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Storytelling is the art of narrating an incident with flair, catering to the audience's taste for engagement, entertainment, and allure. It's the newfound niece of open-mic enthusiasts

What Is Storytelling

1. Transformation 2. Conviction 3. Connection4. Punctuations

Essential Ingredients Of Storytelling

A compelling story showcases the evolution of its characters, be it the protagonist or others. Whether it's a shift in mood or a grand transformation, it must be rational, believable, and authentic.

Transformation

Fiction or not, a story needs conviction. Weave instances and characters in a way that even if it's a tall tale, the audience nods along in belief. Stir emotions and articulate actions to establish a genuine connection.

Conviction

A successful storytelling forges a connection between the storyteller, the audience, and the story itself. Craft instances that resonate universally. Your narrative may be unique, but the emotions it carries should be universally relatable.

Connection

Punctuate your storytelling with pauses. These moments of silence are as crucial as the narrative itself. Whether building suspense, sparking curiosity, or evoking sorrow, strategic pauses enhance the storytelling experience. Master the art of timing for an unforgettable tale.

Punctuations

Remember, in the grand coffeehouse of narratives, mastering the art of storytelling adds sugar and spice to the brew, making it a concoction worth savoring.

Conclusion

Storytelling is no more an art. It's a skill everybody should possess.

The Art of Storytelling

Table of Content<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Understanding Intentions Through Desires</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Reveal and Conceal Strategies</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Analysing Feasibility</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Adapting Communication Strategies</li><li class="ql-align-justify">How to apply the knowledge and achieve your desired goal</li></ul>

Strategies for Effective Communication and Decision-Making from Ancient Wisdom

To truly understand one's intentions, it is crucial to delve into their desires and interests. Desires can serve as a window into an individual's aspirations and willpower.For instance, someone with a strong desire for innovation and creativity may have intentions to drive positive change in their field. Recognising these desires allows us to "seek their benefits", align our objectives, and work collaboratively towards a common goal.

Understanding Intentions Through Desires

Revealing your true thoughts to establish common sentiments and building trust. Conversely, concealing thoughts may be necessary when evaluating sincerity.For example, in the negotiation between Zhulong and Queen Zhao, he revealed that he loved his youngest son the most. While the trust between the Queen and Zhulong was built, he successfully persuaded the Queen to send her son to the allied state as a hostage, skillfully demonstrating the revealing strategy to build trust with others.

Reveal and Conceal Strategies

Assessing the feasibility of a plan can help one to Understand the motivations behind their actions, allowing us to understand the situation, find the right direction, and adopt a flexible and adaptable way of handling things.Imagine a business negotiation where one party carefully analyses the feasibility of a proposed partnership. By understanding the other party's motivations and objectives, they can identify potential areas of synergy and collaboration. This analysis can be the difference between a successful partnership and a missed opportunity.

Analysing Feasibility

In our daily speech, we should not make sweeping generalisations to everybody, just like there are no two identical leaves on a tree. To prevent such mistakes, we should adapt to the individual and understand his motive comprehensively and deeply.For example, engaging in a healthy debate in the workplace can reap more benefits than conforming to a dominant perspective. Challenging different viewpoints and seeking deeper understanding can foster an environment of innovation and creativity. This approach not only results in better decision-making but also strengthens teamwork.

Adapting Communication Strategies

When engaging in a debate with someone, you can begin by mildly challenging their viewpoints, prompting them to elaborate further before offering counterarguments. This approach helps you grasp their actual situation and their intentions and goals.After challenging their viewpoints, you can either choose to reveal or conceal your thoughts based on the situation you deem appropriate.Lastly, To know if it's feasible or not, you must gain a clear understanding of the other person's strategies through commonalities and differences in the conversation.

How to apply the knowledge and achieve your desired goal

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Your space and time (surrounding)that your consciousness perceives through sensory input is unique

Uniqueness 

We can only observe a tiny fraction of time so , neither we can change past nor future. future is decided by how your consciousness perceives through sensory inputs by surroundings

Simulation 

Nature favours the uncertainty because accurate things have less freedom to balance the universe

Uncertainty 

Lose of counciousness (observing surrounding) with uncertain suffering and pain. Because we don't know how much we suffer through pain.If you don't know about something it is better to fear than calm about it which ensure survival (most imp.)

Fear Of Being Dead

The fundamental feature of flowers, such as their pleasant fragrance and beautiful colors. Similarly, in the context of human nature, survival and a desire for dominance are considered basic feature. Fear and pleasure are opposing emotions, with fear often taking precedence due to its role in survival. In unfavorable situations, the necessity of fear for survival can override the pursuit of pleasure. This balance reflects the interplay between fear and pleasure in our lives. While pleasure is optional, when favorable conditions permit, it becomes a desire .

Meaning Of Life 1

This concept can be illustrated through an experiment: Eliminating pleasure-related activities and in absence of fair(i.e. favorable conditions) can lead to a empty state because the basic nature of human behavior our mind process information continuously to pursue pleasure instantly or delayed. We are now re-engaging in activities that can benefit us in the future. During this phase, our fundamental feature to survive and dominate becomes apparent. This arises from our inherent fear of death and our pursuit of comfort and sexual pleasure.

Meaning Of Life 2

This demonstrates that the basic feature of humans is survival and dominance. Certainly, there can be various modified versions of the survival and dominance nature, depending on individual perspectives which help in pursue goals in future which also help in persuing pleasure there or we can say delayed.

Meaning Of Life 3

Exploring Life's Dimensions: Uniqueness, Simulation, Uncertainty, and the Possibilities of Meaning

Exploring Life's Dimensions

While cell phone games can offer entertainment and relaxation, over-reliance or excessive use can have negative implications for one's mental health and overall well-being.

The Gaming Addiction

Playing games for extended periods can lead to procrastination, delaying important tasks and responsibilities.

Reduced Productivity

Playing games late into the night can disrupt sleep patterns, leading to reduced sleep quality and quantity.

Impaired Sleep

Overstimulation from intense or prolonged gaming can lead to mental exhaustion, reducing one's ability to focus on other tasks.

Mental Fatigue

While games can offer a temporary escape from reality, over-reliance on them as a coping mechanism can prevent individuals from addressing underlying emotional or psychological issues.

Escapism

Feedback Loops: Games often provide immediate rewards for accomplishments, which can stimulate the brain's reward centers and create a desire to continue playing. Daily Rewards: Some games have systems that reward users for logging in daily, encouraging habitual use.Social Features: Many games have social components like leaderboards, multiplayer modes, or the ability to share achievements, which can create a sense of competition and community.

They’re Designed To Be Addictive

In-app Purchases: Many mobile games are free to download but offer in-app purchases that can enhance gameplay or speed up progress. These mechanics can create a sense of investment, making users more likely to continue playing and spending.Endless Content: Games with continuous updates or "endless" mechanics, like infinite runners or match-three games, can keep users engaged for long periods.Variable Rewards: Some games employ a system where rewards are unpredictable (similar to slot machines). This unpredictability can make the gaming experience more addictive.

How Gaming Becomes Addictive

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The Diamond Approach is a contemporary spiritual path that integrates both ancient spiritual teachings and modern depth psychology. Developed by A.H. Almaas (a pen name for Hameed Ali), this approach aims to guide individuals toward realizing their true nature and the inherent reality of the universe.

Self Mastery

Central to the Diamond Approach is the understanding of "Essence" – the true nature of the self, which is seen as a fundamental, pure quality of being. Differentiated aspects of Essence can manifest as qualities like love, strength, clarity, or compassion.

Your Essence 

One of the primary methods used in the Diamond Approach is open-ended inquiry. Rather than following strict dogmas or practices, students are encouraged to explore their personal experiences, feelings, and beliefs deeply and honestly.

Inquiry

The Diamond Approach recognizes that psychological blocks and childhood traumas can hinder spiritual development. By addressing and understanding these issues, individuals can remove barriers to spiritual insight.

Integration of Psychology and Spirituality

Personal experience is highly valued, with the understanding that direct experience (as opposed to intellectual knowledge) is the most reliable source of truth.

The Value of Experience

In the Diamond Approach, the relationship with a teacher can be a critical component. The teacher provides guidance, feedback, and support, helping students navigate and deepen their personal inquiries.

The Role of the Teacher

The approach considers spiritual realization not as a fixed endpoint but as an ever-unfolding process. There's always more depth, nuance, and understanding to discover.

Ongoing Revelation

The "theory of holes" is a concept within the Diamond Approach, as developed by A.H. Almaas. It pertains to the psychological and spiritual understanding of deficiencies or "holes" in the individual's sense of self. These holes arise due to certain childhood experiences where essential aspects of our being are not seen, appreciated, or responded to by our caregivers.

Theory Of Holes

When children do not receive appropriate mirroring or positive feedback for their natural qualities or essence (like joy, strength, love, etc.) from their environment, they can come to believe they lack these qualities. Instead of experiencing these qualities, they feel a void or absence – a "hole."

Origin of Holes

Due to these holes, individuals may develop false beliefs about themselves, thinking they are inadequate, unlovable, or worthless. These beliefs can then become self-fulfilling prophecies, guiding their behavior and interactions.

False Beliefs

To cope with these perceived deficiencies, individuals might develop ego structures or personality traits that serve to compensate. For instance, someone with a hole around "strength" might become overly aggressive or dominant as a way to overcompensate.

Compensatory Mechanisms

Within the context of the Diamond Approach, these holes are explored using inquiry. As individuals delve into their feelings and memories, they begin to recognize and confront these voids, leading to a deeper understanding and eventual healing.

Exploration in Therapy

As one works through and understands the nature of these holes, there's an opportunity to reclaim the lost essential qualities. Instead of feeling the deficiency, individuals can begin to experience and express their true nature and essential qualities more fully.

Reclaiming Essence

The theory of holes offers a framework for understanding how early experiences shape our self-perception and behaviors. By addressing these holes, one can move toward greater wholeness, authenticity, and spiritual realisation.

Embrace Your Holes.

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The opening installment in a five-volume series on the Diamond Approach—a path to greater self- and spiritual realization—presented by its founder   Founded by spiritual teacher A. H. Almaas, the Diamond Approach presents a unique path to enlightenment that borrows from modern psychology and therapy. Through the method’s core practice of inquiry, practitioners engage with their inner world—the very qualities and experiences that make them human—as a means of unlocking their potential and discovering the true power of their spiritual nature.   This five-volume series is a collection of Almaas’ lectures on the Diamond Approach. In Elements of the Real Man, he covers topics such as faith, commitment, nobility and suffering, truth and compassion, allowing, and growing up. Through these talks, Almaas offers valuable guidance and advice for those on a spiritual path, and he explores the challenges and psychological barriers faced by those seeking self-realization.

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"This is a book about failing: messing up, disappointing others, letting ourselves down and ruining our lives. This is far from a dry, academic exercise or psychological treatise. It's a letter written by one set of desperate humans to another."

True freedom comes from the knowledge that we can get through the worst stuff life throws at us. We can fail profoundly and still find things, in a way, bearable. But we are taught so much about how to succeed. All the energy and inventiveness of our time is focused there. In fact, no one wishes to speak about the less likely, but far more important, possibility that we will witness the destruction of our carefully made plans.

#1 THOUGHT: Acceptance

How have other people managed not to mess up as badly as we have? Well, we might be indoors, crying and hitting the walls or biting our hands, but outside, children are going to playgrounds, birds are singing, families are laughing, youngsters are planning fifty years of success, bartenders are wishing their customers a good day and there will be parties to attend at the weekend. Off course, we feel terrible about ourselves, but people react different when they experience failure and they don't necessarily do it visibly. This may be another reason why we are fooled that everyone else is fine.

#2 THOUGHT: The Controversy Of Failure

"Failure may seem like the exception when it's being experienced - when we are in a profound crisis - but let there be no misunderstanding: messing up is what humans do and have been doing since the start of our adventure on the planet.

Success requires a rare combination of talent and stubborn grit and relentlessness. We may fail, but not because the lack of vision or talent, but because our hearts are too tender. This sensitivity may stop us from going against all odds, just to reach our goal.

#3 THOUGHT: Work Failure

For a long time in our lives, most of us lack a reputation of any kind. Our name is simply a blank. No one knows how to feel about us, even the internet is silent about our identities. This is a momentous freedom - though it's rarely appreciated. Until one day we make a mistake - perhaps not a very large one, but just like death, reputational extinction can happen in an instant. There can be rumours about us, or even articles in the newspaper. Then, we want or even begin to protest. We may try to explain the truth to others, but we will soon realise that our efforts are entirely worthless.

#4 THOUGHT: Reputational Failure

"People aren't getting us wrong for sensible reasons. They are generally doing it on purpose, to have a bit of fun because their own lives are filled with boredom, suffering and humiliation. They simply believed a public opinion when we were supposedly marvellous, and they are happy to continue to believe in it. It's just easier."

For most of our lives, if we are lucky, our minds do roughly what we want them to. They come alive and fall asleep as we command; they go in the direction we steer them towards. Until, for some of us, our minds become our enemies. They can be instruments of torture. When our mind breaks down, we find ourselves unable to work, go out in public or build new relationships. We start to feel drained or that nothing we do is good enough. The importance of this is that it doesn't happen because of the so called outside world, but because the mind through which we perceive it, have turned against us.

#5 THOUGHT: Mental Health Failure

We normally don't notice ourselves wanting far too much when it comes to admiration, money, acclaim. It happens - as it tend to with sins - slowly and inperceptibly. Because when we are proud, we stop noticing how we humiliate others. Then there's no wonder why we build up a store of anger in those people around us. So, we have enemies - there is blood in the water - and when we make a mistake, they will be ready to destroy us. To speak in more psychological language, it's very easy to ruin our lives - and as no one really tells us how not to, most of us at some point eventually will.

#6 THOUGHT: The Sins Of Our Minds

This book was like a friend to me during the hard times, so I want to give you the closest introduction to the story as well. I hope you find these ideas interesting and helpful. In short, please believe as this book says: "Self-help fulfils its true promise when we are being helped to find a way out of despair."

A guide to the art of failing well--with actionable tips and a gentle approach This is a hopeful, consoling, gentle book about failure. Our societies talk a lot about success, but the reality is that no one gets through life without failing - in small and usually also in large ways. Sometimes our failures are very obvious, at other times, we feel we have to conceal them out of shame. This book encourages us to accept the role that failure plays for all of us and to feel compassion for ourselves for the messes we can't help but make as we go through our lives. Full of actionable tips on how to approach life's inevitable failures from small to large, this is the perfect volume for anyone who has ever gone through a breakup, suffered a career crisis, made enemies, fumbled a project, or wasted their time. (In other words: everyone.) There is nothing more human than failing--and nothing wiser and more necessary failing well. <ul> <li>PRAGMATIC ADVICE ON how to be resilient and endure regret, so we can recover and move on from despair and catastrophe.</li> <li>WE ARE NOT ALONE explores various examples of real-world failure and reminds us that we are not alone in making mistakes.</li> <li>EMPATHETIC AND REAL written from the perspective of those who have failed and survived their failure.</li> <li>CHAPTERS INCLUDE How to Deal with the Meanness of the World, What Love Really Is and Why It Matters, Finding Perspective, Fear and Self-Hatred, and Self-Compassion.</li> </ul>

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Respiration is the exchange of gases, primarily oxygen and carbon dioxide, and the utilization of the inhaled oxygen to combust digested food, releasing energy.
However, people often associate respiration solely with gaseous exchange.
But it also involves cellular respiration.

Respiration

The sun is the main source of energy on this planet. The light energy from the sun is transduced by plants into chemical energy. They trap this light energy in the chemical bonds of organic molecules, like in glucose. And when we eat them, we break these bonds of organic molecules and derive the energy. Our cells use a similar mechanism for storing this energy. We store it in the chemical bonds of ATP [Adenosine triphosphate] and other compounds.

Sun - Ultimate Source Of Energy 

We might wonder how the food we eat provides us with energy. In what way is energy derived from the same food material?
We consume food, which is broken down into smaller components and eventually into their respective smaller building blocks.
These building blocks are absorbed into the body's fluids and eventually reach the cells.

Food - We Eat Gives Us Energy; But How?

Once nutrients, including carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and more, reach the cell, they are utilized by cells to produce energy.
For example, when sucrose (cane sugar) reaches the cell, it is initially hydrolyzed into fructose and glucose. These two compounds are then the primary substrates that enter the chain of reactions known as GLYCOLYSIS.

What Happens in Cells?

When glucose reaches the cytoplasm of the cell, it undergoes a series of reactions to extract energy from its chemical bonds.
Glucose, a 6-carbon compound, reacts with ATP in this process, resulting in the formation of Glucose-6-phosphate.

Glycolysis

The first step as soon as the glucose enters the cell is that it undergoes immediate phosphorylation. So that it cannot diffuse out of the cell. This is because, on phosphorylation, the glucose becomes polar and hence cannot flow across the plasma membrane passively.This step functions at the expense of an ATP. Glucose reacts with an inorganic phosphate available from ATP and converts into glucose 6-phosphate. i.e., a phosphate group is added to the 6th carbon of Glucose.This reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme glucokinase or hexokinase. # I wrote the reaction above in the picture.

First Step - Glucose Phosphorylation

The only difference between GLUCOKINASE and HEXOKINASE is their kinetic property and efficiency. Glucokinase has the ability to convert more glucose into glucose 6-phosphate than comparison to hexokinase.

Once glucose is converted into glucose 6-phosphate, it is then isomerized into fructose 6-phosphate. The basic reason behind this conversion is that the addition of one more phosphate into glucose is not possible, due to its cyclic structure. Where only one carbon atom is present outside of the ring unlike fructose where two carbon atoms are present on the outside of the ring. And hence, two phosphates can attach to a fructose ring. Therefore, glucose-6-phosphate is first isomerized to fructose-6-phosphate for further phosphorylation under the category of hexose-phosphate isomerase.

Second Step - Isomerization Of Glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-P)

Fructose 6-phosphate on reaction with another ATP results in the formation of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate. This reaction is under the control of phosphofructokinase, which is also the pacemaker of this reaction.At a time, this reaction proceeds in any one direction only. Therefore, called irreversible reaction.

Third Step- Phosphorylation Of Fructose 6 Phosphate

Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, being highly active, breaks down into two three-carbon compounds, namely dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) and phosphoglyceraldehyde (G3P) under the activity of enzyme aldolase.

Fourth Step- Breaking of Fructose-1, 6-bisphosphate.

Dihydroxyacetone phosphate, which was formed along with the formation of phosphoglyceraldehyde during the breaking of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate. Both of these triose sugars are capable of isomerizing into either forms, and hence DHAP gets isomerized into G3P. This reaction activity is under the control of enzyme triose-phosphate-isomerase. And then the DHAP is converted into G3P, which can now contribute in the formation of pyruvic acid.

5. DiHydroxyAcetonePhosphate Isomerization to PGAL.

The phosphoglyceride hence obtained undergoes partial oxidation. It reacts with an inorganic phosphate and results in the formation of 1,3-bisphosphoglyceric acid along with the synthesis of an NADH+H+.Enzyme-

6. Partial Oxidation of PGAL—Phosphoglyceraldehyde.

The 1,3-BPG hence obtained from the partial oxidation of G3P undergoes substrate-level phosphorylation. An inorganic phosphate is released by the substrate named 1,3-BPG which is taken by an ADP molecule and hence results in the formation of an ATP molecule. This 1,3-BPG gets now converted into 3-phosphoglyceric acid along with the formation of an ATP (hence payoff phase).Enzyme - 3PGKinase

7. Substrate Level Phosphorylation In 1, 3BPG

The 3-phosphoglyceric acid hence obtained is now mutated to form 2-phosphoglyceric acid by the activity of enzyme mutase. The position of phosphate is changed from 3rd carbon to 2nd carbon for the formation of Phosphoenolpyruvate.

8. Conversion Of 3-PGA TO 2-PGA

The 2-phosphoglyceric acid hence obtained is now dehydrated to form phosphoenolpyruvate acid. This activity is under the control of enzyme enolase and result in the removal of a water molecule from the substrate.

9. Dehydration Of 2-PGA to Form PEPA

The phosphoenolpyruvate obtained is now under the activity of enzyme pyruvatekinase and is converted into pyruvic acid along with the formation of an ATP as a premium-product.<ul><li>The highly energetic phosphate bond of PEPA is transferred to the ADP molecule and results in ATP formation.</li><li>Again, the substrate is providing the inorganic phosphate, and therefore this step involves Substrate level phosphorylation.</li></ul>Enzyme - Pyruvate-Kinase

10. Formation of PYRUVATE

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I am an introvert and I love it. And I'm not alone, introverts are everywhere...
I understand myself better, I am deeply grateful for how I am.

WHO I AM = HOW I AM

Instead of filling up space with small talk, I listen patiently and make my words matter. I have few friends but our connection is deep. I love spending time alone. It's where the chaos of a long day can finally settle. I can reflect and listen to my thoughts and eventually reconnect with myself II have learnt strategies for finding comfort in our noisy world- from using music to create bubbles of peace, to escaping quite place...I adore the intensity and chaotic beauty of the world. But it's in quite places where I feel truly at home!!

The Quiet Power Of Introverts 

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Acceptance of who you are and the way you are is aesthetic... embrace the solitude

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We were taught that education is a key to success, urging children to attend school with the promise of acquiring knowledge, wisdom, and awareness. However, contemporary educational systems no longer fulfill their original purpose. 
The focus has shifted from holistic improvement of the mind, body, soul, and spirit to serving as a reality filter rather than a beacon of enlightenment. 
Today, education is often pursued out of necessity rather than personal development. It has become a revenue stream for the wealthy and a daunting struggle for the less fortunate. This critique, though harsh, reflects a stark reality.

A Critical Examination

Children are seldom taught the true essence of education. Instead, they are led to believe that pursuing a specific degree will lead to a less challenging career path. 
The genuine purpose of education should be to help individuals discover themselves, gain essential knowledge, and work towards personal growth, consciousness, and wisdom in order to eradicate ignorance. Unfortunately, many prioritize convenience, appearance, and financial gain over developing profound character, stability, and competence. Have you ever wondered why students often struggle to retain what they are taught? It's because they haven't truly learned.

The Unspoken Purpose of Education

I'm writing to inspire you to influence one another positively and initiate a transformation. 
Let's guide everyone toward greatness and serve as mentors. Let's emphasize that genuine education isn't confined to formal institutions; it can be acquired anywhere, without the need for payment or diplomas. 
True education encompasses all the qualities that enrich an individual. It addresses diverse issues, combats arrogance and ignorance, and promotes holistic healing.

Beyond the Classroom

The kind of Education we allow/ accept matters.

Rethinking the Purpose of Education: A Call to Foster True Learning

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