THE POWER OF HUMAN SPIRIT

KAROLY TAKACS

DASRATH MANJHI

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EC STRESS FREE

17 th century: The age of Enlightenment

18 th century: The age of Inventions

19 th century: The age of Revolutions

20 th century: The age of Technology

21 st century: The age of Stress

What is stress? An urge/call for action in a "Do/Die" situation. Stress is a defense mechanism used by the body when its survival is at stake.

But is the situation that gives you stress, really a "Do or Die"? This is the question which needs to be pondered and thought about.

During stress there is no thought process happening in the brain. The body has geared itself for a fight/flight response. This is characterized by hypothalamus injecting adrenalin hormone into the blood stream, high blood pressure, short and fast breathing, heartbeats get faster, eyes expand, muscles strengthen, no saliva, digestion stops, no appetite, stiff neck and shoulders, perspiration starts and the whole body is charged. This is  stress in physiological sense. If the body stays in this state for a longer time, without doing anything to discharge the accumulated extra energy then toxins may be released into the brain and this has dangerous side effects.

How to cope with stress:

SPIRITUALLY: Saying a prayer, meditating, forgiving, showing faith.

MENTALLY: A positive self talk, re framing the situation/perceptions, visual imagery/creative visualization, a peaceful trip.

EMOTIONALLY: Humor and laughter, through love, touch, support systems, mood management.

PHYSICALLY: Nutrition(tea, coffee etc.), deep breathing, yoga, massage, sleep.

Today every person is an island. Stress can be addressed by individuals when they cross the river of personal fears/anxieties and merge/unite with the ocean of universal love. 

Stress is when you don't engage with the work at hand but with those things that are beyond your reach. Stress is when you work not for passion but for goals which are not yours.

When you are doing/being/having something which you like/love and you believe in its usefulness,goodness,relevance then there won't be any stress. Stress comes when you change your focus on to something which is not in your control. For eg. a person wants to make a movie and he is in love with the script, his crew and his audience. So whatever he is doing in connection with making that movie, it's enjoyable to him. It's not work, it's passion. It's fun. But the moment he/she starts thinking about making the movie a hit/super hit/mega hit the STRESS appears on scene. So the choice is in the hands of the doer, whether he/she wants to be above stress or under stress.

Making peace with Anxiety/stress/expectations/emotions

Take a deep breath and hold in for a count of four and then breathe out through your mouth slowly. Do it for three cycles. This helps to reduce the adrenaline level in the body.

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GENIUS THOUGHTS

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.)

--- Sir Isaac Newton

Many people dream of success. I believe that success can be achieved only through repeated failure and self-analysis. Success is only one percent of your work, and the rest – bold overcoming of obstacles. If you are not afraid of them, success will come to you itself.
---Soichiro Honda

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams....Eleanor Roosevelt

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels. --- VOLTAIRE

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. --- Voltaire

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail. ---Woodrow Wilson

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. ---Winston Churchill

Kindness in speaking creates confidence,

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness,

Kindness in giving creates love.

--- Lao Tse

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously.  That's how character is built. --- Eleanor Roosevelt 

Education is the best provision for old age. --- Aristotle

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. --- Albert Einstein

Power is of two kinds; one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love.

--- MK Gandhi

Cognitive dissonance is an important element. If you don't react to what is wrong, you adapt and change since you have to live with yourself. 
---Olav Ofstad

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed as industrious and enterprising citizen.  

---Henry David Thoreau

Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your soul. Sing and dance together but let each one be alone. Stand together yet not too near together; for the pillars of a temple stand apart and the oak tree and cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
--- Khalil Gibran in "The Prophet" 

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EC with Writing

Writing Tasks

EC Mag

Writing  in Teams Ex.

EC Mann Ki Baat Exercise

 EC - Problems/Solutions

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EC(Easy) with Exams

EC Study Exercise

A poem for students






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