Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

This card relates to oracles and the principle of synchronicity and indicates a propitious time to consult oracles. Since you are consulting an oracle, this shows you to be presently in tune with the Tao. An oracle consultation is a conscious synchronicity, a microcosmic mirror of your macrocosmic orientation toward the Tao. Depending on the…

Cooperation and interdependence are emphasized here. American culture tends to emphasize rugged individualism in a way that is often absurd. For example, the “Army of One” ad campaign for the U.S. Army or the Marlboro man riding alone through the prairie with only his horse and his trusty cigarettes for companionship. But we are social…

As a narcissistic personality type, I need to constantly work on my self-importance. Naturally, I would prefer to focus on self-importance by using myself as an example, putting myself center stage as one of the most important people to ever address this topic. Baby Boomers are known to be one of the most talented, but…

As a narcissistic personality type, I need to constantly work on my self-importance. Naturally, I would prefer to focus on self-importance by using myself as an example, putting myself center stage as one of the most important people to ever address this topic. Baby Boomers are known to be one of the most talented, but…

Don’t judge yourself by conditioned body-image notions. You are much more than your corporeal body image, and your corporeal body is much more than its topographical reflection. That’s the short version, if you have time for a bit more: Body Mountain There are many ways in which the body can be our mountain. Like climbing…

In the Garden of Eden story, forbidden fruit is a metaphor for the awareness that would take us out of the state of infantile ignorance and create an empowered awareness that threatens forces that feel entitled to control us. In Genesis 3:5, the serpent tells Eve, “For God knows that in the day you eat…

In the Garden of Eden story, forbidden fruit is a metaphor for the awareness that would take us out of the state of infantile ignorance and create an empowered awareness that threatens forces that feel entitled to control us. In Genesis 3:5, the serpent tells Eve, “For God knows that in the day you eat…

Human beings are prone to distorted self-images. Nervously we study ourselves in the carnival fun house mirrors of self-appraisal. Some mirrors make us look larger and return a grandiose and inflated image, while others make us look small and twisted. Often we judge ourselves based on body image. But we are much more than our…

Human beings are prone to distorted self-images. Nervously we study ourselves in the carnival fun house mirrors of self-appraisal. Some mirrors make us look larger and return a grandiose and inflated image, while others make us look small and twisted. Often we judge ourselves based on body image. But we are much more than our…