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While the patriarchial abrahamic religions have destroyed goddess temples in south america, europe and asia, the same exist in india intact and there are thousands of goddess temples in India venerating the divine feminine. You can only find the same in buddhist goddess temples in eastern asia and nowhere else. The various Hindu goddesses are considered as manifestations of the supreme and unitary Brahman. India has the largest population in the world and it obviously has the largest crime rates in the world statistically speaking, all reported by the Indian english speaking newsapers, the largest body of english newspapers in the world. However to equate this with lack of feminism in India is ridiculous. There are many female enlightened sages in India worshipped in India and around the world as in Sharda Devi, Mata Amritandandamayi, Anandamayi Ma, Mother Meera, Karunamayi Ma , Anandmurti Gurumaa Nirmala Devi and who have various charitable institutions serving the world. The Brahmakumaris based in India is the only spiritual organisation in the world led, administered, organised and taught by women leaders with their own theological doctrine and they have teaching centers in almost every country on earth. This is in contrast to the long tradition of male only popes and ayatollahs in abrahamic society. Politically as well, India and asia set the norm of female political leaders. India has had both female presidents and prime ministers while the USA has never had a female president till date. Indian female prime minister Indira Gandhi was seen as a role model by british politician Margaret Thatcher who became the first female prime minister of the UK later on. Thatcher’s biographer Hugo Young says the first meeting between them in the year 1976 in Indira Gandhi's home in Delhi, marked an important step in her journey towards belief in herself as a rising international stateswoman. This was prior to Thatcher becoming the British prime minister in 1979. Thatcher called Gandhi the "distinguished leader" of a great country and prime minister of the "greatest democracy" during a luncheon speech while welcoming her in London on March 22, 1982, for the opening of the Festival of India, a cultural programme. Both of them were also known by the sobriquet of 'The Iron Lady'. https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/what-indira-gandhi-and-margaret-thatcher-shared/story-6ekTtiqP5xoumpgHkMfUPM.html Indian and eastern feminism diverges from western feminism in that Indian women commands more respect and attention as they age due to their wisdom and experience, as wisdom is given a lot of importance in Indian and asian society. In the west beauty is a parameter for the respect and attention women receive in western society,and an aged lady would not command as much respect as a young woman.

India is going well now and I am sure it will take care of its post-conflict issues with pakistan with the necessary tact and diplomacy. However there is no post-conflict phase in ukraine yet, and the eventuality of a nuclear war and holocaust still remains. There is no guarantee that you or the other westerners here will be alive the next moment. Without such a base of stability and certainty, and their past history of colonialism, incessant wars and world wars, it would obviously be hypocritical on their part to advise the rest of the world.

It is hard for Europe and US to understand such a relationship between these two ancient civilizations. This is because most european nations , other than the greeks, are of recent origin and does not have much of a history to speak of. The US as a nation is just over two centuries old. Consequently they are bound to look with so called strategic interests and machiavelian outlooks. Former president and Nobel peace prize winner Jimmy Carter lamented the fact that the US has seen more years of war than peace in its existence. https://jordantimes.com/opinion/hasan-abu-nimah/america-and-its-perpetual-wars

This happened when communism with its nihilistic elements originated in europe came to china creating unprecedented class warfare. Even then the deaths were mainly due to lop sided policies leading to famine and not actual war, and figures range to a maximum of 50 million deaths , and nowhere near hundred million. Yes, weapons of mass destruction were developed to very high level in the west which lead to the high death rates. Over a hundred million people died in the two world wars which originated in europe. This was compounded by superficial philosophies related to nihilism, scientific materialism that reduced the human being to mere soul-less body of matter, and racial superiority. Millions of Ukrainians were raped, tortured and killed in a short span of time when the Europeans Nazis advanced through Ukraine to Russia, mainly due to the dehumanising influence of such lopsided philosophies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalplan_Ost India has developed a nuclear triad of launching nuclear weapons through aircraft, nuclear submarines and ballistic missiles. However, due to moral and humanitarian considerations, it has adopted a no first strike policy considering the heavy damage such weapons can do to humanity. So has the chinese. However the Americans, UK, French and Russians have pre-emptive nuclear first strike policies ignoring the great harm they can to their own population and humanity. Hence don't be surprised if the americans, europeans and russians cease to exist one fine day due to a foolish flare-out. They have my sympathies though.

Not really, there was extensive trade relations between India and China through the sea routes as well, and the Chinese offered their technology of chinese fishing nets to southern India which can be still seen now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_fishing_nets

In a demonstration of its highly regarded diplomatic prowess and capabilities, India has patched up its relationship with China in recent times leading to pulling back of troops from border regions and easing of relations. Indian and Chinese leaders were seen interacting well in the recent BRICS summit in Kazan and the G20 summit in Brazil on November 18-19. In the recent conflict with Pakistan, India , along with a military victory won a diplomatic victory as well after agreeing to a ceasefire. On the other hand, the war in UKraine is still raging with the potential of a nuclear holocaust that can end the nation states of US, Europe and Russia on a permanent note. The war has also increased economic stress on the average global citizen due to inflation and higher prices. So most of the mischief over here is done by the west who seems not to have learnt from the two world wars that came up in their midst, and is now going to foolishly blow themselves up to the amusement of the world around them. Both India and China are ancient civilizations which has spent the vast majority of their time in peace and enjoyed good relations. It was only in the latter half of the last century that they saw limited battles for the first time with few casualties (compared to the european ones) . Europe which is of recent civilizational origin and was living in a barbaric state for long periods when the Indians and Chinese were living in an advanced civilizational state, has not yet known large periods of peace and is compelled by the momentum of its conflict-prone past to pick up new fights and conflicts so as to assert its perpetually threatened and insecure collective ego.

All this amiability came up because they have been heavily traumatised by the two world wars that came up in their midst and noted for its sheer brutality and mind-numbing violence, and they just don't have the stomach for a new war amongst them. Also european population is ageing and reducing while that of immigrants from asia and africa are increasing leading to greater heterogeneity and multi-culturalism as well, dissipating the conflict-prone conditioning of a homogenous society. As Eckhart Tolle remarked, "If you live only in one culture for the first 20 years of your life, you become conditioned without knowing it." Both India and China were ancient civilizations that enjoyed peace for very longer periods of their national existence and this is why they have a billion plus population which europe in its totality never achieved (and probably never will) due to its frequent wars and violence including the present ukraine one. The two world wars 70 years back cannot be dismissed just like that and what has happened obviously stems to spiritual, cultural and sociological deficiencies in the western thought process that must have its consequences.

Europe has seen large number of wars fought on artistocratic, nationalistic and imperialistic reasons. The two world wars in the twentieth century originated in europe killing over a hundred million people and based on competition over colonies and expansion. The Slav genocide perpetrated by the western nazi europeans in eastern europe including present day ukraine killed over a 25 million slav population over there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalplan_Ost A positive that came out of the ferocious infighting between the european colonial powers is that they were weakened to the point that they could not hold on militarily or economically to their colonies in Asia, Africa and latin america resulting in their independence. Even in the latter half of the twentieth century they saw the cold war and wars in serbia, bosnia, Georgian-Ossetian conflict, turkish invasion of cyprus, unrest in Kosovo, war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and many smaller conflicts too long to be listed here.

Just as in conflict-prone Baluchistan, Pakistan occupied Kashmir had also shown resentment towards pakistan for denying them political autonomy and rights over the regions resources. https://thediplomat.com/2024/05/making-sense-of-recent-mass-protests-in-pakistan-occupied-kashmir/ Even in Indian Kashmir indiscriminate shelling of border areas by Pakistani army in Kashmir have led to the deaths and injuries of many kashmiri muslims and consequently there is not much sympathy for Pakistan amongst them. An Indian Kashmiri muslim was among the 26 killed in Pahalgam, when he tried to stop the killing of the tourists. A major reason for east pakistan/bangladesh rebelling and gaining independence from pakistan was mainly due to poor and unfair administrative policies that prioritized west pakistan over east pakistan, and the unequal distribution of resources and political power. Without a fair and impartial administration one is bound to forment grievances and disloyalty. The Mohajirs, a collective name for the Indian muslim immigrants to Pakistan, have been similarly treated as second class citizens and have complained of political marginalization, persecution and discrimination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Persecution_of_Muhajirs Sunni-shia riots in Pakistan is commonplace and has resulted in a large amount of deaths and bloodshed, but these are rarities in India and mainly unheard of . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectarian_violence_in_Pakistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Shi'ism Similarly the Ahmediyas are a sect of Islam based in Pakistan and are known for their renunciation of violent jihad and focus on scholarship and learning instead. The only Nobel prize laureate from Pakistan and the Islamic world in physics is Dr.Abdus Salam who is a member of the Ahmediya community. However the Ahmediyas have been subjected to heavy discrimination by the sunni majority, and Dr. Abdus Salam was even discriminated against in Pakistan during his life-time for superficial prejudices. When Salam visited India, he was treated with due respect and honor by the Indian establishment considering his scholarship and Nobel Laureateship prompting him to say that he was prouder to say that he was Indian rather than Pakistani. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Ahmadis Similarly sufi shrines in India are visited by both muslims and hindus for blessings, and sufi music and dance are usually portrayed in Indian movies due to their aesthetic nature. In pakistan on the other, attacks on sufis are also commonplace by Islamic extremists resulting in considerable bloodshed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Sufis#:~:text=injured in attacks.-,Pakistan,majority nations%2C such as Pakistan.

To contrast the Pakistani killing of unarmed civilians, India has prioritised the attacking of terrorist infrastructure as well as Pakistan military assets in Pakistan and did not attack Pakistani civilians or civilian institutions. Obviously we don't want to create fodder for Pakistani propaganda mechanisms ourselves. The large number of terrorist attacks the US and Europe have faced is mainly because of this same lack of prioritization. The Anglo-American invasion of Iraq with its shock and awe strategy, obviously means there were heavy civilian casualities involved. The US even took out an Iranian civilian airliner with surface to air missiles from an American cruiser, killing over 290 Iranian civilians, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 This is unprofessionalism and incompetence at its peak. India, in addition to its 2.6 million strong army, also have a 2.5 million strong paramilitary force to take care of any insurgencies. This along with good and fair administration, along with eradication of Jihadi madrasas and radicalising mechanisms with their replacement by schools and universities, mean that the same conditioning mechanisms present in pakistan or elsewhere is not present in India to a large extent. There are however instances where Indian muslims had been radicalized abroad and had participated in jihadi attacks against western targets such as the 2007 Glasgow Airport attack. These are but rare instances and the majority of terrorists attacking western targets have come from Pakistan. Former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam was also a highly skilled technocrat who played a major role in the development of Indian missile and space rocket system. The indian muslim population is around 14 % of the indian population and due to lack of radicalizing agencies in India, and tend to be coherent and well established in business and professional occupations. At one time, a muslim businessman and billionaire named Azim Premji was the richest man in India.

Pakistan has admitted of providing nuclear weapons technology to north korea. North Korea has developed nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles targeting American bases in eastern asia. It has now unveiled its first nuclear submarine, possibly with chinese help, capable of targeting american cities and military bases in north america. Both Pakistan and North Korea have good relationships with Iran meaning that Iran will probably be gaining such capabilities in the future. India however has a good track record of non-proliferation of technologies related to weapons of mass destruction.

Pakistan has good propaganda and conditioning mechanisms, and this is a reason why the Pakistani military establishment is well set in Pakistan inspite of six defeats against India. The british and american press has taken up pakistani claims of downing rafales, because they are sore that India did not buy the euro-fighter and F-21's offered to India, and will obviously take a chance to disparage the rafale. It is just politics as usual. Losing a rafale is not a major thing for India if the loss comes after attainment of strategic objectives. The Indian economy is the fastest growing economy on earth for years, and can easily replace any downed jets. This is not the case with pakistan which has a very weak economy at the moment surviving on aid and loans for a very long time.

Pakistan uses mainly Chinese equipment, around 80 % , but it had still suffered a heavy defeat against India. Some Pakistani-chinese missiles like the famed Pl-15 landed in India intact without exploding and was recovered intact by the Indian military and research scientists. So chinese support did not make much impact on the war. Due to participation in BRICS, momentum of ancient civilizational ties, and Chinese interest in the Indian market which is the largest in the world , diplomatic relations have improved between India and China. Also China is wary of the increasing hostility of US and Europe, due to a highly possible military confrontation over Taiwan and ally North Korea, and does not want to be on the wrong side with India as well and a war front over there.

India has comfortably cruised to its sixth consecutive victory over Pakistan. Cruise missile atacks on 11 Pakistani air bases destroyed much of their infrastructure and aviation assets leaving them operationally non-functional. Pakistani air defences and radars and an AWACS had also been taken out which meant that it had no defence against Indian jet attacks. It was at this point that Pakistan ended its retaliatory posturing and immediately called up the US and Saudi Arabia to persuade India to a cease-fire. India, having attained its strategic objectives, agreed to the cease-fire. Since Pakistan is noted for its military coups transplanting its democratic governments with military dictatorships, this new heavy defeat will greatly reduce the prestige and influence of the Pakistani military, ensuring no military coups and military dictatorships for the time being.

But why didn't the French extend their revolutionariy principles of 'Liberty, equality and fraternity' to the black people, emancipating them after the revolution. This would have meant that Haiti would have continued to be an overseas French territory, and goodwill created would mean that the war and massacres would not have happened.

Interesting indeed. He sounds a lot like Putin. If I may ask, did the white French treat the blacks as their equals and treated black women and children with dignity and respect they deserve, as opposed to the black supremacists .

An interesting part of all this is that the Americans, for all their talk of freedom and democracy, hypocritically engaged in a policy of diplomatic isolation of neighboring Haiti, as there were fears that the successful Haitian independence movement might bring about a similar independence movement among the black slaves in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_debt_of_Haiti

Haiti successfully gained independence from French colonial rule and exploitation in 1804. What wrecked Haiti was the huge debts the French demanded from them later on in return for diplomatic recognition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_independence_debt Obviously this meant that will be no investment in infrastructure related to government institutions necessary for a stable society and progress.

The west should focus on reversing its NATO expansion into the very borders of Russia ignoring the promises made to Gorbachev, and thereby inciting war and conflict in uKraine, and also creating the potential for a nuclear war and holocaust that can wipe out the Americans, Russians and Europeans from existence any moment. India relishes its strategic autonomy and is a member of the non-aligned movement, created to ensure a buffer space during the cold war to prevent the belligerents from all-out nuclear attack. India however, has a right and obligation to protect its citizens and foreign tourists from terrorist attacks and is duty-bound to eliminate the perpetrators to ensure justice.

This is not a proper generalization of all Indians or Israelis for that matter. India had a large Jewish population for milleniums and many of them are brown and keep their connections with India intact. The white Jews probably may be influenced by the colonial attitudes of european countries that had colonised asian, african and south american nations and maybe seeking to imitate it. This will obviously will not pay dividends. One of the reasons why a large number of African nations have supported Russia in the ukraine war is because of the resentment they had against western invasions and exploition of Africa as well as colonial racist attitudes. The western labelling of Nelson Mandela as a terrorist till 2008 is a notable example. Perhaps by substantially increasing aid to African nations and investing in education, healthcare and infrastructure and related issues over there, the west can turn around vital African diplomatic support to itself.

Sister Aruna Ladva of Brahmakumaris expounds on the Greek terms Akrasia and Enkrateia for better goal-setting and accomplishment. https://www.itstimetomeditate.org/akrasia/

Vernon Howard on harmful habits... https://archive.mail-list.com/secretsoflife/message/20250409.090000.825ef4e8.en.html

A short but insightful article by Vernon Howard on spiritual exercise....

A yazidi woman who survived abuse from ISIS and rescued from Gaza, arrived at Germany on on Tuesday, February 18. https://www.voanews.com/a/yazidi-woman-enslaved-by-islamic-state-relocates-to-germany-months-after-rescue/7979829.html The UN, European parliament, Swiss and German parliaments have recognized the ISIS crimes against the Yazidis as genocide. https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/swiss-parliament-recognizes-isis-crimes-against-yazidis-as-genocide/

There is more to life than increasing its speed. ~ Mahatma Gandhi A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.” ~ Meher Baba “All negative thoughts – anger, fear, passion,compulsive craving -- tend to be fast. If we could see the mind when it is caught in such thoughts, we would really see it racing. But positive thoughts like love, patience, tenderness, compassion, and understanding are slow - not turbulent, rushing brooks of thinking, so to speak but broad rivers that are calm, clear, and deep.” ~ Eknath Easwaran When we go slower, we are more patient and when we are more patient we have a choice in how we respond. ~ Eknath Easwaran An unhurried mind brings the capacity to make wise choices every day - choices of how we use our time, of where we place our resources and our love. I am not just talking about avoiding the rat race, but about a life full of an artistic beauty - a life that has almost vanished from modern civilization, but is quite within the reach of everyone. ~ Eknath Easwaran “As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings, and fits of emotions begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible: we can say yes, or we can say no.― Eknath Easwaran