{"id":771,"date":"2023-06-30T06:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T02:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/?p=771"},"modified":"2023-06-30T07:03:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T03:03:46","slug":"calm-a-sutra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/30\/calm-a-sutra\/","title":{"rendered":"Calm A Sutra !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is of course a phonetic co relation to what you are thinking but there ends the potential!! Sorry to disappoint you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A\u00a0<\/span><i><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">sutra<\/span><\/b><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0is\u00a0<\/span>a concise verse or scripture within <strong>Hinduism<\/strong> and <strong>Buddhism<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. In <strong>Sanskrit<\/strong>, sutra means \u201c<i>note<\/i>,\u201d \u201c<i>sacred thread<\/i>,\u201d or \u201c<i>code<\/i>.\u201d <strong>Sutras<\/strong> are often used in chanting and meditation. Many who have a spiritual yoga practice use the sutras as <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>a guide to life<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; If then it&#8217;s not the things that you pursue or avoid are coming at you, but rather than you in a sense are seeking them out, at least try to keep your judgement of them steady, and they too will remain calm and you won&#8217;t be seen chasing after or fleeing from them &#8220;. <b>Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 11.11<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #202124;\">People often look to their leaders before looking at themselves before losing their calm and if their leader is calm, they will be calm too. This is what is meant by \u201c<\/span><b><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">calm is contagious<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style=\"color: #202124;\">\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It means\u00a0you need to be mindful of how you&#8217;re feeling and what emotions you&#8217;re projecting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Calm\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">isn\u2019t the only thing that\u2019s contagious. You can pretty much replace calm with any word like\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">panic, chaos<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, or\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">disorder<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former\u00a0<b>Navy SEAL Rorke T. Denver<\/b>\u2019s idea of\u00a0<i><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Calm is Contagious<\/span><\/b><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0carries valuable lessons that every leader should know. Diving into the deeper meaning of \u201c\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">calm is contagious\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201d shows us the role of leaders in any environment and how we can do better to guide our teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There is a maxim that\u00a0<b>Navy SEALs<\/b>\u00a0pass from officer to officer, man to man. In the midst of chaos, even in the fog of war, their battle-tested advice is this: &#8221;\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Calm is Contagious<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t need to be a\u00a0<b>Navy SEAL\u00a0<\/b>to have a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>contagious calm<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0We all want to be around people who are calm and in control. But we also have an opportunity to be that person for our colleagues, our families and even ourselves. Our ability to\u00a0calm ourselves and reduce stress\u00a0fundamentally changes how we react and how we make decisions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Given that others are likely to mimic or amplify your behavior, think closely about what you want that behavior to be. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i>There\u2019s an obvious contagious effect with our emotional and cognitive experiences<\/i>;\u00a0<i>we\u2019re constantly affected by others and their emotional states.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Humans are hardwired for connection<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #292929;\">.<\/span>Whether people know it or not, they\u2019re constantly borrowing from other people\u2019s nervous systems and lending out their own. It&#8217;s a trade off- give and take.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are enough storms. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Stick to calm<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PS<\/strong>: If time and inclination permit, you my find value in watching the interview in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandknewmag.com\/the-magic-of-a-catalyst-an-influence-that-is-contagious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>BrandKnew<\/strong><\/a> with <strong>Dr Jonah Berger<\/strong>( author of the book <strong>Contagious<\/strong>, among many other best-sellers).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #292929;\"><b>ENDS<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is of course a phonetic co relation to what you are thinking but there ends the potential!! Sorry to disappoint you. &nbsp; &nbsp; A\u00a0sutra\u00a0is\u00a0a concise verse or scripture within Hinduism and Buddhism. In Sanskrit, sutra means \u201cnote,\u201d \u201csacred thread,\u201d or \u201ccode.\u201d Sutras are often used in chanting and meditation. Many who have a spiritual &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/30\/calm-a-sutra\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Calm A Sutra !&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1579,1568,1565,1576,1571,1578,1566,1572,3,1567,404,577,1144,1133,1569,1570,1577,1574,1573,1575],"class_list":["post-771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-behavior","tag-buddhism","tag-calm","tag-chanting","tag-chaos","tag-connection","tag-contagious","tag-disorder","tag-emotions","tag-hinduism","tag-humans","tag-leaders","tag-marcus-aurelius","tag-meditation","tag-navy-seals","tag-panic","tag-rorke-t-denver","tag-sutra","tag-war","tag-yoga"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":773,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions\/773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}