ARTIFICIAL SNOW WREAKS HAVOC IN NORTH CHINA

CHINA'S WEATHER MANIPULATION
BRINGS CRIPPLING SNOWSTORM TO BEIJING

BEIJING (AFP) — Heavy snows in northern China wreaked havoc for the third day running on Thursday, killing at least eight people, stranding thousands of motorists and disrupting air travel, state media reported. In The People's Republic of China, it's no secret that the Party controls just about everything. When Beijing suffers through its second major snowstorm this season, it came just as a ugly surprise to residents, but the government has caused it. The purpose behind weather modification has a motive, Beijing has been mired in a drought for nearly a decade, and the party leadership would like to reverse that trend for both practical reasons and to show the Chinese people exactly who is in charge.

To do so, they've turned to cloud seeding, a controversial practice that involves launching (or dropping) chemicals into the atmosphere - silver iodide in China, though dry ice and liquid propane also work - that cause water vapor in the air to crystallize at temperatures it otherwise would not. China prefers to deliver its silver iodide to the sky via rockets or artillery. For the residents of Beijing, those armaments deliver all the headaches that go along with big snowstorms: traffic problems, flight delays, cancelled classes and various transportation issues. As of last night, highways in and around Beijing were closed and many roads were blocked, bringing day-to-day commerce to a grinding halt.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

The living entity’s plight, which arises from his natural affinity for sense enjoyment, is like that of a man tirelessly pursuing a mirage he has come to cherish deeply. Such living entities who chase the objects of the senses cannot judge whether the mirage they are pursuing will actually fulfill them or merely end up deceiving them. In this world, everyone is actively furthering his own selfish motives. But the society of intellectuals should ask itself whether or not perfect happiness can in fact be found when both they who seek it and they who claim to be able to offer it are themselves unfulfilled. By seeking mutual sense gratification in this world, people only suffer misery.

Srila Bhakti Kumuda Santa Maharaja :
"The Impetus for Sense Gratification"
Bhaktivedanta Memorial Library - www.bvml.org/SBKSM/