Students, tune in to your inner power

Upasana Kaura

Students at the brink of exams or results always have two choices – to remain calm or create chaos. Their inner emotional power determines what they choose. Emotionally empowered students bravely face any exam, whether in academics or personal life. Today the focus is chiefly on physical aspects like physical health, admission in the best institute, long study hours and diet. Emotional health is ignored, leading to creation of stress, anxiety, fear, even disinterest in studies. But inner calm is a major part too.

𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝘀.

Wake up early
Thereafter make the most of morning hours to study as a fresh mind has the highest absorption power. Go to bed early at night. Staying up late is not wise, as a tired mind takes longer to grasp or retain information.

Connect to God
Before studying and before writing an exam, connect to God and seek His power and blessings.

Affirm
Prepare affirmations such as – 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘔𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘔𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵.

Repeat the affirmations three times as the first thoughts in the morning. Do not dilute them with doubts or negativity. Revise them after every hour. At night, go to sleep with these as last thoughts.

Keep thoughts under check
When pausing to revise affirmations, check the quality of your thoughts. Stop and change negative or waste thoughts to prevent leakage of energy.

Stay away from distractions
Stay away from distractions of every kind. Negative conversations, conflicts and gossip deplete the inner power needed for studies.

During study breaks, do not consume negative information. Listen, watch or read positive information. It increases inner power.

Remain peaceful
Remember: Peace is our internal creation, exam is an external event. So exam or hard work never causes stress. Our thoughts of anxiety or fear causes it.

No comparisons
Understand that different people have different capacities. You have your unique talents too. So, never compare yourself with another. Just see if you are on an upward curve, and keep working hard.

No anxiety
Give your best in the exam, and then forget everything. Don’t be anxious about the results as it will impact your health, and not improve your scores at all.

Its ok if you have not done your exam well. It happens. Forget what has happened and focus on what’s coming. Don’t waste your energy dwelling in the past.