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What's the short cut to Happiness?  By Naeem Khan How can we have the blessing of eternal bliss till our existence? The answer is to GO PHYSICAL! And secrete hormones.  Stop to be stupid by overusing mind. Mind is just a tool and function of brain and used only for critical thinking, Problem solving, decisions making and understanding a topic. Brain 🧠 is like  any other part of body like stomach or lungs. It has its specific functions. It can't resolve all your issues.  Most of the women in poor countries are not permitted to  do physical acts and stay unhappy. Their home chores are also not recognized. Start secreting Hormones today. You must know that there are four hormones for  human's happiness: 1. Endorphins, 2. Dopamine, 3. Serotonin, and 4. Oxytocin How to cause secretion of these hormones to stay happy 😊 ? Endorphins: A.You have to  exercise so that  the body releases Endorphins. The pain of exercising is tackled by it. There must be at least 30 minutes exercisin

Why Women are not philosophers？ Naeem Khan Blogs Women can be excellent philosophers as well as they're wise, intelligent, analytical, emotionally intelligent, beautiful, nice and talented. However, as they were kept away from knowledge as a whole, they contributed less than men in Philosophy or elsewhere as Science, Art, Politics, Economics.  However, there are many Women philosophers, scientists and artists. It means that by default Women can be philosophers and so on. If one woman can, so all of them can. What matters is person or personality, education, exposure and not gender.

 Why we do unnecessary   gubbins and avoid essential responsibilities? Why are we irresponsible and not dutiful?  By Naeem Khan CSP For instance, you may spend hours and hours on scrolling Facebook aimlessly but won't study a text book or read research article or any academic onions for a  few hours! We enjoy a movie for hours but we're not so happy to prepare for an examination as a hardworking person in a smart way or listen to academic lectures or take interest in any valuable pursuits. Why it's so? Why distractions are attractions which are actually destructions? Why we promise ourselves to start a serious useful work with stupendous results in the long run but fail to do so and fall to the easier, low-standard, nonessential odds  and sods? Why we avoid our duties? How can we be dutiful? Deontology changed the Dark Ages of Europe into Enlightenment, so why not to apply EDUA( Egoism, Deontology, Utilitarianism and Altruism)? Let's apply both Deontology and Consequent

 Religion and Science/Philosophy  by Naeem Khan It's wrong to assume that Religion promotes Science or Philosophy. Religion only connects you to God. Mentioning of thinking or observation or natural phenomena in Holy books is invitation to God as creator, not to conduct research or lab experiments or philosophize. There was no Science and Philosophy when Christianity was robust.  The best Muslims were in the first 100 or 50 years and there were no scientists or philosophers amongst them. After studying Greek Thought, there were some rationalist or Mutazilites but Asharites like Ghazali or Mullahs murdered Philosophy and Science and  till Today it's dead.

 On the hopelessness of HOPE  By Naeem Khan. In Human, All Too Human (1878), Nietzsche suggests that Pandora kept hope aside so that humanity would persist in living, despite the suffering that life inevitably entails. "Now man has the lucky jar in his house forever and thinks the world of the treasure. It is at his service; he reaches for it when he fancies it," he wrote. "Zeus did not want man to throw his life away, no matter how much the other evils might torment him, but rather to go on letting himself be tormented anew. To that end, he gives man hope. In truth, it is the most evil of evils because it prolongs man's torment." Nietzsche's interpretation of the Pandora myth recalls Arthur Schopenhauer's descriptions of hope as "a folly of the heart". For him, hope is a delusion. In his essay Psychological Remarks (1851), he notes that the emotion "deranges the intellect's appreciation of probability" so that we neglect the like

 One of the life-changing and most effective self-improvement FORMULA: DOO By Naeem Khan. Do as you want from others  Do you like truthful, real, genuine, honest, natural and sincere persons? Be yourself as others also want YOU to be the same. Do you want people to be hardworking, smart, intelligent, analytical, curious, creative and professional? Be yourself the same as well.  Do you want an expert, dynamic, attentive, engaged and successful teacher? Be the same as student. Don't be a hypocrite as  you wish others are nice, sympathetic, empathetic, kind, loving,  responsible,  responsive and you're not the same ! Love begets love. Money brings more money. Action guarantees reaction and response generates more actions in right direction. Start from yourself. Be a gold magnet 🧲 ✨.  You'll sooner be in goldmine. Create cause for the desirable effect. Have garden for flowers 💐.  Have river for water.  Be an ocean and absorb all dirt. Be a lake where a glass of dirt disappear

 On arranged marriage. Blog By Naeem Khan, CSP Officer. Do you agree that arranged marriage or relationship is the defeat of your personality?  Once other arrange for you,  it means that you can't arrange it for yourself.  You're not a good manager of your life. You can't impress others. You have no communication skills or interpersonal skills.  It's like prostitution that you hire services of others in place of earning love and attention with your own capabilities and wisdom.  Only loose and lazy depend on others as parasites.  They lack self-confidence.  They can't face their partners so others bring a ready-made package.   Once others do it for you, be ready for their roles in your personal affairs.  Then others will manipulate.  They'll exploit.  They'll interfere because they did it for you. When you do it, you're responsible.  They can't intervene.  It's a matter of extreme shame that you get involved others in your such important decision

 Be a Hyper Realist.  By Naeem Khan Ray Dalio says he has become such a realist that he loves reality even when it’s harsh. On the other hand, he came to despise all impractical idealism. Dream + Reality + Determination = Successful Life People who drive progress understand the cause-effect relationship that governs reality and idealists who are not grounded in reality cause problems instead. You’re not going to go far in life if you keep around people with paper-thin egos. You want in your life people who want -and can stomach- reality as crude and as raw as possible. That’s how Ray Dalio built his empire: looking for truth and hiring smart people who sought the truth (see Principles by Ray Dalio).

Stable Personality by Naeem Khan. One of the signs I have seen in all successful and happy persons is their Stable Personality.  They're consistent, perseverant and steadfast.   How to be stable and consistent ? Let's start it TODAY to be stable and no more shaky, scattered,  inconsistent, unreliable, untrustworthy and timid.  A stable person will read the whole post 😃 and comment as well 😇 How to manifest a better, more fulfilling, and overall-healthier quality of life… And who doesn’t want that?! How to fight for stabilizing your mental health which  can also, unfortunately, be difficult if circumstances such as genetics, brain chemicals, or unfortunate and difficult events are present in an individual’s brain or life? Research tells us that stabilizing your mental and physical health should come before anything else and that it has a direct correlation with someone’s daily sense of happiness. For, without a sound mind and body , you really won’t be able to participate in l

 If you're not famous, you're nobody. Blog By Naeem Khan Your lack of fame or reputation means, you learnt nothing, you applied nothing, you accomplished nothing and you'll die like a dog 🐕 or buffalo 🐃 without Legacy.  You must attract attention at all costs. Work on your qualities that naturally set you apart with distinction and draw attention to you.  Adopt  a style of dress or personality quirk that gets talked about or deliver  lectures on unique topics.  No worries if the attention is negative – it is better to be attacked than ignored. Create awe, mystery but be philosophical and scientific along with Spirituality, Art and Law.  Notwithstanding , don't be needy, greedy or insecure.

 Why Philosophy? By Naeem Kham Religion is from God and no more prophets.   Science needs labs and instruments; not in everybody's reach.  Mysticism is personal experience and can't be shared with others exactly.  What human beings will do with its brain,  its thinking capacity and analytical skills? Only option is Philosophy to think rationally,  critically,  ideally,  realistically, logically; present these thoughts  linguistically and  experience empirically or go transcendental  or intuitive.  Even emotions, wisdom, happiness(Eudaimonia ) ,theorizing, debates,  polemics,  dialectics need Philosophy.  How to run a state ? How to behave ethically?What's  Science or Language  or Mind or Existence or Reality or truth or knowledge? We  need Philosophy for all this  and so on.  Those who are not prophets or scientists or mystics, they have only one option and that's called PHILOSOPHY!

 Most of the Arab and Persian Philosophers or Theologians were not  religious. By Naeem Khan Study their lives and most of them were rationalist or Mutazilites. Most of them were declared infidels.  A of them were influenced by Greek Thought.  Study Al- Razi. Many sources claim that al-Razi viewed prophecy and revealed religion as unnecessary and delusional, claiming that all humans have the ability to access and discover truth (including the existence of God) through God-given reason. According to these sources, his skepticism of prophecy and view that no one group or religion has privileged access to the truth is driven by his view that all people have an equal basic capacity for rationality and discovery of truth, and that apparent differences in this capacity are simply a feature of interest, opportunity, and effort. Because of his rejection of prophecy and acceptance of reason as the primary method for accessing the truth, al-Razi came to be admired as a freethinker by some.Goodma

 Ten 10 unique ideas for your 2022.  By Naeem Khan CSP.  You may opine on my ideas and may share your own such ideas as well for the benefit of all.  1. Have one day in each month of absolute silence 🔕.  Don't talk to anyone.  Just sleep, think critically,  Meditate,  read,  walk and  eat alone. Don't listen to anyone on phone or media or personally.  Total isolation, quietude, stillness, hush and tranquility. You may sleep in a cave or a far-flung place.  2. Dedicate one day exclusively to writing.  Convert your each thought and experience into words. Start writing your autobiography.  Have commencement of the first chapter of your future books. Think big as you can be an academician or author.  3. Once in a month you must be in the lap of nature.  You must have access to pure Nature without human activity. It may be a jungle or mountain or a rock or riverside or whatever but without traces of  human beings. This will make you natural and consequently original, authentic and

 My recommendations of TOP 20 books for 2022 with reasons. By Naeem Khan Please tell us which of the following 20 great  books have  you read and what was your impression? I have read almost all these books which have brought tremendous Revolution in my ideas , has boosted my  creativity and understanding of the world around me.  In case you have not yet read the books or not all the books ,please  share your  plan  which book you have to study first and what will be your sequence  of study.  Which book you will start first and why  and how you will you continue? You can also suggest the books you read these days so that others may also read those books. Please give reasons why did you like those books. The most prestigious  books which highly influenced the world. 1. On the Origins of Species Author: Charles Darwin Published: 1859 Why you should read it: It’s simple: “No work has so fundamentally changed the way we think about our very being and the world around us,” says Alan Staton,

How to enjoy life productively? By Naeem Khan Variety is the spice of life.  There is unity in diversity. Colors make life colorful.  White or black alone are unattractive colors. Grey is lovely and lively.  Shades, doubts, suspense, curiosity and multiculturalism or pluralism with democracy are pigments of reality and beauty.  One culture, one language, one religion, one sect, one school of thought,  one philosophy, one science at one place are boring, unproductive and even dangerous as there is no tolerance or acceptance of others. Multidimensional approach and openness to all possibilities and interpretations make life easy, productive and rich.  Let's stop cultural, religious and political dictatorship. Let's be all for all to have relaxed nerves and no more bloodshed to prove only YOUR truth and identity.

 Blog on striking balance between Feelings and Rationality: the battle of heart ❤ versus brain 🧠  By Naeem Khan Both mind and heart have their reasons to exist. Heart has a reason which reason can't understand. Both have their utility as per demand of the situation.  You can't be emotional when logic is required and the other way round.  You must be logical to say 2 ➕ 2=4. Here you have no choice to be emotional. It's a fact. It's math.  You're helpless before the very eyes of  SSPPAL(Science, Spirituality, Philosophy, Psychology, Art and Law). You have to agree as there is no other choice. You can make your Science to refute the previous one, otherwise you're defenseless under the nose of SSPPAL.  Once you're with your mother or beloved one or homeland or a flower or a river with gushing water,  you must be effusive with emotions. If you're not passionate,  you're stony, a deadpan and a phlegmatic personality.  When you're planning via critical

 Meaning of Merry Christmas  By Naeem Khan Please do some research before sharing any speech of an emotional Mullah like Naik who is denouncing saying Merry Christmas meaning Son of God.  Rear the Etymology of the word Christmas. It doesn't mean what this bigot Naik says as birth of son of God etc. Many Christians don't believe in Jesus to be  a son of God or even there is Trinity. According to Encyclopedia Britannica:Christmas, Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ's day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl, which referred to the feast of the winter solstice.

 Today's Blog on Communication Skills  On a topic that you can't speak and write; you have never read it or listened to it. If you can't write at least  a book review of a book, you wasted your TEF(Time,Energy and Focus). You also paid opportunity cost as you missed something else which you could do instead of mere reading that book. You could eat or dance or climb a mountain in lieu of mere reading! Apply empathy to be a great speaker. Once you're listening to a lecture or YouTube video etc, do at least thought experiment to imagine that you'll speak like the speaker once you finish listening to the speaker. And then do it like her. This will make your listening productive as now you'll reproduce what you listened.  Once you read something, imagine that you'll be writing like this yourself. Reader must be converted into writer.  Change the roles. This will make your reading more effective and result- oriented.  Having said that, one must recognize the fact

 Ten 10 reasons why every educated person must not join Tablighi Jamaat!  By Naeem Khan. Respond intellectually  and not by attacking personally! 1. They promote Fatalism and Predeterminism. They oppose Free will and human creativity and  Skepticism. They are totally against Rationalism and Humanism. They focus on 6 points and one book Fazaile Aamal throughout their lives. They may mention Zikr and Ilm, but that's in the narrow sense of some religious injunctions. 2. They are against Fine Arts, Visual Arts and Performing Arts like Painting, Sculpture, Music, Dance, Stagecraft, Opera, songs, theater, filmmaking, photography etc. They will stop artists to perform and will convince them to join their movement! 3. They are against folklore and local cultures. They have almost destroyed Pashtun culture and very soon if not stopped will annihilate Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi, Kalash, Pamir, Shina and other local cultures. Marriages in Tablighi families are like death ceremonies! 4. They dis

 Analyze who sells and who buys. Who produces and who is the consumer? By Naeem Khan. Dawn informs that The United Arab Emirates signed a record 14-billion-euro contract for 80 Rafale warplanes and committed billions of euros in other deals as French President Emmanuel Macron kicked off a Gulf tour on Friday. The biggest international order ever made for the French jets came as Macron held talks with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed at the start of a two-day trip which will also take in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The resource-rich UAE, one of the French defence industry’s biggest customers, also inked an order for 12 Caracal military transport helicopters for a total bill of more than 17 billion euros.