Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Choosing Not To Look Away
Choosing not to look away, Last Sunday Janet Attwood was at Goa, she gave us the passion test, and my partner was a young boy in standard eight. One of his passions was to Help The Homeless. I was quite amused. Yet here is what he had to share. “They are not there because they…
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A Wish the magic of the mind
A Magical Mind. Last evening we were planning to go out, and I was hoping it won’t rain. Then I did something very childish, I crossed my fingers promising to open it only when I returned. As kids whenever we had a secret wish, we would cross our fingers and of course not tell it…
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Essentially Authentic
Essentially authentic At the landmark Forum, the coaches insist that we have to be essentially authentic. And reveal our true self. When we did not we were being inauthentic. It took me a while to even understand what they were talking about let alone practise. Being brought up in a joint family, under the shadow…
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The Wisdom of Surrender
The wisdom of surrender, While recovering from a Burn accident, I hated it, two drips and a side burnt meant I had to depend on my niece and mother for everything. Not only did I hate it, it also made me angry. When I got better I came home, better was not much better, I…
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The Black checklist
Being Black. Black the integral part of life. Black the colour of coal, ebony and the unknown. The darkest colour this could be either due to the absence of light or due to total absorption of light. So much so we have a saying in Kannada that says,”yella banna masi nungitu” that translates to the…
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Universal Vibration.
Sound healing. The rustling of leaves, sounded so interesting, that I focused on it, a few minutes later I realized that the rhythm of the leaves rustling and my breath were in a synchrony. As was the drone of the bee that buzz by. The next experience was that of being part of the infinite.…
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