Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Words tae hug papa.

    Father… Why is a hug the best gift I can give my father? well, the reality check is I can’t.. he passed away almost 7yrs ago. Even if he were live I would not hug him, because he was a person who was very particular about personal physical space.So I do the next best, I hug…

  • International Widow Day

    Home they brought her warrior dead: She nor swooned, nor uttered cry: All her maidens, watching, said, ‘She must weep or she will die.’ Then they praised him, soft and low, Called him worthy to be loved, Truest friend and noblest foe; Yet she neither spoke nor moved. Stole a maiden from her place, Lightly…

  • Dakshinayana.. the summer solstice.

    June 21st the summer solstice. Solstice is an astronomical event that occurs twice each year as the sun reaches its highest or lowest excursion in relation to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. The solstices together with the equinoxes are connected with seasons and many cultures have elaborate rituals and associations to commemorate this.…

  • Stuck in the mud…

    Stuck in the mud…

    When I was with the women’s cell and all through my practise I noticed that people stay stuck the place that they are in was actually pretty bad, yet they stayed stuck where they were. Actually the fear they harboured was the fear of moving on. The pain was something familiar and it was the…

  • Taking the risk to be real

    “Perfume was first created to mask the stench of foul and offensive odours… Spices and bold flavourings were created to mask the taste of putrid and rotting meat… What then was music created for? Was it to drown out the voices of others, or the voices within ourselves? I think I know.” ― Emilie Autumn, The Asylum…

  • Unearthing menstrual wisdom – Why we don’t go to the temple, and other practices

    Unearthing menstrual wisdom – Why we don’t go to the temple, and other practices

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