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and New Geico Claim for broken window, and possibly for stolen blue suitcase too
11500 Skyline Blvd, Oakland, CA 94619 (and see my email below in these regards in the PS)
Scott GK MacLeod
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Dear Mr.Tran at Toyota,Palo Alto, Kyle at Toyota Santa Cruz, Robert Ramirez at Car West Collision, GEICO, AAA, and State Farm insurances, ('faux obituary'??? Bob Mueller, former FBI Director), Officer B Pyle (OPD), US Senator and former Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren, and US senator from California Alex Padilla, All,Greetings from Magnussen's Toyota Palo Alto, and I hope this email finds you all well. With a vandalized window this morning Friday 10/30/26, and in the same area that the gunshot hit my vehicle on M May 18, 2026 on Skyline Drive, I just texted Mr Tran about this, and am wondering if I could bring my leased 2025 Toyota Sienna Woodland in to you Robert Ramirez at Car West Collision nearby this morning ... and even get the ball rolling on all the repairs needed, including getting the rental Toyota Sienna (to be covered by AAA insurance) ... and leave my Sienna Woodland minivan with you Robert Ramirez for the next 5 days or so:Hi Mr. Tran, greetings! Just came in to see you this morning at Toyota Palo Alto after the gunshot to my Sienna on May 18 2026, and a vandalized broken back right window this morning both in the same area of Skyline Drive in Oakland. The receptionist said you were closing today and might be in after 2p. Keeping you in the information loop (re possible US federal government involvement into both the gunshot, as well as into my moving into 670 Ridgecrest Rd, Canyon, 94516) having not yet received the Geico insurance payment for the gunshot (& re the law - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/Law? m=0) ... And still not having moved further fully into a newly safe, vacant, with deed 670 Ridgecrest Rd Canyon 94516 ... Heading to Car West Collision now to see if Robert Ramirez is there, and re what to do with the window (since I'm continuing to van camp in the Sienna , basically since March 4, 2025 when the lease began). More later, and thank you, regards, abolition, best wishes, Scott (GK MacLeod). And might I then van-camp also in the rental Toyota Sienna over the next 5 business days, and even move into a 670 Ridgecrest Rd Canyon 94516 next week (after the election?) before coming to get my possibly repaired Toyota Sienna Woodland minivan?I'm attaching pictures to this email of the vandalized window which happened in theparking area (& am not sure if another gunshot caused it or not) ... I also called the Oakland Police twice to make a report, mentioning you Officer B Pyle, and will file a report online, which I was told I could do here - https://www.oaklandca.gov/Public-Safety-Streets/Report- a-Crime. Thoughts, questions, suggestions?Best wishes, World Univ & Sch is growing, abolition, Yogically (as in 8 limbs of Yoga), Friendly NtF Quaker and UU greetings, thanks,Scott GK MacLeod
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Some further thoughts about the seeming theft of my blue suitcase with about half of my clothes in it, all clean, including my blue "Quakers For Peace" T-Shirt (probably irreplaceable albeit old), and my fairly new black "Creative Commons" T-Shirt): ...
Hi Pin and Ma, ... A couple of things further about the seeming theft of my blue suitcase with about half of my clothes in it, all clean, including my blue "Quakers For Peace" T-Shirt (probably irreplaceable albeit old), and my fairly new black "Creative Commons" T-Shirt):
1) Juan asked if I could move everything in the back out for Saturday 10/31/26 before I came, and I said I'm van-camping, and can I move everything out next to where I park at safelite glass, if it's not raining (rain is predicted), and he said yes on some cardboard ... now leading me to wonder whether the thieves of the suitcase could have then put it back on this pile possibly
2) a couple came in about 1:20 and the receptionist spoke quite sharply to her after awhile, saying you're late ... and then the woman proceeded to talk at length to her smartphone in a strange language which wasn't for ex Haitian Creole (both were quite dark) ... and while the man went out ... could he have taken the suitcase .. AND could she even be a soldier in a foreign army eg in the middle east ... and could the taking of my suitcase even have been a low-level military operation??? ... and could there be a video record of this ... and could the US federal government get access to this: also could she be the daughter of the owner ???
3) So perhaps I'll make two Oakland police reports tomorrow with -https://www.oaklandca.gov/Public-Safety-Streets/Report-a-Crime - instead of one, per what the police officer S 1 suggested on the second call to the OPD near my vandalized car ; and was it a gun like tool that was used to break the window?
4) What's the karma, dharma, samsara, and similar in all this ? - and re Yoga Yama Asteya - non-stealing for example ... is there a Yoga teaching opportunity here? ... and what kind of chain of karma re this possible theft is unfolding ???
5) And how can WUaS grow further the WUaS abolition movement in all of this ? Can WUaS knock back international organized crime further in the east bay ... by making these police reports, raising the questions of foreign soldiers; involvement, since some countries require everyone to be a soldier when around 20, even adding them further with information technology to criminal & foreign military databases etc of the US federal government and state of CA?
6) GEICO suggested calling safelite glass and
7) how would (and are) a 'faux obituary'??? Bob Mueller, former FBI Director and networks navigate these questions further after a number of decades, and after the last 2 years since I returned from asylum on the eastern seaboard departing 12/10/24 ... as well as re knocking back of international organized crime as a heuristic? ... so will see how this plays out in the claim ...
Yogically, Scott
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Ma and Pin ... could an insurance contact of yours Ma in Pittsburgh ... including re AAA be playing a role here in his interpretation of how insurance agencies work together ... and re even my moving into Canyon 94516 and having been paying homeowner's insurance for 670 Ridgecrest Rd, Canyon 94516 since around November 20204 I think ... and with my blue suitcase being stolen having gotten it from AAA in Pittsburgh too? Warm regards, Scott (adding further here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/10/port-orford-cedar.html)
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Who was Patanjali and what are the Yoga Sutras?
By Syama Allard September 23, 2020
Who was Patanjali?
Patanjali was a sage in India who is believed to have authored a number of Sanskrit works, the most prominent of which is the Yoga Sutras, a classical yoga text dating to 200 BCE – 200 CE.
Though references to yoga within Hindu scripture had already long existed, it’s believed they were too diverse and complex for the general public, so Patanjali created the Yoga Sutras as a way of compiling already existing teachings into a format easier to follow and understand.
Today, the Yoga Sutras are the most commonly referenced text on yoga, making Patanjali “the father of yoga” in the eyes of many.
Beyond the Yoga Sutras, commentaries on two other notable works are attributed to an author named Patanjali as well.
One of them is the Mahabhashya, dating from about the second century BCE, which is a commentary on an authoritative Sanskrit grammar text written by the Indian grammarian, Panini.
The other is the Carakavarttika, dating somewhere between the eighth and 10th centuries, which is a commentary on the Charaka Samhita, a large treatise on Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine).
While modern scholars generally believe this timeline makes it impossible for it to have been the same Patanjali who compiled all three of these works, there are many who hold a more traditional view that a single Patanjali is indeed responsible for all three.
Some might think it ridiculous for anyone to believe that a single person could be the author of texts written possibly more than 1,000 years apart, however, Patanjali is also considered by many within the Hindu tradition to be a divine figure.
As written by David Gordon White in his book “The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: A Biography,” “‘Patanjali’ is listed as the name of one of the 26 mythical divine serpents in a number of Puranas.” The major Puranas (18 in number) are ancient Hindu texts said to have been composed by the sage Veda Vyasa.
The Vishnudharmottara Purana, a supplement to the Vishnu Purana, says the “image of Patanjali’s Yoga teaching should have the form of Ananta.” Ananta is described in Hindu legend to be the divine Lord of Serpents who is said to hold all of the planets of the universe on his 1,000 cobra hoods.
As you can see, the Vishnudharmottara Purana, which dates to the sixth century, makes a connection between the “yoga’ Patanjali and the “Ananta” Patanjali, as if they are one and the same.
Taking note of this, King Bhoja — an 11th-century patron of arts, literature, and science — wrote in the introduction of his “Royal Sun” commentary of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras:
“I bow with folded hands to Patanjali, the best of sages, who removed the impurities of the mind through yoga; the impurities of speech through grammar; and the impurities of the body through medicine. To he whose upper body has a human form, who holds a conch and a wheel, who is white and has a thousand heads, to that Patanjali, I offer obeisance.”
King Bhoja’s praise of Patanjali not only recognizes the “yoga” and “Ananta” Patanjali to be the same person, but also the “grammar” and “ayurveda” Patanjali. Though there are other instances of the four-in-one Patanjali portrayal throughout history, as the centuries have gone by, Bhoja’s prayer has become one of the more well-known and recited examples.
Of the three works, the Yoga Sutras have been especially influential on modern culture.
“Yoga” is a Sanskrit word meaning to yoke or to unite. A yoke, or wooden beam used between a pair of animals to allow them to pull a cart together, generally serves two functions: to unite the animals to said cart, and to control the movements of the animals using ropes attached to the yoke.
Just as a yoke is a mechanism of control and unity, yogic practice is a mechanism of controlling the body, breath, senses and mind to enable more effective meditation for the purpose of liberation.
The first two parts of Patanjali’s process are yama (restraint from unethical actions) and niyama (observance of positive actions), which help to control the lower instincts of one’s nature and cultivate good character.
The next three, asana (physical postures), pranayama (breath control), and pratyahara (sense withdrawal), enable control over the body, breath, and senses.
Finally, dharana (concentration), and dhyana (meditation), help one to control the mind, leading the yogi to samadhi (absorption with the Divine).
This system is known as ashtanga yoga (literally “eight limbs”) — not to be confused with capital-a Ashtanga yoga, which is a specific method of yoga practice taught by the late K Pattabhi Jois and other teachers following in his lineage.
The Bhagavad Gita, probably the best known religious text of Hinduism, states that liberation is attained with the help of the mind. It also states that the mind is the best of friends for one who has conquered it, but the greatest enemy to one who fails to do so.
So although the process outlined in the Yoga Sutras does indeed help to instill relaxation and physical health — the contemporary multi-billion dollar yoga industry focuses nearly exclusively on this — yoga is more accurately a process of controlling the mind in pursuit of liberation.
Though we may never know the full truth of Patajali’s life (or lives) to the standards of modern academic historians, the fact remains that a huge number of people have been and continue to be inspired and uplifted by the practice of yoga. Regardless of the dates of origin or whether authored by one or several, the influence of these texts has continued to affect and transform the lives of millions.
https://www.hinduamerican.org/blog/who-was-patanjali-and-what-are-the-yoga-sutras
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Who was Patanjali and what are the Yoga Sutras?
Who was Patanjali?
Patanjali was a sage in India who is believed to have authored a number of Sanskrit works, the most prominent of which is the Yoga Sutras, a classical yoga text dating to 200 BCE – 200 CE.
Though references to yoga within Hindu scripture had already long existed, it’s believed they were too diverse and complex for the general public, so Patanjali created the Yoga Sutras as a way of compiling already existing teachings into a format easier to follow and understand.
Today, the Yoga Sutras are the most commonly referenced text on yoga, making Patanjali “the father of yoga” in the eyes of many.
Beyond the Yoga Sutras, commentaries on two other notable works are attributed to an author named Patanjali as well.
One of them is the Mahabhashya, dating from about the second century BCE, which is a commentary on an authoritative Sanskrit grammar text written by the Indian grammarian, Panini.
The other is the Carakavarttika, dating somewhere between the eighth and 10th centuries, which is a commentary on the Charaka Samhita, a large treatise on Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine).
While modern scholars generally believe this timeline makes it impossible for it to have been the same Patanjali who compiled all three of these works, there are many who hold a more traditional view that a single Patanjali is indeed responsible for all three.
Some might think it ridiculous for anyone to believe that a single person could be the author of texts written possibly more than 1,000 years apart, however, Patanjali is also considered by many within the Hindu tradition to be a divine figure.
As written by David Gordon White in his book “The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: A Biography,” “‘Patanjali’ is listed as the name of one of the 26 mythical divine serpents in a number of Puranas.” The major Puranas (18 in number) are ancient Hindu texts said to have been composed by the sage Veda Vyasa.
The Vishnudharmottara Purana, a supplement to the Vishnu Purana, says the “image of Patanjali’s Yoga teaching should have the form of Ananta.” Ananta is described in Hindu legend to be the divine Lord of Serpents who is said to hold all of the planets of the universe on his 1,000 cobra hoods.
As you can see, the Vishnudharmottara Purana, which dates to the sixth century, makes a connection between the “yoga’ Patanjali and the “Ananta” Patanjali, as if they are one and the same.
Taking note of this, King Bhoja — an 11th-century patron of arts, literature, and science — wrote in the introduction of his “Royal Sun” commentary of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras:
“I bow with folded hands to Patanjali, the best of sages, who removed the impurities of the mind through yoga; the impurities of speech through grammar; and the impurities of the body through medicine. To he whose upper body has a human form, who holds a conch and a wheel, who is white and has a thousand heads, to that Patanjali, I offer obeisance.”
King Bhoja’s praise of Patanjali not only recognizes the “yoga” and “Ananta” Patanjali to be the same person, but also the “grammar” and “ayurveda” Patanjali. Though there are other instances of the four-in-one Patanjali portrayal throughout history, as the centuries have gone by, Bhoja’s prayer has become one of the more well-known and recited examples.
Of the three works, the Yoga Sutras have been especially influential on modern culture.
“Yoga” is a Sanskrit word meaning to yoke or to unite. A yoke, or wooden beam used between a pair of animals to allow them to pull a cart together, generally serves two functions: to unite the animals to said cart, and to control the movements of the animals using ropes attached to the yoke.
Just as a yoke is a mechanism of control and unity, yogic practice is a mechanism of controlling the body, breath, senses and mind to enable more effective meditation for the purpose of liberation.
The first two parts of Patanjali’s process are yama (restraint from unethical actions) and niyama (observance of positive actions), which help to control the lower instincts of one’s nature and cultivate good character.
The next three, asana (physical postures), pranayama (breath control), and pratyahara (sense withdrawal), enable control over the body, breath, and senses.
Finally, dharana (concentration), and dhyana (meditation), help one to control the mind, leading the yogi to samadhi (absorption with the Divine).
This system is known as ashtanga yoga (literally “eight limbs”) — not to be confused with capital-a Ashtanga yoga, which is a specific method of yoga practice taught by the late K Pattabhi Jois and other teachers following in his lineage.
The Bhagavad Gita, probably the best known religious text of Hinduism, states that liberation is attained with the help of the mind. It also states that the mind is the best of friends for one who has conquered it, but the greatest enemy to one who fails to do so.
So although the process outlined in the Yoga Sutras does indeed help to instill relaxation and physical health — the contemporary multi-billion dollar yoga industry focuses nearly exclusively on this — yoga is more accurately a process of controlling the mind in pursuit of liberation.
Though we may never know the full truth of Patajali’s life (or lives) to the standards of modern academic historians, the fact remains that a huge number of people have been and continue to be inspired and uplifted by the practice of yoga. Regardless of the dates of origin or whether authored by one or several, the influence of these texts has continued to affect and transform the lives of millions.
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