian follow ups,rigid routines as they prioritise purpose in their work along with being authentic. Question here arises,does authenticity thrive in disenchanted career structures? The answer is outright NO!! Old souls require a work structure that has autonomy as these souls operate o

Currently,over the past 5 decades,the collective human consciousness vibrates at the level of the solar plexus chakra,which is the centres of achievement and the centre of self identity.Roughly around 47% to 51% of the world population is operating from the solar plexus chakra (Researchgate,net.April 2022). The solar plexus chakra of the collective consciousness has resulted in an overactivated centre where the flow of energy is solely towards career,status and wealth. This

I am going to get a lot of wrath for writing on a taboo topic!! Cannabis,for too long,has been villainized and degraded in the eyes of authority. The ostracization has blinded the masses regarding the medicinal property this plant possesses. In Taoism,Cannabis was included in rituals with incense burners,used to return to a non-ego driven state of mind. Quite a word!!! Non-ego driven state of mind;which simply means a selfless and peaceful state where one is not armoured by t

Simply put,karma is the inventory of our deeds. Karma serves as a harsh whipsplash in the face of the humans to consciously observe our old conditioning and wounding that bleeds into relationship patterns in the form of unconscious behavioural projections. Studies denoted that has two action oriented components; (i) one's bare behaviour, and (ii) one's intention accompanying that behaviour which includes physical action,thoughts and speech. As rightly quoted by Lord Buddha, "

The Anima/Animus is one's inner consciousness and soul. It is a bridge between our shadow self,our persona and the conscious and unconscious existential force. Something that thrives beyond physical existence. The Anima is the emotional mind of a man. Now,most men are disassociated from their emotional life. The Anima is known to be the home of virtues residing in the heart of a man;the messenger between the man's conscious personality and the collective consciousness.

In Chinese medicine, our "ming" which is the faith of the soul is stored in our kidneys. Kidneys are known to hold the mystery of our destiny. As per the spiritual perspective,kidneys are believed to store our emotional and spiritual toxins. Thus,the kidneys are known to known to hold a soul's destiny. Isn't this flabbergasting!! Our kidneys govern our instincts for safety,hence,our intuition gets seedings from our kidneys. Kidneys carry our past lives soul blueprints,which i

Most of us feel that the world is too much to handle as picking up sensations from people who are hundred meters away feels highly sensory. Oh!! This term "sensory" is clearly made for starseeds.