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Hi all, Quoted above are a list of teachings of various masters which I compiled myself for a better understanding and contemplation of the message of proactivity/responsiveness and reactivity. Through study and analysis of these master's teachings, I had come to the understanding that it is proactive action which is what is known as virtue or good karma while reactive action is what is known as sin or bad karma. While proactivity or responsiveness is what stems from a state of awareness or mindfulness , reactivity on the other hand stems from the ego . Living in the present moment generates awareness, while living in the past or future due to desires, craving or incessant thinking is what generates the ego. The state of awareness generates happiness , while the ego generates pain and sorrow. This is why the Buddha had said thus ," Mindfulness ( constant awareness ) is the true virtue." And why Eckhart Tolle had stated thus. " Evil is an extreme manifestation of human unconsciousness." Writing this in my notebook and constant study and contemplation of these teachings from time to time helped me to become a more self-aware, responsive and less reactive person. This understanding brought a deep sense of calmness, peace, contentment and well-being in my life. Hope the reading of the above mentioned teachings will do the same for you or help in bringing perspective on the nature of the mind.

An interesting and insightful article about an Englishman reliving his past life as an Ecuadorian girl named Lisbet Guerrera, who died in a volcanic explosion in Ecuador. https://chrisriches.tripod.com/

The biggest issue for elephants in India and globally is poaching, which is a lucrative billion dollar business, and which often means instant death for them to get their ivory tusks sought by rich clients globally. In captivity, especially in rich temples and affluent households, they have a good life and are even pampered. I know of an acquaintance of mine who had a pet elephant and went into a bout of depression after the elephants death. Elephants are also bred in captivity which ensures their continuity and immunity to extinction unlike many other species which have gone extinct like the Indian cheetah due to unregulated hunting and poaching.

5 year old Japanese boy recalls past life as Thai police officer. https://thethaiger.com/news/world/5-year-old-japanese-boy-recalls-past-life-as-thai-police-officer#google_vignette

Peace means nothingness. Peace is not something that you create, peace is not something that happens. Peace is something that always is. What happens on the surface is disturbance. This is just like the ocean. On the surface of the ocean you will see waves, tremendous turbulence and turmoil. But if you go deep down, it is perfectly peaceful. The fundamental quality of existence is always peace. ~ Sadhguru “Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.”— Ramana Maharshi Mind is never peaceful; no-mind is peace. Mind itself can never be peaceful, silent. The very nature of the mind is to be tense, to be in confusion. Mind can never be clear, it cannot have clarity because mind is by nature confusion, cloudiness. ~ Osho Only no-mind can be at peace, because in a state of no-mind you have gone beyond the clouds into the open sky, where problems don't exist. ~ Osho

Fasting increases the prana/chi or life-force in the body, and this results in better healing of diseases if any as well as better meditative states. I have noticed that I recover from diseases faster when I do some intermittent fasting, as well having better meditative states. The practice of fasting also involved sensory discipline of the tongue which can develop the character, will and self-control. Fasting is also recommended as a remedy for overcoming heightened sexual urges , and can be useful during kundalini rise.

Review article on a book by a skeptical police detective exploring his past life as a painter through regressive hypnosis and his detailed investigation afterwards. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/379092-thread-dedicated-to-reincarnation-articles-research-papers-and-books/page/2/#comments

The Indian army, which is the second largest army on earth, is about to induct remote-controlled MULE robotic dogs into its fold for the purposes of surveillance and logistics. This is part of its policy to modernize operational capabilities through technology as well as phasing out its animal transport fleet. They were developed by research institutions associated with the Indian military. https://www.firstpost.com/tech/indian-army-set-to-induct-25-remote-controlled-mule-robotic-dogs-into-its-fold-13785830.html Apart from helicopters (ALH), heavy-lift drones have been similarly developed to send supplies and cargo to soldiers in posts at high altitudes in the Himalaya as well as during disaster relief operations. Mules and other animals were used in the past to transport supplies to posts in mountain tops , exposing the animals to dangerous conditions . In line with the ongoing "force restructuring and optimization " initiative , the army is phasing out its animal transport fleet, and inducting logistics drones, robotic mules, all-terrain vehicle and rough terrain vehicles.

Insightful article of a Caucasian five year boy recalling past life as an African-American woman who had died in a fire related accident. https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/soul/luke-ruehlman-two-i-was-a-woman-called-pam-in-a-past-life/news-story/1cfccabc24a565ea6c12b8652d01614f https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20153400/boy-reincarnated-woman-killed-hotel-fire/ https://guardian.ng/features/focus/five-year-old-recalls-past-life/

I think women can specialize as diplomats and roles of that sort better than men. A physics professor of mine once told me that he regretted the fact that he had four brothers and no sisters. His argument was that his brothers were quarrelsome and it was hard to bring them on the same page or align them together. He felt that if he had a sister , she could have played a cohesive role in bringing the brothers together in harmony and peace.

India has rich fauna consisting of lions, tigers, leopards, bears, elephants, rhinoceros, peacocks,eagles and so on. I don't think any other country possess such a rich biological resource of fauna in the world. That they exist even now is due to the reverence towards nature in Indian culture. You can see peacocks and cows wandering in Indian streets due to their protected status. The biggest threat to elephants is through poaching for their tusks which usually means their death as well and this is still a serious threat in countries having elephants. https://www.wti.org.in/news/20-years-since-ivory-trade-ban-elephants-still-threatened-by-poaching-stockpile-sales/ https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/india-ivory-poachers-hawk-kerala-tech/ Elephants used in temple festivals are usually cared for and protected and there are traditional veterinary clinics and other resources available for them. There has been new laws and regulations with regard to their safety as well due to activism by animal rights activists . However the increasing heat due to global warming is leading to higher stress amongst such domesticated elephants leading to rampages at times. So there is greater focus on their cooling by water and providing shelter for them and other aids. Technology has also come as an aid and robots have started replacing elephants in some temples as well. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64740853 https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/temple-in-gudalur-gets-tamil-nadus-first-robotic-elephant/article67813232.ece

A Lebanese-American lady's account of her sister Heba's past life memories ... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/well/family/sisters-past-life.html

The Islamic prayer stances and movements of bowing and prostration are similar to yogic exercises. The sitting pose is similar to that of vajrasana. https://mvslim.com/5-ways-yoga-is-a-basic-practice-for-muslims/ I think the movements get added potency when it is done in the remembrance of God and not mechanically.It can also get better during fasting as fasting is an aid to prayer or meditation. It is possible that Muhammad had intuitive insights into the flow of life-enery or prana/chi in the body, and devised such a system accordingly.

Brahmakumaris on how a vegetarian lifestyle supports the environment at multiple levels, enhancing food and water security, preventing air and water pollution, global warming as well as deforestation. https://eco.brahmakumaris.org/vegetarian-diet/

Articles on twin sisters Gillian and Jennifer Pollock, whose family were convinced were the reincarnation of tragic siblings Joanna and Jacqueline who had died in a car crash a year back. Dr. Ian Stevenson studied the case and included it in his book titled “Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation.” It was his research into 14 different cases involving reincarnation of children. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/twin-sisters-who-family-were-27568945 https://www.newsbreak.com/nik-1590556/2837260208621

Dead thirteen year old teenager comes home after eight years as an eight year old Indian boy claiming he had a rebirth... https://www.ibtimes.com/dead-teenager-returns-home-after-8-years-claims-he-had-rebirth-3277864 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/uttar-pradesh-boy-who-died-eight-years-ago-claims-he-had-a-rebirth-1843294-2021-08-20

10 year old boy named Ryan recalls past life as Hollywood actor and agent Marty Martyn... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/10-year-old-boy-says-784090/ https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/boy-says-he-remembers-past-life-hollywood-agent-n327506 https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/boy-believes-reincarnated-chilling-perfect-28761843

Further talks by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on prana... https://www.srisri.com/p10/

"I Have Lived Before": The True Story of the Reincarnation of Shanti Devi. This is the first known book on reincarnation based on the recollections of a little girl named Shanti Devi (1926-1987) in Delhi, India, who claimed to remember a past life as a wife and mother in a different region of India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanti_Devi https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2016/12/STE1.pdf Shanti Devi persistently pleaded to her parents to let her go to the region mentioned (Mathura) and once even ran away from home at age of six to reach Mathura. When Mahatma Gandhi heard about the case he set up a commission of 15 prominent people, including parliamentarians, national leaders, and members from the media, to study the case. He also invited Shanti Devi to his ashram. The committee was instrumental in persuading her reluctant parents to allow Shanti Devi to go to Mathura with them. Upon reaching the place she was able to remember minute details of the place and her past life family, though she was seeing the place for the first time in her young life. A brief article on her life by Dr. K.S. Rawat can be found in this below link. https://www.carolbowman.com/dr-ian-stevenson/case-shanti-devi/ Sture Lonnerstrand, a Swedish critic, came all the way from Sweden to expose the “fake,” as he thought it to be, but after investigation wrote, “This is the only fully explained and proven case of reincarnation there has been." A book about her was published by Sture Lonnerstrand in 1994, and the english translation appeared in 1998 titled, "I Have Lived Before: The True Story of the Reincarnation of Shanti Devi". She was also interviewed by Dr. Ian Stevenson who stated, “I also interviewed Shanti Devi, her father, and other pertinent witnesses, including Kedarnath, the husband claimed in her previous life. My research indicates that she made at least 24 statements of her memories that matched the verified facts.”

The Oil-rich arab nations have small populations which can be easily managed as well as having a very good police to population ratio. Saudi Arabia have a population of 36 million and a strong police to population ratio of 386. The Shariat law with penalty of beheading for rape serves as a strong deterrent. However the poor quality of the obsolete legal system and laws means that the victim can be further punished as the supposed perpetrator, and the actual perpetrator can escape with minimal punishment. As per Shariat the raped victim must also produce four adult males who have witnessed the crime to validate her charges. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/17/saudiarabia.international https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24438375 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_Saudi_Arabia https://www.reuters.com/article/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/saudi-women-try-suicide-to-escape-social-pressure-idUSL12894106/ The media, unlike that in India, is highly regulated and subject to censoring by the monarchical government so as to filter out the bad news if any that can be injurious to the government's prestige, and strict constraints placed on the journalists freedom of speech and action. The murder of the reformist Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi government agents is a glaring example in this regard. Khashoggi was a progressive journalist who advocated for reforms in the country and was critical of the ruling royal family. Khashoggi wrote in his last column, posthumously published, that "what the Arab world needs most is free expression" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi The same goes in dictatorial China as well, which in 2023 was the biggest global jailer of journalists. https://apnews.com/article/china-press-censorship-hong-lai-2caeedd86717ef4667ada868abf67eba In less economically developed middle eastern nations lacking oil resources, primitive and tribal traditions prevent the ensuring of full justice to the rape victim. Rape is considered dishonorable to the family's victim and at times the victim is shot dead by her relatives, or even forced to marry the rapist. https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2017/05/mais-haddad-arab-world-laws-protect-the-rapist-not-the-victim/ https://www.missingperspectives.com/posts/sisters-of-strength-unveiling-the-global-tapestry-for-womens-rights-from-the-mirabal-legacy-to-unheard-voices-in-the-middle-east/ https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/belief-that-honour-killings-are-justified-still-prevalent-among-jordans-next-generation-study-shows So the prevention of crimes against women and children requires not just a healthy police to poulation ratio of 222 and more, it also requires an adept and flawless legal system which efficiently and quickly delivers justice to the victim and punishes the perpetrator; ethically conscious lawyers, journalists and social activists in abundance to ensure that the laws are updated and not obsolete, implemented meticulously and law-breakers reported and punished. A value-based culture that deifies or humanizes women rather than dehumanizing or objectifying them is also part of the solution.

ISRO Successfully Places Earth Observation Satellite Into Orbit, proving capabilities in designing and developing a microsatellite and creating payload instruments compatible with the microsatellite. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/isros-developmental-flight-carrying-earth-observation-satellite-lifts-off-6347962

A website highlighting ancient and modern sayings on celibacy (brahmacharya) in Hinduism as bringing about spiritual strength and opening windows to nondual perception, satori/samadhi and enlightenment. Self-control (dama ) is extolled as the basis of Dharma. Celibacy is considered to be the highest heroic austerity and a great enhancer of one's potency. https://selfdefinition.org/celibacy/gopal-krishna-collection/quotes-from-spiritual-scriptures.htm

Studying this particular case, I would say it deals with a broader context rather than just rape-murder as it was projected to show. There was a previous case of a male doctor who had died in a 'suicide' in suspicious circumstances, after he had protested against certain illegal activities within the hospital premises. The present female doctor similarly had raised concerns and protested against an illegal drug racket within the hospital, as per her colleagues. Insiders and certain hierarchical figures within the hospital may have been involved in the lucrative drug racket. This could be a reason for her targeted killing by the culprit who may have had access to information regarding her scheduled activities and rest time, from insiders. It is possible that the mafia is involved, along with corrupt police, government and some ruling party activists who may be involved in the drug trade, and this could be a reason for their lackadaisical approach as well as stalling interventions in the investigation process while it was being conducted. The constant and large rallies by doctors nation-wide however gained attention at the national level, and elite federal policing units such as the CBI is now involved in the case. The female doctor involved was bespectacled,studious, a bit on the portly side and did not seem to look especially attractive on a sexual basis. Moreover doctors in Indian society are usually revered and respected and even equated with divinity. So it appeared a bit unnatural to me that a doctor was attacked in this manner as I had never come across such news before. It appears that she was targeted for other motives in place, rather than mere lust, and rape has been deceptively showcased as a reason for her murder. It could have just as easily been a male doctor who could have been similarly murdered to silence any voices against the drug mafia, with his death being projected as a 'suicide' as shown in the earlier precedent. Drug abuse is rising in India with billions of dollars worth of drugs being seized in ports and drones from across the borders. India's proximity to the drug based golden triangle in the east and Afghanistan in the west means that it is vulnerable to such entry of large-scale illegal drugs in the country.

But I have shown research articles that shows that access to porn can potentially inflame the situation. Rape and crime are still major issues in western society too inspite of them having a healthy police to population ratio. We are fortunate that we do not have the likes of Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy in our midst but the way things are going I am not sure of the future. Since India does not have the requisite police to population ratio at present, on account of its weak economy, it would be better to place bans on all such potential inflamers like alcohol and pornography, so as to ensure socio-economic stability and social progress . This is just hyperbole and one-off sensational statement and does not warrant presidents rule.

It has a lot to do with India's large population , largest in the world at present, and twice that of the european union. Since it is a single country, things are not often seen with the proper perspective and proportion.