After practicing meditation and teaching guidelines over the past 40 years I find it interesting that so many continue to re-invent and complicate what is and has always been a very simple technique.
Whilst there are a few methods and not everyone fits every person, so it takes a bit of practice working out which one suits and then that's it. Simple and just practice.
Its way over time people got this back to basics and put the hype to bed
In the discussion between Barak Obama and David Attenborough the crucial point that was made was that despite everything we try to do to prevent species extinction, land, sea and air pollution, global warming /climate change etc etc the main problem lies in over population. 7 billion today and predicted to reach 11billion by 2100
The ever increasing number of people's demands upon this planet is such that eventually there will simply be too many to provide resource security for everyone and it is quite conceivable that one day war will be fought over access to fresh water, food and resource supply
Not necessarily a rape culture in itself, however, as rape is a part of a culture of violence then the answer is yes.
This is credited to the globalresearch.ca site. Violence : The American way of life
" The United States of America was conceived and nurtured by violence.
Americans not only engage in violence, they are entertained by it."
If atheism means there is an absence of belief that deities exist then the proposition that the arrival of aliens on earth predating theism actually created theism by becoming the original objects of worship, i.e. "Gods" and thereafter the entire construction of religious devotion. In that case it would suggest to me that atheists would be ambivalent about the belief in aliens.
Some annoying people get a buzz out of their aggravation and making people react, so people who respond by being calm and polite can defuse bad behaviour
If that doesn't work then I'll go along with ignoring them or simply going away, annoying people will often give up if they haven't got an audience.
Agitating someone with a MC issue would be the worst thing anyone could consider doing. Having a MC issue is challenging enough to deal with without being ill treated. Many people with an MC issue feel bad enough about the social stigma they have suffered without ignorant people adding more woe to their lives. Those without such issues should support people who do and help them to succeed in whatever they want to achieve.
I would like scientists to do an unbiased global study with research on what if any effect underground human activity has or may have upon natural events.
For instance underground atomic tests, oil drilling, fracking, mining, etc within the earths crust and whether such human activities can have an accumulative effect upon the natural forces that govern such events.
If not then it is questionable whether human activity can affect an earthquake, especially if there is no proven relationship between the creation of global warming and an earthquake.