Work as easy as cutting butter

Assorted tweets:

Democracy is not a linear journey; populists and demagogues do find enough demand for their projects among voters. I argue that combined with majoritarianism, the project of Indian democracy becomes even more slippery: https://t.co/eWULbZ32A0

https://twitter.com/PalshikarSuhas/status/1143740666494631936?s=19

Perhaps the most important and original modern study of Yoga, vast and profound, is the Synthesis of Yoga by Sri Aurobindo. Neglected because it does not emphasize asanas but outlines a radical change of human consciousness.

https://t.co/fIlDQBL34v

https://twitter.com/davidfrawleyved/status/1144095065259646976?s=19

Sri Aurobindo offers an advanced psychological theory. He is also a therapist of supreme expertise. Read him n verify  the truth of my statement.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1144131805500411904?s=19

The Life Divine is the highest achievement of human civilisation although only a handful on Twitter have read it. Many argue that the age old Indian civilisation will continue its journey but Sri Aurobindo has drastically altered the course of Evolution through his epochal works.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1142060499904806912?s=19

Philosophy is important for developing an open mind and respect for arguments or evidence. Most remain prisoners of tradition and rhetoric so much so that even a rigorous scholar like Sri Aurobindo is ignored. Index of the abysmally low level of intellectuality of present Indians.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1142068883659956225?s=19

Sri Aurobindo has criticised learning by snippets but most people including ardent followers and devotees seem to be satisfied with knowing him in snippets. There's palpable reluctance to understand his versatility and resistance against consulting multiple dimensions of his work

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1143922360770125824?s=19

Pushing a narrative and telling the right thing are two different things. Obviously, people are driven by material gains and no escape from such compulsions. Sri Aurobindo, however, provides diverse perspectives to sense current priorities and imperatives. https://t.co/yA7GHvJTdf

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1143745208053465088?s=19

VIP VAK: Sri Aurobindo is far wiser than the scientists https://t.co/HFecKTmGmT

Savitri Era Political Action: Sri Aurobindo points out that the real evolutionary force is supramental https://t.co/KV3ZsCsRFz

Join us for the free online course on "Sri Aurobindo and his Essential thought"

Click here for registration https://t.co/uHWjHXwvE0

#SriAurobindo, #Spirituality, #Aurobindo, #humanity https://t.co/1Osaut4GgQ

https://twitter.com/SACAR_IN/status/1144094787403841536?s=19

"Any language is at its best when it opens minds rather than closes them." @SagarChoudhary_ 's lucidly reported essay on Hindi's oppressive past and present does exactly what it argues language, in its best form, should. 

https://t.co/hHkyk4otS3

https://twitter.com/nikita1712/status/1144158656457519105?s=19

"I realise now that my upbringing in Hindi did not just delay my discovery of Ambedkar, it kept me from understanding the very concepts of justice and equality. This was not an accident."

@SagarChoudhary_ writes: https://t.co/rauHb2e764

https://twitter.com/thecaravanindia/status/1144123192858042368?s=19

Every darkness has light at the end. Am thankful to Malhotra, his Mafia & their Bengali namesake minions.

If it was not for their unbridled hate towards Bengalis, I wouldn't have picked up this book & get into another journey towards roots.

Trust me am unable to put this down. https://t.co/zmMLIfH8bj

https://twitter.com/ArunudoyB/status/1143930734282829824?s=19

The only resolute defender of Hinduism in this intellectually hostile atmosphere was Bankim Chandra Chatterji. He was well-versed in Western literature and philosophy and his... https://t.co/8TxswbivZl

https://twitter.com/surajitdasgupta/status/1144161522404470784?s=19

And while the women in Bankim Da's novels are fiercely independent, with a mind of their own, and strong in character, at the same time they never lose track of their Indian values or roots.  In a way he was a feminist, but never let go of his Indian roots.

https://twitter.com/GabbarSanghi/status/1011839995781341184?s=19

I have recently started writing a series on the Telugu warriors who fought to defend Hinduism as a contributor to @GabbarSanghi’s history blog. My first post is on Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka and how he ran the Delhi Sultanate out of coastal Andhra. Do read.

https://t.co/6vFhHOT8WU

https://twitter.com/Satya_Sastry/status/1144070917745729537?s=19

Tenzin Dorzee rejected the USCIRF report, saying that China ‘systematically, egregiously, and continuously destroyed Tibetan religion, language, culture, and environment’, whereas Tibetan culture and language had flourished in India https://t.co/P1X0zfu7Kb

https://twitter.com/Sanjay_Dixit/status/1144136101981908992?s=19

The ideal society is where people treat work as a tool for self-discovery and not as an obligation of slavery. 

Work is needed. But only so that people achieve such a level of skill that it becomes as easy as cutting butter and daily life’s activity becomes a form of meditation. https://t.co/GRDI0Dgl2Y

https://twitter.com/vakibs/status/1144156385900466176?s=19

Simple, fresh, wholesome, cooked from scratch is what we need. All of which grow in abundance in our respective countries. Let's reconnect to the joy of eating & celebrate food than being unhappy eaters who are always in guilt. 

#VegetalbleBeanRice #VegetableRaita #BeetRootPickle https://t.co/vmiFCCET1A

https://twitter.com/DeeptaNagpal/status/1143799420045209600?s=19

The number of men who think if you going for a work dinner, it means you going out to have sex with a professional contact is mind blowing.

https://twitter.com/priyashmita/status/1144102955362074624?s=19

#RimaDas #BulbulCanSing #BFI #LondonIndianFilmFestival Just saw Rima Das' "Bulbul Can Sing". Very moving story. The beginning has the feel of a documentary but gradually the story takes over.

https://twitter.com/SunayanaPanda/status/1143976796955860992?s=19

The curious case of towels in #AkshayKumar, #KatrinaKaif starrer #Sooryavanshi . https://t.co/nWs9XpPmIs

https://twitter.com/TheStatesmanLtd/status/1144167481335898112?s=19

Recently saw a small/unknown Tamil film #ToLet. Brilliant art house movie. problems of rented house in the city of chennai.But it isnt limited to being a tenant only. If you are a father,a husband you will surely find some resonance in your life. Top stuff. @nidhi_budha

https://twitter.com/chefficiency/status/1144138058952007681?s=19

British policy was clear in painting Indian reality darker than it was and introducing the change in a manner which indicted #Hinduism and/or benefitted #Christianity https://t.co/9CvAMyI0QV

https://twitter.com/IndiaFactsOrg/status/1144165707279507457?s=19

How were Dholavira’s town planners able to impose such a set of precise ratios and dimensions on the ground? Read on to know more https://t.co/uZrv2jdSVu #IndianHistory

https://twitter.com/IndiaFactsOrg/status/1144120155913383936?s=19

[From the archives] | Blood nationalism: Why does Hindutva perceive a mortal danger from the Aryan Migration Theory?

https://t.co/uvriFK2P2g https://t.co/9xWJxs7eP4

https://twitter.com/scroll_in/status/1144161191708676096?s=19

Today I was with a bunch of 12th std Humanities students and asked them what are you studying in your History text this year. Pat came a reply, Mahabharatha and how it shows caste was developed, people like Hidimba sidelined for her caste etc.,

https://twitter.com/vaiju7/status/1144142677320986625?s=19

Is there any wonder people protest at the idea of rewriting text books. When we want to rubbish the Puranas call them Myths, but conveniently use it as a piece of evidence to perpetrate theories on historical past and socioLogy.

Sanskrit is:

-very potent in its linguistic expression 

-much fuller and subtler

-much more fluid

-in tune with the cosmic creative vibration 

-a better instrument for a more comprehensive light

-a Mantirc language in which the sound and the sense correspond

-always amazing

https://twitter.com/Sampadananda/status/1144167923289714688?s=19

फिल्म ‘#भारत’ की सफलता से ऊंचाईयों को छू रहे निर्देशक #AliAbbasZafar का कहना है कि वह कहानी कहने की कला का महत्व जानते हैं और वह ‘पूर्णरूप से मसाला फिल्मों से मनोरंजन’ करते रहेंगे।

Photo: IANS https://t.co/Pk0MIvP3ob

https://twitter.com/ians_india/status/1144165472620777472?s=19

Since people are tweeting about cricketing cliches, here's a piece I wrote 14 years ago: https://t.co/hArqudVe1r

Bloody hell. How old am I? 😟

https://twitter.com/amitvarma/status/1144171124793593857?s=19

I just uploaded 'Socio-Economic Conditions of Fisherman of Bali Nolia Sahi, Puri, Orissa' to @academia! https://t.co/uFeMVaNgF5

https://twitter.com/monalisach1/status/737672916326703106?s=19

Individual commitment to a group effort - We can learn a lot from the 'team work' of Nolia bros (fishermen) of #Puri. http://t.co/DPidW1XFLr

https://twitter.com/arvindpadhee/status/495583563383721984?s=19

Bringing Sri Aurobindo's knowledge to the forefront

Assorted tweets:

The Yoga of Sri Aurobindo is unique n unmatched by any other type. It stresses on peace instead of Asanas. " No illness can resist the peace of the Lord." If one does Asanas without peace in the nerves he/she is gone! Peace is primary in Sri Aurobindo's yoga.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1142046433970802688?s=19

The first and last condition of yoga is peace in the mind, vital n physical. After that one may try some Asanas. Sri Aurobindo stresses on the Word "Aum" to bring down peace in the cells of the body. No greater Pranamaya than "Aum". That is the supreme technique.

Our borrowed discourse on Feminism is a shame on our collective intellectual lethargy. Let’s do yourselves and our shallow gender balancing discourse a huge favour and redeem our deracinated self from intellectual poverty through this philosophico-literary gem. 

ॐ नमश्चंडिकायै https://t.co/XAOgcqbEaT

https://twitter.com/Shubhrastha/status/1142046501448880128?s=19

All care should be taken against mithya pratishruti o brutha asfalana (false promises and vain assertions); nothing should be imposed on people in name of tradition. Life and society have developed without any clarity on their dynamics. Unsubstantiated beliefs need to be shunned.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1142041787936038918?s=19

Propagating specific knowledge systems without due scrutiny but with the intention of political mobilisation of people is downright deception. The question is who verifies and what are his credentials? Lack of transparency in such matters amounts to sycophancy and indoctrination.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1142051132379766784?s=19

Arranging events shouldn't be confused as making history. Similarly, a maze of ecosystems and echo chambers won't be construed as nation building. Dissent and disagreement is the cornerstone of creativity. Irreverence, and not imitation, should be the norm for critical appraisal.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1142057540827533314?s=19

The Life Divine is the highest achievement of human civilisation although only a handful on Twitter have read it. Many argue that the age old Indian civilisation will continue its journey but Sri Aurobindo has drastically altered the course of Evolution through his epochal works.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1142060499904806912?s=19

Philosophy is important for developing an open mind and respect for arguments or evidence. Most remain prisoners of tradition and rhetoric so much so that even a rigorous scholar like Sri Aurobindo is ignored. Index of the abysmally low level of intellectuality of present Indians.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1142068883659956225?s=19

Savitri Era Party came into being twelve years back in 2007. Bringing Sri Aurobindo's knowledge to the forefront is possible if his followers form a formidable force to reckon with. Solidarity and concerted action is essential for this lofty goal; Hindutva needs to be jettisoned.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1142086609422077954?s=19

Feel Philosophy: There is no yoga; you make your own path https://t.co/weRQKi1XqS

Aurora Mirabilis: Vedic mantras were articulated long before the Hindus https://t.co/BehBw0gfSK

Marketime: Only Sri Aurobindo remains relevant for the future https://t.co/jjXQJPduHI

Savitri Era Open Forum: Sri Aurobindo’s Shakespeare criticism is unmatched https://t.co/GgiccKjWJJ

Savitri Era Political Action: Savitri Era to replace all other religions https://t.co/tLKzA15ibm

Sri Aurobindo was well conversant with major schools of Indian philosophy and mythology. So undertaking fresh comparison is pointless. Even comparative studies with Western thinkers by S.K. Maitra is not very fruitful. Postmodernism is the only area which challenges Sri Aurobindo

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1140302856068534274?s=19

I have not read him but many perceptive persons are recommending the books by Nigurananda (Professor Sachidananda Sarkar). You may check. There would be many others like him.

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1139376396042588171?s=19

The Supreme Word: Vibratory Patterns That Create the Universal Manifestation, Part 1 https://t.co/bc4uoDDjKf

https://twitter.com/santoshk1/status/1142098730910388224?s=19

3) Hymns 14 - 19 (Verses 135 - 194):

Description of #RigVeda, Mandala 01, Sukta 014 to 019; with selected excerpt from #SriAurobindo's works https://t.co/Zl2IeJFmtG

https://twitter.com/Auro_Mere/status/1142082332561510400?s=19

As promised. Read the full story of how Jawaharlal Nehru Opened India’s Gates to Christian Missionaries for Converting Hindus https://t.co/ZnMekSyCvF

https://twitter.com/dharmadispatch/status/1141950121925414912?s=19

The AI Ethics landscape is large, complex and emerging. I break it down into realms and investigate each in a 3-part series. Part 1: https://t.co/fNfUrn2jJb

https://twitter.com/purpultat/status/1126215369692082177?s=19

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI Ethics Part 2: What AI Is

Where I explore Bias, Fairness, Accountability and Transparency in AI: https://t.co/22Dsfmvett

The Hitchhiker's Guide to AI Ethics Part 3: What AI Does and What AI Impacts

From safety to civil rights to what it means to be human, we've got it all: https://t.co/O0Qw7daPBe

“The ultimate promise of experiential marketing is for a brand to be an architect to transform passive consumption into active participation” says @angelsun via @GlobeStyle https://t.co/k14YcMSwfS

https://twitter.com/rotmanschool/status/1141768409983651840?s=19

Much-needed respite from certainty and triumphalism

Assorted tweets:

Forcing kids to study is mental abuse. Just because they're not directly involved in physical labor, does not mean they're not the victim of #ChildLabour. Deduce the term further and see how kids are abused and intimidated by parents, school, religion. #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour

https://twitter.com/jaiminism/status/1138664485520936961?s=19

"There's a great social experiment that's happening in real time. We have a generation now that has never known a life without a device ...Are you going to be able to keep somebody's focus?" — @nlyonne on writing content for a new generation. #CodeCon https://t.co/FFt6mIP3fs

https://twitter.com/Recode/status/1138573911619096577?s=19

Wonderfull call with Meridian Uni. and the beautiful folks who are the organizing @HispanoamericaI conference. Really looking forward to presenting and engaging with everyone at the event (and wish I could be there, in-person).

https://twitter.com/jdj_writes/status/1138533799980077057?s=19

“That lesser-known fact unfolded in the 1930s, when millions of persecuted Jews sought to flee the Holocaust. Thousands of miles away from Europe, the Philippines was an unlikely refuge for the Jewish people“

Why ‘Quezon’s Game’ will make Filipinos proud https://t.co/u9DdKvEurA

https://twitter.com/c4chaos/status/1138672437128646656?s=19

Plants provide the Prana for the Earth and sustain its different ecosystems. They carry both evolutionary data and connections with higher lokas. As we drive plant species into extinction we are harming global wellbeing and our own spiritual potential. https://t.co/3UNsMPUdi8

https://twitter.com/davidfrawleyved/status/1138473669108195328?s=19

The junior doctors' association at AIIMS New Delhi has put out this really  weird letter where they say why do you cry crocodile tears about puppies  but not doctors. They sound like it's ok to kill puppies. Who is going to teach young doctors empathy and how to sound human? https://t.co/7p98RHqcD7

https://twitter.com/nayanikaaa/status/1138678661383462913?s=19

There's probably nothing more refreshing, vibrant as well as nostalgic than the age-old morning program 'Bhoole Bisre Geet' run by Vividh Bharati. Makes us aware of our soil, sun, air. Heritage. Nostalgia has a deep-rooted link with culture and aesthetics. Great going!💐

https://twitter.com/Suranjan56/status/1138634149785268224?s=19

Around 34 gramophone records of Odia movies, some quite rare collections by Sri Bedabandhu Mishra, on display at Odisha State Archives Office, on the occasion of Int'l Archives Day celebration on 9th June 2019. It's open till 13th from 10am to 5pm #gramophone #odia @OdiaCulture https://t.co/LB8uZPqFdj

https://twitter.com/TaraniTrotter/status/1138635249309499392?s=19

Also I am not questioning Vedanta. I know about these philosophies. But the thing is to look the things from a different perspective. We have to open our mind to look the things differently. If you remember, I also had a different view about Konarka and Udayagiri caves.

https://twitter.com/ashishsarangi/status/1138664268428005376?s=19

Not an expert, but my feeling is that Odisha can't be understood without linking it to Egypt and Indonesia. Interpreting language and culture in isolation would be an error. Overdose of hubris around any deity, or even political figure, can distort an objective search for truth.

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1138675466028498945?s=19

@smitabarooah Not ignoring low-followers but serious handles dispensing authentic information despite certain politically unpalatable opinion is also important. Throwing the baby out with the bath water needs to be avoided to create a level playing field. https://t.co/8rHp8Iu0Dh

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1137255820628881408?s=19

You want Sri Aurobindo as the Lord of your life? Then throw away religions. Religion and Sri Aurobindo are two different things.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1138501554288418816?s=19

"Joy Sri Aurobindo" will be the universal incantation! But it will take some time---when religions are thrown away by Man!

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1138499939619745794?s=19

When one takes up Sri Aurobindo  seriously one starts breaking all old misconceptions n  prejudices n  narrow religious  beliefs. Sri Aurobindo means freedom frm religionism n a search for harmony, a way to human unity.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1138615792906297344?s=19

It is the psychic opening in Man that initiates "brotherhood of the soul." That is a key phrase in The Ideal of Human Unity.

By virtue of his large integral vision Sri Aurobindo can enter into any discourse, material n spiritual. We have to take him out of the limited circle to the vast fields of life, where all can participate in his all-embracing knowledge. All material problems  can be solved.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1138433091444269056?s=19

Hey @Bhaktirassagar This guy Debashish Banerji is saying Rudra is an outsider God, who visited like a storm to attack the settlers & hence hymns to appease him in Rigveda. I Think this points to Āryan Invasion. 

Chk from @28.30 https://t.co/bAHgDbta58

https://twitter.com/Nag_J1/status/1138669394056187904?s=19

Tamil Nadu politics is a great example of how one categorical error (distinct Dravidian identity as opposed to invading northernes) can produce a series of ridiculous theories, none of them having any grounding in history!

It is like the inflationary model of stupidity. https://t.co/V8OPRrv0aW

https://twitter.com/vakibs/status/1138675794123853824?s=19

Heard at the bar: “The best thing to have happened in #CricketWorldCup2019 is the return of unpredictability, providing much-needed respite from certainty and triumphalism. In the land of its birth, cricket is back to its roots as a game of “glorious uncertainties”!” https://t.co/bA05e5d5RW

https://twitter.com/churumuri/status/1138470513494450178?s=19

I saw this link a few minutes ago on Twitter but cannot now find the post. But here is a wonderful review article on how we (should not) read scriptural texts in any religion, and the politics embedded in our ways of reading.  

https://t.co/pwgRrmT9zm

https://twitter.com/swarraj/status/1138674689474088961?s=19

Saying “...physiological limits of life on Earth have been considered to predict the distribution of complex life elsewhere in the universe,” is like Victorian prudes visiting Khajuraho, perusing Kama Sutra, to pontificate. @RajeevSrinivasa @rvaidya2000 https://t.co/VgYIqjSFuq

https://twitter.com/iq2eq/status/1138674390847983616?s=19

Hidden Bible Codes Reveal the Future! | Roy Reinhold https://t.co/3eOHy9Em1n via @YouTube

Do ancient Hindu mantras originate in birdsong, not language?: The syntax of obscure Vedic chants whose origin is lost in time isn't like any known human language, but matches the patterns of two bird species https://t.co/0yHKrAiEam Haaretz https://t.co/uKg9r5uTAS

https://twitter.com/JComm_NewsFeeds/status/1138077880733249537?s=19

The syntax of obscure Vedic chants whose origin is lost in time isn't like any known human language. But it matches the patterns of two bird species

https://t.co/spBwDTaiCa

https://twitter.com/haaretzcom/status/1138121488517750786?s=19

"Food is an integral part of any culture. In many, as in India, recipes are often passed down from one generation to the other and are a matter of great pride. But even within these intergenerational transfers, food undergoes subtle changes"

Lovely piece https://t.co/N4tjmtWdNE

https://twitter.com/Poojaspillai/status/1138677707527426048?s=19

Savitri Era Open Forum: Each narrative needs some corrective https://t.co/4eRT7vsbYU

Savitri Era Religious Fraternity: Yoga includes Rasa; Aesthetics is beyond morality https://t.co/IOUBt8woOA

Marketime: Electoral victory is not ideological victory https://t.co/pinJ2hQQ4y

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Isha Upanishad: the Methods of Realisation, Part 2, the Significance of Surya - The human mind operates through analysis and through a fragmented view of reality. We tend to believe and act as if we are separate beings from the rest o...

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enowning

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The Chrysalis

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