Mind Game: 

Can we win from our rational, analytic, judgmental and Dictator Mind?

 Mind has the ability to constantly Pushing us around i.e. taking us into our painful or joyous past or worrying future until we become Aware of our Mind’s Game by: 

- Don't argue with or answer our Mind
- Go beyond our Mind World and deep down into our Heart and Soul world
- Avoid Resistance by setting down with our Pain for few moment [open up] and
- Engage in values guided Actions 

This process can help us to be building Balance, Growth and Prosperity. 

Rumi of our land said few hundred years ago “Do you pay visits to yourself[ and go beyond your Mind]? 

Mental Health

 Schema: In psychology and cognitive science, a schema describes a pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information and the relationships among them. (wikipedia) 

Multiple Intelligences

I wish, parents, teachers, and elders understand the value of Multiple Intelligences - which can help develop and utilize "analytical, creative, practical and wisdom-based skills both in children, youth and adults alike (p.311).

Intelligence is a "construct humans have invented to explain why some people are better at performing some classes of tasks than others. (p. 309)

Successful Intelligence is one's ability to choose, reevaluate and attain one's goals in life within one's societal context. A successful intelligent person recognizes "his or her strengths and weaknesses and then capitalizes on his or her strengths while compensating for or correcting weaknesses. They do so through a combination of analytical, creative practical and wisdom-based ethical skills. (p. 308).

Social Intelligence is  "an ability to reason about emotions".

Personal Intelligence is "the capacity to understand personality in oneself and others.

Reference

Sternberg, R. (2018). The Nature of Human Intelligence.  Cambridge University Press.

Adapted; Courtesy of Prof. M. Naeem, University of Peshawar

Dialogue

Dialogue is a shared inquiry. A way of thinking and reflecting together. It is a living inquiry within and between people. It is honouring the understanding in relationship with another. It is the cleanest, most rewarding form of listening you will ever experience. Like riding a bicycle, it can’t be learned except by engaging in it. It seeks to understand differences while appreciating commonness.

Motivational Interviewing Thereapy

Change talk to sustain talk. Sustain talk is like spotting a lighthouse in a storm or detecting a signal within noise. It is not necessary to eliminate the storm or the noise, just follow the signal,

War is never as far away as we believe it to be

[In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. - Herodotus] 
With billions of dollars in illicit arms traded each year from UN Permanent Security Council Members + Germany( and Canada too to conflict-affected countries .... "War is never as far away as we believe it to be. It is in our pockets, generating annual returns for our (Canada) pension funds (our pension fund is invested in arms trade)...This means that, individually and collectively, we have a far more direct influence over armed conflicts in the world than we might otherwise believe..." [from Dr Samantha Nutt's book Damned Nations Sam is ED of War Child Canada. Plan to have more conversations with her.

We carry the pain of violent conflict

We carry the pain of violent conflict. I saw the impact of violence in war-torn Afghanistan which then came to Peshawar, Quetta, Swat, Waziristan, where Taliban gunmen killed 134 children along with over 70,000 others. Along with friends, brought together Hamilton and area leaders  and organized a vigil for the victims of Paris, Beirut  and beyond and mourned together while provide hope (Read MORE).

  Ayaan Kahn of Hamilton lights a candle for victims of Paris and Beirut at a vigil at city hall on Thursday. (Samantha Craggs/CBC)