Untroubled | Managing Criticism

00:00 Quality of a Seeker #20 – “Gatavyathah” Or “Untroubled”

37:35 Question of the week: How does one avoid getting agitated when criticised?

50:26 Open Q&A Q1 – When someone close to us is facing problems, how do we calibrate our response to them?

52:51 Open Q&A Q2 – How do we manage troubles that come from within – for example, living in constant pain from a medical condition?

54:50 Open Q&A Q3 – Sometimes when we have a problem, we keep thinking about it and it seems to become a bigger problem. How do we prevent this?

56:33 Open Q&A Q4 – The society we live in often has expectations of us. Sometimes we feel we cannot meet those expectations. As a defense mechanism, sometimes we put on a mask that helps us portray to society that we are meeting those expectations. What is the right approach to this?

59:45 Open Q&A Q5 – How does one carry out a proper self-assessment and how does one develop conviction in this self-assessment?

1:03:51 Open Q&A Q6 – Where our attention goes, our energy goes. By constantly preparing for trouble, do we end up increasing the trouble in our lives?

1:05:18 Open Q&A Q7 – What do we do when the mind overpowers our intellect?

1:06:25 Open Q&A Q8 – Does your intellect have to come into play on a daily basis?