Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Old Story
Be not the slave of your own past plunge into sublime seas, drive deep, and swim far So you shall come back with self respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Dear Human
Dear Human: You’ve got it all wrong . You didn’t come here to master unconditional love. That is where you came from and where you’ll return. You came here to learn personal love. Universal love. Messy love . Sweaty love. Crazy love . Broken love. Whole love . Infused with divinity. Lived through the grace…
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Wild Man Weekend
We enter through a hole in the earth, In silence we scream,shedding our skin. Some easily become invisible among the trees. For others the first wind hitting is a shocking slap,a first breath, No time to be taken gently By fathers’ hands firmly supporting to mama’s soft belly. Oh! how I love to lay in…
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It Takes a Village…
Thursday at our dome I-group we had the honor of having Mike Biskup Mike is actively pursuing his vision by using his talent in translating his experience within the Mankind Project. The following is his album that is available for a mere $7. Takes a Village to Raise a Man 100 percent of the profits…
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Women Within
Aloha Hawaii MKP Men, My name is Amber Bonnici. My husband Tony has been a part of MKP since it first came to the islands. I have watched him grow and change and over the years have often looked for a similar experience as a woman. This last September I took a training with the…
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On Warriors and Greed
Warriors don’t venture into the unknown out of greed. Greed works only in the world of ordinary affairs. To venture into that terrifying loneliness of the unknown, one must have something greater than greed: love. One needs love for life, for intrigue, for mystery. One needs unquenchable curiosity and guts galore. -Carlos Casteneda from The…
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Some words on Shadow
As I descend into basement shadows, I am washed in red. Smoothness is not a choice on the earthly plane. As light reveals, so also shadows are spawned. With this I must learn to rock my ignorance to sleep to await its hungry cry. I must feed my insincerity its milky gruel. I must give…
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A Warrior….
Listen to me carefully and remember every word. A warrior is not a soldier. A soldier is trained to fight and follow orders. A warrior is trained to think for himself and fight only as a last resort. A warrior is the first to begin and the last to quit . He laughs the hardest…
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Great Men
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. ~ G. K. Chesterton
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Declare amnesty for the fool in you…..
Declare amnesty for the part of you that you don’t love very well. Forgive that poor sucker. Hold its hand and take it out to dinner and a movie. Tactfully offer it a chance to make amends for the dumb things it has done. And then do a dramatic reading of this proclamation by the…
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