Ajay0

Industrial warfare has morphed into monstrous levels in modern times. The Allies and Nazis used to bomb each other's cities in Europe extracting heavy civilian casualties and destruction of industrial infrastructure. The villages were spared because they lacked the same. A nuclear war between the US, Europe and Russia would mean the total annihilation of these nations permanently reducing them into nightmarish radioactive landscapes where nothing grows. Better be a hippie or Amish or ignorant tribal living long peaceful lives rather than a hypernationalistic and technological fool who unwittingly brings about the destruction of his whole country due to materialistic greed or psychological insecurity issues, if you ask me.

There is no unconscious thinking and emoting in the enlightened state, and thought is used consciously for communication or planning voluntarily, and after the task the thinking process effortlessly subsides. This is obviously a challenge in unenlightened minds. Intuition is at an optimal state in enlightenment. I remember a young westerner telling me how an enlightened sage told him to avoid air travel in 2001 and be in the ashram in Asia, before 9/11. The enlightened state is also associated with high bliss levels effortlessly that is usually felt in people nearby as well. The degree of sensitivity is proportional to how much this is felt, and this usually develops in the company of a sage. Also the enlightened state is associated with high levels of prana or chi or life force, and which usually permeates to those around the sage. ( Disease at physical and psychological levels is associated with lower levels of prana in eastern medical systems of Ayurveda, Reiki, Pranic healing and Acupuncture, and which can be removed by increasing prana levels or removing blocks. ) The female enlightened sage Rajini Menon reported observing her physical ailments disappearing upon enlightenment, as well as gaining high energy levels, possibly due to permanent ending of leakage of prana through compulsive thinking and emoting. This is also a reason why cases of spontaneous healings comes up in people around an enlightened sage, both at psychological and physiological levels. The sage can also infuse high levels of prana into a fruit or leaf or glass of water which when taken results in healing. I know of an enlightened sage in India in the early twentieth century who used to infuse prana into jackfruit leaves and giving them for healing purposes which was successful, and leading to greater fame for him in the region. A man suffering from a certain disease came to the sage seeking healing. He was disappointed to be given an ordinary jackfruit leaf by the sage who asked him to eat it. The man went home with the leaf, lost it, and ate an another jackfruit leaf he had plucked. When he visited the sage later, he complained about the lack of healing after taking the leaf. When the sage enquired whether the man had taken the leaf which the sage had given, the man replied in the negative. This time, the sage gave him an another leaf which he was made to eat over there at the presence of the sage himself. This resulted in the man's healing later on. Healing associated in certain pilgrimage points could also be due to the high presence of prana in the region.

I use a combination of lotus poses as well as sitting in chair due to the comfort involved. But I found that sitting in lotus position or padmasana/siddhasana helped in calming and centering my mind faster than sitting in a chair. So I use a chair or lotus position as per my needs, which is comfort or faster calming of the mind. These days I use mainly sukhasana or ardha padmasana as they are the most comfortable poses for lotus position with similar results. I have elaborated more in this post of mine.

This is true. The method of using toilet paper first came up in China in the sixth century ad, and was used extensively by mass production by the fourteenth century in China. This concept was copied by the west in the middle of the nineteenth century. In 1857, the Joseph Gayetty introduced the first packaged commercial toilet paper in the US and toilet paper was popularised in europe in the twentieth century.

The meat and livestock industry contributes around 20 % of global human-caused greenhouse gas emissions annually. If everyone on earth becomes a vegan/vegetarian, on a temporary time period at least, this can mitigate global warming by a fifth and give a certain time period to develop new or mature new green technologies that can eliminate the other causes related to greenhouse warming, imho.

Essentially, zero or minimal crimes against women have a lot to do with the quality of internal administration and policing involved. This is complemented by conflict-proof international relations without wars and conflicts. The Epstein cases in the US, Dutrov paedophilia scandal in Belgium involving high-profile bureaucratic and political figures, UK Islamist rape gangs exacerbated by police indifference, and the recent rape and brutality scandal involving multiple police officers and police chiefs in Portugal shows that accountability should start at the highest level, failing which you are bound to have a low threshold of women's safety and empowerment. At the external level, it is important to ensure conflict free and harmonious relations between nations, as women and children are usually the one's who suffer the most in wars and conflicts. The two world wars resulted in systematic violence and mass rape of millions of women in europe which has been well-documented, and all of which could have been easily prevented by capable leaders, statesmen and diplomats which europe lacked back then as per historians. In fact, the phrase 'widows and orphans' are often used in the context of war and highlighting their vulnerable status. I consider poor leadership synonymous with both internal and external disharmony. So a quality administrative model that enables both external and internal harmony can create a secure ecosystem and culture that can bring about the necessary empowerment of women at various levels, and enable them to become effective leaders themselves who can further empower the said model as well.

The Sami people actually enjoyed a sociologically advanced society ahead of their times. They have a profound, centuries-old relationship with nature rooted in sustainable living, seasonal migration, and a spiritual worldview that sees all elements of the natural world as interconnected They traditionally maintained a peaceful, non-militarized society without a concept of organized warfare, instead facing European conflicts as an indigenous group caught between rival expanding states. The heavy wars and conflicts between the european states however extracted a heavy toll on them , especially in the two world wars which originated in europe. This is true to some extent, but not everywhere. The Native Americans in North America had military successes against the US military forces as I stated earlier citing the example of Crazy Horse and others as well. The Chichimeca War in the southern regions of Mexico between the invading spaniards and Chicimeca Nations were eventually won by the Chicimecas, forcing the spaniards to sue for peace.

The indigenous Sami people in europe are also a good example of people who got sidelined by the other invading european groups on account of superior military and economic ability and subject to discrimination. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/sweden-s-indigenous-sami-community-complain-of-human-rights-abuses/2710836 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/30/a-lot-of-collective-trauma-swedens-indigenous-sami-people-speak-to-truth-commission https://www.euronews.com/2022/06/15/un-finds-finland-violated-political-rights-of-indigenous-sami-people The American natives enjoyed military successes against the US initially, till superior technology , logistics and mass attacks against unarmed native civilians changed the tide. Crazy Horse was a native American general who was never defeated in any battle with the US, till he was deceitfully killed in an American army camp where he was invited for peaceful negotiations. However their large numbers and ability for guerrila warfare in forests and irregular terrain, meant that the US eventually came to negotiations with them, allowing them native dependent nations with a certain degree of sovereignty.

This is a festival that takes place in a certain village in India. I have already explained about this event in an another thread where there was trolling on the same. The idea behind is to remove one's revulsion and aversion towards cowdung, especially in new affluent generations in the farming community and keep them grounded without any false pride or extreme egoism due to wealth accumulation.

Yeah, there was a short-sighted trend in India stating that chemical fertilizers and pesticides are scientific by the modernists, and should be used instead of yucky cowdung so as to look cool and modern. Fortunately, the natural traditions of organic farming survived the onslaught and soldiered on in India, and now India has the second largest area under cultivation in the world in organic farming. It was the first ranked, but got overtaken by Australia after it became known that dementia is the highest killer in australia with correlation between the disease and use of pesticides noted. https://medicolegalexpress.com.au/pesticide-exposure-leading-to-parkinsons-disease/

Even though the jews, christians and muslims are part of the abrahamic family, they are constantly at each others throats for centuries. I think this may be due to the dualistic theology in the abrahamic religions with their emphasis on relative good and evil, and this may have percolated to their political systems as well, which would explain their conflict-prone nature manifesting in the two world wars, cold war, crusades and jihads. Without acquiring a nondual philosophy as a substratum they are bound to be conflict-prone habitually.

Yeah, I am really glad that cowdung and natural herbicides are used in organic farming in India, as opposed to chemical fertilizers and pesticides which are responsible for higher rates of cancer, dementia and neurological disorders throughout the world. All that hype with respect to so-called scientific chemical pesticides is fortunately dying out due to clear evidence and documentation of their correlation to diseases.

India has made giant strides in Robotic telesurgery, and this is considered to be a vital technology that can close capability gaps in far flung medical clinics in rural India inexpensively. SSI Mantra is India's first tele-robotic system which enables surgeries in faraway regions by specialist doctors based in cities and towns. The SSI Mantra was used by an Indian origin doctor in Guyana in 2026 to perform the world's longest robot assisted cardiac telesurgery across 20000 km between Guyana and India. Prior to this two of the world's first two robotic telesurgeries were also conducted in India as well. https://www.pratidintime.com/health/india-sets-record-with-worlds-first-robotic-cardiac-telesurgeries-8609543 An Indian gynaecologist (Dr. Ashima Taneja) also performed 50 robotic gynaecological surgeries in 38 operating days in the year 2024, using a single SSI Mantra Robotic Surgical System and has set a new world record for International Book of Records. Similarly the SSI Mantra M3 system was used by an Indian doctor in 2025 to perform the world's first long-distance robotic bariatric telesurgery. There are also SSI Mantra units of a mobile and portable nature unit built onto a heavy vehicle chassis and which is designed to bring remote robotic surgical capabilities directly to rural and underserved doorsteps and inaccessible regions due to harsh terrain. So dynamic advances in robotic technology is being harnessed to plug medical capability gaps in rural and far flung areas as well with minimal expense and which can also reduce the financial, logistical and emotional strain in the patient. The Gurugram based World Laparoscopy Hospital in India also recently set a world record by training a thousand surgeons and gynaecologists from 108 countries in robotic surgery as well. https://medicalbuyer.co.in/wlh-sets-new-world-record-trains-1000-doctors-in-robotic-surgery/ https://theprint.in/india/robotic-surgery-poised-to-transform-healthcare-beyond-indias-metro-cities-expert/2908046/ All these world records are proof that we are moving in the right direction in plugging medical capability gaps in rural and far flung areas.

These are historical facts, not propaganda. Denmark is ceding the US permanent military control over Greenland, so I suppose you want to portray them as flawless angels , which is fine with me.

Orienting and navigating a multi-cultural environment can be a good exercise in deconditioning oneself and increasing self-awareness, along with patience , acceptance and tolerance. Learning about various cultures and habits can come useful in professional life if you are managing a team with different nationalities, races and religions. It is definitely good training for a budding diplomat. You can also get to learn and gain best habits and features of other nations. These traits can also help us a lot in case we eventually come in contact with intelligent alien species of other planets. Rather than unconsciously shooting and bombing them in terror and fear of the unknown, we can consciously approach them with mutual goodwill and friendship so as to profit from their company.