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  1. ajay0

    Why does the United States need a military today?

    I suppose there are credible military invasion threats from neighboring countries Canada and Mexico. It is the neighbors who are usually the problem.
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    Eternal hell or annihillation make no sense

    Heavens and hellish dimensions are described in the Hindu and Buddhist texts as well, but they are not of an eternal nature. It is the quality of karma or actions that determine the extent to which one experiences heaven or hell. But since karma or action is finite, so the experience of...
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    Spontaneous awakenings misdiagnosed as psychosis

    Interesting article from Psychology Today on how certain spontaneous awakenings of an energetic nature are being misdiagnosed as psychosis. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-darkness/201602/breakdowns-and-shift-ups?fbclid=IwAR0jXL_NLsUiPft2jKo_ayAaaSA0a97a0XQO9MqmoKsAL6u8Gw9pHPav1Qo
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    Buddhist Wisdom

    The greatest problems of humanity are psychological, not material. From birth to death, people are continually under the control of their mental sufferings. ~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche Happiness and suffering come from your own mind, not from outside. Your own mind is the cause of happiness; your...
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    "Surround yourself only with good people" but there are no good people

    The Buddha nature or Self is within you as well, and this is considered to be the highest holy company. As the biblical saying goes, 'The kingdom of God is within you.' So if you cannot find wise people around you, practice Self-awareness or mindfulness, and you will be in the company of the...
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    Buddhist Wisdom

    "Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able to prevent the advent of negative conduct dominated by negative emotion. That is ‘shila’, or moral ethics. Once we develop this by familiarizing...
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    Website on female enlightened sage Rajini Menon

    Website with articles by female enlightened sage Rajini Menon, who attained enlightenment by adherence to virtuous conduct and following inner voice of conscience. https://rajiniji.com/rajini-ma/
  8. ajay0

    Happy MahaShivaratri

    After morning meditation, I used my newly bought radio mantra box with the 'Om Namah Shivaya' mantras for a few hours. Noticed that it creates a certain sattvic ambience in my house after a few hours of chants. Visited temples and had a partial fruit fast.
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    Famous, or favorite quotes.

    A Detached observer can observe but not absorb. For a Detached person every scene of life passes by smoothly without having any impact on the state of their being. ~ Brahmakumaris Detached observation gives us the space to discern what to let in from the outer world. ~ Brahmakumaris It is...
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    Indian president Murmu graces Brahma Kumaris' Annual Day, Talks On Peace and Women As Shakti or Goddess

    Indian president Draupadi Murmu graced as chief guest at the 50th Annual Day of Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya in Odisha, India held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium . The Brahmakumaris is the world's largest and only spiritual institution led, administered and...
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    Equanimity of Mind is Yoga . ~ Krishna (BG 2:48) Equanimous mind gives rise to a heightened awareness. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar “Progress is not gauged by improvement in the comfort of our situation. Progress happens when the situation is adverse and we remain normal.” ~ Swami Mukundananda...
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    China raises defense budget by 7.2% to $232 billion

    China, which is the second highest spender on defense after the US, has allocated 1.67 trillion yuan (about $232 billion) for defence spending. With the largest navy on earth and developing naval capabilities on a fast pace, China is focussed on attaining its objective of incorporating...
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    Why Did Ukraine Allow Itself to Become Nato's Pawn?

    I would say poor leadership is the issue. Ukraine's desire to enhance ties with Europe and US is understandable as Russia itself had good relationships with them back then. But striving to become part of NATO would have strained relationships with paranoid Russia and they should have...
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    Mind is the activity or creativity of awareness in which awareness itself seems to become entangled. Awareness seems to lose itself in its own creativity; it veils itself with its own activity. Meditation is the disentangling of awareness from its own activity. ~ Rupert Spira You have to...
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    Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in India helps detect atomic hydrogen from far-away galaxy

    Indian researchers uncover most detailed picture yet of Galaxy Cluster using uGMRT https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/punes-researchers-uncover-most-detailed-picture-yet-of-galaxy-cluster-using-ugmrt-101708628260471.html
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    Famous, or favorite quotes.

    What we call sin is nothing but the solidification, the condensation of wrong actions continuing for a long time; and punya, or merit, is the condensation of good actions that we have performed. To repeat once again what I said, a good action is that tendency in our consciousness which moves...
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    When we are with consciousness we are with MAA. When we are with mind, we are with MAYA The difference between Maa & Maya may only be one letter, but the significance is very different for our spiritual lives. ~ Sri Guru Karunamaya "The mind is maya. Reality lies beyond the mind. So long as...
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    You cannot suffer the past or future because they don't exist. What you are suffering is your memory and your imagination. ~ Sadhguru A wise man knows that happiness is real, as it is one's very nature. Unhappiness is unreal as it is inflicted by memory. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar “We suffer...
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    As A Scientist, I Didn’t Believe In Psychic Powers. Then I Experienced Something That Changed My Life.

    So, as per your reasoning, if I have a certain part of my brain activated, I can speak an entirely new language all of a sudden. That's so cool. If this is true, then in the future there will be no need for language classes. You just need to activate a certain part of the brain and you are...
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