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Happy Birthday Mark Twain

On this date in 1835, America's iconographic humorist and writer Mark Twain (né Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was born in Florida, Mo. He grew up in Hannibal, which became the inspiration for the setting of his classic books Tom Sawyer and The...

Venn diagram of nonsense

Venn diagrams were conceived around 1880 by John Venn. They are used to teach elementary set theory, as well as illustrate simple set relationships in probability, logic, statistics, linguistics, and computer science. What’s your nonsense?

What is meant by Sthitaprajna as said in Gita?

Shri Hrushikesh asked: Swami, what is meant by Sthitaprajna as said in Gita? Swami replied: 1) The word ‘prajna’ in Sanskrit means intelligence. Intelligence makes a decision after doing lot of sharp analysis. Before taking the decision, you should...

Happy Birthday Randy Newman

On this date in 1943, singer-songwriter Randall Stuart Newman was born in Los Angeles to nonobservant Jewish parents Irving and Adele (Fox) Newman. Growing up in New Orleans, Newman was greatly influenced by the music he heard as a child. He began...

Should we not condemn fraud preachers?

Should we not condemn fraud preachers? [The preaching of Sadgurus like You alone is correct. Should we not condemn the preachers of false knowledge?] In this world only an atheist is the fraud preacher and you should condemn such fraud preachers...

If you don't believe in God or a Creator because there is no evidence

Do you believe in aliens although we have no proof ?

If you believe in God or a Creator what's your main reason for believing

If you believe because of scripture would you still believe if there was no scriptures. Or was it a personal experience. Or does it just make sense to you to believe in some higher power of some sort

Happy Birthday Bruce Lee

On this date in 1940, philosopher and martial artist Lee Jun-Fan, better known by his English name Bruce Lee, was born in San Francisco while his parents were on tour with the Chinese Opera. Lee was raised in Hong Kong, where he studied martial arts...

I want to know the law of attraction?

[Reply to Sunil Kumar] Attraction is very important for salvation. The law of attraction means the established way to achieve the attraction. Whether the attraction is worldly or divine, you will get it only after knowing the details about the item...

False devotion Stepping Stone for Real Devotion

GOD'S POWER IS SUFFICIENT TO CONTROL EVIL FORCES [Kartika Purnima Message: Shri Swami attended a function in the house of a devotee, Shri Pavan, since today is the festival of Kartika Purnima. The Shiva Lingam, which is a stone in the form of a...

What should we do when third genders forcefully ask for our money?

What should we do when third genders forcefully ask for our money? [Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Padanamaskaram Swamiji! 1. What should we do when third genders forcefully ask for our money? Thank You to You and the people involved for Your time. Below...

Something I have always wished for

I wish reality did not appear so mundane. There's always a rational explanation for something and I really really hate that. I want to see ghosts, angels, pixies, witches, bigfoot, aliens - whatever! If the veil could just fall away and reveal a...

Don’t think of God as sending anyone to Hell.

Sin stranded us here, away from our Father. We are unable to reach Him on our own. Jesus Christ took that sin as far as East is from the west. We are no longer stranded, but we have a ticket to go home when the time comes.

Happy Birthday Andrew Carnegie

On this date in 1835, tycoon turned philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was born in Dumfermline, Scotland. In 1848 he traveled with his family to Allegheny, Pa. He entered the workforce at 13 as a bobbin boy in a cotton mill, worked at Western Union and...

If you could be any mythical creature, what would you be and why?

The concept of rebirth

The concept of rebirth has both positive and negative sides. If rebirth is accepted for every soul infinitely, the disadvantage is that every soul becomes lazy in the spiritual path postponing the spiritual effort to old age and the old man postpones...

Do you want to be free from blind faith or do you want to remain a blind believer?

If you look around with open eyes, you can see that people all over the world are going through a tragic and deep crisis. Most of the man-made problems all over the world ~ injustice-tyranny, oppression, fraud, poverty, unrest and bloodshed etc....

The sin is not subjective since it is purely objective

Omnipotent God Will Never Leave This World to Its Fate Shri Kartik asked: 1) Suppose a person who is used to eating meat since childhood onwards cuts and eats an animal, it is not sinful for him since he does not know it is wrong. But if someone...

I have already proven that I am a large, extraterrestrial raven. Prove that I am not.

Happy Birthday Edwin Hubble

On this date in 1889, astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble was born in Marshfield, Mo. Hubble, one of the most influential astronomers in history, is credited with establishing the fields of observational cosmology and extragalactic astronomy. A gifted...

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