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TOP NEWS: Nat'l Security / Foreign Affairs: October 8th, 2012
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- Chávez Wins New Term, Holding Off Surge
- Europe Still at Odds Over Workings of Bailout Fund
- OECD Points to Further Global Slowdown
- Panetta: Turkey-Syria Clashes Potential to Spread
- Israel and Hamas in Missile Battle
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VENEZUELA ELECTIONS: Chávez Wins New Term, Holding Off Surge - NYT
President Hugo Chávez won re-election on Sunday, facing down the strongest electoral challenge of his nearly 14 years in office and gaining a new mandate to deepen his socialist revolution.
VENEZUELA ELECTIONS: Chávez Wins Vote by Wide Margin – WSJ
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez soared to a bigger-than-expected victory over his challenger, Henrique Capriles, handing him another six-year mandate to rule the oil-rich nation.
VENEZUELA ELECTIONS: Chavez, Survivor - NY MAGAZINE
Jon Lee Anderson: Venezuela's election could not sweep the former paratrooper from power…
VENEZUELA ELECTIONS: Cuba's Stake in the Chávez Presidency - WSJ
Deepening privation is making Cubans restless. Oil from Venezuela is essential to the regime's hold on power.
EUROZONE: Europe Still at Odds Over the Workings of Its Bailout Fund – NYT
As with many of the other improvised solutions to the euro zone's problems, the $650 billion European Stability Mechanism's reality is less elegant than the theory behind it.
EUROZONE/SPAIN: Depositors Turn Up Heat on Spanish Banks - WSJ
More than 700,000 Spanish depositors poured money into preferred shares and subordinated bonds issued by their banks. Many now say they were swindled.
EUROZONE/FRANCE: Budget-Pact Vote to Test Hollande
Socialist President François Hollande faces a test of his authority when France's National Assembly on Tuesday votes on a European Union treaty aimed at tightening budget discipline across the euro zone.
EUROZONE: Sweden Fin. Minister Softens Tone on Bank Union – WSJ
Sweden is striking a more supportive tone on a new European Union banking union, but the country's finance minister said it is one of a handful of nations that see significant hurdles and question marks standing in the way of a deal.
GLOBAL ECONOMY: OECD Points to Further Slowdown - WSJ
Most major economies are to slow further, with only Brazil and the U.K. to see a moderate pickup, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's leading indicators.
GLOBAL ECONOMY/IMF: IMF 2012 Meeting: In Uncharted Waters – BROOKINGS
Against the backdrop of growing uncertainties about the global economy, leaders will converge on Tokyo for the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.
GLOBAL ECONOMY: Economic recovery 'on the ropes' – FT
Index shows threat of global recession with only the US bucking the trend
GLOBAL ECONOMY: World Bank Lowers Asian Growth Forecast - NYT
Its report says East Asian economies will be slower than expected this year, but acceleration will take hold next year.
GLOBAL ECONOMY: Asian Issues to Feature at IMF Meeting - WSJ
Regional issues, including recently intensified territorial disputes, are likely to be main topics in meetings on the sidelines of the IMF meeting in Tokyo.
TURKEY-SYRIA: Panetta: Turkey-Syria Clashes Potential to Spread – WSJ
The continued exchange of artillery fire between Syria and Turkey raises additional concerns that the conflict may escalate and spread to neighboring countries, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.
TURKEY-SYRIA: Turkey, Syria Continue to Trade Fire – WSJ
Syria and Turkey exchanged artillery fire for a fifth straight day on Sunday, while insurgents struck police headquarters in Damascus, in the third high-profile attack in the Syrian capital in recent weeks.
TURKEY-SYRIA: Syrian shelling leaves Erdogan with dilemma – FT
Needs to balance deterrence with escalation
ISRAEL/HAMAS: Israel and Hamas in Missile Battle - WSJ
Israel and Hamas militants have exchanged fire in the most serious flare-up in months on the Jewish state's border with the Gaza Strip, officials said.
ISRAEL/HAMAS: Israel Launches Airstrikes After Attacks From Gaza - NYT
Israeli warplanes responded to rocket fire from Gaza on Monday by launching airstrikes, in a flare-up that began Sunday when Israel fired missiles against two suspected members of jihadist groups.
ISRAEL-LEBANON: Lebanon: Israeli Planes Circled Its Airspace for Hour - NYT
The morning after the Israeli Air Force shot down an unidentified drone, the Lebanese government said that four Israeli warplanes spent an hour illegally circling in its airspace.
IRAN: Accusations, protests prompt worries Iran may curb IAEA access – WP
Iran ratchets up pressure on U.N. agency that oversees its nuclear program with strident criticisms.
IRAN: Iran Lawmakers Press Ahmadinejad on Economy – WSJ
Iranian lawmakers on Sunday attacked President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the decline of the country's currency, as the crisis threatens to morph into a broader political showdown.
IRAN: Sanctions to Turn Iran's Currency Crisis Into Revolution - BLOOMBERG, EDITORIAL
Amid the usual hyperbolic conspiracy theories, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said something incisive in a televised address last week: that the West is waging economic "war" against Iran.
CHINA/TRADE: U.S. Panel Says Chinese Technology Giants Pose Security Threat – NYT
American companies should avoid business with China's two leading technology companies, the House Intelligence Committee warns in a report to be issued Monday.
CHINA/TRADE:Report Undermines Huawei's Plans – WSJ
A damning U.S. Congressional report represents one of the biggest threats to plans by China's Huawei and ZTE to expand into developed markets.
CHINA: China's state-owned enterprises: The state advances – ECONOMIST
The state's grip on the economy has been tightening. Could foreign pressure persuade the new leadership to reverse course?
SYRIA: Whose revolution? – WP, David Ignatius
Extremists' power is growing in Syria.
SYRIA: Rebels Clash With Syrian Security Forces Near Lebanon - NYT
Fighting was reported at the Lebanon border and in Aleppo on Sunday as Turkish forces fired back into Syria for the fifth consecutive day in retaliation for cross-border shelling.
LIBYA: Discord Skewed Benghazi Response – WSJ
New details are emerging of discord among U.S. agencies that has complicated the response to last month's consulate attack in Libya.
LIBYA: Libyan PM forced to stand down - FT
Mustafa Abushagur ousted by National Congress vote
DRONES/PAKISTAN: In Pakistan, Drone Protest Takes Detour for Safety - NYT
SALMAN MASOOD: A demonstration against American drone strikes inside Pakistan's tribal belt was abandoned after the military warned of "imminent danger," but thousands rallied at a safer location.
DRONE KILLINGS: Obama's Drone Dilemma – SLATE, Eric Posner
The killings probably aren't legal—not that they'll stop.
U.S. MILITARY: As Military Suicides Rise, Focus Is on Private Weapons – NYT
The Pentagon and Congress are working on policies to separate at-risk service members from personal weapons, but gun-rights advocates and many veterans are opposed.
U.S. TERROR SUSPECT: Terror Suspects Appear in U.S. Courts - WSJ
The radical imam Abu Hamza and four other terrorism suspects appeared in federal courts Saturday, hours after losing a long fight to avoid being extradited from the U.K.
JAPAN-CHINA: Japan to Step Up PR in Isle Spat - WSJ
Japan has decided to change tack in promoting its claim to disputed islands in the East China Sea amid an escalation of tensions with China over the territorial dispute.
S.KOREA: Seoul to Extend Missile Range - WSJ
South Korea said it would extend the range of its ballistic-missile systems to cover all of North Korea.
MIDDLE EAST: Missing in action - WP, EDITORIAL
The U.S. can't ignore the Middle East's struggles.
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: The Myth That Screwed Up 50 Years of U.S. Foreign Policy – FP
It's time to set the record straight about John F. Kennedy's handling of the Cuban missile crisis.
EUROPE/NUCLEAR POWER: Did EU Nuclear Checks Reassure? – WSJ
Why some governments suspect a hidden agenda behind a report on the safety of Europe's nuclear power stations.
EUROPEAN FASCISM: Populism takes an ominous turn - NEWSWEEK, Op-Ed
Niall Ferguson: When a party called "Golden Dawn"—which has something that looks a lot like a swastika as its logo— starts denying aspects of the Holocaust and heaping opprobrium on immigrants, it's best to keep a straight face. But if elections were held tomorrow, these guys could become the third-largest party in the Greek Parliament.
FRANCE/TERROR LAW: Paris to Boost Antiterror Laws - WSJ
The French government aims to strengthen antiterrorism laws and boost security at places of worship, French President François Hollande said, after authorities mounted a series of raids against an alleged Islamic terror network suspected of targeting France's Jewish community.
U.K. ART VANDALISM: Vandal Defaces Rothko Artwork - WSJ
British authorities are searching for a man who defaced a valuable Mark Rothko canvas with black paint at the Tate Modern museum.
KUWAIT: In Bid to End Crisis, Kuwait's Parliament Is Dissolved - AP via NYT
Kuwait's ruler dissolved Parliament on Sunday, a step toward ending political gridlock and calling the second elections this year that could again swing in favor of Islamist-led opposition groups.
INDIAN ECONOMY: India Aims to Rein In Spending – WSJ
Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said India will make a major push to rein in government spending, partly by switching to a system where it delivers subsidies by direct cash transfers, as it aims for a 5.3% fiscal deficit.
DEBT/HUMAN RIGHTS: Debt crisis hitting human rights, EU told - FT
Austerity linked to erosion of criminal justice rights.
IMF/SPAIN: Less cash, more impact - ECONOMIST
The IMF needs to change tack if Spain asks for a bail-out.
GLOBAL ECONOMIC HOPE: Shift in Growth Engines Signals Gain After Pain - BLOOMBERG
A revolution in the world economy targeted at revving up new growth engines ultimately will produce gain after pain.
GLOBAL INVESTMENT: Investors, beware - ECONOMIST
As long as politicians in the world's big three economies continue to dither, another global recession is possible.
ARGENTINA FISCAL CLIFF: Parallels between apartheid, Argentina - FT, Op-Ed
Tony Leon: Argentina is heading, and not for the first time, towards an economic cliff.
The Common Good publishes an international news digest every weekday, available here.


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Don't you just love it when people start "actting tough" especialy over the internet? It is very funny to watch all the spoilt little child say shit about me becaue they dont get what that want. What is even MORE funny is they are so cowardly that they bitch and gossip in another language
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I wrote about the e-book I Will Survive: Personal gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender stories in Singapore last year, and got a chance to read it a few months ago. Editor Leow Yangfa collected stories from LGBT Singaporeans of many different ages, ethnicities, classes, genders, and sexual orientations. He also included stories from Singaporeans abroad and foreigners living in Singapore.
It is by no means an upbeat, fun read. Most of the stories are sobering and tragic, though nearly all end with a message of hope. This is a big step forward for the LGBT community in a country where they are still fighting for fundamental rights.
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In 2010, Eric Schwabel strapped a mammoth lighting rig to himself, took his camera, and photographed a series of stunning portraits at Burning Man. This year he's going back, and fundraising for an even bigger and better rig.
Burning Man has and always will be a world into itself, and photographers trying to document it have to deal with desert heat, sun, sand and a complete lack of any amenities. Photographer Eric Schwabel embraced the madness, and made himself into his shooting studio with a project dubbed The Human Light Suit. With a full set of studio lights strapped to his shoulders and a medium-format camera in his hands, he spend four days at Burning Man 2011, photographing the people he saw there.
Now Schwabel is fundraising to go back this year as a Kickstarter project, and he has some pretty big ideas for what he's going to do this time. Rather than be a one man studio, he's drafted some assistants into the mix, using them as light too:
This year, the Human Light Suit is complemented by the Human Light Stands and a new experimental piece of gear that houses about 30 flashes in one. 2 or 3 new suits will be made AND we'll have a pedal-powered "car" with a super-powered flash extending above it to light the large-scale art during the day!
Since there's now power to be had at Burning Man, the entire rig is going to be run off of solar and pedal power, lights and editing included.
With just nine days left in the Kickstarter, Schwabel still has almost $15,000 to raise, so if you like the look of his shots, throw some money his way for what promises to be an entirely cool project.
For an interesting thought exercise, think about how this compares with street photography like the video we posted late last month. Both are personal level, both are intimate, but Schwabel is trying to take his studio with him into the street, and capture people posing, rather than the usual candid goal of street photography.


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The link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues.
The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature. Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment. Subject : In a fast society slow emotions become extinct. Subject : A thinking mind cannot feel. Subject : Scientific/ Industrial/ Financial thinking destroys the planet. Subject : Environment can never be saved as long as cities exist. Emotion is what we experience during gaps in our thinking. If there are no gaps there is no emotion. Today people are thinking all the time and are mistaking thought (words/ language) for emotion. When society switches-over from physical work (agriculture) to mental work (scientific/ industrial/ financial/ fast visuals/ fast words ) the speed of thinking keeps on accelerating and the gaps between thinking go on decreasing. There comes a time when there are almost no gaps. People become incapable of experiencing/ tolerating gaps. Emotion ends. Man becomes machine. A society that speeds up mentally experiences every mental slowing-down as Depression / Anxiety. A ( travelling )society that speeds up physically experiences every physical slowing-down as Depression / Anxiety. A society that entertains itself daily experiences every non-entertaining moment as Depression / Anxiety. Fast visuals/ words make slow emotions extinct. Scientific/ Industrial/ Financial thinking destroys emotional circuits. A fast (large) society cannot feel pain / remorse / empathy. A fast (large) society will always be cruel to Animals/ Trees/ Air/ Water/ Land and to Itself. I am trying to get the following experiment conducted in a psychophysiology/ bio-chemistry laboratory. There is a link between visual / verbal speed ( in perception, memory, imagery ) and the bio-chemical state of the brain and the body. Emotion can intensify / sustain only when visual and verbal processing associated with the emotion slows down ( stops / freezes ). The degree of difficulty of an emotion depends upon the degree of freezing (of visuals and words ) required to intensify and sustain that particular emotion. Experiment: Subjects (preferably actors specialising in tragedy / tragic roles ) will be asked to watch a silent video film showing any of the following:- (1) Human suffering. (2) Animal suffering. (3) Suffering ( Destruction ) of Air / Water / Land / Trees. Subjects will be asked to intensify and sustain the subjective feeling of pain/ grief for the sufferer. The chemical changes associated with the emotion in the body(blood) would be measured by appropriate methods. The silent video film will be shown at different speeds : (1) 125% of actual speed. (2) Actual/real speed. (3) 75% of actual speed. (4) 50% of actual speed. (5) 25% of actual speed. Results : (1) Intensity of emotion increases with the decrease in visual speed. (2) Intensity of emotion is maximum when visual speed is minimum (25% of actual speed) (3) The amount of chemical change associated with the emotion in the body(blood) will be found to increase with the decrease in visual speed. (4) The chemical change is maximum when visual speed is minimum. (5) The amount of chemical change will increase with the decrease in breathing rate. Breathing becomes so slow and non-rhythmic that it stops for some time at the inhalation/ exhalation stages. The above co-relations will be valid for all subjects -even for those who cannot feel pain/ grief. Such subjects will experience emotion associated with boredom/ discomfort/ restlessness/ irritability/ uneasiness. The chemicals released will be different but the co-relation between visual speed and amount of chemical will be same( the breathing rates will be different/ fast). All subjects will experience some kind of emotion. [If scientists can discover 4000 different chemicals in cigarette-smoke then they can certainly detect the few chemicals released in blood when weexperience higher-level emotions like pain, empathy, compassion, remorse etc� ] In the 2nd stage of experiment we shall replace the silent video film with a Narrator ( Audio only ) and repeat the procedure thereby establishing the link between intensity of emotion and verbal speed. The narrator will slow down verbal speed by-- speaking slowly, stretching words, repetition of words/ sentences & making use of pause/ silence between words. Please note: (1) A thinking mind cannot intensify / sustain any emotion. While this statement is generally true for all emotions, it is particularly true for all painful emotions. (2) Pain / remorse / empathy cannot be experienced in a society in which visual (verbal) speed and breathing- rates are fast . It is impossible. PROOF. Proof of the link between pain and slow visuals / words :- In the last century man has made thousands of movies / films on various themes / subjects. Whenever pain / tragedy is shown in any film the visuals ( scenes ) and words ( dialogues ) are always slowed down. In many films tragedy is shown in slow motion. At the most intense moment of pain the films almost become static / stationary. Tragedy-films provide direct proof / evidence of the link between pain and slowness. Pain can intensify / sustain only when visual ( and verbal ) speed slows down( stops/ freezes). Change in visual speed over the years. One thousand years ago visuals would change only when man physically moved himself to a new place or when other people ( animals / birds ) and objects ( clouds / water ) physically moved themselves before him. Today man sits in front of TV / Computer and watches the rapidly changing visuals / audio. He sits in a vehicle ( car / train / bus ) and as it moves he watches the rapidly changing visuals. He turns the pages of a book / newspaper / magazine and sees many visuals / text in a short span. Change in verbal speed over the years. In ancient times verbal processing was �live� in nature�ie it happened when people actually spoke. Today there is non-stop verbal processing inside the mind through print and electronic media ( newspapers, books, magazines, radio, television, computer etc�) as a result of which the verbal content & speed has increased thousands of times. The speed of visuals ( and words ) has increased so much during the last one hundred years that today the human brain has become incapable of focussing on slow visuals /words through perception, memory, imagery. If we cannot focus on slow visuals / words we cannot experience emotions associated with slow visuals /words. Before the advent of Industrial Revolution Man's thinking was primarily limited to : (a) visual processing ( slow visuals ) (b) verbal / language processing ( slow words ) Today there are many kinds of fast thinking : (1) visual processing ( fast visuals ) (2) verbal / language processing ( fast words ) (3) Scientific / Technical thinking ( fast ) (4) Industrial thinking ( fast ) (5) Business thinking ( fast ) (3), (4) & (5) are associated with Numbers / Symbols / Equations / Graphs /Circuits / Diagrams / Money / Accounting etc� As long as the mind is doing this kind of thinking it cannot feel any emotion - not an iota of emotion. In a fast society slow emotions become extinct. In a thinking ( scientific / industrial ) society emotion itself becomes extinct. Emotion is what remains in the mind when visual/ verbal processing slows down (stops/ freezes) There are certain categories of people who feel more emotion (subjective experience ) than others. If we attempt to understand why (and how ) they feel more emotion we can learn a lot about emotion. Writers, poets, actors, painters ( and other artists ) Writers Writers do verbal ( and associated visual) processing whole day- every day. They do slow verbal ( and associated visual) processing every day. (A novel that we read in 2 hours might have taken 2 years to write. This is also the reason why the reader can never feel the intensity & duration of emotion experienced by the writer ) Poets Poets do verbal ( and associated visual ) processing whole day- every day. There is more emotion in poetry than in prose. This happens because there are very few words ( and associated visuals ) in poetry than in any other kind of writing. There is a very high degree of freezing / slowing down of visuals & words in poetry. Actors Actors do verbal ( and associated visual ) processing whole day- every day. During shooting / rehearsal they repeat the dialogues ( words ) again and again ( the associated visuals / scenes also get repeated along with the dialogues ) Painters Painters do visual ( and associated verbal ) processing whole day- every day. They do extremely slow visual processing - The visual on the canvas changes only when the painter adds to what already exists on the canvas. There are some important points to be noted : All these people do visual & verbal processing - whole day - every day. They do slow visual & verbal processing. They do not do scientific / industrial / business processing whole day - every day. Most of the city people doing mental work either do this kind of mental processing which is associated with Numbers / Symbols/ Equations / Graphs / Circuits / Diagrams / Money / Accounting etc� or they do fast visual ( verbal ) processing whole day - every day. This kind of thinking ( processing ) has come into existence only during the last 200 years and has destroyed our emotional ability ( circuits ). Once we speed up our minds we become incapable of slowing down [it would take years of effort to slow down]. One can understand it this way - A supercomputer cannot process at the rate of an ordinary computer. Once we speed up [and we have been speeding up for several generations now] we cannot slow down because the neural circuits get altered - the bio-chemistry of the brain and its anatomy changes. Self-Assessment of ( subjective ) intensity of emotion is almost always wrong. Suppose the maximum intensity(and duration) of a particular emotion that can be experienced by any human being is 100 units. Let us suppose the maximum intensity(and duration) of that particular emotion ever experienced by two people A & B in their entire life is : A - 100units B - 20 units Now suppose A & B are made subjects on a particular day and are asked to feel that particular emotion under experimental conditions ( or outside the laboratory ) and the intensity &duration they actually experience is : A - 90 units B - 18 units If A & B are then asked to indicate the intensity &duration of emotion on a scale of 0 -10 their response is likely to be ; A - 9 B - 9 Who is right and who is wrong ? A is right. B is wrong - B is wrong by a wide margin - B has experienced an intensity(and duration) of 18 units out of a maximum of 100 units and his correct / actual score should be 1.8 Self- assessment ( self rating ) can be accurate only if people have the capacity to experience the highest intensity &duration ( units ) of the particular emotion under study. In small(slow)agriculture-based societies the mind used to experience a state of emotion all the time because of physical work and slow visual/verbal processing . People who do physical work experience the same good subjective-feeling which is experienced by people who do physical excercise. [People who do physical work also sleep much better than people who do mental work - the quality of sleep is much better]. If we read one thousand-year-old literature we will not come across the term "boredom" - the concept of boredom did not exist in slow societies. There were long gaps between different visuals and between words/ sentences - and people had the ability to experience/ tolerate the gaps - it was normal for them. Emotion can intensify / sustain only when visual / verbal processing slows down ( stops / freezes ). In an Industrial (thinking) society people experience very little emotion because of fast ( visual / verbal / scientific / industrial / business ) thinking. Suppose the maximum intensity and duration of a particular emotion ( for most people ) in a fast society has reduced to 5 units ( from 100 units that people used to experience in earlier /slower societies ). If such people experience 4 units of emotion they will give themselves a rating /score of 8 on a scale of 0-10 whereas their actual score should be 0.4 [Please note : Fast emotions =emotions associated with fast visuals/fast words/fast breathing/fast heart-rate. Slow emotions=emotions associated with slow visuals/slow words/slow breathing/slow heart-rate. Rate of thinking=number of visuals/words processed per minute. Gaps between thinking =gaps between visuals/ words/ sentences.] Thoughts and Emotions are interlinked - but different things - totally/ completly different. Words can be spoken - words can be read - words can be heard. Emotion is a subjective-experience. Other examples of subjective experience are taste, smell, touch, headache, stomach pain. One can understand the difference this way : When we eat an apple we can feel the taste of apple. Apple can give us the taste of apple - but apple is not taste. If we pour apple juice into a glass - the glass will not feel the taste - it does not have the ability to feel taste. If a person eats an apple he will feel the taste - because he has the ability to generate taste from apple. Words/ Visuals can evoke, intensify and sustain emotions - but words/ visuals are not emotions. In every field there is easy work/activity and difficult work/activity. In mathematics there is easy mathematics and difficult mathematics. Everyone can add 2+4 within microseconds. A PhD level problem of mathematics would take hours [or more] to solve - and that too only by someone who has spent 20 - 25 years learning mathematics upto PhD level. Same way in the field of emotions there are easy emotions and difficult emotions. Easy emotions are evoked within nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds - anger, lust, fear, pleasure, entertainment and excitement are some examples. These emotions are associated with fast breathing and heart-rate. These emotions don"t require gaps between thinking to evoke, intensify and sustain. These are the emotions that can be found everywhere in today's fast society. Then there are difficult emotions - which require ability and years of effort to develop - emotions associated with pain, compassion and peaceful states of mind are some examples. These emotions are associated with slow breathing and heart-rate. These emotions require freezing of thought - freezing of visuals and words - huge amounts of gaps between thinking - to evoke, intensify and sustain. The experiments I have proposed are primarily meant for those people who understand only the language of science. We don't need experiments to understand that our present lifestyle is destroying our Minds and Environment - the evidence is everywhere - left, right and center. The craze and fetish for science and scientific proof has mainly existed for the last 50 - 100 years. People have lived on this planet for thousands of years without needing scientific proof to understand something. It is Science and Technology that created the consumerist Industrial Society which has led to the destruction of Mind and Nature/ Environment. Who needs more science or more scientific proof. Science is not the solution - Science is the problem. Some people demand proof of everything. They won't accept anything without proof. How do people accept their father as their father? Where is the proof? Scientific proof comes from DNA testing. How many people have got the DNA test conducted? Two things that have destroyed Environment are - Overpopulation and Overconsumerism. Science and Technology is responsible for both these problems. World population was less than 1 billion in the year 1800. Nature had its way of controlling population through disease and death caused by bacteria and virus. When man made medicines/ antibiotics he created disaster - population increased very rapidly. In the absence of "Industrial Agriculture" the feeding capacity of soil would have kept population under control. If Industrial Revolution had not happened, environmental destruction due to production of consumer goods would not exist. In the absence of Science, Technology and "Industrial Revolution" we would not be facing the two problems that have caused destruction of ecosystems - overpopulation and overconsumerism. Humans are incapable of making solutions. Humans have always created problems. All solutions of Man have actually been problems in disguise - they have led to bigger and greater problems. The quest for a solution is the biggest problem in itself. IQ Vs EQ IQ always has an element of change in it � IQ is about trying to make/ discover/ invent something new all the time. Change is an inherent feature of IQ. IQ is also about thinking more in less time�it involves speeding up of mind. Someone who does more mathematics in less time is considered more intelligent in mathematics. IQ is about change and speed. EQ is about sustainment of the same feeling/experience over a period of time. When we experience any higher-level emotion for 10 minutes we experience the same feeling( subjective experience) over and over again for 10 minutes. The( same) feeling can sustain only if there is Repetition. EQ involves Repetition�Constancy�Sameness. IQ and EQ are contradictory. IQ and EQ are opposites. IQ and EQ are inversely proportional. (1) A thinking species destroys the planet. (2) Animals lived on earth for billions of years (in very large numbers) without destroying nature. (3) They did not destroy nature because their thinking / activity was limited to searching for food for one time only. (4) Man has existed on earth in large numbers for only a few thousand years / a few hundred years. (5) Within this short period Man has destroyed the environment. (6) This destruction took place because of Man's thinking. (7) When man thinks he makes things. (8) When he makes things he kills animals / trees / air / water / land. ( Nothing can be made without killing these five elements of nature ). (9) A thinking species destroys the planet. Intelligence Is A Curse. This planet is on the verge of total destruction. The cause of destruction is � overactivity. [Out of millions of species in this world the human-species is the only one that has indulged in overactivity] The cause of overactivity is � Intelligence. [The environment would never have got destroyed if Man had been only as intelligent as animals] Intelligence is a curse - a disease - a disability - an abnormality. Intelligence is the biggest cause/ source of destruction in this world. [In fact Intelligence is the only cause of destruction in this world other than natural causes] Mental work is injurious to the mind and planet. Life was never good in the past. Life will never be good in future. Life can never be good. Suffering is a part of life - an inherent feature of life. Suffering can never be eliminated. There is Physical suffering - There is Mental suffering. In pre-industrial society there were physical diseases caused by virus and bacteria. In modern society there are hundreds of lifestyle related physical diseases - Cancer, Stroke, Diabetes, Obesity, Multiple Organ Failures. Mental suffering will always exist. It exists in agrarian society. It exists in industrial society. As soon as we stop working we experience mental suffering. We avoid mental suffering by working ceaselessly. There is no higher purpose behind work. People do not work because they want to work. People work because they cannot stop working. The energy generated by the food we eat forces us to work ceaselessly. Energy = Energy[Physical Work] + Energy[Mental Work] + Energy[Suffering/ Subjective Experience] All three energies on the right side are inversely proportional to one another. When we do hard physical work or hard mental work or a combination of physical work and mental work almost all energy is used up in doing work. When we stop physical work and mental work the unused energy is experienced as suffering/ anxiety/ restlessness/ discomfort. This suffering is so intense - so unbearable - that most people cannot stop physical activity and mental activity simultaneously for even 2 minutes - they can stop work/activity only under the influence of drugs and alcohol. People do not work because they want to work. People do not work for their family. People do not work for their nation. People do not work for any reason. People work because they cannot stop working. It does not matter what kind of work we do - whether it is physical work or any kind of mental work. As soon as we stop working we suffer from restlessness, anxiety, uneasiness and discomfort. [ In Yoga and Meditation the goal is to stop Physical Activity and Mental Activity simultaneously - and then transform the subjective-experience of restlessness/ anxiety/ suffering into peace. This requires ability and years of effort ] For most people the choice is between physical and mental work. The switch-over from physical work to mental work is disastrous for the planet. Man can do the same physical work every day. Man cannot do the same mental work every day. When man used to do physical work ( farming and related activities ) he could do the same repetitive work day after day- generation after generation. After the Industrial Revolution when man switched-over to mental work he began a never ending process of making new machines / things / products-- a process which can only end with the complete destruction of environment ( planet ). When we make consumer goods we kill Animals/ Trees, Air/ Water and Land - directly or indirectly. Industrial Society destroys ecosystems - all Industrial Societies destroy ecosystems. It hardly matters whether it is "Capitalist Industrial Society" - "Communist Industrial Society" - or "Socialist Industrial Society". Industrial Society destroys ecosystems at every stage of its functioning - when consumer goods are produced - when consumer goods are used - when consumer goods are discarded/ recycled. Raw material for industry is obtained by cutting up Forests. It is extracted by mining/ digging up the earth. It comes by destroying/ killing Trees, Animals and Land. Industries/ Factories use Water. The water that comes out of Factories is contaminated with hundreds of toxic chemicals. Industry kills Water. What to speak of Rivers - entire Oceans have been polluted. Industry/ Factories burn millions of tonnes of fuel and when raw material is melted/ heated up, hundreds of toxic chemicals are released into the atmosphere. Industry kills Air. Industrial Society has covered millions of square miles of land with cement and concrete. Industry kills Land. When consumer goods are discarded/ thrown away in landfills it again leads to destruction of ecosystems. When consumer goods are recycled, hundreds of toxic chemicals are released into air, water and land. Consumer goods are sold/ marketed through a network of millions of kilometers of rail / road network and shipping routes which causes destruction of all ecosystems that come in the way. Today 50% of world population - 3 bilion people are living in cities. The necessary work of growing/producing Food is being done outside cities - in villages and countryside. Most of the people living in cities are engaged in unnecessary work - making things, buying things and selling things. The switch-over from Physical work to Mental work/ Desk job has led to an endless cycle of unnecessary and destructive work. When society switches over from physical work to mental work it starts making thousands of consumer goods. People start calling them necessities. They are not necessities at all - 90% of consumer goods that we see today did not exist 50 years ago. Food, Water, Air, Little clothing, Little Shelter - these are necessities. Close your nose and stop breathing for a few minutes - you will then know what necessity is. Stop drinking water for a few days - you will then know what necessity is. Stop eating food for a few days - you will then know what necessity is. Today people are making thousands of consumer goods - not because they are necessities - but because they cannot stop making them. People cannot stop doing work - After switching over to mental work they will keep on making thousands of unnecessary consumer goods. Industrial Society is destroying necessary things[Animals,Trees,Air,Water and Land] for makng unnecessary things[Consumer Goods]. This is the reason why the switch-over from physical work to mental work is so destructive. This is the point of no-return - once this is crossed the destruction of Environment/ Nature is inevitable. If we live a simple life there is individual suffering - but no largescale destruction of Environment. If we live a consumerist life there is individual suffering - plus largescale destruction of Environment. The nature of mental work is such that man has to do new mental work every day- in fact he has to do new mental work every moment- Man cannot repeat in the next moment the mental work that he has already done in the previous moment. A mathematician cannot solve the same problem of mathematics every day- once he has solved it he will be forced to take up a new( unsolved) problem. Even when he is solving one particular problem he has to move from one step to another - there is a continuous change involved -- there is no constancy at any stage. An engineer cannot design the same machine again and again �once he has made a machine he will try to make changes/ design a new one. A writer cannot write the same article every day- he will be forced to write something new every day/ every moment (This is also the reason behind endless discussions/ debates/ arguments). Discussions, Debates and Arguments. Let us examine how much discussion we are collectively having in Industrial Society every day. Millions of pages in print � newspapers / books / magazines. Millions of web-pages on internet every day. Now add to this all the conversation (discussion) we are having through radio / television / telephone and several other media every day. And add to this all the discussion we are having through face-to-face interaction. The volume of discussion per individual in one week is greater than the total discussion someone living in pre-industrial society would have in his entire life. There is too much discussion in modern society. Discussion is not solving our problems � discussion itself has become a problem � a gigantic problem. A society that does mental work will discuss itself to destruction [extinction] A society that does mental work will argue itself to destruction [extinction] A society that does mental work will debate itself to destruction [extinction] A society that does mental work can never stop discussions / debates / arguments � it is impossible. It will discuss / debate / argue till the last moment of it�s existence. Discussions / Debates / Arguments � these are creations of a society that has switched-over from physical work to mental work. Discussions / Debates / Arguments � these are diseases of a society that has switched-over from physical work to mental work. Discussions / debates / arguments can end only in agriculture-based societies that do physical work. We cannot do physical-work and mental-work simultaneously. There is an inverse relationship between physical-work and mental-work. If one is high [more] the other has got to be low [less] If we want to do physical work we have to reduce mental activity by the same proportion. If we want to do mental work we have to reduce physical activity by the same proportion. There is very little discussion / debate / argument in societies that do physical work - ie, agriculture-based societies - And this is the reason why they are millions of times saner than industrial societies. Change is an inherent feature of mental work. Since change is an inherent feature of mental work - a society that does mental work can never be at peace with itself � it is impossible. A society that does mental work will always be restless. Only those societies that do physical work [agriculture and related activities] can find contentment and peace. As long as cities exist we can neither save the environment nor the mind. To save the [ remaining ] environment from destruction man will have to return back to physical work [ smaller communities ]. To save the mind from mental diseases man will have to return back to physical work [ smaller communities ]. Criminality and Abnormality. Industrial Society has collectively killed billions of Animals and Trees [ Remember - plant and animal species developed over a period of millions ofyears] It has also killed most of Water and Air [ Please note - polluting Water and Air is equivalent to killing Water and Air ] The soil was not fertile when the earth was created. It became fertile - very slowly - over a period of millions of years. And look what man has done - He has covered millions and millions of hectares of land with cement and concrete. All the land that has been covered with cement and concrete has been killed. Man has stockpiled thousands of tonnes of highly radioactive nuclear material and nuclear waste which is going to remain highly radioactive and carcinogenic for the next thousands of years - and which has already leaked into the environment hundreds of times. There is an arsenal of 50,000 nuclear missiles that can destroy the planet several times over. What could be more criminal than this. What could be more abnormal than this. Lawyers and Judges are trying to catch a few criminals. They don�t realize the entire Industrial Society is criminal. Psychologists and Psychiatrists are trying to classify a few people as abnormal. They don�t realize the entire Industrial Society is abnormal. The claim of "science and technology" of curing cancer is a joke. "Science and Technology" can never cure cancer - it is impossible. "Science and Technology" is the cause of cancer. Most of cancer is caused by toxic chemicals - carcinogens. Industrial Society has flooded the ecosystems with toxic chemicals. Most of the Farm Land has been poisoned with pesticides due to Industrial Agriculture. The Land - The Air - The Water - the entire food chain is contaminated with thousands of man-made toxic chemicals which did not exist before industrialiation. There are hundreds of man-made, toxic chemicals in the blood, bones and tissue of humans. There are toxic, man-made chemicals in the placenta of new born babies. Industrial Society is causing millions of cancer every year. Out of these millions of cases, "science and technology" is able to treat a small percentage - a few thousand cases - through surgery, radiation and chemotherapy etc...And these treatments can hardly be called real treatments because the toxic chemicals which are the root cause of cancer still exist in the environment. This is also the reason why there is a high rate of relapse/ recurrence after cancer treatment. An Industrial Society can never prevent high incidence of cancer, because it is flooding the environment with chemicals all the time. Industrial Society is collectively making millions of tonnes of weapons and explosives [of all kinds] every year � and then it wonders why there is so much violence in this world. Big Mystery. If you make millions of tonnes of weapons and explosives on earth they are going to be used on earth � they are not going to be used on Mars. The entire Industrial Society is a terrorist. The Military-Industrial-Complex is the real terrorist. Science and Technology is the terrorist. Make things Buy things Sell things This is not the purpose of life. Destroy Shopping Culture. No one deserves more. Everyone deserves less. Life can sustain on earth only when everyone has less. There was a time when Man knew nothing about the number of species and millions of species existed. Today Man knows the names of millions of species and nothing is left of the species. It took millions of years for millions of species to slowly come into existence on earth - and man has decimated all other species. After destroying millions of highly-developed species on earth Man is today searching for a few molecules of life in outer-space. If a few microbes, a few molecules of methane / water are found on Mars - it becomes the newspaper headline. They call it progress. The following is about to come true. Nature can exist (1) before man. (2) after man. (3) not with man. Destruction of environment can be divided into two parts - destruction of environment for producing food - and destruction of environment for making thousands of consumer goods. In pre-Industrial Society people destroyed environment primarily for food. In Industrial Society people are destroying environment for food and consumer goods. If we want to save environment we will have to bring down the second to the minimum level by not making all unnecessary consumer goods. Environment can be saved only if we stop production of most [ more than 99% ] of the consumer goods we are making today. Environment cannot be saved by recycling. The attempt of an industrial society to save the environment by recycling is like shooting someone 10,000 times and then trying to save him by taking out one bullet. Time is running out for this planet. Regarding Industrialization there is an important point to be noted. Modern Industrial Society has existed for 100 years - 200 years - 300 years. When we compare this period with the total duration for which human society has existed on earth this period is so short - so small that it almost does'nt exist. It is almost zero. Humans have spent more than 99% of their time on earth in non-industrial societies. Non-industrial societies have sustained on earth for thousands of years. Industrial society has destroyed all ecosystems within 200 - 250 years. Material things don't bring peace and happiness. Today billions of people have got things which even Kings did not have in the past. Car, computer, television, fridge, telephone - no King ever had these things. But people are still restless and unhappy. Industrial Society is consuming psychiatric drugs/ sleeping pills by tonnes and tonnes. A very large percentage of the population is surviving on precription drugs, illegal drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. One-third of the population has become fat like elephants. People talk about increase in lifespan. What is the use of increased lifespan if people have to resort to Drugs, Alcohol and Cigarettes to pull through life. And just wait a few more years - the average lifespan will soon become zero - human life will cease to exist on earth. Consumerist-Lifestyle is just not sustainable. If we do not immediately return to living a very simple and frugal life then very soon there will be no human life on earth. We would need several planets[earths] to sustain the present lifestyle. The Military-Industrial Complex is all set to destroy whatever life and environment that remains on earth. There is a reason why the two World Wars happened in the recent past and not 1000 years ago. It was not possible to have world wars 1000 years ago. World Wars became possible only when Science and Technology developed aeroplanes, ships and other carriers which could transport millions of troops and millions of tonnes of weapons[once again a creation of science and technology] from one corner of the globe to another. And today one does'nt even need all these to fight a war. One just needs to move finger-tips to launch missiles that can destroy the planet several times over. Right at this moment there are several countries fighting wars with one another. There is internal war going on in almost half of the the countries of the world. All these wars are being fuelled and sustained by billions of tonnes of weapons produced by the Military-Industrial Complex every year. And it is going to get worse and worse every day. If you kill one person they call it murder. If you kill a few hundred they call it terrorism. If you kill a few million they call it war. Science and Technology has made this world [millions of times] more violent and unsafe than before. Science and Technology has produced billions of tonnes of weapons and explosives - chemical, biological and nuclear weapons - millions of tonnes of Radioactive material [ which will soon be used to make dirty radioactive bombs - which are going to contaminate the environment for hundreds and thousands of years]. Science and Technology is the real terrorist. Governments and Law Enforcement Agencies have labelled a few Environmentalists as EcoTerrorists. What are the charges against Environmental Activists? - Destruction of property? - endangering human life? The Military Industrial Complex is doing much more damage to property - it is going around carpet bombing entire countries - flattening entire countries. The Military Industrial Complex is endangering much more human life - it is actually killing - killing millions in War/ Violence - directly or indirectly. Who is the real Terrorist? - Environmentalists or Industrial Society? The human race has been destroying/ killing animals, trees, air, water, land and people from the very beginning of civilization. Science and Technology has increased this destructive capacity millions of times. Every citizen of Industrial Society is using hundreds/ thousands of consumer goods. Every consumer good is made by killing animals, trees, air, water and land - directly or indirectly. [ more killing of nature takes place when consumer goods are used and discarded] The per capita killing of animals, trees, air, water and land in Industrial Society is hundreds of times/ thousands of times greater than that of pre-industrial society. Every citizen of Industrial Society is a serial killer - serial killer of animals, trees, air, water and land. Those who produce consumer goods are killers. Those who sell consumer goods are killers. Those who buy consumer goods are killers. Before Industrialization humans killed Environment primarily for Food, Clothing & Shelter. After industrialization humans are killing environment for Food, Clothing & Shelter plus [thousands of unnecessary]Consumer Goods. Industrial Society is destroying necessary things[Animals, Trees, Air, Water and Land] for making unnecessary things[Consumer Goods]. The Military Industrial Complex has killed millions of people in War/ Violence. It has decimated all plant and animal species. It has destroyed all ecosystems. It has polluted and poisioned the Sky, Land and Oceans. It has raped and plundered "Mother Earth" in the name of Progress and Development. The crimes of "Military Industrial Complex"are millions of times greater than the crimes of Environmentalists. Comparing the crimes of Environmentalists with the crimes of "Military Industrial Complex" is like comparing the Lamp with the Sun. The entire Industrial Society is a Terrorist. Science and Technology is the Terrorist. Military Industrial Complex is the Terrorist. Culture of Consumerism - culture of making, buying and selling is the Terrorist. Consumerism kills ecosystems - Consumerism is the biggest act of violence against nature. Think Positive. Psychologists say -- Think Positive. Politicians say � Think Positive. Economists say � Think Positive. Scientists say � Think Positive. Everyone says � Think Positive. Arctic ice is melting � Glaciers are melting � Rivers are drying up. Think Positive. Fish population in Oceans is down to 1/3 of what it was 100 years ago. Think Positive. Pollution levels are going sky-high and valley-deep. Think Positive. There used to be millions of members in most species of Animals and Birds. Now they are down to thousands and hundreds. Think Positive. Weather is getting more and more irregular and unpredictable. Think Positive. Metal everywhere - Concrete everywhere - Plastic everywhere. Think Positive. All local cultures have been destroyed in the name of consumerism and globalization. Think Positive. Thinking positive is the height of insanity. Thinking positive is the height of abnormality. This is a world that has become completely incapable of feeling Pain, Compassion, Remorse and Guilt. The planet is getting destroyed moment by moment � and people are thinking positive. Very soon there will be 1 Animal and 1 Tree left in this world � and people will still be thinking positive. They will be holding Seminars, Conferences and Global-Summits to save the Environment. There is an important point which the human-species needs to understand. People think they can save the Environment by doing something. We can never save the environment by doing something. It is overactivity that has destroyed environment in the first place. Human-species is the only one out of millions of species that has indulged in overactivity on this planet [ And for this very reason the human speciesis going to exist on earth for the least amount of time] And it is not Mild Overactivity � It is Excessive Overactivity � Exponential Overactivity. We cannot save the environment by doing something. We can only save it by doing less of what we have been doing - much less of what we have been doing. If we want to save environment we will have to reduce human activity [overactivity] by 99%. A person is being stabbed repeatedly at regular intervals - every hour. Some people are trying to save the victim. The sane way to save is - you first stop the attack � you prevent the attack. What these insane people do - they allow the attack to be continued. They don�t stop it -- they don�t prevent it. Instead, what they do - They say we are going to save the victim by using technology - the best technology - the best medical care. Bring this technology - Bring that technology. Bring this technology - Bring that technology. They give the victim the best technology - the best medical care. In the meantime the stabbing continues � every hour � even while the best medical care is being given. One can imagine the fate of the victim. Ecosystems are getting destroyed due to production of consumer goods. Every consumer good is made by killing animals, trees, air, water and land - directly or indirectly. [ more killing of nature takes place when consumer goods are used and discarded] Industrial society is destroying necessary things - animals, trees, air, water and land for making unnecessary things - consumer goods. The sane way of saving ecosystems is - you stop production of consumer goods - you reduce production of consumer goods to the minimum level. But the insane Industrial Society continues producing consumer goods [ in fact production is being increased every day] The insane response of Industrial Society is - We will save the environment with technology - the best technology. Bring this technology - Bring that technology. Bring this technology - Bring that technology. In the meantime production of consumer goods continues - 3 billion people living in cities are continuously engaged in - making , buying and selling of consumer goods - killing the ecosystems moment by moment. One can imagine the fate of environment. Height of Insanity.......Height of Abnormality. Destroy consumerism..... before it is too late The Illogical Logic of Man. A few birds have got infected with bird-flu and Man has started killing millions of birds. They say birds are a threat to humans. Sometime ago there was Mad Cow disease and Man started killing hundreds of thousands of cows. They said cows are a threat to humans. Ever since Man came into existence - millions of humans with infectious diseases have transferred such diseases to millions of other people - and will continue to infect millions more in future. Such people are a threat to rest of the people. Man should follow the same logic here and kill all infected people. It is Man who has killed millions of people in Wars and other forms of Violence � and can kill millions more any time in future. Man should follow the same logic here and kill all people. It is the human species which is the greatest threat to humans and all other life on this planet - In fact the human species is the only species which is a threat to all life on Earth. Man has decimated all Animal and Plant species � polluted the Sky and Oceans - and poisioned every square inch of earth. In a mere 200 - 300 years Industrial Society has destroyed all that Nature laboriously created over a period of millions of years. Humans pose the greatest threat to other humans. Humans pose the greatest threat to all other life on earth. The so-called Rational and Civilized Man should follow the same logic here - and destroy the entire human race. Please note : If you indulge in Factory Farming � If you torture the birds � confine millions of them in prison like conditions � depriving them of Sunlight and the freedom to walk and fly � you are creating an environment for the spread of virus and disease. Lifestyle of Mass Destruction. Destruction is an inherent feature of Development. Progress = Destruction of Nature. Development = Destruction of Nature. We can have Sustainable Lifestyle. We cannot have Sustainable Development. Development can never be sustainable. Sustainability and Development cannot exist together. Development and Sustainability are opposites. Development and Sustainability are contradictory. Sustainable Living is associated with consuming less � being satisfied with a simple and frugal life. Development is associated with never ending desires � always wanting more. Sustainable lifestyle requires Constancy. Sustainable lifestyle requires Sameness. Sustainable lifestyle requires Repetition. Development is associated with Change. Development is associated with New. Development is associated with Transience. Industrial Societies can never be sustainable � When you make thousands of consumer goods you kill Nature - you kill Animals, Trees, Air, Water and Land. "Growth Rate" - "Economy Rate" - "GDP" These are figures of "Ecocide". These are figures of "crimes against Nature". These are figures of "destruction of Ecosystems". These are figures of "Insanity, Abnormality and Criminality". A Society that does mental work [city based] can never be sustainable - it will keep on making consumer goods - destroying the environment moment by moment. Only agriculture-based societies that do physical work can be sustainable. The term Sustainable Development is like the terms Stationary Walk. Silent Talk. Wakeful Sleep. Dark Sun Gentle Torture. Dry Rain. Peaceful War. Infinite growth and development on a tiny planet that is just 40,000 km in circumference? - Industrial Society is insane. Man can repair and restore things that have been made by man himself. Car, Computer, Aeroplane, Rocket - if anything goes wrong with these things man can repair and restore. Man cannot repair and restore Nature/ Environment - because man did not make Nature/ Environment. Once a Forest is destroyed - it is gone for millions of years. One cannot create a Forest in 5 or 50 years - it takes millions of years to make a forest - containing millions of species of animals, insects, birds, plants and trees. Man can create a plantation in 5 or 50 years - not a forest. The only way to save Environment is by not destroying it - leave it alone - leave it undisturbed. If you destroy Environment you cannot repair and restore it. No Multi National Company can manufacture the Amazon Rainforests. No MNC can manufacture Rivers and Oceans. No MNC can manufacture Mountains and Deserts. No MNC can manufacture milions of species and fertile soil. No MNC can manufacture the Sun. The glaciers have melted. Arctic Ice has melted. Man can use all his Technology - all the Refrigeration and AirConditioning Technology but he will not be able to recreate the glaciers and Arctic Ice. Many species of wild animals used to have hundreds of thousands/ millions of members. Now it is down to a few hundred/ a few thousand. Which MNC is going to restore the animal population to its original level? The Oceans have almost been emptied of all large Fish. Which MNC is going to bring the Fish back in the Ocean? Man has hunted down several species to extinction after Industrial Revolution. Which MNC is going to make them reappear? There was a time when Man used to say � I work in order to feed my family. I work in order to put Food on the Table. Today man is putting a lot more than Food on the Table. Cars, Computers, ipods, Aeroplanes, 200 TV Channels, Luxury Yatchs, Caribbean Vacations, Palatial Homes, Video Phones, Designer Clothes, Designer Drugs, Cosmetic Surgery ����� The list is endless. Man is putting thousands of consumer goods and services on the Table. There is too much weight on the Table. And the Table has begun to creak. The more you put on your table the more you take out from the mouths of Animals and Birds. The more you put on your table the more you kill Animals and Trees. The more you put on your table the more you kill Water, Air and Land. The more you put on your table the more you kill Mountains and Valleys. The more you put on your table the more you kill the Sky and Oceans - the Rivers and Lakes. There are so many things on the Table that one can barely see the Food. We need just a few things to live. And we are making thousands of things. Billions of people are engaged in making, buying and selling of thousands of consumer goods. Destroy Shopping Culture. Go back to Simple Living. Go back to putting just Food on the Table. sushil_yadav Delhi, India [I want to inform the moderators of Theosophy Forum that I have also posted my article in other forums and blogs relevant to the article/ related to keywords in the article] This post has been edited by sushil_yadav on Jun 8 2009, 01:41 PM |
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Hi sushil_yadav
Your concerns are vary valid in our materialistic world. Athough what I discuss may not be Theosophical but that is open to debate but it is spiritual to me. Their are Dark Forces at work that has no love for humanity whatsoever and have sinister Ulterior motives for mankind the so called Black Magicians or Sorcerer's HPB and others warn us about as a forbidden path for a theosophist to take. I believe the so called Mahatmas were very aware of these Dark Forces at work in our world and in the present as well. I acknowledge due to our materialistic ways we are slowly destroying ourselves and it will be perhaps ages upon ages that will pass before we all wake up and say enough is enough to this materialisitc world since we are only deceiving ourselfs. And maybe we will discover a better way to live until we all understand the enigma and mystery of Life itself. Our food is being tampered with and causing great harm to our physical being. They put Flouride in our water which is a poison and has no medicinal value. This was done by people to pacify people such as they did at the Russian Gulag and I believe Nazi Germany used flouride in water as well. Our Skys are beiing polluted by so called chemtrails. You Know the NWO, the Illuminati crowd and the other ones who are very xenophobic and are hiding in the shadows. Most people in this world got their head buried in the sand but their is hope many are walking up. Other then Theosophy I keep update to date on almost every important things going on not only in our government, environment and other things. But I keep an open mind on different subjects. I spend a lot of time at this site: http://www.warriormatrix.com/ which discuss something called orgone or orgonite based on Wilhelm Reich research a very big and silent movement of people accros the world getting involved in trying to change things. People of all walks of life come to speak about different things that concern them. I am a theosophist who wishs to see the truth no matter how ugly it gets but I know their is always hope. I post alot of Theosophic thoughts (AKA Sovereign) from my Heart. Most people read and most don't comment. Sometimes I think maybe my approach is wrong in explaining certain things but I am learning. Orgone well is materialistic but their something about it's use to restore harmony to nature. I don't always understand what orgone is I look at how it has an effect on Nature in general from other peoples testimony since some can see the energy mostly the Pyschics although I know these are primitive senses compared to the supperior spiritual faculties that will be developed in most of us over Aeons of time. Lately I have been looking at Near Death Experience info which is very interesting it seems just about everybody has a different experience I thinks it is due to their state of Being at the time and interacting with the interpenetrating spheres which is confusing but at best is Ineffable since they are at a loss for words. Some see jesus , Hell and rude Beings but that does not validate as being the True Reality while others see Supreme Beings and loved ones. But in these NDE they come back to tell their story which I believe was real to them but probably not the true reality that we all will experiance some day. The researcher in this field such as doctors who made it a hobby of recording these peoples near death experiances but can't verify what they see that is the out of this world sights and sounds that are ineffable. But the interesting things is generally when these people are outside of their bodies such from the medical doctors standpoint they are brain dead and have reported incredible details in the physical world that is verifyable even though they were unconcious. It is laughable that the scientist say it is in your brain. They can even simulate NDE in a High G centrifuge for training pilots and astronauts usally they black out in High G. of course their Conciousness has to go somewhere and it survives when the phyiscal brain is shut down due to blood loss to the brain. Other then this the other cases of NDE are Heat stopage that is critical after 5 min you are then considered dead. So NDE's are very short in this respect. The more interesting ones are the congenitaly blind people who are blind from birth who see details when they are out of the body and see those people around their body including their loved ones and come back from the experiance revealing incredible detail of which a blind person in the physical would have a hard time describing without his sight but generally their other sense such as hearing are more sensitive. All the physical out of body experiances of NDE's are verifyable in relating to our physical plane of existance. It just show that life goes on even without a body to live life through. Even when we sleep are consciousness has to go somewhere. Doug |
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Posted: Jun 7 2007, 03:42 AM
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I am not sure how this can be. We are as much a part of "nature" as anything else, from a theosphical point of view. Of course, in my opinion. Frankly, wouldn not the entire solar system, the entire cosmos for that matter, be "nature?" I wonder if changing the term to "environment" conveys the distinction desired, while still staying within the context of your Thread? -------------------- Christian von L�hr
I draw from the group of ancient former Theosophist's points of view as much as I would from modern Theosophy and neo-Theosophy. |
mensagitat |
Posted: Aug 18 2008, 12:20 AM
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Everything that is more than necessary to man is hostile to him. -- Sectus the Pythagorean.
I actually have a bit of a problem accepting this quote. Is something I should think on a bit. -------------------- Per mare, per terras
mensagitat |
Posted: Aug 31 2008, 10:11 PM
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sushil_yadov writes:
Emotion is what we experience during gaps in our thinking. If there are no gaps there is no emotion. Today people are thinking all the time and are mistaking thought (words/ language) for emotion. ~~~ This is an assertion you make in your post. For the sake of understanding with no interest at all in arguement, I would like some sort of evidence supporting the above assertion. -------------------- Per mare, per terras
Nick the Pilot |
Posted: Sep 1 2008, 01:51 AM
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I think it is good to look at the relationship between intellect and emotions. Theosophy says that these are two of the seven principles that make up each human being. A better understanding of the relationship of these two principles will help us better understand Theosophy. When I think of intellect and emotions, I often think of something like jealousy. Jealousy is a horrible emotion, an emotion that is not enjoyed by the person feeling the jealousy, nor by the person to whom the jealousy is directed. Jealousy causes a great deal of trouble, and seems to have no benefit whatsover. But jealousy still happens, and it is something that all of us have had to deal with at one time or another. I dare say, when we are feeling jealous, no amount of intellectualizing seems to help. We can try to rationalize it, ignore it, analyze it, understand it, but none of these things seem to help. Jealousy, just as with other emotions, is something many people just have to struggle with. I would not say emotions are just 'gaps' between our moments of intellectualizing. The two are quite different, and can occur quite simultaneously. Indeed, for many of us, learning to deal with our emotions is a huge challenge. As a matter of fact, I feel that the inability to control our emotions is the single biggest cause of divorce in our society today. -------------------- Madame Blavatsky�s aim was to rescue the archaic truths in organized religions which always become distorted and perverted as the centuries go by.
mensagitat |
Posted: Sep 1 2008, 04:10 PM
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Strange, with me it is often pride, which I feel can lead to delusion and attempts at making the self believe lie's. I never concern myself with jealousy and maybe I should do a quick review. I suppose things that a person denies himself can make him be deluded into believing that since this is the case, why should he feel jealousy. This self denial is a voluntary action, why should he feel jealous? This then, would result in repression. Suppression is not so severe as repression, in that the former is an action of reigning in an emotion in order to deal with it constructively. The latter is immediate and becomes habitual or automatic. Repression is immediately pushing an emotion from conscious awareness, but where does it go? None of us have a container inside our being with everlasting structural integrity. Something similar to a pressure release valve opens every now and then to let some form of expression or energy be released, which is most likely of a negative form. The only thing that I could be jealous of is something which I could still attain. -------------------- Per mare, per terras
Nick the Pilot |
Posted: Sep 1 2008, 08:21 PM
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I was once told by a great religious teacher that we have to deal with all of our emotional garbage before we can achieve enlightenment. (That makes a lot of sense to me.) You said, "I never concern myself with jealousy and maybe I should do a quick review." --> The sooner you deal with all of your emotional garbage, the better. Jealousy would be a good place to start. -------------------- Madame Blavatsky�s aim was to rescue the archaic truths in organized religions which always become distorted and perverted as the centuries go by.
mensagitat |
Posted: Sep 1 2008, 10:47 PM
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If you might kindly inform me of what kind of thoughts, words and deeds indicate a need to address the issue of jealousy, I would be interested.
-------------------- Per mare, per terras
Nick the Pilot |
Posted: Sep 2 2008, 02:44 PM
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The concept of jealousy is a hugely complicated topic. I have spent the last four months looking at jealousy from every possible angle. But jealousy really breaks down to one simple factor � being jealous comes from being needy. Would you describe yourself as being needy? -------------------- Madame Blavatsky�s aim was to rescue the archaic truths in organized religions which always become distorted and perverted as the centuries go by.
mensagitat |
Posted: Sep 2 2008, 11:28 PM
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Not for material things. I'm not rich but I have more than I need. The Buddhist has a term known as icy hell. To me it seems this term leads to another, known as hungry ghost. I think I'm needy in that I want to understand more than I do currently. I think most people have to put things out among others in the effort to pool knowledge. What I find about jealousy is that it seems to mostly be associated with the word romance. In that case it is a non-sequitor if associated with me. -------------------- Per mare, per terras
Nick the Pilot |
Posted: Sep 3 2008, 03:07 AM
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You said, "It is kind of rediculous really, to think emotions guide my actions." --> It sounds like you have never had a problem with jealousy. I am glad to hear that. -------------------- Madame Blavatsky�s aim was to rescue the archaic truths in organized religions which always become distorted and perverted as the centuries go by.
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Posted: Sep 4 2008, 11:00 AM
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I agree, because the 5th plane has minds with emotional bodies; they are not necessarily separate. OTOH maybe they can be: HPB said consciousness principles could be separated, but it was in unclear/no context. I am an environmentalist, but neither a Luddite nor one very obsessed with machines. I think lifestyle (including consumerism) and religions that encourage overpopulation have more to do with environmental destruction than machines do: in fact they do nothing without being used. If there was not overpopulation as well as the forcing of ideologies that condone continual/increasing economic growth/expansion, the ideologies of which to support their use also push overpopulation, the ideologies of which are generally inherent in religions that encourage overpopulation, there would be no excess industry. Sushil Yadov, a couple of your links are gone. Intelligence is not a curse; instinct is emotional intelligence and there are many higher (and some lower) intelligences, and IQ & EQ are limited/unclear sophist 'psychology.' As a mathematician, I consider mathematics to have much constancy, and so does certain writing and even engineering. Ancient Greek (and probably later and many earlier ones from India) Philosopher mathematicians tended to be quite spiritual, i.e. had good attitudes. Some Luddites (and it is said, some/many machine-obsessed people) think weapons are good against overpopulation, but that is unlawful and of course they are excess industry. I agree much must be improved, but note if one even does 'peaceful war,' they may face violence. Moreover, as Plato likely said and has usually been known to some people, one cannot necessarily end tyranny only with pacifist methods: fascists and authoritarian communists had to be overthrown. Gandhi suggested nonviolence, which may have worked in India partly because the UK was/is not tyranny and the occupiers were not all tyrannic... I do not know all the history... but governments all over the world are sometimes killing pacifist activists or doing lesser things that indicate those governments are tyrannies or becoming ones. This is all unfortunate but is a reason we incarnated. You cannot really get rid of machines: many animals make them and only plants do not, though I may be proven wrong because their bodies are mechanical and their consciousness use mechanics. Machines will continue to make problems easier and lead to new problems. Who knows how the environment will be in centuries - millenia? 10 things one can do: * go pescatarian->vegetarian->vegan->natural hygienist with some cooked or, if possible, all raw food (rawism is not possible for everyone and not necessarily even best close to 100%, but at least similarly get little/no non-recyclable food containers. Each step decreases resource use and production and increases health and personal energy.) * reduce/recycle/reuse everything (such as try to only produce hair or nails and floss as trash for a time. Some rawists (or near) say they need no floss, but I disbelieve) * walk, bike, or skate rather than use autos (besides public transport,) at least not poor MPG ones, and avoid gas from the oil companies who have killed people (currently 2 companies and at least 1 other involved with a company that has killed.) * use less electricity like try to be awake when it is light (the one thing on this list I must usually do more) and listen to little/no electricity-dependant music and watch little/no such film/tv and put solar panels on your building (in USA before the tax credit runs out.) * plant trees and other plants such as a garden; save trees and your mind by buying little/no pop. culture art/fiction, etc. * support [rain]forest or natural products other than lumber, including these 3: * fair trade and organic food and clothing, etc., esp.: * preferably food in cloth bags or no container, from a co-op or worker-owned store * hemp, etc. (cotton is a most environmentally destructive crop) and mostly/all non-bleached/dyed clothing (because who even needs to make and waste chemicals and shouldn't Theosophists often wear white--or natural colours for pagan ones?) * write to officials, journals, etc.; vote against authoritarian politicians since they want excess economic growth for states to support them or their ideology; maybe risk doing peacable assembly--not everyone else there may be peacable, especially some police/military |
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Posted: Sep 4 2008, 07:17 PM
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You said, "If there was not overpopulation ...." --> It is a double-edged sword. One Theosophical wrtier went so far as to say there are billions and billions of Monads trying to incarnate on Earth simultaneously. Our job is to help them incarnate. On the other hand, if we overpopulate, doesn't that ruin the quality of incarnating for everyone? "Gandhi suggested nonviolence, which may have worked in India partly because the UK was/is not tyranny and the occupiers were not all tyrannic... " --> I have to wonder if Gandhi and his followers used nonviolence because it was the only weapon they had. Sticks and stones are not very useful against rifles and tanks. Nonviolence is. -------------------- Madame Blavatsky�s aim was to rescue the archaic truths in organized religions which always become distorted and perverted as the centuries go by.
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Thanks for the breeding combinations. A great help :0)
Another alternative would maybe be Reindeer as that's the same as Lichen in that it's plant and cold??
No, but if you play for a long time, you have too many dragons. And to me it's quite hard to sell them... :-)Originally Posted by Sammy2do
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Thanks for the tip on the emerald- I just got. 31 hr breed time with lichen/crystal!!
Can't seem to get any dodo dragons, though! And MAN, I want new levels! I have been maxed out at 30 and both of my sons' accts are there now too!
Not bragging at all but i mostly need the special dragons.
how do you get a rainbow or sun dragon? panlong?
Check our breeding guide! http://www.ipadforums.net/dragonvale...ing-guide.htmlOriginally Posted by mattpen29
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Is there a way to be able to breed more than 2 sets of dragons at a time? 2 In the Breeding Cave and 2 in the EBI but are there upgrades to do more? I'm pretty sure the new Breeding Cave and EBI upgrades only speed up the breeding time...
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