Sunday, April 12, 2026

Eulaema (orchid bee): How best to teach the #YogaYamas in America & #theWest #Ahimsa, #Satya, #Asteya, #Brahmacharya, #Aparigraha, & to teach #YogaAndScience eg in #HinduCountries @ #FreeToStudents' @WorldUnivAndSch w #MITOCW in 7 langs in all 22 scheduled langs in India & in a #RealisticVirtualEarth? * Retweeting Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai Nothing quite like the blank pages of a fresh notebook! * * * I sit in, daily, 1st thing upon rising - #FriendlyNtFSilence, #QuakerStillness, #UnitarianTimeForSilence, #YogicMeditation in #HalfLotus, #YogaMudrasana, #psychicUnionPose re #8LimbsOfYoga * * * Hi Mohit, Nice to meet you. and all the way from Punjab, India, and to learn you're studying for a MBA in Management and Information Science at Lincoln University in Oakland, CA ... * * * Does the US federal govt do RCTs - clinical trials on pharmaceuticals - too? & w vast new data sets, #AIandMLwuAs? Yes: 1 https://gemini.google.com/share/18dce6583b2d ~




How best to teach the #YogaYamas in America & #theWest #Ahimsa, #Satya, #Asteya, #Brahmacharya, #Aparigraha, & to teach #YogaAndScience eg in #HinduCountries @ #FreeToStudents' @WorldUnivAndSch w #MITOCW in 7 langs in all 22 scheduled langs in India & in a #RealisticVirtualEarth? 

https://x.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/2043399315075514370

https://x.com/Q_YogaMacFlower/status/2043399697109598614

https://x.com/sgkmacleod/status/2043402319505858703

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https://x.com/HarbinBook/status/2043403130956915012

https://x.com/TheOpenBand/status/2043403430321086710

https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/2041993181345280218



Retweeting -


Sundar Pichai

@sundarpichai
Nothing quite like the blank pages of a fresh notebook!

Notebooks are now rolling out in the
@Geminiapp
. Organize conversations, notes, and other sources related to a single project (and easily go back and forth between
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https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/2041993181345280218







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Appreciating 8 Limbs of Yoga & Quaker SPICES' parallels regarding the Yamas' Ahimsa and Satya 

... 

Appreciating #QuakerSPICES #Simplicity #PeaceTestimony #Integrity #Community #Equality #Stewardship & #Ahimsa (#nonharming)
 #Satya in #8LimbsOfYoga
#Yama 
#Niyama 
#Asana 
#Pranayama 
#Pratyahara 
#Dharana 
#Dhyana 
#Samadhi in growing @WorldUnivAndSch





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Appreciating 8 Limbs of Yoga ...

How best to #celebrateYoga in exploring #YogaConsciousness #YogaMeditation in #8LimbsOfYoga
#Yama 
#Niyama 
#Asana 
#Pranayama 
#Pratyahara 
#Dharana 
#Dhyana 
#Samadhi 
#AngelaAndVictorInspiredYoga ~ https://angela-victor.com/who/?



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How best to celebrate in exploring #YogaConsciousness in #8LimbsOfYoga
#Yama: 
#Niyama: 
#Asana: (Posture) 
#Pranayama: (Breath Control) 
#Pratyahara: (Withdrawal of Senses) 
#Dharana: (Concentration) 
#Dhyana: (Meditation) 
#Samadhi: (Pure Contemplation, Absorption) 
#AngelaAndVictorInspiredYoga ?


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#8LimbYoga
Yama: (Restraints, Moral Disciplines) 
Niyama: (Observances, Positive Duties) 
Asana: (Posture) 
Pranayama: (Breath Control) 
Pratyahara: (Withdrawal of Senses) 
Dharana: (Concentration) 
Dhyana: (Meditation) 
Samadhi: (Pure Contemplation, Absorption) 
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2025/03/himalayan-blue-poppy.html ~

https://x.com/Q_YogaMacFlower/status/1941518857220522464

https://x.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1941518993086611819

https://x.com/scottmacleod/status/1941519243822104671

https://x.com/WUaSPress/status/1941519534277656806

https://x.com/sgkmacleod/status/1941519113685549383

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Himalayan blue poppy: Headed back into Harbin to soak, parked in some shade. near the Meadow area re about the 2nd warm / hot day this year (~88F) * Walked in to soak in meditation in Yoga full Lotus asana again ... and as I waded toward the front bench in the warm pool to sit, there was a woman reading Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with a gray cover (possibly starting textually, or in stone carvings, or from about 2500 years ago ... possibly this one - "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Essential Yoga Texts for Spiritual Enlightenment" by Swami Vivekananda") ... interestingly ... (a text I riff with here - http://www.scottmacleod.com/yoganotations.html) and which. 8 limbs focused my soaking meditation in a new way * * * What are the 8 limbs of yoga as Sanskrit words? The eight limbs of yoga, as outlined in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, are: Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi * Where might Patanjali have lived in India? Haridwar, Uttarakhand in the north? * What's the evidence for Yogi Patanjali possibly living about 2500 or 2200 years ago?





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The Yamas are five ethical restraints or "right living" rules in yoga philosophy, outlined in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras to guide ethical, compassionate, and disciplined conduct toward others. They are the first limb of the Eight Limbs of Yoga, focusing on self-restraint to foster inner peace and harmony.
The Five Yamas
  1. Ahimsa (Non-violence): Practicing kindness, non-harming in actions, words, and thoughts toward self and others.
  2. Satya (Truthfulness): Living and speaking truthfully, while maintaining kindness (aligning with Ahimsa).
  3. Asteya (Non-stealing): Not taking what is not freely given, including respecting others' time and ideas.
  4. Brahmacharya (Moderation): Managing energy, behaving with moderation, and avoiding extremes.
  5. Aparigraha (Non-attachment): Letting go of greed, possessiveness, and clinging to outcomes.
Benefits and Practice
Practicing the Yamas brings clarity, harmony, and deeper awareness to daily life, helping practitioners live authentically and interact with the world positively. In daily life, they are practiced by acting with kindness, choosing honesty, respecting boundaries, exercising moderation, and embracing change




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I sit in, daily, 1st thing upon rising - #FriendlyNtFSilence ... 


I sit in, daily, 1st thing upon rising - 
#FriendlyNtFSilence, 
#QuakerStillness, 
#UnitarianTimeForSilence,
#YogicMeditation 
in #HalfLotus, 
#YogaMudrasana, #psychicUnionPose re #8LimbsOfYoga
& it's very salutary (for @WorldUnivAndSch too) bringing me home again&again: Explore?



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I sit in daily first thing upon rising in - 

Friendly NtF Silence 

Quaker Stillness 

Unitarian Time for Silence

Yogic Meditation 

Yoga Mudrasana (psychic union pose) re 8 limbs of Yoga

& it's very salutary, bringing me again & again  






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Hi Mohit,

Nice to meet you. and all the way from Punjab, India, and to learn you're studying for a MBA in Management and Information Science at Lincoln University in Oakland, CA ...


Hi Mohit,

Nice to meet you. 

here's Sundar Pichai - 

re 
WUaS growing in India  & 
Grad Sch apps - Sundar Pichai Notebook LM .... AND  daylong  event:  "From Bold Idea to Global Legacy: 25 Years of MIT OpenCourseWare."


How best @ free @WorldUnivAndSch, in #GrowWithGoogleWUaS program, can #WUaSunivs begin to offer free #WUaSGradSchDegrees - PHDs, Law, MD, & MASTER's, say in India's 22 scheduled languages, possibly starting with #MITOCWundergrad courses  https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?q=undergraduate & w #Gtranslate?

Quaker Yoga 


retweeting - 

Nothing quite like the blank pages of a fresh notebook!

Notebooks are now rolling out in the
@Geminiapp
. Organize conversations, notes, and other sources related to a single project (and easily go back and forth between
@NotebookLM
 to go deeper). Rolling out today, starting with Google AI Ultra, Pro + Plus subscribers on the web.



namaste, 
Scott



PS
Fiurther - 

and 

Slightly expanded -

How best @WorldUnivAndSch, in a #GrowWithGoogleWUaS program, can #WUaSunivs building on MIT OCW in 7 languages & see the W 4/8/26 great "From Bold Idea to Global Legacy: 25 Years of MIT OCW" - https://www.youtube.com/live/BwTAavpUeW0?si=FWBMky9XfhRWgU4M - begin to offer WUaS Grad Sch degrees - PHDs, Law, MD, & MASTER's, say in India's 22 scheduled languages, possibly starting with MIT OCW undergrad courses  https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?q=undergraduate ?



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Thanks #MITOCW for the great: From Bold Idea to Global Legacy: 25 Years of MIT OpenCourseWare Live Webcast https://www.youtube.com/live/BwTAavpUeW0 & from free @WorldUnivAndSch building on #CC4licensedMITOCW in 7 langs for #freeWUaSdegrees online from home in all 200 countries & 7159 living langs

WUaS Press 


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daylong  event: 
"From Bold Idea to Global Legacy: 25 Years of MIT OpenCourseWare."
Beginning at 7 am Pacific Time.
First session: Wednesday, April 8, 10:00am - 11:00am (EDT)
Where
https://www.youtube.com/live/BwTAavpUeW0?si=FWBMky9XfhRWgU4M & re 200 #WUaSunivs @WorldUnivAndSch ~


 
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hi from free @WorldUnivAndSch building on CC4 licensed MIT OCW in 7 languages for #freeWUaSdegrees online from home in all 200 countries and their main languages #ScottGKMacLeod #TwitterX & #LinkedIN


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From Bold Idea to Global Legacy: 25 Years of MIT OpenCourseWare Live Webcast
https://www.youtube.com/live/BwTAavpUeW0?si=buAu556OfT52VTC9 



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Hi Mohit, 


Nice to meet you yesterday on Alameda island in the SF Bay Area, and to learn you're studying for a - https://catalog.lincolnuca.edu/master-of-business-administration/#:~:text=Course%20Content,course%20and%20the%20comprehensive%20examination ... 



I looked up Salalia India, but couldn't find it in a Google Search. 

I did find it when searching on 'salalia india near jalandhar' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salala_Village Is this your village spelled a little differently from your email address?

You did say you're from near Jalandhar in the Punjab, didn't you? 

I also found Salaya, India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaya,_India but while it's a coastal town, it's not in the Punjab. Do you know Salaya, India?


What are your LinkedIN profile and Twitter X profile too with time, or if you have them now?

Am facilitating online free Restorative Yoga explorations and regarding longevity genetic drugs emerging FDA approved, too on Saturdays, if you might be interested, and here's today's - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/04/strawberry-bush-euonyumus-americanus.html.

Cheers, Namaste, Yogically, 
Scott 



PS
Regarding again 
World Univ & Sch growing in India & Grad Sch Apps - Sundar Pichai Notebook LM .... (AND  daylong  event:  "From Bold Idea to Global Legacy: 25 Years of MIT OpenCourseWare.") ... How best to reach out to Punjabi's to invite prospective WUaS students in the Punjabi language to fill out WUaS Grad Sch Apps for online free World Univ & Sch degrees, building on CC-4 licensed MIT OCW in Punjabi, from home ... in the future? Through Guru Nanak Dev University  https://digital.gndu.ac.in/ eg at https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/India (beginning wiki website) and in the Punjabi_language from here -  https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Punjabi_language - in Punjabi?


PS a 
How best @ free @WorldUnivAndSch, in #GrowWithGoogleWUaS program, can #WUaSunivs begin to offer free #WUaSGradSchDegrees - PHDs, Law, MD, & MASTER's, say in India's 22 scheduled languages, possibly starting with #MITOCWundergrad courses  https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?q=undergraduate & w #Gtranslate?

Quaker Yoga 


retweeting - 

Nothing quite like the blank pages of a fresh notebook!

Notebooks are now rolling out in the
@Geminiapp
. Organize conversations, notes, and other sources related to a single project (and easily go back and forth between
@NotebookLM
 to go deeper). Rolling out today, starting with Google AI Ultra, Pro + Plus subscribers on the web.





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Does the US federal govt do RCTs - clinical trials on pharmaceuticals - too?



Does the #USFedGovt do #RCTs - clinical drug trials - too & w vast new data sets, #AIandMLwuAs? Yes:
1
2
How could @WorldUnivAndSch collaborate & w a #RealisticVirtualEarthForClinicalTrials & in all ~200 #WUaSMedSchs #WUaScountries?


https://x.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/2043361160389624044

https://x.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/2043362072873091485

https://x.com/WUaSPress/status/2043361373275767037

https://x.com/HarbinBook/status/2043361516225974286

https://x.com/TheOpenBand/status/2043361868128145452

https://x.com/Q_YogaMacFlower/status/2043361972952178885

https://x.com/Q_YogaMacFlower/status/2043399697109598614


https://x.com/sgkmacleod/status/2043362252095676751

https://x.com/sgkmacleod/status/2043361608148377603

https://x.com/scottmacleod/status/2043361283941290174


Retweeting -  

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DATA REPRODUCED: In old female mice, NMN restores ovarian follicle reserve in 10 days. Optimal dose was 200-500 mg/kg body weight/day. Equivalent to 35-45 in woman years. Clinical trials are needed 🐭🧓

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Does the #USFedGovt do #RCTs - clinical drug trials - too & w vast new data sets, #AIandMLwuAs? Yes:
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How could @WorldUnivAndSch collaborate & w a #RealisticVirtualEarthForClinicalTrials & in all ~200 #WUaSMedSchs #WUaScountries?



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Does the US federal govt do RCTs - clinical trials on pharmaceuticals - too, and with their vast new data sets, AI and machine learning? Yes:

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And how could @ collaborate & with a #RealisticVirtualEarthForClinicalTrials & in all ~200 #WUaSMedSch #WUaScountries?


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 Does the US federal government do RCTs clinical trials too and with their vast new data sets, AI and machine learning?

Yes, the US federal government is actively conducting and regulating clinical trials that utilize AI and machine learning with large-scale datasets.

Key Federal Initiatives

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Agencies like the NIH use AI to analyze "big data" from electronic health records, genomics, and medical imaging to predict patient outcomes and optimize trial designs.

  • Veterans Affairs (VA): As the largest integrated healthcare system in the US, the VA uses AI to match veterans with specific clinical trials and develop personalized treatments for conditions like cancer and PTSD.

  • FDA Regulation: The FDA has issued formal guidance (updated as recently as early 2026) on how AI can be safely used in drug development and medical devices, ensuring these algorithms are transparent and unbiased.

How AI Enhances These Trials

FeatureBenefit
Patient MatchingQuickly identifies eligible participants from millions of records.
Adaptive DesignAdjusts trial parameters in real-time based on interim data.
Predictive ModelingSimulates how a drug might interact with different genetic profiles.

The government’s focus remains on making these datasets FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) so that AI models can be trained more accurately without compromising patient privacy





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Yes, the US federal government heavily funds, conducts, and requires Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs). Agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsor many trials, and the FDA demands them to approve new drugs. These trials often focus on public health needs, such as cancer or cardiovascular disease. [1, 2, 3]
  • Who conducts them: The NIH is a major sponsor, often working with academic institutions, alongside studies conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  • Purpose: Federal RCTs often test therapies that industry might not, such as comparing existing drugs or assessing behavioral changes.
  • Funding: The government funds numerous large-scale RCTs, costing millions per study, such as those performed by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
  • Transparency: Almost all NIH-funded clinical trials are registered on the public database ClinicalTrials.gov. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The government also uses RCTs to evaluate policy decisions, such as in Medicare coverage



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2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

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