Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Sri Aurobindo was the most critical thinker in colonial India

Aurobindo, the most critical thinker in colonial India offers an alternative view of evolution in which humans would reject the present mode of development and adopt a most practical method of integration of the material and the spiritual content of reality. Aurobindo's pragmatic theory of evolution is an ideological and philosophical tool for the progression of the individual as well as the society. A Cambridge-educated scholar of classics, a poet, a political activist, a playwright, an editor, a yogi, a professor, and a nationalistic provocateur, Aurobindo Ghose had a tremendous influence on the modernist perspective of India. The evolutionary approach and pragmatic ideologies of Aurobindo demonstrate nothing but spiritualistic ecologism. The initial humanistic concerns are a premise which ultimately draws itself to a spiritual pragmatism. The present paper is an attempt to reveal these ecological concerns which are within the borders of the mystical and the Anthropocene.

Spiritualistic Ecologism in the Evolutionary Ideologies of Sri Aurobindo

S Varghese - Reading Sri Aurobindo, 2022
… Aurobindo, the most critical thinker in colonial India offers an alternative view of
evolution in which humans would reject the present mode of development and adopt
a most practical method of integration of the material and the spiritual content of …

Spiritualistic Ecologism in the Evolutionary Ideologies of Sri Aurobindo

S Varghese - Reading Sri Aurobindo, 2022

[PDF] Spiritual Materialism/Material Spiritualism: Shakta Tantric Approaches to Matter

S Chakraborty, A Mukhopadhyay - eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the Tropics, 2022
… However, the point of departure of Vishuddhananda’s integral Yoga is grounded in a specifically esoteric form of Tantric philosophy which reworks classical Yoga through an emphasis on the maternal-feminine form of divinity central to a …

[PDF] Tropical Materialisms: Toward Decolonial Poetics, Practices and Possibilities

CJR Benitez, A Lundberg - eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the Tropics, 2022
… Different to many Indic discourses and yoga practices that denigrate matter and uphold the superior position of the spirit, Shakta Tantra … of Akhanda Mahayoga (Integral Great Yoga) combines Shakta Tantric epistemologies of matter, with tenets of …

[PDF] Moving experiences of creative collaboration

ER Herrera, S Dilworth
… Beyond my relationship with dance and yoga, both as a learner and as a professional, I deeply believe that our body is integral to our lived experience. What happens to us is not only stored as a separate mental construct, but continues to live …

[Sadhu Sanga] Invitation for the 10th International Conference Science and Scientist 2022: Difference between Artificial and Natural Intelligence

Amod Lele

Oct 9

As I reflected back on the works of Ken Wilber recently, a thought occurred to me: man, that guy must have done a lot of drugs.

I don't recall Wilber ever saying anything about drugs in his work one way or the other. Given that he wrote most of his work under the restrictive régime of the late-20th-century US, that shouldn't be a surprise; caution is valuable.

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Listen to "Moving Beyond Arguments and Widening One’s Thought" by Sri Aurobindo Studies.

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In recent times, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother have been pioneers in not only expounding a strongly life-affirming spiritual philosophy but also demonstrating in their ashram at Pondicherry that the philosophy can be put into practice. 

#WhatIsSpiritualAboutBeingPunctual?, by based on their philosophy, has more than 30 essays on topics ranging from punctuality to photography, topics which would rarely be considered to have anything to do with spirituality. Yet, these essays show how each of these has a spiritual angle to it. Buy here: amzn.to/3en7KfQ

TNM

Managing emotions is an essential ingredient of spiritual practice. Refinement of lower instincts is said to be the key for dwelling midst higher motivations. Thus the level of consciousness is important. Certain physical objects like a book like Savitri is believed to have role. – at Shipra Reviera Apartments

ପିଲାଦିନେ ହେ ଫଗୁଣ ତୁମେ ଗଲା ପରେପରେ ବୋଲିବାକୁ ଓ ଶୁଣିବାକୁ ବହୁତ ଭଲ ଲାଗୁଥିଲା କିନ୍ତୁ ତାର ନିଷ୍ଠୁର ଶବ୍ଦ ସବୁକୁ ଯେତେବେଳେ ଅଙ୍ଗେନିଭେଇଥବା ପାଇଁ ପଡ଼ିଲା, ସେତେବେଳେ ଯାଇଁ ପ୍ରକୃତ ମାନେ ବୁଝିହେଲା। ସବୁଥିରୁ ବଞ୍ଚିତ କରି ପରି ଅଭିଯୋଗାତ୍ମକ ଗୀତ ଅନେକ କିନ୍ତୁ ଅନ୍ତର ଫାଡ଼ି ଦେଖେଇବାରେ ହେ ଫଗୁଣ ଅନନ୍ୟ। ଅକ୍ଷୟଙ୍କୁ ଶତ ପ୍ରଣାମ।