LOG 1.15: Rise and Fall

 Posted on October 27, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  485 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

22nd April, 2011 Janani’s log; Solar date: 220411.12 Last week I had crammed too many activities into my schedule; attending multiple classes, working on the programming, in aerobics, music group and a Greenpeace meeting. [Read More]
aerobics  badminton  bewitched  cold  computer science  computers  dinner  education  EEGLab  Facebook  football  german  green peace  health  homework  I Dream of Jeannie  indian  indian food  keyboard  matlab  music  neuropsychology  presentation  Q  scotty  shopiing  spock  star trek  teacher  TNG  videos 

Spiritual, religious or philosophical?

 Posted on October 14, 2012  |  6 minutes  |  1271 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Many people confuse spirituality with religiousness, and philosophy with spirituality. Here I will attempt to tease out the differences as I see them. To be religious is to follow a given set of rules generally defined by an existing system of organised faith. [Read More]
adam and eve  arne naess  carbon cycle  categorise  ceremonies  christians and muslims  conflict  culture  deep ecology  deep experience  define  diversity  duality  duality of language  earth  eden  energy cycle  eternal bliss  forbidden fruit  god  identity  intellectual pursuit  joseph campbell  knowledge  language  maharishi  mantrams  math  matter cycle  meditation  mental definitions  merge with god  mind  moksha  monk  mountain  music  mythology  nirvana  organised faith  particle physics  peace  philisophical  philosophy  poetry  prayer  quantum physics  ramana maharishi  religious  religious philosophies  religious philosophy  rituals  role of mythology  salvation  sanyasi  social  spiritual  spirituality  theology  Unity  universe  water cycle  who am i?  who are we  wolf  yoga 

LOG 1.8: Missing English and The Tree of Gondor

 Posted on September 8, 2012  |  2 minutes  |  376 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

11th February, 2011 Hello all, I got a mobile and landline connection. From my home number I can call landlines all over europe for free! So if you are in Europe, let me know your number and we can have a little phone chat 🙂 [Read More]
a perfect circle  a picture of dorian gray  assemble  brahms  comfort  english  Facebook  furnishing  german  german phone  ikea  moving house  music  oscar wilde  presentation  sin-card  tree of gondor  world music 

A Sleep Deprived Mind

 Posted on July 5, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  525 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

I woke up early and worked all day. Had very little lunch but instead of eating dinner at eight pm as I normally do, I went to sing with my friends until around eleven thirty in the night. [Read More]
birds  breathing  class  cognitive capacity  deep relaxation  evolution  eye mask  health  ideas  insomnia  meaning  meditating  mental health  mind  mind blowing  music  non-REM sleep  pillow  posture  purpose  reason  REM  REM sleep  restless  scattered  singing  sleep deprivation  social order  spiritual  transcend  urges 

LfE 14: Traveling to Slough

 Posted on October 20, 2011  |  4 minutes  |  746 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

15/12/2009 Hello everyone! Hope this letter finds you all in good health. My adventures are more mobile now. I’m on the train to Slough to visit family for the holidays. [Read More]
7 miles  aging process  british lunch  cafe  carol service  chess  cousin  cows  defy earth  family  flu  green grass  holiday  imagine music  kennedy tower  letters from edinburgh  little houses  london  manchester  mars bar  mcEwan hall  Meadows  mobile  morningside  motor  Mozart  music  PhD  pleasent  potential supervisor  princes street  psychiatrist  psychology experiment  quiet roads  raining  Religion  scenery  sheep  slough  smart  stress  swine flu  temperature  traffic rules  train  trees  wifi