Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

www.stepsonmyroad.org Hey! Gotta TICKET TO RIDE…!! For some reason, I have long thought of Life as being a privilege to live. It seems to me that we all get this one, precious, TICKET-TO-RIDE. The lucky sperm, as it were. The guy who beat a couple of thousand other frantic tadpoles to it. Hay-hay! Look at…

www.stepsonmyroad.org The Overview Effect If you’re not familiar with that term, “Overview Effect “, it is explained in this video. If you are stuck down in a cave, I know it’s a long, long way from there to this ‘Overview’. As a pilot for many years, I have been extraordinarily blessed to make my own…

www.stepsonmyroad.org The Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan It’s not that hard to end up in a Lonely, Dark Place. Every year, some one million human souls, world wide, choose to end their lives. That’s one, every forty seconds. By 2020, the World Health Organisation estimate that to increase to one every twenty seconds. It’s…

www.stepsonmyroad.org The Dark Cave A Decision to be made – which way out? List of possible Tunnels Out of Your Cave – pick any one Last Update: 3/2/2016 Tunnel Out # 19 “Losing your marbles…? You ain’t seen squat. “ 1) The Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan Take me there 2) The Overview Effect…

www.stepsonmyroad.org It’s a LIE! Curiosity did NOT kill the Cat! I’m not an Atheist. Far from it. (I believe in “A Great Cosmic Kindness”) At the same time, I’m not too impressed with a lot of “Organized Religion” either. Put it this way, I would much rather walk with a committed Atheist, than listen to…

www.stepsonmyroad.org One door closes, and, invariably, another one opens For some reason, I’m a control freak. I have tried, and tried, to direct my Destiny, control my Fate, and plan the hell out of my Plans. How did that work out for you, Mister Moggy…? Um. Well. Kind of… different from what I thought. Uh-huh.…

www.stepsonmyroad.org The Illusion of Permanence Nothing is Permanent. The only constant is Change. Might as well get used to that simple fact of our Life cycle. Everything is born. Hopefully, it matures. It decays. It dies. Then, depending on who you listen to, and what you believe, way-hay, it starts all over again. People being…

www.stepsonmyroad.org Money is everything – right? Lots of drama. People kill for money, get killed for money, die for money, and live for money. Um. What’s wrong with this picture? Dammit, it’s just a tool. If I told you: “Hey, buddy! Guess what? I’m a MILLIONAIRE!! Yep, I got me a warehouse full of ONE…

www.stepsonmyroad.org To err is human, but to keep on forgiving is a royal pain in the neck Okay, so I mangled that adage. I should have said: “To err is human, but to forgive divine”. So, why didn’t I? Well… that probably reflects the lowly level of spiritual development on which I stand. When I…

www.stepsonmyroad.org The Wood cries out to the Chisel The wood cried out in agony to the chisel: “Why are you hurting me so?” But for a long time, the chisel never replied. At length, when the shapeless block of wood had been transformed, the woodworker stood back, and said: “Like this I have made you.…