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Is world a good place? Can any reasonable person say it depends on the individual.

If it was designed by a supreme being, that power can’t be called as God. Only an evil mind with no compassion can design a system in this way.

Its brilliant, the system is designed to be in equilibrium all the time, but how. By the struggle for survival. Giving birth is easy but only the toughest one can survive, whether its a lion or deer. If an individual is weak it has to die cruelly. An ongoing battle for survival is supposed to keep the system in equilibrium. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Think about a world where only two healthy animals can create an offspring. Wouldn’t that be wonderful when there is no fight for survival but we celebrate dearly the birth of new life?

I think the most important question every one who says that they want to succeed, is whether they want to be successful in life of they want to show they are successful. In my opinion both cases are mutually exclusive. You can be successful in life while most people in your circle aren’t aware about that. On the other hand, its easy to show other people that you are successful while your actual situation is no where closer to being successful.

I felt that in Hamilton, Ontario about 15 minutes ago. My computer table was shaking slightly, but it didn’t come to my mind that it was due to earth quake, until my cousin called me from Toronto. CBC says it was felt in the GTA, Ottawa & Montreal. No damage reported so far. People are calling local radio stations from all over the place. Some buildings in Toronto being evacuated already.

Here is a link for Canadian government earth quake index

Interesting News.

Some time ago, I read a book by Norman Doidge, called, The Brain That Changes Itself, I am not recommending that book here and I don’t remember why I decided to buy that book. Although I didn’t find that book very interesting, there is a section in the book discusses the effect of immigration on the brain.

In the author’s word….

Immigration is hard on the brain…..Each time the plastic brain acquires culture and uses it repeatedly, there is an opportunity cost: the brain loses some neutral structure in the process, because plasticity is competitive.

The book further adds that

Immigration is usually an unending, brutal workout for the adult brain, requiring a massive rewiring of vast amount of our cortical real estate.

When I was reading this, I didn’t think a great deal about this. Now, when I think about that, it makes a lots of sense why some people (atleast people I interact with regularly) are behaving in a particular way. I didn’t mean to offend any one and I’m not in a position to tell that my point is scientifically correct. I always have the question about the sudden changes in the behaviour and personality in some adults of my community once they migrated to Canada and it dawned to me this could be the reason.

On a different note, researchers have found that meditation increases the gray matter in the brain. The research also confirmed that those who meditate regularly has better focus and good control over their emotions. Interesting !!!!
What is your opinion?

For a language learner knowing the difference between words which sounds similar is a daunting task. DifferenceBetween.net contains this article discussing the difference between affect and effect. Although the site is not dedicated only for language and grammar, the concept looks interesting. All the articles are based on discussing the difference between similar objects or terms. Check that out, one time or another you might need this to clarify some thing.