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India hopes the upcoming elections in Myanmar will be fair and inclusive with the involvement of all stakeholders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the head of Myanmar’s ruling junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, when they met on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China on Sunday. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-hopes-myanmar-elections-will-be-fair-and-inclusive-modi-to-junta-chief-101756646073665.html

"To differentiate the thinking mind and awareness, one must arrive solely in awareness. The thinking mind as the expression of awareness should be abandoned. When awareness is recognized, then the thinking mind is self-abandoned. Mind is changing, and awareness is unchanging. In this way, the two are differentiated. Look at the sky, which is unchanging, and the clouds, which are changeable; clouds are like the thinking mind and the space is like rigpa, awareness. The clouds change again and again, but space never changes. Awareness is both unceasing and unchanging." ~ Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Dadi Ratan Mohini, the centenarian spiritual leader and Brahma Kumaris' chief administrator, passed away on April 8, 2025. Her 100th birthday was celebrated on March 25. Over her 88-year spiritual journey, she became one of the central pillars of the organisation, guiding it through key phases of expansion and social outreach. Under her stewardship, the Brahma Kumaris the Brahma Kumaris launched campaigns focusing on women’s empowerment, youth development, de-addiction, environmental conservation, and yogic farming. Her relentless efforts earned her several national and international accolades, including an honorary doctorate from Gulbarga University in 2014. Both the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and president Draupadi Murmu paid heart-felt tributes to Dadi Ratan Mohini. https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2025/04/09/dadi-ratan-mohini-passes-away-pm-president-tribute.html https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/brahma-kumaris-centenarian-chief-dadi-ratan-mohini-passes-away/ The Brahmakumaris is the world's only spiritual institution led, administered and taught by women with their own unique theological doctrine and seeks the empowerment of the feminine in all dimensions so as to bring about a more harmonious human society and world. They have centers in almost every country in the world where they teach their 7 day courses comprising their spiritual philosophy and meditation free of charge.

Sorry to read about this latest shooting in the US. My condolences to this young person's family. I am hoping the civilian society will create a mass movement again for non-violence and peace, and ensure proper regulation of the domestic gun industry so that guns will not get into the wrong hands. It is important to create a culture of non-violence in thought, word and deed so as to bring peace, harmony and mutual trust in western society.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/10/poland-pm-condemns-repeated-violation-of-airspace-amid-russian-attack-on-ukraine-follow-live The two world wars which originated in europe based on military alliances killed over a hundred million people back then. By some major coincidence this new european war, also based on military alliance of NATO, has the potential of becoming a world record third world war originating in europe. Hopefully the Guinness book of records will note this extraordinary feat. Wonder how many millions will die this time around !

India has a nuclear triad of ICBMS, aircraft and nuclear submarines which can launch nuclear weapons into any corner of the earth. How would such a country be insecure ! In terms of conventional strength as well, it is the fourth strongest military power in the world as per current rankings with the world's second largest army, fourth largest air force and fifth strongest navy. India has the world's second largest army of 2.1 million personnel and the paramilitary forces, which forms the second line of defence itself number around 2.5 million. The Indian territorial army which is the third line of defence and around 400000 strong, is itself ten times larger than the Canadian or Australian or most european regular armies. The NCC military training program at the college level trains around two million students each year with basic training in military skills. The NCC forms the fourth line of defence and creates a reservoir of a large pool of youth with basic military skills who can be deployed as military personnel. The Indian population is the largest in the world and is also highly youthful with the average age being in the twenties. This means that any number of young million-strong armies can be created for defensive purposes as well as offensive purposes, and is enough to invade any nation on earth or change the course of international wars on the basis of conventional strength. So Europe and US considering India's security is ridiculous. The defeat of US-NATO by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2021 after twenty years of fighting, heavy casualties and trillions of western taxpayer money down the drain, itself reflects their limitations in conventional warfare , echoing similar defeats in Korea and Vietnam. With an ageing population, low fertility rates, and a large pool of handicapped and mentally traumatised ex-military personnel ( due to excessive warmongering ) demanding expensive medical care means that they are in no position to wage long wars anymore. This is compounded by the heavy external debt of the US which has crossed 37 trillion dollars recently, and which is the largest in the world, and can be a potential white elephant for it in the future.

Imho, the US has a parallel government or deep state in powerful plutocrats and stratocrats who formulate the policies for the elected democratic leaders to follow. Disobedient ones will not be supported by them or even taken out. A notable example is JFK opposing the sending of troops to Vietnam, as the Korean experience had resulted in a heavy defeat as well as heavy casualties of american troops, around 36000. He however stood in the way of huge profits of the military-industrial complex by deciding against a war that could lead to similar disaster like the Korean war . After Kennedy's mysterious and untimely death, his cautious policy was reversed and American troops were sent to Vietnam. The war ended in American defeat again as well as loss of 54000 American troops. However the military industrial complex made huge profits due to the huge budget allocations to it for more than a decade. Kennedy's predecessor Eisenhower himself had warned in his speeches of the growing power of the military industrial complex cartels that can pose a danger to American democracy.

So why do europeans like the germans, british, french and russians keep fighting again and again and destroying themselves in the process instead of having proper relations with each other. I came across a saying yesterday on relationships, "The roots of a lasting relationship are mindfulness, deep listening and loving speech." - Thich Nhat Hanh Where do you think the deficiencies lie in creating proper relationships between the europeans - inability to listen and empathise with other's conscerns perhaps !

So essentially this is a european war disturbing the peace of the world just like the earlier two world wars which originated in europe and killed a hundred million people. Russia was a friend in the past many times, though it is an enemy now, and might become a friend in the future especially due to its vast resources of oil and rare earth minerals. And then it can become an enemy again, and after wards a friend again. Germany, the villain in the past two world wars is a great friend and 'good guy' now. Why do europeans keep fighting and killing each other regressing themselves in the process instead of making friends and progress. Is it something genetic or something !

It was the western military alliances with Russia against Napoleon and Hitler that enabled their defeat. So it is not that delusional. If you admit that Russia is such a dwindling power, don't you think nato expansion to the borders of russia are indeed based on paranoia and baseless psychological insecurities. How can a weak power invade the rest of europe ?By hyping the russian boogeyman, as per intellectuals like Chomsky and Hedges, western military industrial complex wanted to breath new life into the irrevalent nato, make it relevant again and ensure optimal weapons sales and profits for the military industrial complex capitalists. This is all there is to it, and expendable military fodder belonging to the western middle/lower classes will be used to fuel the war for the necessary time required to ensure optimal pofits.

My condolences for the victims and their families. Imho, if the domestic gun industry cannot be regulated due to its influential political lobbies, it should be taxed heavily to fund a mental health ecosystem and associated culture in the country that can attend to hitherto unaddressed mental health needs of its citizenry. It appears that the government is more interested in the profits of the gun industry capitalists than the security concerns of the average american citizen.

The west has an ageing population marked with low fertility rates and a fast increasing immigrant population from Latin america, Asia and Africa to make up for manpower shortages. The US and european countries have huge debts in the trillions spectrum which the russians do not have. All that glitter and glamour of western civilization is only on the outside. It's all style without any substance. This is why the two world wars originated in europe killing over a hundred million people , and they are on the verge of the third world war as well. If they are sane, they would discard their military alliances, which is the root cause of all their troubles ,and live mindfully and consciously without being deluded by paranoia and baseless psychological insecurities.

India is aiding Myamnar's transition to a multiparty democracy in December this year through capacity building of its institutions and training in peacekeeping skills. https://therahnuma.com/india-to-equip-30-myanmar-security-officers-with-essential-peacekeeping-skills/

From a military point of view, Nato can only expand eastwards to the very borders of Russia if it has created technological assymetry enough to dodge russian nuclear weapon attacks through ICBMS, nuclear submarines and aircraft. If it has this sort of technological assymetry then nato can protect its european and american population in case of a worse case scenario of nuclear war and holocaust. If they have not attained this sort of technological assymetry, they should not have taken this dangerous gamble. Their first priority should be the protection of the western population who paid their taxes to protect them from annihilation, not subject themselves to the same.

So you have stated the obvious that US is a plutocracy/oligarchy rather than a democracy . Why do you think such a regression has happened , and why did American democracy not evolve to the necessary levels of maturity !