Har Har Mahadev!
This is Coach Dish.
Welcome to day three.
I talk to so many high performers who say they are tired.
But when we dig into it,
They aren't physically tired.
They're foggy.
They're drowning in decision fatigue.
It's like driving with a dirty windshield.
You're working twice as hard just to see where you're going.
So today,
We aren't relaxing.
We are cleaning the windshield.
We are going to use a technique called the clarity switch to burn away the noise and get laser focused.
Today,
We meet Shiva as Trinetra,
The one with the third eye.
The stories say that when Shiva opens his third eye,
He burns away all illusion.
What is this illusion?
It is the fog that clouds your vision.
The maybes,
The should,
The woulds and the what ifs that paralyze you.
The endless options that leave you unable to decide.
The stories you tell yourself that are not true.
This fog is the only thing standing between you and decisive action.
Between confusion and knowing.
We are turning on the light inside.
So,
Let's begin.
Find your seat.
Upright is better today.
Spine straight and relaxed.
Chin slightly tucked in.
And gently allow your eyes to close.
I want you to bring all your attention to your face.
Specifically,
The space behind your eyes and the center of your forehead.
This is the prefrontal cortex,
The CEO of your brain.
Feel the tiny muscles around them.
Are they squinting?
Contracting?
Even now?
Soften them.
Completely.
Let your gaze be soft and inward.
As if you were looking at a distant horizon inside your own forehead.
So now,
I invite you to gently turn your gaze slightly upward and inward towards the space between your eyebrows.
Don't strain.
Just a gentle lift.
Now,
Visualize a single bright point of light in the center of your dark mental screen.
A tiny,
White,
Hot flame.
Everything else is dark.
Just this flame.
Every time a thought comes in,
Throw it into the fire.
Burn the fog.
Burn the narrative.
Come back to the white,
Hot flame.
How was that?
Maybe it worked for you.
Maybe it didn't.
There is no right or wrong way to do this.
Let's build on this.
For the next part of this practice,
You may pick a simple,
Single point of mental focus.
It could be the sensation of your breath at your nostrils.
The silent repetition of Aum in your heart.
Or a single,
Steady,
White,
Hot flame in your mind's eye that we just used.
Choose one that works for you and commit to it.
Your only job for the next few minutes is to hold your attention on that one point.
When the fog of distraction arises,
Which it will,
In a form of a thought,
A sound,
A story,
An itch,
See it for what it is.
Mere fog.
And return to your single point.
Immediately.
Without drama.
You drifted.
I know you did.
You started thinking about the email.
Or perhaps you're confused,
Saying this is strange.
Or I feel nothing.
That's perfect.
Bring it back.
That drifting away is the fog creeping back in.
Light the fire again.
Come back to the object of your attention.
Sharp,
Clear,
And awake.
You are the master of your attention.
With each return,
You are not failing.
You are strengthening the muscle of your attention.
You are Shiva.
Choosing not to look at the thousand illusions.
Forget the woo-woo stuff for a second.
Let's look at the symbol of the third eye.
Legend,
As you know,
Says when Shiva opens his third eye,
He burns the universe to ashes.
What is he burning?
He isn't burning people.
He's burning illusion.
He's burning the stories.
The maybe I should.
The what if.
The doubts.
He burns it all away until only the truth remains.
Neuroscience calls this executive function.
This area is the control center of your brain's focus.
We are not visualizing magic.
We are directing our biological spotlight of attention,
Honing the ability to inhibit distractions and lock onto one thing.
Now for the deepest seeing.
Turn the eye upon itself.
Release your chosen point of focus.
Let it go.
But keep that powerful,
Collected quality of your attention right where it is,
In the center of your head.
Now ask the question that uses all your clarity.
Who is focusing?
Who is this eye that is doing the seeing?
Goham.
Don't look for an answer in thoughts.
Use your sharp,
Focused attention to feel back into the source of attention.
Who is behind the third eye?
What is the nature of the seer?
Rest your attention not on anything seen,
But on the aware space that is doing the seeing.
You are not the flame of focus.
You are the awareness that contains the flame and the fog.
Rest as that aware space.
To complete,
We seal this clarity.
Take a deep breath in,
Feeling it cleanse the space behind your eyes.
As you exhale,
Feel any residual mental dust release.
Now,
Gently place one hand on your forehead and one on your heart.
Set your intention.
I am Trinetra.
My seeing is clear.
I choose focus over fog.
Truth over story.
Reality over illusion.
I dedicate any benefit I attained from this practice for the well-being of all.
Before we finish,
Take a moment to notice the space in your head.
Does it feel a little lighter?
A little sharper,
Perhaps?
That is the clarity switch.
You don't need more coffee.
You just needed to close the tabs.
Now,
Open your eyes slowly.
Well done.
You did not just practice concentration.
You activated the third eye of discernment.
You learned that your power lies not in seeing everything,
But in choosing what you give your attention to.
This is how you burn through illusion in your daily life.
As you go into your day and life in general,
Use this.
When you feel the fog rolling in,
Take 30 seconds,
Close your eyes,
And ask yourself,
Where is my focus right now?
Light the fire,
Burn the distraction,
Then execute.
Tomorrow,
We meet Natraja,
The cosmic dancer.
We learn another secret.
How to move through the of life with the perfect stillness you now hold at your center.
I'm going to teach you how to enter the flow state,
How to move fast without losing your cool.
The dance awaits.
Your sight is clear.
Your path lays ahead.
Om Namah Shivaya.
