Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Doha of Kabir on Love: Dhai Akhar Prem Ka
पोथी पढी पढी जग मुवा पंडित भया न कोय ढाई आखर प्रेम का पढे सो पंडित होय Translation: [Entire world is engrossed in reading scriptures but no one has become ‘learned’. The one who understands two and half alphabets of love, attains the wisdom.] Kabir walked the path of love. This doha of Kabir on…
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Idol Worship : What Every Person in the Age of Science Should Know
Idol worshipers are always looked down as ‘tribal people’ by the progressive ones. Certainly, idol worship is probably one of the oldest forms of worship and is condemned much these days. Western world especially associates idol worship with lack of awareness, education and scientific mind set. While I am exploring philosophy and spirituality for a…
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Review: Pt. Mukul Shivputra Concert, 15 March 2015, Pune
As many other music lovers do, I also keep on waiting for some good concerts. A long time entry in my wish list was a concert by Pt. Mukuls Shivputra. In the last week of Feb, I was in Ahmedabad for some official purpose. I had been there for a conference. While going to the…
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Kabir Doha on Guru : Importance of Guru (Master)
यह तन विषय की बेलरी, गुरू अमृत की खान सीस दिये जो गुरू मिलै, तो भी सस्ता जान This body is full of desires and Guru (master) the source of unperishable. It is still cheaper if you meet your Guru (master) at the cost of cutting your head. This doha (couplet) of Kabir raises…
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The Reverse Car Parking Strategy- Golden Way to Increase Productivity
We can learn a lot from observing and understanding how people park their cars. Normally, there are two possible ways in which you can park your car; one is your car faces the wall and the other is, you park it in reverse so that the back of the car faces the wall. What is…
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Want to be a Good Listener? Follow These Simple Steps
“So, you mean we need to be taught how to listen?” This might be the first reaction of readers reading the title of this post. A few days ago, I fortunately realized the sad truth that we need to be taught the art of listening. What lead me to this realization? I am reading a…
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Sorting Out the Tangled Life
“In order to end an issue, you do not need to fight. You just have to put some light of awareness on the issue.” I often remember these wonderful words of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, one of the most revolutionary spiritual masters we ever had on this earth. I often go through instances which prove how…
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What They Want, Spreads!
In the last week of December of 2014, I was out with my parents and my wife. We had to perform some rituals at our family god’s temple. This temple is located near the world famous Lonar Crater. The temple is located in a very small village, called Deulgaav. It falls under the territory of…
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Rahul Sharma and Mukundraj Deo at Swarjhankar Festival Pune-2015
I wanted to attend this performance by Rahul Sharma, a genius in his own right and son of godly Pt. Shivkumar Sharma but I had my own concert in Pen, a small town near Mumbai. In all, I was late by almost 20 minutes for the show. Swarjhankar Festival takes place on an open ground,…
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