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Is Your EQ Consistent with Your IQ? EQ or Emotional Intelligence (popularly referred to as EQ) is a term thats been around a while. Author Daniel Goleman brought it into prominence in the 1980s with his best-seller, you guessed it, “Emotional Intelligence.” What is EQ and how is it different from IQ? And, why does it matter, anyways?IQ, as we know, is an individuals ability to learn, memorize, problem solve, reason, communicate, and process information. Scientists believe that both genetics and the environment can influence an ind...	Raji L	Add Comment
Purpose of Life and Absolute truth The purpose of life, the reason to exist, from birth to death, is to learn. We are here to learn of Gods Truths in His works. We are here to learn to live in peace and in harmony with all of Gods Creation. What better way to know God than to look for His Truth in His Work. It takes very little insight to realize that all life on earth must learn and that failure to learn guarantees extinction.Although learning does not guarantee immortality, it does point in the right direction. Perhaps life cre...	K Bhatia	Add Comment
Pakistan Palestine Sufism and Terrorism Irfan Husain a respected Pakistani Op-ed writer in defense of a case for Palestine state presented interesting arguments based on select history to counter the firestorm ignited by a flame thrower and a want-to-be GOP nominee, American Newt Gingrich. Prof Gingrich had recently claimed that Palestinians were invented people. Before Mr Gingrichs claim, Mr. Zuhair Mohsen stated that “The Palestinian people do not exist.”*...	K Bhatia	Add Comment
Emerging India (Rurla education) A tourist finds one of seven persons in each of 2 of 196 nations in the world; India and China are these 2 Asian nations. Continent of Africa also has one-seventh or just over one billion of the worlds people. An additional one billion people live in 35 highly developed nations. Nearly 1.5 billion mostly impoverish Muslims live in 57 OIC (Organization of Islamic Community) member nations and remainders of 7 billions people are in other parts of the globe.* Like evangelic Christians, most tribal ...	K Bhatia	Add Comment
Is "Convenience" a Measure of Fulfillment? Who doesnt suffer from the modern human affliction called “convenience?” Its a hard reality that cant be ignored. Im guilty of it too. Personal computers, mobile devices, 24/7 cable television, vehicles, appliances, air conditioning, power tools, online banking, frozen meals, paper towels, antibacterial soap, the works! One-click phone calls, flip-switch controls, junk food drive-thrus, instant movie watching....	Raji L	Add Comment
Vedic Science and Knowledge Yoga Meditation as a secular process is called TM (transcendental meditation). Historically its origin is in Vedic teachings. One ancient method is PDM (Preksa Dhyana Meditation). My previous blog (0620 0708 2011) offered these methods for body and mind tune-up....	K Bhatia	hindu: parrallel to hindus in india www.livescience.com/17498-democracy-decisions-ignorance.html [1 comments]
Images: First Blood on the Streets of America! Here is the first picture of an American with a bloody face after a direct confrontation between protesting civilians and the US Police in riot gears. This is a POWERFUL picture that will stay in peoples minds for a long period of time to come…Because this is the FIRST picture, with BLOOD on the face that is ANGRY and filled with AGONY resulting from economic decay of a country. This is an image of a future Superpower that is declining into an abyss. The Tomorrow (that I and many others have bee...	M Joshi	Add Comment
Occupy Atlanta Partnered With Islamic Group? Read the news yourself: “Today, WoodruffParkin Atlanta will turn into something of a battlefield of principles as “Occupy Atlanta” protesters attempt to reclaim the space for their ongoing protests. Online reports have surfaced claiming that “Occupy Atlanta” has enlisted the help of the religiously charged and oft-controversial Nation of Islam. Representatives of the movement now deny these claims. “We have not asked the Nation of Islam to provide protection for us,” This Is Just The Beginning....	M Joshi	Add Comment
Do UN, and India deserve each other? Why is India not a permanent member of the UN Security Council? Whose fault is it? Unfortunately, the answer to this strange anomaly is not locked, as an esoteric formula in some mysterious labyrinthine vault at the UN, nor in its political machinations. The answer resides in India itself. And, for that matter, is this membership worth pursuing? While the idea might be quite alluring, we must put the UN Security Council under a microscope, to see if it is really worth some Indian blood and sweat...	Raju P	Add Comment
Asymmetric Political and Military Relationships Asymmetric political power is rampant in 57 Arab (OIC) nations as dictators and their cronies enjoy power. To give an analogy, the top dogs have the gold and the rest have got shaft. With the power of internet connectivity the masses have started street marches to assert power. Arab Springs have dislodged three of 57 dictators in OIC and other three are engaged in civil wars.In the US top 1% wealthy Americans have used government to privatize gains and socialize losses by occupying Washington wi...	K Bhatia	Add Comment
Congrats Joe-Six-Pack! Armageddon averted Congratulations Joe-Six-Pack!!! Have you heard the good news? Financial Armageddon is averted. The economic collapse in Europe has been cancelled (…for now). Everything is going to be fine and wonderful. The prosperity is about to return to Europe and the Western world. CNBC and other financial channels world-over are telling us that the economic crisis in Europe is over. Global stock markets all soared this week on this news. The Dow was up nearly 3 percent on Thursday. Global financial mark...	M Joshi	Add Comment
Vipassana: The Path to Freedom Vipassana. (vee • puh • shuh • naa). To see things the way they are. Thats the literal translation of the word in Pali—the language of the Buddha. Vipassana is an ancient form of sitting meditation that the Buddha rediscovered and introduced to the world.For ten consecutive days a few summers ago, casting aside all luxury and self-indulgences and pledging to adhere to the course rules, I enrolled in and attended a vipassana meditation retreat offered by Spiritual Master S. N. Goenka. Total silen...	Raji L	Add Comment
Middle-East Democracy; Perfect Oxymoron! Cultures are wrought over centuries. A culture evolves, develops and calcifies slowly over generations with rote reinforcement of a set of tangible and intangible values. In fact, what you continuously choose, eventually metastasizes into your genes. This hypothesis was explored by John Cloud in a 2010 article for the TIME magazine, titled: “Why your DNA isnt your destiny: The new science of Epigenetics reveal how the choices you make can change your genes.” The Nabataens – the secular pre-Islam...	Raju P	Mo: hindu - I"ll have to dig some more. The points you listed are super fantastic and any outsider doing mischief will be thwarted, and locals will try to save their leader. A fly in ointment is 4-5 decades of rule, and populist measures that run counter.... [6 comments]
USA: OWS movement & How to fix Congress Tea Party in the US has galvanized conservative Republican Party base to action. Republican Party leadership in general and in the Republicans Presidential debates, in particular, we see a chaos precipitated by the extreme right conservative movement.Occupy Wall Street movement is by progressive jobless American youth. The movement is more than a month old and spreading like wild fire to all across the US as well as parts of Europe.Arab Springs have toppled three dictators, three more are on the...	K Bhatia	Add Comment
Shhh...The power of Silence People cringe when they hear the word “meditation.” It sounds so spiritual, right? A picture of the Dalai Lama zooms into view and sweat begins to stream down towards the pounding heart. What if people heard “silence” instead? Silence is used and practiced more popularly. Parents tell their children to hush; teachers instruct their students to quiet down; movie-goers respectfully turn off their conversations and cell phones. Clearly, silence has value. What if I said, “Silence transforms?” Would...	Raji L	Add Comment

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