Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • changing life roles.

    Past week working with the intense hypnotherapy retreat, I realized that we all try to change throughout life, trying new and different things but the core of who we are is the same. To change that we need to change our belief systems as we bob and weave with the ebb and flow of life…

  • Star Gazing.

    We were at Kurushetra, at my husband’s guruji’s ashram. Since the weather was unbearably hot, we decided to sleep out. As the body relaxed, and our body tuned its inspiration and expiration to the rhythm of the rustling of the leaves. Gradually the body experienced the sensation of floating in the sky with stars. Next…

  • Akshaya and Akshata

    Akshata Abundance of nourishment was the focus of the Vedic society this was symbolized by grains of rice. Called the akshata. When sanctified through use in a ritual it became “mantra-akshate” that which was empowered to unlock that particular blessing for you. Literally Akshaya means something which does debilitate. So Akshaya Trithya commemorates that potential…

  • Shoe-Keepers

    Like a true Udupi -ite last Thursday I went to the “rayara matta” at Hyderabad, this was the sight that greeted me, I left my footwear outside and walked in, when I came out a girl popped from nowhere and demanded money for the footwear I shooed her away… but it made me think We were…

  • Universal Awakening.

    There is a rippling and tipping towards universal awakening. Have noticed how this is happening in an ever increasing speed. As we travelled around the hinterland of Maharashtra or even along the coast of Karnataka and Goa there visible movements towards spiritual awakening. Particularly among the young.  It is kind of scary if it booms…

  • whats listening to my heart?

    #DilkadealOnSnapdeal. To me, following my heart was to spontaneously without any inhibition to perform that gesture so when Blogadda, asked us to share magical moments  there were quite few, popped up, nothing very dramatic where I had a epiphany or moments of serenity they were just small moments. Then I just looked up what following…

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