Noetic Science....It'll Surprise You...

Hie again everyone....

I promise, no more Gyan Baatna.... :D
Today I am here talking about something very interesting.

I had been reading Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol since....i don't know....a decade maybe :D
but somehow i just dont manage to finish it.

Anyways, i wont be giving a book review...i will be talking about something i read in that book that really fascinated me.

There is a mention of this branch of Science in the book called as Noetic Science. Honestly i did not even know something like this existed until i read the book. So i though that it might be a new branch and so maybe that is why it is not that well known. So as always, i googled Noetic Science. And what Wikipedia had in store for me, was beyond what i could ever imagine.

The Institute of Noetic Science was formed by a former astronaut Edgar Mitchell and an industrialist Paul N. Temple in 1973.

I couldn't even imagine this study being old, let alone in the 70's. So i tried to dig deeper into it.

And this is what i found....

Noetic Science is the study of Human Potential and Extended Human Capabilities.


It's research includes topics like

• spontaneous remission
• meditation
• consciousness
• alternative healing practices
• spirituality
• mind's potential
• psychic abilities
• survival of conscious body after death, etc.

Wikipedia defines Noetic Theory as a 'branch of metaphysical philosophy concerned with the study of mind and intuition, and its relationship with the divine intellect. Among its principal purposes is to study the effects of perceptions, beliefs, and intention with respect to human consciousness.'


But overall, the theory of Noetic Science revolves around the idea that human mind is capable of affecting the physical world.

The question arises...Is Noetic Science Practical?

Well, it must be because many experiments have proved that human mind is a very powerful tool and had undoubted effect on the physical world.

To read more about such experiments, you can visit the web page : http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/the_experiments

The study merely states that 'focused thought' could affect almost anything; right from the growth rate of a plant and direction of fish swimming in a bowl to synchronization of separately automated systems and the chemical reactions in one's own body.

One particular experiment which i personally liked was one stated in The Lost Symbol that said that when Katherine (a fictitious character in the novel) sent loving thoughts to a glass of water when it froze, it formed beautifully symmetrical crystals. And on the other hand, when she sent bad and polluting thought to another glass of water while freezing, the crystals formed were chaotic and fractured.

There is too much to write about this topic once one starts.
Noetic Science is a overextending branch whose reach is limitless.

This topic surely fascinated me, and i hope you too are curious to read about it.
I did not cover much about the topic since i just wanted to write an overview about it.
If there is anything you guys want to add, please do so.

More articles about Noetic Science and its relevance can be read at
http://www.noetic.org/research/files/folio_09_12.pdf



It was fun writing about this. All your suggestions and feedback are welcome.
Oh, and The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.....it's a must read!! :D

Take care
Ciao.

Develop Your Communication Style.....Here's How

Hey there Guys....

I know... I Know...There's been to much content about developing your communication style. Either during sessions, or maybe in your day-to-day experiences. But i hope all of you know that it is, in fact an integral part of our day to day life.

There are a lot of things that maybe told to everyone that might help in improving your communication style. Read this novel, that book, etc. etc.

But by the end of the day, do we guys actually get enough time to do so?

So, how do we work upon it?What effective measures can we take to be fluent and thorough with communication?

By now, all of my dear friend would have realized that the mentors were obviously right. Communication, and not just any communication, but

EFFECTIVE communication is very important.

It's a very hungry world out there. If u can't compete, u can't survive. They all eat you out to the point were your mere existence will seem worthless to u.

So friends, gear up. It's high time we start grooming ourselves in the way the corporate world demands.

Okay, too much of so called 'Gyan'.

Let us talk about effective measures to develop our communication styles. You can follow any one of them, or if u have the zeal to learn, u might want to follow all. :D
Here are a few that i'l be mentioning....if u have some more additions, feel free to write. :D

• Read: Well, there is no alternative to it my dear friends. Read, Read, Read and Read as much as you can. Once u develop a consistency in reading, u'l realize that you can
  automatically form sentences in ur mind. And u'l not have to think a lot before saying anything . If you like reading novels, and you find foreign authors very difficult to read, start with Indian authors. That will help you start off real good and will become the base of stepping into the next step of foreign authors. Moreover, it increases your word power. And the biggest advantage is that u'l master the trick of battibaazi while writing theoretical papers.... :D... trust me.... its my personal experience. :D

• Watch: Ahan, watch Hollywood movies, Soaps and Serials, Watch English News. TV Tuner Card lagwaya hai na??? So ask for channels like BBC, NBC, Star Movies, HBO, StarWorld, VH1 etc. etc. The list goes on and on. Once u start watching these u'l start
  understanding their language and the way they speak. And it wont be long before you too master this art. Now for my friends who watch movies by copying it on their laptops and PC's via any means at all. They can watch the movies with subtitles. This will not only increase your word power, it will also increase your concentration power. Once you set yourself to the type of movies you watch, you will not need the subtitles anymore. And you will find yourself understanding what they say, without any problem.

• Listen: Yep, listen! Just watching ain't gonna help u my dear friends. U have to LISTEN to what they say also. So get your ears cleaned and start listening to what you see. And
  trust me, in no time even you will start talking with as much fluency as any other American Actor.

So guys, I just told u how to effectively efficiently use 3 out of your 5 senses. I hope i was clear enough in communicating what i wanted to share. If there are any mistakes, i do apologize. Its my first blog you see :)

Do post in your comments. Will love to read it all. (Achcha hi likhna, else college me batati hu!!!)

Last but not the least, i would like to say that a good communicator is one who can pass on the message to his listeners without any doubt or confusions. So i hope this article was of help and everyone will benefit from it. I wish everyone all the best.

Take care
Ciao.