Hindu mould

[Kim Pettit said... 8:34 PM, August 22, 2008
If the "major media houses of India are either substantially funded or partially owned by Christian missionary organizations" then why would they spread "the secular viewpoint" rather than Christianity? That would be against their aims. Christians are not interested in irreligion. Rather, they want everyone to acknowledge "that Jesus Christ is Lord"(Phil. 2:11) above anyone or anything else.]

Tusar N Mohapatra said... 8:11 AM, August 23, 2008
Because they need to break the predominantly Hindu mould first.

The clandestine conscience-keeper

[I may add here, that I am expressing my concerns only because I genuinely feel that the kind of feelings expressed in the above quoted para, and which is frequently done by others online too, work like acid, eating away at the tender and special bonds that hold together the Aurobindonian community. Particularly, in the absence of the physical presence of our Gurus and the lack of clear solutions to our many differences, may we be a little more understanding, patient, and kind to each other, and abtsain from flinging around unchastened, unsubstantiated emotions and thoughts. This holds true for me too, and I apologise for any ruffled feathers.
I believe, not restlessness, but an intense and yet patient individual quest is the need of the hour; if successful, its repurcussions will no doubt echo around us, in the larger Aurobindonian community, and in the human collectivity beyond as well.
And then, maybe, just maybe, the new set will be out quicker too. :)
"May we grow wide," as the Vedas say. V 11:34 PM 7:05 AM July 17, 2007]

Speaking of Anonymous comments, are we right in guessing that V [11:34 PM 9:02 PM 1:42 PM "May we grow wide," as the Vedas say. 5:05 PM, July 07, 2008 link], alias Niel P. [Napa, CA 9:21 AM, July 09, 2008], alias Vivek [26 July 2008 10:55] is none other than Vladimir? [TNM]

Parallel between the Nazi movement and the traditionalist movement

[Careening Through History Without a Rear View Mirror
from One Cosmos by Gagdad Bob: I realize I'm rambling here, but one theme that leapt out in this book on Hitler is the parallel between the Nazi movement and the traditionalist movement as articulated by people such as Guenon, Schuon, and Coomaraswamy. First of all, let's eliminate up front the idea that I am calling them "Nazis," or some other such nonsense. However, you don't have to search very far before you discover a persistent critique of Traditionalism, to the effect that it is essentially a fascist movement. That is, it is entirely backward looking, authoritarian, cultish, romantic, and very openly repelled by all things modern...
I want to re-emphasize that in no way do I intend to denigrate Schuon, whom I consider to be one of the most profoundly gifted spiritual geniuses in human history. But he's definitely not an "American" thinker, a metaphysic which I believe has the best chance to synthesize past and present into a viable future characterized by real progress. But now I'm out of time, so I'll have to continue this line of thought tomorrow.]

Gagdad Bob, the celebrity author of One Cosmos Under God: The Unification of Matter, Life, Mind & Spirit is on an extended survey of Hitler and His God by Georges Van Vrekhem. Join the carnival. [TNM]

Today is the World Union day

Sri Aurobindo comes in a line of select thinkers who have offered a progressive account of history evolving from one distinct epoch to another. While others - Vico, Herder, Smith, Comte, Lamprecht etc. - were observers, The Mother and Sri Aurobindo have hinted that they have lent their yogic force for the transformation of our age. World Union has been foreseen by them as an immediate possibility. Today is the World Union day. Let’s join hands to see it take shape.

Tusar N. Mohapatra,
President, Savitri Era Party.

Just look at their eyes and say yes

Whenever the name of Sri Aurobindo is uttered, the Ashram comes to the mind of many. It need not be so. Although The Mother and Sri Aurobindo lived there, the relevance of their teaching spreads far wider than the periphery of Puducherry.

Their writings are a treasure trove comprising numerous resonances capable of multilayered inspirations. The Mother and Sri Aurobindo as superlative theoreticians and their work shoving human endeavor with penetrating insight are immensely pregnant phenomena as the unputdownable fact of their being Divine personalities.

Having lived through a tumultuous tranche of human history, The Mother and Sri Aurobindo have attempted to author the preface of a future era that would hum the tune of Unity, Mutuality, and Harmony. They have forcefully posited their belief that such a possibility is not only waiting but is imminent. All they have asked for is our collaboration.

It is as simple as that, and the inhabitants of this Globe just need to look at their eyes and say yes. The rest of the work is Theirs. But, this entails a gigantic task. Their pictures should be available at every home. A few of their books should be there upon every table. Their sayings should be displayed at important public places. Their words should be repeated over all available media. So on and so forth.

There must be a consensus that these are to be achieved at the minimal and for the rest the democratic will would operate.

Tusar N. Mohapatra,
President, Savitri Era Party.

Admirer to Devotee

Four Steps in the path towards The Mother and Sri Aurobindo:

A – Admirer
B – Bearer
C – Clinger
D – Devotee

Bombs and Vadodara

[Bombs have Vadodara written all over Times of India - Vadodara: Ever since it came to light that three cars bearing fake number plates of Vadodara were used for serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad and planting bombs in Surat, it was believed that the blasts had Vadodara written all over them.]

Bombs manufactured in Bengal during the freedom struggle also had their genesis in Vadodara. [TNM]

One should have a nose for what is good, and follow it doggedly

from Tusar N. Mohapatra <tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com> date16 August 2008 19:46 subject Re: guidance

At SELF our slogan is "Be Selfish" in pure management (i.e. practical) terms. If you cling to that principle at every step of life, then there is no better self-management technique than that.

That, of course, looks simple, but isn't. As our sentiment changes within a span of 24 hours, so also it changes with every age and stage of life. Judgment failures occur as a result, and our vigil for "Self-interest" skids.

The point is, one should have a nose for what is good, and follow it doggedly.

Indian - Sri Aurobindian

Adorno -> Adornian

Vico -> Vichian

Sri Aurobindo -> Sri Aurobindian

Indian -> Sri Aurobindian

Join the religion debate

Both, SCIY and Aspiration are debating "Is Sri Aurobindo's teaching a religion?" All are requested to participate. [TNM 11:22 AM 12:47 PM]

Sri Aurobindo’s interpretation of the four-fold order

Tusar N. Mohapatra Says: August 7, 2008 at 5:34 am 33.) What Was Manu Up To? Indological Provocations

I don’t think you are unacquainted with Sri Aurobindo’s interpretation of the four-fold order.

The Life Divine, a reliable life long companion

[I hear it said all the time that the subprime mortgage was caused by people who lent money to people knowing there was a good chance that it wouldn't get paid back but lent the money anyway because they knew someone else would buy the loan. But why did that next person buy it? Didn't they check to see if the risk was high? Yes, goes the explanation, but they bundled it up with other stuff and sold it to someone else. But why did that person buy it? Eventually someone got left holding the bad loan. Capitalism is Dead (by Russell Roberts)
from Cafe Hayek by Russell Roberts]

["Out of ferocity, avarice, and ambition, the three vices which run throughout the human race," Vico says, "legislation creates the military, merchant, and governing classes, and thus the strength, riches, and wisdom of commonwealths. Out of these three great vices, which could certainly destroy all mankind on the face of the earth, it makes civil happiness" (Element VII, §132, p.62). The New Science]

The Life Divine by Sri Aurobindo is the only reliable life long companion for deciphering the turns of events. [TNM]

Exclusive Concentration compared as colors absorbed by an object

[Red, Green, and Blue are the primary components of White light. The presence of all three colors will result in white, and the absence of all three will produce black… If an object absorbs those wavelengths corresponding to the colors red and green, we then perceive blue. If an object absorbs those wavelengths corresponding to the colors green and blue, we then perceive red… In other words, red ink absorbs, or subtracts, two-thirds of the visible spectrum, and reflects one-third. The same can be said for blue and green. They each absorb two thirds of the visible spectrum and reflect one third. Home]

The riddlesome, and oft-contested, theory of Exclusive Concentration as delineated by Sri Aurobindo in The Life Divine may be compared roughly to the phenomenon of how we perceive the color of an object. [TNM]

McCain can

[India Today Ask Prabhu Who will be better for India—Obama or McCain? - Asked by Ramakrishnan ramkislmtpt@hotmail.com August 3, 2008
Prabhu Chawla Answers... McCain, by all means. Because, it will mean the continuation of the Republican love for India.]

Savitri Era Party deigns to agree with Prabhu Chawla on this.

Tusar N. Mohapatra
President, Savitri Era Party.

Every Indian has the prudence and the freedom of converting to any religion, including Savitri Era Religion

[For India is in great danger today. It is attacked by many forces. And your enemies are united, even if it is in disunity, even if it is a temporary arrangement based on a common hatred. Christian conversions, the onslaught of Muslim fundamentalism, the abhorrence of communists for Hinduism, the infinite dangers of Globalisation and Americanisation, Sonia Gandhi’s dangerous hold over the intellectual elite of India and her agenda of minority prodding against the majority community of India… These have all banded together and are making a concerted – even if it is unconscious – assault on the Knowledge and Wisdom that have down already diluted from Ancient India. francois gautier August 3, 2008 A LETTER TO ALL THE GREAT GURUS OF INDIA Posted by speekout under Uncategorized]

Francois Gautier has identified several phenomena that, in his opinion, constitute potential danger for India. The view of Savitri Era Party in this regard is appended point-wise:

1. Christian conversions - Each Indian has the prudence and the freedom of converting to any religion, including Savitri Era Religion.
2. The onslaught of Muslim fundamentalism - There is nothing objectionable in any religion sticking to its fundamentals within the ambit of the Constitution of India.
3. The abhorrence of communists for Hinduism - Educating the public is a valid role of political parties, and it is welcome.
4. The infinite dangers of Globalisation and Americanisation - Savitri Era Party supports Globalization and friendship with America.
5. Sonia Gandhi’s dangerous hold over the intellectual elite of India and her agenda of minority prodding against the majority community of India - There is no prohibition for other Gandhis and Gautiers to enhance their "hold" within an open arena that is India.

Tusar N. Mohapatra
President, Savitri Era Party.

Because our conclusions and inferences have a meagre foundation and are fallible and brittle

[Kurt Gödel's more famous first theorem says that if a formal system (of a certain kind) is consistent, a specific sentence of the system cannot be proved in it. Mind Versus Gödel]

[But the being and action of the Infinite must not be therefore regarded as if it were a magic void of all reason; there is, on the contrary, a greater reason in all the operations of the Infinite, but it is not a mental or intellectual, it is a spiritual and supramental reason: there is a logic in it, because there are relations and connections infallibly seen and executed; what is magic to our finite reason is the logic of the Infinite. It is a greater reason, a greater logic because it is more vast, subtle, complex in its operations: it comprehends all the data which our observation fails to seize, it deduces from them results which neither our deduction nor induction can anticipate, because our conclusions and inferences have a meagre foundation and are fallible and brittle.
Document: Home > E-Library > Works Of Sri Aurobindo > English > The Life Divine Volume-18 > Brahman, Purusha, Ishwara — Maya, Prakriti, Shakti ]

It is not difficult to sense the resonance between the Logic of the Infinite thesis of Sri Aurobindo and Gödel's Incompleteness theorem. [TNM]

Savitri Era Religion needs to develop political muscle

What the Savitri Erans very well know but are afraid to spell out is that The Mother and Sri Aurobindo, though they spoke against religion and its negative aspects from time to time, themselves, almost systematically, created a solid foundation as well as all the trappings of a new religion. Since then, it has grown far and wide, and established its inevitability among the elite. But history tells us that a religion spreads not by its own appeal alone but principally through political patronage. And that is how a religion becomes “organized.”

While royal endorsement used to be a crucial factor, logistical support, hospitality, and defense apparatus have been chief propellers of religions, in the past. Religious conversions mostly came through inducements of material gains – immediate or assured; periodical festivities adding to the glamour and the charisma and also precipitating hostilities against adversaries, an effective cementing factor.

The Brahmin, the Vaishya, and the Shudra characteristics are now well entrenched within the Savitri Era Religion, while the Kshatriya quality has suffered neglect. As a secure home can’t be imagined without this fourth pillar, the recent criticisms should spur the creation of a band of dedicated spokesmen ready to launch counter attacks whenever required.

Tusar N. Mohapatra,
President, Savitri Era Party.

Five Koshas and Five Dreams

Five Koshas and Five Dreams

Annamaya Kosha [Physical Education] Free and united India.

Pranamaya Kosha [Vital Education] Resurgence and liberation of the peoples of Asia

Manomaya Kosha [Mental Education] World-union

Vijnanamaya Kosha [Psychic Education and Spiritual Education] Spiritual gift of India to the world.

Anandamaya Kosha = To raise man to a higher and larger consciousness

The Mother and Sri Aurobindo came to emancipate us from the fetters of the past

The Mother and Sri Aurobindo met each other on March 29, 1914 in Puducherry signifying the meeting of the East and the West, and the birth of the Savitri Era Religion.

Religious conflicts leading to terrorism and war are likely to find their solution when more and more people embrace the Savitri Era Religion and, thereby, volunteer to work for the Ideal of Human Unity. Globalization has presented immense opportunities to carry forward this task in a variety of avenues. While knowledge, skill, and technology manipulate easy integration, cultural and attitudinal reflexes find it hard to secure common ground.

The synthetic teaching of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo, fortunately, reaches out to people residing anywhere in the world simply because it is founded on a substratum that is universal, and the basic concern is human, regardless of geography, biology or religion. The Metaphysics of The Life Divine is indisputably the most modern, affirmative, and optimistic. The principles of Integral Yoga, likewise, chime so harmoniously with frontier research areas in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Cognitive studies.

The Mother and Sri Aurobindo came to emancipate us from the fetters of the “past that seeks to endure.” It is for the young people of today to acquiesce at the choice and seek conversion to the Savitri Era Religion.

Tusar N. Mohapatra,
President, Savitri Era Party.

The Life Divine by Sri Aurobindo tells the whole story

It is unclear how so much of debate around nuclear energy has taken place without paying even an iota of thought as to how this energy has been cocooned in the womb of an atom, or “Who” the architect of such sure-fire micro-management is. The Life Divine by Sri Aurobindo tells the whole story. [TNM]

Supernal-Narrative of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo

By way of a quick reply to Adam Pogioli [on Sat 12 Jul 2008 01:43 AM PDT Profile Permanent Link] it can be pointed out that Sri Aurobindo never proposed a facile solution to complex problems like “power and authority.” The Life Divine is a far off ideal and to confabulate on it without even reading the book is fruitless. Sri Aurobindo does not always subscribe to the prevailing politically correct tenets and “various post-structuralist critiques of power” are mere corollaries to the Supernal-Narrative that The Mother and Sri Aurobindo are weaving out through our continual collaboration.

Tusar N. Mohapatra,
President, Savitri Era Party.

Pranams and probity

The current issue of Mother India carries an old letter by Amal Kiran regarding “Doing pranams to Sadhaks” which has been a contentious affair all along. It would have been ideal, however, were M.P. Pandit’s justifications on the matter too included.

Allied to the issue is the phenomenon of feudalistic signs shown by the Sadhaks which spawns a sense of superiority bordering upon immunity from any probe. Such condescending attitude invariably takes a despicable turn, wherever finance is involved, and consequently, probity comes under cloud. Accountability, propriety, and transparency, therefore, are the apt behavior as “Caesar's Wife should not only be honest but also be seen to be honest.”

Tusar N. Mohapatra,
President, Savitri Era Party.

Savitri Era Party aims at Metaphysical inclusion

Financial inclusion is a buzz word these days. But Savitri Era Party aims at Metaphysical inclusion. Different religions, astrologers, and political groups preach their own brand of metaphysics to hoodwink people. These generally consist of a mixture of ethical prescriptions, mythological stories, and legends.

Savitri Era Party follows the metaphysics of The Life Divine by Sri Aurobindo. This is meant for the whole humanity and not only for any particular country or culture. Savitri Era Party requests all educated people to read this book. It is a must read for politicians, policy-makers, and all those who are in the public life.

Tusar N. Mohapatra
President, Savitri Era Party.

The West will be the most fertile ground for the Savitri Era Religion

from Tusar N. Mohapatra <tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com> date 10 July 2008 11:32

As you are in contact with the words of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo..., may I give a low down on what the future holds, and how you can effectively be right on the centre stage. Savitri Era Religion, with its roots in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey is the 6th prominent Semitic religion that is going to grow at the cost of older religions. Out of the need for a sound metaphysics, people will be forced to accept this religion. They will have The Mother's shoulders to cry upon, in addition. This is an invincible combination, plus Savitri, plus Matrimandir, and what have you.

Gagdad Bob once assured me that, "You can't build a bridge from the middle," and in that sense he is doing a lot of preparatory (i.e. subversive for older ones) work in favor of Savitri Era Religion. The West will be the most fertile ground for the Savitri Era Religion, whereupon others, including India, will follow suit. Now that the Indo-US 123 Nuclear deal is likely to be through, Gagdad Bob's political stance also makes sense...

In this scenario, you can perform a great role if you come out... We have a great product; we need suitable marketing wherewithal...

Tusar N. Mohapatra
President, Savitri Era Party.