Mayank Thapliyal's blogs

Privacy is Power.  What people don't know, they can't ruin. We all want to share our accomplishments and happiness in the world. We want to have someone to listen to our stories of heartbreaks and pain. However, as much as we crave a deep connection with people, there will always be those things that should better remain unsaid, for our own sake. It is not about being secretive - it's about shielding yourself from emotional and sometimes even physical harm by keeping some things in your life private. We have always learnt the fact that there are three things that we should keep private i.e. your love life, your income and your next move. But here I bring you the brief discussion of some more things to help you understand the things better. There is simply no good reason to share the following 6 things with everyone :- 1. Your biggest dreams and goals. Studies have shown that publicly announcing your dreams and goals can make you less likely to achieve them...

Embracing your A-Game and T-Game "Your heart knows the way, run in that direction"  - Rumi It's that moment when your chest feels like it's going to burst or you sit in quiet beauty by a river or in a garden, and feel totally feel at peace with yourself or that warm comfortable moment under your covers at the start or end of the day when you just know that it's all good. You get the sense that you are part of a beautiful world where peace and harmony are always on hand. All of you is at peace and calm.           In those moments, you are really at peace with yourself, there are no decisions to make. You are totally happy with what life puts in front of you. Things are so clear that there is no need of thinking, that no thought is required to on which options to take, which direction to head. You have time, space and all the clarity you need to live ' your best life'.            These are great times you are totally...

When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily - Buddha - Love is not always a walk in the park. Either, we never find love, or when we find it, its hard to keep it longer. The reality of relationships is that the feeling of love will eventually fade away. At the end of the day, love is determined not by your feelings alone, but your commitment to the relationship. If you choose to love, you choose to work on it to make it last a lifetime. Here are 10 things to keep in mind: 1. Be the right person to find yourself the right person. All our lives we've always been on the lookout for the "right person". Inside our heads, we already have a checklist on what our ideal partner should be like. But never did we position ourselves as the "right person" to any human being for that matter, and that's what we should strive to work on. 2. Set your boundaries right from the start. Before committing in a ...

Peace is all what we demand in our lives. So, here I bring you a small story to help you better understand the concept of peace right away:           There once lived a king who announced to prize the artist who would paint the best painting depicting peace. Many great painters sent the king several of their best art pieces. Once of the pictures among the various master pieces was of a calm lake, perfectly mirroring peacefully towering snow-capped mountains. Overhead was a blue clear sky with fluffy clouds. The pictures was perfect. Most of the people who viewed the pictures of peace from various artists thought that it was the best among all.           But when the king announced the winner, everyone was shocked. The picture which won the prize also had mountains but it was rugged and bare. The sky looked very angry, there were lighting. This did not look peaceful at all. It looked like the artist has mistakenly submitted his p...

Over the past few decades, scientists have grown increasingly interest in happiness: What makes us happy or unhappy ? How can we increase our happiness ? What can we do to remain happy ? Buddhists have been studying happiness for millennia. Today there's been a considerable intersection between Buddhist and science. Recent research indicates that Buddhism has an incredible amount to teach us above living more mindful, peaceful and happy lives.           Just like the Yin and Yang, these proverbs are small but vast, simple yet profound and sometimes they speak to all of us. Here, I bring you the collection of some of them. Hope you have a look... The best time to plant trees was 20 years ago. The second best is now. When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and the others build windmills. Your teacher can open the door, but you must enter by yourself. Be not afraid of growing slowly. Be only afraid of standing still. Person who ...