Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Family relations — happy, sad, repressed? What do your feelings tell you about your family relations? The “family” indicated here may be your blood family, your spiritual family — those to whom you are connected by inner ties — and also your inner family, the family of sub-personalities that live within you. The family photo…

Waiting in an unstructured attitude, alert to the unexpected. This card relates to hexagram #25 of the I Ching: “Innocence.” Carol Anthony compares the state of “conscious innocence” (oxymoronic as that phrase might seem) to the game of tennis. If you are expecting the ball to come across the net in a certain way, then…

Spiritual ally nearby — could be a person, an oracle, a book, an entity, your higher self, etc… Don’t forget that there are good and evil spirits. There are unseen forces at work — some of them hinder us, manipulate us toward darker feelings and appetites so that we produce the sort of energy they…

Make a commitment to your Sacred Quest. By keeping the commitments you make to yourself, you keep your commitments to others and the world. Your Sacred Quest is what you incarnated here to accomplish, the path of your True Will, that which you will remember well on your deathbed. If you do not know your…

Your ego may judge the light and dark threads of the tapestry as good or bad, but a non-dualistic view sees them as interrelated. John Toland’s biography of Hitler begins with a quote from a Graham Greene character: “The greatest saints have been men with a more than a normal capacity for evil, and the…

One of the most powerful experiences that human incarnation has to offer is the soulmate love relationship. Soulmate love relationships are not necessarily romantic relationships. Not every romantic relationship is between soulmates, and not every soulmate relationship is romantic. Sometimes a soulmate relationship could involve romantic longing from one party that is not reciprocated by…

Accept the isolation of the conscious self. Beneath the surface there are always roots connecting you to others. The path of individuation can feel isolating, but some relative seclusion can be extremely developmental, giving you the space to discover and unfold your individuality. It is true that the more you work on yourself the fewer…

“Man must make his peace with his seasons or the gods will laugh at him.” — Mary Renault What sort of life cycle or season are you in right now? There is a time to get to work, a time to plant seeds, a time to harvest, a time to struggle, a time to surrender,…

Glamor and death energy are aspects that don’t have to go together, but often do. Their intermingling is a magnetic coupling favored by both cosmos and psyche. Glamor and death energy synergize into a precious, an all attractive jewel glittering in the night of time which mesmerizes my gaze, compelling me to forever reach for…

Glamor and death energy are aspects that don’t have to go together, but often do. Their intermingling is a magnetic coupling favored by both cosmos and psyche. Glamor and death energy synergize into a precious, an all attractive jewel glittering in the night of time which mesmerizes my gaze, compelling me to forever reach for…