Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Lakshadeepotsava
Lakshadeepa is one of the much awaited and celebrated festivals of Udupi, Krishna ashatmi and Pariyaya being the other two. This begins on Karthika dwadashi-triodashi and ends on Hunnime, that is the 12thand 13th day to the full moon of Karthika month of the Hindu calendar. Twelve days after the Deepavali Amavasya, is the Tulasi…
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Powers of disengagement, Playing mind games.
Powers of disengagement, Playing mind games. Listening to a patient I realized how much we tend to live playing mind games and going on power trips disengagement might be useful to come out of this, yet disengagement is becomes an escape route if we fail to face and resolve. When I say disengagement I mean…
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The Way Of the Warrior
The Warrior Spirit. Compassionate intensity, the way of the warrior. Even in times of trauma, we try to maintain a sense of normality until we no longer can. That, my friends, is called surviving. Not healing. We never become whole again … we are survivors. If you are here today… you are a survivor. But…
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Following the nature’s cycle, — earth living.
Ritu samhara by Kalidasa is favourite of mine where each season is described as a pair of lovers. Then there is Baramas, both Meera, and by Ravidas that drift into the tradition of Sufism where with the divine-devotee and seasons. My personal god and theatre guru Ratan Thiyam, presented Ritu samahara, as the way Kalidas…
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Waking up to the life of my dreams..
Waking up to the life of my dreams.. One day Dr.Patricia Sequiera visited me, she is the doctor at the University. She had signed up as an Amway consultant and she had come to share the business the plan. She asked me what my dreams were. At that point in life I could not see…
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Truth within–The value of my wisdom
It took Landmark forum, though a little late in life, for me to value my own instinct, intuition, inner wisdom or whatever we choose to call it. I am sure you must have all been there at some point or the other. There were always people who presume to know what is best for me,…
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