Collated X posts in original by Tusar Nath Mohapatra
Savitri Era: Habib Tanvir, Hannah Arendt, and The Human Cycle
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Collated X posts in original by Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Director, SELF, President, Savitri Era Party & Founder, Savitri Era Religion.
Savitri Era of those who adore,
Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo's writings and conversations cover a wide range of subjects. Besides, the books by their direct disciples provide diverse insights. Yet, it is difficult to derive proper guidance on political situation obtaining in India, except from Savitri Era Party.
Devotion towards The Mother & Sri Aurobindo can save humanity from wars and conflicts. They represent a higher consciousness and invite all to rise above the present mentality. Savitri Era Religion encourages to worship them as the one Supreme Divine without any dogma or rituals.
Each person's background is different and I have been fortunate to worship The Mother & Sri Aurobindo from a very young age. Intellectual appreciation grew much later. Thus starting Savitri Era Religion in 2006 was a natural consequence which most other devotees find incongruous.
Savitri Era Party has been demanding abolition of reservations so that all citizens are treated equally. But the Govt unfortunately has decided to conduct Castes census. Savitri Era Religion doesn't recognise any Caste and all are welcome to forsake their Caste identity under it.
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have explained the mystery of evolution and how human collaboration is crucial for accelerating the descent of Supramental consciousness upon earth. Worshipping them as the one Supreme Divine is absolutely necessary as they alone have the powers for it.
Avoiding unrealistic expectations of spiritual realisations or mystical experiences is important although writings of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo are full of guidances on them. Similarly insisting fulfilment of various predictions made by them at different times should be avoided.
The Secret of the Veda is the most original contribution of Sri Aurobindo to modern thought. Anyone reading it will discover how the story of seamless consciousness was told in ancient times and why wise men have been refusing to accept this simple wisdom.
Arrival of The Mother in Puducherry, in 1914 marks a, distinctly, new phase in the life of Sri Aurobindo. Before that he has been influenced by many streams of thought as per historical records. Savitri Era Religion, however, prefers to treat them as Lila.
The Human Cycle by Sri Aurobindo deals with very complex themes. It should be read as an expansion of the last two chapters of The Life Divine. The allied volume, The Ideal of Human Unity, provides further explanation and justification for The Human Cycle.
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have said innumerable things but some have the habit of picking up a few utterances to suit their own line of thought. As if those are the most important element of their teachings. This sort of selective approach is misleading. Beware of such emphasis!
Savitri Era Religion doesn't stress on scholarship or practice of yoga. Worshipping The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as the one Supreme Divine is the most basic requirement. Love and surrender to them is essential for aspiration for descent of the Supramental consciousness upon earth.
I came in contact with The Mother & Sri Aurobindo at eight in 1964 and The Mother passed away in 1973. I haven't seen her. However I had imbibed enough inspiration during those ten years which sustains me even today. I have been spreading their message via social media since 2005
Apart from Bases of Yoga by Sri Aurobindo, A Practical Guide to Integral Yoga compiled by Manibhai provided guidance on diverse subjects. The Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo by Rishabhchand was a very authoritative commentary. His other book In the Mother's Light is very inspiring.
Savitri Era Party has been disseminating an alternative narrative based on the philosophy of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo since 2007. Apart from radical insights into history, symbolic readings of the Veda, Upanishads, and the Gita can alter the worldview of any diligent observer.
West Bengal is determined not to recognise Sri Aurobindo as a Bengali or a Great man. Understandably, it struggles with a problem of plenty, but not to give even a foothold to the Greatest is something absurd. Sri Aurobindo didn't write much in Bengali but translations are there.
There are a thousand pegs to hang a tale and an equal number of routes to approach Sri Aurobindo. Amal Kiran discovered him from an old newspaper wrapping a pair of shoes. Once found wrestling with his vast literature takes long years. But the ultimate aim is to reach The Mother.
During the Birth Centenary of Sri Aurobindo in 1972, The Mother had expressed the desire that his message must reach every home. Thus, Centres all over the country were galvanised for this onerous task. Even Govt had played a catalytic role in terms of organisation and resources.
His Bengali name was Arabinda Ackroyd Ghose but in the later phase of his life he changed it to Sri Aurobindo. There is no Ghose and Sri is part of the composite name. He put his signature in the style "Sri Aurobindo". Thus writing Aurobindo, Maharshi or Rishi Aurobindo is wrong.
Sri Aurobindo had criticised the Congress for turning into a club of a select few. Devotees of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo, today seem to form a similar minority. High intellectual content of their teachings also stokes elitism. Savitri Era Religion, however, is devotion oriented.
Criticism of human nature and society is common in The Mother & Sri Aurobindo's writings. But they do it out of deep compassion and love for the humanity to show the path of redemption. Thus using their criticism to castigate fellow human beings is wrong on the part of all of us.
Patriotic feeling for unity and integrity of the country are noble sentiments but to allow just one person to rule over 1.5 billion people is absurd. Democracy entails bottom-up collective leadership but no such arrangement is visible at present. No transparency or accountability.
Overnight experts on The Mother & Sri Aurobindo are mushrooming who proclaim misleading statements on them. Savitri Era Religion is about worshipping The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as the one Supreme Divine, and surrender to them for accelerating descent of Supramental consciousness.
Geopolitics is not politics alone. It also reflects the intention of evolution. One may or may not believe in any Divine power, but evolution is a fact which, as Sri Aurobindo explains, is moving towards Harmony. Current events can't definitely be identified as helpful, though.
The teachings of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo far surpasses all New Age, or postmodernist, insights. Worshipping them as the one Supreme Divine amounts to collaboration with evolution for descent of the Supramental consciousness. All are welcome to join Savitri Era Religion (2006).
Dayananda was instrumental for renewed interest in the Veda but it was left to Sri Aurobindo to reveal its true significance. Though regarded as the original source of wisdom the Veda is still relegated to perfunctory religious ritual. Reading The Secret of the Veda can illumine.
Worshipping The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as the one Supreme Divine, who are always present in their three poises, is the fundamental principle of Savitri Era Religion. Aspiring for descent of Supramental consciousness is more important than asking them for performing petty miracles.
As devotees of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo, it is necessary to remember that, before their writings, psychologists like Sigmund Freud and Frederic W. H. Myers had made great contributions. While spiritual approach has its own merit, scientific or medical route should be respected.
Savitri Era Party wants war to end, and hopes issues are settled through dialogue. Sovereignty of each country should be respected, and crimes should be treated as crimes. Instituting hate campaigns against whole peoples should be avoided. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo want harmony.
Many devotees have dragged The Mother & Sri Aurobindo to the current conflict between India and Pakistan. This is unfortunate and smacks of immaturity. Savitri Era Party denounces such misleading efforts and requests the general public not to be misguided by such interpretations.
Savitri Era Party extends its support to the Prime Minister Modi for avoiding war and working for peace in trying circumstances. May the grace of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo be with him in facing this situation, confidently. All contentious issues can be resolved through dialogue.
Political philosophy of Sri Aurobindo is very clear which dovetails to his overall metaphysical framework. Hindutva enthusiasts, however, are pathetically trying to appropriate him by distorting his future vision. Public intellectuals in our country, unfortunately, are lukewarm.
Reluctance on the part of many devotees to accept The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as the one Supreme Divine clearly indicates confusion about their philosophy and action. Descent of Supramental consciousness is possible only through the joint action of our aspiration and their grace.
Neither Savitri Era Religion nor Savitri Era Party believes in any Hindu or India-centric narrative. Worshipping The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as the one Supreme Divine and surrendering to them with love, devotion, and loyalty is the foremost task. No mythology or rituals are needed.
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo wrote over a long period of time which have been duly edited or compiled by the disciples. Most of them deal with philosophy and spirituality but they are not self-evident truth. Their vision is futuristic subject to contingencies of evolutionary arrow.
https://x.com/SavitriEra/status/1922337220272275626?t=zztXMKd6OVhVs5iOsuXLpg&s=19
Videos:
Manoj Das in Bengali.
Sri Aurobindo's Mahasamadhi.
Raja Subodh Mullick and Sri Aurobindo.
On relationships.
Total surrender.
Ameeta Mehra for Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center.
Sri Aurobindo on Art.
Savitri and music. youtu.be/RgRe29kzCs4?si…
Sri Aurobindo and Poetry.
Sri Aurobindo - invocation.
Simplicity.
Sri Aurobindo on Gita.
Tagore and The Mother.
Talk on Sri Aurobindo in Odia.
Prayers to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo.
Sri Aurobindo Centre, Rajgangpur, Odisha.
Nepali celebration.
Sri Aurobindo name ananda.
Sri Aurobindo name ananda dance.
Sri Aurobindo invocation.
Sri Aurobindo prayer.
Sri Aurobindo invocation.
Prayer to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo.
https://x.com/SavitriEra/status/1919607703288123796?t=kcVXI2aJjLkadgy1BPWKzQ&s=19
Sri Aurobindo invocation.
Sri Aurobindo by Manna Dey.
Understanding pain and suffering through literature.
Arts based therapy.
Feeling the emotions authentically.
Eating wisely.
The Mother's connection with Kolkata.
Sri Aurobindo as a literary figure.
Usha.
There is no rational explanation for the existence of Consciousness.
Life and spirituality.
Concept & Direction of Plays: Aryamani.
Hum sab honge shishu. हम सब होंगे शिशु।
The rationale for thinking beyond nations. #FiveDreams
Why should I have preferences?
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo invocation.