Namaste Astu Bhagavan

Om Namaste Astu Bhagavan 

Vishweshwaraya Mahadevaya

Triyambakaya Tripurantakaya 

Trikalanikaalaya Kalagnirudraya

Neelakanthaya Mrithyunjayaya

Sarveshwaraya Sadashivaya

Sriman Mahadevaya Namaha

Om Namaste : I bow to you

Astu Bhagavan : The Supreme God 

Vishweshwaraya : He who is the Lord of the Universe 

Mahadevaya : Greatest among the Gods 

Triyambakaya : Who has three eyes 

Tripurantakaya : The destroyer of three cities/worlds/(Tripuras) representing ego/negativity/ignorance

Trikalagnikaalaya: The one who is beyond and has the power to destroy the past, present, and future (Trikalas) 

Kalagnirudraya : The Rudra who with his fire, ends the cosmos (to recreate) 

 

Maragadha Lingam (Uthirakosamangai)

Neelakanthaya : The one with blue throat 

Mrityunjayaya : The conqueror of Death 

Sarveshwaraya : He who is Lord of all the beings 

Sadashivaya : Called with the name Lord Sada Shiva (The eternal one) 

Sriman Mahadevaya : The God of the Gods, Greatest among all 

Namaha : My salutations to you.

 

Gudimallam Parasurameswara Temple (Oldest shiva linga in the world)

Activate both sides of the brain

 

 

Right and Left Brain

Quotes that emphasize or metaphorically suggest the importance of using both sides of the brain—balancing logic and creativity, reason and emotion, or analysis and intuition:

1. "The left brain is the law; the right brain is the grace. Wisdom lives where they meet."
   — Unknown

2. "To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong."
   — Joseph Chilton Pearce
   (Emphasizing right-brain creativity balanced with the left-brain fear of error)

3. "Use the left brain to think and the right brain to dream. Then let both work together to build something extraordinary."
   — Unknown

4. "The most successful people are those who can marry the strengths of both hemispheres: logic with empathy, data with insight."
   — Daniel Pink

5. "You need both sides of your brain: the left to engineer, the right to inspire."
   — Unknown

6. "Don’t just think outside the box. Understand the box, then reinvent it."
   — Unknown
   (Reflects both analytical and creative processes)
   

Engaging both sides of the brain—the left (logical, analytical) and the right (creative, intuitive)—helps improve memory, focus, creativity, and overall mental balance. 

Here are some simple daily methods to activate both hemispheres:

1. Use Your Non-Dominant Hand

• What to do: Brush your teeth, eat, or write with your non-dominant hand.

• Why: Forces both hemispheres to work together and strengthens neural connections.

2. Combine Art and Logic

• Examples:

  • Try mind mapping ideas (creative + structured).

  • Do color-coded planning (creative + organized thinking).

  • Play music with sheet reading (logical) and improvisation (creative).

3. Listen to Binaural Beats or Brainwave Music

• Use: Focus tracks that stimulate both sides of the brain.

• Helps with synchronizing brainwaves, often used in meditation or focus sessions.

4. Practice Cross-Lateral Movements

• Movements like: Touch your left knee with your right hand and vice versa.

• Used in brain gym exercises to integrate both hemispheres.

5. Journal or Reflect

• Left brain: Write logical thoughts, plans, to-do lists.

• Right brain: Add sketches, doodles, metaphors, or creative expressions.

6. Play Strategy + Creative Games

• Chess + Drawing, or Sudoku + Storytelling games.

• This combo activates both analytical and imaginative thinking.

7. Learn Something New

• Try activities that involve patterns, movement, and creativity:

  • Dancing (steps + rhythm)

  • Cooking (measuring + improvising)

  • Learning a new language (structure + tone)
    

A simple 15–20 minute daily routine to activate both sides of your brain—great for mornings or midday resets:

Daily Brain Balance Routine (20 minutes)

1. Cross-Lateral Movement Warm-Up (3 mins)

• Do these moves for 30–60 seconds each:

  • March in place while tapping opposite knee with your hand.

  • Arm circles in opposite directions.

  • Side stretches with cross-body reaches.

Why: Activates coordination between hemispheres, gets your blood flowing.

2. Mind Map or Creative Journal (5 mins)

• Take a topic (e.g., your day, a problem, or an idea).

  • Use a mind map with colors and doodles.

  • Or write a journal entry mixing logical thoughts and creative descriptions.

Left brain: Structure and planning
Right brain: Visuals and imagination

3. Binaural Beats or Focus Music (play in background throughout)

• Play music tuned for focus or relaxation (many free on YouTube or apps like Brain.fm).

• Optional: meditate for 1–2 minutes while breathing deeply.

4. Use Non-Dominant Hand Challenge (3 mins)

• Brush your teeth, drink water, or write your name with your non-dominant hand.

• Can also try drawing a simple object.

Why: Builds new pathways and makes your brain work in a new way.

5. Quick Brain Game (5–7 mins)

• Alternate between:

  • Sudoku, logic puzzle (left brain)

  • Doodle challenge or short story prompt (right brain)

Apps like Peak, Elevate, or just a notebook work great!

Optional Add-on (2–3 mins)

• Learn 1 new word or phrase in a new language

• Watch a quick creative video (e.g., animation, art, dance)

You are the entire ocean in a drop

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”

It reflects the idea that the whole is contained in the part — a drop of water contains the essence of the entire ocean. Spiritually, this suggests that every soul carries the divine — the vast universe is mirrored within each individual.

 

 

Interconnectedness: 

A single drop of water can reflect the entire ocean, symbolizing how small parts can carry the essence of the whole. Just as a drop is inseparable from the ocean, so are we connected to all life. 

We are not separate from the universe or the divine.

 

 

Depth in Simplicity: 

Even something as small as a drop can hold immense complexity — echoing philosophical or spiritual ideas of the universe within the microcosm.

 

Humility and Vastness:

The drop symbolizes humility, yet holds the power and mystery of the ocean. It teaches that even the smallest being is significant, holding depth, wisdom, and purpose.

 

 

 

Transformation and Return

Spiritually, the drop represents the soul’s journey — falling from the ocean of the Divine, experiencing individuality, and eventually returning to the source. This cycle parallels life, ego, enlightenment, and liberation.

You realize you were always free—moksha isn’t “achieved,” it’s uncovered. Life continues outwardly, but internally there's peace, non-attachment, and a sense of unity with all.

“You don’t attain moksha. You uncover it by realizing you were never bound.”

The approach is about removing ignorance (avidya), much like removing clouds to see the sun that was always shining. 😇

The Ocean Within the Drop — A Meditation

Close your eyes. Breathe deeply.

Imagine a single, clear droplet resting gently in the palm of your hand.
Within it, you see waves rolling, currents flowing, creatures swimming — a vast, living ocean held in stillness.

This droplet is you.

It holds all the depth of your thoughts, the motion of your emotions, the silence of your soul.
Though small in form, it reflects the infinite.
Though separate in shape, it is never apart from the source.

You are not isolated.
You are the ocean, momentarily shaped as a drop.

Feel the truth:
All that you seek — peace, truth, love — is already within.
The tides rise and fall inside your being.
The moon pulls gently on your heart.
The sun of consciousness warms your surface.

Let yourself dissolve…
Let the illusion of separateness fade.
Return not by moving — but by remembering.
You were never truly apart.

You are the drop.
You are the ocean.
You are the stillness and the surge.

Breathe. Be. Begin again.

 

How to feel better

“Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can.”

When you’re feeling low, going for a walk is probably the last thing you want to do. But when you are low, you likely aren’t just going to wake up and feel like suddenly taking a walk. Instead, you have to fake it till you make it.

 

“You can't bully yourself into feeling better. You can't negatively talk yourself into feeling better.”- Emma Mahony

“You have to start acting how you eventually want to feel. Start doing those things, those actions, before that feeling naturally comes,”

“Even just the act of going out in nature is a really helpful reset, and gives the ability to put things in perspective a bit and recognize that what’s going on within a building is not the entire world.”

Do things that you enjoyed doing as a child and remind yourself of those happy moments.

 

"Self-compassion involves acknowledging that this is a particularly challenging time, and that my feelings are both understandable and valid. It's entirely acceptable to not feel at my best, and I need not be overly critical of myself for it."

“Acknowledge that you’re a good person who’s just going through a hard time at this moment and you try to still remain good inside your core” 

“Even in your worst and lowest moments, attempt to recognize your core worth and value.”