Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • An Inner Choice

    An inner choice – peace. “Please write out  what is that is not going the way it should in your life” was what introduction to the forum leader Hemant told us. Each one of us had something written down. He then asked us to enquire with us why was not it the way it should…

  • Physical Intuitiveness,

    Physical Intuitiveness, I am now teaching my students Rtu Samhara of Kalidasa, one interesting aspect of it is that Kalidasa, talks of the Rtu-Chakra and how all the animals are in synchrony with it, except man who with passing time moves away from nature. coming to think of it the human experience is removed from…

  • Tirtha Yatra – Visiting Sacred Sites.

    The Spirit Of a Place. ಯಾವ ಮೋಹನ ಮುರಳಿ ಕರೆಯಿತು ದೂರ ತೀರಕೆ ನಿನ್ನನುಯಾವ್ ಬೃಂದಾವನವು ಚಾಚಿತು ತನ್ನ ಮಿಂಚಿನ ಕೈಯನು? What enchanting music is it that draws you to distant shores? which entycing land is that beckons you?– a favorite poem of mine Selva, like many people, he had visions he was embarrassed to share  with  others, until the…

  • Management Lessons from ‘Mahabharata’

    Originally posted on ashokbhatia: Just like ‘Ramayana’, the epic of ‘Mahabharata’ also has many management lessons for the present day business leaders and managers. Greed, jealousy, quest for power, trying to achieve goals irrespective of the fairness of the means deployed – all these contradictions in life are very poignantly brought out. Here are some…

  • Truths the Media does not share.

    I do not know how real this is, and there maybe umpteen versions of this floating. But it is a share from consumer awareness, so I share it. Truths…. Media Will Ever Inform You?? NESTLE company accepts that they add juice extracted from beef in chocolate kitkat.   – Media Ever Informed You ??? That in a case…

  • Vayu- the wind God

    We were ar Mukteshwar, right on top of the hill, from the window where we stayed, we could see the 5 peaks of the Himalayan range. It was beautiful. Suddenly same roaring sounds like the turbulent sea crashing against the rocks, the familiar sound of the Arabian sea. My husbands Guru then told me something…

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