Friday, December 30, 2016

There is no unmixed victory

The philosophy of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo may be valuable for me as a believer but I don't expect others to be appreciative to the same degree.
By combing philosophy blogs from 2005 to 2016, I come to the conclusion that they are mere attempts and there can't be any final explanation
Being a figment and a fragment, it's absurd for me to expect to understand the mystery of the whole creation, or read it through a language.
No philosophy, religion, or poetic imagination can be said to be even partly true since without knowing the mystery of the whole no part is valid
Those passionate about some specific theory or ideology may proceed on their own risk since no secure foundation for it can be established.
Expecting events to be driven by moral norms is an error. Life and the world being a mystery, deducing any kind of order or logic is caprice
[Take the example of the story of Sharmistha, the princess, and Devyani. The lesson is, there is no unmixed victory]
Each Religion is a work of fiction, an alternative narrative, breaking heads or bones over the sanctity or veracity of which is stupidity.
From Ribosomes in cells to Rhizome in culture diversity has varieties of explanations but multiple Religions for human species is illusion
Life is short and everyone is on the way. So, no one knows it fully and all past writings and other content are suppositions or speculations
Solipsism, Reductionism, Relativism, or Nihilism etc are often referred to in a negative sense but each has some truth in it and hold up mirror
The Lives of Sri Aurobindo by Peter Heehs initiated wide ranging critical scrutiny in 2008 but people in general have failed to take benefit
Available online, The Lives of Sri Aurobindo by Peter Heehs provides rare glimpses into history of freedom struggle. https://t.co/RypbE7JNFI
One advantage of being in Twitter is the feeling of roaming among the most ethical persons on earth although that never happens in real life
Modernity is grateful to India for producing excellent democrats like MGR, NTR, JJ, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee, Naveen, Mulayam, Lalu, & Modi!
Jantar Mantar protests, TV news channels, and Twitter have acquired so much influence that Indian Democracy has changed beyond recognition.
Modi is sure to create a world record in terms of TRP for his forthcoming address to the nation. Goes well with his megalomaniac enterprises
The way the #DeMonetisation aftermath is snowballing, it looks unlikely that Modi Govt would survive this year. The sword of RSS can strike!
All said and done, the intellectual overhaul #DeMonetisation has triggered within Hindutva bandwagon is the most salutary, evolutionarily.
Savitri Era: NaMo has lobbed PoMo bomb by DeMo https://t.co/YF2OlMeTUm #SriAurobindo #DeMonetisation
Current equations between citizen groups shouldn't be decided on the basis of events that took place or books written 50 or 100 years before
Each State and specified region must delink from the India narrative and decide its fate democratically based on local demography and drive.
The task today is to be independent, objective and honest in holding opinions and examine each issue separately by shunning grand narratives
No knowledge system has explained the human mystery and so recommending any is erroneous and superfluous. Each one must follow unique flow.
If you haven't personally experienced or verified the effect of any ritual, tradition, or knowledge-system, better to avoid recommending it.
One needs to be honest with oneself and ask constantly: Whether what I'm defending is really the right thing to do? Do I have enough proof?
Plurality of opinion may seem normal but is an anomaly on rational criterion. Purified understanding can converge and harmonise perspectives
Human Cycle and World Union are very relevant concepts introduced by Sri Aurobindo which can give a more rounded global perspective. [TNM55]
Literal reading of Sri Aurobindo can be deceptive. He, rather, helps to juggle with ideas and ontological constructs as a mental gymnastics.
This rationalist glorification of human ingenuity dovetails into an overall ontology that is too mysterious and beyond human comprehension. https://t.co/enCFgJeBcY
The theoretical foundation that Sri Aurobindo built by bridging tradition and modernity has no parallel but most don't read due to prejudice
Sri Aurobindo is the most suitable alternative to flawed ideologies ensuing from Marx, Gandhi, Nehru, Subhas, Lohia, Ambedkar, and Savarkar.
There is not a single text or philosophy which can satisfactorily explain the mystery of life and the world or the working of the Universe.
Man and the Divine are two major abstractions in the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo because of which normal human affairs are often sidetracked
Seminal scientific discoveries or political events don't hold much value in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy although they matter for individuals.
Indifference towards normal life is a key defect of Sri Aurobindo's philosophy as there is no reliable method for transformation of emotions
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo advise to replace the ordinary human motivation for diverse aspects of life with dispassion but such a task fails
Life's journey being an unique and unknown trajectory for each person, looking for patterns in collective or religious affairs is a falsity.
Future needn't be defined by past writings or belief; even science doesn't offer any firm standpoint. Life and the world are mysteries still
Intellectual pursuits are driven by career prospects and hence no genuine avenues are being explored. Need to delink knowledge from money.
As a hostage of emotions, man has limited control on action but his perception of the world derives from diverse sources, known and unknown.
Succumbing to psycho-physical methods in the guise of Yoga and philosophical system-building might seem normal but it's not without hazards.
@Nationalistweet In a sense, to teach is to cheat as no one knows the reality and each person is of different make. But for many it's career
Whatever we know, including Vedic, are mere suppositions and probabilities. But life, with its material compulsions, offers diverse careers.
@Nationalistweet Each person evolves according to his own situation (a mystery) and so it's difficult to recommend any particular career.
@Siddhakrishna You have your own background and mission; so it's difficult to come out of that bondage. We are all bonded. @Nationalistweet
@Nationalistweet @Siddhakrishna It's a mystery in the sense that I had no complete control over various happenings and availability of tools
@Siddhakrishna @Nationalistweet I'm hinting at the infinite possibilities that an individual harbours regardless of his past and community.
@Siddhakrishna @Nationalistweet That's where a man is different from the tree. Perception avenues in man is limitless and unique to each one
@Siddhakrishna "Mystery" is how we may define man despite wide biological affinity with most mammals. Perceiving new knowledge is his forte.
Future needn't be defined by past writings or belief; even science doesn't offer any firm standpoint. Life and the world are mysteries still
There is not a single text or philosophy which can satisfactorily explain the mystery of life and the world or the working of the Universe.
Jibana bisayare chinta kariba samastanka pain eka sadharana katha. Kintu jibana kana o kouthipain, taku parjyalochana karibata ete sahaja nuhen. (Odia)

Misc. References:




[Why has intellectual discourse largely aligned with every ruling regime? Read to know] https://t.co/I9pDLFqgvO
[Welcome to the age of anger | Pankaj Mishra] https://t.co/2BIkYP2JXO
[the concept of consciousness continues to resist elucidation. ‘unsolvable’ aspect of the problem that interests me] https://t.co/no3TnLM89o - Nirmalangshu Mukherji 
Our brains don't fully mature until after we hit 30 https://t.co/nB1fOhDdqF via @MailOnline
Reimagining and Refashioning Integral Management: Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF), Ghaziabad https://t.co/YGoEhdLyp7



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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

NaMo has lobbed PoMo bomb by DeMo

Tweets by @SavitriEraParty: 
Books like Shakespeare’s Asian Journeys (ed by Bi-qi B. Lei, JC Ick, & Poonam Trivedi) and Hegel's India (by Rathore & Rimina Mohapatra) seek to bridge East and West.
@AudreyTruschke Best wishes. You might be interested in the just published Hegel's India. Thanks. https://t.co/YhmMRtqrZ3 @LangaMahesh
Savitri Era Party: Top tweets by Savitri Era Party https://t.co/0oSxllMypN #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams #FreeTheStates #DeMonetisation
Savitri Era: Sri Aurobindo espouses Modernity https://t.co/zgwkUebOLM #WorldUnion #DeMonetisation
@rvaidya2000 Two Gujaratis heading BJP too is a danger signal not only for the party but for the nation as a whole as it violates Federalism
So far, Modi has tried to taste and utilise all privileges that comes with the office of the PM in a super fast speed barring of course Nuke
As #BobDylan was awarded #NobelPrizeLiterature, a strong demand is welling up to award Nobel Prize in Economics to Modi for #DeMonetisation.
Modi evokes a formidable political opposition. So forcing #DeMonetisation or #DigitalPayments is bound to be resisted with multiplied vigour
@_Mauna_ @Flyfiddlesticks @madrasmail https://t.co/EJ2O3D7ta1 #DeMonetisation
News of huge amount of cash seized by police is pouring in. I'm wondering about the gigantic quantities of cash that has escaped authorities
@VikasSaraswat Thankfully, no Hindu-Muslim divide here as is common, or almost a norm, in many cases of allegations of crime or misdemeanor.
Continued hardship faced by 1.3 billion people owing to #DeMonetisation must force us to rethink on Centre so that States become sovereign.
Involvement of non-political players like Ramdev and Anna Hazare since 2010 along with crony-Capitalism has debilitated Parliamentary system
Despite waning of Congress, no other party has national presence. This proves that the Central Govt is an abnormal postulate of Constitution
Recent happenings in Tamil Nadu shows how the States genuinely are nations and are slipping into the imperial or monarchial pattern of Govt.
People of India can taste true Democracy only if the States are granted Sovereignty and the local culture and language receives legitimacy.
The Constitution of India has become like a ship carrying Indians towards Bermuda Triangle. The States as free nations is the only solution.
Parliament logjam is not due to any person or opposition but rather indicates the absurdity of Indian Constitution and the Parliament itself
Those who used to write the most biting tweets have joined the Govt. and hence BJP has been robbed of some valuable intellectual resources.
A dozen people or so tweet on Hindu theme all the year round. No other topic interests them; no earthquake or tsunami can stir them off it.
To the credit of #DeMonetisation, it has been a great leveler. Economists and novices alike are clueless about its impact and are babbling!
Hindutva votaries practice a form of untouchability. By not listening to or engaging with those opposed to them, they miss out on idea front
No doubt there are discrepancies but painting such universal themes like Secular, Liberal, or Human Rights pejoratively by the RW is a folly
NITI Aayog Lucky draws and recounting of cash by Banks are mind boggling things to hear. Therefore it's difficult to imagine what's in store
@AshayNaik1 Sri Aurobindo worked with Tilak and wrote about him. Evolutionary role of Lal-Bal-Pal collectively differs from your perception.
RW visibility should be matched by intellectual muscle as well as integrity which is missing. Even Modernity in India is a problem for many.
Ramdev fined and PayTM cheated are good news and the country seems to be slipping into a chaotic mode. Let the States be Sovereign Republics
Mythology, Sanskrit, and Rituals are against Modernity and Democracy and hence should be avoided except by those who pursue as their career.
Languages can regain their rightful place if the States become independent nations. India as a British legacy is ruining growth of Democracy
No knowledge system has explained the human mystery and so recommending any is erroneous and superfluous. Each one must follow unique flow.
Mythology and Rituals promote casteism; perpetuate feudalism. Children should be exposed to the ideals of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.
It's a matter of satisfaction that without any power of clairvoyance and just with lens of commonsense, we have opposed Modi since inception
Most Modi opponents belong to some political faction or the other but we have always advised to oppose the AAP, BJP, Congress, and the Left.
Modi is under the clutch of international syndicates and a few domestic corporates. So transparency and genuine Democracy can't be expected.
Modi avoids media and doesn't speak his mind. #DeMonetisation has proved that he has not been honest with fellow countrymen on his intention
@SavitriEraParty Modi has disappointed supporters to a large extent on Hindutva score to keep foreign masters happy. https://t.co/O2wbDkRQ0Y
Dire need for commonsense-based reasoning in the interest of the country and fellow citizens instead of blindly supporting a party or leader
Right understanding of issues can banish Left-Right divide and allow people-centric policies like decentralisation to occupy the centrestage
If you haven't personally experienced or verified the effect of any ritual, tradition, or knowledge-system, better to avoid recommending it.
A minor slant or omission while describing past events can turn the whole story false. So, extreme care is needed not to distort the truth.
One needs to be honest with oneself and ask constantly: Whether what I'm defending is really the right thing to do? Do I have enough proof?
Each person is so different by his or her background as well as future that it is hardly useful to teach or influence. Better to check self.
Methodological integrity is integral to any claim to decent scholarship and shouldn't be sacrificed at the altar of some hue of Nationalism.
Plurality of opinion may seem normal but is an anomaly on rational criterion. Purified understanding can converge and harmonise perspectives
Human Cycle and World Union are very relevant concepts introduced by Sri Aurobindo which can give a more rounded global perspective. [TNM55]
Sober expression of difference and avoiding ad hominem is the hallmark of a mature engagement with theory and navigating through uncertainty
Evolution acts as a tension between the cyclical or mechanical movement of Nature and an emergent urge towards New. https://t.co/l5p9TL71Ds
@postcolonialist I agree with the thrust of the thread but will stick my neck out to look at #DeMonetisation as a shock therapy for people.
@postcolonialist #DeMonetisation has put people in enormous hardships but it has also taken economic lessons to every home and every person.
@postcolonialist As a decision, it would have stood tall but the subsequent 50-50 scheme and push for cashless payments robbed its sanctity.
@maidros78 With due respect to your honesty of purpose, studies like this, despite uneven inferences, should spur an intellectual churning.
@rupasubramanya @postcolonialist https://t.co/gaND3YrpxP
@bhartendu2206 In a slightly lighter vein, may I offer the hypothesis that Rulers seem to be kowtowing before Mercantile class at the moment
Modi Govt has lost credibility; must be said to go. More and more of his fans are realising the folly of supporting. https://t.co/yEMy399bEt
@satyanveshan Nothing personal in this; its all policy and facts based. I think, every responsible and concerned citizen should contribute.
@Oundhakar @postcolonialist Nice way of putting it! But I still hold that an intellectual fermentation is underway and that's the +ve part.
@Oundhakar @postcolonialist I agree. But Hindutva folks are being rewired to think in economic terms instead of Muslims, beef, and temples!
@Oundhakar Defending #DeMonetisation is the greatest intellectual challenge that Hindutva bandwagon has faced during the last hundred years.
@arvindneela Now, FM. https://t.co/SLzpOwoAFK @atlasdanced
@nirvana74v @vimuktaatma Power, Money, and Sex are the most fundamental levers that drive man. Tech can't even be a distant fourth. My 2c.
@satyanveshan Your supposition is not shared by millions of fellow Indians. Not mentioning Cashless push on Nov 8 is one of his recent lies.
@satyanveshan The PM withholding the real intention behind #DeMonetisation on Nov 8 is dishonesty. Winning elections are a different game!
The task today is to be independent, objective and honest in holding opinions and examine each issue separately by shunning grand narratives
Transparency and candour on the part of leaders is a key indicator of genuine Democracy. But in India, we encounter a conspiracy of silence.
It's amazing that despite being in power for 31 months Modi supporters have not been able to earn an iota of legitimacy or build credibility
The very name "NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India)" says it all. It bothers no one that Aayog is superficial and absurd
#DeMonetisation has applied a body blow to the abilities of Modi, Shah, Jaitley, MoF, NITI Aayog, RBI, RSS, VIF, Doval, Bibek Debroy, et al.
Knowledge is neither Hindu nor Christian; neither Buddhist nor Muslim. Hence The Mother & Sri Aurobindo formulated and promoted Integralism.
Books by The Mother & Sri Aurobindo help to shatter set beliefs and unexamined notions; stoke irreverence for past but humility for future.
#DeMonetisation offers the right occasion to think, if India as a country uses USD or Euro, then why its citizens shouldn't be permitted so?
This storm in a Taimur-cup has once again proved the infantile mode of RW thinking and their propensity to be worked up over trivial matters
Sri Aurobindo's plea and messianic zeal for Spirituality almost matches in passion his missionary spirit of Nationalism denting credibility.
Coercive instincts of Modi regime can't be understood by political correctness without Evolutionary dialectics of Sri Aurobindian ontology.
Valorising past ideologies is a losing game as their disintegration or obsolescence is sure. Sri Aurobindo awakes to Evolutionary preference
Dominant religions and political factions compete to rule but The Mother & Sri Aurobindo inaugurated reign of Savitri Era on March 29, 1914.
Constitutional posts demand adhering to strict stereotypes and avoiding subjective flourishes and yet people expect their holders to overtop
Arbitrary use of Sanskrit acts as a cause for largescale alienation and marginalisation in domains from religious rituals to music and dance
Bollywood movies have influenced generations of Indians although they are yet to be accorded theoretical prestige in discourse on ethics.
BJP as a party seems to have gone into hibernation since it has become a cipher as regards policy decisions and scrutinising implementation.
The Supremo and High Command culture prevailing across political parties in India has made Democracy a joke. Time for people to wake up.
The British gifted us Democracy but the present generation is responsible to ensure its quality. RW seems to be against sec-lib-dem trinity!
Modi knows well that no one is his friend except his image. So he is least bothered about the economy or any ecosystem. Circus is his forte!
Someday Modi will build his own statue proving JJ a visionary and Mayawati a prophet. For Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, autobiography was aswarga!
BJP priority is to copy all Congress misdeeds so that supporters can justify them easily. A sly Muslim angle also can be readily discernible
BJP supporters proclaim that India belongs to them and others are mere loiters or exploiters. They long for a form of graded citizenships.
BJP fans won't tolerate any criticism of the Govt nor will judge its steps independently. Always a comparison with past act would accompany.
The height of the planned statues can serve as an indication of how deep the inferiority complex of BJP supporters is which refuses to heal.
Property rights is sacrosanct for Market leading to status quo but Democracy is the means for shuffling fortunes and overhauling hierarchies
Many Modi supporters are quite intelligent and well read but they compulsively justifying #DeMonetisation or #shivajistatue is pathetic tune
A doctor needs to be independent for correct diagnosis but in-house psephologists of BJP feeding it crap is the most redeeming phenomenon.
RSS has a nationwide network of paid-cadre and sympathisers who inter alia function as intelligence personnel or rumour-mongers when needed.
Forging Indian people as a monolith is a pet RSS notion and so Aadhar and Cashless idea are proving to be exactly what RSS has been aspiring
Those working at macro level will obviously find Cashless tempting but respecting privacy and freedom is essential. https://t.co/EhZP6PZaKu
@scribe_it In fact, "Swayamsevak" doesn't mean anything special or formal membership since everyone is a "Swayamsevak" serving self-interest
@sabhlok Resurrecting Gandhi is surely an interesting but strange facet. Pushparaj V Deshpande advocates the same. https://t.co/ff4H96HGYI
@sabhlok States of India as independent Republics, however, is the most needed radical step for stoking Development from the grassroots.
@sabhlok With due respect, #Gandhi, as an icon, has numerous problems and his economics, still larger. Not worth endorsing! @vimuktaatma
All political campaigners like S. Gurumurthy, P. Sainath, Rajiv Dixit, Baba Ramdev, Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal and Narendra Modi are passé
Let's hope that in 2017, people of India recognise the genius of Sri Aurobindo and the political relevance he had displayed at Surat in 1907
Modi is a puppet in the hands of Ambani and International syndicates in the same way as Sonia is of Italian mafia. India is yet to be free.
Mythology, history, tradition, rituals, and culture etc exert hegemony and belittle one's individuality. Safe to be away from metanarratives
@vimuktaatma 20th century philosophy has immense treasure for rescuing individuality within which Sri Aurobindo's interpretations is pivotal
Longing for belonging is normal during adolescence but individuation is basic responsibility as adults. No better guide than Sri Aurobindo.
Sanskrit texts give a false and disproportionate sense of authority and legitimacy disregarding which is essential for cutting complacency.
Literal reading of Sri Aurobindo can be deceptive. He, rather, helps to juggle with ideas and ontological constructs as a mental gymnastics.
Though I wrote an article on EFT twenty years back as a Bank officer, I have avoided using it till now. Hope to retain that freedom in future. [TNM55]
With #DeMonetisation Modi can be said to have lobbed the #postModernism bomb in India as people are grappling with uncertainty & ambivalence
As people scramble to gather a secure meaning of Artha, principles of Dharma are bound to be called into question to undergo reexaminations.
This rationalist glorification of human ingenuity dovetails into an overall ontology that is too mysterious and beyond human comprehension. https://t.co/enCFgJeBcY
@yugaparivartan Hope you add a few citations, - for and against, - your assertions in future instalments so that it bears an academic look.
@gopikamisra @veenavenugopal Even the complain is a pretext to talk about the kid! May be, something ingrained due to evolutionary necessity
@Bhairavaprasada @WordOfTheFree @AgentSaffron @venkateshkm So we even need a Greek national to put sand in our eyes! http://t.co/iYeaS6Pl9G
@KiranKS @dwarakiMN My idea ! https://t.co/PKgY4dMJ7S
@SandeepLaw Why only judiciary, all Constitutional authorities need to be observed on ongoing basis by Civil Society group including lawyers
@Retributions @politico The revenge of Gulf War as video game!
@ibfc007 @abhility @Bodhisatvaa Following too ambitious time tables is the reason why trains are running late invariably. Time to junk them!
@Bodhisatvaa @ibfc007 @abhility If nothing more is expected than the actual, then nothing is pathetic. Expecting too much is root of grief!
@Tweeter_wapsi @c_aashish My vote goes to Millennium Post https://t.co/qVi2RXDpCa
@KiranKS Watched Lucky Star (Malayalam - 2013) on TV on Wednesday with a nice theme and fine acting without understanding the language.
Twitter can be a much more useful forum of conversation if DP is abolished and change of handle name is not permitted. @TwitterIndia
@vimuktaatma @TwitterIndia Frequent change of DP and Name by users becomes difficult to decipher by followers. An unnecessary task on memory
@vimuktaatma @TwitterIndia They are for illiterates, just like our election symbols. Not for people like you, obviously! @rranjan501
@rranjan501 Judging can't be avoided, it's rather essential. But the point is, it should be firm and stable without confusion over identity.
[The trouble with this artistic portrayal of fascism is that Benito Mussolini, the suave gentleman, doesn’t fit.] NM https://t.co/OIMbuE0qbS
[some of Noam Chomsky’s recent views are also problematic in the perspective on fascism I am trying to develop.] ~NM https://t.co/A2Ccj1o0pz
[each country must be investigated to understand power, we turn briefly to the Indian scene.] ~Nirmalangshu Mukherji https://t.co/bLa8CqKnnt
Mind and Resistance: Everybody Loves a Good Fascist--Part VI https://t.co/By3mSvEn9F
Yearning-for-consciousness - part-I https://t.co/YEt1Jq8KUL
[consciousness, belief & knowledge are interpersonal social devices; on par with values such as ethics & aesthetics] https://t.co/aRy5a7rMvd
[My first encounters with Alasdair MacIntyre. 08 Sunday Nov 2015. Posted by Amod Lele] https://t.co/jg2DyumP7G #KenWilber #Hegel
[Philosophy must recognize that there can be more precision in a complex novelistic description than in abstract theoretical discourse] ~MCN
[How should we teach critical thinking? Peter Ellerton, Lec in Critical Thinking, University of Queensland] https://t.co/FdmfHjvchy via @wef
Our brains don't fully mature until after we hit 30 https://t.co/nB1fOhDdqF via @MailOnline
[unrealistic assumptions such as the belief in a perfectly rational, utility-maximizing, autonomous individual.] https://t.co/BrgZ4nCjaU
[In every reactionary there lies a bit of Don Quixote, pining for the Golden Age—and making a fool of himself.] ~ML https://t.co/WGlXqGCLhQ
[Democracy requires a citizenship that meets, deliberates and interacts without fear and hatred. give people a voice https://t.co/vBIRjnQJbK
[Deleuze essay, Foucault on panopticism. Haggerty and Ericsson’s Surveillant Assemblage makes Deleuze’s argument, but is in an easier idiom]
[“If one has to study philosophy one has to analyse Beckett’s Waiting for Godot first" Prof Shobhan Chowdhury Gomes] https://t.co/CO5dVIjN92
[Tolkien, an author I love, including two remarkable Film Trilogies made by Peter Jackson from LOTR and The Hobbit] https://t.co/wMNFI2jHri
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Rehearsals of what a person might someday be https://t.co/QWVhh7Ja4b #SriAurobindo #WorldUnion @2045Initiative
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, A.K. Ramanujan, and Noam Chomsky https://t.co/r6eN4XKWeq #SriAurobindo #IntegralYoga
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Renovating democracy by innovating how communities engage https://t.co/qrNS0qZr3b #SriAurobindo #WorldUnion
Plain & Simple: Max Weber, Maslow, and Sri Aurobindo https://t.co/YoepOOwzHZ
Reimagining and Refashioning Integral Management - Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF) Ghaziabad https://t.co/YGoEhdLyp7
Listen Soulfull House Mix 2 Program by : Shamika https://t.co/4taXTtEhRZ
@Fact [We are before an extraordinary mystery, which could truly be a fairy tale. The fairy tale of the species.] Satprem https://t.co/gD9foH56fw

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Saturday, December 10, 2016

Sri Aurobindo espouses Modernity

Tweets by @SavitriEraParty
Savitri Era: Dhiren Bhagat, Dileep Padgaonkar, and Fidel Castro https://t.co/7aOGrA3WEZ #SriAurobindo #DeMonetisation #FreeTheStates
Whatever be the intention behind #DeMonetisation its consequences have conclusively proved how India has become unmanageable and must split.
Economic indicators measured by national boundaries is the most fallacious number crunching undertaken. Economy is global as well as local.
Any big move in economic domain is bound to trigger a thousand other unforeseen results. On political front Modi can never occupy mainstream
Democracy has this curious feature that even a majority or height of popularity doesn't always bestow a full scale legitimacy on bold moves.
The path of Democracy is narrow which needs to be trod with ample sensitivity. Sacrificing every other prescription can be forgiven, then.
UP must become an independent country. Carving out four or five Sovereign nations out of UP is more preferable. India must split to progress
@tufailelif @krdave India breaking into 40 to 50 nations of around 50m population is the most viable solution to the present mismanagement.
@krdave @tufailelif That danger is always there and we have already experienced. So smaller nations will serve as an insurance against that.
@vivekas Human body is an organic whole but India is a Colonial legacy. Linguistic States are natural nations that must get back Sovereignty
@Point_Blanc79 Examine ideas; read my blog instead of probing funding and such other mean way of judging things. Each citizen thinks freely.
@Point_Blanc79 I don't think all organisations are required to disclose their funding to you. Try to be rational & fair and respect dissent.
@Point_Blanc79 Don't assume things
React as a responsible citizen
Herd mentality is not good for Democracy
Learn to respect fellow citizens
@vivekas Present reality is that linguistic States are different from each other and 50m population is ideal for a Nation and a Democracy.
@CuriousKudi @vivekas @Point_Blanc79 What are the facts? Where can I find it? I know about the Kalinga kingdom that fought against Ashoka.
@CuriousKudi A modern Democracy with optimum population is good for efficient Governance and States with linguistic homogeneity are ideal.
@CuriousKudi Population has grown four times since Independence and hence India must give way to multiple nations with languages as focus.
@CuriousKudi Democracy & Development is not reaching people. And States being natural nations must get Sovereignty for their full potential.
@vivekas @CuriousKudi Those grand narratives are useless in the present situation. Abnormal population has made our Democracy dysfunctional.
@vivekas @CuriousKudi Read this and subsequent posts: Kashmir and Odisha should be weighed on the same footing https://t.co/wuzoV59Cg6
Sri Aurobindo passed away on December 5, 1950. His vision of a World Union necessitates that the Sovereign States of India form a Federation
India with 1.3b population is a threat to the world peace like China. Independent States with around 50m people each are ideal members of UN
@jitengajaria Ramdev might recommend your name for the top post if he comes across such a fertile brain!
Modi is increasingly proving the anomaly and absurdity of India as a single nation. Let's hope, he is the last Prime Minister to rule India.
BJP headed by two Gujaratis has proved to be the worst crime against Indian Democracy & Federalism. Now time for the States to go Sovereign.
States as Sovereign Republics is the only solution to save 1.3b people from further Modi-made calamities. Let each State craft its own fate.
India refers to geographical area and was never a single nation. Population has grown fourfold since British left making India unmanageable.
Electing a person to rule over 1.3b people is ridiculous and absurd. States as Sovereign nations is an apt solution. https://t.co/wuzoV59Cg6
States built around robust languages with optimum population can be powerhouses for exponential growth & bulwark for international wrestling
India as a nation has been an economic disaster and politically insensitive towards citizens. States as Sovereign Republics can correct that
The notion of India feeds megalomania without commensurate benefits. States as independent nations can be much more cohesive and productive.
Policy reformulations with States of India as focal points can galvanise the people of these new nations into action https://t.co/VMzLz4Rd3K
Tamil Nadu is a nation and must gain Sovereignty. So is Andhra, Odisha, Bengal, Bihar, and all other States and specified Regions of India.
@CNNnews18 Linguistic States of India are natural nations and should be granted Sovereignty; so new nations are born with optimum population
@d_extrovert @Mint_Opinion @ccsindia @atanudey India with its abnormal level of population has become an anomaly. States must be Sovereign.
Each language in India nurtures a nation. British folly of uniting different regions needs to be reversed by granting Sovereignty to States.
Considering from the point of view of poverty and Democracy and Development not reaching people, States as independent countries is the best
Abolishing the Central Govt and granting Sovereignty to the States should be able to solve half the problems Indians are facing at present.
After seventy years, India has reached a dead end as no one can lead it. Centre has to be dispensed with with States acquiring Sovereignty.
Genuine nationalism is language based in India and, therefore, turning the States as Sovereign Republics is the only way for real Democracy.
@SkandaVeera @Nikhil_7D @ArmchairPseph @a_r_j_u_n
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@SkandaVeera Result was for the site, I think; not any particular article. Anyway, I'm not informed to the level of such great heights!
@SkandaVeera Fine, if you think so. But for me, writing on India without any mention of Sri Aurobindo signals that something is being evaded
Modern India's topmost poet and philosopher, Sri Aurobindo had passed away on December 5, 1950. His last writings at https://t.co/H7YcMQf4SD
@RakeshSinha01 Many are troubled by this stance but the best theoretical justification can be had from Sri Aurobindo who espouses Modernity.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in 1772 and Sri Aurobindo in 1872. Philosophy and Religion was undergoing heavy churning for a Century in India.
The West was also under the grip of atheist thinking but Sri Aurobindo firmly re-established Vedic message of Divine Perfection and Harmony.
The theoretical foundation that Sri Aurobindo built by bridging tradition and modernity has no parallel but most don't read due to prejudice
Sri Aurobindo is the most suitable alternative to flawed ideologies ensuing from Marx, Gandhi, Nehru, Subhas, Lohia, Ambedkar, and Savarkar.
There is not a single text or philosophy which can satisfactorily explain the mystery of life and the world and the working of the Universe.
Dichotomous formulations like Dharmic-Abrahamic or East vs. West, therefore, are a meaningless conundrum under which are trapped many a mind
Those deluding themselves that Indian Mythology and tradition is superior than other options are like a bunch of blindmen leading blindmen.
Many Hindutva votaries are so certain of their theories that they don't think twice before insulting others for simply disagreeing with them
Instances galore where food, medicine, & similar lifestyle choices are pushed aggressively by Hindutva footsoldiers verging upon fanaticism.
Just like no one can predict correctly the effects of a disruptive measure like #DeMonetisation, Hindutva acolytes must respect Ambivalence.
Internet has gifted unprecedented access to knowledge sources and, hence, blindly worshipping the past must stop to start critical scrutiny.
Quixotic, Nero, or Tughlaq are invoked but nothing explains #DeMonetisation scenario better than "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
[“the road to hell is paved with good intentions” serves as a useful reminder and warning in this context.] ~Dr. MMS https://t.co/oIEOGh2Hjq
Y2K valorized Technology; 9/11 focus was on Terror and Religion. #DeMonetisation has brought home the old lesson "It's the economy, stupid."
The way the #DeMonetisation aftermath is snowballing, it looks unlikely that Modi Govt would survive this year. The sword of RSS can strike!
Likely gains from #DeMonetisation in future and present sufferings fall under different and diverse domains and hence not easily comparable.
Thus, all those justifying #DeMonetisation don't have adequate bulwark to substantiate. Their rhetoric is drowning under lingering hardship.
It's clear like daylight that the disruptive pricing of R-Jio is the principal sponsor of #DeMonetisation and Modi has acted like a puppet!
There is no doubt, with #DeMonetisation, Modi has committed political harakiri and can never recoup. His stint will be compared with meteor.
All said and done, the intellectual overhaul #DeMonetisation has triggered within Hindutva bandwagon is the most salutary, evolutionarily.
@ShivaKap Intellectuals are expected to offer critical appraisal in contradistinction to whatever the hoi polloi "trust" in their naivety.
@ShivaKap That's fine, but supporters of Hindutva valorising #DeMonetisation across the board raises doubts on objective thinking. @_Mauna_
Man and the Divine are two major abstractions in the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo because of which normal human affairs are often sidetracked
Seminal scientific discoveries or political events don't hold much value in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy although they matter for individuals.
Indifference towards normal life is a key defect of Sri Aurobindo's philosophy as there is no reliable method for transformation of emotions
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo advise to replace the ordinary human motivation for diverse aspects of life with dispassion but such a task fails
Life's journey being an unique and unknown trajectory for each person, looking for patterns in collective or religious affairs is a falsity.
@vimuktaatma May be but that doesn't help us, the devotees of Sri Aurobindo, as we have to find all reconciliation within his teaching only
@vimuktaatma I don't think such freedom is available to those who follow Sri Aurobindo & The Mother since they demand loyalty and surrender.
@vidyanandgarg Two other booklets, The Mother and The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth are essential supplements https://t.co/wo7CB0TMsK

From a mail:
Various taxonomies and terminologies have come to us via tradition and reconciling them with Sri Aurobindo's system can be problematic. However, if we accept a gradual refinement of one's consciousness, then it is obvious that after a particular point the "l" may not have much value and thus loses relevance. But, I'd prefer retaining the "I" more as a political project and for epistemological purposes so that one can really test and taste whatever is touted as the Turiya. Thanks. [TNM55]

Misc. References:

Object-oriented seduction: Baudrillard reconsidered
Graham Harman
Thanks to the editors of the collection and the librarians of the American University in Cairo for making the article available so quickly, HERE. http://dar.aucegypt.edu/handle/10526/4905
I had an intense fascination with Baudrillard early in graduate school. And though I wouldn’t say the fascination lasted intact across the years, I do still think there’s more going on in his work than many critics think. In any case, this is the first time I’ve published about him.
But for OOO, the inwardness of things can never be brought to light, and thus the reality to be had is not the unattainable one hidden behind the sensual waterfall or rose but the new compound reality of the beholder seduced by these objects plus the objects themselves. This is Baudrillard’s concept of the wager, which he unsurprisingly traces back to Pascal: “No one escapes from this experience of investing an object, as an object, with all the occulted force of objectivity. This is also a part of the absurd wagers we make, as was the case for Pascal’s famous wager on the existence of God.”19 
The name of Kierkegaard obviously cannot be avoided here either. For who has shown better than he that the weight of the evidence will never be able to settle definitely on one horn of a dilemma or the other, and thus that we cannot hope to uncover a reality behind appearance but only to produce a new reality on top of appearance by surrendering to its call? This helps explain why Baudrillard much prefers Charles Baudelaire’s account of art to that of the recently more celebrated Walter Benjamin. Introducing the topic, Baudrillard declares that “the absolute object is one that is worthless, whose quality is a matter of indifference, but which escapes objective alienation in that it has made itself more of an object than the object – this gives it a fatal quality.” [...]
If we read Benjamin as lamenting the loss of a former realism of thingly auras, and Baudrillard as prescribing a hyperreal that actually means a nonreality of simulacra, then OOO is more interested in the new compound real made up of the simulacrum and its admirer, who is seduced by it.

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Introduction - Death, the great annihilator of the works of time, is the only thing certain about life. Yet we know nearly nothing about this event with any certainty. For all our modern and scientific development, we cannot predict death. It remains as enigmatic as it has always been. All that we know is that death exists but what it is we do not know. We have observed something about the processes of death but not the why and how of it. So too we have learnt something about what happens to the physical body after death but we have little clue about the self and its experience after death. Most do not come back to tell us what happened behind the iron curtain that abruptly ends life. The few who return, remember very little. And the rare ones who both return and remember are ignored by modern science. Thus, a useful body of evidence is lost just because it would shake the very foundations of our theory of material reductionism. For material processes are, in the final analysis, only a last step in a chain and series of events that happen simultaneously or successively on other Time-Space domains of our vast cosmic existence.

The Action of the Gnostic Consciousness as the Third Element in the Development of Spiritual Self-Perfection - The inherent limitations of the physical-vital-mental instrument make it impossible for spiritual self-perfection to proceed beyond certain well-defined limits. 

The Integral Liberation and Perfection - For the seeker of the integral Yoga, the idea of achieving liberation through abandonment of the life in the world is unacceptable. The integral Yoga does ... 

The fiction you’re not able read right now builds worlds; poetry breathes. - I’ve been hearing & reading a recurring sentiment since the election: I can’t read fiction right now. That I hear it most commonly from those I consider “s... 

Sri Aurobindo devoted his life towards transformative yoga - A Life Divine: Remembering Sri Aurobindo on His Death Anniversary The Quint-8 hours ago A new play on Sri Aurobindo is in the works. Led by West Bengal Touri... 

Towards an Alternative Paradigm of Matter: A Consciousness Perspective – M.S. Srinivasan - This article is a summary and conclusion of the earlier three part series of article on the Nature of Matter in New Physics, in the light of a consciousnes... 

The Integral Liberation and Perfection - For the seeker of the integral Yoga, the idea of achieving liberation through abandonment of the life in the world is unacceptable. The integral Yoga does ... 

The fiction you’re not able read right now builds worlds; poetry breathes. - I’ve been hearing & reading a recurring sentiment since the election: I can’t read fiction right now. That I hear it most commonly from those I consider “s... 

Sri Aurobindo devoted his life towards transformative yoga - A Life Divine: Remembering Sri Aurobindo on His Death Anniversary The Quint-8 hours ago A new play on Sri Aurobindo is in the works. Led by West Bengal Touri... 

Towards an Alternative Paradigm of Matter: A Consciousness Perspective – M.S. Srinivasan - This article is a summary and conclusion of the earlier three part series of article on the Nature of Matter in New Physics, in the light of a consciousnes... 

ANNOUNCEMENT: GOOD NEWS - Last week I was delighted to sign a contract with a major publisher for my new book on Adam Smith, of which more details will be forthcoming in due course.... 

Gratitude to Sri Aurobindo - Today, December 5th, in 1950, at 1h26 am, Sri Aurobindo deliberately left his body for good. He had foreseen for already a year that it might become necess... 

Sixty Photographs of Sri Aurobindo’s Mahasamadhi - Dear Friends, On 5 December 1950 at 1:26 a.m., Sri Aurobindo the “Colonist from Immortality” had left his physical sheath as a supreme act of sacrifice for... 

Wealth and Society, an Indian Perspective (by R Y Deshpande) – Part 2 - CONTINUED FROM PART 1 PART 2 – REGULATED ACTION AND FOURFOLD ORDER OF SOCIETY Man is a fourfold being. In him operates the fourfold force of the soul. ... 

An Interview with Nilanjan Das - Nilanjan Das is currently a post-doctoral fellow at UNC Chapel Hill, but he will be moving to Shanghai in September of 2017 to take up his post as Assistan... 

Mother on the passing of Sri Aurobindo. - Mahasamadhi Lord, this morning Thou hast given me the assurance that Thou wouldst stay with us until Thy work is achieved, not only as a consciousness whic... 

“The Ever-Living Presence” Part 03/10 The Two Goals - Questions such as did They complete Their Work etc are absurd in the first place. To begin with, we as a human race did not even know that there is such ... 

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Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol—Urdu Translation By Satpal. Hindi Transliteration By Ghalib.: The Book of the Traveller of the Worlds, The Glory and Fall of Life, زندگی کا عروج و زوال , Canto III , II:iii Section 4 [35.11-35.20] - اِک گہری بے بوجھل کھلُی سانس تھی لی جاسکتی इक गेहरी बे बोझल खलुय सांस थी ली जा सकती। One drew a large unburdened spacious breath 

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Dhiren Bhagat, Dileep Padgaonkar, and Fidel Castro

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Savitri Era: Mystery is how we may define man https://t.co/hntq732406 #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams #WorldUnion #DeMonetisation
Savitri Era: Ambivalence about getting inspiration from other paths https://t.co/cbZYiwyoBk #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams #WorldUnion
Savitri Era: Sri Aurobindo assures that yearning for harmony is not a fantasy https://t.co/kREGISFa16 #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams #WorldUnion
Sri Aurobindo has written so much because ancient texts and outdated commentaries can mislead but people don't read. https://t.co/vQbBsOjLCE
Sanskrit texts present knowledge systems of a bygone era with lots of interpolations. So better to avoid them and read Sri Aurobindo instead
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have unleashed a revolution in the sphere of philosophy & psychology by redefining the past for modern generation
Human contact is an essential aspect of life and the role of religion in facilitating (in the pretext of communion with the Divine) is high.
Self-interest draws people together and, often, the glue is political or alcohol. These days, birds of a feather flock together in Facebook.
Democracy entails war of words where truth is murdered continually without incurring any ethical anomaly on the part of the foes or the ally
No amount of acrobatics concerning economy and finance can alter electoral equations in UP. Caste and religion will continue to cast shadow.
Babri demolition was a new birth for Advani, Demonetisation seems to be of same import for Modi. BJP is forever mired in negative thinking.
PM's Nov 8 address targeted 1) Black money, 2) Counterfeit currency, and 3) Corruption. But real reason seems pushing Mobile Cashless payments.
Aggressive Govt campaign for mobile payments is also going on simultaneously with the Reliance Jio which is likely to get readymade clients.
Mythology, both Hindutva and Marxist varieties, is best avoided in the current scenario since disruption has truly Evolutionary implications
Financial indiscretion, administrative impropriety and compromising political sagacity are apparent but the intellectual churning was needed
Claiming strike on black-money and succor to poor are hyperboles. On the contrary, diversion from Mythology to Governance is the real gain.
The States going Sovereign is the only solution to the India-Bharat divide further exacerbating. Abolishing the Central Government is urgent
States are natural nations and the British folly of uniting them needs to be reversed. India has outlived its utility; free the States now.
Better States be free [let us  have a speech at Alipore in Kolkata, the site of the heroics of Khudiram Bose, Prafulla Chaki and Aurobindo.]
@vivekshettym February12, 2006 [mutiny in Navy made the British realise it was time to leave India. Dhananjaya Bhat] https://t.co/X8QBt7BXkO
@SwarajyaMag @RajeevSrinivasa Left has many vices but outstanding achievements as well not recognising which would be myopic and distortion.
@TheSignOfFive @LopakOrg Reminds me of Dhiren Bhagat who was a star (or, meteor?) of the period. https://t.co/wgXRBFoycy
[Telecom scandal: CBI raids Sukh Ram's residences, seizes huge amount of cash] https://t.co/vzHeynyZA2 via @IndiaToday 1996 #DeMonetisation
[In Pakistan those who love wisdom are almost extinct. Gone are the days when philosophy kept thinking minds active] https://t.co/HwzdgG5kdA
[We are now in the ‘post-truth’ era, where truth is “a matter of perspective” and those who seek to tell the truth are “agenda driven”.] PJG
the Orchid and the rOse: Human body is a busy chemical plant https://t.co/sPsHx9Un5t #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams
SELF INTEREST IS NOT SELFISHNESS! https://t.co/KN23JN62ez
[The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have gone into complete details of afterdeath. Even Swedenborg is only playing about on the surface] M.P. Pandit
#Auroville Today September Issue 2016: #Brexit in the light of Sri #Aurobindo’s views on human unity https://t.co/SmILGZHNyn
Why is Religion Needed? https://t.co/gGbbIDtDO5
[Let your grand-daughter live in a hut in my village, tend goats all day and sing your poems to her hearts content.] https://t.co/TRaCWQsyHN
["Fidel militantly opposed racist South Africa at a time when the US was diplomatically supporting it."  #RIPFidel https://t.co/7D5slVCyW5]



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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Sri Aurobindo assures that yearning for harmony is not a fantasy

1. Levi puts it so brilliantly. But, the chasm between the aspirational and the actual constitutes the age-old conundrum for humanity and the very confidence that it can be resolved is perhaps misplaced. Philosophy, however, allows to confront the issue with clarity.

Larval Subjects . - Liberalism and Identity Politics - [Over at An und fur Sich, Marika Rose has an interesting post up on some of the difficulties with the left’s criticism of identity politics. ... Liberalism entertains the fantasy of a harmony between capitalism and cultural politics, which compels it to discern all struggles of the oppressed and unequal purely at the level of abstract rights and equality, ignoring the way in which inequality and oppression are built into the very fabric of the material world itself at the level of infrastructures, technologies, labor, and destruction of the natural environment in capitalism’s unquenchable pursuit of capital. It’s fantasy is that cultural inequality can be addressed purely at the level of the symbolic without hindering capitalism’s pursuit of capital in any way. By contrast, the radical politics that Kotsko alludes to sees all of these struggles as symptoms of the overarching horizon of life under capitalism in the anthropocene. Absolute emancipation cannot simply be symbolic, it can’t merely be a matter of recognizing and tolerating others, it can’t merely be a matter of possessing abstract rights. Absolute emancipation must also be material emancipation and the opportunity to live in an embodied world that is not toxic.]

2. Three extracts below examine the role of philosophy from different angles:

enowning - The News, Karachi, on philosophy in Pakistan. 
[Among the different reasons for the lack of philosophy here is the tendency to find refuge in the security of comfort – whether economic, social or intellectual. Unlike other disciplines, philosophy seeks to disrupt normal habits of thinking about life by forcing one to search for answers to questions that may not be answered in his lifetime. This makes philosophical thinking incongruent with time and space. That is why Martin Heidegger deems that “all essential philosophical questioning is necessarily untimely”. Only by becoming untimely does philosophy become timeless, and the questions it raises remain intact beyond time and space. However, for a complacent mind it is easy to become timely than untimely, for the latter entails an excruciating excursion into realms that are mentally demanding and may cause alienation from mainstream society.]

UN News Centre-17-Nov-2016
[Philosophy teaches us to reflect on reflection itself, to question well-established truths, and to verify hypotheses in order to find conclusions. This kind of inquiry has been practiced for centuries in cultures around the world and has generated the basis for critical, independent, and creative thought.
“Philosophy does not offer any ready-to-use solutions, but a perpetual quest to question the world and try to find a place in it,” explained Ms. Bokova. “Along this road, tolerance is both a moral virtue and a practical tool for dialogue.”
World Philosophy Day is of particular importance to the United Nations as it provides conceptual bases of principles and values on which world peace depends: democracy, human rights, justice, and equality.]

[Sri Aurobindo as a World Philosopher - Indra Sen
Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy, while being spiritualist, upholds reason. It regards reason, for the present evolutionary stage of man, as an indispensable instrument of organisation and action. Without it we cannot organise our external situation nor act in it in an orderly manner. Reason arranges and organises our ideas and gives them a systematic form, and that means effective communication, understanding, and action. But it works upon the data of superficial qualities of things supplied to it by the senses and proceeds laboriously piecemeal trying to construct inferential knowledge of facts beyond the superficial qualities. It has no direct access to the essences or true nature of things. This is clearly a justification of reason as well as a demonstration of its limitation and an indication of other instruments of knowledge which would make rapprochement of Western rationalist philosophy with other philosophies easier and also show to it a possible line for its own further development. The empiricism of Western philosophy receives, surprisingly enough, even a stronger support from Sri Aurobindo. His thought is fundamentally determined by the yogic approach.] (Sraddha - November 2016 Philosophy East and West journal in vol.7, No.3/4 Oct 1957-Jan 1958)

3. Finally, the following extract summarises the ontological secret that The Mother & Sri Aurobindo put forth emphasising human finitude. That does not mean we lose hope as harmony in a concrete form is the very theme of The Life Divine by Sri Aurobindo. [TNM55]

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[Centralisation is indeed the process of focal concentration necessary for creating anything. For without such a centralizing concentration there would be nothing but an indeterminate chaos. The universal planes of consciousness themselves are formed through a process of concentration and condensation of the One Consciousness. These universal planes in their turn get focused and reflected in an individual once again through the same process. The soul in us chooses the elements out of universal nature and channelises them through its will so as to form a unique body with its unique life-mind constitution based upon its need of certain experiences for growth and mastery. It is like a gymnast choosing certain equipment out of a wide variety so as to develop one aspect of his body through a certain set of physical exercises. So too the secret soul in us chooses certain formations of nature including the difficulties and challenges so as to develop certain sides of our self-experience in each birth. The choice is made based upon its past experiences, the need for a certain developmental training in the present and most importantly, its hidden agenda for the future. It is this and not a mechanical machinery of karma and heredity that forms us. And it is from this deepest standpoint that we say that our soul is the author of our fate. Heredity, environment, karma are all nothing else but machineries and processes of nature that the soul uses to make its choices. It chooses our life and circumstance, it chooses the experiences of life and when the need for a particular experience is over and it can go no further then it chooses to move out of a particular formation of nature, rest for a while to gather the essence of its experiences, and return back for further growth. The will of the soul binds it to the earth with a divine purpose and not some illusion or accident and it is the will of the soul that makes it leave this house of matter and not some frightful agency of death.]


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