Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • The Positive and the Negative

    The positive and negative. People tend to be very generous when sharing their nonsense, fear and ignorance me included. And while they seem quite eagerly feed me their negativity, it was difficult to remember that the diet I needed to be on was spiritual and emotional one. I had to be cautious with what I…

  • Agriculture And Environment.

    Agriculture And Environment. Courtesy Booklet No.489 Crop production systems – 20 K.T.Chandy, Agriculture and Environment Education.   International center with the family farmers group has farming awareness programs happening. This was an eye opener for me. I thought I shall share it with all. When we think of farming we think of the Mother India…

  • Authority.

    Authority If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.”  ― Tacitus I just came across this line, of course I am yet to figure out who I don’t criticise. But then it did make me think of authority. I mean “Pramaana” is the word used in the ancient texts, to authenticate…

  • Demolishing the firewall.

    Demolishing The Firewall For a longtime I felt I was dealing with anger, one day it occurred that I was in the wrong war. That is anger was not the issue resentment was. Resentment is a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistant ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult or injury. When anger…

  • Memorial, Eulogy and Epiphany

    Memorial, Eulogy and Epiphany “Hasyam Kama dahanam” is the example for hasya rasa or the emotion of humour… it does not really translate to humour. For a long time I never figured how Kama dahanam could be funny, I mean how can the burning of a man be funny? Then I realized the word hasyam…

  • WEEDS—Messengers from the wilderness.

    WEEDS—Messengers from the wilderness. I was busy telling Sundari to weed the garden, it was then that I saw the tiny violet flowers with deep purple centres; these were the weeds of monsoon. It was so beautiful that I asked Sundari to leave it, she told me, that it would eat into the fertilizer of…

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