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Next week the simulation of the big bang, how, according modern science, our Universe was created, will start in Geneva, Switzerland. It is the largest and most expensive scientific experiment ever made and more than 10000 scientists involved in that project are hoping to finally isolate the original chemical components how life /consciousness is made including, perhaps, the building blocks of the universe. Critics say the LHC could create a black hole which expands until it swallows the Earth, but let's be optimistic and see what happens. Landmark experiment to unlock secrets of Big Bang could cause end of the world, say scientists in court bid to halt it By Fiona Macrae Last updated at 4:44 PM on 01st September 2008 Comments (130) Add to My Stories It has cost £4.4billion and is designed to unlock the secrets of the Big Bang. But rather than providing vital information about the beginning of life, the world's biggest experiment could cause the end of the world, say scientists. They fear that the Large Hadron Collider - due to be switched on in nine days' time - will create a black hole that could swallow the planet. The Large Hadron Collider smashes particles together at nearly the speed of light By smashing sub-atomic particles together at close to the speed of light, the LHC aims to recreate the conditions that existed a fraction of a second after the birth of the universe or Big Bang, shedding light on the building blocks of life. But critics claim that the 'time machine', which has been built 300ft beneath the French-Swiss border near Geneva, could instead spawn a shower of mini-black holes. Within four years, one of these 'celestial vacuums' could have swollen to such a size that it is capable of sucking the Earth inside-out, said Otto Rossler, one of a group of scientists mounting a last-minute court challenge to the project. They claim the experiment violates the right to life under the European Convention of Human Rights. However, the case at the European Court of Human Rights is not expected to delay the switch on, scheduled for Wednesday of next week. Professor Rossler, a German chemist, said the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, or CERN, has admitted its project will create black holes but doesn't consider them to be a risk. Artist's impression of the Big Bang, the titanic explosion which cosmologists believe created the Universe about 15 billion years ago. He warned: 'My own calculations have shown it is quite plausible that these little black holes survive and will grow exponentially and eat the planet from the inside. I have been calling for CERN to hold a safety conference to prove my conclusions wrong but they have not been willing.' Those involved in the project have dismissed the claims as 'absurd' and insist that extensive safety assessments have found the experiment, which is funded by 20 countries, including the UK, to be safe. A report written earlier this year stated: 'Over the past billions of years, nature has already generated on Earth as many collisions as about a million LHC experiments - and the planet still exists.' The lifespan of any mini-black holes would be 'very short', it added. Critics say the LHC could create a black hole which expands until it swallows the Earth CERN spokesman James Gillies said the arguments before the European Court of Human Rights had been answered in 'extensive safety assessments'. He told the Sunday Telegraph: 'The Large Hadron Collider will not be producing anything that does not happen routinely in nature due to cosmic rays. If they were dangerous we would know about it already.' Scientists have used large particle colliders to smash atoms and pieces of atoms together for 30 years, but this machine has attracted so much attention because it is the most powerful ever built. In the LHC beams of protons will be propelled through an 18-mile-long circular tunnel. More than 5,000 magnets lining the tunnel will accelerate the hundreds of billions of tiny particles to almost the speed of light, allowing them to complete one circuit in one-11,000th of a second. There will be two beams going in opposite directions, each packing as much energy as a car travelling at 100mph. When they reach almost the speed of light, they will be smashed head on into each other, breaking them into their constituent parts, including, perhaps, the building blocks of the universe.

Sunday, September 7, 2008 BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES ADMISSION NOTICE FOR BDS COURSE 2008 BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY (Established by Parliament by Notification No.225 of 1916) INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES VARANASI -221005 ADMISSION NOTICE FOR BDS COURSE 2008 The Banaras Hindu University will hold an all India Entrance Test for admission to BDS course on 12.10.2008 on its campus. ELIGIBILITY: Intermediate 10+2 (or equivalent) in Science with 50% marks (40% in case of SC/ST) in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together. Application form along with the Information Brochure can be obtained by post from the Office of the Director, IMS, BHU, Varanasi-221005 by sending a written request through Registered Post alongwith MICR demand draft of Rs 1060/- (Rs. 660/- for SC/ST) drawn in favour of the Director, IMS, BHU, payable at Varanasi along with two self addressed white paper slips of 6 cm x 10 cm in size. Moneyorder and cheque will not be accepted. The envelop should be clearly superscribed "Application for BDS Entrtance Test - 2008, BHU". The request for application form by post must reach on or before 15.9.2008. The application form can also be obtained on cash payment of Rs. 1000/- (Rs. 600/- for SC/ST) from the counter of the main Post Office on the BHU Campus (Near Kendriya Vidyalaya, BHU) between 8.9.2008 and 22.9.2008. The last date for submission of completed application is 24.9.2008 upto 5.00 PM. The Institute will not be responsible for loss of application form in transit. For details kindly visit http://www.bhu.ac.in/ and http://www.imsbhu.nic.in/ DIRECTOR INFORMATION BOOKLET Clik here IMPORTANT DATES 1. Sale of application form on cash payment from counters of Main Post Office (near Kendriya Vidyalaya) of Banaras Hindu University only. : Monday 8th September, 2008 to Monday 22nd September, 2008 2. Last date for receiving requisition for sending Application Form by post from Office of Director, IMS, Banaras Hindu University: Monday 15th September, 2008 upto 5 PM only 3. Last date of receiving completed Application Form in the office of The Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005.: Wednesday 24th September, 2008 Up to 5 PM only. 4. Date of BDS Entrance Examination - 2008.: Sunday 12th October, 2008 (9.30 AM to 12.30 PM) TIME SCHEDULE Entry in Examination Centre 9.00 AM Distribution of Answer Sheet 9.15 AM Distribution of Question Booklet 9.20 AM Seal of Booklet to be opened 9.30 AM BDS Entrance Test-2008 commences 9.30 AM Late entry allowed upto 10.00 AM Examination to conclude at 12.30 PM Material to be brought on day of examination Admit card, Black ball point pen of good quality Rough work permitted All rough work to be done in Question booklet only. 5. Date of BDS Entrance Examination-2008: Sunday 12th October, 2008 (9.30 AM to 12.30 PMVenue : Banaras Hindu University Campus (VARANASI)No Electronic gadget shall be allowed inside the Examination premises. CERTIFICATES/DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED AT THE TIME OF INTERVIEW/COUNSELING 1. Admit card (issued for BDS Entrance Examination-2008) 2. Date of birth certificate 3. High school certificate 4. 10 + 2 / Intermediate certificate 5. 10 + 2 / Intermediate mark sheet 6. Caste / Physically Disabled (PD) certificate (if applicable) 7. Transfer / Migration certificate 8. Character certificate9. Four copies of passport size colour photograph as pasted on the OMR Application Form

60.000 bullets per minute? The backlash must be enormous and the costs of the munitions must be similar enormous. It should be clear that whoever is killed wrongfully by this invention to better kill, the karmas fully hit the inventor. Better to use bullets for making japa beads and get free from all karmas.

No, I don't agree with you, and since you state that you're an "active poster on a couple of high profile sites", I would say that your recherche in this case is poor and insufficient. Basically a soldier is of young age and a board of impartial senior officers and noncommissioned officers reviews the soldier's overall performance during the acceptance test. It makes the final determination as to whether the soldier is suitable for Special Forces training and identifies the specific Special Forces military occupational specialty for which he will be trained. After successfully completing the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course the soldier is then eligible to attend the Special Forces Qualification Course. When it comes to the high suicide rate in France and Switzerland, the competent government agency says, that half of the suicides are people above the age of 65, those who are disabled and diseased. As already stated above, to compare a young selected team of America's best young men and women with the diseased elderly people of France and Switzerland, is this an intelligent argument? No, it isnt and you knew it already right from the start. But anyway, go on monitoring audarya but avoiding to provide any content, usually there're always interesting aspects emerging when people put some pressure on issues.

Of 6 mio Hindus in US finally one sincere vegetarian shows up, exposing other Hindus of this kind, "These are American cows we are eating...only the Hindu cows are sacred." Saturday, September 6, 2008 THE HINDU VEGETARIAN THE HINDU VEGETARIAN Posted by whitefield In Indian history the caste system defined who ate meat and who did not. The Brahmins...the highest on the scale, and those who dedicated their lives to learning of the Vedas and Sanskrit prayers and the practice of religious rituals and ceremonies were the only ones allowed into the inner sanctuary of the temples. They didn't eat meat,fish,eggs, onions and garlic. They maintained great cleanliness and believed that even the shadow of an untouchable defiled them and they had to bathe again at the very least, to get rid of the taint. They were vegetarians. The Hindu vegetarian has always included milk and milk products in their diet. Milk is used in temples to bathe the deities, from time immemorial. Cows were worshipped as sacred for the milk they gave. The other three castes: the Kshatriyas or warrior class, the Vaishyas or business class and the Sudras or untouchables, all ate meat,fish, eggs...but not beef. These were the non-vegetarians. The last three classes all observed special festival days, dedicated to the various Gods, when only vegetarian food was eaten. Mostfamilies also had one day a week, when they did not eat meat. 30 years ago when I came to the States as a bride, we were among those who did not eat meat on Saturday. The first time America friends invited us to dinner was on a Saturday. As it is the responsibility of the invited to mention any special dietary needs, I told our American hostess we didn't eat meat on Saturday for religious reasons. My statement was followed by a shocked silence. Then she said in an anguished voice, "If I make four salads will that be okay? I don't cook vegetables." I persuaded her that one salad would be more than enough but she wasn't happy about it till I offered to bring a vegetable dish. In those days, those who did cook vegetables, often poured in chicken/meat stock to do so. Salads were sprinkled with bacon and if we didn't ask what the base of our vegetable soup was in a restaurant, we often had beef stock. We met many happy Hindus who had started eating beef when they came here as they wanted to fit in. As one friend told me very seriously, "These are American cows we are eating...only the Hindu cows are sacred." It took me a whole week to stop laughing over that one. Another American told me, "You don't have to eat the chicken. If you eat the curry...that's vegetarian, isn't it?" While we changed almost every other thing, including being non-vegetarian on Saturdays;America's party night, we still don't eat beef... Not knowingly that is... We didn't know that McDonald's French Fries were fried in beef/animal fat and heartily ate those for years every chance we got...in our ignorance we offered them to all the strictest vegetarians who visited us from India. They enjoyed them tremendously. Later when the fat controversy made this fact public, we mentally apologized to everyone over and over again for this MAJOR religious affront. Of course we dared not do it in person as it would have made the spiritual load for all these good relatives very heavy. For years we made and offered everyone gulab jamuns made of Bisquick...it wasn't till my mother came here at 75 and started reading the fine print on every container and can that we realized our delicious gulab jamuns had beef fat in the Bisquick. even today many cans that claim to be Vegetarian Refried beans have beef fat in them. People are much more aware of what a vegetarian is these days in the USA. Now there are vegans, ovo-lacto vegetarians and many other kinds. Growing up in India in an Army family, we automatically provided for vegetarians and non-vegetarians at every dinner party. At official Mess parties there would be separate tables for these two categories. Chicken and lamb and eggs were what was served most commonly. Pork was unclean for the Muslims and beef for the Hindus so these two were not served on these occasions. At first, here in the US, I was a little taken aback at first by the lack of vegetarian fare on restaurant menus...that has changed in the last five years. On the personal front every one seems to have one kind of vegetarian in the family. There is less fuss if a vegetarian is coming to dinner, but I still get comments like, "But I don't do vegetables", or when I say I do eat meat and fish, "But aren't all Indians vegetarians?" If you get the former remark, just offer to take a dish along. If you are the latter group who don't do vegetables (and I don't think there are many who are in that category these days), just remember a vegetable pizza or lasagna with a salad is great meal for a vegetarian not a vegan. If you are stillperplexed , suggest a restaurant where everyone can get their own food. The main thing is to enjoy the get together without fussing that makes the guest feel guilty about their lifestyle choices. If all else fails, ask them over for dessert and coffee...most vegetarians do eat desserts that have eggs in them now. The main thing about a Hindu vegetarian is to remember that for religious reasons it is important and courteous not to mix the food you are making for them with any non vegetarian food. I cringe when I see a pizza maker using his hand to place a meat topping on a pizza and then the same hand, unwashed, picks up the vegetables for a vegetarian. We have some ways to go to understanding the Hindu vegetarian better but we've come a long way from French Fries done in beef fat. Posted by whitefieldbb@gmail.com at <a class="timestamp-link" href="http://paytpooja.blogspot.com/2008/09/hindu-vegetarian.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2008-09-06T17:38:00-07:00">5:38 PM</abbr> Labels: What is a Hindu vegetarian?

Good point, problem could be that modern science is irritated and getting lost when finding more and more details about the complexity of the brain. "Average number of neurons in the brain = 100 billion Number of neurons in octopus brain = 300 million (from How Animals See, S. Sinclair, 1985) Number of neurons in honey bee brain = 950,000 (from Menzel, R. and Giurfa, M., Cognitive architecture of a mini-brain: the honeybee, Trd. Cog. Sci., 5:62-71, 2001.) Number of neurons in Aplysia nervous system = 18,000-20,000 Number of neurons in each segmental ganglia in the leech = 350 Volume of the brain of a locust = 6mm3 (from The Neurobiology of the Insect Brain, Burrows, M., 1996) Ratio of the volume of grey matter to white matter in the cerebral hemipheres (20 yrs. old) = 1.3 (Miller, A.K., Alston, R.L. and Corsellis, J.A., Variation with age in the volumes of grey and white matter in the cerebral hemispheres of man: measurements with an image analyser, Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol., 6:119-132, 1980) Ratio of the volume of grey matter to white matter in the cerebral hemipheres (50 yrs. old) = 1.1 (Miller et al., 1980) Ratio of the volume of grey matter to white matter in the cerebral hemipheres (100 yrs. old) = 1.5 (Miller et al., 1980) % of cerebral oxygen consumption by white matter = 6% % of cerebral oxygen consumption by gray matter = 94% Average number of glial cells in brain = 10-50 times the number of neurons (For more information about the number of neurons in the brain, see R.W. Williams and K. Herrup, Ann. Review Neuroscience, 11:423-453, 1988) Number of neocortical neurons (females) = 19.3 billion (Pakkenberg, B., Pelvig, D., Marner,L., Bundgaard, M.J., Gundersen, H.J.G., Nyengaard, J.R. and Regeur, L. Aging and the human neocortex. Exp. Gerontology, 38:95-99, 2003 and Pakkenberg, B. and Gundersen, H.J.G. Neocortical neuron number in humans: effect of sex and age. J. Comp. Neurology, 384:312-320, 1997.) Number of neocortical neurons (males) = 22.8 billion (Pakkenberg et al., 1997; 2003) Average loss of neocortical neurons = 85,000 per day (~31 million per year) (Pakkenberg et al., 1997; 2003) Average loss of neocortical neurons = 1 per second (Pakkenberg et al., 1997; 2003) Average number of neocortical glial cells (young adults ) = 39 billion (Pakkenberg et al., 1997; 2003) Average number of neocortical glial cells (older adults) =36 billion (Pakkenberg et al., 1997; 2003) Number of neurons in cerebral cortex (rat) = 21 million (Korbo, L., et al., J. Neurosci Methods, 31:93-100, 1990) Length of myelinated nerve fibers in brain = 150,000-180,000 km (Pakkenberg et al., 1997; 2003) Number of synapses in cortex = 0.15 quadrillion (Pakkenberg et al., 1997; 2003) Difference number of neurons in the right and left hemispheres = 186 million MORE neurons on left side than right side (Pakkenberg et al., 1997; 2003)"

Seems like you're very intelligent why don't you write more and use this global platform to spread real knowledge for enlightening humanity?

Very precise observation by D N Singh: "the common man in Kandhamal is like a greezy sandwitch wrapper fluttering in the breeze of lures; be it Hinduism or Christianity." <table align="justify" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="429"><tbody><tr><td class="ld"> Orissa violence: Genesis Behind The Hatred </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="15">http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=467125&sid=ZNS </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="kicker"> D N Singh It is not for nothing that the most peaceful sanctum of Orissa is now a powder keg. Kandhamal is virtually burning and the innocent people of this district have been caught in the web of a religious conflict. The lush green landscapes no more inspire the visitors and there is no more respite in the niches of this beautiful place. As we drove into the interiors of riot-hit Tikabali area, we could see thick smokes billowing out of two hills. Houses were burnt and the structures of worship were destroyed. That was the scene in many places and they were so ubiquitous as not to surprise us. We decided undertake a quest for the reality behind the whole disquiet, the destruction and the schism that has torn Kandhamal apart. The hatred, in fact, had been simmering since long and the signs of the impending conflagration were witnessed last December when the late Swami was attacked by hooligans a day before the Christmas. That was a warning on which the administration should have acted. Instead it was the spark that has turned to a flame today, engulfing the entire district within hours and has also spilled out to other districts. History has it that, way back in 1827 the English made inroads into Kandhamal, landing first in a place called Ghumsar. Its climate was the initial attraction, as it was perfect for spending the summer. However, slowly the passion for nature turned into a passion for social reform, and they tried to get closer to the poor people. It needs no be mentioned that in Kandhamal (earlier name Phubani) district the Kandh tribes and the dalits constitute the major part of the population with the Kandhs predominating. Lure or whatever, the dalits were the ones who first showed their inclination towards Christianity and in 1894 the first Church was built in Digi in Kandhamal. Well, that was the beginning. Many more churches were later erected in quick succession, and soon even the remotest interiors came to be dotted with Prayer Cottages; a clear signal that, a missionary zeal was pervading the hills. Today, in the district of Kandhamal there are about 1014 churches and Prayer cottages all counted. Going by 2001 census, the converted Christian population has shot up to about one lakh twenty thousand in Kandhamal. This is out of the district's total population of 6, 46,912 (2001). A schism was born and the religious divide bred unwanted seeds of social polarization. But it has its root in another bitter reality. The tribals and the dalits were at logger heads for years over economic resources, mainly over land ownership which had led to a riot in 1994 when the peace-loving tribals lost their cool and took on the dalits with a vengeance. Seventeen people got killed during the two month long clash. The converted Dalits, perhaps, wanted to have the cake and eat it too. They launched a campaign two years back pressurising the state government to give them ST status, so that they could enjoy the benefits the Kandhs were getting. Which was not acceptable to the tribals, who apprehended that they would be fully cornered by the Christian dalits. Then a sizable population of tribals embraced Hinduism. The situation provided the grain for the politicians and they played their nasty tricks and the district of Kandhamal, already caught in the vortex of conversion and re-conversion, was turned into a tinderbox. In 1959, the VHP had its outfit here at Chakapad where Swami Lakshmananand Saraswati was given the charge of protecting the essence of Sanatan Dharm. Besides the religious preachings, the swami had also ventured into social and educational sectors to see that illiteracy should not be the vulnerable point for the Missionaries. The swami simultaneously helped many converted dalits and tribals back into the Hindu fold, which obviously widened the social divide and the animus. What has happened during last two weeks is already history. The people have paid the price for a game played by politics. One community is in the hideouts or in relief camps, and the other on prowl on the hotbeds of unrest. The tranquil exaltation in the lush green hills have extinguished into a silent terror. About 35 companies of CRPF personnel stand on guard to ward off any impudent element from creating further disturbance. But, for how long? The basic problems of Kandhamal, however, remains unaddressed. Behind all the divides, the crux of the issue is poverty and unemployment. A place where over 85 per cent people live below the poverty line, a district where average literacy rate is not more than 30 per cent, a place where the majority looks up to the forest for livelihood; the common man in Kandhamal is like a greezy sandwitch wrapper fluttering in the breeze of lures; be it Hinduism or Christianity. </td></tr></tbody></table>

US attack inside Pakistan threatens dangerous new war http://wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/paki-s05.shtml Peter Symonds – WSWS.org September 5, 2008 A ground assault by US Special Forces troops on a Pakistani village on Wednesday threatens to expand the escalating Afghanistan war into its neighbour. Pakistan is already confronting a virtual civil war in its tribal border regions as the country’s military, under pressure from Washington, seeks to crush Islamist militias supporting the anti-occupation insurgency inside Afghanistan. The attack, which left up to 20 civilians dead, marks a definite escalation of US operations inside Pakistan. While US Predator drones and war planes have been used previously to bomb targets, Wednesday’s raid was the first clear case of an assault by American ground troops inside Pakistani territory. The White House and Pentagon have refused to comment on the incident but various unnamed US officials have acknowledged to the media that the raid took place and indicated that there could be more to come. The attack was unprovoked. US troops landed by helicopter in the village of Jalal Khei in South Waziristan at around 3 a.m. and immediately targetted three houses. The engagement lasted for about 30 minutes and left between 15 and 20 people dead, including women and children. A US official acknowledged to CNN that there may have been women and children in the immediate vicinity but when the mission began “everyone came out firing from the compound”. Even this flimsy justification for a naked act of aggression is probably a lie. “It was very terrible as all of the residents were killed while asleep,” a villager Din Mohammad told the Pakistan-based International News. The newspaper provided details of the dead and injured: nine family members of Faujan Wazir, including four women, two children and three men; Faiz Mohammad Wazir, his wife and two other family members; and Nazar Jan and his mother. Two other members of Nazar Jan’s family were seriously wounded. The US and international media have described the Angoor Adda area around the village as “a known stronghold of the Taliban and Al Qaeda” but offered no evidence to support the claim. A villager, Jabbar Wazir, told the International News: “All of those killed were poor farmers and had nothing to do with the Taliban.” In comments to the International Herald Tribune, a senior Pakistani official branded the raid a “cowboy action” that had failed to capture or kill any senior Al Qaeda or Taliban leader. “If they had gotten anyone big, they would be bragging about it,” he commented. The attack has provoked outrage in Pakistan. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement branding the attack as “a gross violation of Pakistan territory” and summoned US ambassador Anne Patterson to provide an explanation. North West Frontier Province (NWFP) governor Owais Ahmed Ghani declared that “the people expect that the armed forces of Pakistan would rise to defend the sovereignty of the country”. He put the number killed at 20. Pakistani military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said the raid was “completely counterproductive” and risked provoking an uprising even among those tribesmen who have previously supported the army’s operations in the border areas. The International News reported: “Angry villagers later blocked the main road between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Angoor Adda by placing the bodies of their slain tribesmen on the road. They chanted slogans against the US and NATO military authorities for crossing the border without any provocation and killing innocent people.” The US raid has compounded the political crisis inside Pakistan, where the selection of a new president is due to take place tomorrow. The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been engaged in a delicate balancing act—continuing to support US demands for a crackdown by the Pakistani military along the border with Afghanistan, while trying to defuse widespread anger and fend off accusations that it is a US puppet. Reaffirming his support for the Bush administration’s bogus “war on terror”, PPP presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari declared in a column in yesterday’s Washington Post: “We stand with the United States, Britain, Spain and others who have been attacked.” Zardari went on to promise that he would ensure that Pakistani territory would not be used to launch raids on US and NATO forces inside Afghanistan. However, as PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar explained, the US attack was politically compromising. “We have been very clear that any action on this side of the border must be taken by Pakistani forces themselves,” he told the Associated Press. “It is very embarrassing for the government. The people will start blaming the government of Pakistan.” An expanded war The decision to launch Wednesday’s attack was undoubtedly taken at the top levels of the White House and Pentagon. As the New York Times reported in articles earlier this year, a high-level debate has been taking place in Washington over the use of US Special Forces inside Pakistan as well as the intensification of existing CIA operations, which include Predator missile strikes. A meeting in early January involved Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen and top national security and intelligence officials advisers. According to the New York Times on January 6, options discussed included “loosening restrictions on the CIA to strike selected targets in Pakistan” and operations involving US Special Operations forces, such as the Navy Seals. The Times reported on January 27 that then Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf rejected proposals put by US Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell and CIA Director Michael Hayden for an expanded American combat presence in Pakistan, either through covert CIA missions or joint operations with Pakistani security forces. While apparently accepting the refusal, the US intensified pressure on Pakistan to bring its border areas under control. As the anti-occupation insurgency has expanded in Afghanistan, claiming a growing number of US and NATO casualties, Pakistan has become a convenient scapegoat. Washington has repeatedly accused the Pakistani military of failing to suppress Islamist militia and alleged that Pakistani military intelligence is actively supporting anti-US guerrillas inside Afghanistan. Admiral Mullen has held five meetings since February with his Pakistani counterpart, army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, to press for tougher action. The most recent took place last weekend aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, stationed in the Arabian Sea. In comments to CNN, a US official “declined to say” whether there were any new agreements for US troops to operate inside Pakistani airspace or on the ground to attack Taliban and Al Qaeda. Whether the Pakistani military quietly approved Wednesday’s attack or not, the Bush administration is making clear that it intends to extend the war into Pakistan. Citing top American officials, the New York Times reported on Wednesday that the raid “could be the opening salvo in a much broader campaign by Special Operations forces against the Taliban and Al Qaeda inside Pakistan, a secret plan that Defence Secretary Robert Gates has been advocating for months within President George W. Bush’s war council”. This utterly reckless policy, which risks the eruption of a US war against Pakistan, is bipartisan in character. In fact, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has repeatedly declared his support for broadening the “war on terror” through unilateral US attacks on insurgents based inside Pakistan. His candidacy has been strongly backed by sections of the US establishment that have been critical of the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq for undermining US interests. Far from opposing aggressive US military action, Obama has become the political vehicle for shifting its focus to Afghanistan and Pakistan as the means of advancing US strategic interests in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The US attack on the village of Jalal Khei is another demonstration that the shift in policy, with all its potentially catastrophic consequences, is already underway. http://wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/paki-s05.shtml

Good question, but obviously those books Prabhupada examined and appraised.

Nice to see that the Gaudiya Matha finally understands the meaning of transcendental literature. "Maybe its time Indians look back to their roots," Charuchandrika Dasi, a British monk from the Vrindavan-based Ramanvihari Gaudiya Math said. Young throng religious stalls at Delhi Book Fair 6 Sep, 2008, 1509 hrs IST, PTI http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/Young_throng_religious_stalls_at_book_fair/articleshow/3452111.cms NEW DELHI: If you think that the youngsters are only interested in thrillers and romantic literature, you may be in for a surprise at the Delhi Book Fair. A majority of the visitors to the stalls selling spiritual or religious literature in the ongoing fair here are not the elderly, as one may have expected, but youngsters -- looking for a gateway from their stress-struck urban life. A number of religious organisations, including Ramkrishna Mission, Vishwa Jain Sangathan, and International Gaudiya Vedanta Publications, are at the fair with an array of books and CDs on spirituality, Vedic values and Hinduism. "There are demands for upanishads, bhagawad-gita and other religious books. But youngsters are also looking for books on stress management, handling of relationships and meditation," Padmini Bisht from Chinmaya Mission said. "A lot of people are also buying CDs which have soothing spiritual music, which helps you to relax," she said. The stall of Acem, a Norway-based non-profit group, is only offering material on how to learn to meditate, relax and increase concentration. "A number of young people are coming to us, eager to know more about it," a representative of the organisation said. "As India surges ahead with its economic prowess, the youth in this country are increasing becoming materialistic. We came from the West attracted by the spiritual traditions of India. Maybe its time Indians look back to their roots," Charuchandrika Dasi, a British monk from the Vrindavan-based Ramanvihari Gaudiya Math said. Sudeep Mishra, a software professional, who was browsing books on Lord Krishna at the Math's stall felt the same. "We had good education, we are making good money, earning all the comforts in life. But the stress level also is too high. Everyone is looking for a way to calm down," he said.

The soul is never mixing with the material energy, here Dr. Ian is clearly wrong. The soul is covered by three subtle elements, manah — material mind, material buddhih — intelligence, ahankarah — false material ego. These three elements make the subtle body, some call it astral body. This subtle body carries the soul from one body to the next and always encases the soul when residing within the heart of a material body. Modern science is looking within the brain for the cause of the brain's functioning. However, the brain is just like a tv monitor are an interface. Only a child would think that the people seen on tv actuall live within the tv. Modern scientists cannot deal with these subtle energies. Remember there's also kham — material ether - radio waves are kham. We can hardly perceive kham but mind intelligence and false ego are even more subtle material energies. Since the subtle body doesn't die when the gross body dies all the data must be stored in the subtle body. Since modern science cannot find a storage of data within the brain they are at least so far to realize that the brain is not the ultimate cause but that there must be some input from outside the brain. This "outside the brain", is the subtle body surrounding the soul and like the soul resides in the heart.

So called fallen guru, photographed 8 years after his excommunication - flown in all the way to St.Petersburg/Russia, to install the deities of Radha and Krishna.

Give credit where credit is due. Celebrated American Sanskrit rock band to dedicate next album to Hindu statesman Zed Punjab Newsline Network Saturday, 06 September 2008 "Shanti Shanti", globally famous only Sanskrit rock band of the world consisting of an all American family, will dedicate their next album to Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who recited the historic first Hindu prayer in United States (US) Senate in Washington DC last year. Robert Henry Forman, music producer for the group, in a statement in Nevada (USA) on saturday, said that before starting recording of this new album, which would include Sanskrit recitations from pre-BCE ancient Hindu scriptures, the group would also formally seek Zed's blessings. Zed had done remarkable work with his groundbreaking prayers in US and various State senates and assemblies from ancient Hindu scriptures, and Hindus as well as many non-Hindus were proud of him, he added. "Shanti Shanti" has recently come up with a pioneering new album on the oldest scripture of the world Vedas. Titled "Veda", this sixth album of the group contains shlokas (hymns) from all four Vedas—Rig-veda, Sama-veda, Atharva-veda, and Yajur-veda, some as old as 1,500 BCE. The group has sold about 50,000 records. "Shanti Shanti" consists of American sisters Andrea D. Forman and Sara A. Forman, their younger brother Micah M. Forman and father Robert Henry Forman. The Formans have never been to India, never had a Sanskrit teacher, and still Andrea and Sara can spontaneously chant, read, write, and translate Sanskrit since they were nine and seven years old respectively. Devout Catholics, Andrea and Sara have also translated and chanted Ave Maria, a traditional Christian prayer, in Sanskrit. They have toured various countries and various states of USA giving packed Sanskrit musical performances. They have been in various television shows, mentioned in various publications, and extensively written about. "We fell in love with the overwhelming stillness, exuberance, clarity and amplified sensory awareness of Sanskrit poetry," Andrea and Sara stress. Applauding Shanti Shanti for their marvelous work, Rajan Zed says that let us learn from each other as we are headed in the same direction.

"But if memory does not live in the brain, where does it reside?" Well, so far Bhagavad-gita 15.15 says, memory resides in the Supersoul, Lord Paramatma. Too bad scientists, you want to find the memory in the brain to transmit data? Krsna says rather, no sir, first you surrender, then knowledge is revealed. Does Memory Reside Outside the Brain? By Leonardo Vintiñi – Epoch Times August 29, 2008 After decades of investigation, scientists are still unable to explain why no part of the brain seems responsible for storing memories. Most people assume that our memories must exist somewhere inside our heads. But try as they might, medical investigators have been unable to determine which cerebral region actually stores what we remember. Could it be that our memories actually dwell in a space outside our physical structure? Biologist, author, and investigator Dr. Rupert Sheldrake notes that the search for the mind has gone in two opposite directions. While a majority of scientists have been searching inside the skull, he looks outside. According to Sheldrake, author of numerous scientific books and articles, memory does not reside in any geographic region of the cerebrum, but instead in a kind of field surrounding and permeating the brain. Meanwhile, the brain itself acts as a “decoder” for the flux of information produced by the interaction of each person with their environment. In his paper "Mind, Memory, and Archetype Morphic Resonance and the Collective Unconscious" published in the journal Psychological Perspectives, Sheldrake likens the brain to a TV set—drawing an analogy to explain how the mind and brain interact. “If I damaged your TV set so that you were unable to receive certain channels, or if I made the TV set aphasic by destroying the part of it concerned with the production of sound so that you could still get the pictures but could not get the sound, this would not prove that the sound or the pictures were stored inside the TV set. “It would merely show that I had affected the tuning system so you could not pick up the correct signal any longer. No more does memory loss due to brain damage prove that memory is stored inside the brain. In fact, most memory loss is temporary: amnesia following concussion, for example, is often temporary. This recovery of memory is very difficult to explain in terms of conventional theories: if the memories have been destroyed because the memory tissue has been destroyed, they ought not to come back again; yet they often do,” he writes. Sheldrake goes on to further refute the notion of memory being contained within the brain, referring to key experiments which he believes have been misinterpreted. These experiments have patients vividly recall scenes of their past when areas of their cerebrum were electrically stimulated. While these researchers concluded that the stimulated areas must logically correspond to the contained the memory, Sheldrake offers a different view as he revisits the television analogy: “… if I stimulated the tuning circuit of your TV set and it jumped onto another channel, this wouldn’t prove the information was stored inside the tuning circuit,” he writes. Morphogenetic Fields But if memory does not live in the brain, where does it reside? Following the notions of previous biologists, Sheldrake believes that all organisms belong to their own brand of form-resonance—a field existing both within and around an organism, which gives it instruction and shape. An alternative to the predominant mechanist/reductionism understanding of biology, the morphogenetic approach sees organisms intimately connected to their corresponding fields, aligning themselves with the cumulative memory that the species as a whole has experienced in the past. Yet these fields become ever more specific, forming fields within fields, with each mind—even each organ—having its own self resonance and unique history, stabilizing the organism by drawing from past experience. “The key concept of morphic resonance is that similar things influence similar things across both space and time,” writes Sheldrake. Still, many neurophysicists insist on probing ever deeper into the cerebrum to find the residence of memory. One of the more well known of these researchers was Karl Lashley, who demonstrated that even after up to 50 percent of a rat’s brain had been cut away, the rat could still remember the tricks it had been trained to perform. Curiously, it seemed to make no difference which half of the brain was removed—lacking either a left or right hemisphere, the rodents were able to execute the learned actions as before. Successive investigators revealed similar results in other animals Picture This The holographic theory, born from experiments such as those of Lashley, considers that memory resides not in a specific region of the cerebrum but instead in the brain as a whole. In other words, like a holographic image, a memory is stored as an interference pattern throughout the brain. However, neurologists have discovered that the brain is not a static entity, but a dynamic synaptic mass in constant flux— all of the chemical and cellular substances interact and change position in a constant way. Unlike a computer disc which has a regular, unchanging format that will predictably pull up the same information recorded even years before, it is difficult to maintain that a memory could be housed and retrieved in the constantly changing cerebrum. But conditioned as we are to believe that all thought is contained within our heads, the idea that memory could be influenced from outside our brains appears at first to be somewhat confusing. Sheldrake writes in his article “Staring Experiments”: “… as you read this page, light rays pass from the page to your eyes, forming an inverted image on the retina. This image is detected by light-sensitive cells, causing nerve impulses to pass up the optic nerves, leading to complex electrochemical patterns of activity in the brain. All this has been investigated in detail by the techniques of neurophysiology. But now comes the mystery. You somehow become aware of the image of the page. You experience it outside you, in front of your face. But from a conventional scientific point of view, this experience is illusory. In reality, the image is supposed to be inside you, together with the rest of your mental activity.” While the search for memory challenges traditional biological understanding, investigators like Sheldrake believe that the true residence of memory is to be found in a non-observable spatial dimension. This idea aligns with more primal notions of thought such as Jung’s “collective unconscious” or Taoist thinking that sees the human mind and spirit derived from various sources both inside and outside the body, including the energetic influences of several different organs (except, or course, the brain). In this view, the brain does not act as a storage facility, or even the mind itself, but the physical nexus necessary to relate the individual with its morphic field. http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/science-technology/sheldrake-morphogenic-field-memory-lashley-collective-unconscious-3486.html

This is rather irrelevant since the US army is an elite of the best men of the leading nation of the world. France and Swiss to compare with an elite troupe of the best soldiers is like comparing tigers with rabbits.

Leonard Doyle, Washington Good points but I'm not Leonard Doyle in Washington who wrote article above. source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/suicide-rate-in-us-army-at-highest-in-26-years-461933.html

This is rather not applicable in present situation since a system of appointing spiritual masters with absolute status is already established. Therefore all the consequences have to be accepted in full. To say a fallen guru is "a zero, nothing" means people are confused about the difference of priest and mahabhagavat. Lord Caitanya sent His servant Krishnadas Brahmin home because Krishnadas Brahmin was on the level of priest, those who might fall down. However, Srila Haridasa Thakur, born in a non-aryan Muslim family was appointed as nama acarya because Haridas Thakur was above the platform of falling back. Once again, you cannot reject a diksa guru, saying, he's fallen now. To say he's fallen means he's a priest like Krishnadas Brahmin in the Caitanya-lila. Since present gurus are appointed as full fledged absolute diksa gurus, the disciples have to consider them as their gurus for the rest of life. This is the vedic rule and law - it cannot be violated. Guru=as good as God. You cannot suspend/excommunicate God! Hope this is clear.

Since they established present system of absolutism it has to be executed in full consequence. Once having received initiation there is no way back. Just like a doctors practice. Once opened it has to be accepted as fully competent offer of medical service. Everything else would be criminal hodge podge.

If ISKCON attracts people who treat women as sex objects, even gives such people positions and marries such people according vedic tradition to matajis, then even more! This is in no way acceptable and no excuse - ISKCON is aspiring to achieve that level..There're lots of monogamous animal species who can manage to peacefully live with their partner. If a Vaishnava society cannot manage householder life what so many animals can accomplish perfectly, then there's no excuse. If they are too foolish to manage the vow of marriage then they have to be told to stop offering marriage. Withdraw the authority to teach household life. Why silly - isn't it rather silly to appoint unqualified spiritual masters? Now since this system is fully established and authorized by the GBC, tons of resolutions being passed that ISKCON doesn't assume liability in case a guru falls down, this is what has to be enforced without compromise. No re-initiation - and you have to go on to consider your guru as your guru however fallen he might be till the rest of your life. This is the vedic system and the meaning of diksa. There is no such thing as call off the deal.

Seems like author below refers to this verse upon he considers India's culture is build upon, "O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed." Indian culture and its restoration posted September 05 2008 http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?title=Indian%20culture%20and%20its%20restoration&articleID=140678 Our rich and glorious past and our antiquity have given us our culture in terms of advanced development of human powers of the body, mind, and spirit within us. But we have failed to preserve the glory that was India in the true sense of the term. WHAT IS it, which makes us Indians? This is a highly relevant question, and I think that every Indian should ask this question to himself quite often. The answer to this is not that easy, but, in an informal way, one can say that it is our distant past, long antiquity, perhaps prehistoric, our age-old traditions and traits, evolved in its present form through different phases and periods of human history. They were influenced by various exogenous and endogenous factors and processes, with which we are continuously linked in one way or the other, and which provide all positive impetus and strength to us to move forward with life as it comes to us. In fact, our rich and glorious past and our antiquity have given us our culture in terms of advanced development of human powers of the body, mind, and spirit within us. Our civilisation and the rich heritage of the past have added to our culture in various ways. Our culture and civilisation are positively correlated and have very strong inter-linkages. Both have a strong causal relationship and add to a dominating virtuous circle. But, somehow, we have miserably failed to live up to these aspirations and postulates, and have failed to preserve the glory that was India in the true sense of the term. In this write-up we shall first briefly look at the basic tenets of the ancient Indian culture from the perspective of a layman, without going into the details of religion and religious traditions. We need not specify what is contained in our scriptures and epics (like, the Upanishads, Vedas, Bhagavad-Gita, Ramayana), mythologies, and philosophical viewpoints and interpretations, as emphasised and underlined in various forms of Hinduism like, Classical Bhakti Hinduism, Tantric Hinduism, Sectarian Hinduism (including Bhakti Revivalism, and Saint-Singer Traditions), the on-going popular Hinduism, Hindu responses to other religions, and to western culture, and even to westernisation. And then, we will see how we can possibly restore what has been lost. The basic tenets of the ancient Indian culture: It has been said that, unlike other ancient cultures of Greeks, Romans, and Chinese, Indian culture tends towards fatalism and quietism, accepting fortune and misfortune alike without complaint. There is a natural reason for this, which lies in the fact that, unlike other countries, India has always been blessed with bounteous nature, which demands little from man in return for what it bestows on him. Simultaneously, it also sometimes goes violent in terms of natural calamities and disasters of various varieties, which have no human remedies, whatsoever. It is this kind of a mix of kind and cruel nature that has taught Indians to be moderate, God-fearing, fatalists, and tolerant to accept life as it comes to them without any reaction against what happens. In other words, this means an optimal behaviour in order to extract the maximum amount of happiness from what is available, of course given the exogenous variables and constraints. The nature, thus, helped us to develop love of ease and comfort, and also an addiction to the simple pleasures and luxuries of life. This, in fact, cultivated an impulse to self-control in terms of being ascetic, on the one hand, and strenuous, on the other. This should not be misconstrued to mean that Indians are devitalised people without any vigour and enthusiasm. This is highly exemplified by the achievements of ancient India in various areas like immensely effective irrigation network and splendid temples and monuments all over. Another important trait is that our traditions have been preserved to a large extent without a break to the present day. In other words, Indian culture is fully conscious of its antiquity, goes on continuously without any break. Another example of this kind is the Chinese culture. All other cultures of the world like Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Greece lack this trait. Humanity is also an important feature of Indian culture in the sense that despite the religious sanction of inequality at birth, Indian culture is characterised by cordial and fair and human relations of man to man, and of man and the state. This is exemplified by historical facts in terms lesser number of slaves with well protected rights; fair play in battles; much lesser massacres, cruelty, and oppression as compared to other early cultures. Physical and spiritual enjoyment is another attribute of the Indian culture, which amounts to enjoying both in the things of the senses and the things of the spirit. We can, therefore, conclude to say that our culture has been a unique culture through out history, where people, despite complex and slowly evolving social systems, and other constraints, always strive to reach higher level of kindliness and gentleness in their mutual relationships than any other nation, and also entertained an understanding for the agony of others. There is no denying the fact that there have occurred serious lapses in our culture at different times in different periods of our history. In the present scenario there has been decay in all the traits that we have mentioned above in smaller or greater degree, essentially in larger urban areas, and not so much in remote habitations. This can possibly be attributed to a variety of socio-economic and political factors, and also to demonstration-effects of the outside world, which have become worse and more intense, may be through the process of globalisation, opening-up, and liberalisation. Let us briefly see how best we can restore this rich heritage? There are both short and long period remedies, though the former are more difficult and ineffective in the kind of a democratic system that exists in our country. We have, therefore, to rely on long-period remedies, may be directly or through catalyst agents. The most important medium here is our education system, both formal and informal. Talking of formal education, the study of history, culture and philosophy, literature, theology (emphasising science of the nature of god and of the foundations of religious beliefs), and comparative religions and their assimilation in our day-to day life can surely play a crucial role, and bring in rich dividends. We must not forget that we are a secular state, and have many religions, each of which must be fully honoured. In fact, all religions and religious beliefs eventually take us to the same ultimate destination of truth. The means may differ, but the end remains the same. This kind of thinking, if percolated all over, can, to a large extent, save us from the chaotic situation we are going through in recent times. Simultaneously with formal education, informal education is also important. It is informal in the sense that it is imparted informally by parents, families, elders, and also by the society to imbibe the good virtues, sanskars, and the basic rituals of our culture among our children. Let us have full faith in us and try to imbibe all the values, for which India stands, and restore our culture to the best of our ability. The role of the state is also crucial in this context. It has to have the political will to go ahead with its people, and think more of the survival of our rich culture rather than of its individual vested interests. The future is bright. Let us reach it by restoring our past.

Might be a better solution than to get implicated in too many sinful karmas. Suicide rate in US Army at highest in 26 years <author>By Leonard Doyle in Washington</author> 29 August 2007 American soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a military report. <!--proximic_content_off--> <!--proximic_content_on--> The suicides are occurring at a time when many soldiers are reporting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, including repeated flashbacks of combat experiences and other severe reactions. But, with President George Bush demanding results and insurgents striking with greater success, an overstretched US Army has been extending the combat tours of soldiers in Iraq. It is also sending units back into action on a far more regular basis than was the case in the past. The report found that there were 99 confirmed suicides among active-duty soldiers during 2006, up from 88 the previous year and the highest since 102 suicides in 1991. The suicides included 28 soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. About twice as many women serving in the wars committed suicide as those not sent to war, the report said. The Army said "occupational/operational issues" as well as failed relationships, and legal and financial issues had led to the suicides. Not surprisingly, it did not speculate about the falling morale of US combat troops in the face of ongoing military failure in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Pentagon said there was "limited evidence" that repeated deployments were putting more of its soldiers at risk from suicide. Stretched thinly by nearly six years of fighting two wars, the Pentagon has extended normal tours of duty this year to 15 months from 12 and has sent some troops back to the wars several times. The Army recorded 17.3 suicides per 100,000 soldiers in 2006, including two deaths still pending confirmation, up from 12.8 suicides per 100,000 soldiers the year before. Last year, 30 of the 99 confirmed suicides occurred in war zones and, so far this year, 44 soldiers have committed suicide, including 17 in either Iraq or Afghanistan. The number of suicides in 2006 marked the highest level since 1991, the time of the Gulf War, when the Army recorded 102 soldier suicides. More than 1.5 million US troops have taken part in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. And the Army, the largest branch of the American military, frequently complains of being overstretched by multiple and extended deployments for its combat troops. The suicide figures follow a string of studies showing an increase in mental-health problems among soldiers and other American troops. According to those studies, including an assessment by the Pentagon, the military has not provided adequate mental-health resources to its service members. About 35 per cent of soldiers are seeking some kind of mental-health treatment a year after returning home and the Army routinely sends medical teams to the battlefront in Iraq to survey troops, their morale and related issues. The Army, which has been heavily criticised for the poor facilities it provides returning soldiers, says it has revised training programs and bolstered suicide prevention. It has added some 25 per cent more psychiatrists and other mental-health professionals to its staff. It is also trying to teach all soldiers how to recognise mental-health problems in themselves and their comrades - and encourage them to seek help.

This is a very materialistic view. Let's say your spiritual master leaves this world early at an age of only 35, you still would go on sticking to this guru. Same when people insist upon a system to appoint spiritual masters who fall down. Basically all members of this forum insist upon that, a) you need a living guru and b) although we cannot know if such a guru can fall down, we have to accept a living guru. If this is present culture and what people strongly believe they have to stick to such a guru even when he falls down. When taking initiation from a guru one has to stick to this whatever might be happening with some gurus. If he falls down they should consider him as deceased and worship his pic within this time when he was not fallen. It should be forbidden that people who have accepted a fallen guru can take initiation from some one else. This is not vedic culture. Vedic culture is that you have to stick to a decision. Just like marriage, divorce is forbidden in vedic culture. Your husband/wife is getting sick or indebted, you cannot divorce. This might sound radical but the scenario of disciples feeling cheated is worse and the reputation of Vaishnavism is killed. Just like divorced couples, things only get worse and their children really spoiled. Present gurus anyway only teach what is written in Prabhupada's books and people also don't read anything else except Prabhupada books. This won't change. Even the karmis steal so many things from Prabhupada's books, put it into their novelles and voila, it becomes a bestseller. In sum if people read only Prabhupada books and speak only what is stated in Prabhupada books, why all this huge talk about fallen gurus? Fact is that present Vaishnavas are a type of people who protest without end when not having a living guru. The law should be therefore that once you took initiation from a living guru you cannot change this anymore. Worship his pic of that time when he was not fallen and go on reading Prabhupada's books. So many great acaryas even Lord Caitanya Himself left this world at an early age, but did the disciples say, no, I want a new guru, a living guru?

"The perfection of science will occur when it is possible for the material scientists to know the qualities of the antimaterial particle and liberate it from the association of nonpermanent, material particles. Such liberation would mark the culmination of scientific progress. There is partial truth in the scientists' suggestion that there may exist also another world consisting of antimaterial atoms and that a clash between the material and antimaterial worlds will result in the annihilation of both. There is a clash which is continually going on: the annihilation of the material particles is taking place at every moment, and the nonmaterial particle is striving for liberation. This is explained in the Bhagavad-gita as follows: The nonmaterial particle, which is the living entity, influences the material particle to work. This living entity is always indestructible. As long as the nonmaterial particle is within the lump of material energy--known by the names of gross and subtle bodies--then the entity is manifest as a living unit. In the continuous clashing between the two particles, the nonmaterial particle is never annihilated. No one can destroy the antimaterial particle at any time--past, present or future. Therefore, we think that the theory maintaining that the material and antimaterial worlds may clash, resulting in the annihilation of both worlds, is correct only within the context of the scientists' limited definition of antimatter. The Bhagavad-gita explains the nature of the antimaterial particle, which can never be annihilated: The fine and immeasurable antimaterial particle is always indestructible, permanent and eternal. After a certain period, however, its encagement by material particles is annihilated. This same principle also operates in the case of the material and antimaterial worlds. No one should fear the annihilation of the antimaterial particle, for it survives the annihilation of material worlds. Everything that is created is annihilated at a certain stage. Both the material body and the material world are created, and they are therefore subject to annihilation. The antimaterial particle, however, is never created, and consequently it is never annihilated. This also is corroborated in the Bhagavad-gita: The antimaterial particle, which is the vital force, is never born or created. It exists eternally. It has neither birth dates nor death dates. It is neither repeatedly created nor repeatedly destroyed. It is eternally existing, and therefore it is the oldest of the old, and yet it is always fresh and new. Although the material particle is annihilated, the antimaterial particle is never affected." ~ Easy Journey to Other Planets , Ch 1, Antimaterial Worlds