How old are you?

Our body is young, but our lineage is billions of years old; we’re personally recent, but biologically we’re a 3.8-billion-year inheritance—every ancestor solved survival so we could be here.

Happy Makar Sankranti / Pongal

Happy Makar Sankranti / Pongal / Uttarayan / Lohri / Magh Bihu / Maghi / Pedda Panduga / Khichdi / Poush Sankranti / Makara Vilakku / Sakrat / Til Sankranti / Ghughuti / Sukarat / Dahi Chura and all its beautiful regional names!May this harvest festival bring you abundant joy, prosperity, sweet moments like tilgul, and the warmth of longer sunny days ahead. \

Makkar Sankrati and Tamil Thai Month 1 is on January 15 in 2026.

After our many of our reincarnations ...

Makkar Sankrati and Tamil Thai Month will be on ~ July 16 after 13,000 years (15026 CE). 

Happy New Year 2026!

 

Happy New Year 2026!

Every automation frees humans from labor, so we can climb the ladder of meaning.

Not horses and bulls lost their jobs to cars, but they were freed — just as humans will be freed from mundane tasks through AI advancements.

Tools don’t steal our jobs — they hand us the ladder to more meaningful ones. 

From spears to spreadsheets to AI: every leap frees our hands for the next rung of human purpose. 

Automation doesn’t end work; it upgrades it — turning survival into significance. 

From hunter-gatherers to AI collaborators, human history is not a story of replacement, but of ascent — where tools evolve so people can move toward judgment, creativity, and wisdom.

As technology reshapes every sector, ethical capacity must keep pace. Supporting this work is an investment in resilient institutions, informed citizens, and a humane future.

As AI grows more capable, human responsibility must scale faster.

May the coming year bring not just faster machines, but wiser societies.

Evolution of humanity from hunter-gatherers to AI collaborators ->

Foundations of Civilization

1. Hunter–gathering → Agriculture
   ~12,000–8,000 BCE (Neolithic Revolution)
   Food discovery → food production, surplus, civilization
2. Stone tools → Metal tools
   ~3,300 BCE onward (Bronze → Iron Age)
   Fragile tools → durable, scalable technology
3. Nomadic life → Permanent settlements
   ~10,000 BCE onward
   Mobility → cities, governance, culture
4. Oral tradition → Written language
   ~3,200 BCE (Sumer, Egypt)
   Memory → recorded knowledge
5. Manual counting → Structured mathematics
   ~3,000–2,000 BCE
   Tally marks, abacus → abstraction

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Energy & Physical Labor

6. Human muscle → Animal labor
   ~9,000 BCE (domestication)
   Carrying → force multiplication
7. Animal power → Mechanical power
   ~1,700–1,800 CE
   Mills → steam engines
8. Manual farming → Mechanized agriculture
   ~1800–1900 CE
   Plows → tractors, harvesters
9. Craft production → Factories & assembly lines
   ~1760–1910 CE
   Artisanal → industrial scale
10. Industrial labor → Robotic & AI-assisted manufacturing
    ~1950s–2010s CE
    Repetition → supervision & design

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Transport & Mobility

11. Walking & sledges → Wheeled transport
    ~3,500 BCE
    Foot → carts, chariots
12. Bullock/horse carts → Steam engines
    ~1800–1850 CE
    Biological → mechanical motion
13. Steam engines → Internal combustion vehicles
    ~1880s CE
    Coal → oil-based mobility
14. Cars & trains → Airplanes
    ~1903 CE onward
    Surface → sky, time compression
15. Human control → Autopilot & autonomous transport
    ~1910s–2010s CE
    Operation → oversight

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Navigation & Time

16. Sun & stars → Instruments (compass, sextant)
    ~1100–1700 CE
    Natural cues → tools
17. Instruments → Precision timekeeping
    ~1700–1950 CE
    Chronometers → atomic clocks
18. Maps & charts → GPS & satellite navigation
    ~1970s–1990s CE
    Skill-based → system intelligence

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Communication

19. Messengers → Postal systems
    ~500 BCE–1600 CE
    Individuals → institutions
20. Postal mail → Telegraph & telephone
    ~1830–1876 CE
    Days → real-time voice
21. Telephone → Mobile & internet communication
    ~1970s–1990s CE
    Fixed → ubiquitous
22. Email → Instant messaging & social platforms
    ~1990s–2000s CE
    Asynchronous → continuous presence

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Computation & Knowledge

23. Mental arithmetic → Calculators
    ~1600s–1960s CE
    Brain-only → mechanical aid
24. Calculators → Spreadsheets & computers
    ~1970s–1980s CE
    Single calculation → dynamic models
25. Spreadsheets → Analytics, ML, AI insights
    ~2000s–2010s CE
    Reporting → prediction
26. Human memory → Databases & cloud storage
    ~1960s–2000s CE
    Recall → searchable persistence
27. Manual lookup → Search engines & AI search
    ~1990s–2020s CE
    Indexes → intelligent retrieval

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Commerce, Services & Intelligence

28. Barter & cash → Digital finance
    ~1950s–2010s CE
    Physical money → online banking, wallets, crypto
29. Clerical & call-center work → Software & AI agents
    ~1980s–2020s CE
    Scripts → automated interaction
30. Human-only decision-making → Human + AI collaboration
    ~2020s CE onward
    Execution → judgment, ethics, meaning

HomoSapiens healing HomoSapiens via machines and medicines

 

Machines: Wheeling RoboSapiens.

HomoSapiens (Wise Humans): HomoSapiens healing HomoSapiens via machines and medicines.

Om = Coca Cola

Most of Sanskrit words sound magic and not evolving. Chanting "Om" sounds magic. But according to JK, even chanting Coca Cola ! Coca Cola !Coca Cola ! can results in same effect. 

The repetitive use of mantras to a subtle form of intoxication or a "drug" due to their ability to alter mental states. 

https://youtu.be/I-KvlFiY9Rs?si=xy9YK4T0HiiyzDsB

Trying to recollect a story. One person studied Sanskrit out of his interest in London. But not interested Sanskrit Mantra for his marriage in Tamilnadu. But after lot of family insistence, he agreed for a hindu priest's chanting in his marriage. He slapped the priest during the marriage ceremony because instead of marriage mantra, priest chanted funeral mantra. A similar mishap example is here (https://btg.krishna.com/from-ritual-to-spiritual/). Mishaps do happen as Sanskrit speakers are not many, and many do not understand Sanskrit. Total Sanskrit speakers can only fill the half of the cricket stadium (25,000). 

Not many speak in Latin and sounds magic. Latin is not evolving, so it makes sense to name most scientific names in Latin (Homo Sapiens, Wise (Sapiens) Human (Homo). 

Osho compared repetitive mantra use to a "subtle drug" in Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol. 10, noting that chanting, like "Aum," creates chemical changes in the body, potentially leading to dependency. He warned that excessive, mechanical chanting can induce a hypnotic, addictive state, dulling awareness and hindering the goal of pure consciousness.

Ramana Maharshi: Emphasized self-inquiry ("Who am I?") to realize the non-dual self, rejecting external rituals and authorities, much like Krishnamurti’s "truth is a pathless land" and Osho’s focus on inner awakening. "Om" can aid concentration but are secondary to self-inquiry according to Ramana Maharshi. 

Western philosopher Alan Watts, in The Way of Zen, he notes that mantras can become a "crutch" if used obsessively, dulling the mind rather than awakening it.

According to inner Engineering Sadhguru, mantras like "Aum" or "Shiva Shambho," as vibrational tools that can shift energy patterns, enhance focus and spiritual growth when use with awareness. According to Sadhguru, the risk is more about ineffectiveness than dependency. 

Buddha emphasized mindfulness, direct insight (vipassana), and liberation through understanding the Four Noble Truths, rather than reliance on rituals or repetitive practices like mantras. But 500 years after the Buddha's death, Mahayana Buddhism emerged, mantras came back into Buddhism. Vipassana, which means "to see things as they really are", is an ancient meditation.

"In Mutual Mistrust We Trust" - Bitcoin ritual modern mantra

Bitcoin ritual modern mantra - In Mutual Mistrust We Trust. 

Print in Dollar Bill  - In God We Trust

Bitcoin is both virtual and digital.

In a technical context, it is digital currency exists as a blockchain data in decentralized ledger. 

IRS classifies it as virtual currency as it lacks physical form (not tangible like gold, coins, car, cash) but as a virtual form (intangible like digital currency, intellectual property, rights)

So Bitcoin is an intangible digital asset.

Mutual mistrust is a foundational principle for Bitcoin’s trust model, A system designed to function without requiring trust in any single party ("trustlessness" in the context of Bitcoin and blockchain technology). 

Need for Guru Positioning System (GPS)

We have a GPS (Global Positioning System) to navigate the world road. Now we need a new GPS (Guru Positioning System) to navigate the world cultures. 

What are the components of the new GPS? Is it love and compassion? What do you think?

Modern and ancient human differences, war conflicts and city destructions

Indra/Purandara (पुरंदर, the breaker of forts) 

Puram/Puram/புரம் = city or fortress

Tharar/தரர் = one who breaks or destroys

Parashurama’s Cleansing of the Kshatriya Kingdoms

Shiva's Destruction of Tripura (The Three Cities of the Asuras)

Krishna's Destruction of Narakasura’s Kingdom

Rama’s Destruction of Lanka

Vishnu’s Future Destruction as Kalki 

Bitcoin and God - Innovative and imaginary creations of a human to enable the highest form of human collaboration on Earth

A man went to God to complain about Bitcoin.

“It’s invisible, and you can’t carry it like gold or a paper dollar,” he said. “Yet people are paying so much for it. I just can’t trust it.”

God asked the man, “Can you see me?”

The man replied, “No.”

“Do you trust me?” God asked.

“Yes,” the man said.

God smiled and said, “So does Bitcoin.

We are both innovative, imaginary creations of yours—meant to enable the highest form of human collaboration on Earth.”

Easter and its comparison to Lunar festivals, Death & resurrection and Trinity of other cultures

Happy Easter ! Jesus is Risen ! 

Wishing everyone a blessed Easter filled with the joy of Christ’s resurrection and the promise of eternal life. 

Lunar calendar tradition similarities with other cultures:

The Easter festival’s relationship with the lunar calendar reminds many of Hindu festivals and Jewish Passover, which are based on the lunar calendar. Easter Sunday is set as the first Sunday after the first full moon, reminiscent of ancient Hindu and Pagan (pagan means countryside) traditions. Each Hindu festival is anchored to specific lunar days (tithis) and phases. Hindu festivals tied to the lunar calendar include Diwali, Shashti Puja, Ganesh Chaturthi, Maha Shivaratri, Navratri, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, and Janmashtami.

Death and Resurrection tradition similarities with other cultures (rebirth in Hinduism in a different way):

Jesus’s death, resurrection, and ascension to heaven are reminiscent of the ancient Egyptian King Osiris’s death and resurrection into the underworld.

Jesus’s virgin birth is reminiscent of Isis’s virgin birth to Horus after Osiris’s death.

In Hinduism, there are many rebirths (should we call them many resurrections?) before attaining liberation/moksha (i.e., no rebirth). According to Bhagavad Gita 9:21, “When they have enjoyed the vast pleasures of heaven, their stock of merits being exhausted, they return to the earthly plane.”

Christianity Trinity similarities with other cultures:

This also is reminiscent of the Trinity in ancient traditions. Christianity describes one God in three distinct persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit.

The Trinity also is reminiscent of the 5000-year-old ancient Egyptian holy trinity: the Father God Osiris, the Mother Goddess Isis, and the Son Horus, whom Isis bore without defiling herself.

In Hinduism, the Trinity/Trimurti represents Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver), and Shiva (the Destroyer).