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Learn from experience and share that experience to develop the underprivileged

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• A reply on Talk: Asher Hasan's message of peace from Pakistan

  Mar 25 2012: Wow no wonder why naxalities in the north, or the khalistan movement in india demand a separate homeland!!...Btw i live in DADU village near sindh Pakistan where we have temple opposite to a mosque, where we both celebrate holi and eid in peace, i see no so called violence as said by raj reddy or kapil. I also find no one forcing minorities to accept islam. Yes they have the free-will to do so if they get influenced by islam. Unlike in india unfortunately.

• A reply on Talk: Asher Hasan's message of peace from Pakistan

  Mar 25 2012: Great talk indeed, i would also like to see some actions from the moderate hindus to show the world that hindusim as depicted by shiv sina isn't about fanaticism...i want to see this coming from the secular hindus, and i will be the first one to walk across the line and HUG them instead of shaking hands...Promise

• A comment on Talk: Asher Hasan's message of peace from Pakistan

  Mar 25 2012: Excellent talk by a Pakistani Muslim , it really takes a lot of courage to go to a country India where the rights of muslims are being violated everyday in Gujarat, ayodha mosque destruction in India etc. The other thing to note is the reception Pakistani's got after TED asked them to do so. Great Event TED.com keep it up. India and Pakistan are on a track of peace because of events like these. I would like TED to arrange more events like these for peace & also the real issue like poverty in northern india or gendercide against women. Ted.com keep it up and coming

• A reply on Conversation: This Question is for the people that believe in god. (Atheist views also please)

  Mar 25 2012: Dear dear shaeem,
  
  If you read the sacred texts , in almost every text you have the option, asking you to choose, meaning that of "free-will". The idea as you said is never forced into a child growing up, but when that particular child grows into an adult, uses his developed mind to understand the text & implement it as if he was somehow spiritually destined for it.
  
  With regards to my previous post your answer is still awaited !
  
  Have a nice weekend
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  A comment on Conversation: This Question is for the people that believe in god. (Atheist views also please)

  Mar 24 2012: God never gave any "crappy options" in the sacred texts but man himself since the early age does not want to be burdened upon. I think it was a way to discipline the people of that era who were indulged in chaos, immorality, obscenity etc. At the same time it is important to note here that things like, morality, ethical behavior, norms of the society all were a result of information provided in these religious books hundreds of years back. And what science proved today or ethical principles developed were somehow magically present then without all the new age gizmo stuff & today's scholastic thinkers?
  
  These are the things that force us to think about religion/God etc. My question to you is , is it necessary to see God to believe in him? If it is, then why do you believe in all the scientific stuff that is backed up by unproven theories/hypothesis like the bigbang, gravity, or the Planck era earliest period of time in the history of the universe, from zero to approximately 10−43 seconds (Planck time) etc
  
  I would also like to share this video to show what faith is:
  People during the deadly tornado at kentucky, began praying, Why was praying the first thing that came to her mind? link attached below is quite evident of a spiritual connection that each one of us has during fear, we connect with god, then why do we find solace in god in times like these:
  http://youtu.be/yxgbRXyFPMg

• A comment on Conversation: Vulnerability is a risky business, mostly met by shame. How does one confront shame productively?

  Mar 23 2012: Understanding & Learning "Shame" as per brene brown is the only way to confront it. Self questions and analysis as suggested by her is given below:
  
  --I'm Never good enough.
  
  --Who do you think you are.
  
  --I'm sorry i am a mistake
  
  This self analysis technique can never help remove "The "Feeling" of Shame" that we all are vulnerable to.
  
  Shame cannot be resolved completely, rather one needs to focus and control the after affects (aggression, depression etc) that arise out it.
  
  With regards to adopting empathy " is a fallacy" because transforming from the word "Me" to the word "US" is rather difficult because it is either "My Interest" or "Your Interest" and its never "our interest". Resolving this can help us in confronting shame
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  A comment on Conversation: What is the power behind a shared experience?

  Mar 21 2012: How can we use the feeling of a shared experience to mimic the heart pathways and build lower resistance between people?
  
  My answer: charlie tod's " The no pants subway ride "
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  A comment on Conversation: Why should presuppose that the cause of religious experience must be natural?

  Mar 17 2012: I would say there is an obvious sixth question:
  5) Are we pleading a special case for the cause of religious experience to be natural?
  
  Even if there is "something beyond us" argument is taken to be true, one does not get a case for a prayer answering, intervening controlling super natural being. Actually it would actually refute that such a being exists.
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  A reply on Conversation: Can we get "Unconditional Love" from people not related? (other than siblings, parents or wife)

  Mar 17 2012: Dear colleen, just excellent, you really have a beautiful way of explaining things, i'm addin you to my list of favorite members
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  A comment on Conversation: Can we prove Aristotle�s �Prime Mover�:Everything that happens is caused by something else?Then what caused the first cause?

  Mar 17 2012: I would like to share something about kalam/special pleading as shared below by me it basically says that in order to favor one outcome, a person makes special allowances for that outcome. without giving any tangible evidence as to why that particular outcome should be allowed those special allowances and not the rest of the outcomes. In case of the Kalam argument, it gives a rule. "Everything has a cause" But it is making a special plea for God, by saying that God is a special case and requires no previous cause. Why? Why should this cause it calls God be granted an exemption to the cause-effect rules. If you are going to grant exemptions why not give that exemption to Big Bang lets say and be done with it.