Modern psychology is very much in its infancy, compared with the science of yoga (see Psychology). We should remember that just hardly three decades ago, the world was following Freudian psychology. Today hardly anyone does. Freudian psychology has been discredited for over two decades now (yet there are countries frozen backward in time where people [...]
People drain more power reacting to others, or to their environment. A person is left with no power for transformation or proactive change. Such a person is powerless. But when a person halts the process of draining powers through such reactions, then he or she begins to gather power. Existence of gathered power is evident [...]
Few people know that the first book on economics was the treatise “Arthashastra” by Chanakya back in around 300 BCE.While “The Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith (considered the “father of economics”), is a monumental work, so also is the Arthashastra – it is also a monumental work (and even more so since it was [...]
If Pepsi and Coke’s dumping waste in India, and Pepsi’s poisoning of agricultural land by chemical wash from its production plants was not enough (vast tracts of once very green land in Kerala have been turned into toxic wasteland).The Pollution Monitoring Laboratory of CSE (Center for Science and Environment; India’s ISO9001:2000 certified labs, similar in [...]
This is the main song from the film Kaaka Kaaka — a film that I haven’t seen (just not into Tamil/Bollywood films). I am told this is sung by the hero for his girl. But why not go for yet another kind of passionate love, the desire for God? This song can be treated as [...]
See how clean (pollution-free), green, and organic rural India is: that is, the parts of India untouched by modernization. Modernization is great, cosmopolitan cities are great, but it wreaks havoc on the rest of India which does not have the civic services to be able to handle the strain on the environment brought on by [...]
Most native cultures have been known for there synergy with nature for many thousands of years (see Nature). Most very rural villages (see Rural Areas), untouched by modernization, still beautifully preserve this balance – ranging from types of trees, water catchments, crop rotation, organic pesticides (like neem oil), organic fertilizers (compost and cow-dung based), and [...]