Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • money mind

    For a traditional I have been brought up by the standard norms, where my relationship with success, money and prosperity is all wonked. The atharva veda is very clear that poverty and ignorance are sins, so using ones talent to beget income, then develop wealth and manage the wealth well is the duty of every…

  • The coffee-house

    SHOULD COFFEE HOUSES LIMIT THE TIME OF SPACE OCCUPIED BY lap top users?– is today’s Plinky prompt. Should they or should they not is their personal decision but as a coffee fanatic and coffee shop habitant I would say no. After all we are talking of a heritage life style. So I come to why…

  • vitriolix strikes

    I was in third standard and my brother in the first when my mother did her teacher’s training. We wondered why my Aunt Janaki who supervised our routine and homework did not go for this training we thought she was more capable than my mother. Then my very practical younger brother said”Janaki dodda knows how…

  • April Fool

     The Maple syrup is full of ants A mouse creeping on the shelf Is that a spider on your head!?! I ate the whole pie all by myself The kitchen sink just overflowed A flash flood washed away the school. I threw your blanket into trash I never lie…I APRIL FOOL~ Myra Cohn Livingstone. April…

  • Whats the bet?– A plinky prompt

    Have I bought a lottery ticket? Have I ever won it?Yes to the former and No to the later.The only time I did win a lottery, I had lost the ticket so I could not claim it.Lottery as the dictionary explains it,• Is a state sponsored gambling where money is raised for development?• Some charitable…

  • An Inquiry.

    Last evening my husband I attended a workshop on Shambala meditation. The Facilitator Harish Rao said something very interesting. We talk of war and aggression, it’s within us, and has to be dealt gently. Good enough. Further down during a random conversation he mentioned, that speed was also a form of aggression. Interesting. From all…

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