Energize Your Mind: Learn the Art of Mastering Your Thoughts, Feelings and Emotions: Learn the Art of Mastering Your Thoughts, Feelings and Emotions

by Gaur Gopal Das

In this book, bestselling author and life coach Gaur Gopal Das decodes how the mind works. He combines his anecdotal style with analytical research to teach us how to discipline our mind for our greater well-being. Throughout this book, he provides interactive exercises, meditation techniques and worksheets to help us take charge of our mind.This book is an essential read for anyone who wants to work towards a better, more fulfilling future for themselves.

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Published January 10, 2023

About the author

Gaur Gopal Das (IAST: Gaura-Gopāla dāsa) is an Indian lifestyle coach, motivational speaker and former HP engineer. He is a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).

He was born in Pune, Maharashtra, India. He has a diploma in electrical engineering from Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology, Pune and a degree from College of Engineering, Pune. He worked as an electrical engineer at Hewlett Packard for a brief period, before leaving the company in 1996 to become a lifestyle coach.

In 2018, he published the book Life's Amazing Secrets, and received an honorary doctorate by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT). He was reported as having over 3.9 million YouTube followers with more than 177 million views.

Reviews

[Pratiksha Mistry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book, easy going.. good sense of humour.. a must read book

[Gaurav Sharma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Again I read it quite a long time ago. The author of the book is a monk whose videos I had seen on YouTube. He puts up motivational videos on YouTube and I have seen a few of them. So, I delved into the book with some expectations. I wouldn't say I was disappointed. There was a sense of calmness in Guruji's writing. I could imagine him directly speaking the words to me as I read the book. I liked it but then eventually got bored. I wouldn't blame it on the book. I probably was not in the mind frame to read a motivational self help guide. I had just completed "Before the Coffee gets cold" and wanted to taste something like that. Probably, that's why I lost my interest quite soon. So going by just my personal opinion, I would not recommend it. But who am I? You should figure it out yourself. It can be life-changing for many. Thanks.

[Sparsh Jain · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Debjani Sengupta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Controlling our minds is what all of us should be doing in order to lead a life devoid of debilitating worries and anxieties. We should learn how the mind works in order to be able to control it. Our minds should not control us. This book tells us how we can deal with anxiety and depression. It tells us how we can deal with and control our emotions. The minds of others affect us too. Thus, dealing with the toxic behavior of others have also been dealt with here. “If we strengthen the state of our minds then the external influences on it will seem less devastating”, says Gaur Gopal Das. He elaborates on how we can do this in his book, ‘Energize Your Mind’.
The book is the size of a normal novel. It has been divided into four sections. The first section is about your mind that details how to deal with depression, anxiety and with mental chatter. The next two sections deal with others’ minds and their effect on you. Dealing with toxic behaviour, old memories, criticism and grief have been outlined. We are shown how to develop empathy, communication and selflessness in order to deal with the minds of others. It is not only others that affect us but the universe does too. We are a universe within a universe. We are made of several layers of consciousness. We need to understand and deal with all of them. We must balance these different sheaths or ‘koshas’. We must identify each of our sheaths in order to know ourselves. Find your real self by energizing your mind through the methods outlined in the book. ‘Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom’ – Aristotle.
There are innumerable exercises in the book for you to do in order to energize your mind. There are references that you can check out to help you to strengthen your mind. Each chapter ends with a short summary so you can use the book as a handy reckoner. The writing is interesting and easy to read. As expected, there are some Hindu philosophical explanations too, which the author has tried to underplay in order to keep the universal appeal of the contents.
The author, Gaur Gopal Das is not only a monk who has taken the vows of celibacy. He is also a well-known and immensely popular life coach whose goal is to help people to lead happy and fulfilled lives. “I believe this journey starts by energizing the mind,” says the author. He is widely travelled and loves meeting people. This book reveals how human he is even though he lives the life of a monk. This revelation of humanness makes his methods of energizing the mind more plausible and doable.
The book is really easy to read and understand. The exercises to strengthen the mind can be incorporated into our daily lives with little effort. Reading the book will also help us understand the people and world around us. This will help us to adjust better with our surroundings and with the people that we interact with. If we can be in harmony with everything around us it will energize us to lead happy and fulfilled lives.
“Take charge of your mind. Be in charge of your life.” – Gaur Gopal Das.