tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:43:09 +0000get lost and find yourself ©Mubeena.Nethttp://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)Blogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-4465968720979546646Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +00002010-03-28T17:47:43.122+04:00Came across this absolutely wonderfully riveting documentary on the nature of human love. Do not miss it, it is called "How Will We Love" and it explores the idea of love and marriage in the human condition. The philosophy of love needs so much to be talked about in a world that fears commitment to anything for a long while, and where so many of us believe that marriages are not meant to last. http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-will-we-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-4418677787613903854Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:03:00 +00002010-02-18T16:09:14.968+04:00I received this lovely email from a visitor to my personal site. Here are parts of the conversation that I hope will continue as a meaningful dialogue:Thank you so much for your very thought-provoking email. I am so proud of people like yourself who stay on a vibration of well-being for all, the world certainly needs it. I’d like to carry on our conversation by responding to some of your points. http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2010/02/conversation-with-social-worker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-456913284679426511Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:25:00 +00002010-02-14T17:11:47.482+04:00It is here again, the dreaded V-Day. D-Day for many! "Will my boyfriend make plans with me to express his love or will he make an excuse of it?" or "Will my girlfriend please stop nagging me about taking her to an ultra expensive restaurant she wants to brag to her friends about?" What is this day for anyway. If you are curious about how this day got started, read about legends on why February ishttp://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2010/02/message-on-valentines-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-35152385364638036Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:35:00 +00002009-12-27T20:58:55.481+04:00If you haven't yet undergone the cinematic experience that is James Cameron's Avatar, here are the black, white and blue messages that stood out for me. All nature is energy. You can bond with any organic being. Iraq. Afghanistan. Gaza. Natural Resources and colonialism in the 21st century. Live with the people and know their ways to combat your racism. Unity is the best weapon even against http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2009/12/messages-in-james-camerons-avatar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-1512739174377057058Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:38:00 +00002009-09-13T03:01:50.526+04:00Wow, its been a while since I blogged. Like 3 years! Welcome back to me. I have been playing with tarot cards for a few months. I do not believe they are divine, they just assume your personal energy. It's your mind and heart that pick up on their messages. I hope you enjoy this reading I did for myself. It is a general reading using the Celtic Cross spread, the most popular tarot spread around. http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2009/09/tarot-card-reading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-115800017354394107Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:08:00 +00002006-09-11T22:46:48.773+04:00During my 6 years of studies in New York, I'd witnessed history made in the United States. I was around during the huge baseball world series, I had been around during the controversial Gore-Bush elections, and then of course 911. It was a chilling day around campus with TV screens all over showing news channels playing the scenes of 2 airplanes crashing into the World Trade Centre towers. I http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/09/remembering-911.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-115235696511001447Sat, 08 Jul 2006 10:38:00 +00002006-07-08T15:09:25.130+04:00You are more than you think. Stretch your mind and visualize all you can be in your life, what sort of relationships you have with those that matter most, and what activities you could be doing if you only managed your time better. It is not easy to manage your life around the hours of the day when you are overwhelmed with emotional troubles or increasing pressure from all aspects of your world. http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/07/find-balance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-115062208385005231Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:55:00 +00002006-06-18T13:19:53.240+04:00Just had another revelation while I was journaling this weekend. I was pondering about what makes me stop myself from doing the things that could change my life for the better, getting me closer to my dreams. The answer I came up with is that it boils down to one single emotion. Anxiety. Think back to what anxiety feels like. The pain of rejected love, the sickness you feel when someone else getshttp://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/06/facing-anxiety.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-115002303691707545Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:42:00 +00002006-06-11T16:05:32.640+04:00Continuing from the spirit of my previous post, I've come to realize that all the great philosophers of our time have had to deal with extraordinary circumstances in their lives. I've directly experienced the fact that triumph over adversity has been responsible for the greatness of any individual. It is highly unlikely that people like Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, and Nelson Mandela would havehttp://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/06/use-for-philosophy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-114996696490797372Sat, 10 Jun 2006 17:06:00 +00002006-06-10T23:16:04.960+04:00Reflection is not only about debating specific issues, questions, or ideas. The reflective exercise should also include thinking about how you think in the first place. Knowing how you think means that you are close to knowing who you are, and how you want to live your life. Your thoughts shape your life. The way you think is how you can control your destiny. Ultimate peace is knowing thyself. http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/06/thinking-about-thinking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-114180985913793879Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:48:00 +00002006-03-08T17:55:47.170+04:00The Dutch seem to be everywhere on religious blogs and news stories. They are now considering banning the burqa, one of many types of the Muslim woman's dress code. From the ReligionNewsBlog.com:“This is an enormous victory for traditional Dutch decency,” said Geert Wilders, the populist member of parliament who first proposed the burqa ban. “The burqa is hostile to women and medieval. For a http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/03/banning-burqa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-114139048414799982Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:44:00 +00002006-03-03T17:03:55.890+04:00Always read your horoscope at the end of the day. If you read it in the beginning, you stand a fat chance to do exactly what it says just so it can appear genuine. I've often had a good laugh reading these silly snippets that have made it into newspaper supplements the world over. Sometimes they are totally off.. but today my horoscope in a weekend magazine describes my currrent situation so http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/03/horrorscope.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-114124441743215537Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:10:00 +00002006-03-02T00:20:17.496+04:00Designer babies are the next fashion trend. My baby will have blonde hair, blue eyes, and a rock solid body to complement his Einstein-like brain. Genetic testing is allowing us to take our right to have children beyond the limits of natural process. We can now pick and choose who we would like to love. A documentary on National Geographic (yes, I'm addicted) featured an Australian couple who's http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/03/designer-babies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-114060004270314297Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:51:00 +00002006-02-22T13:20:43.253+04:00Last night, friends of my parents came over for a drink. They are a very socially and financially well-off couple and yesterday they seemed no different than any other person from whatever 'level of society'. The poor woman had a traumatic experience just a few hours before, when she tried crossing a not-so main road. They were with a group of people trying to cross over and when the rest of the http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/02/brush-with-death.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-114027423068926156Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:48:00 +00002006-02-18T23:21:32.216+04:00Things are definitely looking up for me (a wise man said that when things are way down there is nowhere else to go but up!). Work is picking up and the fruits of my self-belief are coming to be. I am more busy now than most times and actually making myself a decent earning. But then I dreaded V-Day where everyone seems so happy and in love with their significant others, even though many if not http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/02/post-valentine-revelation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-113969341114359009Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:51:00 +00002006-02-12T02:32:53.290+04:00Reading, watching, hearing world news lately? I don't think there's ever been so much talk about the right to free expression vs. the sadness of anti-religious sentiment. Cartoons re-interpreting the life of Prophet Muhammad printed last September in a Danish publication sparks vehement protests all over the world among Muslim communities two months later. The Caricature controversy has spun on http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/02/violence-with-caricatures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-113844884908796207Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:24:00 +00002006-01-28T15:47:31.900+04:00I finally have quenched my desire to start reading biographies. I received a book on Christmas called 'Honest' by Ulrika Jonsson. She is a very popular TV presenter from Britain. Originally Swedish, she moved to England at the age of 12 which became the reason for my attraction to her book. She and I seemed similar enough, having been moved around as a kid, experiencing fucked up family http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/01/love-and-marriage-like-horse-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-113767842613147086Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:15:00 +00002006-01-20T05:24:06.680+04:00Doing my random meditation I once again strayed and thought about the nature of romantic love. I must admit, this age-old concept has boggled my mind right from when I had indepthly studied the ideas laid out in Plato's Symposium. This treatise is the most comprehensive philosophical compilation about the nature of love in all its human forms. The wonder of it surfaced inside my soul yet again. http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/01/love-is-not-complicated-people-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-113672759794639370Sun, 08 Jan 2006 13:05:00 +00002006-01-08T17:39:58.006+04:00As I am watching Jay Leno making his audience laugh, this philosophical heart of mine stuck on to his outright comic bashing of one of the most influential characters of the American religious political spectrum. Continuing my thoughts on my theodicy, Mr. Pat Robertson easily earns the title of "The most inane Christian argument positer" I have ever come across. How on earth has he reached so farhttp://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/01/continuing-evil-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-113672485793561384Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:46:00 +00002006-01-08T16:54:18.003+04:00Jane Goodall, the anthropologist who studied chimps all her life, once said, "Human beings are the only species on the planet that are capable of the most good, and the most evil." I realized this with such intensity today.Last night, I watched the extraordinary resilience of one young woman on my favorite National Geographic channel. She was the victim of an attempted 'honor killing'. Her http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2006/01/evil-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-113559159289988862Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:37:00 +00002005-12-26T14:06:33.353+04:00Its that time of year again. Christmas cheer in the air and everyone getting ready for their New Years eve party. I truly love this holiday spirit and it gives me great joy to see families getting together and celebrating. It reminds me of the movie 'Love Actually'. The world has a lot of love going around. The most influential teacher I had in college, Dr. Cernic said, "Each person is born with http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2005/12/resolution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-113559280875034761Sun, 25 Dec 2005 13:06:00 +00002005-12-26T15:12:05.796+04:00Merry Christmas! My friends and I exchanged gifts and shared funny stories today. But now I'm wondering, why has this holiday become so non-religoius. Its all about what gifts we got and how much of a bonus we received from our employers. People use this day as an excuse to get their wonderful freebies. Not a bad thing if you're a kid! I don't mean to be so anal.. I simply am just asking this: http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2005/12/christmas-question.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-113238983386525219Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:13:00 +00002005-11-19T13:09:02.773+04:00The one thing that has alot of people giving me flack is my apparant lack of a social life. I don't deny it. I keep my friends circle small, only including those I trust completely and for whom I'd go out of my way. The one personality trait I've always seemed to hold on to throughout my young life is the love for focused solitude. According to the Myers-Briggs Typology Indicator (MBTI) I am a http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2005/11/being-alone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-113161545406670646Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:03:00 +00002005-11-10T16:02:07.453+04:00I have just returned from India after attending the funeral services of my maternal grandmother. She passed away November 7th 2005 at 8:50 a.m. India time. She died peacefully at home surrounded by her son, daughter, and daughter in law who saw her breathe her last. I reached Bombay with my father at 7:30 p.m. India time after my grandmother had been lain to rest at her grave, a few steps away http://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2005/11/time-of-death.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17728189.post-113116908986130458Sat, 05 Nov 2005 04:52:00 +00002005-11-05T09:38:09.896+04:00I have just finished listening to Robin's latest podcast on his website. A few minutes of his words could inspire you to at least make the effort to change. Although I do feel that he mostly talks to the rich and well-established not to mention his not-so-subtle marketing of his high end clients like Starbucks, NASA, and FedEx, he does bring a light to my day. He talked about self-discipline as ahttp://mubie-philosophy.blogspot.com/2005/11/my-will-of-iron.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mubeena Mohd)1