Life in Russia: Sami, comedy, sanctions

(Eli from Russia) Things people don't understand about Russia: 7 weird Russian habits

(Eli from Russia) Life in the most sanctioned country in the world

(Eli from Russia) I stayed with Sami (formerly referred to as Laplander) reindeer herders in a village in the Russian Arctic | Expedition to the Far North

• Sámi people: Indigenous whites (Nordics) of the North

(Stand Up Europe) I escaped Putin's regime...just to meet Trump voters @standup_europe

Strange Palestine: rules to know (video)

DiscoveryQuest, 1/20/24; Shauna Schwartz, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

12 taboos in Palestine and weird things that shocked the whole world

(DiscoveryQuest) Can anyone believe it? There's a place where one can be fined for touching ants, forbidden to shake hands with females and, even more unbelievably, just being there because that means not being allowed to use one's own left hand.

• [Why the left hand? It's the same way in Asia. It's got poop on it from washing up without wasting toilet paper and is therefore ritually impure.]

Please visit my region (Lebanese Khalifa)

One might think these things are being made up, but don’t rush to conclusions. Join this journey to Free Palestine in the next few minutes and be astonished by the 12 prohibitions and strange things unique to this place.

[Well, these things used to be true. Now there's just one rule: Please don't sit on the rubble; our beheaded and dismembered children, killed by Zionist-Jewish Israelis, are under there.]

Dentist says better than floss: Xylitol (video)

Truth about flossing we aren't being told

I'm a dentist so I know flossing is not the answer.

(Dr. Ellie Phillips) July 11, 2023: drellie.com The truth about flossing teeth. Most of us have been told our entire life to floss teeth daily because flossing is the staple of a healthy mouth. This is what we are told by dentists, TV, family, and friends. But it's not true, well, not exactly. It could cause harm. There are better things to do (xylitol sugar, licorice, massaging, etc.)

Grow back gums by disinfecting and letting nature do it.

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:54 Lack of Science
• 01:40 How to Floss
• 02:56 Effects on Oral Health
• 04:55 Infection Risks
• 06:12 Flossing Story
• 08:27 Is Flossing Appropriate?
• 08:51 Flossing Alternatives
• 09:41 Bacteria Transmission
• 10:30 Message to Women/Gum Recession
• 12:43 Why I Was on the BBC World News
• 13:26 When to Floss
• 15:22 Research Studies
• 18:08 Next Research Study
• 20:38 3rd Research Study
• 22:03 Human Microbiome Project
• 24:49 Importance of Saliva

How often should we floss? The truth of the matter may surprise most people because of what flossing actually means to oral health. Remove cavity bacteria. Keep the mouth clean (not sterile, which only invites infection by harmful bacteria) with the right probiotics (good bacteria).

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Relationships: Happy over Sad News

Master this Habit to Keep Relationships Healthy

Conventional relationship wisdom says that being supportive during times of loss and sadness is a good way to strengthen a relationship bond, right? It turns out, however, that celebrating good news with each other may mean even more.

Researchers who studied couples’ interactions say that the happiest pairs are those who respond positively to their partners' successes. “This was the strongest predictor of current and future relationship satisfaction,” says Shelly Gable, PhD, psychology professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, who led the study.

• To strengthen your relationship, break these rules

Why It’s So Powerful

Favorable feedback does more than just flatter. “It validates accomplishments, but it also validates your relationship by showing that you get what’s important to each other,” says Michele Marsh, PhD, a clinical director for the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia.

Plus, talking to your guy about what occurred lets him relive it a bit, only this time he’ll associate the positive rush with you. The reverse response is also telling. If you’re not stoked by what your guy considers a win, it conveys that you may be jealous, threatened, or just not interested.

That may be why couples in the study who weren’t thrilled by each other’s good fortune were more likely to break up down the line. More>>

• 5 Surprising Ways You're Sabotaging Your Relationship

Animal Consciousness

WQ editorial staff (proposed Wikipedia edit of "Animals in Buddhism")

The position and treatment of animals in Buddhism is important for the light it sheds on Buddhists' perception of their own relation to the natural world, on Buddhist humanitarian concerns in general, and on the relationship between theory and practice.

Animals are regarded in Buddhist thought as sentient (feeling) beings. They are different in intellectual ability but no less able to feel than humans. Animals are cycling through rebirth (Samsara) just as humans are. According to Mahayana Buddhism, animals possess "Buddha nature." In both cases, they possess the potential of becoming enlightened.

Tibetan thangka representing the various states of existence in Samsara. The rudimentary depiction of the Animal Realm shows this plane collectively rather than attempting to depict its staggering complexity (bodhipaksa.com).

According to this doctrine of rebirth, humans (due to their karma or deeds/intentions) can be reborn in the animal world or other unfortunate destinations. The human world is regarded as the lowest "fortunate" destination. Animals, according to their store of past karma, may be reborn as humans or in worse worlds.

Karma and Rebirth Destinations

• Animal rebirth results from lapses in Five Precepts and:
• delusion, excessive greed and/or annoyance
• meat-eating, behaving like an animal in this life.

For instance, in one discourse (MN 57; PTS: M i 387) the Buddha cautions that Dog and Ox Duty Ascetics will, by their practice, gain rebirth among dogs and oxen. This accords with the general view that deeds -- that are willed, performed, and accumulated -- more associated with animals than humans result in rebirth in a plane or condition appropriate to experiencing the results. What are such deeds? Behaviors and habits that are slovenly, brutal, dull, vicious, base, lascivious, gluttonous, petty, cruel, and so on.

• Human rebirth achieved by Five Precepts.
• Lower celestial rebirth achieved by Eight Precepts.
• Higher celestial rebirth is attained by 1st-4th Jhanas.
• Formless rebirth is attained by the 5th-8th Jhanas.

Like all living beings, animals are ceaselessly wandering on in Samsara. This goes on for so long that it is difficult to meet anyone we have not already been related to countless ways. In an unbounded series of lives, with beings interdependently related, it is from time to time possible to sense and experience the "oneness" of all -- the deep relationship or spiritual empathy (mudita) that sees no separation.

The Buddha explained that sentient beings -- even those born in the animal realm -- have been in past rebirths been our mothers, brothers, sisters, fathers, children, friends, and associates. One could not, therefore, make a hard distinction between moral rules applicable to animals and those applicable to humans; ultimately humans and animals were part of a single family. They are all interconnected.

In cosmological terms, animals are believed to inhabit a distinct "world," separate from humans not by space but by state of mind. This realm is called Tiryagyoni (Sanskrit) or Tirac-chānayoni (in the exclusively Buddhist language, Pāli).

Rebirth in the animal realm is considered an unhappy rebirth since it usually involves more suffering than relief, whereas the humans generally enjoy a balance of the two. The Buddha compared it to someone wandering through a desert.

S/he is parched and comes across a nearly barren tree, and moving on comes across a shade tree, and moving on comes across an oasis, and so on. Each station represents, very generally, various rebirth destinations from the world of hungry ghosts to animals to humans to celestial beings, and so on for a total of 31 general planes of existence.

Buddhist commentaries literature depicts the great variety of suffering associated with the animal realm: Even where no cruel and desperate human beings are present, animals are attacked and eaten. Other animals attack them, and they live in fear. They are forced to endure environmental extremes, and they have no security of habitation.

Those that live among humans may be treated as pets or slaughtered for their bodies. They may be worked, beaten, experimented on, or otherwise tormented. Moreover, they suffer from ignorance with little opportunity to understand what (or why) these things are happening. With so little clarity or culture, they are unable to do much to better their state, relying instead mostly on habit and instinct.

• More: Animals in the Jatakas ("Rebirth Tales") such as the famous horse Kanthaka

Secrets of frugal Millionaires

Secrets of frugal millionaires
Interviews with 70 millionaires reveal how they spend their money and keep more of it. Habits of the rich

• The richest people in 10 big towns