Sleep and Dream for Married Couples

 Sleep and Dream for Married Couples

My recommendation of Sleep and Dream habits for Married Couples.

This applies only to married couples. 

The young lovers should do whatever dreaming they do at lib and they should not read this article which is very obnoxious when infatuated.

I’ll try to be as brief as possible since married people have no time for heavy reading but reflex action only.

My advice to a young couple on sleep and never on dreams   (since they are in a dream world which is going to end soon after the honeymoon).

In good old days my advice was one should match a couple with synchronised sleep.

Night sleeper who gets up early, late or indifferent.

Day time napper or of 8 hour 10 or 6 hour sleeper.

Idea was when two of them sleep which is synchronised, they get up together and the home and office work is synchronised.

The advantage is only to the employer and not to the married couple any way.

That is my new finding.

My old advice do not stand to reality of married life.

One should have two erratic sleepers so that when one dreams other one is up and doing home or office chores.

Married life is 24/7 schedule and never 9 to 5.

One has to be working while the other is having a nap unlike in office life where everybody has to work whether enough work is there or not.

My recent but not published or disclosed data suggest the only time married people have a respite is in their real dream world.

So enjoy them even if they are bitter to the opposite sex.

After all they are dreams.

Have you ever seen a couple who relate their dreams when woken up to the opposite spouse.

In my experience never.

The reality is that the dream is heavily edited to satisfy the opposite spouse. Usually all the dreams are    if not majority are obnoxious ones which even in reality extend from blue murder or downright slanderous.

If they truly relate these dreams the marriage won’t last even three months. Most of the breakup are due to recurrent incidences of these obnoxious dreams.

Never believe in the dreams. 

They a healthy escape room for humans.

 Even dogs and elephants seem to dream. 

Sometime they are part of learning episodes in real life.

One should never go to hypnotherapist for help and they (are the worse) will record them and use them to blackmail when his/her income is dwindling or volunteer to supply the information secretly to the defence lawyer of the other side for inappropriate black income.

This specially happens in Ceylon.

If these dreams recur it is alright to go to a divorce lawyer but never to a hypnotherapist.

Who knows one may take undue advantage.

One has to bear them, bite the teeth and boldly take them in, one go at a time, like a true and mature married man or woman. One should not give this information to doctors since they will give you a sleeping pill and inadvertently stop the only entertainment one has at his/her leisure time activity.

That is simply disaster.

If you want to prolong and succeed in marriage one has to edit every dream to suit the partner and occasionally relate them saying. I had a lovely dream about “You Know” with all the blah blah.

This has worked for me and I do not know about my wife.

All bad dreams are censored by default.

Now I write about dreams, nobody trust my dreams except Maha Brahma who never dreams in real life.

His hobby is to listen to my dreams and interpret them with his wisdom. If you have any bad dream about your spouse (not your secret lover) please post them under comments.

I may consider sending them to Maha’s perusal and interpretation.

I assure you he never keeps any record of them since I am the virtual computer registrar for Maha Brahma by appointment.

About Sleep and Dreams

 About Sleep and Dreams

I have taken sleep as a bit a routine and I did not write anything scientific or substantial. If you read the contents below it was always  not to the point but somewhat bizarre in attitude.

A bit of slant and satire invariably attached.

Simply because sleep was not a problem for me.

I can sleep standing on a bus plying to Colombo but awake quickly enough to grab the hand of                a pickpocket. Equally, I can keep up awake with only coffee and tea in between for 48 hours. This was achieved doing one in two rota in United Kingdom with Barnsley with continuous stream of sick kids.

I took a challenge to keep up 48 hours.

I kept up 48 hours without sleeping with the challengers watching me. Funnily, the sleep watchers, could not keep up with me and they went into snooze mode while observing me. Then of course, I go into the sleep mode immediately after and  I won’t wake up until I had recovered fully, the lost sleep time. My sleep cycle can adjust according to the needs. The bottom line is nobody tries to wake me up while I am in sleep mode,that includes my mother.

I dip into deep sleep without an intervention.

Nutty things to do when one is young but I won’t recommend the above to any living soul. Thankfully, those days I did not have a car to drive.     Car accidents are common when one breaks sleep.     Best solution is to stop the car and have a quick nap.        I can switch my wake and sleep cycle almost at will and I believed that others have the same ability.

I am proved wrong.

Let me expand.

1. I have never given a sleeping tablet to a patient for dropping to sleep except pre-medication for major surgery.

2. I am very liberal on pain relief. That is of course, if one is not a drug addict. The proper practice of medicine solely relies on taking grief and pain factor away from patients.

3. Sleeping tablets are lethal and one gets addicted to the drug within 48 hours. The sleep one gets with these tablets is not normal and they upset the diurnal rhythm up to two weeks.

It is the melatonin that keep our sleep cycle going on daily basis.

4. One needs minimum of 4 hours of deep sleep.

Buddha was an example who slept only 4 hours and if not occupied, he was in meditative bliss and wide awake.

5. An average adult (children needs more sleep) needs about 8 hours of sleep, not necessarily continuous, that is in one go.

One can have it in two slots which is much better, if one can afford it.

6. The bottom line is how to get the most needed 4 hours of deep sleep.

The most important memory record of newly learnt material is laid down in deep sleep.

This I did not know until my retirement as a medical guy.

7. Many does not have the ability to roll into this mode, simply because of the inhibitions that precedes the rest or the night cap.

8. Even if, one is in bed for 10 hours and not got the required 4 hours of deep sleep, he/she feels sleepy during waking hours, the next day.

How to avoid it?

9. Few guide lines but none might work at the beginning but with perseverance one can achieve the target of 4 hours of deep sleep unless one’s physiology is deranged or has chronic painful illness.

This advice is for one who has no other disability including major depressive illness or manic depression.

10. One should retire to bed only when the days work is finished and not before.

Similarly, one should have a mental sketch of what has to be done the next day, certainly not the next week.

11. Humans work on 24 to 28 hour cycles not less. This is unfortunately little longer than the earth cycle.

This is why finishing the days major chores is of paramount importance.

Do not leave the work for the weekends.

In other words “Moment Meditation” (my coining) in practice.

Do the things as they ought to be, at the right time.

No procrastination.

The principle here is one should not detail more work than one can accomplish in day time hours.

Nothing pending at bed time.

If you practice this dropping to sleep is spontaneous. More than likely you get to the deep sleep mode quickly.

It is the mental anxiety that keeps you awake the first few moments in bed.

12. When you wake up (unless you are retired and nothing else to do (next morning) in the morning do not deliberate and stay in bed for few more minutes.

Your sleep is already interrupted by normal biological rhythm or the alarm.

You cannot go back to good sleep again.

Wake up and if you are bit early tidy up the morning work.

13. Mind you when you do not have a good sleep the first casualty is your Memory.

You forget things.

14. Let me now dispense the factors that hinder your sleep.

Number one is excess of coffee.

No coffee at bedtime.

It is an addiction.

Number two is tea.

Both items impair your sleep and more importantly dropping to sleep is delayed.

Others includes heavy rice meal and alcohol.

Both items cause mid night hyopglycaemia and interrupt your sleep when deep sleep is about to commence. In our set up rice and alcohol are culprits of breaking the sleep pattern.

Not only that both items cause regurgitation of stomach contents while flat on bed. They cause acid irritation, since starch and alcohol cannot neutralise acid secretions.

Light beefy (not necessarily beef but soya meat, egg omelette would do) meal and milk are the antidotes not tea or coffee.

If tea is desired add lot of milk.

Adding milk has no effect on coffee.

So take the mental and physical hindrances to your sleep as (sleep deprivers) cardinal sins.

15. I have not talked about the bed, the room, the temperature, humidity and lightnings (they are individual variables), but your cellphone is the nastiest invention of modern times.

Switch it off first, before preparation for sleep.

I do not have one. I am fully retired.

16. Watching TV (passive attention) late at night (unless the next morning is an off day or holiday) is another reason for interrupted sleep and bizarre dreams. Unlike natural vision digital flashes of TV images irritate the  brain.

What one need is brain getting ready to relax and then sleep mode eventually.

TV is not good for the health.

17. Computer (not cellphone) with a keyboard (you can hit the keys hard as they were made of steel)    is a good anxiety reliever before bedtime. My routine is to look at the emails and deleting the junk.

That routine start always after mid night.

Looking at your email is the most boring activity.

So boring you feel like dropping to sleep on your keyboard.

The advantage is that you save lot of time,       the next morning. Nobody expects (only paranoid person would take emails seriously now) you to answer emails as they come.

You must be liberal with Delete action.

It should be like “the knee jerk reaction”.

This is why I prefer blogging (hate Facebook and social media) to social media. Blogging is most of the time constructive but social media interactive, irritate inner feeling and proactive.

Fortunately YouTube has taken taken this burden away from us.

Who cares if you had million hits?

Is it like an orgasm?

I doubt it has any impact.

18. Dreams are vital ingredients of your sleep and I have enlarged upon them with my own dreams.

Or you read my books on Dreams available at Amazon’s.

Sinhalaya Killing Sinhala Language

Let me start with Indika Thotawatta.

That is the guy I love to listen to, even though I do not agree with his astrological predictions. 

He is one who loves mother Lanka and the Sinhalan Language.

Hats off to him for his honorable approach.

I am very bad in my Sinhala and I always pick one or two Sinhala Gems from him.

Chapa Bandara can handle the Sinhala language in a respectable way. 

I do not know his political ambitions but I wish him well.

My current attempt is to promote Dhamma not Buddhism. 

I use English for that purpose and not raw Sinhala. 

Sinhala sometimes tend to devalue Pali of it's substantial meanings. 

This is what that Kiribathgoda Goiya is trying to do. 

DO NOT listen to him. 

He is an antithesis to Dhamma.

One I love to hate is Chamuditha.

Plane and simple his aggressive behaviour is unbecoming. 

I used to switch off the TV whenever he is on TV in any program.

I am away from our land and I am currently not subjected to his vituperations.

I have no problem of switching him off. 

He is a politically ambitions guy. 

He should not be in parliament by any imagination.

This Sepala Guy is a simple "Potha Gura" and had no substance behing him. 

A pretentious guy by all measures.

His objective is to destroy Dhamma. 

He can never achieve that. 

He will be in Hell, no sooner he leaves his present human domain. 

He has no recuperation at all. 

I leave it at that. 

I have no problem he is becoming a slimy political animal. 

What I really hate is, his transliteration. 

This is a term, I helped in coining when trying to translate Medical Terms to Sinhala. 

I used to tell my professor who had no knowledge of Sinhala, it is far better to use the original English term and get the students to learn terminology rather than the language.

Guys come to University not knowing how to define the term definition.

I was later recruited simply (my putative Sinhala ability) because of me helping the Professor of Biochemistry (I was pretty good in Biochemistry) to translate Multiple Choice Questions as a Medical Student (as a Senior Student of the 4th year.

Getting into even Seconded Post was extremely difficult those days. 

I cut my teeth, then and there and never looked back. 

Over time, I improved my English and now I start to forget lot of Sinhala Words in Common use, especially food items.

I said Halapath to Halapa.

I was teased appropriately and my current ploy is to keep my mouth shut.

Main Objective

This piece is about the YouTube guys who abuse Sinhala, especially guys who use foul language. 

One must not subscribe to them and they would peter out, naturally.

First of all the guys who destroyed Sinhala language were J.V.P. guys.

Just look at some of their wall paper posts in 1970 and 1988/89.

Marapiya

Kotapiya

Nathi Banga Karapiya

Nathi Banga Wewa

These NPP guys talking lush and posh language NOW, is simply a whitewash and just to fool the masses. 

That was their political motive which they successfully achieved.

I hate the guys who use Umba and Umbalata for Oba or Obata. 

It is nauseating to me coming from a Catholic school where we were not allowed to use them.

We had a very good Sinhala Teacher named Mr. Wickramadinghe. 

He taught us from Kumarodaya and his teaching of grammar was excellent.

No hanky panky.

Precise.

He was with us for only 3 months.

When he came in he wore a National Dress. 

After three months of learning English he switched to  a trouser. 

That had a lasting impact on me and I concentrated on English. 

By the age of 16 my English was very much refined.

Never a Single vulgar term in my school life. 

The other guys liberally used foul language but they were automatically shunned. 

It is opposite now. 

Vulgar vernacular is promoted as opposed to Sweet Words.

We used I, you and we.

Mr. Mrs and Madam for younger females.

This Athi Garu, Vishishta and Uthumanani came with Rajapaksa Regime.

I used to say Mr. Rajapaksa, Mr. Wicramasighe and Mrs. Chandrika.

Please leave it at that.

None of them were great or National Heroes.

Quite the opposite but shameful characters.

Puppy Easy OS-6.5.3

I have installed Puppy Easy OS on a USB stick.

It has lot of problems, basically due to its container technology.

Containers can be used for many uses but mainly for Virtualization.

What it does is to mount something foreign on top of a very basic operating system.

What it tries to do is to work without link libraries (DLL in Windows).

Linux is not resource hungry.

It allocates and prioritize resources as and when needed.

Al these techniques are mitigated or vandalized by containers.

In good old days strength and beauty of Puppy were it's small footprint of about 100MB.

 

It has expanded to 1000MB and showings it's vulnerability.

It looks seems are bursting.

 

Gnome has a better Virtualization package called Box Utility. The beauty of Box Utility is it gives one the ability to try individual packages within the Container. It consumes lot of RAM and it need fare amount of hardware capacity as reserved space to run Box.

 

Flathub is inherently bulky.

 

Yes, Puppy should move forward with new technology but with extreme caution.

 

It's package installer is Flat Pack and it is painfully slow.

I wanted to Install Audacity, KDNLive and my favorite browser FireFox but it is almost getting  FROZEN in mid air like a jet plane without jet fuel. 

 

I am trying Brave browser, and the same outcome.

 

I generally I  have at least 3 browsers working for me in addition to FireFox, they are Dillo and Falkon and Konquorer, specially, if I am using KDE desktop.

 

Yes FlatPak is a pain compared to Synaptic Package Manager of Gnome (Debian).

 

I have 8GB of RAM and that is enough for my daily work.

If Easy Pup cannot allocate my RAM in an equitable way, I am not going to recommend it to any guy or girl.

Currently, there are no other Puppy Derivatives available but luckily I have a collection of old Puppy Images with me, including Ubuntu and Debian derivatives.

PLUSES

On the plus side it configures WiFi effortlessly.

Chrome browser is OK.

 

It allocates entire 8GB USB to a EXT4 File.

 

Puppy on a USB is my favourite when I am on the move. 

Thankfully, today is a holiday and I can drop to sleep while these actions are running in the background.

I re-did everything.

 

It is all due to container philosophy which is pretty slow.

 

One should install one application at a time.

Flathub does not know how to queue one application after another. 

It tries to do everything at one go.

It gets chocked.

 

Linux philosophy is one job at a time with less time allocation for less demanding tasks, appropriately.

Many Bolas (Gundus)

Many Bolas (Gundus) 

This is the time E Bola (Election Gundu), 

Tom Bola (Pacha ), 

Pee Bola (Mada),

Gill Bola (Gill Mart)

Pani Bola (honey) 

and Pagha Bola (money) are dispensed with impunity.

Rocket Money and Faked Moon Landing

Rocket Money and Faked Moon Landing

Read this piece in parallel with Science Degree, here.

Rocket Science is Money.

At present technology, mankind can only take men or women up to 250 miles only.

American Administrators do not have to worry

1. Russia

2. China

But they worry a lot about

3. American Public Opinion

I will give a list of names below for probing the moon landing, on first attempt.

It was Stanley (Rubric) Kubrick who filmed some shots.

1. Bart Sibrel

2. Joe Rogan

3. William Kaysing

4. Robert Bigelow 

5. John Lear

6. Bob Lazar

7. Jeremy Corbell

8. George Knapp

and many more.

See the film "Something went wrong on the way to the moon".

It is the Pride and Money that help the CIA to keep this secret live and alive.

CIA assassination or threat to assassinate prevents the truth coming out.

It is called "Truth Embargo".

The bottom line is the lies have greater potential than truth in America.

Not only political lies (Democrats on Donald Trump), there are scientific lies.

Little alcohol is good for life is a similar lie propagated globally (scientist were paid to propagate this little bit of alcohol lie).

Speculative Theories and Course Correction

Speculative Theories and Course Correction
 
There are sixty one (61) theories that are considered to be Wrong Views by Buddha.

Many of them existed before Buddha and many of them are still considered to be the essence of humanity, even today.
 

My belief, is that the present existence of speculative theories are mostly based on Kalama Sutta’s modern interpretation of reality.
 

Any one new to Buddhism should read Kalama Sutta in conjunction with Brahmajala Sutta (All Embracing Net of Views).
 

Reading one only leads to misinterpretation of Reality.
 

I have discussed this before on three points.
They are;
1. Reality
2. Perception
3. The Gap or Void
 

Wrong perception leads to misconception and misinterpretation and the Gap or the Void is filled with the Wrong View/s.
 

To start with Buddhism is not a Philosophy, in the true sense of Philosophy.

If you read Prof. A.D.P. Kalansuriya’s book “The Buddha’s Discourses and Wittgenstein” he tries to correct this course and found fault with his fellow Buddhist Philosophers (they were not true thinkers but adherent to dogmas, at that time, naming them is improper).

He was trying to free the Philosophy into its own domain which is a first order discipline by definition.

(Even Wittgenstein saw this malady and called it the "Language Games" played on our minds).
 

In doing so he cleverly freed the Dhamma from corruption by the fellow travelers, of his age.

These modern age guys were interested in selling their books often derived from their PhD theses.

Having said, that I can now say that Buddhism is a way of life not a philosophy to trash about.
 

Why I say so.

The Brahmajala Sutta is meant for course correction and laid the foundation of Dhamma.

If one wants to label philosophical tenets, there are only three elements, nothing more.

1. Unsatisfactoriness (of both pain and pleasure principles)

2. Impermanence (of both mind and matter and the material world-Uppada, Thitti, Banga, Arising, Stabilizing and Falling nature of all things)

The modern rendering is “the state of flux”.

3. Impersonal nature of “Beings” and Bhava (Sansara).

Buddha is a teacher.

He laid down the cause (Kamma) and effect (Bhava).

He is not a Saviour.

He shows the path he trod on.

He has no reservations left for himself.

He is freed, so why any reservations?

There is a caveat here.

One is his/her own saviour.

On has to be diligent about the “Wrong View” or the “Wrong Path”.
 

There is only “One Way”.

Ekayana Maggo!

That way is “Meditation” and correct understanding of the three principles born above.

So Meditation (if one has the time and resources) is a “Way of Life” not a theory for philosophizing.

With those two out, I need to summarize the Nets of Views in brief.

There are basically three types of persons, who want to have their views heard loud and clear.
 

They are the Eternalists, Rationalists and Skeptics.

All are based on afterlife except one group.
 

There is no religion in this world that disputes the existence of afterlife except nihilists or skeptics.

Their views are either based on self realization in Jhana states or rationalization based on one’s own thinking.

One can read ones previous life (Jhana State Five) and based on these experiences some of them formulate that, since there was a past life, there ought to be an eternal life that continue after death.

In some religions merging of self with the eternal self tend to be the essence.
Many selfs are not identified as individual entities but one of a wholesome divine entity.
The next subset in this is that there ought to be a divine creator or God.
There are at least 18 subsets based on eternity.

In this subset, it is the Maha Brahma (may be some of his retinues) who had the grandiose illusion that he was the creator of the world.

The bottom line is, when they consume these planes of lives and exit, they are often reborn in lower form of life often, even lower than human life.
It is a pity.

One who has not pursued the Jhana states to clear vision or wisdom sees these as eternal truths and postulate them as their discoveries.

They are the eternalists.

Then there are the skeptics who do not believe in afterlife.

They create the nihilistic view (only one out of 44 views).

There are 44 views (including View of the Buddha) with future life in perspective.

This is where the category of perception comes into play.

The perception has a void in it and that gap is filled with any view out of the 62 views of reality.

The Brahmajala Sutta is an attempt at Course Correction from Eternalists, Rationalists and Skeptics, not for Divinity but for the Emancipation from ills, wills and imperfections.
 

That is to untangle from the tangled entanglement of the Wrong Views.

That is why Samma Ditti is the first of the Eight fold Pathway.
 

In other words Mithya Ditti is the sure recipe for prolonging agony in the lower worlds of existence.

Once one gets his/her mind out of the Kalama Sutta and the Brahmajala Sutta one is free to delve into enormous Sutta discourses and Abhidhamma (mind you very dry in content) for clear view of Dhamma.

No part of Suttas or Abhdhamma is redundant for a wayfarer.

One either needs a true guide or one has to chose his own Sutta or Abhidamma discourses as a guide.

Please read the book of late Prof. A.D.P.Kalansuriya, if one is interested in philosophy.
 

It is heavy reading by the way, but that does not deter you from reading it, in small doses.  

Philosophy is more difficult than Dhamma.

 

Law, Common Law and Above Law

This piece is in Evolution and applied ONLY to Ceylon.

Reader may amend, alter and improve the content ingrained.

Now that I have dispensed the Law of Dhamma, it is time for me to dispense how Law operates in Ceylon.

There is no Order in Ceylon.

To begin with, Ceylon operates on fundamentals of Physics, namely Disorder. 

The technical and Scientific term is Chaos.

An Excellent Example of Chaos is our Northern MP  named Archuna (Ar Chu Na).

I believe in Law that is equal to every citizen of this country. 

It should not be inviolable. 

Ar Chu Na is the only exception.

I am not a lawyer, so I have no dealing with Law of the country, except abiding by it.

As a doctor, I have been in contact with Common Law, all my life.

I never ask the question, Are you sure of your father?

That question violates the Common Law.

In Common Law Sex is not supposed to be consensual (that is a legal term). 

This does not mean that the women are a common property.

What  it means the ability to violate Common Law and claim that one can take  advantage of every opportunity when it suits the individual (sex of the individual is immaterial) in dealing with the opposite sex.

Homosexuality is an aberration on this context.

Now do not get into trouble by literally interpreting above representation of mine.

Doctors are not supposed to ask this question (who is your father) since, it opens the door to Law and Lawyers.

I will take some common examples like our Divorce Law and Law of the Road or more precisely the Law of the Three Wheeler Drivers, to illustrate our Common Law predicaments.

Although what is stated here is not applied to the Parliamentary Guys and Girls, recent development of Spouse and Car exchanges are not the classic examples.

They are of Special Order, even above the Above Law, I am going to discuss later, here.

Common Law is what people practice in day to day practice.

We take the Precept Not to Lie as a daily dose of prescription but every day we start our life with a big lie.

A brilliant lie to start the day.

Example One.

One comes to the office late.

The common law excuse is that guy or girl missed the bus or the bus broke down at the Thun Mulla Handiya and there was a big Traffic Jam.

There is nothing one can do about this scenario.

Example Two

You are late to office and take the earliest available Three Wheeler to the office.

Dispense Rs.500/= for a Rs.200/= fare and gets the balance of Rs.200/=.

You demand the correct balance.

The answer is, the extra Rs.100/= is for income tax, Sir.

That is the common law on the road.

One should have all Rs.100/= notes when travelling by Three Wheelers. 

Problem is these Three Wheeler Drivers collect Rs.100/= notes  and dispense them sparingly. 

Currently, Rs.50/= has no street value.

It is the common law.

Example Three

One the way home one goes to the pub for a drink. 

You meet a guy to whom you owe money.

He demands a free drink.

You have to spend the money left for daily provisions for this guy.

One is left with money only for another half a  peg. 

He takes a half a peg for the door.

One is empty pocket, now.

Comes home pretending to be dead drunk.

It is common law.

Example Four

The last is similar to recent Saga.

One is married with kids but his common law wife is even younger to his youngerst daughter.

It is common law of this country.

Above Law

Above Law applies to the parliamentarians and they can violate any law of the country. 

Nobody including the police can proceed and file a case for full conviction.

There are over 90,000 police officers in this country and none can proceed a case against a sitting MP.

That is Common Law applied as Above Law.

Nobody dare to file a case against a MP past or present. 

Even if a case is filed, the police invariably distort it's presentation so, Justice may not (seemed not to be) be carried out according to the Law of the Country.

Nothing can be done about this pessimistic view.

Sorry.

History of Jews

This is according to Indika Thotawatta.

Jews lost to Egyptians between 1500 to 2000 BCE.

Jews  lost to Babylonians or Persians around 700 BCE.

Jews lost to Romans in 2500 BCE.

My narrow history knowledge is exposed.

I thought the Jewish problem was only a century old.

I am proved wrong.

Lies from Mahawansa to Sinhalawansa

Diplomats are Trained to lie.

Politicians are Born to lie.

We had Chethiya the Liar King or the King Liar.

Ceylonese love lies, it is a romantic affair.

It is part of our ancient history from Mahawansa, to Chulawansa to the present Sinhalawansa.

Hubris Syndrome

Hubris Syndrome

Hubris Syndrome is a pattern of behaviour in a person who sees the world as a place for self-glorification by the use of power only.
 

Features of Hubris Syndrome include;
 

There is a tendency to take action primarily to enhance one’s personal image.
 

Shows disproportionate concern for self image and presentation.
 

Exhibits messianic zeal and exaltation in speech.
 

Conflates self with nation or organisation.
 

Loses contact with reality.
 

Resorts to restlessness, recklessness and impulsive actions.
 

Allows moral rectitude to obviate consideration of practicality, cost or outcome.

 

Displays incompetence with total disregard for nuts and bolts of policy making.

 

Basically such a person is a pain.

Triage of Elephant Untouchables

Triage of Elephant Untouchables 

My search for the plight of “Baby Elephants in the Wild” has convinced me that there is an existence of a “Triage of Untouchables”

Number one is the Hashish Growers.

Number two is the “Untouchable Politicians” who ties end at loose points.

35. Number three is the “Untouchable Law Enforcing Authorities”, that include police, banks and the judiciary which only prosecute the sprats.

Insight

 Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Insight
The meaning of insight in medical terms is  powerful.
In psychiatric terminology one who has lost insight to his or her predicament is actually has a major psychiatric disorder.
It is the marker of insanity.
Most of the other disorders with insight into the plight of an individual in a given stressful situation are minor psychiatric disorders.
In depressive illnesses, one who has lost insight to the given predicament is said to have Endogenous Depression.
One who has insight into the predicament is called Reactive Depression.
Insight into a scientific problem is what propels the science forward.
What it means is given a certain scientific problem, one has to delve into its core and bring out a meaningful explanation for the occurrence of a particular phenomenon.
Often there are no measurements or data.
A hypothesis is developed to explain the phenomenon and thereafter it is tested for its validity.
Insight by its nature predates the hypothesis.
 
Insight can be of used outside the scientific arena and may herald clever resolution of complicated conflicts, especially political. We could say Nelson Mandela’s approach to apartheid showed his mature political insight.

Fullbright and Russia

J.W. Fulbright was an American Senator and a lawyer. 

He died in 1995.

When American Peace Keppers were in Ceylon, I used believe that he was a great guy.

He chaired the Foreign Relations Committee for a very long time.

He was against Russia all his life.

This Systematic Russophobia is deeply ingrained in American politics in both camps.

Currently Russia is sanctioned in all other White or English speaking countries.

He studied in Oxford which is also a base for antirussian sentiments.

What amazes me is that both these countries are staunch supporters of Israel.

Israel cam buy any politician in UK and USA.

I wonder from where Israel gets its money.

It is very simple.

They have an active War Industry.

During our internal ethnic (Ceylon) conflict Mossad had guys helping Ceylon Army and LTTE in the same venue.

Can one trust a Jew in modern day?

Perhaps not.

I wonder why Africans call Indian a "Black Jews".

India and RAW also play the same game in regional politics.

Perhaps Pakistan does not.

In world politics duplicity is the name of the game.

There is no avenue for diplomacy but War and More War resonate in real world of politics.

I do not think President Donald Trump can change it in 2 days.

Nobody believes on Americans.

Azarbhajan and Korean Airline Crashes- My Theory

In theory a passenger airline should not crash on landing unless weather gods were nasty at the time of landing.

This rule does not apply to private jets.

My misgivings are as follows.

The aircraft lands on its belly.

It crashes on the fence but explodes instantly.

It was an instant explosion and it did not look like a jet fuel burn on impact. 

Of course, the jet fuel burn finished the job with only ashes remaining.

The damage to the fence was minimal.

This is related to Azarbhajan crash.

Russia has no involvement in Korean crash.

Why did Russian military take such an action related to crash in Azarbhajan?

Most likely Russians had advance information and acted decisively in spot of political and diplomatic risks. There were Azabarjan radical involvement. 

Lack of transparency on Azarbhajan investigation is the end result. Everybody wants to cover the tract.

That is the way Secret Services works. It is very complicated discovering the Truth in this Modern World.

Lot of facts should be taken into account in considering, the evolution of global politics.

1. President Biden is bitter not having a second term.

Deep inside Biden team does not want President Trump to start smoothly. 

Tried all the methods to scuttle him before the election but failed.

He needs some diversion tactic to take the blame away.

His failures were Global.

Plane crash may be on the card and divert attention on Ukraine not Russia. 

For input of more money before saying Good Bye.

2. Zelensky is more bitter than Biden. 

He was looking for many ways to antagonize Russia especially, President Putin. 

President Putin is one step ahead not paranoid like Zelensky. 

He anticipates major and minor plots and act accordingly but smoothly.

Zelensky is a total tactical failure of CIA.

Korean Air Crash

South Korea is in turmoil and there is no proper running administration.

Their secret service can be bought by Ukrainians desperate for a plot against Russia.

I do not mean South Koreans would have any such ideas or plots.

Section of the secret service could be bought to plant a bomb or explosives on a airline bound to Russia.

The Plot could have been;

Airline safely lands in Muan.

It is hijacked by Ukraine operatives.

It is already loaded with explosives, unknown to South Koreans.

It was matter of flying to Moscow and crash landing.

The guys would crash land and reach a safe place already identified having executed the plan.

Russia got a sniff of Ukrainian suspects among the passengers. At least a few of them were Ukrainians carrying Russian passports.

Russian undercover agents plan would have been to plant an explosive device that would detonate on high impact among the already packed explosive.

Pertinent question is who provider the explosive.

Could it be even Turkey.

The aim was  to disable the onward (putative) flight to Moscow by Ukrainian mercenaries.

The Korean pilots panicked moment the wing was hit by birds.

They were not aware of the explosive content in it's belly. In other words they were not aware of the overload. 

Most likely underestimated the load and the stopping distance.

They just went by the standard protocols.

They were not part of the plot.

Ukrainians were.

Ukrainians are a desperate lot.

Expect some more of their plots during the lame duck period of this current presidency.

It is mandatory while these happening prisoner exchange did occur.

There are a few sane people who value diplomacy.

Diplomacy is the way forward and is not the last resort.

Empress of China by Kumar David

Empress of China

by Kumar David 

This is in Meory of Kumar David

Two examples, nearer home in more ways than one from antiquity are the Maurya Emperor Asoka (reigned 232-274 BC) and the Empress Wu Zetian (reigned supreme 690-705 BC and consort 655-683) the only female Empress of China. Both reigns are renowned for material prosperity and peace most of the time. Ideological harmony in both was grounded in the spread and acceptance of Buddhism. 

I need to say no more about Asoka, but many readers may not be aware that Empress Wu, deemed a great ruler, bonded with her people by identifying with and supporting Buddhism which was then gaining ground. Her reign was the golden age of Buddhism in China before the elite fought back and restored the older hegemony.

The older narrative that the intellect had become accustomed to post-Enlightenment, reason, rationalism, liberalism, socialism and Marxism are in retreat in the face of this assault. 

Liberals, socialists and the secular-minded basked in the glory of reason, science and the pluralist state for a long time. 

Quite suddenly and within two decades it has inverted. 

Out of dark recesses of the human soul a new mass hysteria has erupted. For long it was thought that unreason had been banished. 

Not so, the battle has to be joined again if humanity is not to pass into another Dark Age.

Your Sri-Lankan Tax Code Updated by Ranil

Your Sri-Lankan Tax Code Updated by Ranil

 

My Note of Discontent (NOD)
Posted on November 11, 2011

Sri -Lankan are very creative people but that creativity comes only after retirement when one sees that the grave stone or tomb as the final place of conquest.
 

This ultimate reality is also taxed; the Masters of this creation are British Tax Inspectors of Yesteryear.
 

British only had Police and Inspectors now we have Private Security in the Universities, too.
We have lost everything including freedom but they cannot take our simple humour rather the satire (I thought satire is bit psychopathic) out of context.

Very soon humour will be taxed.
 

The academic Freedom in the University is also Taxed and Malabe is the Beginning.

Mr. O.M. Weerasooiya is a Retired Commissioner General of Inland Revenue and a Corporate Member of Sri Lanka Institute of taxation and former Treasurer of Netherlands Alumni Association of Lanka.

A personal note of somebody who is nobody in this Tax World:

Mr. O M Weerasooriya has done a wonderful job by writing this poem but there is something that we would like you to know.

A Developed country will collect 20 to 35% as taxes in this world.
 

A Developing country will collect 35 to 42.5% as taxes. 

 

The current figures I do not have.

Today Sri Lanka collects 63% as taxes.
Every 100 rupees you earn 63 rupees will go back to the government as taxes.

This means Sri Lanka is heading for disaster like Zimbabwe (this is true- my own comment-We are heading that garden pathway rapidly in the name of development Who cares?) who collects a whopping 88% as taxes.

Support somebody who could change this at least to a developing level.
 

Read My Comment below and please add your comment, too.
Few lines would do.
 

The Tax Poem

At first I thought this was funny…then I realized the awful truth of it.

Be sure to read all the way to the end as that’s the punch line!

Tax his land, tax his bed,
Tax the table at which he’s fed.
Tax his tractor, tax his mule,
Tax his cow, tax his goat,
Teach him taxes are the rule.

Tax his work, Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts Anyway!
Tax his pants, Tax his coat.
Tax his ties, tax his shirt,
Tax his work, tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco, tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his cigars, Tax his beers,
If he cries tax his tears.
Tax his car, Tax his gas,
Find other ways to tax his aRss (after the daily purge).
Tax all he has, then let him know
That you won’t be done, till he has no dough
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till he’s good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he’s laid.
Put these words upon his tomb,
‘Taxes drove me to my doom…’

When he’s gone, do not relax,
Its time to apply the inheritance tax.

List of Taxes in Ceylon

Accounts Receivable Tax,
Airline surcharge tax
Airline Fuel Tax,
Airport Maintenance Tax
Building Permit Tax,
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax,
Death Tax
Dog License Tax,
Driving Permit Tax
Excise Taxes,
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment (UI),
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax,
Petrol Tax (too much per liter)
Gross Receipts Tax,
Health Tax
Hunting License Tax,
Hydro Tax,
Inheritance Tax
Interest Tax,
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes,
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax,
Mortgage Tax
Personal Income Tax,
Property Tax
Poverty Tax,
Prescription Drug Tax
Provincial Income Tax,
Real Estate Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
Retail Sales Tax
Service Charge Tax,
School Tax
Telephone Tax,
Provincial and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Water Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax
Entertainment Tax,
Tourism Promotion Tax
Value Added Tax……..
 

G.S.T. (Gona Saha Thanakola TAX-Bull and the Grass TAX)

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our Nation was one of the most prosperous in the world.
 

We had absolutely no national debt, had a large middle-class and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
 

What in the hell happened?
Can you spell ‘Politicians’?
It is all PoliTricks Scientists (my creation for Oxford Dictionary-Coined for American Scientists who make mockery / distort facts and make them friction / out of real facts).

I hope this goes around SRI LANKA at least 100 times!!!!!

YOU can help it get there!!!!

GO AHEAD – – – be a SRI LANKAN !!!!!!!!!!

SEND IT AROUND EVERYWHERE for a change

Help make a difference.


Ayubowan, is Long Life.

If you live long you pay more TAX.
 

May he attain the Final Goal, the Nibbana in this life and not next life.
Then the next life we believe is spared.
Even then the TAX Inspector will follow me.

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I will send a Note / Email to Maha Brahma to TAX the TAX man and send him to HELL.