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Vedic prosperity vs Modern Scarcity . Sustainability Simplicity Sufficiency Spirituality. Renewable,recyclable resources Vs Non-renewable, non-recyclable resources. Varna arrangement for body Get headlong start over competition by specialization from childhood.
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Vedic prosperity vs Modern Scarcity
Sustainability Simplicity Sufficiency Spirituality
Renewable,recyclable resources Vs Non-renewable, non-recyclable resources
Varna arrangement for body Get headlong start over competition by specialization from childhood
Nearly one in five -- 40 million American adults -- suffer from anxiety disorders, the most common class of psychiatric ailment we have. By comparison, a mere one in ten are plagued with mood disorders like depression, the second most-common class of psychiatric problems. - Daniel Smith, author of the new anxiety memoir Monkey Mind
"According to the 2002 World Mental Health Survey, people in developing-world countries such as Nigeria are up to five times less likely to show clinically significant anxiety levels than Americans, despite having more basic life-necessities to worry about… What's more, when these less-anxious developing-world citizens emigrate to the United States, they tend to get just as anxious as Americans.” - Taylor Clark, author of Nerve
No! Even when the economy were in great shape, as it was in 2004, Americans spent $2.1 billion on anti-anxiety meds, almost double the amount spent in 1997
cintamaparimeyamca pralayantamupashritah kamopabhoga-parama etavad iti nishcitah “They believe that to gratify the senses is the prime necessity of human civilization. Thus until the end of life their anxiety is immeasurable. ” (Bhagavad-gita 16.11)
Stanford psychology professor Hazel Markus asked Indian and American participants to report how many choices they'd made while doing a series of small tasks. "Though everybody made the same series of decisions" -- choosing a desk to sit at, choosing a pad to use, choosing whether or not to eat free candy, …
…"Americans thought that they'd made twice as many choices as the Indians, 20 compared to 10. Too much choice can paralyze people and make them anxious.”
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