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The skeptical sri lankan scholar E.W.Adikaram , while visiting the famous sage Shivapuri Baba in his hut in a forest, reported seeing a wild leopard entering the hut and lying down beside Shivapuri Baba casually. For Adikaram and the british writer John Bennett, this incident was cited as proof of Shivapuri Baba's saintliness. If this is used as a criteria for saintliness, I would say Sadhguru's interaction with venomous snakes fulfils the same. Sadhguru as a youngster used to catch and handle venomous snakes in urban areas which used to terrify the adults around him, and let them loose in forests and jungles. There is a youtube of him similarly handling snakes. This is not easy as it sounds, as it requires a calm mind and sound nerves to handle venomous snakes. Snakes are sensitive to vibes and any agitation in the human mind is enough reason for a life ending bite. This is true in general for all animals and especially for snakes.

The Soviets under communism may have synced with imperialism due to ideology but the present state of poor conditions and national ideology does not allow russian imperialistic pursuits. Also the world is aware of the western leaders completely dismissing verbal promises made to Gorbachev and Yeltsin, and this is why there is much official and clandestine support for Russia from other countries, hoping that the russians would keep the warmongering west with a history of imperialism in its place. By reneging on its promises and expansion of Nato to the very borders of nuclear-armed Russia, and thereby provoking war, the western leadership has cut a sorry unethical figure in the rest of the world. Nato countries only constitute 12 % of humanity , and there are also many protests in nato countries over the war in ukraine. BRICS countries itself constitute over 50 % of humanity and is backing russia as well, and so the russians can fight for a long period of time without any issues. Hence I would say unregulated nato expansion has made many military-industrial complex capitalists rich and happy, but it has also unnecessarily disturbed the geopolitical environment in europe , which had only a small time period of peace after the two devastating world wars. Europe is the fastest warming continent on earth due to global warming, which is creating weather disturbances like heat waves killing thousands of europeans in recent times, compounded by the many thousands dying of hypothermia as well during the cold winter periods. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/23/heat-killed-staggering-50000-people-european-cities-this-summer-experts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/europe-worlds-fastest-warming-continent-climate-crisis-explainer https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cold-weather-deaths-england-ukhsa-b3071388.html So obviously, europe's greatest concern should not be Russia (suffering from poverty, decreasing/ageing population due to low fertility levels and ageing infrastructure), but its own weather conditions which are killing thousands of europeans every year. Russia having 20 % of the world's forests also ranks first in the world in terms of carbon sink removing around 1150 million tonnes of co2 from the world's atmosphere. Damage to russian forests in war would have heavy repurcussions in european climate issues as well. The western military industrial complex capitalists are immune to changing weather conditions due to the excellent housing conditions they live in, but this is not the case for the western middle and lower classes and growing body of homeless who have to beat the heat and cold with a lot of good luck and nothing else other than that.

Lets have a background check... The two world wars which originated in europe on the basis of military alliances killed over a hundred million people. The Axis alliances led by the Nazis resulted in provocative invasions which eventually resulted in the second world war. The ending of the second world war led to the cold war. After the end of the cold war, the military alliance of Nato reneged on its verbal promises not to expand, ' an inch eastward", and expanded all the way to russian borders in eastern europe, geting excellent markets for weapons sales in the process. It's possible that the greed factor overtook their commitment to their verbal promises and which resulted in their unregulated expansion of Nato. However, things are not the same as when the two world wars originated in europe, as the present situation involves the possible usage of nuclear weapons. Russia has the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons in the world, and its nuclear weaponry is targetting the major cities of US and Europe at the moment. With usage of conventional weaponry, there is chances of much of the population still surviving, and things going back to normal in a few years time after the war. However, usage of nuclear weaponry means the US, Europe and Russia will become extinct nations, nightmarish radioactive landscapes with null populations forever. Hence the necessity for greater scrutiny over the geopolitical developments in the US-Europe-Russia theatre.

I read some of Robert Greene's books, but found them machiavellian and indulging in politics related to psychology and marketing. It may be good for superficial short-term tactics while engaging in the material world, but does not provide the strategic substratum for long-term development leading to peace and happiness. If you are living solely by such machiavellian tactics, life is bound to be superficial, conflict-prone and hollow, imho. I noticed that Greene himself is a student of Zen Buddhism, possibly feeling discontentment or dissatisfaction with his personal philosophies. It is finding your life task that gives you meaning and purpose in life, otherwise your are bound to live a superficial life even if you are employed and having lot of money, indulging in mere creature comforts of sex, gluttony, inertia like a worm . You will soon be dissatisfied by such a life and will not also be motivated to self-actualization work as a person. As Nietzche stated, "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how". I got most of my inspiration from ancient Indian scriptures like the Thirrukural, Yoga Vasistha, Bhagavad Gita and others... These teachings on mental strength and positivity helped me a lot in handling adversity and overcoming challenges and goals, imho.

Putin lamented the collapse of the soviet union from a russian perspective, as it resulted in millions of ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers finding themselves living outside the Russian Federation. With a relatively poor economy, ageing infrastructure, local insurgencies like Chechnya , and demoralized troops not getting their salaries for months, russia is not in any position for imperialist ambitions if any even before the war, and Putin is not a fool to ignore it. Like other western nations, russian population is also ageing and reducing in numbers due to low fertility rates and are depending more on immigration for its manpower needs. Many russians have settled in western countries due to religious, cultural and racial similarities and have intermarried with the peoples over there. The likes of Carl Sagan, Gwyneth Paltrow, Winona Ryder, Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Peter Ustinov are of russian origin. With the world's second largest economy, and largest army, navy and air force on earth, I would say China is in a better position for imperialist ambitions as shown by its inclinations towards taiwan and neighboring countries. It is also because of massive Chinese support along with brics countries of asia, africa and south america, that Russia has been able to support itself during the duration of the war, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

I am glad that Zhelensky has shown the necessary backbone to resist western pressure to lower conscription age for men from 25 to 18, as well as to draft its women compulsorily in war. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-draft-women/ https://kyivindependent.com/as-us-pushes-for-ukraine-to-lower-draft-age-why-wont-ukraine-conscript-younger-men/ But I wish he had showed similar statesmanship in being a neutral entity in the midst of two foolishly hostile blocs with the potential for nuclear war and holocaust, and instead create bridges between the russians and west for regional harmony , and get the best of both sides. I am also hoping that Putin might stop the war as well and avoid being a foolish pawn in this geopolitical chess game waged by vampirish unscrupulous operators behind the scenes with eyes on profits alone.

Issue is that journalism in the west has ceased to be independent and are now blurting out media narratives favorable to their capitalist owners and policies set by the deep state, and not performing their original job of providing the reader with facts and dispassionate analysis of the same covering all sides and angles, and reaching informed conclusions. Rather than educating the masses, they have mainly become indoctrination mechanisms instead with lowered standards of objectivity and fairness which they had ironically criticized in the media of dictatorships and theocracies. These sayings by renowned western leaders corroborates what I am saying here... So unless media agencies in democratic countries are independent of external controls that can dilute its objectivity and standards, truth is bound to be a casualty, and improper policy making and administrative measures unaccounted for, as well as creating an ill-informed and misdirected public.

Communist ideology does not need to always have a dictatorship framework. It can work well in a democratic setup as well. Communist parties were elected by voters to power in Nepal,Moldova, San Marino, Chile Cyprus and in some states of India like Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. In India itself, regions where the communist came to power by elections resulted in much needed empowerment of the masses through mass education, healthcare and property rights, and reduction in feudalist/casteist and capitalist privileges of an exploitative nature. It empowered the lower classes through class consciousness and by virtue of organization so as to protect themselves from predatory feudalists and capitalists. However when the communists themselves descended to complacency, corruption and incompetence levels, they were voted out of power by the voters themselves for superior political parties and better quality political leaders. Imho, Marx made a huge theoretical mistake in organizing a communist government under a dictatorship, as a dictatorship with huge unaccountable power in its hands can get poor results as Stalin showed. Communism can work well in a democratic setup as well with the necessary checks and balances, and Marx possibly did not study the possibilities as such. Since the proletariat is the largest majority in any country, democracy can also lead to empowerment of the proletariat without any need for dictatorships, provided the proletariat or masses does their homework is assessing which political party and leader have their best interests at hand.

Do your research before making half-baked conclusions. There are many democratic parties in India competing with each other, such as the AAP, BJP, Congress, Communist pary, and others which caters to almost every spectrum of the political bandwidth. Competitiveness between them has noticeably increased with time rather than decreasing, and this is visible during the elections when the voters are bombarded with brouchures, social media influencers, visits by political party leaders, canvassing campaigns, large posters and flex boards, and so on. The US has only two parties, whereas there are many parties in India, which increases the competition and hence the quality as well. Every flaw or error of the government is pounced upon by the large opposition, which keeps the government on its toes rather than being complacent. It's very hard for pompous guys like Trump to be voted to power in India, and it is usually guys from the lower classes like Lincoln or Jimmy Carter who can be elected to power in India as they are more relatable to the majority. In the US, it is usually the rich and wealthy who can get into elections and be the senator or president due to the high costs of campaigning. The poor from the middle/lower classes have no chance no matter how idealistic and competent they may be. India's voter turnout in the 2019 national elections was the fifth best in the world at 67.1 % ahead of the UK (62.0%), US (55.7%) , Canada (65.1%) and EU parliament elections ( 51%) . India is an ancient civilization many milleniums old that is still standing when the persian, egyptian, assyrian,babylonian, mayan, and other ancient civilizations have collapsed. Emperor Ashoka the Great (304-230 BCE) has been recognized by world historians as one of the greatest sovereigns the planet has had, and a model for political leaders at present. Just as the ancient greek and roman civilizations collapsed in europe due to the invasions of other countries, similarly India had been invaded by other nations during the later phases of its civilization even though India has an ancient martial tradition. These invasions happened because Indians became arrogant, intoxicated with power and decadent after enjoying sovereignty and prosperity for milleniums and felt that they had nothing to learn from other nations whom they considered barbaric and uncivilized. Consequently they were invaded by much younger nations who had superior tactical and technological doctrines. After independence , India has developed its conventional and nuclear weaponry, and now stands as the fourth strongest military power on earth after the US, Russia and China. It has the second largest army on earth and its air force is placed at third position globally ahead of the chinese. However it is true India has adopted a non-aligned stance with respect to the global superpowers during the cold war. This is because a nuclear war and holocaust can wipe out the US, Europe and Russia from existence any moment, so we felt that a non-aligned stance would help to create a dispassionate space favoring dialogue and diplomacy through neutral third parties. Also India has nuclear weaponry as well but has adopted a no first strike policy due to ethical and humanistic reasons. This is in sharp contrast to the US, UK, France, Russia which has a first strike policy which makes the situation very volatile and unstable. Hence a non-aligned neutral stance does not mean passivity but indicates better self-regulation and space for due process and nuanced judgement instead of relying on broad generalizations that has the potential for strategic failure.

Russia has its BRICS partners which encompass 50 % of the world population and 35% of world gdp and is fast growing as well with a higher percentage of youthful population. Consequently it has a bright future economically and politically,provided it has good capable leaders in the future. Nato countries account for a mere 12% of the world population and is suffering from a fast ageing and reducing population due to low fertility levels and incessant warmongering that had greatly reduced its population growth, and has poor leadership as well, individually and collectively speaking. Due to past issues of political and economic colonialism, nato countries are heavily despised around the world as well, and this is why they are not able to get the diplomatic clout which russia has in asia, africa and latin america due to its communist past when it actively supported freedom movements in these continents. Consequently they have heavy support officially and clandestinely from these continents. The only way Nato countries can get some diplomatic clout in the world is by developing the quality of its leadership, increasing aid to the third world, and reduce its warmongering and military alliance expansion for a substantial period of time so that the rest of the world would have reason to believe that nato is sincere about world peace and harmony. The two world wars which originated in europe on the basis of military alliances killed over a hundred million people, and historians have stated that poor and incompetent leadership and diplomacy brought about this unwanted disaster to europe which has spilled an ocean of blood and traumatized europe. So obviously the west needs to keep away from military alliances, warmongering and foolish leaders for a major period of time to heal its trauma and get healthy again. Otherwise it will continue to make mountains out of molehills and then keep crying over spilt milk again and again foolishly.

Perhaps, but I would say it is his egoic motivation to emerge as a winner that motivates him, and not to become an eternal loser and failure in the event of a nuclear holocaust. His drive comes from his self-image which is addicted to the idea of being a winner and not a loser, and he will do anything to protect and enhance it.

Musk himself had demanded Zhelensky to step down as president. https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261014-musk-says-us-govt-responsible-for-any-starshield-restrictions-affecting-ukraine There could be a number of reasons for this, starting with staunch chinese support for russia and China's influence on western capitalists. Second factor would be Musk's fears of a nuclear war and holocaust that can wipe out the nation states of the US, Europe and Russia permanently and derail his dream of going to Mars. Musk might be okay with the conflict if he can get to Mars first and end up as a survivor and winner, but not before that.

I don't think the earth is under any kind of danger of an invasion from malevolent alien species at this point in time considering the possible military resistance that can come from various countries that would view them as a threat. Alien technological advantages can be offset by human numerical superiority and tactical methods. However the aliens can excel in manipulation of perception, engineering destructive wars and conflicts between the most powerful nations on earth, and ensure their annihilation. This would soften up any potential resistance and would set up the foundation for a successful alien invasion later on. Any abductions and theft of earths biological and mineral resources would cease to be clandestine any more after such an invasion, imho. I have been reading reports of alien hybrids infiltrating influential political circles and penetrating the deep states in some powerful nations for decades now, possibly in pursuit of some agenda of their own. I used to think it was fantastic imaginary yellow press and reporting for mere sensation-mongering, but now I feel that perhaps there maybe some substance to the same in the light of the above hypothesis.

This is true. Around two decades back, the Indian police warned me not to stay outside on the streets after midnight. I think they suspected me to be a robber or something, but I was innocent. And there is no general law in India that bans citizens from going out or roaming in public places after 10:00 PM.

India is considered to be the only country on earth which has never persecuted its jewish population. Similarly the Persian Zoroastrians were granted refuge in India by Indian kings after they had to flee Persia due to persecution during the arab invasions. Even now you can see a large flourishing persian community in India with their zoroastrian temples intact. The Indian jews and persians live together in harmony, which is a microcosmic model of integration that Israel and Iran can emulate at a macrocosmic level. The Persian emperor Cyrus the Great is also mentioned in the bible and honored by the Jews as a dignified and righteous king. The humanistic code of Cyrus the Great is recorded on the Cyrus Cylinder, a baked-clay artifact dating back to 539 B.C. Discovered in the ruins of Babylon in 1879, this text is widely celebrated as the world's first charter of human rights. So the ancient Persian civilization has made a lot of contributions to the world civilization and culture.