Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Passenger—get back into the driver’s seat.
my sister told me to do something, a while later she told me something else, my attitude was, “what the hell! Who is she to tell me what to do” after that every time she told me something I strove do the exact opposite. Until I was listening to patients sharing, at that point it…
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Guid deeds.
What does it take for a good deed? Last week I was conducting a storytelling workshop for a group of street kids. Since the time frame of the workshop was short I decided to use a sing along song. That meant I did not use any cassette or CD we sang the songs as we…
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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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