Dusting the Dreams

A local popular proverb asks pointedly, “Who has ever seen tomorrow?” thus registering a deep suspicion of the future. Teleology too is a highly contested notion and any hint of design in history is promptly resented. Reading the future from the palm or the forehead sounds esoteric but forays in genetic research confirm certain future events like diseases to be scribbled beforehand. This, when seen in the light of Sri Aurobindo’s theory of rebirth as well as evolution, there remains no confusion. Periods of gestation or hibernation, however, demand a lot of patience and high level of conviction.

Time is a dominant factor in the teaching of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. They were averse to accepting disciples in the Ashram immediately and advised that the aspirants were not yet ready. So, it’s not without significance that Sri Aurobindo termed his 1947 manifesto for the future as a set of dreams.

[Rajesh Ahuja Yesterday 18:55: I visited the Punjab University Library recently. I was searching for Sri Aurobindo's and The Mother's writings. The books had hardly been issued and dust had accumulated on them.]

Tusar N. Mohapatra Yesterday 19:09: That's the reality but there is no denying of the fact that there is a huge gap between the level of the students and what The Mother & Sri Aurobindo actually convey. So, there is a need to bridge this perception of a gap through multilateral conversation. [TNM55]  

Ilion along the Bay of Bengal

Sri Aurobindo builds, but also breaks; synthesizes, but also demolishes. His painstaking attempt in metaphysical system-building and writing elaborate commentaries on ancient philosophical texts is incomparable but he also has a lurking mistrust for pure knowledge and has turned the whole corpus of prevailing motivational theories upside down. By affirming “Nothing can be taught” he throws a bombshell at the normal notions of human cognition and stretches subjectivity to unimagined heights and depths. Man’s proclivity for empiricism sustained a permanent injury when Sri Aurobindo lobbed his “Logic of the Infinite” by exempting all supra-physical phenomena from submitting to scrutiny by the senses. Philosophy will always be indebted to him for the methodological breakthroughs that he has fruitfully introduced so authoritatively.

One must strut through the alien terrain of his Ilion where he recreates Homer to get a feel of what he characterizes as “Knowledge by identity.” The “Ladder of consciousness” in Savitri, similarly, imparts such an intimate sense of reality that one shudders to call them fictional. The very combination of a poet and a philosopher in him is indeed a rare occurrence. But what takes the cake is his enviable third quality of being an astute critic. [TNM55] 

Secret of immortality lies elsewhere

A recent visit to Khajuraho confirmed the might of ancient Indian art and architecture that blended with philosophy and religion so robustly in the public sphere. The temple as a metaphor for physical immortality denotes an invocation as well as inquiry of that secret formula of forms. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo, however, tell us the secret lies elsewhere and certainly not in the domain of the gross. Even Japa is only an efficient aid in the endeavour to “Make earth the home of the Wonderful and” “Transform the body of the mortal like a sweet and magical rhyme;” to recall the evocative diction of Rose of God. (Tip: New visitors to Khajuraho must visit the Main (Western) Complex first.) [TNM55] 

The challenge of evolutionary crisis is crucial

The Mother & Sri Aurobindo are recognized the world over as enunciators of a distinct system of Yoga and philosophy. They were pioneers of New-Age outlook and have produced substantial literature apart from founding the Ashram through which countless people have been inspired. Besides, a futuristic aesthetic ecosystem of music, art, & poetry has also taken shape as part of their spirituality. All this, however, remains confined to a very small circle of devotees and admirers. Attempts to spread their messages by establishing educational institutions have met with limited success so far.

India today is suffering from the burden of the past and The Mother & Sri Aurobindo advise unlearning. Religions are responsible for a lot of dumbing down among people and, therefore, The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have exhorted emancipation. As indolence and superstition give rise to ignorance and insolence, they prescribe a system of Yoga that is focused on reading their words and ruminating over them. Collective meditation and group discussion, wherever possible, is also encouraged. The overall emphasis is on the individual leading an ethical life while dedicating his day-to-day work to the all-pervading Divinity.

The most important aspect of the teaching of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo is evolution. Since they foresee that the present type of human beings will be replaced by a higher level species, they hasten to prepare us for the same. That, of course, may be a distant possibility but the onus, they remind, is on the number of aspiring individuals to act as catalysts. Many people find fault with the political system or the economy but The Mother & Sri Aurobindo unequivocally characterize it as an evolutionary crisis for which their Integral Yoga is the only enduring solution. This crucial insight, regrettably, has not been duly noticed by the elite in India, however. [TNM55]

Auroville ensouled globalization

Launching of Auroville by The Mother in 1968 was not only a giant leap towards globalization, but also a firm step to put power, wealth, & sex into perspective vis-à-vis Integral Yoga. No elaborate theorization was needed and the idea was that the right recipe of a conscious spirituality would emerge from this lived reality. In fact, there can’t be a more appropriate method or better approach to Yoga than this, especially when juxtaposed to the severe and stifling scenario of the Ashram. In a way, Auroville was The Mother’s concession to human condition, and why not?

Keith Hart of The Memory Bank has a post "The informalization of the world economy (Keynote lecture for the 24th Conference of the Societa’ Italiana di Economia Pubblica: “Informal economy, tax evasion and corruption”, Pavia, 24-25 September 2012)" in which he has attempted “a historical periodization of the last two centuries or more” against the backdrop of which it is interesting to look at the seminal contributions of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo:

[1776-1815           Age of war and revolutions

1815-1848            The industrial revolution

1848-1873           Origins of national capitalism

1873-1914            First age of financial globalization

1914-1945            The second thirty years war

1945-1979            The golden age of national capitalism

1979-2008           Second age of financial globalization

2008-                   Another age of war and revolutions?]

Yoga's a life-sentence

Reaching at the shores of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo’s teaching, though a matter of chance is a precious opportunity. Then comes a long and tortuous period of judging and comparing them (and their words) with other similar seeming entities. That over, the inevitable mischief of pitting them against each other occupies some time. Once that is settled, arrives the most crucial period of the transition from treating them as Guru to The Divine. The final victory, however, is when one leaves behind his old religion and all things associated with it.

This whole process of metamorphosis may take three years or prolong for thirty years. For many, the final thing never arrives and they live peacefully with their multiple allegiances. For some others, the fierce faithfulness and loyalty of the initial years peter out over a period of time to be replaced by a royal inclusive-liberalism of embracing all faiths and mystics. Similarly, certain workaholics gradually become so professional and polished that their shyness in displaying their faith in public stretches precariously to the point of appearing as unbelievers. And, there is no dearth of characters that are needlessly rude and authoritarian even though they are serving organizations dedicated to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo, thus lending a bad name to them.

As with life and education, Yoga is also dependent upon one’s heredity and environment and hence no uniform rules exists. Further, there is no means to prove or disprove as to how much the Divine intervention helps but the basic idea is that being a joint collaboration, it's a life-sentence. [TNM55] 

Need for honest critique

The modernist/liberal protest against the Ashram was simmering from the time of Frederic Spielberg. So the outcry in the wake of Heehs imbroglio is not entirely unexpected as disagreements galore and Heehs camp siding with the Establishment may be a tactical move to incite more anger and acrimony. For, most people are now unanimous that the Ashram, in the present form, has no future. There has to be large scale modifications not only in the rules & regulations or management set up but also in its aims & objectives as well as accountability. If that happens, one can hope for a more proactive and direct role for the Ashram in popularizing the teachings of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo, the world over.

But, understandably, this is not as easy as it sounds since Heehs imbroglio has also thrown the fault lines of Integral Yoga into sharp relief. And this, when the original stalwarts and pioneering ideologues are no more. Thus, interpretations and projections run the danger of (questionable) identity based mobilization of (false) consensus. Competitive maneuvering to prove more loyal than the king is another despicable byproduct of the conflict.

There is, of course, a limit to conducting critical interrogation by persons attached to various institutions. Besides, many are not intellectually equipped to undertake such an enterprise or recognize its necessity. There is a further category of people carrying multiple allegiances who quickly switch their attention and for them all this doesn't matter. If influential, they can always throw their weighty opinions around, however. So, the task of honest and impartial critique by informed and sympathetic sources has become scarce. [TNM55]  

All life is Yoga is for all

In chapter seven of Heraclitus, Sri Aurobindo writes on the role of philosophy. He praises critical reason for helping to arrive at the truth but calls a halt to it at that point. Thereafter, the dynamics of living the truth should be the guiding force and not philosophy.

The same can be said about the Yoga techniques too. They may help to a point but later prove to be a barrier. So, the formula - All life is Yoga - offered by Sri Aurobindo assumes significance. Not only it takes into account individual difference and destiny but also contains allowances as regards evolutionary possibilities. Unhinged from past formulations and dogma, it also ensures universality as well as integrality.

With such theoretical astuteness, one would imagine a course of spiritual practice that is smooth sailing and assured. But the truth is that for want of any standardization it escapes evaluation and emulation. This, however, must not be looked upon as a drawback but appreciated for its huge advantage. The open ended nature of human aspiration and imagination running in consonance with the Divine perfection is surely an empowering phenomenon.

Apart from the cultural prejudices and geographical bottlenecks, a major factor that restricts this knowledge system from reaching a wide spectrum of world population is the Ashram-centric approach. Monopoly over production of books is erroneously construed as the existence of some sort of supervisory authority or a rating system for granting hierarchy slots. The idea of being forced into membership of an alien community, too, is instantly repulsive for most. [TNM55]  

Sri Aurobindo as antidote to AQAL, OOO, & New Atheists

[Susheel Mehta • 17 days ago the relation between cultural memes that we carry and their behavioral expression is complex and not very well understood. Random mutations that benefit the society are rare. There is no alternative but to 'incrementally' build upon the set of norms discovered in the process of cultural evolution… Varna system provided religious justification for social stratification and legitimized social hierarchy… Varna system has less to do with hierarchy and more to do with 'separation of power'. And since separation of power is a foundation of liberalism, at least part of liberalism of Indian society can be attributed to Varna system… Brahmins as a class--a set of public intellectuals fiercely protective of their autonomy both from the market and state--have played an important role in the civilizational continuity of India.

I may be wrong about my contentions. But the point is that social theorists have not examined with clarity the strength and challenges of our society and its internal dynamics. Rather the idea is always to look it through western experience… One can adopt a Dharmic/Evolutionary perspective, look for principles that sustain, nourish and hold together society, take stock of native cultural resources and articulate those principles in native moral vocabulary. The difference is not just trivial. It is the difference between Tulasidas, Kabirdas, Tagore and Gandhi on the one hand and Nehru on the other.]

Current crop of theoreticians in India have no use of Sri Aurobindo. Part of the reason is the biographical details of his forty Puducherry years are not very well known. Consequently, the context of the conversations and correspondences that have survived are yet to be understood properly or valued adequately. The concurrent role of The Mother and the ancillary activities of the disciples are further problem areas. No one is willing to enter into such complications what with the present uproar concerning the Ashram embroiled in Court cases.

Sri Aurobindo was in the habit of revising his own works. Many of his writings were waiting for his revision and hence couldn't be published in book form during his life time. However, the concepts he has introduced in seed form constitute a major departure from the traditional interpretations of native wisdom. Obviously, there is resistance and ignorance, and hence the burden of aggressive diffusion of his name as well as the Dreams. His writings, though tough to access, are the only means to counter the constant stream of sophisticated discourse that are paraded from every corner of the world. Be it AQAL or OOO or the New Atheists, Sri Aurobindo offers us a firm ground to stand upon and arms us to disregard them.

The same immunity, however, is not available when it comes to socio-political formulations and fermentations in the 21st Century. Sri Aurobindo has drawn the broad evolutionary brush strokes, but to flesh it out is contingent upon flight and fight of diverse human emotions emanating from different geographical regions, not all of them noble. India, therefore, has a prominent role here. The fate of the country can’t be left in the hands of those who don’t understand Sri Aurobindo or are averse to him. That would be a disaster. So there is an urgent need to educate our young in the intricacies of Humanities soaked in the insights of the Mother & Sri Aurobindo. [TNM55]  

Integral task of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo

The Constitution of India came into effect in the first month of 1950 and Sri Aurobindo passed away in the last month of the same year. He had fought for securing the freedom of the country and had written extensively adverting to her culture and future. His FIVE DREAMS Manifesto broadcast on August 14, 1947 over AIR, Tiruchirapalli on the eve of India's independence stands testimony to his deep concern and love for the motherland. It’s a challenge now, therefore, to relate his views and vision to contemporary complexities despite the fact that he represents a reservoir of insights at present.

Since the Constitution turned India into a definitive entity for guaranteeing its citizens diverse rights under multiple obligations, civilizational aspirations or allied exhortations, simply, aren’t really adequate. Sociological churning and scientific mutation engineer ceaseless change in our lives and so the dream of a Life Divine descending seems to be as distant as ever. A hard-nosed ethical framework as a plausible agent for ushering in such an ideal, nevertheless, is what Sri Aurobindo proposes. By linking the same to the evolutionary inevitability, he clinches a theoretical uniqueness which none has been able to refute or surpass.

Agreed that this is in the domain of hope and Yoga, palpably, an arcane arena. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo, themselves, were wary of occultism, and hence we should strive to steer clear of traces of mysticism sprouting or mythology creeping in. Peddling empty assurances and unproven promises is nothing but quackery and mere textual authority, howsoever ancient or seemingly exalted, must not automatically be deemed as authentic or self-evident. Commentaries and correspondences by The Mother & Sri Aurobindo do privilege certain utterances of the old but their veracity and efficacy are subject to the aptitude and receptivity of the subject and any generalized or regimented administration of the same on collective basis is liable to the hazard of miscarriage.

Fighting against the past is not an easy affair as cultural embeddedness and breathing religious ubiquity is so potent and constant on our part. Hence, we must endeavour to keep away from them “as one separates from a blade of grass its main fibre” with patience and determination. The task of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo is something vast and revolutionary and various perspectives that vie for space elsewhere must converge round their ontology. A divorce between religion and politics is a nonstarter and, therefore, an integral understanding without the burden of atheism must propel our pedagogy as well as public policy. [TNM55] 

FDI and FDM

Tweets 24 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Many seem confused about Integral Yoga. First paragraph of The Mother by Sri Aurobindo speaks of the call & the Grace. The latter is all.

24 Sep Savitri Era Religion centres exclusively around the Divine Manifestation of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo and their writings. All must welcome.

24 Sep In The Life Divine Sri Aurobindo affirms the inevitability of religion in the opening paragraph. Rest of the human concerns are variables.

24 Sep Savitri Era Religion signifies synthesis & defies comparison by those particular about analysis & base conclusions on superficial diagnosis.

23 SepSavitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Before conversion to Aurobindoism they used to observe this vrata but now heaping contempt on rituals & devotees.] CNM http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/a-critical-examination-of-sri-aurobindos-secret-of-the-veda-vijaya-rajiva/#comment-10707 …  View summary 

23 Sep [devotees of Sri Maa and Sri Aurobindo have been doing away with all the Hindu customs, rituals, pujas and vratas.] CNM http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/a-critical-examination-of-sri-aurobindos-secret-of-the-veda-vijaya-rajiva/#comment-10694 …  View summary 

23 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty - @1827_life @ShashiTharoor @jay_ambadi @manishkbaid@priyankac19 @katie_abraham @gsurya [Gandhi, Nehru, & Sri Aurobindo] http://auromere.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/mahatma-gandhis-aborted-1934-attempt-to-meet-sri-aurobindo/#comment-13404 …   View summary 

23 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Comment on: distinction between left-right brain differences Sri Aurobindo made in those remarks in 1909.] by Sandeep: http://auromere.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/predictions-of-sri-aurobindo/#comment-13584 …  View summary 

23 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Legitimizing chaos & anarchy in the name of people's agitation may be an easy strategy for attracting attention & popularity but boomerangs.

23 Sep Road rage is abhorred and so too rowdyism in Twitter street. Order, peace, & harmony are the ideals to follow both in religion and politics.

21 Sep Manishankar Prasad ‏@change_thinker Is Social Media curating an Alternate History? http://wp.me/p1g6Jd-8A   Retweeted by Savitri Era Party  View media 

21 Sep Manvendra Singh Rana ‏@ms_rana @MovementIAC Kejriwal u r on right path. I am with u till end. Regardless of the outcome, I am going to support ur party in 2014 elections:)  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

21 Sep Manishankar Prasad ‏@change_thinker The fight between Kejriwal n Anna is healthy: new entities in the political discourse r always welcome  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

21 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty @krishnarjun108 We draw inspiration from Sri Aurobindo's#5DreamsManifesto at a macro-level but tackling micro-matters is our own prudence.  View conversation 

21 Sep @krishnarjun108 As a free citizen you are entitled to your opinion which I feel is not as certain as you seem to hold. The PM, too, differs.  View conversation 

21 Sep @krishnarjun108 Right. Cartel, Mafia & Information asymmetry undermine free market. But then ours is not a perfect world even as we aspire.  View conversation 

21 Sep @krishnarjun108 Consumer choice is more crucial in business than deep pockets. So, no fear of the Capital as consumer can show him the door.  View conversation 

21 Sep @krishnarjun108 Not easy to estimate as myriad multiplier-effects are involved. So the basic logic is not to put a spanner in free markets.  View conversation 

21 Sep @krishnarjun108 Quality, competition, manpower-training, exposure to intern'l brands & economy of scale. There'd be 1000 invisibles besides.  View conversation 

21 Sep @krishnarjun108 Relatively more secure than FII. Well, risks are there but reward too; so, restricting future scenario to present is unfair.  View conversation 

21 Sep @krishnarjun108 I meant, retail entails much more than kirana & just as we welcome FIIs in Stock Market, we should welcome more secured FDI.  View conversation 

21 Sep @krishnarjun108 Retail, even understood merely as kirana, is a basic step but exhibits huge attitudinal preparedness for engaging outsiders.  View conversation 

21 SepSavitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty @krishnarjun108 Many are surely common but some are unprecedented like technology, bioethics, carbon footprint etc. & warrant a global view.  View conversation 

21 Sep @krishnarjun108 Better desist from hypothetical propositions that we may never prove or disprove. Present maladies warrant present remedies.  View conversation 

21 Sep There are multiple issues to unseat this Govt. but opposing FDI & Reforms is not one of them. Serious misjudgment by Mamata & other parties.

20 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty @cpings4 With what? My statement or Govt. move on FDI? In the latter case, it's a question of discussing and learning with an open mind.  View conversation 

20 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Whatever be the motive or political compulsion the Govt made a great move on FDI but our friends on Twitter are found wanting in supporting.

21 SepPragmatix ‏@RisingIndiawins not for a moment do I forget that whatever good life I have enjoyed is because of reforms unleashed by Dr Manmohan Singh in 1991.  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

20 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty“@Realist_Indian: I think Kejriwal dear shud join TMC. Mamta is honest, "secular" and leftist :)” Sri Aurobindo & SEP rather a sound option.

20 SepSavitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Sri Aurobindo is the messenger of the Veda & the carrier of Savitri, the gospel of immortality. India bears the burden of diffusing wisdom.

20 Sep The country at the crossroads and #5DreamsManifesto of Sri Aurobindo broadcast on August 14, 1947 remains a beacon of hope for all Indians.

20 Sep When Left & Right join hands in a pseudo-nationalistic anti-FDA mission and Anna disowns Kejriwal the right Marg is Sri Aurobindo & 5 Dreams.

20 Sep By embracing Sri Aurobindo and #5DreamsManifesto Kejriwal can give the Gandhian Anna as well as the Vivekananda Yatri a run for their money.

20 Sep RSS/SJM, Gandhian & Leftist thinking has kept India backward. Kejriwal must break out from the past moulds & follow Sri Aurobindo's 5 Dreams.

20 Sep SEP's ideological clarity demarcates a distinct electoral space. Once Kejriwal ratify, the potential of Sri Aurobindo's appeal may multiply.

20 Sep We reiterate our suggestion that Kejriwal join SEP and work for the vision of Sri Aurobindo for India moving to the forefront of the world.

20 Sep Only route to follow for an enduring future for @kejriwal_arvind: Forget Anna Hazare; embrace FIVE DREAMS OF Sri Aurobindo and Free Markets.

20 Sep Hazare & Kejriwal have demonstrated the strange propensity of large sections of people in lazily believing in lies & false promises in herds

20 Sep Reigning state satraps may not hold the whole secret of future election results. Acute ideological churning is on and hence expect surprises

20 Sep Call to all those who support Reform and FDI to rally round Sri Aurobindo and his FIVE DREAMS Manifesto now that Anna Hazare has gone kaput.

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Shastri's revision

"Hindu Vaichariki," the latest book by Dr. Vijay Sonkar Shastri, is a manifesto of sorts of a very wide and liberal interpretation of the Hindu ethos that comes very close to the internationalism of Sri Aurobindo. It's heartening that right thinking people are coming out of the narrow formulation of Hindutva by Savarkar at the conceptual level if not from the zone of slogans.

Varuna and Vedic taxonomy

Tweets 47m Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty We expect to see divinity in terms of miraculous cures... Sri Aurobindo rebuts this presumption: http://wp.me/pCLXM-1bN  via@wordpressdotcom  View summary

2h Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Chaos in the streets today speaks of bankruptcy of ideas among the political class. Sri Aurobindo foresaw it in his FIVE DREAMS Manifesto. 2h Later philosophies borrow this 4-track to create variations like 3-Gunas or Sat-Chit-Ananda that are echoed in Liberty-Equality-Fraternity. 2h 4/5 brothers of Ramayana/Mahabharata are allegorical approximation of this basic ontological taxonomy Sri Aurobindo brings out in the Veda.2h Sri Aurobindo reveals the Vedic clue of four suns, viz., Varuna, Aryama, Mitra & Bhaga. Those who frown upon Castes must know this taxonomy. 2h [Political Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo - V.P. Varma: Varuna, Mitra, Aryama and Bhaga - four deities manifesting the supermind in the Vedas.]

18h Nitin Pai ‏@acorn Treating electoral politics as if it is intrinsically dirty is doing a disservice to democracy and good governance.  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party 18h  If you want to change India for the better, it's far better to join and work with political parties and politicians.  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

20h ashutosh ‏@Primal_White Who benefited more ? Anna or Team Kejariwal ? Or RSS ?  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

19h Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty "Is sankoch ko todna hoga" exhorted Prof Anand Kumar today against Anna's resistance to formation of a new party by Kejriwal & Co. but alas! 20h Most Parties have taken a Left turn & if Kejriwal follows the same route, he will look as run-of-the-mill. Our USP: Sri Aurobindo + Market.21h The present debate on FDI rudely reminds of the battle waged by Vasant Sathe (5 March 1925-23 September 2011) to bring colour TV in 1982. 21h Policy-wise we stand closest to the Congress Party right now except for the Nehru/Gandhi dynastic rule, atheistic secularism and corruption.21h Current political turmoil brings clarity to our preference for Markets while stressing the brand of Secularism advocated by Sri Aurobindo. 21h With the burden of the Betala named Anna Hazare gone from Kejriwal's shoulders he should focus on securing the right ideological recipe.

22h Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [My List of Great of Non-Fiction Books: Learn About Everything - Christopher Vitale: http://networkologies.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/my-list-of-great-of-non-fiction-books-learn-about-everything/ … Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Great-Non-Fiction-Learn-About-Everything/lm/RRY66NLAY63Z9/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full …  View summary

22h [A Primer on Advaita Vedanta or Non-Dualist Hinduism: Why Atman is Brahman And Why We Should Care - Christopher Vitale] http://networkologies.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/a-primer-on-advaita-vedanta-or-non-dualist-hinduism-or-why-atman-is-brahman-and-why-we-should-care/ …  View photo

22h Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Savitri Era Open Forum: Henri Bergson, Henry Ford, and In defence of hypocrisy - Posted by Tusar N. Mohapatra, Director http://seof.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/henri-bergson-henry-ford-and-in-defence.html …

22h Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty On Amazon: The Mother on Savitri [Kindle Edition] The Mother (Author) Savitri Foundation (Editor) Rs. 57.04 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009CI1AFK?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=B009CI1AFK&linkCode=shr&tag=savera-20&keywords=A%20Savitri%20Foundation%20Compilation&qid=1348061772&ref_=sr_1_fkmr0_1&s=digital-text&sr=1-1-fkmr0 … via @amazon  View summary

19 Sep Nandini Krish ‏@nk_iyer Re: my last tweet - it has some rare pics of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother...and the latter playing tennis. Interesting stuff!  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party 19 Sep In pictures: Former French colony of Pondicherry in India http://bbc.in/ODLNGo  via BBC  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

18 Sep Harsh Gupta ‏@hguptapolicy Just like "equality of opportunity" is a much abused term-ideal that can be worked towards but not realized, so with a "level-playing field"  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party 18 Sep On GM food, it is consumed in large parts of the world safely and there are huge productivity benefits. Why should India be any different?  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

18 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [I've a very beautiful connection with my Guruma Indiradeviji & Dilip Kumar Roy disciples of Sri Aurobindo] Hema Malini http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/bollywood/news/a406679/hema-malini-represents-sarvam-charity-at-asian-achievers-awards-2012.html …  View summary

18 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Hobbes, Hegel, Derrida, Deleuze & Guattari. Badiou‘s use of St. Paul http://selforum.blogspot.in/2011/07/hobbes-hegel-derrida-deleuze-and.html … Apsara, Agastya, and Ambedkar http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/06/apsara-agastya-and-ambedkar.html …

18 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photographs of Sri Aurobindo form part of exhibition at Alliance Francaise till September 30.] http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-french-connection/1004559/ …

18 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty ANTIDOTE: Ludiwg "King" Mises Himself - On "The Essential Pr... http://www.theantidoteblog.com/2012/09/ludiwg-king-mises-himself-on-essential.html?spref=tw …

18 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Sri Aurobindo introduces to the Big picture, encourages to suspect Certainty, and assists to situate the Contingent within overall ontology. 18 Sep Strong aversion for Sri Aurobindo among the elite of our country will take time to evaporate as their thinking is anchored to careers, now. 18 Sep Those who think in terms of 2047 and not 2014 alone the FIVE DREAMS Manifesto of Sri Aurobindo provides the right road-map. So no short-cut. 18 Sep India Shining has lost its sheen and those keen in seeing a bright future for the country must come under the FIVE DREAMS of Sri Aurobindo.

18 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Mohan Rakesh's “Halfway House” deals with the question of identity and meaning in life in an Existentialist dimension] http://survivingbaenglish.wordpress.com/%E2%80%9Chalfway-house%E2%80%9D-by-mohan-rakesh/ …  View summary

18 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Always Monday, Eternal recurrence & Privacy: J.N. Mohanty, Roy Bhaskar, Levi Bryant @onticologist, Jeff K. Hill~oglesby http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/09/always-monday-eternal-recurrence-and.html …

18 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Performing under duress is as reprehensible as ostensible acts of generosity that are demonstrably for the sake of survival and supremacy.

18 Sep Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Henri Cartier-Bresson's last pictures of Sri Aurobindo http://bit.ly/RZyWt0  The Mother looking like a Byzantine Empress http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2012/09/the-mother-looking-like-byzantine.html … 

The Mother looking like a Byzantine Empress

Tweets 12m Harsh Gupta ‏@hguptapolicy "Each person’s rationalisation is that ‘you did it too’. So if you say to the BJP today, they will say ‘the Congress did it (too)’" –Shourie  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

2h Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Bartlebooth (whose name combines Herman Melville's Bartleby & Valery Larbaud's Barnabooth) dies while he is about to finish 439th puzzle.]

2h Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty "Free speech, free markets, secularism & to become a better human" might seem perfectly reasonable to one but the role of the Zeitgeist loom

2h Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty ["it was always March there and always Monday." (p.355) ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel García Márquez] http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/margin/nonficHillGGM.html …

20h The Asian Age ‏@TheAsianAgeNews Henri Cartier-Bresson clicked the last pictures of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother in #Pondicherry #AlkaziFoundation #arts http://bit.ly/RZyWt0   Retweeted by Savitri Era Party 

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty @thinkerspad @anirbanfromrlf As a non-specialist, can I assume that CAG, PM, Opposition, all are right in their own place, constitutionally?  View conversation

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Communication at same wave-length is crucial for dialogue & debate. Preserving the fidelity of language is a sacred responsibility upon all.

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Trending is an index but when becomes a tool for manipulation, it loses credibility. Fascists don't realise match-fixing is reprehensible.

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Neither the PM nor the Leader of the Opposition are leaders of their respective parties. Thus, their performances are best enjoyed as drama.

27 Aug SSRC ‏@SSRC_org Religion and modern communication - an excerpt from The Post-Secular in Question, a joint pub from SSRC and @NYUpresshttp://ow.ly/d6ipQ   Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty 4 stages of life roughly correspond to 4 Varnashramas explains "Vinod Mehta's transformation from an irreverent editor to a Congress stooge"

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Incentive is adored as the most honest economic principle and hence it's perplexing why the same be denied to our economist Prime Minister.

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Politician, journalist, blogger, lawyer, housewife, engineer all are at par to drink at Twitter stream but who push trending are more equal.

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty It appears that 8 years is the max. period for any Govt. after which people turn impatient. Time to switch to American system of two terms.

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Freedom of speech is fast turning into freedom from grammar & spelling & dictionaries and using more visual codes & symbols & abbreviations.

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture: SAKSI's aim is to spread the message of Veda & Sri Aurobindo] http://www.vedah.com/ 

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Sri Aurobindo’s expositions of the Vedas are not hinged on erudition, but are anchored on his direct perception of the heart of the Vedas.]

27 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Never did the Vedas proclaim that Sannyasa is a prerequisite for Realisation. Perfection is to be sought after...] http://www.vedah.com/about-saksi/focus-2-dissemination-of-veda-knowledge …

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty If Kejriwal is eyeing the non-Congress-non-BJP space but sides with the Left, then the Centre-Right arena is left safe for @SavitriEraParty.

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty @shamansun But a handful of stalwarts stretching the beauty of language to unprecedented limits to produce overpowering concepts lives on.  View conversation

26 Aug MKJ ‏@Back2Vedas @bibekdebroy: I loved the way Sri Aurobindo Ashrama preservd all his works. Its kept in ideal condition. Limited access @parthajha@techrsr  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party  View conversation

26 Aug MKJ ‏@Back2Vedas The Dialogue with death :-) #SriAurobindo #Savitri http://books.google.co.in/books?  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

26 Aug Ashok Tewari ‏@Vamadevananda It seems to be very foolish, these fasts—as if they could alter anything at all. Sri Aurobindo on Gandhi's method... http://fb.me/w9f4ksLw   Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Mind & Cosmos: Thomas Nagel, The Kingdom & the Glory: Agamben, The Faith of the Faithless: Simon Critchley, The Life Divine: Sri Aurobindo.

26 Aug मुकुल मिश्रा ‏@MukulKMishra @Primal_White @anshumansunny If he comes with an option, I shall vote for him. Rajneeti me akele hain jin par meri shraddha hai.  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party  View conversation

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Kejriwal's quaint show today is symptomatic of his self-doubt & established political parties must be justifiably laughing up their sleeves.

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Epochal opportunity for young Indians today to work for Savitri Era Party to spread the message of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo systematically

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Sri Aurobindo's insightful analyses regarding man & society, even after 100 years, is as fresh as ever with his vision anchored to evolution

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty The Arya came out as a monthly magazine on August 15, 1914 in which Sri Aurobindo dwelt upon the most weighty issues faced by the humanity.

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Intellectual corruption is far more pernicious than pecuniary indiscretion. Legitimising half-literates to lead India in 21^st Century is shameful.

26 Aug Alok Bhatt ‏@alok_bhatt 5. India, cant go China way-my basic prob with Arvind Kejriwal is that he represent neo left & such ideology will spell disaster for India.  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Kranti is fantasy, fighting with police is spectacle. The route of revolution is slow and legal. Policy is the right recipe in the TV age.

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Agitation is adolescent anger, politics is mature behaviour; growing up from a hunter-gatherer hurry to agrarian-industrial long-term stake.

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty It might be tempting to ride piggyback on the anti-corruption sentiment, but for viable ecosystem of a party diverse positive values needed.

26 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty IAC is metamorphosing today into a new political party on the streets of New Delhi amidst teargas and water canons. We offer our Good Wishes

26 Aug kiran patnaik ‏@kiran_patniak अब यह एनजीओ आन्दोलन शुद्धरूप से सोनियासरकार विरोधी होरहा. कार्यकर्ताओं का पूरा जोर अब मनमोहन-सोनिया सरकार के खिलाफ लगता दिख रहा. शुभ संकेत.  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

25 Aug Manish Kalra ‏@ManishKalra Considering the large reach of Social Networking, it can be dangerous to let it go free and unchecked.  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

25 Aug kiran patnaik ‏@kiran_patniak वो दलाल मीडिया के योगेन्द्र यादव को जबसे इस एनजीओ टीम ने अन्ना आन्दोलन में प्रवेश दिया, तबसे इस आन्दोलन के भटकने की शुरुआत हुई.  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

25 Aug Francois Gautier ‏@fgautier26 Its not as simple. You shoulf read Sri Aurobindo's Foundations of Indian Culture. Caste still has its place in India & w shud respect that.  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty @hmadhok @realist_indian Just like Mayawati didn't want to win in UP, Sonia doesn't want to win 2014 so that infighting in NDA creates chaos  View conversation

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Nanporia - Sahara - Dhiren Bhagat http://marketime.blogspot.com/2005/07/dhiren-bhagat.html … RT [@Outlookindia: N.J. Nanporia, R.I.P. http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=2837&eid=5 … Outlook Blogs]

24 Aug churumuri ‏@churumuri N.J. Nanporia, the half-Parsi, half-Japanese editor of TOI & Statesman, a true wordsmith, has passed away. RIP. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunanda-k-datta-ray-remembering-nanporia/484322/o …  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [the sheer tedium of NJN's column: anyone who spent six months walking in the Sahara will know what I'm talking about.] http://marketime.blogspot.com/2005/07/dhiren-bhagat.html …

25 Aug Sandeep Web ‏@SandeepWeb @SavitriEraParty You have been pursuing me with your Aurobindo agenda for at least 3 months. I'm not interested. @hguptapolicy  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party  View conversation

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Savitri Era Religion takes on the Past and its palanquin-bearers. Modernity is a challenge in India even 100 years after Sri Aurobindo wrote

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Latour's We Have Never Been Modern is, as Graham Harman has often said, a remarkable book ~that refutes so many things that refuse to die.]

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [start with The Reality of Mass Media, and then proceed to Social Systems.] http://larvalsubjects.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/promises-of-posthumanism/ … http://feelphilosophy.blogspot.in/2010/05/luhmann-varela-maturana-wolfe.html …  View summary

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Wolfe deploys the second-order cybernetics of Luhmann, Varela, & Maturana. Luhmann, especially, is one of the undiscovered gems of theory.]

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty A tweet is a sweet way of eventising & relevantising what is weird or obscure. Read, Read, Read! Hegel's Love, Mauss' Gift, Derrida's Death.

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Dr Alok Pandey Replies to T.N. Chaturvedi apropos The Lives of Sri Aurobindo: http://www.thelivesofsriaurobindo.com/2012/08/dr-alok-pandey-replies-to-tn-chaturvedi.html …

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty All debate around Freedom of Speech have to be reoriented as bounced against the Heehs imbroglio wrt The Lives of Sri Aurobindo (CUP, 2008).

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [2008. “Sri Aurobindo and Hinduism”. Published online in AntiMatters 2.2 (April).] http://anti-matters.org/articles/58/public/58-51-1-PB.pdf … Peter Heehs: http://peterheehs.net/publications/ 

24 Aug Anindita Chatterjee ‏@CapitalistSage @kalkikanmani How blessed to be born under The Mother and Sri Aurobindo's blessings :)  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party  View conversation

24 Aug The Mother India ‏@MotherIndiaTeam The 1st principle of teaching says,"Nothing can be taught".Sri Aurobindo #|| 1 can help one learn something but cant teach. We r here 2 help  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty I wish the debate between @hguptapolicy & @SandeepWeb were between a slightly more well-read. Banishing Sri Aurobindo surely is no prudence.

24 Aug Francois Gautier ‏@fgautier26 U have t read wht Sri Aurobindo said abt caste in Foundations of Indian Culture. Caste ws once a unique social systm but got pervertd by man.  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

25 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [Shyamaprasad Mukherjee was relatively more “liberal”] ~ because he knew and drew inspiration from Sri Aurobindo's emancipatory utterances.

24 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty @Karmasura Sri Aurobindo, also called Uttara Yogi, has already accomplished all this with his world-encompassing vision in The Life Divine.  View conversation

24 Aug Albatrossinflight ‏@albatrossinfo The utopian argument of @hguptapolicy meets the practical Hindutva philosophy of @SandeepWeb http://centreright.in/2012/08/vaad-prativaad-secularism-is-important-to-a-modern-india/ …  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

24 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Congress ministers & functionaries so much resemble nuns in a cloister displaying servility with Sonia as Father (though gender reversed).

24 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty @ShivaKap But we fight shy of fighting elections and enter the legislative bodies and so it's status quo. [TNM55]  View conversation

24 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Unequivocal opposition of Fascism by The Mother & Sri Aurobindo - contrast with Tagore, S.C. Bose & Marathi enthusiasm: http://communalism.blogspot.in/2012/08/blurb-of-marzia-casolaris-book-in-shade.html …

24 Aug Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Integral Yoga of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo is taking a decisive turn around this time. Goings on on materialist front. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/centreright/~3/pFEXLHHJqt8/ …

11h - Rahul Kanwal ‏@rahulkanwal Ramdev's agenda closely mirrors that of BJP/Sangh. Unlike Anna he doesn't deny that RSS backs him. Mobilisation driven by Sangh cadre. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party

7h - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [For the first time in its history, the Congress split in Surat Session in 1907. The reason being session in Calcutta.] http://marketime.blogspot.in/2007/07/for-first-time-in-its-history-congress.html …

7h - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty [This talk explores & invites participation in the five dreams of Sri Aurobindo in his message on India’s Independence] http://www.atthefeetofthemother.org/2011/10/five-dreams-of-sri-aurobindo-hindi-and.html …

7h [As Dayanand & Sri Aurobindo have rightly pointed out, religious practices have drifted away from their philosophy.] http://rainbowther.blogspot.in/2007/02/religious-practices-have-drifted-away.html …

8h [Some Hindu scriptures are verbose others concise, all in all a mixture of truths & fables. I don’t care much. Sandeep] http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/08/sanketik-ramdev-and-filmy-anna.html …

3h - @tulsimeer @Good_Bipin [Pretending Everything’s Okay Works: putting up good front for friends makes everything better.] http://auromere.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/when-faced-with-a-serious-decision-how-to-make-the-right-choice/#comment-12699 … -   View summary

Tusar N. Mohapatra says: August 9, 2012 at 11:53 am [Every time a misfortune befell me, says Dastur Adurbad, I derived six kinds of comfort and solace from it. ERVAD MARZBAN HATHIRAM] http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-31/edit-page/27301069_1_zoroastrians-misfortune-comfort [the state of excessive happiness or depression is temporary and relative only to our most recent experiences. Puneet Jain] http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-07-08/news/27351941_1_happiness-envy-depression