Overview of all pages with the category #Mental Wanderings

Thoughts about going Vegan

Posted on March 27, 2013 | 7 minutes | 1325 words | Janani Dhinakaran

I was raised vegetarian and my family has been vegetarian for generations. When I was thirteen or fourteen, my parents told me that since I will be travelling when I get older, I could start getting used to meat if I wanted to. [Read More]

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How to encourage mutual respect between men and women in India

Posted on January 11, 2013 | 7 minutes | 1487 words | Janani Dhinakaran

INTRODUCTION The gang-rape and death of Jyothi Singh Pandey who was previously known in the media as Damini or Nirbhaya, was the tipping point in bringing to focus a long suffered issue of disrespect and violence towards women in India. [Read More]

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LOG 1.24: Coming home :)

Posted on December 22, 2012 | 3 minutes | 440 words | Janani Dhinakaran

5th August, 2011 This time next week, I will be home. I can’t tell you how excited I am! When I was translating a song which talked about Idlys in one line, /2011/07/29/balailakka-balailakka-lyrics-and-translation-with-end-notes/I looked them up to share an image link for those readers who don’t know what it is. [Read More]

The only way forward

Posted on December 22, 2012 | 4 minutes | 804 words | Janani Dhinakaran

I tend to avoid the news when I can. It upsets me and since I can’t do much about most of those issues far away I satisfy myself by trying to live in the best way I can; compassionately, sincerely and respectfully. [Read More]

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LOG 1.14: A Trip to Göttingen

Posted on October 20, 2012 | 7 minutes | 1327 words | Janani Dhinakaran

10th April, 2011 Hello everyone 🙂 I just returned from a trip to Göttingen where my flatmates and I celebrated an old flatmate’s birthday. We took a train yesterday morning and I was quite taken in by the beauty of the countryside. [Read More]

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Spiritual, religious or philosophical?

Posted on October 14, 2012 | 6 minutes | 1271 words | Janani Dhinakaran

Many people confuse spirituality with religiousness, and philosophy with spirituality. Here I will attempt to tease out the differences as I see them. To be religious is to follow a given set of rules generally defined by an existing system of organised faith. [Read More]

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Laughing fits

Posted on October 9, 2012 | 3 minutes | 559 words | Janani Dhinakaran

A lot of people who know me think I am a pretty serious person. Maybe it’s because I have a tendency to intensify conversations. But as serious/intellectual/deep I get, I can go equally crazy. [Read More]

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LOG 1.12: DMT, The Discovery of Dro"gen Hasen Weg and the Super Extreme Moon

Posted on October 6, 2012 | 4 minutes | 740 words | Janani Dhinakaran

18th March, 2011 Hello everyone, I watched this video recently. http://www.esoterictube.com/dmt-the-spirit-molecule.htmlIt corresponds with what Joseph Campbell says about the spiritual world (as represented by myths and anecdotes from those who meditate, and shamans), drugs and psychological diseases like schizophrenia. [Read More]

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A Brave New World of Equilibrium

Posted on September 22, 2012 | 7 minutes | 1438 words | Janani Dhinakaran

The battle between emotion and control is an old one. It is fought by each of us in our lives as well as philosophers at a more conceptual level. [Read More]

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LOG 1.10: The first signs

Posted on September 22, 2012 | 2 minutes | 404 words | Janani Dhinakaran

28th February, 2011 Hello, It is now possible to see the first signs of Spring. The trees are bearing buds that will leaf and flower forth. [Read More]