Category: Thoroughly Mundane
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Viveka Chudamani #19
Most of the eastern philosophy talks about similar things – the Bodhicitta is about doing a task without being attached to the result. That is neither elated with the win or self condemning on failure. The Bhagavata Gita talks of “yogasta kurukarmani, na phaleshu kada chana.” Do what you have to do without being attached…
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Blocks on the journey.
#VivekaChudamani -18 Often as we walk on the path of self awareness, and discovery we have reversals. The tendency is to go into self blame, but the blocks in the spiritual journey is usually due to blocks within. It often reflects in the world outside. This is where #compassion comes to play. Slowly focus on…
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Cittasya suddhaya karma na tu vastupaladbhaye Vastu siddi vicharena kincitkaramakotibhih. ~ VC-16 Selfless work and charity helps to purify the mind, but do not by themselves contribute to the perception of reality. This perception of reality is only brought about by discriminative analysis. And never by count of action. Vedanta or the guide to understanding…
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Zoomnastics — The lockdown life
Its 50 days of lock-down, and that is a neural pathway has already been formed. Yours sincerely has been weaned away from the familiar charging points of 91springboards, Ram Bhavan and mango meadow. Life has we know it might change I’m not sure, but once upon a time a bike went zooming by. We used…
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Revisiting Darwinism.
Once upon a time in the 1980’s Indira Rao our biology teacher spoke taught us about Charles Darwin, and the theory of natural evolution. Like all good students I totally deleted it from my memory the after 12.30pm April 8th 1980, as that was the day we finished out biology exam. Somewhere in the later…
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Insights on Tick Tock Day
Yesterday was TICK TOCK day, before you gallant young’uns and your parents start celebrating the birthday day of tik-tok on whatsApp it this is a day for us to go through the check list of the year. complete the businesses we meant to complete so on and so forth. Me being the Tardy Jane I…
