cognitive abilities of Brain

What are cognitive abilities and skills, and can we boost them?

Cognition has to do with how a person understands the world and acts in it. 

It is the set of mental abilities or processes that are part of nearly every human action while we are awake.

Cognitive abilities are brain-based skills we need to carry out any task from the simplest to the most complex. 

They have more to do with the mechanisms of how we learn, remember, problem-solve, and pay attention, rather than with any actual knowledge. 

For instance, answering the telephone involves perception (hearing the ring tone), decision taking (answering or not), motor skill (lifting the receiver), language skills (talking and understanding language), social skills (interpreting tone of voice and interacting properly with another human being).

Beauty of character

"I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gifts of fortune, while character comes from within."

Excellence

Excellence is enhancing your own abilities and competing with yourself. It is about becoming passionate and enthusiastic about your work and displaying the highest of standards at all times.

Foundation of wisdom

Foundation of wisdom

The attributes of good character spring from the acceptance in thought and deed of an abiding reverence for the Almighty, which is the foundation of wisdom.

Respect for the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."

Self Mastery & Controlling your Passions

 Self Mastery & Controlling your Passions

All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and action,” wrote M K Gandhi. “When you have attained self-mastery and learnt to control your passions, you will not utter words of despair. You cannot give your hearts and profess poverty of action. To give one's heart is to give all. You must, to start with, have hearts to give. And this you can do if you will cultivate them."

Belief in divine goodness

Belief in divine goodness

Firm faith and belief in divine goodness does bring exceeding peace, which results in making one fearless and bold. A person of character is honest, because he is not afraid, and can afford even to incur the ill will and enmity of others, in the interest of justice, fair play and honesty. A man of character will never harbour thoughts of violence and his action at all times will be prompted by ideas of peace and non-violence.

Religion of God loVers

Religion of  God loVers

Religion is misunderstood to mean only dogmas, doctrines, books and rituals. And in this sense, there is more of religion today, than ever before. We have built walls of separation around ourselves. We have turned our back on the larger picture and we tend to get embroiled in narrow situations, engaging in violence and brutality.  In the name of religion, we are fighting with our fellowmen rather than bonding together in positive ways.

Human-created differences such as caste, creed and religion can be removed by only one means, by love for God. Those who love God do not belong to any particular caste, creed or religion.

Rise above our baser instincts.

Give up lust and rise above our baser instincts.