Whenever we procure an instrument, we calibrate it against a recognised standard before using it. If we do not do this, then the measurements made by this instrument may not be accurate and reliable. Decisions based on such measurements could lead to losses – even catastrophe.
Further, we have to recalibrate
every instrument at regular intervals, as the instrument goes through repeated
usage and gets exposed to many environmental factors that would have disturbed
its initial calibration against the standard. A well calibrated instrument
serves our needs for a long time and helps in creating defect-free
end-products.
Mind is the most valuable
instrument every human has. We use our mind to do everything from
birth to death, including dreams. Every decision is based on what mind measures.
However, we hardly pay any attention to its proper calibration. We often leave
it to the nature. Human mind starts getting auto calibrated from the birth
through the family, education, work, society, and media without much conscious
effort at any level to verify if the calibration is against a reliable and beneficial
standard. Consequently, human life is often filled with pain and misery. We
complain and cry, but rarely consider recalibrating our minds against something
positive and eternally true.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brutally taught us the importance of recalibrating our minds against some positive standards of living. We can extend this lesson to all aspects of our life. We should focus on the need for the right calibration of minds from a child’s age. Children should be taught how to recalibrate their minds as they grow and remain rooted in the reality.
A recent popular documentary “The Social Dilemma” has revealed catastrophic effects of wrong calibrations most young, and even old minds, are subjected to on a daily basis. Mind being the only instrument at our disposal for living our lives, we better pay more attention to its calibration and recalibration at regular intervals against recognised positive norms/standards of living.
At GDA, we spend 5
minutes at the start of our daily team’s virtual meeting to discuss “Positive
Moment”, that may include sharing a positive experience, an inspiring story
or quotation. This has been our way of recalibrating our minds since the start
of the current pandemic. The results are so satisfying that we shall continue
with this practice even after the pandemic ends. We hope that the humanity at
large will also learn to recalibrate their minds for healthy and joyous living.
