Meditation - Heartfulness
Bhanu Bahl, PhD
Class schedule and location
• 7/11-7/25: TMEC L007
• 8/1-8/15: Lahey Room
Welcome to Meditation Course - Week 5
Class Duration: 45 min
Topics:
- Getting ready
- Decision making (Part 1 of 2) – Mind
- Relaxation & Meditation exercise
- Thoughtful Observation & Wrap up
Decision Making
• Mind is the instrument with which we take decisions
• Intuition, Framing , Anchoring and common sense
Heartfulness webinar series:
• http://cdn-prod.heartfulness.org/hfncontent/21+May+2016_Manish+Agarwal_HFN+Speaker+
series+webinar+-Decision+making+in+Corporates.pdf
Let us take a look at how it works
4
Solve Intuitively
• If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5
widgets, how long
• Would it take 100 machines to make 100
widgets?
100 minutes OR 5 minutes?
5
Solve Intuitively
• A Bat and Ball cost $1.10
• The bat costs one dollar more than ball
• How much does the ball cost
Decision pitfalls - Intuition
• Answer is 5 cents
6
Framing
Smoking
• Can we smoke while we are praying : No
• Can we pray while we are smoking: Yes
7
Anchoring
How would you answer the following 2
questions:
• Is the population of Turkey greater than
35Million?
• What is the population of Turkey ?
8
Anchoring
How would you answer the following 2
questions:
• Is the population of Turkey greater than
100Million?
• What is the population of Turkey ?
9
EQ/SQ
• Mind is a imperfect and has inherent biases
and limitations
• high Emotional Quotient(EQ) and Spiritual
Quotient(SQ) allows holistically better
decisions
• Companies evaluating EQ/SQ of candidates
for hiring
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“Let’s practice”: Heartfulness Meditation
Relaxation & Meditation:
http://en-us.heartfulness.org/experience-
heartfulness/?target=try-heartfulness-on-your-own#
Thank you for participating. See you next week!