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The Karmic field of action is a vast field with infinite number of variables, action centres, force de majeure, other force fields, actors, Prakruti etc., The following infinite variables are in action at any given time: Infinite number of forms Infinite number of stages Infinite number of occurrences of karma – of the types-> Prarabdha and Anarabdha (Sanchita & Sanciyamana) Infinite number of individuals Infinite number of groups Infinite number of social settings Infinite number of variations in Prakruthi Infinite number of emotions/feelings Infinite number of thoughts Infinite number of deeds Infinite compositions of Puruṣārthas (dharmam, artham, kamam and moksham) Infinite number of interactions Infinite number of types of interactions Infinite number of value systems Infinite number of variations in established value systems Infinite number of forces operating on individuals and groups and also to maintain the law of karma and to operate the karmic engine   Hence the law of karma is a very difficult force majeure in itself that can only be handled by the infinite form of Adi Para Sakthi. The prominent protagonists or antagonists will NOT be able to comprehend and/or handle such a massive active deployment! But the nithyasuris, as permitted by their ICCHA SAKTHI, at best, can do the below to help their devotees. They can help convert the sharp/short/intense effect of karma into dull/long/apathetic effect. They can create effective substitutes They can delay or accelerate the timings They can remove certain karmas if they are not too big (but big enough to be removed by their ICCHA SAKTHI) in magnitude They can shift individual karma to group or vice-versa based on other attributing factors They can rearrange the fructification stack of karmas of individuals and groups They possibly can warn individuals/groups based on the sense of developing field formations of karma They can combine karma to produce a grand effect They can split karma to produce a fragmented effect They can manipulate at micro, medium or macro scales based on their ICCHA SAKTHI Protagonists can combine their ICCHA SAKTHIS to produce a single effect Here we can clearly understand the inability to comprehend the full visibility of karmic field of action even to the most powerful protagonists! If gods have to interfere, then it has to be in a local context only. Say, if a god intends to help its devotee, it has to analyse and resolve the karmic field which is in the immediate vicinity of the devotee and which is creating necessary effects on the devotee’s life! Boiling the ocean or attempts to resolve the infinite karmic field of actions will yield no result and will be futile! So I find myself repeating that – the divine goddess – Adi Para Sakthi, in her infinite mode and wisdom, is the only force that can understand and guide the karmic load interactions in the universe.   Each life form and group has its own trials, tribulations and rituals etc., that allow it to build the ICCHA SAKTHI. Since humans represent a form representing higher and finer aspects of life, and their endeavours are massive and far-reaching, the ICCHA SAKTHS of a human or the combined ICCHA SAKTHIS of the humans can be much bigger than other life forms and its groups. This probably explains why the humans are able to completely dominate all other forms of life of earth! What are the causes that help the humans be dominant? Development Progression Knowledge Acquisition Social mode of living Adapting Technology Adaptability to a wide range of climates and geographies Faith What are possibly the reasons that diminish their dominance, the effects of which are yet to be felt fully? Global warming and climate change Reckless exploitation of nature Disastrous economic/commercial endeavours Technologies that create disastrous wake fields in the tapestry of life Overuse and rampant consumerism Pollution Creating effects/results/products that they cannot monitor and control Triggering rapid extinctions of other life forms Unsustainability Losing sensitivity and faith Other things mentioned in the blogs referred in the references section Thus, in other words, they may be losing their advantage and instead be digging an early grave for themselves! I hope they wake up and resurrect soon! To sustain in this karmic field, each life form or the groups have to adapt, evolve and improve while upholding their dharma of life and living. Consider a carrom club as the Karmic field of action. In this the owner/manager is the law of karma itself that schedules karmic interactions of various players. The building, table, chairs, food and other paraphernalia are the various manifestations of Prakruthi. It is a pity that these schedules drawn by the manager are non-negotiable! Say a match (between man and elephant!) just completed and the man won! He is seen yelling, laughing, drinking and merry making for a while.  After a while, the calculative, cold and relentless club manager senses the excess of the man and orders another schedule of match between the man and the elephant! But this time, different chairs, tables and layouts were arranged by the manager, possibly favouring the elephant and the man was seen coming in for the match - trembling and sweating! References: https://www.mayoan.com/economy/26.-super-demons-created-by-mankind https://www.mayoan.com/economy/24.-the-problem-of-the-excess https://www.mayoan.com/grc/07.-some-esg-thoughts-valid-in-current-times https://www.mayoan.com/grc/08.-some-esg-thoughts-valid-in-current-times---part-2 https://www.mayoan.com/grc/09.-some-esg-thoughts-valid-in-current-times---part-3- https://www.mayoan.com/technology/11.-a-concern-on-ai-outcomes---part-2 Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved Hari Om!

There is a reason why wild animals should not be reared in the domestic home environment. Their dharma is different. We cannot expect them to completely conform to our expectations. The only place that they should be reared is in the zoo besides the wilderness and animal care centres. Similarly domestic animals and farm animals have their own dharma and should be treated as such. In the past dogs used to be kept in kennels outside the house or if it is a farm environment, they are expected to be kept in kennels located appropriately. Similarly, pigs are to be kept in a pigsty, horses in stables and cows in the shed and so on and so forth. Some of these animals (especially some animals like pigs and certain type of birds like the ducks/crows), are extraordinarily intelligent. That is exactly the reason why when the humans get too close to them on a continued daily basis, they will start expecting equity and equality! Unlike humans, who, with their inquisitive advanced intelligence, have come to doubt even simple but profound proverbs like – “Where there is will, there is way”, these animals/birds are instinctively tuned to such beliefs. In some homes, the bonds between these animals are so strong (it goes to the extent that the human considers these ‘cute/adorable’ animals as their sons/daughters) that these animals/birds would want to take birth in the human’s family and be even more closer! We all know from the ancient knowledge that in the cycle of birth-life-death, there is a certain ascendence path and certain descendance path among the species. Please refer to my other blog - https://www.mayoan.com/post/66-my-perspective-on-the-reincarnation-process . Close associations like mentioned above, between the humans and animals/birds leads to shorting of such paths. If the humans know this, they may not like to call these animals as sons/daughters and be in a closer than normal relationship and similarly if the animals/birds sense that the humans do not want them to be born inside their families, their nature may change subtly and abruptly! Either way it is lose-lose to both animals/birds and their human hosts. Hence some DOs are: Keep the animals in the respective shelters and do not give free access to all the rooms of the house. (especially kids rooms/host’s bedrooms etc., should be inaccessible to the animals/birds) Do not make them crave for more attention by keeping the loving/affectionate gestures between human family members in their plain sight – may be not more than necessary. Sometimes these animals/birds are possessive. Do not indulge in intimate acts with your human partners right before their eyes. Similarly avoid watching the animals in mating session. Do not touch their privates during the act of bathing them. Animals that are reared for special needs like guide-dogs etc., can also be carefully controlled and deployed in the home environments keeping in mind all the above points. If there is only one human dependent in the house, then the rules for keeping the guide-dogs (or other similar animals) can be a bit more liberal. If you need them for mental comfort, consider leaving them in a nearby animal care and then take time to visit them regularly besides supporting them with finance. You may want to take them for a walk too on an occasional or regular basis. And some DONTs are: Do not keep them deprived of their mating needs. Arrange to make them meet their mates. Do not allow them to lick your faces/hands etc., Even if they lick, wash the hands at a later point of time or wear gloves. (Please see the reference below on the dog saliva). Not just the sthula form but the sukshma form of these fluids may not be acceptable too. Do not share the same dish washers or washing machines! Do not share your beds/blankets/warm-clothes with them Do not allow them inside the washrooms and toilets when you are using them. Do not appear in a naked/semi-naked manner before the pets. If possible do not eat before them. Do not share food time. They may resent if the contents are different or if your food is more "yummy". Avoid doing things like eating "fish fry" before a live fish tank !! (Considering a different context altogether, even butchers should keep the culling place far away from their live stock)   By the way, the fourth place, besides the animal care centres, zoos and wilderness where both some wild animals (if law permits and because there is no wilderness matching the animals natural dwelling in the home country) and domestic animals/birds can be kept and reared are the matts, ashrams, abbeys, monasteries, priories, friaries and hermitages with appropriate trained personal to take care of them. Please always keep a respectful distance from your pets!   References: https://biologyinsights.com/is-dog-saliva-cleaner-than-human-saliva/ Hari Om! Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved

There are lot of social contracts in this universe such as – Relationship between God and devotee Relationship between father and son/daughter Relationship between mother and son/daughter Relationship between employer and employee Relationship between government and citizen Etc, etc., The basis for all these social contracts is “TRUST”. Like an organizational hierarchy, like Maslow’s hierarchy, like a clan/tribe hierarchy, the emotions also follow a certain hierarchy. One builds upon the other and this emotional hierarchy unlike the other kinds, can be generic - aligning with public expectations or can be surprisingly person specific! Atoms form molecules that goes to become compounds. Trust is something like the basic atomic bond! One of the foundational feeling/emotion is the TRUST. If this goes wrong, what cannot go wrong? Loss of trust in LOVE may lead to suicidal tendencies. Loss of trust in CLANSHIP may lead to outrage and exclusion. Loss of trust in a COUNTRY may lead to treachery. Loss of trust in a MARRIAGE may lead to divorce. Loss of trust in FRIENDSHIP may lead to enmity. Loss of trust in EMPLOYMENT may lead to anger and unwanted exits. And one should always remember KARMA by thought. A god issuing a punishing decree or a person with higher virtues passing judgement are clearly not to be considered as bad karma being generated by thoughts or as trust being broken. Trust is like a glue that keeps on building various types of relationships. Trust too should be considered transitive. Trustable person in life may lead to more trustable relationships. And certain relationships are more trustworthy than others. We cannot expect all broken relationships to heal in the same fashion in the same time frame. Sometimes in order to heal better, we may need a temporary break or time off. These time offs cannot be considered as a basis for a permanent break in relationship. Thus, for example, couples moving to divorce proceedings, may take a time off, be honest with their inner feelings, and evaluate their relationships and sense of belonging properly before deciding on separation. Strong sentimental and emotional states aided by anger, frustration and impulsive decisions may lead to wrong judgement. So, in such cases it is important to consider wise counsel from trusted aides and relationships before withdrawing permanently. This time offs, sometimes, cannot be considered as a basis for permanent break. If people are honest about their feelings and if they can self-analyse properly, healing can be faster and they may end up considering that they are untrue to their inner feelings and thus may decide not to break off a relationship in question. Money, power, position, assumed higher social class, crowd support etc., may blind a person in evaluating a relationship properly and may induce him/her to consider a sacred/golden-grade relationship as trivial. And this may lead him/her to take a given relationship for granted and thus he/she may introduce behaviours the eventually spoil it till trust itself breaks. A certain group based (like being teammates or collegemates or community friendships) negative hive intelligence accelerates this kind of degenerations. More so if accompanied by habits like consuming drugs/alcohols and when in creating ruckus in an inebriated/party mindset completely oblivious to the shattering essential relationships! Trivial things may cause great damage to TRUST and eventually abrade/downgrade a sacred golden-grade relationship leading to complete breakage. And nobody may how much time needs to be invested in healing as there are lots of moving parts. Besides such unfortunate/one-off incidents may themselves become trigger to other parallel paths of destruction in life. Remember – healing/curing/construction/producing usually takes more time than breaking/hurting. I pray to the almighty that every one of us receive this wisdom to cherish and nurture the blessed relationships of our life. Hari Om! Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved

We are energy loyalists. We are first internal beings and then we have an external shell- for both - form and function! We have known from the other blog about the ‘magic-carpet’ love that usually manifests in the right teen age. The blog is - https://www.mayoan.com/post/15-formative-years-of-a-human   . How does such a love manifest in the four realms of the sakthi or divine energy layers? First, the stage is set by ICCHA SAKTHI of both the souls – form and stage- are set for the beings that are going to fall in love. This follows the premise that strong love and bond may have a precursor in the past janmas or previous births. This also means that ad hoc relationships without any precursor births is also possible. Next, once the soul level push is over, the dynamics of being born, follows relentlessly, pursued by the time to move the souls to the right age and social context. Here is where both the GNANA SAKTHI of both the souls mesh and create the interest subsequently followed by the attraction and then love! (Please refer to my blog - https://www.mayoan.com/economy/07.-the-3-degrees-of-attractions . Then follows the bodily union – fornication (using KRIYA SAKTHI of both the souls) that supports the cycle of life! Thus, for a purely internal person, energy loyalist, nature expects that – he goes through one or more internal transformation such as attraction, love and relationship before indulging in sex (not indulging in any abominable ways)! But sadly, this perhaps is not in order in the current society where dating apps, selections based just upon looks and ONS ideas are very real! This leads to quality of relationships as follows. The Sanskrit term used below are too strong and has been used in wrongful context in the past in the context of varna (social order or caste). But I have tried to use it in the right way considering the nature of ‘guna’ (noble or ignoble state) of the soul only. For simplicity sake, I have considered male and female union only that is likely to produce an offspring.The meaning of the word ‘Nobel’ below is used to mean – going by the preferred rules of nature as above as an ideal and pure energy loyalist. The meaning of the word ‘Optimal’ below is used to mean – deviating from the expectations of the nature.The meaning of the word ‘Basal’ below is used to mean – as seen in the lower order of species especially in the animal kingdom where the relationship is not at a higher level but only felt as an instinctive biological need! It also means that the act of sex may also include forbidden/abominable indulgences) Please note that nature has many shades of existence and its best form may lead to improvement of quality of life and may prove to be beneficial to the society as such! S. No Soul 1 (male) Soul 2 (female) Quality Nearest Sanskrit Term to refer 1 Noble Noble Superior Anuloma 2 Noble Optimal In-between Anuloma 3 Noble Basal Inferior Pratiloma 4 Optimal Noble In-between Anuloma 5 Optimal Optimal In-between Anuloma 6 Optimal Basal Inferior Pratiloma 7 Basal Noble Inferior Pratiloma 8 Basal Optimal Inferior Pratiloma 9 Basal Basal Inferior Pratiloma   The union of a noble male soul and a noble female soul – is highly preferred and is likely to become a high-quality relationship, that, if conclude in marriage or long-term relationships/life-partnerships, is expected to produce offsprings that may contribute positively to the society. Looks like only four out of nine ways produce either good or acceptable results! Besides being mindful about the quality of relationship and the offsprings, women have another significant additional reason to be cautious about indulging in any sudden relationships. Trillions of yet unborn souls in all the realms of the universe are yearning to be born through the birth canal of a human female – It is that much SACRED! This is because of the expectation that human endeavours involve higher and finer aspects of life, and it is also a form that is strongly related to Mukthi or liberation of the soul! Hence women have an unspoken mandate to protect their womb and birth canal!  Thus, they may have to court, only men - who have gentlemanly and brave characteristics and have to avoid men who are either abusive or make them do abominable things while in the act of having sex. Finally, love based sexual act with an intent to produce an offspring is far more valuable/sacred than a love based sexual act only and hence will need a nurturing/caring environment before and after – perhaps till the child is born and till breastfeeding of the child stops. Similarly, an act of sex based only on basal animalistic instincts is far more inferior than a relationship/love based sexual act. Any act of abominable sex acts based on instincts only are the worst – that has the capability to force the soul to take birth in the lower order of the species in the subsequent birth(s). Hari Om! Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved

Please note that this blog is going to be work in progress for a long time as I need to research a lot on the terminologies used in the 4 divine layers. This is a very basic or rudimentary but time consuming effort to indicate the concept of 4 divine layers and the terminologies used in them for various concepts manifested in them. Please be aware that the list may get edited as the time goes. The idea is to show that there were specific terminologies used to refer to concepts in the 4 divine layers. In current times, these terminologies might have been considered as synonyms, but I strongly believe that these ancient terminologies do carry specific meanings and are not merely synonyms. Kindly bear with me if any errors are spotted in the use of terms or concepts or the location of the concepts in this blog; Will be happy to correct as appropriate. Please refer to: https://www.mayoan.com/post/45-about-the-layers-of-energy Both Tamil and Sanskrit are very ancient languages. In the past, possibly there was more clarity on the 4 divine layers, and these 2 languages perhaps had these advanced concepts referred using specific terminologies. I will try to use the terms in English and in Tamil(transliterations) for the different concepts as they manifest in the 4 divine layers. Some are straight forward, some needs lot of research into the etymology of the specific words or terms. About Bindu: Bindu means dot. It may refer to the infinite expansion of the divine energy as a whole or the root energy dots (in the para region, at the point of creation or recharge of the universe) of all the energies in different forms/formats as seen in the other 3 divine layers (Iccha,Gnana and Kriya). I think, it helps if we are able to think of this aspect as a method to recharge the various depleted energies in the universe. (I always maintained that this divine energy can be both the infinite sink and infinite source of this universe). Wherever I could not find a suitable name to a concept in divine layer, I have used the term 'bindu'. About MAHAT in this context: MAHAT is understood to be a composition of dark matter and dark energy. The mass part of prakruthi and the souls as manifested in the ICCHA SAKTHI layer constitute the dark matter. Hence we may infer that dark matter can have various forms. Similarly the energy part of the dark energy can be of various types as inferred in the the table below and in the context of the ICCHA SAKTHI layer where the root Bindus take the basic form of various energies. Wherever I could not find a suitable name to a concept in ICCHA SAKTHI layer, I have used the term 'MAHAT'.   S. No Concept as we know (in Prakruthi/Souls) Adi Para Sakthi Iccha Sakthi Gnana Sakthi Kriya Sakthi 1. Vak System Para Pashyanti Madhyama Vaikhari 2 Vak System (alternate) Bindu (in Tamil) Beejam (in Tamil) Nadham (in Tamil) Sabdham (in Tamil) 3 Burning/Fire (fire is a panchabhootham created from this and there may be similar process present for other panchabhoothams) Entropy ( in the process of universe getting created and being expanded ) or Bindu or Sidaram (in Tamil) MAHAT or Enthalpy (Agaveppam/Uraiveppam in Tamil) Heat (Veppam) Burning (Erithal in Tamil) 4 Ayurvedic system of medicine Bindu /MAHAT Pranam Vadham 5 Ayurvedic system of medicine Bindu /MAHAT Tejas Pittham 6 Ayurvedic system of medicine Bindu /MAHAT Ojas Kabham 7 Panchakoshanam Bindu Karana Shareeram Sukshma Shareeram Sthula Shareeram 8 Panchakoshanam (alternate) Anandamayakoshanam Vignanamayakoshanam and cross-cutting Pranamayakoshanam Manomayakoshanam and and cross-cutting Pranamayakoshanam Annamayakoshanam 9 Living Human Bindu Uyir (soul) Aavi (ghost) Udambu (body) 10 Athma Gnanam Arut-perum-jothi (blissful infinite radiance) Atma  Ulloli (Inner radiance) /Ullam /Manam Buddhi/ Dhyanam 11 Space Bindu, Omnipresent (lack of MAHAT) or Shunyam Aagayam or Ether Puraveli (space)  12 The 3-Imperfections or Mummalams The pure, divine and blissful Adi Para Sakthi, Omnibenevolent Aanavam Mayam Ganmam  13 Earth Bindu Thinmam or Particulate/Matter / Mass Jadam or Solids Various forms of earth like ores/sand/organic compositions etc., or Bhoomi  13 Air Bindu Valimam or Gaseous Vayu (a collective term for air, wind, prana) or Gases Kattru or Atmosphere or Air (or various gaseous elements/molecules)  14 Water Bindu Neermam or Fluidic / Fluids Paayam or Thiraviyam or Liquids Neer (water) or Other similar liquids  15 Weapons Bindu forces of will /dark matter / dark energy / MAHAT Panchabhootas /Cutting /crushing /piercing /wounding etc., weapons  During evolution - same as previous column-cell. /During involution,additionally, Weapons from or using stored energies (guns, canons, missiles, DEWs and weapons like rail guns) 16 Machine/Gadget design Bindu Iccha Sakthi and/or Mantra Tantra- Governing Principles, philosophies, Laws, Processes of divine and derived energy forms (like electrical/magnetic/weak & strong nuclear/gravitational forces) etc., Yantra- engines, gadgets, machines, system design, component architectures etc., that use the other derived potential and kinetic energy forms (mostly man-made) 17 Adi Para Sakthi Para Sakthi /Maha Bindu Will to create/sustain and destroy Big bang/ /Law of Karma or Karmic engine /Panchabhootas and other tatvas Prakruthi and Jeevas 18 Perception/ Storage Impressions of Soul / Stored in Souls By Tanmatras /Use of Pranas By Feeling/Emotions/ Storage/Intelligence using Brain /Use of Gnanendriyas By Actions using Karmendriyas 19 Colours divine illumination /white White/Black/Shades of Grey White/Black/Shades of Grey /VIBGYOR/Basic colours mixed from the above colours Millions of colours 20 Energy Source/Sink of all energies, Omnipotent Dark Energies (Possibly no conversion loss and all stable energy forms (supporting different tatvas) exist in its purest form and mass-energy conversions to and from may exist ; unstable compositions of mass-energy duo may exist) -Realm of Astamasiddhis and other siddhis Energies can be converted from one form into another with possibly less losses. These energies go on to make different masses. It is possible to find mass-energy unstable duo in this layer too - some may be short lived and some may be long lived. Conversion loss is maximum among the 3 manifested energy layers Unstable energy forms occur in nature (such as lightenings) Unstable energy forms in man made objects usually leads to accidents 21 Mass 100% energy form Dark masses (Possibly , same as in energy- different tatvas (supported by some processes)using pure mass and pure energies- with energy conversions to and from mass at play ; unstable compositions of mass-energy duo may exist Masses can be converted from one form into another with possibly less losses (e.g Evolution of panchabhootas) It is possible to find mass-energy unstable duo in this layer too - some may be short lived and some may be long lived. Huge or considerable energies needed to convert mass / energy forms to other mass /energy forms. Unstable masses do not generally occur in nature (exceptions like radioactive isotopes exist) 22 Dimensions (just guessing) Divine illumination, continuum, singular Continuum of dark matter/dark energy, dark vaccuum and divine white illumination Several basic dimensions possible (can be more if Adi Para Sakthi blesses) Several more dimensions possible (can be more if Adi Para Sakthi blesses) 23 Time in a single realm or mandala No sense of time/ eternal/Omnipresent Slowest Slower (sometimes ghosts exist longer than the average lifespan of a living human) normal 24 Gayathri Manthra Savitur Svah Bhuvah Bhur 25 Knowledge acquisition and application Omniscient -Philosophical - Knowledge about Adi Para Sakthi helps with Progression and development -Empirical, Obsevational, Experiencial, Mathematical - Additionally knowledge about philosophies (evolving into bodies of scientific knowledge) helps with progression and development -Theoritical,Conceptual, Hypothetical, Scientific - Additionally knowledge about previous 2 layers helps with the progression and development 26 Human Consciousness Adi Para Sakthi / Turiya/Transcendental State Deep/Dreamless state/ Sushupti/Prajnatmika Dream state (related to mind realm) /Svapanti/Taijasatmika Waking state/ Jagrani/Vaisnavahara 27 Maslow's Hierarchy Supreme Being Self-actualization/Self-esteem Love and Belonging/ Safety and Security Physiological Needs   28 Natural Order of Species Supreme Being Self-realized soul Under Involution Under Evolution 29 Act of Sex Bindu Stage and Form Interest, Attraction, Love and Lust Act of Sex, Physical Union TBE = To be Explored As time goes and I collect more concepts and related terms , I will keep on filling this table to the best of my knowledge.   Along the three layers (ICCHA/GNANA and KRIYA), there are some cross cutting concepts working. One of these is the concept tri-gunas (sattva, rajo, tamas) ., I think it will be naive to assume that the universe is uniformly well matured in the development of the 3 derived energy layers in all the places. I think, the below may be true: Adi Para Sakthi's will power created the Iccha Sakthi and distributed among the prakruthi and the nityasuris. The various souls were expected to harness their own iccha sakthi through suitable methods (like a penance blessed by one or more nityasuris). In an universe filled with pure iccha sakthi, the mass and energy probably were indestructible. Adi Para Sakthi saw the futility of an indestructible universe that does not allow Karma to be dispensed easily and thus she willed the creation of time. Time as a fundamental tenet of the universe brought in the concept of attrition and change and thus Karma could be easily balanced. The concept of Time induced Karma to introduce atrophy, pain, death, negative feelings/emotions etc., Perhaps, with the introduction of time, the manifestation of Gnana Sakthi happened as Gnana Sakthi is detected only due to some change in the context (say a local climate system). Gnana Sakthi enabled the mass to energy and vice-versa conversions (eg. entropy leading to charges build up and subsequent release of energy as a lightening in the atmosphere). Advanced souls that were in pursuit of excellence, understood the difference between knowing and not knowing the basics of the universe- or the importance of knowledge or 'Gnana'. Thus from this knowledge or inference, the Kriya Sakthi was willed to be born by the divine and Great Adi Para Sakthi. Thus Adi Para Sakthi, is/was instrumental in creating the different layers of the divine energy. She defined the Iccha Sakthi and Gnana Sakthi layers to adequate details and probably left the Kriya Sakthi (as a starting point) to be explored by the souls in pursuit-of-excellence, perhaps hoping that one day these advanced souls will work backwards and reach her eventually and find her to be the ONLY ABSOLUTE TRUTH in the universe. Perhaps it is interesting to think that, some of the nityasuris who have the governance responsibilities using the powers of iccha/gnana sakthis, may not be a full-fledged scientist or a person with deep knowledge about science as they may not have explored the kriya sakthi realm adequately as yet. So our respect for such super souls in the higher realms should not- decrease - ever! Other deductions/assumptions are possible as below: Perhaps, dimension-2 (ghost realm) is transient for prakruthi too, not just for souls. Dimension-1 (physical realm) has many variations, not just the ones felt by humans and other lives on earth. The idea of scalar inertia may be scalar in dimension-1, but it may have a vector representation in the MAHAT layer and similar such ideas. Adi Para Sakthi is most effective and efficient always; The manifestation of Iccha Sakthi as willed by Adi Para Sakthi may be 100% effective and efficient. We know in the dimension-1, physical world, the energy conversion efficiencies as not perfect (e.g. carnot heat engine efficiency - assuming it to be approximately 0.8 or like). There are huge losses in all types of energy conversion mechanisms. In the transient, dim-2 realm, the conversion efficiency may fall between 1 in the MAHAT and the best in the dim-1. Clearly the initial tool we have to explore the deeper realms, is our mind! We have to acknowledge that the Prakruthi is here to help us too! (Nature in a given context, as an invisible, incorporeal Maha Guru, as much as possible, tries to model all processes occuring in the universe so that it is available to the seekers for inferencing and to know the deeper secrets! Deep secrets may be revealed by exploring simpler processes occuring in Nature! With the Karmic engine in the mind too, we have to consider the possibilities in MAHAT and in the Dim-2 realm (with as much rigorous approach as we do in dim-1) such as - Changes in Energy fields Changes in Matter Energy to Matter conversions and vice-versa Conversion of Energies Influence of Time Influence of Space Physical and chemical properties of Masses The study of various Energy systems  References: Valimam, Neermam, Thinmam in Wiki. Steven Strogatz, 2019, Edition (ISBN 978-1-78649-297-5), Atlantic Books, “Infinite Powers - The Story of Calculus, The Language of the Universe” Hari Om! Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved

I wrote earlier that – the relationship between a guru and shishya in a guru-shishya parampara, is akin to something that lies between a relationship that exists between a mother and a child and a relationship that exists between a God and its devotee! ( https://www.mayoan.com/post/90-why-general-schooling-is-better-than-home-schooling ). Only such a guru or such noble souls or gods of the universe may understand and realize the term – ‘universal love’ or transcendental love. This concept is captured adequately in the Sanskrit term – ‘Vashudevakudumbakam’ or ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam  (Sanskrit: वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्) is a Sanskrit phrase found in Hindu texts such as the Maha Upanishad, meaning, "the world is one family". Such a noble high-quality soul may have transcended the below aspects: He/she is aligned more and more on the mukthi or bliss-end of the experiences spectrum and he/she exists only with a love to serve mankind and other species’ and to show the path of liberation where applicable. Such a person might have taken several births before reaching the current exalted state. He/she might have taken mostly, the role of a spiritually evolved person in most of his births! Such a divine/daring soul may have achieved many siddhis over several births and yet their compassion towards fellow souls may be the only reason why they keep diving to earthly realms. They do not differentiate the souls based on form/functions and is universally compassionate towards all souls. They may perform yagnas and poojas or may travel and establish peace and work for the welfare of all the souls in the universe. They may have some reiki powers of healing too. They are too soft inside and may follow a very strict minimalistic and organic way of living. Due to their maturity evolving over several births, they may show extraordinary intelligence at very young age. Their soul impressions bestow all needed cosmic knowledge and awareness at a tender age itself which may help them transcend the basic needs of food, sleep and sex sometimes! Hence when they do not court any opposite gender persons, we have to accept it as a naturally evolved state and unless he/she expresses his want the persons surrounding them should not force him/her into unwanted relationships. (say, they might have experienced ‘magic-carpet’ love – but that is perhaps in their past - several births ago!) Sometimes they may have transcended or subdued the strong needs around the basic things such as food, sleep and sex. Or they show strong discipline in their food/sleep needs. If such a guru (we may not know where he is in his current spiritual journey unless stated by him or his guru or any nithyasuris) , is found to be a father to a child out of wedlock and found to be not violating any existing laws, critical analysis by the society is not needed as this is likely to be a time waste and in fact such a child from an advanced soul like the guru may be beneficial to the society. (As an example, scriptures say that Maharishi Ved Vyasa was born to Sage Parasara, who is an expert in astrology, and Machagandhi (daughter of a fisherman) otherwise called as Satyavati, in a celestially auspicious time, which blessed that a child born in that time will benefit the whole mankind). Such a great guru practising ‘Vasudeiva Kutumbakam’ may – 1.      Travel a lot to meet people and alleviate their pain and ease their sufferings 2.      May write a lot 3.      May teach a lot 4.      May love all life forms 5.      May participate in governments to enhance governance 6.      May provide needed benefits to the citizens 7.      May spread the joy of giving and may anchor the donations’ drives. 8.     May serve as an anchor to the society for spiritual festivals and events 9.      May install faith in people on the good of the universe 10.   May not know fear in general or the fear of death 11.   Is loved by everyone 12.   Learns till the last breath is taken 13.   May establish ashrams and matts to sustain the spiritual legacy 14.  May teach esoteric knowledge on traditions, sacraments, rituals and other invaluable scriptures References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasudhaiva_Kutumbakam https://gayatriheritage.com/blogs/our-blogs/veda-vyasa-the-great-sage-of-ancient-india Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved Hari Om!

No, I am not talking about some special needy children whose only option is to obtain education from home schooling. We know, in the sense of the suggested public hive intelligence ( https://www.mayoan.com/economy/32.-hive-intelligence ) concepts, that even the home schooling aspect can be handled better in a higher and finer society. Getting educated is a higher and finer activity. Though it, perhaps, does not generate any direct good karma, nevertheless, it is an important trigger to generate the fructification of the good karmas to come by, Especially, I believe, that functions like the graduation function, accomplishments like the getting certifications/prizes/awards etc., can be powerful triggers by themselves. Education dispels ignorance and hence clears the arrival of bad karma waiting to fructify based on continued ignorance. The degree of indulgence in learning, education based on career path we chose, acts of in-pursuit of excellence – all these, we know directly leads to fruits of good karma later in life.   But why do I think that going to school is better than home schooling? Going to school gives the following benefits additionally: 1.   Influence of positive group karma (pupils group/teachers group/community group etc.,) 2.   By meeting with a lot of different students with diverse back grounds, the mental maturity of a student gains significantly and helps the student to get a highly balanced view of the life itself. This learning is above and beyond the standard curriculum based educational contents. 3.    Cross cultural influence from the school’s population diversity. 4.    Peer support, development of friendships and networking potentials. 5.   It is my own belief that if a student goes to a co-educational institution, he/she may get a strong early-on learning about gender equality, composite team cooperation and about the need for mutual respect/tolerance towards the opposite gender. 6.    Any other etc., But what type of schools should we consider? To go to the foundation of this question, I again have to bring in the need for a 3-tiered iron-clad constitution. ( https://www.mayoan.com/grc/06.-more-on-the-fictional-iron-clad-constitution ) The 1 st  and most important pillar is that of bureaucracy and meritocracy whose leadership seats are filled by general elections . The next important pillar is that of the theocracy whose leadership seats are filled by guru-shishya parampara (the meaning of the word “parampara” is “tradition”). The relationship between a guru and pupil(shishya) is sacred and cemented with the feeling of universal love. And I think it is positioned somewhere between the relationship of a mother and her child and a god and its devotee! The 3 rd  pillar is that of the aristocracy whose leadership seats are filled by inheritance  from kings/queens/aristocrats/business leaders/other affluent-people or people with similar legacies. They are supposed to focus on improving the quality of life of the people of the nation and to focus also on culture, arts and crafts and its sustenance in the nation. The additional function of this pillar is to perform auditing and GRC activities on a nationwide scale to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the government and governance. Though it is not a hard and fast rule, I expect that the education from the general public schooling will help in establishing the members of the first pillar. The general public schooling is perhaps popular among the majority of the population and does the major heavy lifting of ensuring a nationwide higher literacy rate. Educational subjects here include the usual – STEM subjects, history, geography, languages, psychology, information technology, statistics, economy etc., Similarly, it may be considered more as a norm and not a rule that the members of the 3 rd  pillar are expected to have come through (usually expensive) private schooling. In addition to the above subjects, these schools (since the members are expected to join either the 1st pillar or the 3 rd  pillar of the iron-clad democracy), may focus more intensely on science and management of quality, GRC, , arts, crafts, media, political histories, constitutions, quality of life aspects and more. The 3 rd  type of school catering to the needs of the 2 nd  pillar of theocracy is closer to my heart! Perhaps this type of schools is missing in other parts of the world except in India! These are the schools upholding the greatness of guru-shishya parampara very much essential to continue the spiritual legacy of the country. Some of these schools are standard ashrams and mutts and the head of the mutt position is usually passed down to the person of choice of the guru peetam. Such a relationship is very sacred and special as mentioned before.  Sometimes, here the students wake up as early as 5 -6 am and indulge in traditions like sandhya vandhanam, surya namaskaram and take up lessons on cosmos, astrology, yoga, mantras, tantras, poojas, rituals, sacraments, meditational techniques etc., and indulge in the subjects of theology such as Vedas, Upanishads and puranas. They eventually take up positions in temples as gurukkal and acharyas and more. They also are educated in basic language skills and in science and maths. Some reference on syllabus can be seen in https://www.indianvedicschool.com/s/pages/curriculum . The students stay in the school hostel and are usually served vegetarian food and after the school graduations they can even get absorbed in the mainstream economy if the person wills. References: https://www.mayoan.com/economy/32.-hive-intelligence https://www.mayoan.com/grc/06.-more-on-the-fictional-iron-clad-constitution https://www.mayoan.com/economy/09.-administering-the-economy-in-novel-ways---part-1 Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved Hari Om!

I have touched upon this topic earlier and the related blog link is given in the references section. Again, the disclaimer is – I am NOT a subject matter expert in Ayurveda and neither have deep proficiency/knowledge in any medicinal system nor trained in any health care areas and hence any unintended mistakes in this blog are purely coincidental that I am willing to correct. My only intention is to highlight that Ayurveda system of medicine should be considered seriously along side the Allopathic system of medicine. I also think that a fusion of medicinal systems from around the globe including but not limited to the allopathic system, ayurvedic system, siddha system and Chinese medicinal system etc., should be considered under the ambit of a global body like the UN to develop a unified fusion medicinal system that can benefit the whole of the mankind. Please remember that Karma can bestow mental or physical diseases or ailments to individuals and groups based on the karmic load (of individuals or groups or both) and the fructifying of conditions triggering the effect of karma. Now that we have a fair understanding about the composition of the 4 layered universe and the human construct consisting of the 5 koshanas (sheaths) (please refer to my other spirituality related blogs), and the effect of Karmas, we have to holistically consider the origin of diseases and cures. For this to happen we have to consider first the hyper parameters underlying the cure for any diseases such as: 1.      Geography: A given geography will be capable of supporting life that originated on them in full capacity as long as we do not harmfully exploit it and create issues like the climate change or global warming. This geography will sustain the native population by providing quality food, air and water in a natural way.   It is generally considered that at least some home-grown flora in any geography is expected to function as a medicine or as a base element of a medicine for a/some serious ailment(s) or as a local cure for a/some common ailment(s) !   Humans have to be mindful about introducing the below aspects in order to not unsettle this delicate balance of nature: Over exploitation of land and water resources Activities spoiling the quality of air Effects like acid rains or rain scarcities or excessive rains/floods Over exploitation like relentless hunting of certain species and moving it to extinction Unmindful commercial operations of certain kinds that are likely to diminish the biodiversity aspect of a given geography. (for example, there are some concerns floating around about the mobile communications/high frequency towers affecting the population of sparrows that control the agricultural pests) Overuse and mindless use of genetic engineering and chemicals in especially the food processing industries. Not practicing crop rotations/cycles to ensure soil enrichment.   Hence in my opinion, as part of food security and overall or general health, a particular trade block or given geography should neither focus excessively on exports nor on imports. I think this curb on exports/imports should be done even more diligently with respect to the meat products, because this is made complex by the interacting intense karmic load. Hence, in such case, it is better if the local government has oversight and control which perhaps cannot be guaranteed for imported meat products..   2.      Climate: The basic composition of the human body is composed of Vata (air and space/ether), Pita (fire and water) and Kapha (earth and water) elements as per Ayurveda which are heavily influenced by the climate setting of the given geography too. Please refer to some links in the references as how the Vata, Pita and Kapha affect the body types. And body types are to some degree tied to the DNA!   This to me indicates that, clinical trials of drugs should also factor in the climate of the geography besides the food part. Sometimes some cure can be more effective in a sunny setting, and some cure can be more effective in a cold setting.   3.      DNA The DNA of people from different races may vary. I tend to think that DNA is a codification of the sum total of creation, evolution and involution aspects over a long time period and the change is also perhaps progressing in the same lethargic pace. Just for an argument sake, say, If creation of, the first man/woman took 7 years, then the DNA codification of that process has shrunk the birthing process of a newborn to about 10 months! So, some DNA aspects may favour natural immunity, and some may provoke diseased states. Evolution/Involution is affected by the quality of intakes related to food, air, water, fluids, sensory perceptions/relationships, emotional states like stress etc.,   4.      Air Need less to say, we are fortunate that in most parts of the globe has a acceptable quality of air still.   5.      Water We as humans, are struggling to keep the water quality clean in majority of living centres.   6.      Food Enough has been talked about the harms of fast foods, refrigerated foods etc., So we have to be mindful about the food we take to support quick heal and healthy living. I am happy to see that in major hospitals (in UK), dieticians complement the efforts of the doctors/nurses. There has been considerable effort to study the kind of foods to be administered to patients with certain diseases.   7.      Other Quality of External Interactions By this, I mean the quality of interactions as perceived by the sensory elements – eye, ear, nose, mouth and skin and the mind itself. This can mean anything like – food, drinks, TV shows, films, books, music, massages, friendships, relationships, talking, group discussions etc.,   Thus, even before we enter the pharmaceutical R&D, we gave to layout the hyperparameters that are relevant to a given geography/climate/race/food culture etc.,   I have written the below blog some time ago: https://www.mayoan.com/economy/21.-a--deep-focus-on-the-problems--around-medical-prescriptions If we are building a PDE model for prescriptions as above, then the hyperparameters (mentioned as bove) settings are basic and foundational. References: 1.      https://www.mayoan.com/post/32-tri-doshas-or-3-malaises 2.      https://www.drshyamayurveda.com/blog/body-type-according-to-ayurveda/ 3.      https://www.ayurherbs.com.au/vata-pitta-and-kapha-body-types-understanding-your-dosha/   Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved Hari Om!

It has been the practice since the dawn of civilization, that severe offenders of the state were put to death by the state after the legal proceedings. Sometimes the crimes are so abominable that, to assuage the public feelings, and to reduce the angst, unbearable pain and sufferings of the public mindset, capital punishments are considered as the only just way. Before I talk about my opinion on the capital punishments, I would like to point to the concepts of the value systems in general – https://www.mayoan.com/post/7-about-the-value-system . Also, we should be more aware of the soul impressions that transcend over several births and forms. I quote from the above article the following sentence - Sometimes, one's individual value system can be so diabolical and fully aligned with evil that he will disregard any and all other value systems present in his living context. One such example of such a flaw is the emergence of a psychopath. In such a case as above, we have to understand that, sometimes our conventional ideas, about a troubled past or a traumatic childhood being the reason for the devil in the psychopath to arise may not hold water anymore. Such a psychopath may remain a constant threat to the society, and the legal proceedings and public critical analysis of the case may only amuse him to no end! Having said that, I have the following opinion about the capital punishments: 1.      Capital Punishment should be pronounced by the state in the just and proven cases only. It can be accompanied by additional punishments like chemical castrations (say in cases of rape and murder).   2.      But I believe that, the execution should be carried out only by the divine will. Till the divine will carries out the capital punishment, the criminal should be confined in the prison. He should be treated in a bare minimum and basic ways only and the society should not incur too much undesirable cost in maintaining the confined criminal.   3.      In an iron-clad constitution, consisting of the 3 pillars – democracy, aristocracy and theocracy, the democratic wing consisting of the legal systems is expected to pronounce the capital punishment in the just and proven cases, and the theocratic systems consisting of the supreme religious authority or the religious council should take steps (prayer to invite the wrath of God on the evil soul and also to assuage the troubled minds of the general public) to see that the divine will is imposed on the evil soul sooner than later and to calm down the troubled minds of the general public!     4.      We should remember that, in most of the advanced civilizations, we have the concepts of both the warrior Gods and the wisdom Gods! Sometimes great evils are contained/eliminated by the warrior Gods! While the bliss, peace, wisdom and truths are persisted by the wisdom Gods, order and justice is primarily enforced by the warrior Gods in its efforts to contain evil manifestations! Whether the divinity decides to invoke the wisdom Gods or warrior Gods should not be a matter of concern for a peace-loving common public man, but whoever manifests as part of the great divinity’s plan, we should be welcoming them with our steadfast faith and prayers! The great divinity invokes the wisdom and/or warrior Gods at the right time and in the right stage and those Gods in turn operate by the principles of - management by objectives (like being born as avatars with stated objectives) or management by exceptions (like executing a state prisoner or when an individual/group karma reaches undesirably high states). The business as usual state is handled by the highly complex and extraordinarily intelligent "Law of Karma".   5.      As per the perspective mentioned in the above point,  I do not believe that any kind of religious support should be provided to a psychopathic killer. This is because – we cannot send out any signals to the public that the law of karma is lenient and can be placated on behalf of an evil soul.   6.      It is very difficult to erase karma with just simple wishes. Please refer to my article - https://www.mayoan.com/post/57-some-simple-ways-of-expending-karmas . An evil soul may be given this knowledge about the law of karma but not anything else. For an incorrigible and evil soul, even our sincere attempts to instil faith may become just a time pass or an amusement! We should be mindful about that. With the knowledge provided about the law of karma, the evil soul is expected to learn about the redemption all by itself and hence its confinement (sometimes solitary) in the prison may help.   7.      Sometimes, the evil act may be so despicable that the divinity may execute the evil soul before it reaches the redemption in the prison! 8.      Please remember that a martyred revolutionary fighter in a local context may be viewed differently in a global context and may be viewed entirely differently by the divinity and wisdom/warrior Gods from a universal perspective! Please refer to the article in the references section; It is heart breaking to see the data on death among the other lives on earth.I quote from the article : Figure 1: A boxplot showing life expectancy as a percentage of a species’ maximum lifespan for 152 populations of fish (n=16), birds (n=54), mammals (n=72) and reptiles (n=10). Life expectancies were calculated from models found in the COMADRE database ( Salguero-Gomez et al. 2016 ), and maximum lifespans were obtained from AnAge ( De Magalhães et al. 2005 ). Across major vertebrate classes, most individuals live to only 10-30% of the age of the oldest known individuals of their species. For Gods - this may be the most pressing problem on earth - more than the life of an individual revolutionary fighter! Hari Om! Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved References: https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/cause-of-death-1

In ancient India, people took the concept of Varnashramadharma ( https://www.mayoan.com/post/17-varnashramadharma-in-my-point-of-view ) quite seriously. Now let us take a deeper look at the ‘Vanaprastham/Sanyasam’ phase. It is generally believed that people in ‘Vanaprastham’ and ‘Sannyasa’, will lead a life of a renunciate. They will scale down the worldly engagement and will have severely reduced set of needs. Their living environment is also expected to follow the minimalistic/organic living principles to aid in their mental advancement and maturity. I am quoting from my above-mentioned article – Vanaprastha (48-60 years) represents the beginning of retreatment from hyper-active life. Things begin to slow down in life. The next generation takes over. The person gets worried about spiritual ignorance, life-after-death, unspent karma etc., Sannyasa (60+ years) represents the beginning of renunciation. I would probably expect the person in this phase to avoid eating meat/heavy foods and slowly transition to a liquid diet. Mental activities like talking/meditation and physical activities like walking can avoid long term health issues related to forgetfulness and mobility etc., Ideal phase to consider, meditation and spiritual guidance, as important. This is akin to what is happening in the animal and bird kingdom. When these animals and birds sense the end of their time, they simple retire and laydown to die! These magnificent animals and birds make sure that their final moments are completely private by choosing a secluded and peaceful spot for dying! Most of us will not even see the 'dead' body of a naturally died animal or bird; They are that secretive and exclusive! We, humans cannot do that. We need to have a matured process for engaging death since we are the only capable species that can ‘think’/’meditate’ and experience the advances stages of the involution process. The closest that comes to what is happening in the animal and bird kingdom is the concept and practice of ‘Vanaprastham’ and ‘Sanyasam’. We already saw about the 3 types of death - https://www.mayoan.com/post/43-3-types-of-deaths . Now what is a good death? If a state is taking good care of its soldiers and if the war being fought is a just war, then there is great honor in deaths at the battle too. The same is true, for police officers and fire fighters who lay down their lives in the line of duty. This concept is called as attaining "Veera Swarga". But what about,us the other common people? Definitely, ‘Internally induced death’ is a great blessing! But think about it – what if suddenly a elderly person meets his end while at shopping or when he is in the midst of giving a speech! It will be shocking and unpleasant for others! To avoid this unpleasant experience, as much as possible, we can have 2 approaches – 1.      As a group, we should be serious about retirement strategies for our elders without reducing the life experiences suddenly. Gradual disengagement on select fronts and being in touch with loved ones may have to go hand in hand when the elders are in this stage. Spiritual reclusive sessions can be planned for them. For some who can still travel, pilgrimages can be planned. Perhaps after age 60, the elders should be taken through a guided experience as in the concept of “Vanaprastham/Sanyasam”. They may be suggested to adjust to a new vegetarian diet that may eventually become a prominently liquid diet. And instead of all the synthetic clothing, they may be given simple cotton/linen clothing to wear. This is best handled in a facility like ‘Community Elder Care Centres’.   2.      As an individual, we should be focussed on strengthening our ghost body through appropriate yoga practice and diet, perhaps after we cross the age 55-60 limit. A host of health issues can be solved if we have a strong ghost body. So, instead of the gym we should be going to the mental gym (meditations) at this age and also take to simple exercises like walking, stretching and practising certain yogic postures. We should aim to be mobile and stable till our last minute! Like the animals and birds, we should aim to have an intuition (through meditation or daily prayers) that foretells us about our coming time and be ready to meet it gracefully when it happens. Now the perception is that an advanced yogi, who has mastered kundalini yoga may go beyond the ‘Internally Induced death’ and may be able to trigger his own death at the time of his choice! If he is expelling his soul at Sahasrathalam, the soul is supposed to attain Mukthi. If he is expelling his soul at the Ajna or the Vishukthi chakra, he becomes an advanced soul. It is believed that, If he is an accomplished Gnani who is not expelling his soul or a good and decent soul waiting in the 'Community Elder Care Centre', expecting dignity in death through the natural processes, then post his/her final moments, he/she is supposed to reach the heavenly realms in his/her ghost body where he/she may be bestowed upon a new gross body suitable to that realm! Hari Om! Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved

The meaning of Euthanasia in the dictionary goes like this – “ The painless killing of a person or animal suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma: ” I also wrote about the 3 types of death in my article - https://www.mayoan.com/post/43-3-types-of-deaths . Looks like I missed one more type here – Group assisted suicide or “mercy killing”! I mention the word “group” here because lot of Governments are contemplating on enacting a legislation to support this practice. I DO NOT support this practice for the below reasons: 1.      I believe that “the law of karma” is steadfast, relentless, accurate, unwavering, unyielding force majeure. At the end of balancing, the life force is withdrawn to prepare the soul for the next journey. In such a circumstance, especially when we have well-developed health care practices, it is cruel to induce a “terminally ill” person even by a simple suggestion (say by enacting a legislation or debate about it), that says that death will be a better outcome for him/her. In my opinion, practices like suicide or euthanasia, does not end the "suffering" of a soul. Instead the balance of the "suffering" phase, simply gets transferred to the next birth too.   2.      I strongly believe that if the “divine force” wills, any patient can recover. Group prayers and specific prayers to the divinity may help. The road to recovery may not be possible sometimes, due to unacceptable body conditions that went to beyond repair state and is unable to support the incoming life force. This irrecoverable state sometimes may be the state that the “law of karma” bestows on certain souls as part of its working. In any case, against certain dominating ideas that are abstract to the normal common men/women, - like a potential divine curse or balancing act by karma or circumstances beyond human intervention etc., we cannot make a huge decision about ending a life - even out of the perceived state of mercy. We have to be a responsible individual or a group and should be in pursuit of excellence and our awareness about the working ways of the universe should propel us in the right direction and should help us protect each and every individual soul till it takes the last naturally drawn breath.   3.      The entire gamut of medical professionals perhaps abides by the Hippocratic oath consisting of – principles like - do no harm, confidentiality, professional integrity, commitment to lifelong learning and respect to patients. What if a doctor sanctions a patient for euthanasia and the next day in his commitment for lifelong learning, he finds a “potential” cure, but the patient is no longer alive? How will the “Do no harm” principle be treated under the topic of euthanasia?   4.      Besides the health care, prayers to alleviate pain and suffering by individuals and groups can be very effective. Sometimes, it may happen that, the poor souls negative karmic debt is forgiven due to prayers, and he may meet his end without much delay and suffering. On the same breath, I would like to add that potential miracles may happen, and the concerned person may live for some more time.   5.      Finally, by enabling good living conditions that support a healing body and a healing mind, we can make our best efforts to alleviate pain and suffering, but we should not try to play the role of “God of Death” and sanction ‘Euthanasia”.   6.      I recently happen to skim through some pages of the book “Bad Pharma” by Dr. Ben Goldacre. If that is the state/efficiency/effectiveness of our healthcare systems as mentioned in the book, we dare not think about “Euthanasia” now!   7.      In my opinion, even animals do not deserve “Euthanasia”. For any soul, the most preferred type of death is the “Internally Induced Death” as mentioned in the article – 3 types of death ( https://www.mayoan.com/post/43-3-types-of-deaths ). For that to happen, we should be patient and wait, while carrying on with our life! Hari Om! Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved

This is a vast universe! Perhaps, the 4 divine layers manifest in various configurations all across this great universe. Can there be real heavens and hells? I have seen various definitions of heavens and hells. Let us look at some of them. Some have the notion that all heavens or hells are products of our state of minds! If you are matured and altruistic, then you may experience peace and blessing and if the state of mind is diabolic and selfish, then that person may experience hellish states. The magnitude of heaven or hellish experience may be different for each person and according to his/her karma. This is perhaps true! The next is concerning the various realms of the universe. Some scriptures say that this is a 14-layered universe and the earth realm is right in the middle. The realms below may contain more hellish experiences, and the realms above may have more heavenly experiences. Accordingly, the souls may be of the matching qualities. This is perhaps true too! The next is concerning an actual place called hell or heaven and there can be many such places. Again, many scriptures talk about such places where there are heavenly and hellish experiences. For instance, in Garuda Purana, there are detailed talks about a hell called as ‘Naraka’ where punishments are meted out to the evil souls as per their deeds.Then, there are the hellish places referenced in Buddhist scriptures variously called as cutting, crushing, piercing, hot and cold hells etc.,And some puranas talk about heavenly places suitable for gods and advanced souls. When we have various kinds of stars and atoms, when we have birds/butterflies on one hand and scorpions/snakes on the other hand capable of giving different experiences, then there must be multitudes of places capable of giving heavenly and hellish experiences. Even or earth we have searing hot deserts and tropical paradises! The experiences spectrum is infinity. The various souls and their activities are infinity too. The various stages where the karmic debts are cancelled are infinity too. Our aim should be to get closer to the protagonist and as far away from the antagonist as possible - in thoughts and deeds! Hence there may be various places in this universe capable of blessing a divine soul or punishing an evil soul. Thus the concept of heaven or hell is perhaps true and may not be just a single location or planet. The divine Adi Para Sakthi manifested as 'the Law of Karma" decides where the stage is going to be for a soul based on its karmic load. Actual 'designated' place called 'hell' may not be needed if there are hellish realms existing, awaiting redemption, where countless souls thrash about in a sea of karma. Even earth has places that we can call as 'hell' or 'heaven'. Thus - a soul may need not be hauled to 'hell' for punishment. When the universe is more matured and all the hellish realms have been converted into decent places, then to mete out punishments to evil souls, there may be a need for a separate place called as 'hell'. In the same line, when expulsion as an option is with Gods, there may not be a need for infinity hells such as crushing/cutting hells! Similarly, there may not be a need for a designated place called 'heavens'. For instance humans are capable of creating heavens or hells based on their attitude and behaviour - either in mind or in the real world . An altruistic definition of heaven is a conceptualization of the afterlife that is entirely focused on the selfless well-being and service of others, rather than on one's own personal reward or happiness . This type of life is possible on earth too, even when we are living! Hari Om! Copyright © 2023-2048 Vijayabhaskar Natarajan. All rights reserved Reference: 1.     Sogyal Rinpoche, 2008, Edition (ISBN 978-1-8460-4105-1), Rider, Random House, “The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying”