How I am becoming a whole human—short reflections on everyday life, inner inquiry, and the middle path between personal and cultural identity. Notes on being a proud human and Indian, philosophy in practice, and living fully. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.amanarora.in?utm_medium=podcast">www.amanarora.in</a>
Eastern Perspective Podcast
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How I am becoming a whole human—short reflections on everyday life, inner inquiry, and the middle path between personal and cultural identity. Notes on being a proud human and Indian, philosophy in practice, and living fully. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.amanarora.in?utm_medium=podcast">www.amanarora.in</a>
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October 23, 2025
Playing ODE to JOY on a Keyboard With Both Hands (For the First Time)
<p>My left hand didn’t trust me. My right hand wanted to lead. </p><p>When I sat down to play Ode to Joy with both hands for the first time, it felt like trying to pat my head and rub my belly while riding a bicycle on a tightrope. </p><p>Simple melody. Complex coordination. My brain lit up like a city switching on its lights at dusk.</p><p><p><strong>Something shifted. Not just in the music. In me.</strong></p></p><p>I started slow. </p><p>Thumb meets thumb. Then they split—one holding the ground, the other carrying the tune. </p><p>I missed notes. I laughed. My fingers argued. </p><p>And then, for a few bars, they agreed. </p><p>Harmony. </p><p>Like two friends finally walking in step.</p><p><strong>Something shifted. Not just in the music. In me.</strong></p><p>Playing with both hands is a workout for the brain </p><p>You’re running two programs at once—melody and harmony—while your eyes track symbols, your ears check timing, and your muscles calibrate pressure. </p><p>Executive functions, working memory, processing speed—this is their gym. Each repetition isn’t just practice; it’s construction. </p><p>New roads. Better traffic. Faster routes between neighbourhoods that rarely spoke.</p><p><strong>Science backs this.</strong> </p><p>Intensive piano practice trains the brain. It strengthens attention in noise. It sharpens working memory. It speeds how we process information. It even reshapes the map—more connectivity in frontal, temporal, parietal regions. More integrity in white matter highways. Less decline with age. More resilience. More life in the lights.</p><p>I stopped playing for the last couple of weeks due to some reasons but after reading a scientific article recently I am starting again!</p><p>What about you?</p><p>Have you tried? Do you wish to?</p><p>What happens in your body when both hands move? </p><p>Do you feel the tug-of-war—or the truce?</p><p>What song will you make your first handshake?</p><p><p>A whole MAN is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to A whole MAN at <a href="https://www.amanarora.in/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">www.amanarora.in/subscribe</a>
June 30, 2024
Do Creative Thoughts Originate in Your Brain? (KTB-2)
<p>So when you write down your thoughts two scenarios are possible:</p><p>* Either your thoughts took shape in your mind after mixing all you have been reading, listening and watching</p><p>* Or you are sitting silently and contemplating and an insight comes like a lightning strike and you try to catch a glimpse of it by writing it down. </p><p></p><p>I wrote about something related in a previous edition listed below:</p><p>You can be good at first scenario if you have a sharp and witty mind. </p><p>And if you take care of your emotional and mental health.</p><p>And if you have a good content diet.</p><p>But to be good at the second scenario you need to have a pure soul which can not be cultivated by doing any of the worldly acitivities or habits or taking psychoactive substances.</p><p>I mean every soul is pure but it is clouded by many dirty and filthy layers (due to conditioning). </p><p>You can not peel off the layers by doing these worldly activities.</p><p>You can peel off the layers if you question everything. </p><p>If you enquire.</p><p>If you talk to yourself. </p><p>If you are mindful of things happening within and without.</p><p>This is what came to my mind, out of nowhere, while returning home from the parking lot:</p><p>Now I swear what arrived from beyond, through my mind, is not something that I had read or heard somewhere. At least I am not aware of that happening consciously.</p><p>This makes me think of copyrights and trademark and all the rest of it. </p><p>How can we lay claim to some thoughts or creative ideas or compositions written or composed <em>through us</em>? Because it certainly is not created <em>by</em> <em>us</em>.</p><p>Fellow Explorers, what do you think of it? </p><p>Do you really think that the creative thoughts and insights you get originate in your brain? </p><p>I don’t know what science or research says but let’s discuss in the comments below!</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://loveunites.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">loveunites.substack.com</a>
June 23, 2024
Do You Know What Your Mind is Most Afraid of? (EPP-3)
<p>It is the death of the mind when we become fully aware.</p><p>What do I mean by death?</p><p>It means going beyond the mind. That now the mind will not run the show, its show of creating an illusion, the illusion of a self. That mind is thrown out of business. </p><p>Then how could mind stand it! Naturally, it will resist and revolt.</p><p>Now you know why you hate to meditate, why you resist going on an inward journey.</p><p>Why instead of just sitting and watching your thoughts you prefer to give yourself <strong>electric shocks</strong>.</p><p>But 'you' need not be afraid of it, Ansh.</p><p>Why?</p><p>Because the death of the mind is the birth of the real 'you'.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://loveunites.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">loveunites.substack.com</a>
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