Main reasons to get support from government

There are many specific reasons to get support from government, and some can be considered better than others (and these reasons may ordered accordingly). This list includes the main reasons to get government support generally:

1) unfortunate circumstance like illness, injury, weakness, disability, natural disasters, bad luck, etc.

2) too difficult to support yourself because the way society is (in terms of what society values (or does not value)), is too divergent from your way (see my rehabilitating to a sustainable way of life document for an example)

3) epidemiological needs such as civilian infrastructure (and in overly fear-based / "real"? (fear-based) world, military might/leverage/action)

4) a belief that basically justifies that the government took from you, therefore you have a right to take from the government

5) opportunistic in a bad way, like a cheater or stealer, and can exploit the system

How involved in isha are you?

5 - I have dedicated/surrendered my life to Sadhguru and isha and mainly focus on moksha, or maximum involvement in isha

4 - I love Sadhguru and isha! and want to give much of my time/energy to isha, participating as much as possible while also having a life outside of Isha (when isha is not fully aligned with what I am aligned with for example)

3 - I cannot be as committed as some are in isha, but want to be part of isha as much as I can because I like/love it so much

2 - I'm not too involved in isha, but from some observation, involvement, or word of mouth, I think it's good and I liked my experiences, and am open to further involvement/opportunities 

1 - I have come across some things about Sadhguru on social media, and it seems interesting, but I don't know too much, and maybe I will get more involved.

note: I'm between the 3 and 4

...with liberty and justice for all

 Reflective pledger to the USA, a less mature culture*

On a daily basis,  at the end of the pledge of allegiance, we pledged for freedom and justice, whether conscious or not1. Many of us became and still are very involved in such efforts, whether conscious or not. We may be missing a few important considerations.

Consideration freedom2, like Sadhguru ji aptly describes, responsibility should come first3.

Consideration justice, do you understand karma really? If one's current situation (like of reaping or not, how good or bad the reap is) is really based on what they did, what they do, or will do (how they sowed), then they are responsible for their own actions. Not that one can't try to help them get out of such a situation, like from good-spirited places such as love, or truth, but do you have a good, complete, transcendent understanding of your self, in your fight against injustice?4, 5

References: 

1 Mantras: The Science of using sound video I Sadhguru

2 deep origins of liberalism I Laura Field

3 get us f-responsible and don't say nuthin' (with sadhguru 2 right) audio art track

4 Karma, vasana, samskara video I Sadhguru

5 Righteous radicalism (an example)

* but perhaps not less mature in the experience with very diverse “people having to navigate and getting along given huge existential differences and spiritual differences and strife, religious warfare” (as Laura spoke on) (though subsidized with unsustainable energies such as crude oil and its derivatives (see here for example), etc.)

Immigrant rights solidarity

"Invasion and rampant monetary inflation, that brought us here to the footsteps of this nation.." - Immortal Technique

Sure, keep standing on the side of humanity, standing up against the nonsensical ICE raids/deportations, but also consider the deeper issue of a weaker, less mature (Goliath) culture (majority being the USA culture in this case) that is too weak to survive “on their own” unless they exploit others’ energies and resources in an imbalanced, unjust, or nonconsensual way (from African American slavery, to the oil/diesel-based economy*, to immigrant labor (largely from Mexico)). They probably they need good guidance to have less negative tendencies (like fear, hate, laziness, weakness/being spoiled, greed) and learn to be more right from within (whether through (admirable) Christianity, isha/inner engineering, and so many other ways this could happen), and then be more responsible, considerate, cooperative, inclusive, unified.. and can help to join in a larger, supportive community (like intentional community (for example) or simply the neighboring people/community where they are)

But in the meantime, the strategy to make better living conditions in Mexico (or other lands immigrants come to the USA from) and protect them from undesirable forces is important (though undesirable for any $ensible American who wants USA the place where everybody wants to go... or is it? as shown in the inhumane spirit/actions of ICE). Why shouldn’t any strong, just, good-guy American (or a citizen of a similar country) want good, healthy conditions/environments and sustainable livelihoods in those would-be immigrants' homelands for those people, as well as for themselves and their own homeland of course

*and even with hyped "clean", "green" renewables, there's still the oil/diesel-based economy that keeps going (increasingly at that), also due to Jevons paradox.

i pledge selective allegiance / nigga recognize what right intentions teaches ("...justice for all")

[added Feb. 4, '26] The right way to "take over" (or win over) other peoples' culture, nation, land - 2 conditions: 1) they want to be like/with you General, common examples include a guru (both spiritual and worldly planes), permaculture principles of good for people and planet (only worldly plane). Other examples (that do not necessarily meet the 2nd condition) include people in the undeveloped world that want to have a good/easy life like many Americans enjoy, or American pop culture's global spread (e.g. movies, music, fashion, culture) 2) their being "like you" is really the best for all, God knows For example, like (IPLC) Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities that uplift themselves and others mind, body, and soul. And definitely not like the 2026 USA under Trump taking over (or wanting to) Venezuela and Greenland, while domestically causing unwanted troubles (eg ICE in Minneapolis) all while the American people's way of life having a too-high & unsustainable environmental impact.

Grading of pest management/understanding

notes:

• this is re food, and grading is from nature-aligned (A) to harmful (F) with examples of each grade given

• there may be some parallel to A ranking for environmental protection groups blog. Also this news category is a good supplement.

• in my personal food growing/obtaining efforts, I have been and hope to be around a (B) (sometimes (A), sometimes (C)).  Of course when supporting the food system most of us are supporting, then I/we even drop to (D) & (F).

• in today's world, where there is an overwhelming presence/impact from (D) & (F), it makes it very very difficult for more people to get a higher grade without adequate support

A - what is "pest"? no pests! - with most inclusive, right understanding of (the laws of) Nature, homeostasis/balance, there are no "pests." Indigenous/natives in a nature-based way of life doing hunting and gathering would likely be unaware of even the concept of "pest," and (stilldigenous) Paul Wheaton in his Building a Better World in Your Backyard has a nice concise section supporting this perspective on page 80 here.

B - pests, oh well, whatever - with a less nature-aligned way of life (including in food growing/obtaining like agriculture can be seen as), there is recognition of "pests" that are undesirable to the initial human-interventions of nature (especially seen in more controlled agriculture) to obtain food, yet the pests are not considered to have to get rid of and accepted as part of the reap

C - around Integrated Pest Management approach - enlightened relative to the status quo of (F) & (D) below, more balanced, ecological IPM strategies are used. These tend to be prevention-oriented, more natural, and using chemicals as a last resort.

D - legit, profitable agribusiness as usual - realizing the incorrect ways in (F), but also needing to maintain profitability in agribusiness operations, attempts to use better, less toxic/allowable pesticides are used while maintaining too-commercial agricultural operations with pervailing competitive market pressures

F - humans are the pest - in (deep) ignorance or human supremacist ways, war-like and grossly non-ecological and highly unsustainable yet in profitable fashion, humans grow food that require the use of very harmful/banned pesticides

A ranking (1-5) for environmental protection groups

note: from this 1-5 rating for groups that are to protect the environment, the Cal EPA seems to currently be around a 3.  This current situation of several Republican states pushing back against the US EPA's stricter air/soot pollution laws seems indicative of where the US currently is in environmental protection ~2.5.

5 - holistic responsibility - takes responsibility both domestically and in responsible foreign trading/importing (like the EU’s ban intends to do, the Global Commons Sustainability Index assessment that includes "spillover" impacts or the Country Overshoot Days score, avoiding a delusional city that has crossed the carrying capacity limit). most developmended. beyond this + consider very, god-like/karmic-level responsibility (like the responsibility related news category, or the ecological baseline)

4 - domestic focus - realizes the problems mentioned in 3 below, and tackles them, taking full responsibility domestically (like the California 30X30 initiative aims for, the (less holistic, outdated) EPI was to assess, with the corresponding irresponsibility exporting its toxic waste/harm, like this for example)). starting to developmend. can have problems (such as "fortress conservation" for examples, and the key may be to find the right balance, between livelihood/extraction and conservation, for examples)

3 - good intentioned, but faulty foundation - tries to transition business with expansive goal of healthy/balanced ecosystem (or even ecosystem services) for example, but still fundamental problems and conflicting values in overly powerful, misguided Economy results in Problematic Problem Solving. typical of a liberal democrat or progressive in the US.

2 - human-centric/imbalanced - aligned with or allows business-as-usual economy but tries to protect the environment some (usually for selfish human purposes). typical of a conservative republican in the US.

1 - failing - not only domestically destructive, but also exports the destruction to foreign trade

what kind of media content do you consume? II how live?

what kind of media content do you consume?

0 - i’m in the dream world even when awake! i get high virtually all the time! (high as in not (as) real, like with abusable media such as music, games, social media, other emotionally charged doses like chatting, pornography, etc.)

1 - i get high as much as i can find time for, and occasionally real, relevant content

2 - about 50/50, i sometimes get high with it, sometimes use it for real things

3 - mostly for real things, but i like to use it for fictional, entertainment purposes too once in a while

4 - nearly exclusively practical/actionable content (to assist me in our crazy world)

5 - what’s media content?.. phone/device?.. oh, no, i’m (fortunate enough to be) living with the actual world

notes:

*fictions or facts? reality based experience/consumption with spectrum from virtual use that is unreal like a fantasy world (can be for getting high off media content too), to real use, for accurate information/knowledge of our shared reality, (can be real-world, live content like how sadhguru directs us to (some example videos here)), which seems to approximate one’s potential social contribution too)

*scale parallel to G.P.A.? it seems to be for me

(supplement add December 7, 2024)

how live,

in the moment,

& with sense of place are you?

0 - like the crazy mad secondary research scientist in their underground/batcave laboratory working away while getting everything delivered to them  by too-modern society (almost like a prisoner if it weren’t for their choice) <sometimes though, it can help others out of it>

1 - like a research scientist who works the usual 9 to 5 job, one who participates in (too-)much weblife activity

2 - like the average person in today’s (over)developed, imbalanced, reality-abstracted modern industrialized society doing the usual job that involves some less present duties, and some more present duties+

3 - like the more intuitive, gut-feel person (usually more aligned with their body(’s needs)) that is also part of the less-present society, but may have difficulties if not with the proper knowledge or in a conducive environment++ to be fully healthy, achieve their full potentials, and away from the sicknesses of the modern society that prevent this

4 - like either those more enabled to be present as they are in a conducive environment, however feel a connection/calling to help those that aren’t, or in some way need to interact with the society that is not as present... or they are in the society that is not as present and they make efforts to be more present, whether better for personal health (like (advanced) inner work (for example) can help with) or unhealthy (like getting high, with drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, sex, porn, inappropriate behaviors like not using an "indoor voice" when indoors, etc.)

5 - like those that are all the time, and it’s easy because they live in a conducive environment for this

+about duties being present or not, examples of more present duties would include stilldigenous work, local-oriented work, most physical/labor work,, while examples of less present duties would include those examples from 0 & 1, a history teacher, a vehicle driver, abstract-related work (eg paper/office work), I.T.-related work, etc.

++”conducive environment” varies for different people, but likely based on some main considerations/factors, like one’s: awareness beyond the present, ability for basic survival (that's with the lower-chakras energy), ease to just be (without needing to escape from the present), and one’s samskar

note - (like the Growing Your Own Food blog) this should also be “taken with a grain of salt” when thinking of the ideas corresponding to a score, as a specific example was chosen for a given score,  and a part(s) of an example can be more placed on another level (given other pertinent changes to it). again, ideas can be thought of as more insights in themselves.