Whether you are an extrovert or you tend to be shy; do you like to work in details or maybe macrocosmic things allure you… your mind has fascinating capabilities. The intricate and subtle thoughts in your mind can be read in different ways. Let us do some mind-reading exercises and see how your mind and thoughts respond. You can practice these exercises and use them on your friends too. These mind-reading exercises can tell about your general thought-processes, personality styles, life values and cognitive skills. So here we go…

If you saw the two faces in the above picture first, then you tend to visualize and get fascinated by the macrocosmic aspects of things and situations. You like to live life the king-size and you are very openhearted. One can easily tell when you are happy or when you are sad. Emotionally you are expressive and overall you tend to be an extrovert. If you saw the vase first, then you look into the depth of situations and things. You tend to hold higher values and philosophies in life. Intricate details attract your attention. You also have good concentration and memory. You can easily hide your emotions. Sometimes you tend to be introverted and like to stay in your own world, inside your own cocoon.

Kanizsa Triangle

How do you feel when you look at the above picture? If you feel it as a beautiful design then you have a well-defined aesthetic sense. You have good adjustment or coping skills. No matter what or where, you can adjust or mold yourself easily according to that situation. In other words you tend to strike proper balance in different aspects of life. But, if the picture disturbed you in a way, it means that you strive for completeness in life. You tend to be a perfectionist and like things and situations in proper order. You have great organization skills and can be a good leader too.

Old Trees

What does the above image reflect to you? If you see this as a complete picture with the trees as the main theme, then you are filled with wisdom. You are peace loving and try to complete things on time. You have good time-management and managing skills. You are down-to-earth and believe in practical approach towards things, problems and situations. If you saw the other aspects of the picture like the green grass, the white-light opening in the background after the trees, the road…then you have reflective thinking style. You like to daydream. You also have striking far-sightedness and foresee things. You have effective planning skills and are philosophical to some extent too.

Now try filling up the following sentences with the word/sentence that immediately strikes your mind after reading it:

  1. I secretly wish…………
  2. I want………………….
  3. If only I could……………
  4. My biggest wish……………
  5. If given a chance I can…………

So folks, if you answered to the above sentences in a positive way then you have positive outlook towards life. You have well-defined aims and aspirations. You are practically trying your level best to achieve your aims and ambitions too. If you answered the sentences in a negative or abstract manner, then somewhere or the other you have some unfulfilled desires. You probably had a rough life journey so far and some of your unresolved emotions and putting you in a state of turmoil.

The human mind has complex characteristics. The way you think your behavior and personality gets directed in that way. The more you reflect about yourself, the more you can understand yourself and work towards all-round development.

Best wishes,

Sareeta