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Portugal is facing an unprecedented housing crisis driven by skyrocketing rents and real estate speculation, which recently escalated into severe social and political tension due to a series of late-night police crackdowns against peaceful protest camps in Lisbon and Porto. These forced early-morning evictions, involving batons, K9 units, and multiple arrests, sparked widespread domestic and international outrage, leading to formal investigations by the Attorney General's Office and strong condemnation from Amnesty International and the Portuguese Bar Association over constitutional violations. In response, demonstrators strategically utilized the October 31st Halloween protest to dress up as authoritarian caricatures, using sharp satire and horror themes to expose both the unaffordable housing market and the heavy-handed police tactics threatening their fundamental right to protest.

Halloween, Northern Quarter, Manchester - Man in reflective space suit!

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The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another, as the air carries aromas. Thus he takes one kind of body and again quits it to take another.

~Bhagavad Gita As It Is

Body found peace but soul didn't

On the Yamuna Expressway outside of Delhi, I leaned out the window of our taxi and snapped these jolly gents as we all sped towards Vrindavan, the best place for bhakti-yoga practice.

The photo reminds me of how in previous ages yogis developed fantastic mystic powers with which they could control the forces of nature, and some were so powerful that they could move at the speed of the mind.

As a sign of the times though, today most opt for more contemporary forms of transport 😊

"And of all yogīs, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself and renders transcendental loving service to Me – he is the most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all. That is My opinion."

- Shri Krishna, Bhagavad Gita As It Is

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