Can movies affect your heart?

As technology becomes more advanced,film makers have more control over your emotions.

Thrillers,action movies,suspense,horror,crime  are common genres.And there are many successful movies in these genres.And all these movies manipulate your emotions so that you are at the edge of your seat most of the time.

My question is what is the effect of these movies on the weak hearted ?

Is there any research done on people who have heart related problems or who already have  had a heart attack? Can such movies create any additional problems  like for example arythymia?Should not doctors  warn their weak hearted patients not to see such movies?

My point is not that film makers should stop making heart breaking movies ,but that the weak hearted should stop seeing movies which affect  their health.

Is there any research done on the above questions?

Is there a “best time or best way to meditate”?

Generalisations are generally harmful including this one too.
The best time to meditate would be that when you need it most.
When the balance is shaken up,when the mind is in turmoil,when poisons like anger,hatred,violence,jealosy etc. have got into you and your system.So this is the best time to meditate.Meditation will calm you,and restore your balance and will do you the maximum good.
The beginning of the day, and the end of the day are other obvious choices for the best times but this is a personal decision.
I personally like to meditate at the end of the day,after switching the light off,being engulfed by both darkness and silence.But sometimes,when I am faced with a long car commute,I find there is no better time.

Similarly,there is no one “best way” to meditate.There are hundreds of ways to meditate.Try them all if you like or stick to one if you dont like variety.The important thing is to meditate.How and when is totally your choice.
My favourite is the “no mind” meditation.You close your eyes and enter into the darkness of space within you.
Gratitude to God is my first emotion followed by “no mind” meditation .”No mind” means being devoid of thoughts….a sort of Buddhist concept of filling your mind with emptiness.This means you must not allow any thoughts to take birth.This gives rest to all the thought cells in the brain.Its like shutting off the engine of a car which has been running for a long time and allowing the engine to cool down.
Find a best time and a best way to meditate and then use it as a weapon as well as a fortress as well as a vehicle to reach somewhere as well as a communication device to commune with God.

Dont run away from boredom

Too much of excitement can give you a heart attack.But boredom will never kill you.

So why is everybody so afraid of a little boredom.Just think about it.There are 24 hours in a day.So what if a couple of hours pass by quietly,without too much excitement.Boredom is not a disease.It does not need any cure.Just relax and accept it.Even as I tell you this, you react and say what are you saying? The last twenty years mindset has been if bored then remove it instantly…..watch a sitcom….go to the movies,go to the pub…..but dont accept boredom…..But if you learn to look at boredom as stillness….nothing happening….your whole perspective changes…. and your bored existence becomes a meditative existence…full of meaning…..Even now,you think I am being sarcastic….Believe me,I am serious.Try it out and you will never get bored in life.I am not recommending that you get bored intentionally ,but dont try and artificially liven up your life because you are afraid that people around you will think you are living a boring life.

“The average male gets his living by such depressing devices that boredom becomes a sort of natural state to him”

H.L.Mencken

Dont let it be a natural state,but dont run away from it either.

Energy is ageless.

As I grow older I am always trying to find out how I can feel younger.
The secret lies in finding ways to increase my energy levels.
The secret lies in keeping a very healthy and fit body.
The secret lies in keeping a slim waistline.
The secret lies in keeping in regular touch with the young people all around you.So that you get infected with their energy.
The secret lies in e mails to your children,grand children,nephews,grand nephews and nieces to absorb their energy.
Energy is at the centre of youth.
If you have the energy,you will always remain young.
Eats foods that give you energy.That make you feel light.
Avoid foods that make you feel heavy.
Experiment with finding things that increase your energy.
Remember,energy is joy.

Wisdom is yours for the asking.

Wisdom is far too generalised and made far too esoteric.The way to remove this problem is to categorize wisdom in its many forms.To start with:

Spiritual wisdom or soul wisdom…This is what is shown in movies as what men with long flowing hair possess…the wise ones…..People are under this impression that this is the only type of wisdom available.

Body wisdom:Knowing what is good for your body and what is,nt…Being totally in tune with your body…

Mind Wisdom: Intelligence….a high I.Q. level…

Maths Wisdom: A sub group of Mind Wisdom

Professional Wisdom: Being very clever in your own profession…Doctors,Lawyers,Accountants etc.

Financial Wisdom: Knowing how to make money in the world.

Social Wisdom:Public Relations,making friends easily,politicians,social climbers,popular persons…..

Travel Wisdom: These people know how to get around the world…great story tellers,narrators…easy going in all places..

Cooking wisdom….can cook up a great meal with whatever you give them.

This way you can go on and on….

The human brain has so many areas and people tend to develop certain areas more than the other areas.

The point is each one of us have the potential to be wise in very many different spheres if  those areas are focussed upon and  developed.

Wisdom in not elite or for the old.The young can be equally wise.Wisdom is yours for the asking,if you pursue it.Unfortunately, most of us pursue cleverness,not wisdom.

Make meditation a cure for boredom.

There are so many types of meditations and there is so much already written about it.What I would like to speak about is developing a right attitude towards meditation.
Most people look at meditation as boring.Those looking at others meditating feel “It looks so boring” .And those meditating without the right frame of mind will also feel bored.
Look at meditation differently.
To make the outside world interesting,you fill it with many interesting things-Music,Movies,Food ,Friends,Sex’Love.
To make meditation interesting ,also fill fill it with interesting things.
1.Peace.
2.Silence.
3.Solitude
4.Absence of stress or tension.
5.Prayers and communion with the Divine.

Be creative and add more qualities to meditation and then you will have an enormous weapon at your beck and call to handle life as well as enjoy it .
You have to make meditation the opposite of boredom.When you are bored in the outside world,you go and meditate so that you are recharged and no more bored.Then you give your own meaning.

Accept stress and stress reduces

Stress is a very modern word.It may have existed in other forms but when we talk of stress today it means too much tension emotionally,physically,psychologically,financially,or mentally.So stress management is a modern method to control stress.You will not find it in the Tao,nor any Upanishads nor in the Bible or the Koran.

Anger Management is only one aspect of stress management.Too much stress may cause anger unless you become aware of it.But it is important not to let stress lead you to anger.

The best tool of stress management is accept stress and cope with it on a daily moment to moment basis .Do not let problems lie unresolved ,do not delay decisions or let the pressure build up.