Power of cognition

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“I was ten years old, brilliant as a student, an all-rounder, flourishing in both curriculum as well as extra-curricular activities. And then I turned 15, I was clear about my passion and had decoded my field of interest and how I wanted my life to be. By the end of post-graduation, I had my dream job in hand followed by a rapidly progressive flawless career. And now, I am 28, living a perfect life, enjoying the fruits of my hard work and a sight of my glorious life literally from “cloud 99” yes its “99”. Ahhhhhh!! Is this what we call a “Second to none” feeling? ………. 

While I was in a euphoric state, smiling to myself like a proud peacock, I could hear a loud exasperating sound which my brain failed to figure out until my dad barged into my room, turned off the alarm and forced me to wake up, when only I realized that I was in a state of “false euphoria” as it was just a “Perfect dream of a perfect life”. “Perfect life”? – Wow! What a perfect example of a “paradox” right? Half of my mind still stuck in the dream and the other half unsurely in the reality, instantly filled me with pessimism, inferiority and anxiety about my future as the reality was a sheer contradiction of the dream I had just dreamt and this persuaded me to fathom out the reason behind such an “out of my character” dream because since beginning, I have never attempted to be impractically ambitious about conquering the peak at any point in life. 

Finally, my brain triumphed in rewinding my memory to the previous day’s events and that’s when I paused at a scene where I was conversing with a small group of people who had confidently believed themselves to be “LIFE EXPERTS”. These so called life experts began constantly bombarding me with series of questions about my current state which they termed as “unsuccessful” and totally derailed from what they call as the “normal path”. Gradually the conversation turned into a discussion about measuring the percentage of realization of all my decisions and eventually, the discussion transformed itself into a “coronation ceremony” where I was finally crowned as the “Queen of wrong decisions”. Initially I struggled to bust their false opinions about me, but the environment transformed itself to be so toxic that it sucked all my energy and left me behind with nil confidence and faith about myself and my capabilities. 

I was still in bed, engulfed with a feeling of despair and suddenly a few thoughts aroused in my mind, “Why was I not unhappy with myself and the way my life was going, until the minute I encountered the members of the life experts’ community?, How could I till then hold onto to this unknown expedition called life with immense faith in myself and on the flawless blueprint of my destiny? , “ What exactly stirred up this feeling of dissatisfaction about my journey so far that was originally not present before?. For almost a week, these questions were constantly lingering in my head forbidding me from carrying out a productive routine. Seeing me in a zoned out mode, my mother gently caressed me, asked me to cheer up and not give much cognizance to such events in life that negatively influence the quality of our beliefs. Just like how all mothers are natural alchemists in turning their child’s melancholic state into a cheerful one, my mother too pulled me out from a dejected zone to an enlightened one with a simple yet intense wisdom. Until then, I had never given cognizance to this miraculous power which every human possesses, yes! It is the “Power of Cognition”. 

“Cognize the power of cognition”- before that let us first acquaint with its basics. 

Every human is embedded with the “sense of recognition” which organically gets sensitized whenever there’s an encounter with fellow creations and anything that comes within the gamut of the same. Which means, when we recognize a certain element of this existence, be it a person, situation, place or an action, we tend to develop a certain emotion towards it and this emotion transforms itself into a belief and directly influences the quality and character of our life’s dogmas which has a linear relationship with the standard of our lives. Which is why, it becomes extremely pivotal to practice “filtered cognition”. To condition our doctrine of life to be of finest quality, we need to cautiously choose what we give cognizance to, during our journey on earth. And once we learn the technique of employing this power, the path for a fulfilling life is debunked. 

“The user manual of this power is now decrypted”- let’s try to get the technique right! 

It’s an undeniable fact that each one of us wish to experience the best part of the creation all through our lifetime. And learning the right way to exercise the “Power of cognition” paves way to effortlessly metamorphose this wish into reality. 

It involves conditioning the 3 member committee as I always address it, i.e the “mind, body and soul” by instructing them to primarily generate the “Want for” and follow” the religion of recognizing only those elements which are of uplifting nature and further ring fence itself from recognizing all those contrasting this religion. This erodes the impurities, in turn enhancing the sensitivity of the power to cognize only the fertile attributes of the creation. 

Wait a minute! It’s simple. Our 3 member committee unconsciously stores all the elements we encounter, irrespective of whether they are fertile or infertile. From this repertoire of various elements, what we choose to cognize, influences our beliefs which is then manifested through our thoughts and actions. It is here that we are required to practice filtered cognition to witness the preternatural side of our destiny and the creator’s classics. 

Now, going back to my story, on the day of my dream, apart from the toxic conversation, there were also other incidents that happened which were extremely elating and gleeful. If only I was conscious about this power and had chosen to cognize the elements of more optimism, it would have undoubtedly boosted my spirits and also allowed me to experience an additional seven days of goodness in life which I no more can. 

It’s time to touch the “core intent” before touching the finish line! 

Whether you want it or not, “Power of cognition” is involuntarily activated in each one of us and also can be voluntarily conditioned, regulated and customized for an ameliorated life. So why not take the best advantage of it? 

All of us are aware of the difference between usefulness of a weed to that of a well nurtured plant. Now the ability and the intensity of our “3 member committee” to guide us till eternity is also based on the same concept. If you are not carefully filtering your cognizance, your mind, body and soul is as useful as a weed. But if you wish to witness the pure alchemy by yourself, nurture it with fertile cognizance. Try it to believe it! 

Simple thoughts to live well 

Cognize your own unique journey with utmost heed and reverence, your journey in return cognizes you back by guiding you unerringly towards the original destination. 

Never cognize others ignorance about your journey and drain your time in busting them, that’s again losing the control over this magical power. Cognize your own ignorance and give your everything to bust them, there ends your duty!