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Earth having around 8 billion people at present has itself decimated animal populations by nearly 70 percent. Half of the world’s rainforest's has been destroyed in just one century. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/animal-populations-plummeted-by-nearly-70-percent-last-50-years-new-report/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/forests-and-deserts/rate-of-deforestation If it has even 50 billion people itself, all of the remaining animal and plant life will be decimated in a short period of time. https://medium.com/climate-conscious/the-magical-number-of-humans-earth-can-support-40c4e1c0411e

India is the fourth country on earth to succeed in a soft landing on the moon, and the first to do so on the lunar south pole, with the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. The Indian space programme has a vision of creating lunar habitats and this is the reason for the first ever lunar landing in the south pole which is considered to have resources for successful habitation such as oxygen, metals , solar power and ease of radio communications. The sequence of crewed space travel, space station, the future Chandrayan-4 project to get lunar soil samples, bringing astronauts to the moon by 2040 are small steps in this regard. The moon and asteroids can be mined for valuable metals and minerals, which can also be excellent wealth generators. Hopefully, excess population on earth can be transferred to new habitats in large space stations, moon, mars and habitable moons of other planets. This can greatly reduce the pressure on nature on earth , and also reduce ugly competition for natural resources on earth which can lead to conflicts and wars as well, further fragmenting humanity. Also considering the prospect of an asteroid strike or nuclear holocaust by foolish and short-sighted politicians that can end humanity , it is wise to invest in lunar habitats that can allow the human race to survive and flourish.

India's space projects are conducted on shoe-string budgets, inferior to Hollywood movie budgets. For example the entire cost of Chandrayaan 3 Mission at 75 million dollars, is less than half of the budget of the Hollywood move Interstellar at 167 million dollars. The Indian space industry has been profitable to Indian economy as many countries have approached India to launch their satellites. India has also saved a lot of money launching its satellites on its own rather than depending on the expensive launching services of other countries. It is doing great business gaining 1000 per cent return on its expenditure, and has employed many scientists, engineers and technicians. It has also inspired many students to take fields of science and technology in India. There has also been numerous technological spinoffs from the space industry which has been transferred to the local industries for manufacturing and marketing as products and services. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO_spin-off_technologies#:~:text=ISRO spin-off technologies are,or data from ISRO research. Abdul Kalam, who played a sterling role in India's space programme was from a poverty stricken fisherman's family, who had to start working at age of 10 along with his studies at school. Kailasavadivoo Sivan , the former chairman of ISRO is similarly of a poverty stricken family who had arrived at his position by his diligent scholarship and work ethics. Many other ISRO positions have been filled with aspiring youngsters from poverty stricken families, and who arose to prosperity though intelligence and good work ethics. India is the fourth largest economy in the world and fastest growing economy at the moment,. Around 415 million people came out of poverty in India within 15 years between the years 2005/2006 and 2019/2021 as a consequence of this (as per UN statistics), and India also has the third largest number of billionaires in the world after the US and China at 271. https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy/story/un-applauds-indias-remarkable-reduction-in-poverty-415-mn-people-came-out-of-poverty-in-15-years-389159-2023-07-11 The global space industry is expected to generate $1.1 trillion or more by 2040, according to Morgan Stanley — more than triple its current value of $350 billion. And, new space engine technology like 3D printed rocket engines are expected to play a big role in this explosion of value. Indian private space industries have also come about successfully testing their launchers and rockets at cost-effective prices. Reusable launch vehicles like the Pushpak which can further slash costs by 80 % are also being tested with good results. Thus a major chunk of space revenues in the near future can enable India to leapfrog ahead economically and technologically to becoming a developed and highly prosperous nation.

An ethical life purifies the mind. By living an ethical life, one progresses towards the realization of the Divine. ~ Sri Anandamayi Ma Behavior influences consciousness. Right behavior means right consciousness. ~ Taisen Deshimaru ( Zen Buddhist master and founder of Association Zen Internationale ) Behavior influences consciousness. Right behavior means right consciousness. Our attitude here and now influences the entire environment: our words, actions, ways of holding and moving ourselves, they all influence what happens around us and inside us. The actions of every instant, every day, must be right...Every gesture is important. How we eat, how we put on our clothes, how we wash ourselves, how we go to the toilet, how we put our things away, how we act with other people, family, wife, work - how we are: totally, in every single gesture. ~ Taisen Deshimaru

Mahayan Buddhism talks about the 'Buddha nature' which is similar to the Self in Hinduism. Emphasis on Awareness is a common point in Theravadan/Mahayan Buddhism as well as Hinduism. Therevadan Buddhism emphasizes nothingness/emptiness because it is the ultimate ego-buster. Who wants to be nothing ? Hinduism and nondual philosophies states that one is the Self or Infinite, which are good for the ego or self-image to cling to. But nothingness is an entirely different proposition. We are coming from emptiness and going back to emptiness. Just as the vastness of space helps bring a sense of proportion and scales down the covetous human ego, similarly the philosophy of emptiness is designed to scale down the ego acting as a psychological austerity and helps to bring a sense of proportion and perspective, which enables mindfulness to blossom.

ISIS has called for its brainwashed cadres to conduct lone wolf attacks in the U.S, Europe and Israel during the Islamic holy month of Ramadhan, coming on the heels of the Moscow attack which killed around 130 people. https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/isis-k-calls-for-lone-wolf-attacks/

Decoding India's Reusable Launch Vehicle, Pushpak Viman. https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/isro-rlv-pushpak-viman-space-access-satellite-launch-landing-test-2520904-2024-03-30

Interesting. There is a large Persian Zoroastrian community in India and elsewhere too. Such festivals has helped them to keep grounded to their ancestral culture and practices and connect with Persians around the world. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240318-what-the-3500-year-old-holiday-of-nowruz-can-teach-us-in-2024

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) achieved another milestone as the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3 (POEM-3) re-entered Earth's atmosphere, leaving zero debris in orbit. https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/pslv-poem-3-isro-zero-debris-mission-2519279-2024-03-25

Not true. The large rivers in India as well as the yearly monsoons ensured good agricultural productivity in India. This was amplified by highly skilled Indian farming techniques and methods , which were noted and documented by the English botanist Albert Howard, who was also one of the principle figures of the organic farming movement. Because of its cold weather as well as inefficiency and low productivity of medieval agriculture compounded by inertia backed resistance to change, European agricultural production was low. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_the_Middle_Ages Not mystics, but sannyasins or monks. Buddha was a monk himself. The sannyasins renounced the world in pursuit of spiritual development, and took alms from householders to support themselves. Those were prosperous times, and consequently the sannyasins were well supported by the society around them, leading to peaks in religious and philosophical culture. The Chinese monk and traveller Fa Hien reported that he was offered milk when he asked for water during his travels in India. It was considered spiritually meritorious to give alms to monks, and hence both the monks and house-holders benefitted from this arrangement. The householders also were able to gain knowledge on various religious and philosophical systems and doubts they may have by the company of the monks. Buddha himself was sought by many house-holders as a guest in their homes for his meals, which he obliged.

India has enjoyed great prosperity for milleniums and was the sole economic powerhouse of the world with China. The Indian ocean is the only ocean named after India due to the heavy commercial transactions that took place by foreign ships seeking to trade with India. This was also instrumental in the discovery of the America's. India's wealth and prosperity has been documented by many foreign travellers and scholars. India's poverty started two centuries back after a stint with exploitative western colonialism which was attracted to the wealth of India. After independence, India has emerged as the fastest growing economy in the world consistently for years and has the third largest number of billionaires in the world after the US and China. At its present rate it is now forecast to overcome the US as the world's largest economy by 2070. So there is no relation between spirituality and food, except in Karma Yoga where one is supposed to be charitable selflessly so as to go beyond the self-interests and marked boundaries of the ego and access the higher consciousness of the Self.

Sadhguru seems to have an understanding of present times and coming events. I remember watching a September video of his predicting a new turbulent event. October came and the Hamas terrorist incident killing over a thousand Israelis took place on October 7. I was impressed, and I know that such a psychic ability exists having witnessed the same in other accomplished yogis . Sadhguru senses the energies around the planet, and this could be a reason for his highly demanding schedule , possibly to arrest any negativity attaining critical mass levels. His 'save the soil' campaign saw him riding 30000 km around the world in a hundred countries to create awareness on the matter. https://demonerosso.dainese.com/explorer/save-soil-sadhguru-motorcycle-journey He has also spoken on the Ukraine and Hamas conflicts as well. The prospect of a nuclear war and holocaust is also high. This could be a reason why he drives himself hard to address strategic issues though it involves neglecting his own health. Just as a soldier would gladly give up his health and life to protect his country if needed, Sadhguru is doing the same for the world which is a laudable thing. He is setting an example that might inspire young leaders to take up the planet's causes.

Fear is hell, imho. It accompanies ignorance. You fear that which you do not know. If you are afraid and fearful, you will not conduct life consciously and will make a hell of your present life.

Due to his heavy work schedule he did not want to waste time resting and recuperating, and that's why he used sedatives and painkillers. It actually showcases his commitment to his vision and ideals. A yogi can leave his body at will. Yogananda and Lahiri Mahasaya left their bodies at will. It is known as Mahasamadhi (a yogi's conscious exit from the body). If Sadhguru wanted to leave his body he can do so any moment considering his abilities in this regard. He has no need for 'assisted suicide'. There is a tradition of voluntary suicide in eastern religions known as Sallekhana, but this is something that should be attempted only in extreme old age or highly diseased state of an irreversible nature, when there is no other option for healing and attaining proper health . The young and healthy are forbidden from Sallekhana, as it would amount to cowardice and unconscious action on their part.

Pushpak was successfully tested this morning, and its performance was found to be "excellent and precise". https://www.ndtv.com/science/isro-successfully-lands-pushpak-indias-first-reusable-launch-vehicle-5287362

These are highly inauspicious times. Sadhguru is working hard against all odds to bring about a leap in collective human consciousness to ensure present issues like global warming, confliicts and soil degradation are erased or mitigated. I am pessimistic about his chances but applaud his brave attempts to set an emulatory example.

Both Ramana and Ramakrishna died of cancer. Jesus was not able to prevent his crucifixion and heal his wounds on the spot. Buddha died of food poisoning. Enlightenment does not mean excellent health at the same time. It should also be taken into account that the enlightened sage can take on the karma of his disciples to speed up their advancement, which results in physical issues for the Guru. I know of an enlightened sage whose physical state was declared by doctors to be incapable of being cured or healed as it was in a high state of damage and death was near. He is known to take on the karma of his disciples. However a few days later he completely healed himself and was totally normal and attending to his duties, much to the surprise of the doctors who had assessed his condition.

Study and practice mindfulness exercises to keep you anchored in the present moment. Memories have two elements to them, factual and psychological . Factual memories helps one learn from unhealthy life experiences and choose wiser options. However psychological memories brings forth strong emotions as you have stated and keeps the past memories dominant and influencing your present as well, leading to psychological suffering, reactivity and negativity. Meditation and mindfulness will help you to dissolve the psychological memories, and make conscious choices of a progressive nature going forward.

I am glad that western psychology is now gaining more insights on this subject. Meher Baba used to travel all around the world visiting psychiatric hospitals for finding masts and properly rehabilitating them. He carefully distinguishes the mast state from madness and explains that in the case of the mad person, the mind is sped up, while in the case of the mast it is slowed down. He considered masts to be spiritually developed people who had become spellbound by inner spiritual experiences and ecstasies and hence found to hard to operate and function normally in the material world. Consequently, to the casual observer, they would look mad even though they were actually harmless and highly sensitive people . Meher Baba taught that the mast properly rehabilitated would continue in their spiritual path and would be of inward service to humanity. https://www.meherbabadnyana.net/life_eternal/Book_One/Masts.htm

The enlightened upon enlightenment, usually give up their bodies merging totally with the Absolute. It is those who wish to teach out of compassion that remain in their bodies. After the experience of enlightenment, it takes some time to orient with the body, and many takes years for the same. Ramana endured many privations which is not possible for a common person, in his deep meditation in a state of seclusion. He could have left his body, but continued to live in order to serve other seekers of the truth and guide them to enlightenment. To his devotees in the earlier period, he often asked them not to be fastidious to his needs, and only ensure 'it's' ( referring to his body) in proper condition.

Gaganyaan is India's proposed first human flight mission that envisions sending a three-membered crew into an orbit of 400km for a period of three days and bringing them back to Earth. https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/isro-ce-20-cryogenic-engine-gaganyaan-mission-9172764/

The purpose of Suffering is to connect you back to the Source , call it Self or Being or Awareness. Joy and peace are natural attributes of the Self. Suffering indicates that you got too involved and carried away by all the relative and transient things around you. Seeing that which is highly pleasant one develops cravings for them while one develops aversions to that which is unpleasant. Both cravings and aversions are strong desires and if left unchecked, can generate negative emotions like hatred, lust, greed which can manifest as vices and crimes. Consequently, one develops greater bondages with the ephemeral existence and becomes entangled with it even more, leading to further loss of peace of mind. It is peace of mind that translates as inner happiness which no amount of sensory pleasure can replace. Hence the need for vigilance and diligence in disciplining the mind and our choices so that one is not carried away by sensory and intellectual pleasures at the expense of Self-awareness.

An insightful article by Anthony Strano of the Prajapita Brahmakumaris on the cyclical nature of time as emphasized by the ancient Greek, Roman and Indian philosophies. Anthony Strano was the Director of the Prajapita Brahmakumaris in Greece, and studied religion and philosophy at the University of Sydney. https://aboutbrahmakumaris.org/time-and-transformation/ One of the core teachings of the Prajapita Brahmakumaris is the reality of eternal recurrence. What has happened will continue to happen an infinite number of times, due to the cyclical nature of time. This is also echoed in the ancient Indian, Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Hebrew (Ecclesiastes),Mayan and Aztec philosophies as well. The nineteenth century philosophy Friedrich Nietzche also held this concept of "eternal recurrence" central in his writings. Hindu philosophy states that there are four yugas or ages in nature charecterising human civilization as well. They are the Satya Yuga (Golden Age), Treta Yuga (silver age), Dwapara Yuga (Bronze Age) and Kali Yuga (Iron Age). The Roman Ovid (43 BC – 17/18AD), in his poem “Metamorphoses”, wrote of the four ages of human civilization. Similarly the Greek writer Hesiod in his 800 line epic poem called Works and Days, tells about the five ages of man(Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron Age). In Europe, the concept fell into disuse until it reemerged with the Italian Renaissance which rediscovered ancient Roman and Greek thought and was further invigorated by Nietzche's own writings based on it.

The OP is not about fall in global poverty levels, but about brics nations seeing the highest surge in millionaire count over the next few years, exceeding that of the G7 countries.

The BRICS economic coalition of emerging markets is about to see an 85% surge in millionaire count over the next decade, far exceeding any other group of nations. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/15/brics-to-see-highest-surge-in-millionaire-population-over-the-next-decade.html