musingswhileunlearning

As I mentioned in my previous blog which was also my first blog of the year 2020, I am totally steeped in the world of tarot! If I am not trying out different spreads or trying to understand each card, I am listening to various readings on YouTube. If my husband heard what I have been listening to, he’d have serious doubts about my fidelity!! After all, apart from zodiac predictions and a few wishy-washy career related ones, they only have readings for finding a new love or getting back to an old flame/ twin flame/soulmate! I hear them often from different readers since I am learning for free and each reader interprets the same card in different ways depending on what cards show up with it. In fact, I have heard so many in the short span of a month that I can, within the first thirty seconds, know if it is an intuitive reading or one that is just selling you dreams. Credits: My daughter One theme that keeps coming up in love readings is betrayal and wearing of masks. In f...

A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY, PROSPEROUS AND PEACEFUL YEAR AND DECADE TO ALL MY READERS AND NON READERS! MAY YOU FIND FREEDOM FROM OLD THOUGHTS AND WAYS OF LIFE THAT SERVE YOU NO LONGER! A tad bit late I guess but heartfelt wishes nevertheless! I did not make resolutions last year for the simple reason that I fall in to the clichéd category of those who break it in no time. I keep reassessing where I stand throughout the year but apart from a few points of lesser importance, from my long list of need of the hour resolutions, the rest remain, sadly, undone. Not having any resolutions didn’t make me a more efficient person in 2019 but did contribute to reduced stress levels. In 2018, I did practice trying to live in the present and I am still struggling with it but be it then or now this phenomenon has been happening at best in spurts! It was possibly the most important and liberating resolution of all time. (https://www.musingswhileunlearning.com/2018/01/first-thoughts-of-2018...

Credits: My Li'l Sagittarian The Sagittarian month is here (23 November - 21 December) and it is only right that I pay a little tribute to these happy, fiercely independent centaurs who know how to live life king size or at least completely on their own terms. I am no astrologer and I haven’t had any formal training but from the time I remember I have been fascinated by zodiac signs. I have read a lot about them, the bible then being Linda Goodman! Previously I have written a blog on the Aquarius woman being one myself. I do not speak in detail about nuances of planetary positions but what I do write comes from interacting with and closely observing people I know, whether I know them well or not. One of my favourite hobbies is to guess what the zodiac of a person might be after interacting with them for a while and more often than not, my guesses usually hit the mark! I have a whole lot of Sagittarian friends, both male and female and also a few close relatives who...

Credits: pinterest.com Many greats have graced this planet and have changed this world to make it a better place for you and for me (That sounded straight out of a Michael Jackson number-“Heal the World” to be precise!) It is heartening to know that the average human being has kindness in his/her heart. A lot many people do great work which goes unnoticed by the world except by those who benefit directly. Yet, they press on regardless of the lack of recognition for what they do is selfless. The stories are innumerable. Unfortunately, the media showcases only sorrow and terror thus making us believe that there is hardly any goodness left on this beautiful Earth. Every once in a while, a few people rise to fame and affect humanity by the great work they do; who by their humility win many hearts and inspire others to do the same; who manage to create platforms to recognize the efforts of those working silently in the background for humanity, lauding them and bringing them u...

Last evening my daughter walks into my room after her bath and perches herself upon my bed while I was looking for some quizzes to play on Sporcle! I took a cursory glance at her and saw her eyes swollen. After her agonising experience nearly a year ago about which I had written in an earlier blog, ( https://www.musingswhileunlearning.com/2019/02/like-it-or-not-growth-happens.html )  we are paranoid about her eyes and ENT status. I asked her whether she was   crying, mentally crossing out the PMS dates and she denied it. I stopped doing everything else and focused my full attention on her and asked her again, to which she shook her head as though to dismiss the idea but I knew I was right and I told her she’d have to give that answer to someone else. I waited for her to reply and she broke down.   My daughter is taking her pre-board exams and day before yesterday was her Mathematics paper- a subject that makes even a cool person like her sweat occasionally! On retu...