Marc Gilbert-Widmann

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Mindfulness of Life – Poetry of the Day 25MAR 2014

    When we understand that life is short and Time is precious and if we will have developed Some understanding of the Dharmma and life wisdom, It becomes more precious. Do not procrastinate, Do what should be done today, We don’t know whether we will be still alive tomorrow. Today, now, do what should be done,…

  • Happiness Quote of the Day 21 March 2014 – Mental Habits

    We have negative mental habits that come up over and over again. One of the most significant negative habits we should be aware of is that of constantly allowing our mind to run off into the future. Perhaps we got this from our parents. Carried away by our worries, we’re unable to live fully and…

  • Quote of the Day 20 March 2014 ~ Spring Fever

    “It’s spring fever.  That is what the name of it is.  And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” — Mark Twain Related articles Mark Twain no less! Mark Twain quotes February brings Spring…

  • An open letter to the people who hate Obama more than they love America

    Hello world… I take great pride in the accomplishment of keeping politics away from my facebook. Sometimes I just need to vent and hope and hope and hope, some people… some of my friends, will sit down and learn for themselves all of contemporary US history and not what you are told (repeatedly) by revisionists,…

  • Anonymous Quote of the Day 14 March 2014 ~ I Am Safe

    I am safe and I am loved I am safe and I love I am safe and I love it I am safe i AM safe i am SAFE Related articles Anonymous Possibility Quote Anonymity Doesn’t Only Protect The Trolls (It Protects Nice People, Too) Countdown Has Begun 2 Anonymous Proxy is so great, We…

  • Q/A of the Day ~ How Can You Create a Universe From Nothing?

    “How can you create a universe from nothing? Well if you calculate the total matter of the universe it is positive. If you calculate the total energy of the universe it is negative because of gravity. Gravity has negative energy. When you add the two together what do you get? Zero, so it takes no…

  • Marc’s Mindful Thought of the Day 10Mar 2014 ~ Compassion

    Cultivation of compassion is not something you can just snap your fingers and obtain. Being compassionate towards others is something that has to come from mindfulness. Mindfulness keeps you in the present moment with focus on only the current moment. Avoiding negative thoughts and focusing attention only on the present moment, not what will happen…

  • Quote of the Day 08 March 2014 – New Religion

                            “First dentistry was painless. Then bicycles were chainless, Carriages were horseless, And many laws enforceless. Next cookery was fireless, Telegraphy was wireless, Cigars were nicotineless, And coffee caffeineless. Soon oranges were seedless, The putting green was weedless, The college boy was hatless, The…

  • Quote of the Day 07 March 2014 – Personal Revolution

    “The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can’t be any large-scale revolution until there’s a personal revolution, on…

  • Quote of the Day 06 March 2014 ~ Voice of the People

    No serious sociologist any longer believes that the voice of the people expresses any divine or specially wise and lofty idea. The voice of the people expresses the mind of the people, and that mind is made up for it by the group leaders in whom it believes and by those persons who understand the…

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