u/AdEither8785

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Despite the UI being great, the application itself gets crashed and is jittery. The keyboard/mouse stop working after 10 minutes of watching and the app crashes. Inconsistent frame rates. Volume even on 200% feels lower than in the previous version.

I'll rollback to v4.4 before this has been fixed.

System: Fedora 44

I've been a part of this community since 2024. I've interacted with a lot of elders here. Some time ago I saw this post that essentially talks about eradicating bali pratha. Hence this post that I'm about to write is not for weak-hearted. You have been warned.

I would like to talk about it, the bali stuff, this one time and the last time. Bali is one of the core practices in Tantra. It can be pashubali, your own (thought) bali as some have been doing these days, and in extreme cases, even narabali has been done in remote places and highly possible that it is still happening somewhere without any of us being aware. My point being, that blood sacrifices to the deities that have been happening, should go on as they were started and should not be judged according to the limited moral compass of the audience that is not intended to see it in first place.

> "Devi does not demand sacrifice, she loves everyone"

Devi is beyond human emotions. You are judging her according to your code of conduct. You cannot starve her of something she craves because of your emotions and expect love from her in return.

Lastly, Tantra is not for everyone. You can achieve phenomenal success just by simple chanting and without getting involved into proper tantra. By proper tantra I always talk about sights that are not comfortable to a normal human who lives in a functioning rules-based civilization. I'm pretty sure most of those who talk about becoming soft haven't read about the ugly facets of Shiva that involve him getting covered in literal filth, bhasma, open hair, using animal skin as clothing, smelling like 'death' (Shiva Purana). The Aghoras go extreme lengths even to this. Hence do not try to take away from tantra what is core to its principles by definition.

All the best to whoever is doing whatever. May Hanuman keep you all blessed and safe!