Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Six Ways to Tame the Stink Monster

    The stink Monster I do not really have story to share about having guests over and having to battle the stink monster simply because I very rarely formally invite people over… But there was this time, when I had just returned from an outstation tour, the house smelled musty and damp a little sweet as…

  • Knowing Our Heart’s Desire

    Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, for the price of  admission you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistible urge to commit murder and an inferiority complex… feeling jealous is  a common human feeling and usually stems from a place of lack in our lives. I am not going to share the exact moments…

  • The unclaimed relics at sawantwadi.

    The unclaimed relics at sawantwadi.

    One of the sights we were told to see in Sawantwadi was the Chitnis Wadi we drove down looking for it, we told the general directions. I realized that navigating from landmark to landmark we had a better shot at reaching our destination than asking the entire route. From the Moti tala we went towards…

  • The Bike Week

    Bike week International Bike week is an annual event that originated in Europe.  This is usually a seven day even that advocates the importance of bicycle as a means of transportation. This event is slowly becoming popular in North America over the past decade. What happens is there are city wide cycling supplemented events throughout…

  • sweetening a sour apple

    sweetening a sour apple There was this time, when I used to crib that I do good to people but why does it boomerang on me?  Then my husband’s guru explained to me, that there would be that negative energy that has to be addressed, if it is not it will move into anyone in the…

  • Beauty

    We hear so much about beauty being skin deep, inner beauty and other things, all we have to do is look for beauty and she is there all around. Hindu mythology, has given this power to Lakshmi, the goddess of abundance she becomes soundarya the manifestation of beauty. It is as if beauty speaks to…

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