Press the stress

Eating and sleeping surely relieves stress, but for animals, and unless you are one of them, there is no point in ignoring this story. I wont make you dig the whole mountain only to catch a mouse. I intend to be short and .. short. Take a step by step analysis:

Q. How to get rid of stress?

A. Get rid of its cause.

Q. What is the cause?.

A. Your failure to handle an unfavorable situation.

Q. What is causing this in failure?

A. Fear of failure causes failure.

Q. How to kill the fear?

A. Get rid of your stress.

….. back to square one.. right? Well what answer did you expect for the last question?. I could have copied the preachings of lord Buddha… desire is the root cause of sorrow.. so desire is the root cause of stress ( i am sure by sorrow He meant to imply stress along with other depression syndromes )

Back to our story, as the question of stress remains unanswered.. let us try do some experiments

Try it :- Don’t think about eating your favorite stuff. Eat a normal diet, a bland one. This will make you gloomy and sad. This will be a diversion for your mind and take it off from the main stresses, though just for a while,.

Try it :- Listen to Linkin Park. Such music will make you realize that “stress” should be converted into “fruitful passions” and not into blood pressure or cardiac arrests.

Try it:- Don’t worry about your stress levels. This is a normal Homo sapien problem. If you have a worry then let it be there. You do what you can.. just keep on doing.. till you do what you cant. My message is straight. Worries are good motivators. It makes you do things which are beyond your strength. If you are never worried about your shortcomings you will probably never think about overcoming them. So make good use of your stress and push yourself a bit too hard.

Never try it:- Listening to music to beat the heat.

I know that listening to music is considered as the best food for soul.. yeah .. may be .. but it is not the best food for a stressed soul. IT IS TRUE THAT YOU MIGHT FEEL BETTER LISTENING TO MUSIC BUT IT IS JUST A FEELING WHICH WILL PASS AFTER SOMETIME. YOU ARE BRIBING YOUR SENSES TO GIVE YOU TEMPORARY RELIEF. THIS WILL SPOIL YOUR SENSES WHOSE DEMANDS WILL BE INCREASING OVER TIME. You will be habituating your mind by entertaining it whenever it gets stressed and your mind surely loves it.. so it will never try to restrain itself from getting turbulent because it knows that it will be soon fed with some kind of sensual pleasure.

Try it:- Try to meditate. Meditate on nothing. Close your eyes and evacuate every thought from your mind.. Take your own time. You cant do it in a minute.. but you can do it surely. Once you remove the last thought looming in your head.. then you wont be knowing anything… so i don’t need to explain further. However, before settling yourself for a meditation session make sure that NO ONE DISTURBS YOU while you are meditating. Keep your phones and calling bells turned off and make sure that no one bangs on your door calling your name loud. Unexpected disturbances can cause your mind to tear by the sudden splitting of conscious from the subconscious.

Try it:- Do NOT get angry when you are stressed. And do not get stressed when you are angry. They are a bad combination for you and for the public around you ; )