And your running, and your running, and your running away, but from your Self you know you cannot hide… well everybody would you rise and focus your mind, search for the Truth and learn to be kind…
– from the song “Om Numah Shivayah” by the artist Apache Indian
In just the last two years I’ve seen [...]
Just thought I’d blog these editorials which seem to have gotten buried in the media frenzy:
India’s Antiterror Blunders – Wall Street Journal
Why India is a Target – Yahoo News
Calling All Pakistanis – New York Times, Thomas Friedman
Hindus have been doing this for ages. In Tamil it’s called thōpukaranam (தோப்புக்கரணம்). This is a typical ritual when praying to Ganesha (God in the form of “Remover of Obstacles” and “Purveyor of Knowledge”). Yet another spiritual technology expropriated from Hindus and inducted into science.
In addition, the exercise has been used as punishment (by teachers [...]