Questioned by "USA Today" Newspaper

Today after being on the road for almost two months we are heading back to our home base in Austin, Texas having completely circled the globe. Someone who travels this much is sometimes call a "road warrior." Being recognized as a road warrior by USA Today, I was asked by this leading national US newspaper how the recent terrorist attack in Europe would impact my travel plans. My answers to them are given in the "Answers by Citing the Vedic Version" section below. I pray that USA Today and the world's leaders will take seriously my authorized guidance on how to put a stop to terrorism. If they do so, a new era of unparalled peace and prosperity will dawn on this planet.

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: How Safe Do You Feel Traveling to Europe?

I was recently questioned by USA Today, the widest circulated print newspaper in the United States, with the following questions:

Do you plan on canceling or altering plans to go to Europe because of recent terrorist attacks there? If so, why?

How safe do you feel traveling to Europe now for work or for pleasure?

USA Today

Answer: Not Safe Anywhere in the World

Here is how I answered their questions:

This year I'm traveling to Europe three times as previously planned as an ambassador for global peace. It is my mission to educate the world's leaders and global society in general how to put a complete stop to terrorism. The recent terrorist attacks in Europe have had no absolutely impact on my travel plans. If anything, the dire urgency of the present situation has increased my desire travel to Europe. In this connection it should be clearly understood that in the modern day ever-increasingly animalistic society it is natural that some of the animalistic men will be ferocious, i.e. terrorists. Therefore the only real cure for terrorism to elevate the entire human society beyond the animal platform through spiritual education.

The possibility of being killed at home or on the road by a terrorist always exists as a stark reality, even when you are just going from your house to the grocery store to pick up a loaf of bread. So you can never feel safe anywhere here in this hazardous material world. It is truly a risky place where danger lurks in the shadows at every step. Those who are intelligent find true peace of mind by always remembering that if God wants to kill you, nobody can protect you, and if God wants to protect you, nobody can kill you.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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