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Recently I was reading " No Self, No Problem " by Chris Niebauer. Chris is a professor at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. He specializes in neuropsychology and offer classes on mindfulness, consciousness, left and right brain differences.  His other books include " The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment " and " Catching up with the Buddha ". In this article, I am happy to share my learning from " No Self, No Problem " around the ideas that shape us and how we can use our left and right brain to live in harmony with all beings. I hope these five points will help you reshape or reboot your brain. 1. The left brain is an interpreter and a story maker, and not all interpretations or story are always true The right side of our body is controlled by the left side of the brain and vice versa. In one of the most famous split-brain experiment, the researcher showed a patients left brain (right eye) an image of a c...

Last week I was reading Joyful from writer Ingrid Fetell Lee. I am happy to share some insights which I learn after reading Joyful . Before I begin I first want to introduce you to Fetell Lee. Ingrid Fetell Lee is a designer and the founder of the blog The Aesthetics of Joy. Although I am not a designer. I really loved the concepts and idea in her book.  You too can find Joy in everything -  be it nature, your office space, office building, tube station, park, museum, your own home, trees, urban setup etc. What she emphasized in her book Joyful is to observe the day to day things and find joy in it. You can enjoy the beauty of lined up trees of the same size on the sideway walk. Enjoy the trimmed grasses on your lawn or in the park Look at the shape of different tiles along the pavement See the grandeur design of open space in public places such as Train Station, Airport, Museums, Aquarium etc. When at home, notice how your home interior is structured - T...