You do have a one track approach

@SavitriEraParty: This tweet owes its existence as much to technology as to the legal rights won over centuries. The content, of course, is force of the word.

@SavitriEraParty: Which words? It's always a matter of dispute but Sri Aurobindo firmly settles it in favour of the Vedic & set out in 24000 lines of Savitri.

@SavitriEraParty: By just denoting the word Go as ray of light Sri Aurobindo managed to clear the cobwebs spread over the Veda for more than a thousand years.

@SavitriEraParty: The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, The Human Cycle-Human Unity, The Future Poetry and there was no stopping the action from the word Go.

@SavitriEraParty: It's laughable that without reading any book of Sri Aurobindo, CRI editors/writers consider themselves experts on Indian history & culture.

@SavitriEraParty: Congress & the Left resisting Sri Aurobindo is understandable but people like @SandeepWeb, @hguptapolicy & @orsoraggiante ridiculing me is sad.

@SavitriEraParty: IGNOU thankfully has been running Courses on Sri Aurobindo Studies up to the PhD level which our Leftist dominated Universities don't allow.

@SavitriEraParty: @hguptapolicy Marketing is like that and you must excuse rhetoric. No serious complains but I don't think you'll rate Sri Aurobindo boring.

@SavitriEraParty: If Gandhi's My Experiments with Truth & Nehru's The Discovery of India are essential reading so is The Renaissance in India by Sri Aurobindo.

@SavitriEraParty: To reign in supporters' frustration BJP should encourage study of Sri Aurobindo's political philosophy for their overall intellectual growth.

@SavitriEraParty: @MukulKMishra @smarket People are so used to dumbing down and consuming trivia that unadulterated truth is rated as boring even by the wise.

Advani 2014

@SavitriEraParty: @arvind_joshi @jemin_p Please read the works of Sri Aurobindo for profound insights on Indian polity, literature, and culture. #FiveDreams

@SavitriEraParty: Surfeit of supporters of political parties on Twitter but how many are really concerned for the nation? #FiveDreams Manifesto: Sri Aurobindo

@SavitriEraParty: If anyone reads even one page from a book by Sri Aurobindo, please share so that others get motivated. One line quotations not of much help.

@SavitriEraParty: Post-1980, Fernandes Détente and Kulkarni Doctrine have served the nation well. Under Advani's aegis it can reach its final consummation.

@SavitriEraParty: Sri Aurobindo is the only glue left to tie together a well defined political party in India and the nation must align itself to Evolution.

@SavitriEraParty: Ours is a strategic alliance with Advani to keep Hindutva and hubris at bay. Reversal of 1980 is the aim for formation of a National Party.

@SavitriEraParty: A former Deputy Prime Minister is the most eligible candidate today to be at the helm of the country at a crucial moment of its history.

@SavitriEraParty: Development is on autopilot; what the country really needs is Direction. Advani - not BJP or RSS - is the man who can effectively lead India

@SavitriEraParty: Let Advani be the next Prime Minister so that all aspects of our nationhood are thoroughly debated and redefined under a mature leadership.

@SavitriEraParty: @MukulKMishra @sehindu Advani continues to be pilloried but he draws his strength from NDA+ which none else can muster. #Advani2014

@SavitriEraParty: The endless war of words between the supporters of Congress and BJP on Twitter gives the impression that no other party exists in India.

@SavitriEraParty: @auldtimer It goes well with the philosophy of returning to Ramrajya. Nothing to innovate since Sanatan Dharma rules.

@SavitriEraParty: Political parties in general are concerned with the economy but in India most are unduly occupied with history and managing public memory.

@SavitriEraParty: Politics is not constituted of charlatanism and chicanery alone since human society is marching towards "an eventual divine perfection."

@SavitriEraParty: A great feeling that the hope for basing politics on higher human values is not dead & mere managerial & manipulative ability is not enough.

@SavitriEraParty: A great feeling that a leader who has been active for the last 60 years has reaffirmed his faith in ethics in public life so eloquently.

@SavitriEraParty: A great feeling that this country has seen so much & 2013 seems to be on the cusp of a new beginning without the burden of history or agony.

@SavitriEraParty: Advani is facing mass vilification reminiscent of V.P. Singh. Wish him all success in fighting for Vedic values India has always cherished.

@SavitriEraParty: @DrManishKumar1 @smarket Rhetoric should not twist truth. The historic role of Advani in reshaping BJP and NDA is what India is waiting for.

@SavitriEraParty: @prasannavishy He will, but not before crafting "the party with a difference" of his dreams. #FiveDreams

@SavitriEraParty: @vijayvaani @offstumped The past is not always a safe guide. Evolution can make an individual its instrument and create future mythology.

Sri Aurobindo's role was like a catalyst

Tusar N. Mohapatra4:11 am, April 02, 2013

Given the tumultuous nature of the uprising, it's difficult to reconstruct history so neatly after more than a century. There were many players and multiple streams of inspiration. Sri Aurobindo's role was like a catalyst responding to the demands of the moment. Hence, judging him from the perspective of some present problem is unfair and a methodological anomaly. [TNM55] 

Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty - 14h Erroneous notions of monolithic past inhabited by fixed monochromatic fictional characters is a bane in present day India & hampers future. 14h Three madnesses, Four interventions, and Five Dreams define the life of Sri Aurobindo so perfectly and why he relied upon the Sixth sense. 30 Mar Pre-mythological allegory of "Uma Haimavati" in Kena Upanishad contains the clue to symbolism of Vedic deities Sri Aurobindo brings to life. 30 Mar Sri Aurobindo bases his vision on the Vedic dialectic of Evolution of wrestling with the evil & also surpassing the hurdle deployed by gods. 30 Mar Hindutva, like secularism, is an exercise in dumbing down by way of mythologisation, infantalisation, & relegating future hopes to the past. 30 Mar National goals and social priorities can't be decoupled from the object of Evolution. The notion of Mother India, therefore, is no fiction. 30 Mar The journey of Democracy in India must pass out of the Nursery school. Personality cult has ruled for too long; now is the time for ideology. 30 Mar Transition and transformation is not a smooth affair and involves prolonged conflict and friction but adhering to ideology ensures direction. 19 Mar - @krishnarjun108 Sri Aurobindo in "The Human Cycle" prefers a safer, longer span and tries to fit the role of India... http://centreright.in/2013/03/idea-of-india-in-defense-of-capitalism/#.UUgaYRej3yc …  View conversation - 16 Mar Synthesis is what Sri Aurobindo represents - in theory, in collective life, in metaphysical approximations, and in aesthetic sensibilities. 16 Mar Five Dreams Manifesto is the destined roadmap for India as heralded by Sri Aurobindo in 1947. The Postscript Chapter reiterates World Union. 16 Mar To stand beside an Evolutionary force and not any decorated regressive mask and avoid wishful thinking is the challenge before the Indians. 16 Mar Message of The Life Divine & The Secret of the Veda has not diminished a wee bit even after a whole Century. Sri Aurobindo is worth reading. 16 Mar First issue of "ARYA" came out on August 15, 1914 under the editorship of Sri Aurobindo which happened to be his birthday. 1947 was not far. 16 Mar Apart from being an adjunct to Vivekananda's name, the varied contribution of Sri Aurobindo spanning half-a-Century hardly finds mention. 16 Mar The Mother & Sri Aurobindo tirelessly worked for Human Unity and World Peace which, they believed, is the inevitable next evolutionary step. 16 Mar Sri Aurobindo envisaged a Federation of Free Nationalities to grow organically from the debris of Colonial and Imperialist past of mankind. 16 Mar Third Dream of Sri Aurobindo under the 1947 Tiruchirapalli broadcast was formation of a World Union replacing the UNO as part of Evolution. 23 hrs - @RajivMessage Sri Aurobindo has seen and said it all. The present task is to follow his path and contribute in the positive direction.  View conversation - Mar 10 Some greatest dreams for the mankind have been articulated by Sri Aurobindo in The Human Cycle. But the elite in India refuse to read those.

Sri Aurobindo Ashram is sitting on a volcano of land scams and shady deals

Tweets Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty - 18h An influential section of Auroville's elitehas been complicit in this power game and is happy with the status quo. http://savitriera.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/auroville-must-be-returned-to-its.html … - 18h The state of Auroville itself is highlytroubling. A complete negation of the original conception, it is verily acaricature and a betrayal. 18h Auroville must be returned to its rightfulowners. The Mother’s property has to be released from the hands of theunbelievers and atheists. 20h Sri Aurobindo Ashram responds only to theCourts or the Collector & not the general public. A public institution mustpractice transparency. 20h Visitors recall the abode of peace that theAshram is but are blissfully unaware that it is sitting on a volcano of landscams & shady deals. 20h How long the Devotees must wait beforetheir beloved Ashram rescued from the evil occupation by vile usurpers? Whyeven the Courts so slow? 21h The luminous legacy of The Mother & SriAurobindo is definitely not safe in the dubious custody of Manoj Das Gupta& friends of Peter Heehs. 21h The Mother recognised Sri Aurobindo at onceon arrival in Puducherry in 1914. Indians are yet to know his real worth evenafter a century. 21h It's ludicrous Manoj Das Gupta claimingDivine Right to rule over Sri Aurobindo Ashram by pathetically sponsoring well-wisherspamphleteering. 21h Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry must stopthe system of life-long appointment of Trustees to prevent sycophancy,nepotism, & black-mailing. 21h Peter Heehs has impersonated variously withfancy designations which the Ashram never conferred upon him. Why silence onthis? Conspiracy? 22h The Ashram will be stirred only when itspremises is attacked or property ransacked and not if the reputation of TheMother & Sri Aurobindo. 22h The Ashram maintains that it has got nobusiness with whatever people write about Sri Aurobindo including its inmates.Exemplary neutrality! 22h - @gchikermaneYou may say goodbye to me but you owe the nation an apology for perpetratingfalsehood with regard to Peter Heehs last year.  Viewconversation - 22h No amount of paid-media coverage andplanted panegyrical can exonerate Peter Heehs of the indiscretions committed inLives of Sri Aurobindo. 23h @gchikermaneThat's obvious but you should clarify on your Peter Heehs nexus and thehospitality by the Ashram enjoyed by you so frequently. Viewconversation - 23h Must be some serious groundwork for PeterHeehs' defence when @gchikermaneis in Puducherry. Admirable nexus between history and economics.  Viewconversation - 23h The world needs Peter Heehs' extraordinarygenius as historian and his fans are thirsty for his forthcoming book. Why ishe locking himself? 23h Vigilance needs to be beefed up andresistance augmented so that Sri Aurobindo Ashram is not hijacked by likes ofPeter Heehs the CIIS way. 23h Authentic historical account regarding TheMother & Sri Aurobindo can emerge only when the stranglehold of Peter Heehsover the Ashram ends. 23h Residence of just 1 person has beentroubling a whole community of devotees & admirers of Sri Aurobindo. Ashramshould throw Peter Heehs out. 23h Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry hasembarked upon a propaganda campaign to acquit itself of the sins committed byPeter Heehs but in vain. 30 Mar Peter Heehs hit upon the queer formulathat whatever others say about Sri Aurobindo is true but what he himself saidis suspect as history.

30 Mar [He whom we saw yesterday is on earth.His presence is enough to prove that a day will come when darkness shall betransformed into light..]

Nothing comes alone

[Tweets 11 mins - Harsh Gupta ‏@hguptapolicy “The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there” http://tribune.com.pk/story/516704/the-need-for-empathy/ …]

Tusar N. Mohapatra Says: Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 11:04 am

Problematising the Book Cover is like writing any other paper where a single issue is quarantined but from the epistemological pov it is artificial and arbitrary. Nothing comes alone – why only the book cover – there is an ontological unity which ancient Indian wisdom so emphatically announces. Thus, the larger picture is perhaps indicated by the picture on the book so that the reader is alerted not to be taken in by the narrow arguments offered inside. [TNM55] 

from: Tusar N. Mohapatra tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com date: 8 March 2013 20:44

Scanned through both the pieces and found them broadly expository – no doubt, done brilliantly but a bit too devotee like where the discourse almost comes to an end. For a commoner this approach is okay, but the academician’s burden is to problematise and create contexts for more interrogation. A double role is involved here: to conceal one’s personal admiration and devotion while continuing to wield the critical tone in public. This task is inevitable as long as the West remains unconvinced who, like the unruly in the classroom, is a challenge. [TNM55] kkk

Tusar N. Mohapatra 8:29 pm, March 09, 2013 from: tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com date: 19 February 2013 23:29

Endless whining against American academia typecasts him as a pamphleteer and drowns out whatever original work he has done. He forgets that historical blunders cannot be reversed overnight since within our own country itself we come across so much of perversion and distortion of various knowledge systems. The remedy, therefore, lies in slow and steady positive contribution and even then nothing is assured as the arrow of history is unpredictable. This realization can save him from the agony and victim-hood of the rigid Dharmic /Abrahmic dichotomy, and thereby, the stridency of his campaigns (the intricacies of which very few understand and appreciate). Being pushed, willy-nilly, towards the Hindutva camp, too, is one another danger he either overlooks or underestimates. The remedy to his malady, in fact, is Sri Aurobindo but he appears to be aloof and cold so far. Past baggage surely offers a comfort zone but proves at times to be dearly won. [TNM55] 

Ken Wilber borrowed from Sri Aurobindo in buckets

Tweets 2 hrs - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Ken Wilber scoured heaven & earth but finally borrowed from Sri Aurobindo in buckets to spread his spectrum. Human Cycle is such compulsion. 3 hrs Blustering about India leading the world while being tied to hostile forces is anomaly. In The Human Cycle, Sri Aurobindo exposes the folly. 37 mins Sri Aurobindo reaffirms that the future of India is not a speculative game of chess or amenable to manipulative politics. He leads the march. 56 mins Mortgaging intellect & creativity to the pygmy project of being Rajya Sabha MP is the worst kind of betrayal of the country. Truth Triumphs. 1 hr Why Ontology commands the least prestige among the elite today? Because of the notion that Mythology is all. Sri Aurobindo rescues Philosophy. 2 hrs The way Leftist subaltern turn gave a new lease of life to Gutenberg's invention, the Hindutva supraltern twist is grist to the Twitter mill. 5 hrs Religion based nationalism is a regressive intoxicant. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo invoke spirituality oriented human unity to push evolution. 5 hrs The juvenile thrill of proxy-nationalism reinforced by Cricket & Olympics prevents mature citizens' initiative towards World Union & Harmony. 5 hrs Most individuals and institutions in India today lack the intellectual apparatus to imbibe Sri Aurobindo's insights. One century not enough. 5 hrs Western education brought thought fermentation in India & myriad cultural theories began to float. Lastly, Sri Aurobindo cleared the clutter. 10 hrs It might seem an accident but an acutely perceptive person like V.P. Singh becoming the PM is a peak as the avalanche of hostility he faced. 11 hrs Evolution, Sri Aurobindo points out, moves in a spiral path which means the prevailing circumstance may not be the highest achievement so far. 11 hrs Being a prisoner of one's own mental image of a leader is a source of recurrent frustration. Only the Divine surpasses the human expectation. 11 hrs Accepting exceptions & extreme examples as the rule is the most paradoxical situation in life. But that's how one is able to exceed oneself. 12 hrs Wherever one is, to feel & act like a member of an army for Global Harmony is the most challenging task today given the resistance to ideas. Mar 5 Sri Aurobindo’s Integral vision is in sharp contrast to the pessimistic scenario painted by his contemporaries like Spengler and Heidegger. Mar 5 The Mother & Sri Aurobindo paved the way for next evolution. How the people of India align themselves to that would mean a great transition.

13 hrs - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty - @Realist_Indian Opium trade and the dominant role of the Parsees has something to do with disproportionate distribution of entrepreneurship.  View conversation - 21 hrs - @rishabh2020 Who wins the election and comes to power is a different issue but at the ideological level RSS has the most undesirable policy.  View conversation -21 hrs [Vasantasena is a prostitute... prostitutes in the days of yore in India weren't looked down upon.] By Sandeep. B http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/05/13/denigrating-indian-culture-eroticising-mricchakatika/ …  - 23 hrs - @SudheenKulkarni All major political parties in India owe their origin to pre-Independence circumstances and issues. A new beginning needed.  View conversation - 23 hrs BJP can't produce a better mascot than ABV who lost in 2004 and Advani bit dust in 2009. Ideology and not oratory can save it from oblivion. 23 hrs With RSS as its albatross, BJP, though the principal opposition party, is clearly ill-suited to stand up to the challenges of 21st century. 24 hrs BJP & its supporters, pitiably, continue to ignore the ground reality and thrive on euphoria like in 2004 and 2009. http://www.lensonnews.com/congress-decline-how-bjp-can-benefit.php … … - Mar 5 Anna, Kejriwal & Ramdev are dissapointments but there is wide political space beyond Sonia, BJP~RSS & the Left. Sri Aurobindo shows the way. Mar 4 - @tnk0205 That we have been listening for a long time. But overseas Chinese invest in China while their Indian counterparts just remit money.  View conversation - Mar 4 - @tnk0205 Economics involves history, geography, religion, culture & a host of other factors. So, no point comparing one nation with another. Mar 4 - @tnk0205 development is a slow process and so there is nothing to be pained about. With good understanding of theory, nothing to feel sorry. Mar 4 - @tnk0205 But they also remit money, invest in Indian stocks, donate to Indian institutions, spend while touring the country & bring friends. Mar 4 - @tnk0205 India is a combination of individuals and when their personal prosperity rises, the prosperity of the country also goes up. Simple.  Mar 4 - @tnk0205 No one sends; the individual exercises his freedom to move wherever he likes, whenever he decides. Liberty is the key to prosperity. Mar 4 - @tnk0205 There is no need to agree immediately but do insist on reading more by maintaining a learner's attitude. Cf. http://selforum.blogspot.com - Mar 4 - @tnk0205 Not exactly since remittance in foreign currency is the mainstay of our economic buoyancy. Punjab and Kerala are primary examples. Mar 4 - @tnk0205 Progress and prosperity are not one way traffic. Without NRIs the present level of affluence in India would have been unthinkable. Mar 4 - @tnk0205 Freedom and Harmony are the twin guiding principles driving the human civilization in the path of evolution towards its perfection. Mar 4 Even "strife and opposition," says Sri Aurobindo in The Human Cycle, "is a help towards the divine purpose" (CWSA.25.65) and so is no thwart. Mar 4 If an invitation makes some disproportionately happy then they are bound to be equally sad at its withdrawal. Yogic equanimity is the answer. Mar 4 - @atanudey Indian professors & students going to US is no shame. Human unity and harmony demands exchange of knowledge & ideas among nations.  View conversation - Mar 4 Relying upon some stray quote to build a sound economic scenario is therefore anomalous [TNM55] @rvaidya2000 -  http://www.niticentral.com/2013/03/04/as-europe-goes-down-we-need-to-be-prepared-for-consequences-51804.html #5Dreams -  View summary - Mar 4 Sri Aurobindo’s notion of human unity doesn’t envisage any antagonistic prospect between India and Europe. [TNM55] http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.niticentral.com/2013/03/04/as-europe-goes-down-we-need-to-be-prepared-for-consequences-51804.html - Mar 3 BJP, RSS, & Sisyphus. Pramod Mahajan, Nitin Gadkari, & Sitaram Kesri. Five Dreams broadcast & Sri Aurobindo's Savitri http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2013/03/bjp-like-sisyphus-has-unenviable-task.html

BJP like Sisyphus has an unenviable task

Tweets 1 hr - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty BJP like Sisyphus has the unenviable task of pushing RSS up the evolutionary ladder but every time it comes sliding down. Time to say adieu. 6 hrs Neither dynasty nor personality, only ideology can propel India in its appointed role set forth in 1947 5-Dreams broadcast by Sri Aurobindo. 6 hrs Pramod Mahajan's five-star culture offered abundant feel-good factor to varnished BJP to sell Shining India that crash landed so tragically. 7 hrs Of many parallels in history Nitin Gadkari's case warrants comparison with Sitaram Kesri. The loss of face RSS has suffered has no parallel. 7 hrs The prospect of BJP and RSS running a three-legged race as partners is foreclosed. The ideological mismatch is too glaring to be repaired. 7 hrs BJP's dismal presence in Andhra, Odisha, Kerala, Haryana, J&K, WB, TN, and UP: http://www.lensonnews.com/congress-decline-how-bjp-can-benefit.php … Incisive analysis by ‏@GVLNRAO - 8 hrs @AmareshMisra A Prime Minister who really leads the country as well as his party without being directed by any remote control. @rvaidya2000 -  View conversation - 14 hrs Sri Aurobindo on 15 August 1926: a day which ought to be a day of consecration, of self-examination and a preparation http://selforum.blogspot.in/2013/03/a-day-of-consecration-of-self.html … - Mar 2 Splitting UP into 3 or 4 States is a must although the ruling Party is strongly against it. Let development take precedence over vote bank. Mar 2 Each Lok Sabha constituency should elect one man & one woman as its representatives as an enduring measure of gender justice. @madhukishwar - Mar 2 Five Dreams and five Indias http://selforum.blogspot.in/2013/03/five-dreams-and-five-indias.html … Sri Aurobindo's Savitri is key to Human Unity http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2013/02/savitri-is-key-to-human-unity.html … -Tusar N. Mohapatra - Mar 1 [The Mother's divine dictatorship was gladly accepted by all her disciples and devotees.] Sri Aurobindo Ashram http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=reader&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thelivesofsriaurobindo.com%2F2013%2F03%2Fthe-cords-that-bind-ashramites-baikunth.html …  - Feb 27 IPROCH – Jairam Ramesh releases the book IMAGING ODISHA edited by Prof. Hermann Kulke on Feb 26 http://wp.me/p23wJC-4h  via@wordpressdotcom -  View summary - 1 hr - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Tusar N. Mohapatra (b.1955) 2816 Tweets 100 Following 75 Followers http://savitriera.blogspot.in/  Savitri Era Learning Forum, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad - CV of an average Indian

Savitri is key to Human Unity

Tweets 5 hrs - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty The Human Cycle (1st Edition, November, 1949) by Sri Aurobindo far surpasses the Enlightenment ideals envisaged in the Indian Constitution. 6 hrs The Postscript Chapter to The Ideal of Human Unity (2nd Edition, April, 1950) constitutes the most evocative pronouncement by Sri Aurobindo. 6 hrs A new future for the nation is right here with Sri Aurobindo as the fulcrum and Savitri, the ethical anchor and pivot for a new world order. 6 hrs Savitri is the new Veda authored by Sri Aurobindo for the modern world in which all scriptures as well as all cultures find their own echo. 6 hrs The epic, Savitri by Sri Aurobindo offers a roller-coaster adventure from pre-history to remote-future that is steeped in utmost aesthetics. 7 hrs Savitri admittedly is difficult to understand but the sound of its words serve as a springboard for diving deep into Sri Aurobindo's thought. 8 hrs Reciting a page from Savitri by Sri Aurobindo at random everyday is an assured means of finding the meaning of esoteric dimensions of life.  

8 hrs - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Ramdev said he was now committed to take Sri Aurobindo's philosophy, and his political, social, and economic vision to the people.] Welcome - Feb 23 To short-list three PM candidates is the sub-text. http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/just-graffiti/entry/macaulay-s-children-the-rest1 … Avoiding Sri Aurobindo's take on Evolution. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/centreright/~3/qFRt6Kk2yNo/ … - Feb 21 - @rvaidya2000 He is RS member and elected by CPB. Your tweet lacks precision but what you hint at is not his fault but Indian Constitution's.  View conversation - Feb 21 - @rvaidya2000 Straight talk feels fine in the Presidential system but not in our culture as the PM is indirectly elected and lacks mandate.  View conversation - Feb 21 - @rvaidya2000 Btw, what will be your reaction if you are the PM?  View conversation

Feb 18 - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty - @krishnarjun108 No such dystopian view is involved in Sri Aurobindo's "Five Dreams" broadcast that is based on the Vedic vision of evolution.  View conversation - Feb 18 - @krishnarjun108 Man must discover the secret of his nucleus i.e., what he calls the Psychic Being and apply its voice on his own expression.  View conversation

Feb 18 - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty - @fleicap May the five parts of the book reborn as five new volumes incorporating sufficient details about The Mother. http://savitrieradevotees.blogspot.in/2013/02/the-mothers-evolutionary-vision-by.html … - Feb 17 - @CatchHRah "What's in a name?" "The One whom we adore as the Mother" "by any other name would" be "the golden bridge, the wonderful fire."  View conversation - Feb 17 - @CatchHRah Reverring The Mother is personal and subjective as other objects of reverence are eliminated gradually upon contact with her.  View conversation - Feb 15 - @alok_bhatt @politics_the That's because we are a totally different Religion. Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.  View conversation - Feb 7 - @PondyTweets @kitturd Looking at the timing and the context, tt's a shame to see a prominent inmate of Ashram airing Sri Aurobindo's qoutes.  View conversation - Jan 28 - @madhukishwar Pl. recommend Savitri Era Learning Forum http://selforum.blogspot.com/  for Integral worldview to take root @hguptapolicy @orsoraggiante -  View conversation - Jan 23 - @PatrickFrench2 Intrgralism was enunciated by Sri Aurobindo who was inspiration for the founders of BJP but today the party has drifted far.  View conversation - Jan 19 Clue to 2014 is hidden in the epochal arrival of a French couple in Puducherry in 1914 to launch "Arya" in collaboration with Sri Aurobindo. - Jan 10 - @gopimaliwal Can I request you to discuss the views of Sri Aurobindo so that your avid followers can learn something seriously? Thanks. –TNM Dec 24 - @satyamevajayate Reciting Savitri and reading The Life Divine by Sri Aurobindo is perhaps the best means to spreading sanity and harmony.  View conversation

1 hr - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty IPROCH – Jairam Ramesh releases the book IMAGING ODISHA edited by Prof. Hermann Kulke on Feb 26 http://wp.me/p23wJC-4h  via @wordpressdotcom -  View summary - Feb 7 Eleventh Jiwan Pani Memorial Festival http://wp.me/p23wJC-3W  -  View summary

Scripting fruition of the Postscript

At about the same time when the Constituent Assembly was busy giving a final shape to the Constitution of India in 1949 in Delhi, Sri Aurobindo applied himself to writing in Puducherry - barely a year before his passing away - an elaborate justification for establishment of World Union, his Third Dream. Admittedly, one of his last and most profound pronouncements on a patently political topic, A Postscript Chapter constitutes a vision and a prophecy in international relations that might seem too remote at the moment but the logic of which is assuming an ever increasing certitude day by day. The question now is whether some ground level machinery for facilitating the fruition of such a grand idea is in operation at present. [TNM55]       

Thought matters

Amod Lele writes, “for Marx it was always the case that matter matters.” This may be true so far as “commodity fetishism” is concerned, but to “understand that physical world” entails theorizing which is not strictly matter. Philosophy of immanence, though immanent by definition, has transcendental ramifications. This is, perhaps, the reason  why Joshua Ramey’s book on Deleuze has set the cat among the pigeons. [TNM55]

The Mother served an ultimatum on the West on March 6, 1914

When The Mother boarded Kaga Maru on March 6, 1914 in order to meet a bearded recluse in Puducherry, she served an ultimatum on the West. A private voyage; but verily a gigantic leap for the mankind. From then on, the course of history can, as well, be said to be a series of disjointed-seeming footnotes to her agenda. Sri Aurobindo occupies the Centre of Gravity of the whole humanity now. Neither politics nor economics, neither philosophy nor literature can move any further by ignoring him. What The Mother dreamt of a century back is taking shape in a way that is largely unseen. The palette of human thought and action is being remoulded and reconfigured continually for the new creation to coagulate. “If this is she of whom the world has heard, Wonder no more at any happy change.” Pranams at her lotus feet. [TNM55]       

Only two are with us today

Tusar N. Mohapatra said, February 19, 2013 at 4:12 pm

Anilbaran’s bio is too sketchy; can we dig up more information please. In him we find the combination of philosophy and politics and hence his relevance and inspiration for dealing with the situation in the country today is compelling. [TNM55]

“On 20.10.70, Mother nominated a Working Committee of twelve: Pradyot, Udar, Shyam Sunder, Kireet, Nirod, Andre', Madhav, Madanlal Himatsingka, Chhote Narayan, Prapatti, Manoj Das and Charupada” for Sri Aurobindo's Action (Down memory lane - Page 61, Shyam Sunder Jhunjhunwala, 1996). Only two are with us today but the camps they have chosen to serve presently is extremely unfortunate. [TNM55]

Rajiv Malhotra vis-à-vis Raja Rammohan Roy

Despite all misgivings, the service rendered by Ken Wilber in popularizing the epochal contribution of Sri Aurobindo and hoisting him along with Schelling, Hegel et al. is unparalleled. Just compare him with how Ashis Nandy chose to monkey around and fiddle with Sri Aurobindo’s reputation. The conviction, dedication, and sophistication with which Rajiv Malhotra has been championing his cause is definitely praiseworthy. But the instant negativism that has come to be associated with his name is certainly not in accordance with the spirit inaugurated by Raja Rammohan Roy two centuries back. Being Different and Indigeneity, however, are two different worlds. [TNM55]

Links: Ken Wilber, Ashis Nandy, Rajiv Malhotra, Ram Mohan Roy,  Sri Aurobindo, Indigeneity: Culture & Representation, G.N. Devy, Geoffrey V. Davis and K.K. Chakravarty, Being Different the Book

Joshua Ramey has triggered a mini tremor

Had there been no Sri Aurobindo, expert word-spinners from Richard Dawkins to Ken Wilber would have hoodwinked the humanity thoroughly. The majesty of Savitri and The Life Divine keeps all other theoretical offerings under check and the whole West pitiably finds itself as a mere pygmy. Joshua Ramey has triggered a mini tremor in the philosophy circles with his new book, The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and Spiritual Ordeal which, if pursued honestly, will lead to The Secret of the Veda. The Mother's Evolutionary Vision by Peter Heehs should enlighten the next generation in this direction. [TNM55]  

New social skills for Leisure Economy is Yoga

What is it that the people of our colony would be interested in Integral Yoga? For them there seems to be nothing. This social relevance is of utmost importance if we harbor the confidence that the teachings of the Mother & Sri Aurobindo can make a difference. Many do it through the backdoor: the devotees of Sai Baba have built a temple for him within the Hanuman Mandir complex; or, Ambush marketing: Art of Living adherents campaign near the gate to cash in on the Tuesday Bazaar rush. Besides, social networking is the prime glue now for sustaining the interest of the people. That entails a curious mix of commerce, tourism, and religion catering to the Leisure Class and The Leisure Economy. New skills of social entrepreneurship and event management are also a requirement in this kind of mobilization.

A CSR trip or two is also added to keep the conscience clear and motivation turgid. Nothing cynical or pejorative about it; The Affluent Society is also a part of the evolutionary nature as the wide fields of daffodils or swarms of dolphins. Commerce and the Market play an important role in our lives and hence it’s futile to quarrel with it or its logic. But to guard against the quacks and fraudsters, cartels and mafia is also a responsibility.  Fighting information asymmetry or participation inequality, similarly, is also a challenge. Rating and endorsement are crucial in this context and building reputation is a sustained affair. Any blossoming of credibility anywhere in the age of paid-media, therefore, is surely a real gain. [TNM55]

Spirituality and repression revisited

Swagato Ganguly asks in the Times of India today Can we be adults, please? and explains with examples how banning “booze, markets, sex and hate” “through moral policing will backfire.” He adds that “Laws and government must, in general, neither infantilise us nor place us in the category of saints. They need to make some allowance for our being human. Else, they will be not just ineffective but even counterproductive.”

The Mother, too, had banned certain activities in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, but that shouldn't be seen as a general rule. The disciples, then, were under the direct supervision of the Masters and what experiments were conducted through them individually is part of The Mother’s mythology now. Passively continuing with the same rules with some aged persons wielding the rod sadistically is absurd. Yoga has to be voluntary and in consonance with each one’s conscience. Coercion or economic compulsion should not be the decisive factor which causes pretence and concealing of facts. Freedom and choice must be more mature ways of dealing with human emotions.

Faramerz Dabhoiwala's book The Origins of Sex may be ahead of its time in India but the barrage of anti-male rhetoric heard in the past weeks is disquieting. No one has ever revealed the whole secret of sex as its various forms are forced through the evolutionary necessity of procreation and preservation of the species. So, tinkering with its dynamics amounts to impudent interfering with the unending chain of human drama. Posturing of virtuousness in this regard in the pretext of spirituality by impostors can have disturbing consequences. Prevalence of gender segregation and lack of mature interpersonal reaction is producing avoidable hatred in India. Nothing is more distressing that mere hormonal stress can lead to one’s hanging! Surely there are better solutions but honest discussion in this respect is sorely missing.

Democracy and modernity has introduced too many futuristic notions for which the populace in India is certainly not ready. Traditional love and dependence within the family structure is in peril in urban environment whereas rural areas are still ruled by the age-old kinship equations with attendant unquestioned hierarchy. Besides, language barrier serves as a salutary filter for the unwanted Westernized culture.  So, imposing equality as a politically correct principle on everyone is also politically incorrect. TV soaps, however, have been instrumental in disseminating claim for justice and empowerment. But the dubious role of a dominant political party and its countless tentacles is a great misfortune. [TNM55]

Indian Constitution and Integral Yoga

There are many complains against Integral Yoga and there is no gainsaying that it’s complex and unwieldy lacking in easy formulation. The vast and wide-ranging resource material spanning over several generations also pose a quandary. There used to be murmurs always as regards the results but the present shape of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry has made it amply clear with nothing left to imagination or mystification. Further, it has become fashionable to say that the utterances of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo are synthetic and universal whereas the truth is that the bulk of their teachings arose out of personalized guidance to specific disciples in the restricted Ashram situation. That said it would be apt to conclude that the shortcomings notwithstanding, Integral Yoga, definitely, remains the foremost aspirational and normative avenue available to the humanity today.

The evolution of Integral Yoga and its intellectual genealogy right from the time of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment is a compelling and captivating tale. The Constitution of India, too, shares a similar trajectory and, interestingly, an identical timeline. The consequences of the Indian Constitution, however, are subject to observation and inductive interpretation and there is no dearth of empirical data for critical scrutiny. Proliferation of media, moreover, is churning out an overload of commentary scarcely amenable to leisurely theory. A more dominant facet, however, is the general life of over a billion people goes on without being remotely aware of the Constitution and its aspiration.

Be that as it may, the first and foremost defect of the Constitution is that it has not been able to throw a proper Prime Minister and to that extent it’s a major failure. It would be in order to clarify at the outset that there is no blame-game involved here. Rather, the ambitious but defective theoretical construct of the Prime Minister without adequate allowances for human nature is the real culprit. Literature teaches us to fall for such seductive, sanitized heroes, but unfortunately, real life is dissimilar, asymmetrical. While chasing the “ought” can surely be equated with the pursuit of the Divine, the implications of the same in the short run – during the short span of the rest of our lives (for, In the long run we are all dead: Keynes quote) exercised in hurry and desperation – is fraught with horrid hazards. How even the sagely Heidegger erred so catastrophically is a not-to-be-forgotten instance in recent history.

But for the Agenda many human aspects of The Mother would have remained hidden behind the labyrinths of ever vigilant devotional censor. Having banned certain activities in the Ashram, The Mother must have factored in the experiences of that experiment before deciding on the establishment of Auroville which she so ceremonially blessed. Thankfully, the Heehs Imbroglio has uncorked myriad human frailties to the fore for our mature examination without the burden of the hegemony of a Pranab or a sermonizing Pandit. The approach, however, must steer clear of pusillanimity so as to think thoroughly and not like naïve gender accusations that even detests certain words. Those who tremble at mere hearing the name of Freud, obviously, are not suited for this project. Others who hate the West and harbour an oversized amour for the exclusivity and exceptionalism of Indian wisdom, similarly, can be said to be too conceited, fatal or not.

The Indian Constitution expects too much from its citizens. There are no incentives offered for such ethical performance nor there are prescriptions for suitable behavioural transformation. There is no means before the Prime Minister for reaching his chair without resorting to questionable methods. Why and how people shall rally round him has no rational answers. The Constitution is a humongous moral leviathan that the Indian population is unmindfully carrying upon their shoulders over the past decades. No one has any clue as to how to remedy the rot that the country is fast slipping into. The disproportionate grip of Marxists over education, though an able bulwark against the obscurantists, has robbed us of the intrinsic confidence and conviction.

Many are prone to loll themselves with the perennialist posturing of Dharma as the panacea. For them the mythological prescriptions and their fictional approximations are the formula for all seasons. But, unfortunately, they fail to explain why nothing much has changed although the stories have existed for Millennnia. Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram have earned their new connotations now in the all-time classic Satyam hi-tech scandal. Such examples can be discounted as aberrations, but to stipulate that the jails and the justice system are the only recourse for such indiscretions is a civilizational challenge. Stepping outside the political tools and legal deterrents is certainly a feasible option.

The new consciousness and the creative force that The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have augmented the Evolution with exert fresh demands upon human aspiration. Romanticizing the past, though has its own merit and utility, is just not sufficient enough. Savitri is not a mere piece of literature but hides codes of evolutionary triggers like a capsule of extended release. The Life Divine, similarly, is not exhausted by the overt metaphysical arguments it presents. Rather, vast undulating expanses of distant future lie embedded there beneath the mantric prose chiseled from ambrosia. Many of the unused elements of the past need to be reendowed with that collaborative calibration so as to make them vehicles of Evolution. If we repose our faith upon anyone other than The Mother & Sri Aurobindo for this task at this juncture, then that would definitely be not only foolish but also patently absurd.

The Five Dreams articulated by Sri Aurobindo constitute an ideological anchor where the ideals of the Constitution of India and the imperatives of Integral Yoga converge in a concrete manner. The profoundest – and the safest at the same time – vision for man and the country and the world are here, also with enough hints of warnings. India will surely show the way to the whole humanity but not through any outmoded agency. This is the hour of the unexpected to spot the most unlikely. An iota of error in right discrimination can derail the emancipatory Dreams by Centuries. A nucleus of patriotic aspirants to compass the future journey, therefore, is the need of the hour. Deliberational constraints have been prominent in preventing reaching common ground by scattered elements in the past but facilitating creation of a discursive environment is now incumbent upon all. [TNM55]    

Five Dreams and The Life Divine

I think, Sri Aurobindo very much fits in not by his writings alone but by the unfolding role of thousands of institutions running in his name particularly in Odisha. This performative aspect of Sri Aurobindo is very important especially if his “Five Dreams” is taken as the point of departure. The dynamics of this praxis has not been addressed adequately as academicians prefer the safer route of his texts only. But I would suggest that you cover the totality and paying a visit would be highly helpful. [TNM55] from: Tusar N. Mohapatra tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com date: 8 February 2013 08:58

Trustees ruin the Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Trustees have demonstrated that they respect only the fiats of the Administration and the Courts and not any voice from the general public. Legality is not the only attribute to be valued in a civil society, but then there is no dearth of alibis to justify any argument they forward. But their rigid stand, to give devil the due, has brought many theoretical questions with regard to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo out in the open. The aura of white dresses and black beards have been exposed and demystified. Heehs imbroglio has proved that Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry is nothing more than a hostel and to call the inmates Sadhaks is just a pleasantry. Pretence is the first thing which needs to be evicted from the precincts of the Ashram.

Heehs’ new book blurb mentions blogs but the Ashram is yet to understand its value in communicating the teachings of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. Although it has marshaled many sites to fight its detractors, the idea of using blogs in a positive way has not enamoured the old guard. The public in general and the devotees in particular, however, never give up hope for due accountability and transparency. [TNM55]    

Elections and Evolution

Political topics before 1947 were treated with the colonial power in mind. The Party line became the new guiding and binding factor in free India. Academicians wallowed in fraternal networks trading their conscience for careers. Cultivating pet paradigms helped the habitus strangulating truth. So, really we have no theory in India. Political Parties prefer the quicksand of shifting stands and refrain from articulating clearly on issues. The diversity, thus, hardly finds expression or merit receives recognition.

In such a vicious environment of ignorance and apathy the ideas of Sri Aurobindo has suffered the worst harm. Not a single book is there that does justice to his political philosophy and prophecy while respecting his sourcing from intuition and poetry. The rigmarole of comparing him with his prominent contemporaries robs the innovation and the freshness that Sri Aurobindo wished to introduce. Seeing him always against the backdrop of history reinforces the mindset that nothing new can come or only the Elections matter and not Evolution.

Many a brilliant minds struggling in the media today have pathetically mortgaged themselves for money or ideology. Many of them are aware of Sri Aurobindo and his exalted place in India’s intellectual tradition but remain silent. Internet has made instant publishing free, but most are reluctant to speak about the teachings of Sri Aurobindo with the required passion and zeal. The West is a fertile field now to assimilate the Synthesis Sri Aurobindo has produced, but any concerted effort for dissemination of the same is missing. At Savitri Era, however, we keep moving, steadily, like the winning hare. [TNM55]  

Spinning mythology

Ashis Nandy had mauled the memory of Sri Aurobindo like a bull in a china shop which Savita Singh has now ably countered by juxtaposing the hermeneutical reading of J.L. Mehta. Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr  characterizes Savarkar a morally guilty man, third rate thinker, but he is misrepresented argues Uday Mahurkar. We must differ with Gandhi, asserts Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr but visiting Rajghat on January 30, 2013 tells a different tale. [TNM55]

Sri Aurobindo is India’s future

• [Gandhi's Philosophy and the Quest for Harmony - Page 44 - Anthony J. Parel - 2006 - Preview - More editions It was no accident that Nathuram Godse, a follower of this ideology and a devout admirer of Savarkar, turned out to be Gandhi's assassin. ... We mention only in passing Sri Aurobindo's concept of nationalism and the Indian political community. The reason is that, though very different from Gandhi's, it did not directly confront his (at least in his lifetime). But it did claim that religion as spirituality, as the pursuit of sanatana dharma (eternal religion or eternal law) was of the essence of Indian nationalism. As he wrote in 1907 in his journal… 10:47 pm]
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• [Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations of Modern India - Page 74 - Ananya Vajpeyi - 2012 - Preview - More editions But this was not their only agenda, nor is the Gita itself so monochrome a text as to lend itself exclusively to the construction of an indic political theory. Gandhi's idiosyncratic appropriation of its complex and multilayered message is proof of the fact that the Gita could be made to do different work for different readers in modern India. Gandhi knew the Gita from an early age (under twenty years), ... 10:47 pm]
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“The ideas of the RSS would have been revolting to our great minds from Rammohun to Sri Aurobindo.” Despite his “glorification” of the role of Bankim, Vivekananda, and Dayananda, “Sri Aurobindo's concept of nationalism…, though very different from Gandhi's, did not directly confront his (at least in his lifetime).” “The assassination changed all that completely: the grip on society by Jawaharlal Nehru and his secularism was enormously strengthened while the Hindu movement was marginalized and thrown back for decades.” The day is a silent but firm reminder that Sri Aurobindo is India’s future. [TNM55]