Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • The paradox of the spirit.

    Prathima ek naatak—is a lovely play that I was part of.  The play opens with a poem by Vishnu Gawas, about  the symbolic journey from one to zero, at zero, the protagonist realizes, Shunya,  “me shunya, te suddha shunya,” the entire concept of purnam adam, purnam idam is discussed. As I was choreographing this, it…

  • The morning meditation.

    We were in a lecture by the Rudra Veena exponent Ustaad Bahuddin Dagar who was saying that their teaching follows the guru shishya parampara and the students have to wake up such that they start riyaaz at the Brahma Muhuruta. Personally for me it is the most creative time. It also the time when I…

  • Intention set in stones,

    Prayer stone in stacks, As we cross through Gokarna, we watched master craftsmen create an idol in granite, which was no doubt beautiful but nothing really divine or drawing about it.  yet these are the very  idols that energizes and empowers us when it is in a temple. I found it intriguing, here on the…

  • A Student Endeavor

    A student endeavour About a fortnight back Ronald Martins, the power behind Goa’s consumer education and creating responsible citizens gave me buzz asking me to join in at a Plant exhibition atSiolim. I did, since i have enormous respect for the man, and I had no respectable excuse. But I am glad I did go,…

  • My story is slowly killing me.

    My story – dying slowly In the burns ward the more terminally ill ones would be heavily medicated. They would be in and out of lucidity voicing their inner truest stories. In absolute honesty they would spew out their frustration, anger, and resentment about their jobs, their immediate family  sometimes it is very painful for…

  • Saying yes to the Universe.

    Saying yes to the Universe. Sometimes in accepting things that come our way I think we are saying yes to the universe and it delivers exactly what our soul wants. Sometimes these are very small things, like a gift that someone gives us, we say no. But it was a gift from the universe, we…

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