Energize Your Mind Quotes

“Life is a difficult exam. Many people fail because they try to copy others, not realizing that everyone has a different question paper.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: Learn the Art of Mastering Your Thoughts, Feelings and Emotions

“The first step to empathy is to understand the issue. To do this we need to learn how to listen to understand and not to reply. We have all heard the phrase, ‘We have two ears and one mouth. We should use them in that proportion.’ However, something even more interesting is that if we put two ears side by side, they form the shape of a heart. Also, we cannot spell heart without ear. So, if we really want to understand someone’s heart, the only way is through the ears. Listen!”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“Happiness is not just about having more, but also about focusing more on what we do have. This mindset is the key to crafting joy; the opposite of that is comparison, which is the thief of joy.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: Learn the Art of Mastering Your Thoughts, Feelings and Emotions

“Exercise: Guided affirmation Close your eyes. Take a deep breath in for a count of four seconds. Hold for a count of two seconds. Then breathe out for a count of six seconds. Each time you breathe in, say to yourself: ‘I am not alone, the universe is with me, I can deal with whatever it is that I am going through . . .’ You can be more specific about the situation that you are dealing with. Each time you breathe out, say to yourself: ‘I let go of my negative feelings. I let go of my anxiety. I feel peaceful. I feel empowered.’ Repeat this exercise ten times. Now slowly open your eyes.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: Learn the Art of Mastering Your Thoughts, Feelings and Emotions

“To become satisfied, we don’t have to increase the things we have; we need to increase the focus on the things we do have.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: Learn the Art of Mastering Your Thoughts, Feelings and Emotions

“Positive affirmations can help us overcome negative thinking patterns and have the power to rewire our mind to help us change our outlook.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: Learn the Art of Mastering Your Thoughts, Feelings and Emotions

“Communication is the art of presenting our thoughts to others.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: Learn the Art of Mastering Your Thoughts, Feelings and Emotions

“This can create a sense of true mental well-being for us in the here and now.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“Annamaya kosha log”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“Being humble means we do not think less of ourselves but think of ourselves less.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“The Biology of Belief by Bruce H. Lipton explains the difference between the subconscious and conscious mind.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“Unless you go through the pain of being sharpened, what is within you will not come out. The pencil has to be sharpened before the lead can make an impact. Something similar must happen to us in our lives. Sometimes we have to go through the pain of being sharpened for the best in us to come out.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“However, when we are getting to the point of seeing these characteristics repeatedly and it is affecting our mental health, it may be time to open up to someone who we trust about this issue. Otherwise, we will be left feeling angry, annoyed, frustrated, victimized, mentally drained, guilty, spiteful or wanting revenge. These emotions are not good. As we have discussed, these emotions need to be dealt with effectively. If not, we leave ourselves vulnerable to mental health problems in the future.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“We must treat ourselves with the same level of compassion. Self-forgiveness is foundational in moving on and rising above those negative feelings. We cannot forgive ourselves if we are wallowing in guilt.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“Something I did realize years later was that saying sorry does not always mean we are wrong. Even legally, apologizing is not an admission of guilt, it just means we are sorry for what the person is going through and value the person more than being right ourselves.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“The common responses are fright, flight or fight. Many allow their mental health issues to linger through fright. They keep their problem switch on in the background, just as a medical clinic reception keeps the radio playing: you know it’s there, but you are not quite listening. This can lead to paranoia and worsening of symptoms over time. Another group of people may decide to forcefully try and switch their problem off. They use flight to run away from their problem, turning to things like denial or being constantly busy to make their issues feel insignificant. The final group try to fight the problem. They do what they can to deal with their challenges but go about it in an unstructured manner. Fighting is great, it shows motivation and willingness to overcome the issue. But it needs structure and strategy. A boxer learns everything about their opponent and fights with a cool head. They employ structure when trying to win; we must do the same with our mental health.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“Yes, meditation can help with our stress, but if the cause of our stress is another identifiable problem, we must deal with the problem and not mask it in the name of protecting our spiritual credibility. We must not bury our heads in the sand; we must not ignore the signs that indicate we are struggling with our mental health by covering them up with our spiritual practices. Spiritual practices are meant to awaken our deeper self. They are not there to deal with our physical or mental ailments, although they may have that after-effect and can complement our healing.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“Getting the body moving every day releases feel-good endorphins that enhance our sense of well-being. It can simultaneously take our mind off our worries, breaking the cycle of negative thoughts that cause us to feel anxious. It is not just anxiety disorders that exercise helps with; other mental health conditions such as depression are positively affected by staying fit.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“My mind began to understand the rationale but needed me to repeat this multiple times so it was reinforced. The thoughts that we repeat not only are likely to become our action but also our emotions. If we can repeat our reasoning rationales, we are more likely to calm the chattering mind. Before I drifted off to sleep, I asked my mind, ‘Why are you anxious?’ My mind replied, ‘I am not actually anxious or nervous, I am excited.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“Exercise: Guided affirmation Close your eyes. Take a deep breath in for a count of four seconds. Hold for a count of two seconds. Then breathe out for a count of six seconds. Each time you breathe in, say to yourself: ‘I am not alone, the universe is with me, I can deal with whatever it is that I am going through …’ You can be more specific about the situation that you are dealing with. Each time you breathe out, say to yourself: ‘I let go of my negative feelings. I let go of my anxiety. I feel peaceful. I feel empowered.’ Repeat this exercise ten times. Now slowly open your eyes.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living

“The need for instant gratification can wreak havoc on our sleep cycle and quality.”
― Gaur Gopal Das, Energize Your Mind: A Monk’s Guide to Mindful Living