Pyramid Valley meditation

I haven't done much meditation before. But I have been taught how to meditate. It's something which needs lots of effort n struggle from us initially to get hold of it. In this stay, with my son, I'm traveling a lil here and there nearby and this is one lovely place I liked and hence mentioning it.

It's called the Pyramid Valley on kanakpura road. 30 kms from banashankari and 17 kms from ravi shankar ashram.

Photography is prohibited inside and hence the pics are only from the exterior of this hall. A good thing about this place is you get guided meditation. Once you enter inside it's peaceful. Very peaceful. There are 2 places you can meditate. One, in the hall. Two, high up the spiral staircase called king's chamber. You need to meditate at least 15 minutes in the hall to climb up. Lovely experience up there. All the cosmic energy from the pyramid was oozing as sweat during the meditation. Amazing!!

Further more the place has a lake, a souvenier/books room, good vegetarian food n restrooms!! Enjoy!!

Engineering days!

Ardhanaareshwara

Eshwara took this avthar to prove something to this world. This is a little intriguing as this can be interpreted differently based on stories on how this this avthar happened, as they belong to different periods of time. Here are 2 such stories relating to this :

• Bhringi was a great devotee of Shiva. He was such a devotee that he dedicated himself only to Lord Shiva. When he came to Kailasa once, Parvati makes it difficult for him to worship only Shiva by sitting on the Lord's lap. Bhringi takes the form of a snake and tries to worship the Lord alone. This infuriates Shiva and he takes the form of the Ardhanaareshwara which is half Shiva & half Parvathi. Bhringi shows dissatisfaction about this form and hence Parvathi curses him to be devoid of the prakrithi aspect of human being. He loses blood and flesh and becomes unable to even stand and thus realises how they both are important i.e Purush & Prakrithi i.e Shiva & Parvathi respectively. He realises his folly and was granted a third leg to help him survive.

• Another story tells about Parvathi' jealousy towards Ganga. She gets angry about ganga being on the top of Shiva's head always and hence shiva takes this form to appease her. 

This form has more meanings in todays world. It represents vivid dichotomies where profound knowledge is needed to comprehend this. 

• Male and female.
• Linga and Yoni.
• Father and mother. 
• Purush and prakrithi. 
• Passive and active force of nature
• Shaivism and shakthism. 
• Destruction and construction. 
• Sanity and materialism. 
• Fearsome and gentle.
• Superiority and inferiority. 

You can further dig into this philosophy. Enjoy!! 

7th month LO!!

This time bday was on Shiv rathri. He he. so fruits special!! Love you loads beta!!

H4 Visa Interview

Hello all. Basically if you are seeing this I'm assuming you are looking for H4 visa information. I'm a candidate who has a H1 prior to H4 so i heard mine should be easy. Most of the background is same as the other visas. The three below links will help you with the start.

DS160
Payment info
Schedule Appt

Day 1: Finger printing @ Chennai consulate
Just the dS160 confirmation page and appt sheet and passport are required. Please be here only 10 minutes prior to appt. The inside job is max 30 mins. Mine was done in 15 mins.

Day 2: Visa interview @ Chennai consulate

After finger printing, most of the back ground check is done and they almost know whether you are a clean candidate or no. Early morning slots are best. Mine was done in 10 minutes. Actually my interview was at 9:30 and i went at 9 am. I was out by 9:35. No sealed envelopes please. My interview went fine. They try and ask and see if your spouse is in a valid visa & company. Nothing much else.

He: Hello
Me: GM!!
He: Colorful file eh?
Me: Yes!
He: Where does your husband work?
Me: Blah blah.
He:Who worked in blah blah?
Me: That was me. Now i need H4.
He: You have many visas i will be cancelling others and be giving you H4.
Me:ok. Thanks. Good day!

You can see my other iterviews as well here: F1 Visa interview & H1B Visa interview & H4 Visa interview. 

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Darling Son Captures pic #5

**darlingsoncaptures is a series of pics I have captured. His face isn't shown in the pic. But it's the memory or the event or the cuteness in the pic that you must see. Hope you enjoy!! **

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Darling Son Captures #4 :)

I'll be there for you!! Alwez!!

**darlingsoncaptures is a series of pics I have captured. His face isn't shown in the pic. But it's the memory or the event or the cuteness in the pic that you must see. Hope you enjoy!! **

Stitched tortoise

Gonna use this as a pillow for my LO. Something i did years ago. House cleaning reveals some amazing stuff!!

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Stone ganesha

Something i did years back. May be 10 years ago..  You can call it Best Out Of Waste or Kasa dinda Rasa ;)

A stone, mseal, gold & silver powder and a ganesha from wedding card. He he!!

Developmental activities for babies

I amconstantly in search of activities for my LO. These developments are a mystery to me. I sometimes feel I shouldn't concentrate too much on such things and rather allow him to grow by himself. But I feel this chotu is too active and constantly searching for some activity. Hence I thought engaging him in right activities so that he grows well is my top priority. This link will help you find all the activities for your cutie upto one year.

Thank me!!

My Mama

24 Jan 2015

I thought n thought n thought
Million memories r flashing to me today.
Is it becoz I'm seeing you in my brother
A wonderful "mama"
Every time he picks my son,
Every time he kisses my son,
Every single time he brushes his hair against my son!!

I knew the man you became
The man whom I adore
A minimalistic guy you were
Spoke less & smiled more!

Never can I forget
the way you wore Pancha with style
During the long night walks
where we would sometimes talk and walk an extra mile.

You said of all colors the one that suits me was blue
And to date people say the same too.
You yourself sang songs with wrong lyrics
& throughly enjoyed when we used to do the same too.

"darling" "darling"; you would address
& ask me to marry you a 100 times with love
the 10 kisses you would give on my face
and wet my cheeks then and now!

UNTILL.......
That dreadful disease took you over
Ate you alive and not a single breath it left!!

Filled with admiration and spirit and grief
Our entire family stayed around you,

With tears rolling down my face
We stood up and offered a big bow
As we watched a man that we loved most
pass on to a world we didn't know!!

I still see you mama,
In my bro, in your kids and lastly in my son
I don't remember if I ever told you
I love you a ton!!

You will alwez be missed!! Your presence will alwez be felt!! What/who ever killed you will deeply be cursed upon!!