My favorite quote - Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react.

When I was thinking about the quote that inspired me the most or the one which can make life easy just by remembering it. The quote, "Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it", came on the top. This quote reminded how one should look at life, instead of getting stuck in depression or something. Sometimes in our life, we get stuck in any situation which is not in our favor or sometimes we get stuck with any person which can affect our life beyond our control. This is only because of the way we reacted in that situation. 

We can always choose how to react in a particular situation or with a particular person. We cannot control many things, but we can control how we respond to them.

These lines are written by Charles Swindoll, an author whose book was sold 65 million times across the entire globe. So next time, when you feel stuck in any situation or with something which is not in your control, just remember you can control how you can respond in that situation!!!  

Human Brain

Ever wonder how our brain functions? Or how we remember something and forget about something.

Human brain itself is a wonderful thing and still there is a lot to discover.

We are not the most intelligent species on this planet, but due to our brain we have that functionality to be the smartest on this planet. Our brain is made up of neurons, and our brain believes the most what you tell it most. What we repeatedly tell ourselves makes it happen. Neurons that fiber together, wire together.

Neuroplasticity is an incredible phenomenon of our brain, and it gives us the ability to change the brain's behavior in response to external factors. Whatever we tell our brain, becomes our reality and it's not science fiction, it's a scientific fact. There is one law, Hebb's law which explains the plasticity of our brain. It explains how neurons club together to become engrams. The law states that any two cells or system of cells that are repeatedly active at the same time will tend to become together at a same time, so that activity in one facilitate the activity in another.

16 Sanskaras in Hinduism

 Hinduism is one of the oldest religion in the world and third most followed religion in the world by almost 1.2 billion hindus across the globe.

There are total 16 Sanskaras in Hinduism and each has huge significance from the birth to the end of the life. Each one has it's own importance and carries great significance and value. It is believed that these Sanskaras help to clean the sins of individual. Different stage of life has different sanskar and have huge impact on one's life. 

Below are 16 Sanskaras listed - 

A) PRE-NATAL SANSKARAS

1. Garbhadhana - Ceremony of conception

2. Pumsavana - Secure the birth of the child

3.Seemantonnayana / Simantonnayana - Parting the hair

B) CHILDHOOD SANSKARAS

1. Jatakarma - Natal rites

2. Namakarana - Ceremony for naming the child

3. Nishkramana - First outing for showing the sun

4. Annaprasana - First feeding with boiled rice in 6 months

5. Chudakarana - Arrangement of the hair tuft

6. Karnavedha - Piercing the earlobes

C) EDUCATIONAL SANSKARAS

1. Vidyarambha - Learning the Alphabet

2. Upanayana - Holy thread ceremony

3. Praishartha - First study of the Vedas

4. Keshanta / Ritusuddhi - Cutting the hair

5. Samavartana - Graduation ceremony

        

D) MARRIAGE SANSKARA

1. Vivaha - Marriage 

E) DEATH SANSKARA

1. Antyeshti - Funeral