201st Post and 22nd Edition of Shadow Dancing With Mind

Welcome to my 201^st post and 22^nd Edition of Shadow Dancing With Mind”

Though I have been blogging for almost 8 years, (First blog started on 27^th Oct, 2004 – My Experiments with Spirituality but for personal reading) but this blog I started on 10^th May 2010 for specific reason of sharing my thoughts with friends and public at large. The desire to know what people who don’t know me personally, think about my thoughts and getting their feedback on what I love and am passionate about, was the trigger to start this one. I am extremely happy that in one and half year of this blog, I have made lots of friends and have got such a great response on my “Shadow Dancing With Mind”. I am grateful for 80,000 plus hits and more than thousands of comments.

My First STILL LIFE at my blog
A girl begging on the path of Sufi Haji Ali's Dargah in Mumbai India

So here is my own shadow boxing with thoughts, mind and living as well as this milestone of starting 3^rd Century of posts, with my 22^nd Edition of “Shadow Dancing With Mind”. 

This Edition has the following topics.

TALKING POINT

Dr Sara Lazar with his team

Meditation Found To Increase Brain Size – Dr. Sara Lazar(Psychologist at Harvard Medical School)

What Yogi’s always knew since Vedic time (Almost 4500 Years ago), scientists are acknowledging it now. In a landmark study, Dr. Sara Lazar with team of researchers at Harvard Medical School agrees that Meditation Practice can help our brains to better cognitive and emotional processing and increase our well-being.

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THE READER

Thoughts on Women by Nietzsche

The Kiss by Klimt

“The man’s happiness is: I will. The woman’s happiness is: He will” says Nietzsche in his book ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’

Well I have liked almost everything the profound philosopher, writer and poet Nietzsche has said in his books about various things like ‘will to power’, higher man, individualism, personality development, religion, etc. But somehow his thoughts on WOMEN have left me wondering, is that really how he thought of women? 

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Kahlil Gibran – The poet of Spiritual love

Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran – The Poet Of Spiritual Love, was born on this day i.e. 6^thJanuary in 1883. To celebrate his birthday, I am featuring in this section of my Blog – “The Reader” his most beautiful and lovely book “The Prophet”. Published in 1923, it became extremely popular in the 1960s counterculture. Kahlil Gibran is the third best selling poet (after Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu) in the world. But before I share his profound thoughts from the book “The Prophet” on many different aspects of life, love and living, let me give you a brief note about the poet.

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WHISPERS

The Chinese Girl

A section where I post my poetry, Haiku and verse’s about love, life and living....

Haiku on How I write Poetry and A Door Firmly Shut

Sharing some Haiku on how I write poetry and a longer verse “A Door Firmly Shut On The Living...”

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Haiku and The living is...

Life and living along with a verse "The Living Is..."

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Shashi @ Jan 2012
ॐ नमः शिवाय

Om Namah Shivaya

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21^st Edition

WOMEN ! - Nietzsche's thoughts on women are quite dogmatic, in my opinion...

THE READER: Thoughts on Women by Nietzsche

“The man’s happiness is: I will. The woman’s happiness is: He will” says Nietzsche in his book ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’

Well I have liked almost everything the profound philosopher, writer and poet Nietzsche has said in his books about various things like ‘will to power’, higher man, individualism, personality development, religion, etc. But somehow his thoughts on WOMEN have left me wondering, is that really how he thought of women? 
I tried to rationalize (because his thoughts on other things are quite powerful and deep) by thinking probably that was how in the 18^th-19^th century women were thought of. But still, I cannot believe what he has said about women are his true thoughts... or we have lost something in translations. But then the translations by R J Hollingdale are quite true to the author in other cases.
Any how, I don’t agree with all this, but then wanted to know what others think about these thoughts of Nietzsche on...

WOMEN

The Kiss - By Klimt c 1907

If you admit to a woman that she is in the right, she cannot refrain from setting her heel triumphantly on the neck of the defeated – she has to enjoy the victory to the full; while between men in such a case being in the right usually produces a feeling of embarrassment.

– From Assorted Opinions and Maxims 209 (Published in 1879 as first supplement to ‘Human – All Too Human’; 2^nd Edition published in 1886

Would a woman be able to hold us (or as they say ‘captivate’ us) if we did not believe that under certain circumstances she could use the dagger (any kind of dagger) against us? Or against herself: which in a certain case would be more painful revenge (Chinese Revenge)

– From Gay Science 69 Published in 1882 and 1887

Everything about Woman is a riddle, and everything about woman has one solution: it’s called pregnancy.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Let man fear woman when she loves. Then she bears every sacrifice and every other thing she accounts valueless.

Let man fear woman when she hates: for man is at the bottom of his soul only wicked, but woman is base.

Whom does woman hate most? – Thus spoke the iron to the magnet: ‘I hate you most, because you attract me but are not strong enough to draw me towards you.’

“The man’s happiness is: I will. The woman’s happiness is: He will”

- From Thus Spoke Zarathustra Part I: Of old and young

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Translation by R. J. Hollingdale

So there you are... what do you think...? Or do you think I am wrong in assuming his thoughts are puritanical and dogmatic?

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Shashi

ॐ नमः शिवाय

Om Namah Shivaya

To know more about Nietzsche and his thoughts about 'Higher Men, Will to Power etc,' read my feature on ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’ – an amazing and profound book (A must read). Click here to read...

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Nietzsche