FEEDSEDIT Top Stories Funerals Hindu Gods Temples Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India Colonization of Mars TRENDING NOW Mecca Crane Collapse OS X El Capitan Google's New Logo Apple iPhone and Apple TV Event Iran Nuclear Deal From Your Quora Digest • Maharashtra, India Why do the Marathi people think that Shivaji was one of the greatest in country while the rest of the country doesn't know Shivaji? Raghu Bhaskaran, जननन जनमभभममशच सवरररदमप ररनयसन-Mother & Motherland, are dearer than paradise 3.1k Views • Raghu has 300+ answers in India. I am not a Maratha, but a Tamizh and OP please don't speak on my behalf. Probably every region in Bharat has heroes who have been neglected by the Brown Sepoys of Congress, for whom history began... (more) Upvote59Downvote Comments4+ Share From Your Quora Digest • Human Behavior Why are people so fascinated by INTJs? Kelsey Evans, Often confused 14.7k Views Good question. The first thing I can think of is it is the rarest of all the personality types at about 2% and women especially at 0.8%. Beyond that, this personality type is rather conflicting and... (more) Upvote144Downvote Comments8+ Share From Your Quora Digest What are some psychological tricks and hacks? Shabana Azam 72k Views #1. When you first meet people, try to notice their eye color while also smiling at them. It might be because you look for a second or two longer, but all I can tell you is that people really respond to it. ... (more) Upvote519Downvote Comments6+ Share5 From Your Quora Digest • Philosophy of Everyday Life What is an obvious truth that is rarely acknowledged? David Higgins, Molecular Biologist, Science Teacher, Regular Thinking Guy 6.3k Views That most people are cowards. People rarely buck against anything if in the process they may be negatively affected. People rarely end relationships the right way, with honesty. People usually ag... (more) Upvote43Downvote Comment1 Share From Your Quora Digest • Quantum Mechanics How does the theory of quantum mechanics affect our picture of consciousness? Joshua Engel, not a physicist 3.4k Views • Upvoted by Joel Chan, cognitive scientist of science and innovation• Dimitrios Michmizos, Neuroscientist, PhD on Learning & Memory • Frank Heile,Physicist, SW Eng, Consciousness Theory Joshua has 300+ answers in Quantum Mechanics. A (small) number of physicists have proposed that the mind is a quantum-mechanical object. That is, that there are properties of the mind that cannot be explained in purely chemical/classical phys... (more) Upvote66Downvote Comments11+ Share From Your Quora Digest • Indian Ethnicity and People What is it like as an Indian living in Germany? Vignesh Arun, masters student living and working in Germany 15k Views • Upvoted by Joachim Pense, German Thanks for A2A. I am living here for two years and I would like to sum up my experiences. I initially lived in north germany and now moved to southern part. So, I know the life in both regions. P... (more) Upvote235Downvote Comments7+ Share From Your Quora Digest • Philosophy of Everyday Life What allows you to be at peace with the idea of death? Carol Philo, Retired 2.6k Views • Upvoted by Bianca N. Diesel, Widowed in 2007. Remarried in 2012. The fact that I am not scared of death. When I was 18, I was clinically dead for 3-5 minutes. This was during an operation for cancer at a hospital in Chicago, I remember when happened during that ... (more) Upvote42Downvote Comments4+ Share From Your Quora Digest • Human Behavior What are the key traits of mentally strong people? Harminder Singh, Sharing while learning, Learning while sharing 36.1k Views 1. They are flexible.So they bend when need arises. Keeps them from snapping. 2. They let go things when need be. So that nothing holds them back. 3. They think less, do more.And get more done as a result. 4. They don't let others decide definition of success for them. 5. They try to bring their best out in any circumstance. When they can't they accept it, learn from it and try again next time. 6. They don't expect everyone around to be perfect and accept people in their lives as they are. 7. They live in present , do what is right now and leave it behind. 8. They keep learning and keep teaching. 9. They help and give selflessly. 10. They keep moving no matter what. These are just a few that came to my mind in the first few seconds of reading the question..:) Written 1 Sep • View Upvotes Upvote443Downvote Comments10+ Share10 Comment Quora User 3 votes (show) I must say that reading this has brightened my day. fore at least I have a strong mind as defined by yourself. I guess just being able to read it raised my spirits slightly Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • 2 Sep Harminder Singh: Glad it raised your spirits. You sure... Kamna Choudhry 4 votes (show) One more thing that I would like to add is : They respect themselves. If one is capable of doing this , then only they are able to respect others. Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • 2 Sep Harminder Singh: Thanks for the addition! Marhinna Sidorko 1 vote by Kanate Praditsatawong This is incredible. It helped me get on with my day today. Thank you Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • Fri Josef Kayri 1 vote by Sebastian Fast Also having complete emotional control. Not letting anything cloud your judgement is key. This also implies having nerves of steel, just stressing enough to keep you alert and sharp, not being too effected by pressure and therfore rising to the occasion. Edit: And not whining, getting over things easily (you kind of mentioned that) Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • 2 Sep Sarah Cozzi 1 vote by James Andrew i would add compassion, both for one's self and others. love the list! Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • 2 Sep Harminder Singh: I agree! Thanks Karen Scott-Martinet As a mentally strong person, I will add a slightly different aspect. Regarding Singh's #3 - I think a lot, not less, therefore do more meaningful things better (total INTJ). Also, regarding #7, I am very future-oriented so analyze possible outcomes before taking actions when possible. Other than that, I agree with his thoughts! Going through various challenges in our lives can help us to be mentally strong or cause us to fall apart - it is our choice. Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • Sat Patty Burlingame Good list, Harminder. Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • 2 Sep Harminder Singh: Thanks! Elizabeth Bennett Thank you Harminder! Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • Fri James Marcelyn completely agree with Harminder Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • 3 Sep Kanate Praditsatawong That's right! Brief but powerful answer! Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • Fri From Your Quora Digest • Galaxies I've looked at the skies and I am convinced that I've discovered a galaxy between the solar system and Alpha Centauri. How do I convince scientists? Jim Noblett, I know some things. I don't know other stuff. 11.1k Views • Upvoted by Abhijeet Borkar, PhD student in Physics (Astrophysics) You think you've discovered a galaxy between the sun and the next nearest star, both of which occupy a tiny section of the Milky Way galaxy. That is similar to saying - I discovered a two story ho... (more) Upvote114Downvote Comments5+ Share From Your Quora Digest • Philosophy of Everyday Life What did you learn from your most painful life experience? Alison Bennett, Been there, done that, twice 17.4k Views • Alison has 290+ answers in Life Advice. Don't marry a guy you've only known for three weeks, no matter how cute he is. His vasectomy may not have been successful and you might end up married at 20 with a baby on the way before the summer... (more) Upvote87Downvote Comments1+ Share Answer written • Spirituality • Sun What are the philosophical faults/errors in Brahma Sutra? Raghu Bhaskaran, यतत धमरसततत जयय Whence Dharma, thence Victory 220 Views • Raghu has 200+ answers in Hinduism. Seriously, is this a question for Quora? What next, to explain a brain surgery and issues faced with it? You can't crowd source subject which require deep and long study. Sure you can ask for opi... (more) Upvote2Downvote Comments1+ Share Question followed • Indian Weddings • 6 Sep Dating Advice in India: What should I do to prepare myself for my first night as an Indian couple? Write Answer Pass Follow17 Downvote Answer written • Extraterrestrial Life • Sat Do you feel you've ever met an angel or alien and didn't know it? Anthony Surage 177.5k Views Many years ago I pulled into a petrol station and put £40 of fuel in the tank. As I approached the window to pay I realised that I had mislaid my wallet. I spent several frantic minutes searching t... (more) Upvote4.3kDownvote Comments52+ Share10 Question asked • Roses • Thu Why are roses typically given by the dozen? 1 Answer Write Answer Pass Follow3 Downvote Answer written • Human Behavior • 3h What is the wittiest thing anyone has ever said or done? Ian Murphy, thinker & a learner. 4.9k Views • Upvoted by Heather Jedrus, as a speech-language pathologist, I know about verbal/nonve… In the 80s, New Zealand prime minister Robert Muldoon was asked what he thought of so many New Zealanders moving to Australia, he replied "they're raising the collective IQ of both countries." Then... (more) Upvote150Downvote Comments3+ Share Top Content on Quora What does it feel like to be late to an appointment in Germany or Switzerland? Indraneel Pole, Detained in Deutschland for quite some time now 21.4k Views • Upvoted by Tilman Ahr, Berliner, trained Chef, ex-Student of history and engineeri… Incident 1: So I was going to a job interview in Germany, and I miscalculated my train timings. So I was supposed to be there at 10 AM, and at 9:55 I got down from my train, from there the company ... (more) Upvote436Downvote Comments9+ Share2 Question asked • Indian Ethnicity and People • 26m Who are masih caste people? Write Answer Pass Follow1 Downvote Answer written • Spirituality • Sat How can I convince my aunt not to make a religion transition from Hindu to Christianity? Raghu Bhaskaran, यतत धमरसततत जयय Whence Dharma, thence Victory 186 Views • Raghu has 200+ answers in Hinduism. Missionaries prey on the vulnerable. And based on the details you have provided, it indeed seems that your aunt is in a vulnerable stage in life. First thing is to be of support to her and recove... (more) Upvote4Downvote Comment Share Answer written • Morals and Morality • Fri What's the best answer one can give for being against going to strip clubs if he respects woman? Franklin Veaux, I am a human. I have behaviors. Some of them are unusual. 16.2k Views • Franklin has 450+ answers in Women. If you don't want to go to strip clubs, the best answer is to say "thanks, but I don't want to go." However, don't make the mistake of saying that it has anything to do with "respect for women." S... (more) Upvote491Downvote Comments7+ Share Question asked • Indian Ethnicity and People • Thu How many civilians were executed in the mass genocide of Kashmiri Muslims by Indian Army from 1987-1998? 3 Answers Write Answer Pass Follow4 Downvote Answer written • Spirituality • 10h Many spiritual people claim they can talk to God, is this true? Rick Thorne, Religion is either God's mistake or humanity's. If it's God mistake, it's both 59 Views It's certainly true that people claim they talk to God. We have no way of knowing if they do or not. And if god does talk to people, we have no way of knowing if we ge't the true or the whole mes... (more) Upvote1Downvote Comment Share Answer written • Hindu Mythology • Sat What steps could have been taken by the Kauravas to counter Krishna's plans and actions in Mahabharata? Harish Kothandaraman, Author of "The Mahabharata: A Retelling" http://themahabharata.quora.com 640 Views • Harish has 30+ answers and 3 endorsements in Mahabharata (Hindu epic). Ah, this one is an interesting question. Assuming the two sides stayed as they are, the one big thing I see could have worked in the favour of Kauravas was the Jayadratha situation. The entire Pa... (more) Upvote14Downvote Comment1 Share Question asked • Botany • 8 Sep Under what conditions do deciduous trees start shedding their leaves in the autumn? 1 Answer Write Answer Pass Follow2 Downvote Answer written • Sri Sri Ravi Shankar • 8 Sep Is Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a messiah of world peace? Sreenivasan Konnat 228 Views Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is working tirelessly to achieve peace & harmony to each & every single person I this universe. It is sad but true that peace & disturbances coexist since time immemorial. I... (more) Upvote7Downvote Comment Share Answer written • Death and Dying • Sun You are an atheist and you die, then you realize that there is a life after death, and you see God smiling at you, how do you react? Lorri Robinson, Hard atheist with delusions of Buddhism. 1.9k Views • Lorri has 220+ answers in Atheism. "Well, how about that, I was wrong. Pleased to meet you," walking forward with outstretched hand. "I want to compliment you on horses and cats, absolutely wonderful, wonderful creatures. But I have some notes here... (takes out handy notepad)... yeah... Can you explain why such a thing as cancer exists? What about war? Poverty? Starvation in the midst of plenty? Ebola? Yeah, that's a wowzer right there.... Mosquitoes? Yellow fever? Malaria? Rheumatoid arthritis? Really, any autoimmune disease... Intolerance? "And why do so many of the people who claim to believe in you and worship you and follow your rules for living seem to spend so much of their time hatingeveryone they don't see eyeto-eye with? To the extent of cutting their heads off with dull knives? I mean, really!! What got lost in translation there?" And we'd head off to have a nice glass of ice tea and some cookies while he explained why all the shit happening in the world is A Good Thing.... not that he'd be able to convince me that a child dying in agony from starvation is a good thing. Written Sun • View Upvotes Upvote27Downvote Comments2 Share Comment Kyle Fetters A lot of those are population checks lol. But screw the mosquitos...those things can all go die. Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • 1h ago Heraldo Heraldo I would check-in wether he has good teeth Upvote • Downvote • Share • Report • 6h ago Answer written • Indian Ethnicity and People • 1h Why everyone in Quora is interested in India only? Konstantinos Konstantinides, Quora Top Writer 367 Views • Konstantinos has 180+ answers in Questions (Quora content). This is a very common question in Quora, except, instead of India put IITs Stanford MIT the Ivys Atheism or Religion... (more) Upvote5Downvote Comment Share Question asked • Karma • 1 Sep What is the most efficient way to get karma in Reddit? 1 Answer Write Answer Pass Follow2 Downvote Answer written • Consciousness • Thu Consciousness: Have you ever experienced your consciousness expanding to fill the universe? What was it like? What does it mean? Craig Weinberg, Consciousness Conjecturerer 143 Views • Craig has 200+ answers in Consciousness. The closest that I have come to that was once, upon leaving a party, I spontaneously had the experience that when I walked outside I had not just left my apartment, but that I had also walked into the world. By that I mean that I had the sense of all of the places on Earth being present, and separated only by the time that it takes to travel there. This tarot card from the Voyager deck reminds me of it: It wasn't surreal like that at all though, it was very concrete and grounded in the locality of Earth - the trees, the buildings, all of the people sitting in front of blue lit screens, it was just that I had pivoted from the usual feeling of the world being 'out there' to it being 'right here'. I have occasionally been able to tap into that feeling, especially while traveling, but I get the sense that with practice it is a state of mind that can be experienced all of the time if you wanted to. It's about seeing the world as a place which you've never been, yet which is filled with reminders about where you are. In that state of mind, the universe seems closer also, and the daylight sky seems more like a blue blindfold that holds back the rest of the universe. Written Thu • View Upvotes • Asked to answer by Pete Ashly Upvoted2Downvote Comment Share Comment Answer written • Religion • 4 Sep What can Jews and Muslims agree on? Ara Ogle, I am an American Jew of Israeli-French recent descent, German-Polish preWW2 ... 2k Views • Upvoted by Sarosh Mohammad, Muslim What don't we agree on? No, seriously. Religiously, we're pretty freaking close. In general, both Jews and Muslims agree that we are each other's closest ally, religiously speaking; i.e. the close... (more) Upvote49Downvote Comments5+ Share Question asked • Funerals • 6 Sep Are there any pictures of Eddie Kendrick's funeral? If so, what are they? Write Answer Pass Follow1 Downvote Answer written • Spirituality • Fri What makes you alive; your breath or your soul? If the person is brain dead, then what are the functions done in his body, whether he may be dead by soul or by body? Vincent Addams, A thinker and a mad philosopher. 111 Views First, your question is built on a false premise. Your 'breath' is not what keeps you alive. What keeps you alive is homeostasis, which is managed by your brain. It means your body is functioning normally, without anything going so horribly wrong that it could destroy it. You're alive. You're functioning normally. A satisfactory answer to your question really depends on what you mean by "alive" and "dead". You seem to think that being alive means you're breathing. But that isn't true. When you hold your breath to dive underwater, you don't just die. You can stay alive for a while. You don't have a soul. A 'soul' is an idea made up by people who were too baffled by the human mind (and dreams) to understand what they really were. They also did not have the technology to understand that there doesn't need to be some sort of 'spirit' that allowed humans to function. What makes you function as you do is your brain. It keeps your body stable and up and running. Being 'brain dead' means the person is legally dead, but they're being kept alive by machines. The brain is what's responsible for your heart beating and every other function. If your brain is dead, you are dead. As for the very last part of your question, I have absolutely no idea what you mean. Written Fri • View Upvotes Upvote2Downvote Comment Share Answer written • Religion • Sun What do Muslims think of the poverty, disorder, and uncultured status of Islamic world? Do they have a religious explanation? Abbas Naderi, Islam scholar from a constructive logical standpoint 180 Views • Abbas has 310+ answers in Islam. Your facts are invalid. Iraq and Syria are in relatively bad state because of the US invasion! That has nothing to do with Islam. The fact is, they have maintained their status due to Islam. Iran i... (more) Upvote5Downvote Comments2+ Share Question asked • Botany • Thu What's the best herbicide to kill a garden full of various types of plants? I find myself with a large, poorly maintained, and overgrown garden. I don't want to have to dig up each plant and weed, but I need to cr... (more) 5 Answers Write Answer Pass Follow2 Downvote Answer written • Buddhism • 3h What are the outward indicators that someone may be enlightened? Les Matheson, It always seems to work better if I start with nothing 46 Views • Les has 1,000+ answers in Psychology of Everyday Life. Originally Answered: How would you recognize your own Enlightenment / Awakening, or someone else's? Do you think that people (eg, your teacher) who claim to have attained Enlightenment / Awakening actually did? As I've posted a few times, I try to stay out of discussions of 'enlightenment', mainly because it always seems to be framed in the "ruler model of transformation". The "ruler model" refers to the notion of measuring something on a single dimension, like a ruler with a mark on the end. Of course you walk along in that dimension and then finally you get to the end, right? Then you get to classify yourself by whatever measure the mark represents. And of course we all get to argue about what the ruler is measuring and what the criteria are for marking that particular spot as "enlightened". Is it any wonder this topic is confusing for people? Especially when you factor in the various ways in which people with advanced understanding start expressing "non-dual" ways of seeing the world, with the abundance of irony, lies-within-truth, inexpressible unity, and so forth which dominate in that arena. What I see is that language and thought break down as one gains ever-deeper levels of understanding and ability to be whole. Because of this breakdown of conceptuality, we lose the ability to measure and assess beyond a certain point, as any form of measurement and assessment depends on some kind of stable conceptual framework which holds the ruler in a fixed position for long enough to take a reading. I have a link that I hand out sometimes, it identifies "levels of authenticity" -- a kind of measuring stick. (Levels of authenticity) At the end of that ruler, there's a "stage" called "coherence"... it doesn't have a very detailed description, it's treated in this essay like a sort of black hole from which information doesn't escape. But, within that black hole are worlds: a boundless realm of realms that could not possibly be described or defined. Being an engineer, I don't think that "boundless realm of realms" is a meaningful term, except as a way to sweep away any fixed concepts about what "the ultimate truth" might be. Any notion that one has grasped the ultimate truth is an insult to truth, you could say. There's always a deeper truth. Written 3h ago • View Upvotes • Asked to answer by Stan Belot Upvote2