Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Prasadam

Prasadam.


Who wouldn't love it?! 

Especially when it

Reaches the plates

And palates of

All

Sans 

Any bias
Any discrimination 

Whatsoever -

After due offering to 
The Deity,
The God. 

Naivedhyam is its
Name when it's offered to 
God first. 

With God's blessings 
It's re-christened as
Prasad when it gets 
Shared with devotees. 

OK. 

Are you a travel lover? 

Tired not being able to 
Venture out 
The whole last year of
Pandemic. 

Relax. 
Vaccines have seen 
The light of the day. 

Strong war is already on
Mutation. 
Mutation is evidently 
Getting mutilated. 

So
Get ready your backpack. 
Set your itinerary 
This post pandemic. 

India is rich with Temples 
Even centuries after 
Invaders tried their bits
Trampling them. 

The speciality is
The unique Naivedhyam 
Prepared in
Madappallis - God's 
Exclusive kitchen -
And offered to the presiding Deity .

Some samples here. 

The aromatic Rasam sadam at
Shringeri Saradamba Temple. 
Incidentally Rasam is the healer
Food your grandma would 
Make you consume 
When you 
Sneeze 
Caugh out
And 
You have running nose. 
What makes you get relief 
Faster is this Rasam 
Before your 
Supplementary pill
Your doctor 
Scribbles in
His prescription. 

OK your next jaunt
Can be to
Ambalapuzha. 
And you get
Sweet Paal Payasam there. 

From God's own country - Kerala, 
Trip down to the Temple City, 
Madurai which never sleeps. 
Visit Azhagar Koil. 
And get Dosai.

When you go to 
Ramanujarchya's, 
Tirukozhtiyur, 
You'll see the vendor 
At Prasad stall
Tell you,
"the laddu here 
Tastes same as the 
One from Tirumala."

Teasers enough. 
For more Prasads
Do Google Search. 

If Google fails
Read sthala Puranam. 

God bless. 
More Prasads.






Sunday, January 3, 2021

Are you too busy to exercise?

Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.”John Wooden


The lame excuse 
Straight away from 
RAM -
Random access Memories. 

No scarcity of 
It at all. 

For God's sake 
And your 
Health's sake
At least 
Do spare time 
And do
Some workout. 

Even if it's 
Bite-sized. 

Are you couched 
In your work chair
Uninterruptedly? 
For hours together 
Staring at monitor? 
One may appreciate 
Your duty consciousness. 

But beware 
All the time you sit
The side effect is
You will see 
Girth line keeps burgeoning. 
Having an overload on
Heart functioning. 

Every hour pause for a
Few Minutes.
Do one asan,
A little jog,
Squat about 5 to 10 counts, 
Stroll a few steps or
Do whatever legitimate 
Physical activity you 
Enjoy doing. 

உடம்பினை முன்னம் இழுக்கென்று இருந்தேன்
உடம்புக்குள்ளே உறு பொருள் கண்டேன்
உடம்புளே உத்தமன் கோவில் கொண்டானென்று
உடம்பினை யான் இருந்து ஓம்புகின்றேனே.

- திருமூலர் 

WHO -
World Health Organization -
Issues guidelines. 
Physical activity guidelines. 
At least about once in a decade.

Recognizing the 
Dynamics of 
Life styles,
Work culture 
In the interugnam,
It keeps issuing Guidelines. 

Till recently 
Its recommendation was
To do
Aerobic -
Walking 
Running and
Cycling - 
For at least 150 minutes 
A week. 

150 minutes of
Moderate-intensity
Excersice or
75 minutes of
Vigorous intense activity. 

The new Guidelines doubled
it up to 
150 to 300 minutes - moderate intensity 
Or
75 to 150 minutes vigorous intensity 
Per week. 

Do 
At least bite-sized activity 
Through the day 
Through the week 
Meet target Guideline. 

Enjoy life. 
God bless. 




Friday, January 1, 2021

Thank you Maharishi

Reach out 
Inward
At the least 
Twice a day. 
20 minutes 
Each session. 
Be still 

That's what 
Is doing dhyan is. 
When being still
You're not 
Shirking responsibilities. 
Contrast
You will find yourself 
More concerned 
More peaceful 
And 
Completely 
Blissful. 
Your turnout will 
Be more,
Quality aesthetic 
And your 
Efficiency at the best. 
Not just work. 
You turn healthier too. 



Skepticism may stretch 
And raise its head. 

But certain thing like 
Dhyan is experience
To feel it. 

Words may fail
To draw on
Canvas what it
Feels like to do 
Dhyan. 

Try. 
I vouch
It's worth 
Trying. 

All the best 
God be with you 
Every single stride. 


Thank you Maharishi
For such lovely boon, 
Shortly TM - Transcendental 
Meditation - simple 
And easiest dhyan tool.