Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Smart Vs. Brilliant People - Questions

 There is a difference between SMART people and BRILLIANT people.

The more I studied truly exceptional people, the more I realised:

Brilliant people DON’T solve problems.

They ASK QUESTIONS.

And then the questions solve the problems.

Here are my top 3 questions:

1. “What is the most important thing for you in life right now?”

Whenever someone asks me for career advice, this is the first question I ask them to answer.

If it is money, then are they ready to face a toxic work culture because of it?

If it is peace, then are they ready to sacrifice their luxuries for it?

It is a very interesting question, and you won’t believe how many people are unable to answer it.

Why is the answer important?

Because here is the thing with humans: if we do not know what is the one thing we want from life right now, the next best thing we want is EVERYTHING.

And that is a disaster.

2. “What do you WANT to do?”

Going to the depth of the reason behind their actions tells a person so much about their own selves.

Do they operate out of obligation (have to), lack of choice (need to), or desire (want to)?

3. What is the worst thing that can happen?

Are you ready to face that worst thing?

Emotionally, socially, financially, psychologically, and physically?

If yes, go for it!

If there is even a shred of doubt, then don’t.

The number of problems that just answering these 3 questions will solve for most answers you are looking for, in life :)

Friday, May 19, 2023

Asterix and Son


Asterix and Son is the twenty-seventh volume of the Asterix comic book series, created by author René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo. It was the third Asterix album to be written and illustrated by Uderzo and my first. Courtesy my hubby. This was his request on renewing the library membership. 

Asterix, the hero of these adventures. A shrewd, cunning little warrior, all perilous missions are immediately entrusted to him. Asterix gets his superhuman strength from the magic potion brewed by the druid Getafix. 

Obelix, Asterix's inseparable friend. A menhir Delivery-man by trade, addicted to wild boar. Obelix is always ready to drop everything and go off on a new adventure with Asterix - so long as there is wild boar to eat, and plenty of fighting. His constant companion is Dogmatix, the only known canine ecologist, who howls with despair when a tree is cut down. 

Getafix, the venerable village druid, gathers mistletoe and brews magic potions. His speciality is the Potion which gives the Drinker Superhuman strength. But Getafix also has other recipes up his sleeve..

Cocofonix, the Brad. Opinion is divided as to his musical gifts. Cacofonix thinks he's a genius. Everyone else thinks he is unspeakable. But so long as he does'nt speak, let alone sing, everybody likes him...

Vitalstatistix, the chief of the Tribe. Majestic, brave and hot-tempered. The old warrior is respected by his men and feared by his enemies. Vitalstatistix himself has only one fear, he is afraid the sky may fall on his head tomorrow. But as he always says, Tomorrow never comes. 

A baby boy mysteriously appears on Asterix's doorstep one sunny morning. Stung by speculation that he could be the father, Asterix sets out with Obelix to find the baby's parents. Their only clue is the embroidered linen of the baby's clothes and wrappings, suggesting he comes from a rich Roman family. The Romans attempt to kidnap the baby, at the behest of Marcus Junius Brutus, Caesar's adopted son. Getafix realizes that the baby was left in the village for its protection.

While in the village, the baby twice drinks the magic potion, first by accident when Obelix uses a half-full potion gourd as a feeding bottle; later, he falls into a nearly-empty cauldron of potion. The baby smashes the doors of several houses and harms the Roman spies sent to capture him, including a legionary disguised as a rattle peddler, and the Prefect of Gaul, Crismus Cactus, who is disguised as a nursemaid. Finally, Brutus takes matters into his own hands, attacking the village with his own legions and burning it to the ground. The men of the village entrust the baby to the women, before fighting the Romans. Brutus seizes the baby from the women and escapes with the help of the pirates, but soon Asterix and Obelix catch up with him and rescue the baby.

The unexpected arrival of Caesar and then Cleopatra resolves the mystery. The baby is their son, Caesarion. Brutus had sought to kill the baby in order to become sole heir to Caesar's property and fortune, so Cleopatra had the boy sent to the Gaulish village for his protection. Caesar exiles Brutus to Upper Germania and promises to rebuild the village. The story ends with a banquet on Cleopatra's royal barge.

Productivity tools

 Remove all apps not needed. The simpler you keep things, the more you can do. 

1.  Calender

2. Notes - Categories 

  •     Lessons
  •     Vison
  •     You tube video/Podcast planning
  •     Meetings

3. Google forms for feedbacks

4. Goals - write daily. 

5. Cyclic operation - Choke out the plan, days work week. 

  • Theme for the day
  • Month
  • Quarter
  • Half yearly 
  • Yearly

Bill gates, go to a closed room, with books only. 

Jeff Bezos was flipping burgers for minimum wage when he was 16 years old.

​While there were a gazillion other American teenagers who also started their careers by working for McDonalds…it was only Jeff who ended up as a Billionaire.

​An average Joe & Jeff Bezoz both have 24 hours/day.

​They both started off with $3/hour…

​But only one of them created the world's #1 Ecommerce platform.

​The reason for that is simple, Jeff has a higher output for his 24 hours than any other average Joe.

​The more you increase your output of work, the more impact you create in this world.​

​This doesn’t mean you need to work longer or harder.

​You need to work efficiently.

(productivity = money)

And that’s why Sid created this ultimate productivity system...

​It’s called “The Polestar”​ Track your habits. 

Wednesday, May 03, 2023

Serene Mind, Soul Sync and Remove Stress

There are thoughts 'n' number of them, that cross our mind day in and day out.

Some broadly divide these into Positive thoughts and negative thoughts. 

What are negative thoughts? 

They are anything that would create stress in you. 

“Stress comes from not taking action, about something that you can control. As soon as you identify and take action to address the situation, it helps reduce stress. It comes from ignoring what you need to do. You can be in or out of work and be in stress. If you keep worrying and do nothing, you would be stressed.”

Stress state can be broadly divided into three:

  • Stress from Anger - This could lead to frustration, 
  • Stress from Fear - Fear is mostly about future, leading you to anxiety. 
  • Stress from Sorrow - Sorrow or sadness come out of something that has happened in the past, and lead you to depression. 


Suppressed anger hurts us in 3 ways.

One, it causes chronic diseases among us. Anger is a destructive force.

Two, it become addiction and hurt us. Unable to cope with the anger that consumes us, we fall into destructive habits like stealing, overeating, and quitting in the middle of work.

Three, anger leads to maddened crying and despair.


It is natural to get angry and frustrated for a while. But it must dissolve. When anger lingers in our thoughts it will consume you so much that if it goes into extreme, you might even get heart attack or brain haemorrhage. 

Your anger will not make you remember the good in them just like the night make sky invisible.

Changes brought about by anger, hatred and violence in any system are either irreversible or spread like an infectious disease. 

Getting angry again and again will make you desensitized and become a beast.

In anger you have a monkey mind. Your freedom is to let go of anger as the monkey is free to let go of sweets. Put the anger aside for a few moments and don't blame yourself, think about how much anger has cost you. Finally practice Serene mind.

So with fear and sorrow. 

The opposite of this is the state of satisfaction, joy, happiness, peace, bliss. 

There are various ways, in which you can move from one state of mind to another, in case you try; or you can continue to be in your present state.

There could be a regular practise you follow, a music, dance, drawing, getting into nature. 

Serene mind practice do not take much time, its a 3 minute task


  • Close your eyes. Pay attention to your breathe. Inhale and Exhale deep. 
  • What is the exact emotion that is arising within you right now? - fear , anger, frustration, sorrow, sadness, love, joy, peace? Identify the exact emotion. Absorb the movement of your mind. Are you obsessed about your past, your future, or are you living in the present?
  • See a flame, see a flame move from the centre of your forehead to your skull. See the flame glow in the middle of your skull. Bring a smile to your face and open your eyes. 
Continue doing this practise whenever you feel disturbed. 

Joy matters, it is important, to bring joy to your life. A you bring constant attention to your inner state, your state would transform. 

Practice the soul sync meditation It will not take more than 15 minutes. 


Sit erect with palms up, concentrate on breathing. 
  1. For every breath you take, touch your thumb to different fingers. In this manner take 8 complete breath. Keep touching the finger and bring attention back to breath. 
  2. Inhale and while exhaling create a humming sound. Each time you hum touch the tip of your finger and do it 8 times like the previous step. 
  3. When you breath slowly, there is a pause between inhalation and exhalation. Bring attention to that point. Keep count of your breath by touching your finger tips. Observe 8 breath pauses in this manner. 
  4. Internally chant the mantra 'Aham' eight times on your exhale, touching your finger tips. 
  5. Touch you index finger with your thumb, and visualise your limited self expanding into cosmic self. Without boundaries, limitations, into the limitless field of consciousness, of endless possibilities. 
  6. Make an intention for the manifestation of one desire, visualise and feel that it is happening. Feel the sense of fulfilment and joy. When ready take a deep breath and Open your eyes. 
Thanks to Sasiman, for the invite for this session at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram at Azad road. 

Do what you love, Stress happen when you procrastinate. Life takes over and you are stressed. Stress comes by not taking action. The mere fact that you are addressing the problem, relives the stress. Good stress is working and bad stress is not taking action. Take on positive pressure and action.

What is the use of all the knowledge, unless you can put it into practise. 


Happiness is my nature

Happiness is who I am

Happiness and Love is what I radiate to everyone

I am a Happy Being

I am a loveful soul

Powerful and divine. 


Let me just check 

in any corner of my mind

or deep in my subconscious

Do I hold any person or any thing

Which I belive is the cause of my emotional hurt


Scan the mind, check, it could be recent, it could be very old.

It could be brused aside, but it is still there deep.

Is there any thing that is the cause of emotional 

Something that happened, someone who was responsible for.


A mistake they made, or a mistake I made

Do I still, in a very suttle way, still blame someone for my hurt?

For the rejection I feel, for the insult I experienced, 

And today, I am certain, I am going to release from my mind

Shift them, not from a painful past

But from present and future full of love and blessings

Because I am a powerful being

What I feel is not because of what they did,

What I feel is because of what I feel they did,

My feelings are because of what I think about them,


I choose forgiveness, I choose acceptance, I choose love

Because that is truely my nature, it is who I am .

It is the vibration,at which I live my life,

Because that is where true happiness is.


Thank you so much. 


come back to the present. 


Only one thing that we need to be happy 'ALWAYS' are - ALWAYS, Because we are happy, but get diverted sometimes. 


Remember, their power is outside. They have the power to say and do what they belive is right. We have the power to think what we belive is right.

Shift from the life of blame, to personal responsibility. 

Creator of our Thoughts and feelings is we ourselves. 'I' the energy - light, power, consciousness, energy - whatever. 

Affirm many times a day.

I am the creator of my thoughts and feelings. 

All the 'because of' has to fall off. 

I choose how to be in the face of stimulus. 

Don't say 'I cannot live without'....You become dependent. Just one shift today say 'I choose to...'

It will become a natural way of living. 'I create the stress...'

Stress = Pressure/Resilience

Pressure is not in my control - it can be current situation in the world, health or any external things. 

It is mind over matter; not matter over mind. 

Happiness means, being emotionally independent. Not just, physical, mental, financial. 

It is power. 

Those using abusive language, are not in the right state of mind, they are emotionally in pain, and what they say and do, is reflecting that. 

Our emotion and thought is our creation. Be empathetic, compassionate and forgive. When you forgive, your are forgiving self. 

I forgive, I forget means - It doesn't hurt anymore. You cannot forget. 

Say 'It's over, I release, I let it go. ' 

I am a empathetic, loving soul. 

Why things happen to us again repeatedly?

I am not this body. When someone die, we say, he is left. Master of the body has left. 

Where do I go? 

Life, after life after life, is just like a costume. 

When  souls meet, in the first go sometimes we feel a connect. Sometimes we have known someone for long, but never feel the connect. 

We are all souls on a journey. Many many karmas, experiences, thoughts, emotional pattern. 

We play role's in this lifetime. If we have Karmic discomfort , it could be for various reasons. So some go through the past life regression. Past is already done. We do not have to worry about it. 

Power lies in the present. What I choose to do in the present, will decide the future. 

So the world say, everything is pre-destined. Pre-destined by whom? By me. 

Past is destiny. Future is Free will. 

Send the energy, that you want to create. 

Focus only on what you are giving in thoughts, feelings and emotions. Forgiveness means I am changing my present Karma. 

If you don't heal your pain's from the womb of mother, from birth, it will be carried with us. 

Affirm every morning and night what we are healing is in the subconscious:

I am a pure powerful soul. 

Purity is my personality.

Love and Happiness is who I am. 

I create happy thoughts always.

I radiate love and compassion to everyone. 

Past is past, is over. 

I am sorry, I am sorry, for what I have done in the past

I forgive you for what you Have done in the present

Our past karmic account is over

I radiate only love and blessings to you because this is who I am

I am the master of my mind

I am the creator of my destiny

🙏 Namaste

Then you travel light, no emotional baggage. 

Light is always happy and pure. Extremely powerful. Simple. 

Release, clean, forgive, everyday before going to bed. 

Apologise, before going to bed. 

Thoughts travel. Clean the clutter from the mind every day. There will be no baggage. 

Radiating happiness is the simplest thing you can do in life. 

When someone is stuck in a state of emotions:

It's like what should I do when I am physically unwell?

Two things - chances of falling ill less lead a good life for emotional immunity system, and then medicine. 

What is needed is:

  1. Good rest to the mind, good sleep. It's not about long hours, but deep sleep. Best time is 10 pm to 2 am.  Best waking up time is 4 am to 5 am. 
  2. Eat 2.5 hours before sleep. 
  3. Don't let negative content get into mind. What we watch, read, listen, is who we become. Content = Destiny = Personality. Consume pure content, 15 minutes before going to sleep and as soon as you wake up. High emotional nutritional content Morning and night. Being informed of what is going in the world is okay, don't consume it. I need to become that which can change the world, and not consume what is happening in the world. 
  4. Take Pause of 1 minute every hour. Just a minute meditation. Sit back and reaffirm. 'I am pure and powerful, I let go of what happened in the last hour, and I am available and acceptable in the next hour.'
Diet - self reflection. 

Inspite of that if there is emotional breakdown:

  1. Take a book, audio or video and consume it - it will give strength
  2. Take a minute, council self, as you were counselling a friend, either say or write. 
Grief - to overcome. 

We are a family of 4 - we lose one. That one lost 3 of us, and the body. How much they have lost? Their pain is more. Soul is going through after body experience. My responsibility now is to heal them, before they enter a new womb a new destiny. It needs to start with Happiness, and power and blessings. 

When I am in pain, our vibration of pain reach them. Radiate gratitude and say farewell with gratitude for memories created. Send them with gratitude and blessings. 

I am a powerful soul, and you are a very very powerful soul. Thank you for every moment with us, and we are still together,  you are still with us..dont worry about us, we will take care of us. You are always with us ...Perfect healthy body, loving mind and all good in your destiny......We will always remember you with love, love and only love and blessings. 

Miss them with love and not with pain. 

Moving out will depend on how much you are attached. More attached, more difficult it will be to leave. Like cloths. Tighter your dress, difficult to remove. Art of living is art of dying, and art of dying. It like people who are constantly travelling, they have bags ready, and can move on. But those not used to travel, will take time to pack and finish of things. 

Conflict's of value vs. Conflict of beliefs and rules are different. 

Enlightment: When I get out of my old way of pain and darkness. We are always on a journey, and it happens every single day. 

When you are with people of Negative energy: - what do you do when someone is physically sick?
  1. Begin with self, delete negative from our aura
  2. Never thing that he is at a negative energy - say he is a pure soul. 
  3. Energy is the fastest thing we can catch, radiate positive one. 
  4. Learn how to respond to a stimulas with a positive word, else it would have escalated
  5. Heal the soul, and the outside healing would happen, building emotional immunity. Attachment is suttle, and it is addiction. Reflect on the soverginity, and not the current identity. Recognise with the clarity of love. Remember you are talking to a pure beautiful soul, not the labels.  You have to see it first in yourself. What you see in yourself is what you will see in others. 
Most of us doubt our believes and believe our doubts. If you experience the life you focus on, understand meaning. 

Know the difference between I and mine. Don't say they will go through. We are empowered, we empower them. 

Let go, Self respect is not on public approval. It's a deep conditioning. Self- esteem should not be based on public approval. 

Don't change and become what the world want you to be. 

Prime, the mind and body, to be you. Pure souls. Anyone bullying, will not effect. 

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Planting Kanikunna - Mission This Vishu


A small thought and desire as we come to an end of this day. 15th April has turned out to be a very special day for me. 

Seeing people struggling to get Kanikonna (Cassia fistula) flower this year , which is such a beautiful golden shower and the state flower of Kerala.  Urge each one to plant at least one tree of this flower.  In your own backyard if you have some space, or gift it to someone who you think will take care of it? 

Can you please spread this word? We need more trees, and this one is beautiful indeed.


"... മനസ്സിലുണ്ടാവട്ടേ

ഗ്രാമത്തിൻ വെളിച്ചവും

മണവും മമതയും -

ഇത്തിരി കൊന്നപ്പൂവും!"

-- വൈലോപ്പിള്ളി

My dad would say planting a tree help keep alive the memory of your loved ones. Dedicated to a person you love. 

Losing a loved one on this day couple of years before, this is for you. Do share pics when done.

Friday, April 14, 2023

Word Art by Mili

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Book ~ Joy is an Inside Job: Amanda Gore

The Secret Formula For Joy : We are all searching for happiness - when we really need to be rediscovering our own joy! It's there inside you! This simple three step process will help you connect with more happiness than you thought possible! It's easy, free and you can do it anywhere. It can bust depression, boost your energy, improve your relationships and make you very popular! Most imp. organ heart.

1) Stop Judging - You become present, and you open up your mind and heart.
2) Drop into the space for heart - from Head - It is the source of Joy. Head brings fear - You are moving from Head to heart. Heart sees reality and bring peace - Its a great place - filled with Gratitude. A great habit to develop is to learn to 'drop' to your heart.
3) Bless - Zoots Zoots. When we send love; it builds immune system. They scatter joy. Zoot everything you see and get in connection with.
Eradicate fear, and promote joy. Most important place is inside of your heart. Stop Judging, Zoot Zoot


2/20



" Believe in yourself, and in the strength you have to shape your destiny; for nothing is impossible for a willing heart."

Remember everything is 'figureoutable'.


3/20


William Makepeace Thackeray is actually credited to saying “Whatever you are, try to be a good one” to a small boy (Laurence Hutton) when asking him about his aspirations when he grew up!

In 1904, the quote was shortened to “Whatever you are, be a good one” by the Boston Herald when reprinting an excerpt from Laurence Hutton’s Memoirs.

Is'nt it much needed, simple and sweet one?




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Be you. Unique you. It's okay to be different and not be part of the crowd. Endure. Be Loyal. Value yourself and your unique talents.

5/20



The best way out of difficulties is through it. It is practise and the very act of going through hardship that things become easier.


6/20


How often have we been getting ready, to get ready, to get ready to start, but never started?

That dream destination,
That fantasy job,
That pet project,
That perfect weight,
That amazing book,
That family time,

That......
That....
That...

Want to run a marathon?

Get out of your home, wear your shoes and start with small steps today.

As is said "The journey of thousand miles begins with a single step".

Keep that step forward and let the rest follow.

Don't look back. Be consistent. Make small progress.

7/20



"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”


“All men and women are born, live suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things, and what we do to make them come about... We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live.”

― Joseph Epstein

8/20



Are you feeling overwhelmed right now? Remember, these are emotions — thoughts. You are most likely not a lighthouse keeper about to be engulfed by a massive wave. Take a deep breath and stand firm. Imagine you’re the lighthouse and decide to be strong and steady. Focus your light on others, and you’ll forget your problems for a while.

The waves will come, and yes, they could sweep you out to sea, but most likely, you’ll find a way to avoid them.

9/20


Each of us are Individually Made.
In Psalm 139, David's praying to God and he says, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” This speaks of the care and attention with which God has made us. By now, God has made billions of human beings, but we're not mass-produced. We're not churned out in a mechanistic way. Though we are all similar but each of us are unique. "Talents differ, all is well and wisely put. "

10/20


You will find that there are numerous people who only dream big and talk big. But if you want to convert your dreams into a reality, you have to work on it. You must prepare yourself so that you can achieve your goal without any issues.  Build your habits and routine around your goals. 



11/20


A Bernard Berenson quote Miracles happen on those who believe in them also in god because they have strong mind power and self believe. 

12/20


Disneyism: Peter Pan song. 


13/20


Song Lyrics:

Out of the tree of life I just picked me a plum
You came along and everything's startin' to hum
Still, it's a real good bet, the best is yet to come
Best is yet to come and babe, won't that be fine?


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Yet Another Birthday...

How time fly, and so do life. Thank you God for this life. 

Thanks for yet another year on this mother Earth. Thanks for keeping my mom, though I miss my dad terribly. I know he is there, connecting and fulfilling my desires. 


It was amazing having a job, getting wishes from my colleagues, as usual from Lynnette first, and then Geetha's Bhabi. Calls, emails, whatsapp, messages - it was a great day; though unlike my 40th - could not meet my family members, had dinner with Rajesh and Gigesh and Jinu came to wish. 

Next day could take Neil to Potta and the science park.


 Picked










Saro, went to meet Aneena and with all kids had a great time at Lulu, where Sandra joined - and we were back to childhood, playing games, surprise icecream cake cutting, pizza, chocolates. 

































The kids made beautiful card, but unfortunately it was left in the car.  So went to collect it the next day, and met Ramya and Sowmya. Night had dinner with Gigeesh family, Mili and Thasni. 

And the fortnight of birthday celebrations ends with official birthday on 13th April being bedridden.