Sri Aurobindo's fame as a mystic obscured his importance as a poet and aesthetician

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EVENT: Rainbow Dreams’ – All India Children’s Camp 2019

WHEN: 29 September–6 October 2019

WHERE: Society House, Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry

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Registration now open for International Conference on Spiritual  Perspectives on Creating a Conscious Humanity, Oct 18-20, 2019 Last date  Aug 15 to submit proposal for presentation https://t.co/zyp6mKW6Z0 https://t.co/nx2mzg5pWk

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Rare video of The Mother. At Pondicherry. Devotees of Aurobindo & The Mother will feel blessed.

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Now it's great !  Two Giant trees of Spirituality: Sri Aurobindo n Ramakrishna.  Bond with the best. Nothing below them.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1147793419219030016?s=19

There are great scholars in Pondicherry like Deshpandeji,   Sampadananda ji, Kittu da, and others. They r comfortable anywhere in the world . I feel humbled by them. The new generation must learn from them humbly.  Living in Pondicherry doesn't give "all" a special status!

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Supreme Life of Our Life, Part 2: Becoming Aware of the Existence of Prana https://t.co/5oJO0lFP1L

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Welcome to the 12th session of the #LearnSamskritam through Twitter chat. In this session we will learn about the denominatives or the verbal forms derived from the noun bases. Such verbal base derived from noun is known as नामधातु nāmadhātu or a nominal base. 12/1

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https://t.co/Uy4WuTW18r A friend sent this...I should think I know, for I have a daughter too. @IndicAcademy

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#BookExcerpt | "In other words, an intelligent person with an inaccurate belief system may become more ignorant after having heard the actual facts." @d_a_robson: https://t.co/Vf7PCxBM7m

https://twitter.com/thecaravanindia/status/1147890515230130177?s=19

It's not about Tamil Brahmin. Anyone who gets in awe of West and white man and thinks of himself as inferior, he will act like that. Bhadralok and Tambrahams (Those who took to serve Goras) were first but the rest of us are not far behind.

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While a muslim hostelmate does namaz multiple times daily with no excuses. My Tamil Brahmin roommate proudly proclaims he tasted beef. Hindu degradation today is swayamkrtam. #SundayThoughts

https://twitter.com/AdiShankaraa/status/1147851824935759876?s=19

Dear Internet Hindus, 1 sincere question, How many of you get up early in the morning, take bath, worship(at least for 5 minutes) and then start your day? I can assure not even 4/10, many of you must be thinking it a regressive practice. No wonder, why we are degrading culturally

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And yet it is necessary to stay fit and keep your bones healthy. With excellent medical facilities around, most of you will live up to your 80s or 90s. And at that age, you have to preserve enough mobility and strength to perform activities of daily living without assistance.

https://twitter.com/Roflindian/status/1147778254234738688?s=19

So what are the essentials of healthy living? Quite simple & elementary. Eat three meals a day, the lightest at night. Cut down on sugary stuff. Quit smoking. Go for brisk morning/evening walks. 45-60 minutes if you can manage. Learn basic stretching from YouTube & do regularly.

There's nothing wrong in gym culture as such. Just remember that you are physiologically designed to be either a meso, ecto or an endomorph, and that each comes with its own limitations. Remember that the heart is a muscle too that should NEVER be driven to fatigue.

https://twitter.com/Roflindian/status/1147797989911494656?s=19

Exercise should be treated as a tonic. You don't gulp down bottles and bottles of tonic. Similarly, 15-20 minutes of daily, mindful exercise will do wonders. It will improve your mood, give you energy, and most importantly, stave of decrepitude as you age.

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Growing evidence suggests Parkinson's disease starts in gut - https://t.co/bAFDkSsU4O https://t.co/Vgw6Eu69Qy

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"If you can’t slap, if you can’t touch your woman wherever you want, you can’t kiss, you can’t use cuss words then I don’t see emotions in there", says #SandeepReddyVanga. What do you think of his notion of love? #KabirSingh

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#MeToo doesn’t mean an end to socializing and fun https://t.co/ZhiLLZbCqf

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Dynastic politics has become an integral part of India’s political DNA. It is a structural problem that several political parties face in various degrees. https://t.co/rPmshKPm5d

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Scientists Show That Water Has Memory - Resonance Science Foundation https://t.co/BnZGxm8MQl

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One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. And what better way to manifest this other than the Museum of Trash in East Harlem of New York? https://t.co/TIIHGHBsu5

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42) Hymns 269 - 275 (Verses 2,779 - 2,848): Description of Rig-Veda, Mandala 03, Sukta 035 to 041 (all hymns addressed to Indra); with #SriAurobindo's words on the beginnings of European Indology and Sayana's influence on it https://t.co/bRENxonbX1

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Consciousness and Disability

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Sri Aurobindo: YOGA: we mean by this term a methodised effort towards self-perception by the expression of the secret potentialities latent in the being & a union of the human individual with the universal and transcendent Existence we see partially expressed in man & in the Cosmos

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The Garden of the Unexpected: evaluating an innovative approach | Auroville https://t.co/aIZJPuamkc

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Sharanam Rural Development Centre is the #Auroville Earth Institute’s latest project in #Pondicherry

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February'18 Newsletter: Celebrating the Unexpected - https://t.co/p1r9tE7eEn

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April'19 Newsletter: Awareness and Compassion - https://t.co/jBa9eq5rMi

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The Township of #Auroville was founded 50 years ago. Ist aims: #basicincome for all, #nohierarchies, all decisions based on #consensus. Frederick has been there from the very start. Our photographer took amazing images too. https://t.co/0hzfDXkBCn https://t.co/jzsgIObCcA

https://twitter.com/GI_MMB_Delhi/status/1117669524134932481?s=19

Auroville - a city located in South India where people live without money, politics, or religion. But how does this community function? Read our latest blog to discover the history behind Auroville and how the city operates on such a large scale!  https://t.co/uhZXS3a97q https://t.co/7o2VaHVuy4

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Going back to nature is actually "moving" forward. The proposed highway thru the greenbelt is tragedy for the villages and Auroville. It will cause so much inviromental damage. Wildlife and forest will be destroyed in the name of modernisation. #rethinkdevelopment https://t.co/XyunKSpbdx

https://twitter.com/aurovillenews/status/1021235959491309568?s=19

Climate change is a global ploy for wealth redistribution. Anyone that cries about global warming, I mean, climate change, and does not mention weather modification, does not know the whole truth of the climate issue.

https://twitter.com/Donna0sborn/status/1145764110442930177?s=19

Proof of improving ecology OR Proof of man-animal conflict due to "development" & encroachment of natural habitats? Genuine question... https://t.co/DkyKFnentl

https://twitter.com/Savitri4Ever/status/1147803709461553153?s=19

Can Modern Dance Be Preserved? https://t.co/Gr8YPtR7u5

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I enjoyed this: 'Digital Transformation Is Seriously Misnamed' https://t.co/iyloDZnvIl via @ShellyPalmer

https://twitter.com/PactAuroville/status/1125276232340451328?s=19

Auroville is one of the right places on earth for Shelly Palmer's vision of an EPCOT for the 5th Industrial Revolution. She meets the conditions such as future orientation of life,  the daily numerous visitors, the possibility of 200-300 acres of land. https://t.co/PK2zKJ6MLZ

https://twitter.com/PactAuroville/status/1125277388189814785?s=19

I am referring to the vision, the aspiration,  the "dream", the ideals, the goal of Auroville. It is something "afar". You hope you get it.  J.R.D. Tata remarked during his visit to Auroville in 1992: "Aurovillle is not an idea. It is the future, the future of the world."

https://twitter.com/PactAuroville/status/1136540294814556160?s=19

Rainbow & the Other: We see things as we are, not as they are https://t.co/W1hw8J0pnh

@NathTusar, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF), SRA-102-C, Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad. #FiveDreams #WorldUnion

Savitri Era of those who adore,

Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147762713793196034?s=19

Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville has scores of scholars who have dedicated their lives to research on Sri Aurobindo and allied fields but media including RW journals are fond of giving coverage only to foreigners. This colonial mentality should end and Indians should get chance

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147131619402084352?s=19

Publications:

[PDF] The (In) Domitable Spirit of a Woman: Realistic Contemporary Cinema

S Chandhok - IJELLH (International Journal of English Language …, 2019

… Introduction: The Indian cinema Much has been written about the Indian films right from the silent era to the contemporary period … Some other women directors were Jaddan bai, P. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Shobhana Samarth, K. Savitri, Manju De, Arundhati Devi …

Sri Aurobindo's Savitri: a study of the evolution of neo-femininity and 'Colonial Masculinity'in the historical perspective

A Goswami - IJELLH (International Journal of English Language …, 2019

Aurobindo's magnum opus Savitri brings into foreground the poetic self which on the one hand interrogates the then-existent norms of patriarchy through the characters of Yama, the personified state of dominant male identity in vogue; and on the other …

[PDF] The Divine Elements in Sri Aubindo's Savitri

K Rajaraman, E Ezhilmathi - IJELLH (International Journal of English Language …, 2019

… ezhilmathie@gmail.com The Divine Elements in Sri Aubindo's Savitri Abstract Sri Aurobindo was a man of versatile genius and achievements. He was a rishi, the … him the promise of the superman. Sri Aurobindo's poetry and …

[PDF] Experiencing Shadarsanas of Vedic philosophy in selected works of Indian English Literature: An Aesthetic Appraisal

Y Menda - IJELLH (International Journal of English Language …, 2019

… selected works of Nissim Ezekiel, Samkhya yoga based on realistic understanding of the universe and yogic practices of meditation in Selected works of Sri Aurobindo Mimamsa and … systems. Sankhya Yoga Philosophy in selected works of Sri Aurobindo …

[PDF] Relocating Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and Urdu Literature

D Das

Sri Aurobindo could not directly influence the Urdu world. Perhaps he was not properly known as a mystic philosopher all over the world. His fame as a mystic obscured his importance as a poet and aesthetician. This is perhaps another reason …

[HTML] Counterflows of knowledge: the transnational circulation of physical culture practices between India and the West during the early 20th century

A Ramachandran - 2019

Learning, knowledge, research, insight: welcome to the world of UBC Library, the second-largest academic research library in Canada.

[PDF] Tibet, China and the World: Realizing Peace, Freedom and Harmony

AK Giri

… But India learnt her lesson in a bitter way when China attacked India in Oct. 1962 twelve years of her invasion of Tibet. It is interesting that Sri Aurobindo in his last testament on 11 November 1950 before his passing away on Dec. 5, 1950 had said 

What Is Gnosis? An Exploration

A Versluis - Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies, 2019

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[PDF] Negotiating the Identity Crisis: An Overview of Indian Drama in English

V Lathar - IJELLH (International Journal of English Language …, 2019

… During the pre-independence Indian English Drama grew under the creative efforts of some stalwarts like Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, TP Kailasam, ASP Ayyar, Lobo-Prabhu, Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, Bharati Sarabhai 

The Revolution Will Not Be Theorized: Cultural Revolution in the Black Power Era

EA Henderson - 2019

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE THEORIZED Page 3. SUNY series …

Work as easy as cutting butter

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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

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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.

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#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.

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

Plasim Radar

Poetry as Socio-proctology

David Lewis's infallible Psilosophy - David Lewis's paper 'Elusive knowledge' assumes that knowledge can be, not a Tarskian primitive term- i.e. something undefined within a specific universe o...

The Immanent Frame

Creating new Sufi publics at an old Sufi shrine - [M]odern Sufis have recognized the importance of music and the arts as a recruitment tool for forming a new Sufi public, not only through cultural events...

Sri Aurobindo Studies

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...

An und für sich

The right-wing reaction is part of the legacy of the fall of the Soviet Union - In Neoliberalism’s Demons, available wherever fine books are sold, I argue that the right-wing reaction is not a necessary outcome of neoliberalism — in pa...

enowning

- In-der-Blog-sein After Nature on thinking beyng through daseyn. It would be a gross misstatement to characterize *Daseyn* as some kind of required correl...

AuroMaa

The Essence of Worship (in Hindi) - Worship is often taken as a ritual but there is a deeper sense within it, and if rightly done it becomes a means to enter into the consciousness of the w...

The Chrysalis

Perspectivism: Once More Into the Breach - A brief, but instructive, autobiographical account of my personal discovery of the perspectival consciousness and the meaning of perspectivism. It was as a...

Auro e-Books

Antithesis of Yoga - Antithesis of Yoga is a non-fiction novel about Auroville’s first 25 years. Jocelyn one of the early settlers in Auroville since 1969, chronicles the sto...

The Indian Philosophy Blog

A Sellarsian solution for the self? - The conflict between Buddhism and qualitative individualism is a major difficulty for my own philosophy. In addressing that conflict, there is one approach...

Bruno Ganz, Gary Gutting, and Roderick MacFarquhar

Goodnight, Bruno Ganz, an actor whose empathy on-screen was always palpable & whose presence in such films as WINGS OF DESIRE will always live on in our hearts. https://t.co/FKVqWfGf1l

https://twitter.com/Criterion/status/1096748036510941184?s=19

Why Bruno Ganz was most memorable when he was caught between good and evil https://t.co/rVbQ8UfDiB https://t.co/lmvtTTQLML

Ganz' celestial performance in 'Wings of Desire' was so memorable that Ganz once recounted how people ascribed special powers to him when they recognized him in public https://t.co/uhcmUQvuie

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1096846926501183488?s=19

Bruno Ganz: always poetic and inspired, from Hitler's bunker rant to a Berlin angel https://t.co/aCIazkMciF

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1096896636024963072?s=19

All of us at Five Books were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Professor Gary Gutting this week. A truly world class scholar at @NotreDame, he spoke with us about Foucault in 2017. He will be missed and we are grateful to have interviewed him.

https://t.co/MLgVKsKCAJ

Journalist, politician, scholar. We are so sad to hear Rod MacFarquhar has died. A leading authority on the Cultural Revolution, he recommended books on it for us. Modesty prevented him from including his books, but anyone else would have:  https://t.co/1oWiKHbuH3 @FairbankCenter

"I have no doubt To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee has launched hundreds of thousands of lawyers and human rights campaigners on their path."

Shami Chakrabarti on Harper Lee in a list of the five best books on Human Rights. https://t.co/hNQuC36ojL

"You have to understand people first before you can understand how to devise an economic system for them"

Robert J. Shiller (@RobertJShiller) @NobelPrize winning economist and Sterling Professor of Economics at @Yale looks at capitalism and human nature.

https://t.co/k48e7ELkYP

Would you kill one person to save five? Should we be able to sell our kidneys? David Edmonds, co-host of the @philosophybites podcast, on ethical problems https://t.co/FE5u8CQLu2

“Imagine how you would design society if your enemy were to decide your place in it”

Jonathan Wolff of the @BlavatnikSchool on what he considers to be the five best works of political philosophy. https://t.co/2IFxokQFce

"Differences of opinion about what constitutes human flourishing and how we should live our lives...studying that conversation is the essence of the highest form of education our civilisation offers."

@Stanford's Peter Berkowitz on #liberty and #morality.

https://t.co/KJiSJJD2t1

"This ideology of happiness has actually produced more unhappiness than needed, since we’ve constantly been measuring our lives with regard to success, or self-fulfilment, or enjoyment."

Philosopher Renata Salecl looks at misery in the modern world .

https://t.co/swEg2dLKxq

“At the end, each of its heroes find a relief in assuming the void."

Slavoj Žižek, philosopher and cultural critic, discusses his favourite works of drama and explains why he refuses to see them performed.

https://t.co/60jnpP5zZO

"What Nietzsche is saying there is: “When bad things happen to you, ask yourself, how can I use this?” And I think he’s right about that. It is a fruitful, positive, productive attitude to take."

Emrys Westacott looks at philosophy and everyday life.

https://t.co/n2vll55BpZ

"We seem to experience ourselves as being controlling agents in the world and this makes it very difficult, if not impossible, to simply abandon our belief that we are free — whatever sceptical arguments suggest to the contrary."

Paul Russell on #FreeWill

https://t.co/Ib7yqlnpR5

"Forget bats for a moment, this is one of the fundamental problems of consciousness: I can’t know what it’s like to be you, and you can’t know what it’s like to be me."

Susan Blackmore recommends the best books on consciousness.

https://t.co/nQGcKMI2Hg

“For classical theism, whatever else we want to say about God, the core idea is that God is the ultimate explanation of why anything exists at all."

Edward Feser looks at arguments for the existence of God.

https://t.co/IsffedgOte

“There’s a sort of battleground between theists and atheists trying to mount arguments that will somehow force the other side to convert. There’s very little prospect in succeeding in an enterprise like that.”

Prof. Graham Oppy on Philosophy of Religion

https://t.co/2rrUSznCJF

In Notebooks for an Ethics, Sartre says that maybe authentic love is possible. Maybe we can “rejoice” in others without trying to possess them. However, he wasn’t entirely convinced..."

@Skye_Cleary examines philosophical explorations of #love.

https://t.co/oZD1TScifM

"It’s an amazing book..,Camus seems to have understood the many other components of a plague—the fear, the discrimination, the hopefulness and the hopelessness—and he also wrestles with, ‘What is the meaning of this?’"

Albert Camus was born #OTD in 1913.

https://t.co/RALC6V7bWz https://t.co/kISsOQ5aPv

"You only have to look at any country plagued by AIDS to see that Catholic dogma is appallingly damaging and there is no moral justification for this, only a dogmatic religious justification."

Acclaimed philosopher Mary Warnock on morality without God.

https://t.co/43m7fMc9SU

"We mustn’t assume that our intuitive picture of the mind is correct. If we want to understand the mind as it really is, then we must go beyond armchair reflection and engage with the science of the mind and brain."

@keithfrankish on philosophy of mind.

https://t.co/6hELskg1W0

"We think we’re talking about morality, but actually we’re just left with the fragments of morality. What’s been lost is the central idea of human beings as creatures with an inherent end or purpose."

Edward Skidelsky picks the best books on Virtue.

https://t.co/G3zEfoxuPD

"Reason may not be as self-sufficiently robust as some had hoped, but it doesn’t have to be. It has brought us, often kicking and screaming, into our greater collective well-being"

Rebecca Goldstein (@platobooktour) discusses reason and its limitations.

https://t.co/Z3tObXtu4L

“How can we explain the fact that, on orders, millions of people go out and kill one another, when they know that killing another human being is morally wrong?”

Professor Cécile Fabre, philosopher and All Souls Fellow, picks the best books on #war.

https://t.co/CggbIHtk3t

"An ideal relationship is where lovers are able freely to choose one another rather than coming together out of a dependent or weak situation, or from a desire to possess one another."

Skye C Cleary (@Skye_Cleary) looks at the philosophy of love.

https://t.co/oZD1TScifM

Thought-provoking interview on work and burnout with Josh Cohen, psychoanalyst and literary critic, for @five_books: https://t.co/Rn42GuZsHI

His book, Not Working: Why we Have to Stop, was published earlier this year.

"In the history of psychiatry, of psychotherapy, of psychology, mental health generally, depression is notoriously elastic."

Psychoanalyst Josh Cohen breaks down the science and psychology behind burnout, work and exhaustion: https://t.co/Dw8LPG8oiY

@five_books: Which psychology books get recommended again again by the experts we interview? Check our our psychology section to find out: https://t.co/MEsmjDX3tL

Books by @DanTGilbert, @sapinker @OliverSacks and more

"The construction of a tomb was a significant indicator of rank and prestige. Then once you were dead the tomb would be part of an ongoing cult in your memory, for rituals, celebrations and feasting."

https://t.co/7fOaChQNSR

“A long time before Freud, Dostoevsky was at work explaining the contradictory, clashing tendencies of the human spirit through his anti-hero, Raskolnikov”

Robert Service, Professor of Russian Studies at Oxford, on totalitarian Russia. @REESOxford https://t.co/rdqNUh0GVH

"Borges asks: what happens if we can’t forget? Will we be forever tied to an excruciatingly detailed past? Or will we be able to forget parts of it over time and be able to evolve and move on?"

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger on Memory & the Digital Age https://t.co/pA9EDmMNAH

“Philosophy has always had this valuable attitude of speaking to both sides of human interest: to the intellectual, the academic, the ivory tower; but also to the practical, ordinary aspects of the world."

@Floridi on the Philosophy of Information. https://t.co/alpsdij1uf

"Our senses are more interconnected than we realise. Colour can influence our perception of tastes and smells, ditto for music, or textures. You can’t understand one without embracing them all."

Journalist & expert sommelier @bbosker on the senses. https://t.co/YxzyUlbDbc

“He wrote for the stage—and  always carried with him that sense of dramatic exposition”

A Wilkie Collins #readinglist: https://t.co/myO7QqABpH

#OTD in 1907, poet W H Auden was born. In an interview on P G Wodehouse, @soratcli recommends The Dyers Hand, essays in which "Auden describes why characters can live on beyond and outside their novels, and why innocence matters." https://t.co/uuadBUHzZq

“Out of all of the novels Austen published in her short life, this one feels most to me like a real love story”

@Columbia English Professor @triaspirational recommends Jane Austen's Persuasion: https://t.co/xZwzJ3oaUd

"A capacious, democratic, culturally-enmeshed, and politically-alert tradition grows from the root of Whitman. A spiritually-attuned, perceptually-focused, inward-looking family of poetry flows from Emily Dickinson." —@PoetryInAmerica host Elisa New https://t.co/Acaf3nTCYA

“I tell my students, ‘Don’t put any abstract nouns into your poems. Just write about things you can count or put in a wheelbarrow’.”

The best books on poetry, recommended by award-winning Northern Irish poet Sinéad Morrissey @Carcanet https://t.co/row2Qu12ze

“It’s amazing that the two greatest philosophical novels written in English in the 19th century, Moby Dick and Middlemarch, come out of a preoccupation with Spinoza.”

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (@platobooktour) recommends the Best Philosophical Novels https://t.co/7WG1Fk2Jga

“Treating students as consumers cheapens not only students, but it also cheapens teachers, lecturers and those people who are trying to foster an environment for thought.”

Sociology professor Les Back (@AcademicDiary) discusses books on academia. https://t.co/eiW6LsOh31

“Everybody should have the skill of thinking computationally.”

@anabellphd from @MIT recommends the best books to learn programming and start exploring the field of computer science https://t.co/LMKtxRaste

"If you go back to Hume, Locke or Descartes, you find that they weren’t writing for professionals in university, they were writing for their educated peers. Every educated mind should be engaged with the great questions."

A C Grayling: Ideas That Matter https://t.co/Y5Qi1S3bEm

“It’s perverse to be surprised that you can be a person who both makes and writes. The things I make using porcelain come out of reading and thinking.” Edmund de Waal, bestselling author and ceramics artist, talks about the best books on writing and art. https://t.co/3xecAqu4QT

"The position of a lot of theologians in the Middle Ages was that there was no need to be curious, because everything we needed to know was in the scriptures, or in Aristotle and Aquinas which had acquired the status of quasi-scripture." https://t.co/wY112wxHu0

"I like The Descent of Man better than The Origin of Species because Darwin is prepared to be much bolder. In The Origin of Species he was still a little bit timid."

For Darwin's birthday, take @PeterSinger's recommendation & read Descent of Man. https://t.co/xiZYPz52Vf

"Darwin's idea, that the same processes occurring slowly and steadily today also have been active throughout Earth history, slowly but steadily shaping the landscape, is known as uniformitarianism."

Happy Darwin Day. Here's @adammaloof on Earth History: https://t.co/FiapqPLw33

Please don't generalise in that manner. Ashram and Auroville are different and the latter is a tiny enclave struggling for its existence. Devotees of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo are spread across the country. In Odisha alone, there are thousands of Centres and six hundred Schools.

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1100032739976212482?s=19

What you are alluding to is not without a grain of truth but it's a complex subject with a large number of persons and institutions as stake holders. Not easy to appropriate or hijack what The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have created so assiduously; no one can claim he/she understands

I said the sanitation work profession has its own dignity and must not be reinforced in the minds of the people as lowly in social hierarchy. PM's act is likely to be emulated by heads of each institution or office leading to a very ridiculous situation for the concerned employees.

Not respecting someone's right to privacy of body is no less sordid than Gandhi having young women in his bed. The urge to touch is an aching problem in the old age and a PM should avoid different pretexts including hugging to satisfy the same in public. A public apology needed.

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1099744256673996800?s=19

On Rakhi Purnima day in Odisha, the draft bullocks are treated to much care and caressing and worshipped with all religious paraphernalia to express gratitude for their labour. This incident reminds of similar connotation which, I think, is not the right social contract with PM.

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1099905674262257664?s=19

Because Thou Art: Art ought to be an enabler https://t.co/K7AWNqsMTC Churchill took to the canvas. Milton visited Galileo. Exhibitions have now proliferated. Satyajit Ray-Mrinal Sen rivalry. Naipaul said India is building as if it has no history. New War memorial is underwhelming

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1100098844694437890?s=19

The PM is wrong

Savitri Era: I won't allow anyone to wash my feet https://t.co/BeOE0J36sm Posted by Tusar Nath Mohapatra @NathTusar Director, SELF, SRA-102-C #ShipraRiviera #Indirapuram #Ghaziabad #UttarPradesh 201014

#SavitriEra of those who adore,

Om #SriAurobindo & #TheMother

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1100024587025170432?s=19

I challenge you all to jump off a tall building

David Schwartzman Apr 21, 2017

Your conclusion: consciousness is unexplainable by science, now and forever, therefore, we must adopt on an idealist philosophical position, mind/consciousness is primary, obviously ignoring all the knowledge produced by science, i.e., the universe and the Earth existed long before human consciousness emerged. 

I submit  Benjamin Farrington argued persuasively that Plato’s idealism was associated with the emergence of an aristocracy doing no manual labor,  served by slaves, leading to the concept of mind being primary, in contrast to the materialism of Thales of Miletus who lived in a more equal society where everyone worked with their hands. Carlo Ginzburg’s “The Cheese and the Worms” is recommended, supporting this take on the relation of materialism to social reality (Menocchio the miller:  God and the angels came out of the foam of ocean waves, spontaneous materialism). Menocchio burned at the stake one year before Giordano Bruno; witness the fate of outspoken atheists in Bangladesh, and other victims of religious intolerance of non-believers.

If material reality is just an illusion, as all of you idealists claim, I challenge you all to stand in front of an incoming train or truck, or jump off a tall building, your choice.  Again it is obvious that common sense, grounded in conscious realization that material reality exists outside our consciousness will prevail for your personal survival.  Of course, I anticipate some convoluted argument to the contrary. 

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Hi Avtar,

Indian philosophy calls the collection of all the thoughts, desires, emotions, memories, etc, of an individual as the individual's mind and emphasizes that just like lifeless matter, an individual's mind is NOT conscious! The philosophy explains the solution to the hard problem by means of an analogy as follows: When sun light falls in a pot containing water, the light is reflected by the water creating an image of the sun. The image has some brightness but its origin is in the sun light and not in the pot nor in the water. A living being is a body with a mind and similar to a pot containing water; the mind is like water and the body is like the pot. Consciousness (with big C) is the sun light. The consciousness appearing in a living being is like the image of the sun in water. Just as there is no reflection in an empty pot, there is no appearance of consciousness in lifeless matter but only in living beings because they have minds and life is the interaction of mind with matter. Again, just as the water needs a pot to hold it, and the reflection is gone if the pot is broken, the mind cannot exhibit the apparently conscious behavior after the death of the physical body.

Syamala Hari

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Sri Aurobindo wrote extensively on Consciousness a century back but referring to his Ontology is being avoided in these conversations. He provides a much advanced point of departure to study this problem which, I hope, can help in resolving many difficult dilemmas. Thanks to everyone participating in these discussions.

Tusar Nath Mohapatra

Apr 20, 2017

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Hi Surge:

I do not agree with the widely-used definition (Hard Problem) - "By a "theory of consciousness" I suggest to mean an explanatory framework which is able to explain how the physical (sensory) signals become transformed into experience.....If a theory is not able to explain this, then it is not a theory of consciousness.....So, may I as Deepak to name, at least, one theory of consciousness known for him? Who is its author?"

Theory of consciousness must address the physical mechanism that powers the firing of neurons to generate signals; how the signals generate experience is only a limited sensation - manifestation of the fundamental consciousness or free willed energy in the universe as evidenced in the spontaneous expansion of the universe a physical model of the universal consciousness. The so-called Hard Problem only addresses limited biological experience and not the fundamental consciousness.

Best Regards

Avtar Singh, Sc.D.

Alumni, MIT

Author of "The Hidden Factor - An Approach for Resolving Paradoxes of Science, Cosmology, and Universal Reality"

Dear Serge

In case Deepak can't answer your very reasonable challenge, let me draw your attention to my theory of consciousness (Position Selecting  Interactionism) because it is a theory that does fulfill your criteria.

It really does provide an explanatory framework that scientifically explains how the physical sensory signals became transformed into experience. And it does this without invoking any functionalism. Moreover, this theory appears to be testable.  Unfortunately Deepak may not have heard of it yet as it has so far only been published in my book THE BLIND MINDMAKER which has only been available on Amazon since Christmas.

Best wishes,

Colin

C.  S.  Morrison,  author of THE BLIND MINDMAKER: Explaining Consciousness without Magic or Misrepresentation

https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Mindmaker-Explaining-Consciousness-Misrepresentation/dp/1541283953

Dear Peter and Serge,

There does seem to be a range of meaning to the notion of ‘theory’ when we look at examples of theories.  So, although Newton’s theory of gravitation does not give an ‘explanation’ for how gravity is able to affect objects at a distance, it is still an adequate and rather successful explanation and predictive model for a large set of observations over a wide range of scales. In the effort to widen the range of applicability and predictive power of a theory of gravitation (i.e. to understand why the environment of an accelerating elevator looks just like the environment in a stationary elevator in the presence of a gravitational field), Einstein came upon the idea of curvature of spacetime as an ‘explanation’ for how gravity can influence objects at a distance: a massive object at location A results in the spacetime near it to be curved in such a way as to influence another object at location B.   

This theory greatly expands the range of applicability and predictive power to include behavior of masses that are highly concentrated (neutron stars and black holes), and large energy events that generate gravitational waves (predicted by Einstein and confirmed by the LIGO experiment).  But even this theory does not account for all phenomena, as evidenced by its extension by Hawking to include some quantum effects near black holes. My intention in responding here is to highlight three things about theories in general (of the many characteristics that could be highlighted), and how these things apply, in particular, to a purported theory of consciousness. 

The first is the presence and assumption of primitives, or concepts that are considered ‘givens’.  For example, in the case of a theory of gravitation, a ‘given’ is that it acts at a distance.  Who can argue with that, right?  Except that within this assumption is embedded the particular ways our human senses perceive and our minds interpret distinction or separation between what we see as different objects, and the distances between them.  So, although Newton could not account for that particular aspect of gravity, his theory still stands as a valid and effective theory.  And this leads to the second aspect of theories, which is their range of applicability, to some degree determined by the primitives of the theory.  So, both Newton’s and Einstein’s theories of gravitation are limited in their applicability to scales (in phase space) much larger than the quantum of action. The primitive in this case is the assumption of the unrestricted divisibility of matter.  Questioning the validity or essential nature of the primitives creates the opportunity to expand the range of applicability of the theory, as does Einstein’s in relation to Newton’s.  So, these two aspects can be summarized as: 1) what question(s) does the theory try to answer? and 2) what are the givens it must answer these questions in terms of? The third aspect is that a theory that is expanded in its range by changing the primitives does not necessarily invalidate the former theory: Newton’s theory is still adequate for many things, and far easier to use than Einstein’s.

I basically agree with you, Peter, that Serge is pointing to a demanding concept of theory.  But I would also say that behaviorist theories of consciousness have a (limited) range of validity.  So, as long as the primitives are clear, and the range of applicability is clear, then perhaps there can be a little more agreement on what is valid theory?  For example, consider the challenge to Deepak from Serge:

“I suggest to mean an explanatory framework which is able to explain how the physical (sensory) signals become transformed into experience.”

Within this challenge there appears to me to be embedded an already virtually complete theory for how experience happens: it happens when “physical (sensory) signals become transformed into experience”.  First there is a signal, which has physical roots or are physical in nature, and then somehow these are transformed—altered in their essential nature as physical things—into experience (assumed, I guess, to be non-physical in nature).  Hence the difficulty in answering the challenge—how can we give an explanatory framework for something that is already assumed without question to be a certain way?  I believe what Deepak is saying is that he disagrees with the most commonly assumed primitives, the ‘given’s’. 

We have a ‘common’ narrative born of historical record that life evolves from physical things that begin with simple interactions, and such interactions grow in complexity until ‘poof’ - life emerges.  If we accept this narrative as a given, along with the more subtle embedded assumptions, then we appear to be constrained to pose the question as SP did above. 

I would also like to point out there are many theories of consciousness already, but they can be viewed from the perspective described above—clearly demarcate the primitives and their range of applicability.  I can mention two I am familiar with (arguments against them are a separate issue): Giulio Tononi’s Integrated Information Theory (which doesn’t so much explain consciousness in physical terms as it gives constraints on a physical substrate sufficient to account for the phenomenology of consciousness), and Penrose and Hameroff’s Orchestrated Objective Reduction hypothesis.

Regards,

Siegfried

Dear Serge,

How do you distinguish informational factors from information, energy factors from energy and material factors from matter? What  are the different  informational factors and  from where  they emrrgre out?

I never indicated  that you consider    consciousness  as more fundamental   than information 

If a person likes red cars more than green cars, no need for criticism by a person  who likes green  cars. But some logical reasons in the genetic structure can be sought. If meta theory can't be sought based upon grounds  that it is one's belief than why  discussions on this forum? What I intend to convey that by rational  logical deliberations  with open mind, gap between meta theory of two persons can also be narrowed down.

Does hypothesis  of information  without consciousness  appears  sensible  to you? Every rational  person  with sense is an author of this. Could you please cite even a single example in our worldly life where information might have come. Into existence without the interventions  from some consciousness possessing agency?

You are  stating applied theory  of consciousness  as one which explains  transformation  of physical signals  into new products viz thoughts or experiences  of all variety. I treat  any such theory  as theory  of cognition  and not of consciousness  with due difference  between  consciousness  and cognition.

Regards

Vinod Sehgal

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Respected Dr. Ram,

Thanks.

What  I wanted  to highlight and  convey was that quantum  uncertainty is not an inherent feature  of nature  and that this property  arise in nature due to interaction  of matter particles with the measuring dignal. In other words, if there were no measurement, quantum particles  at the ground level should not have any intrinsic and inherent uncertainty. My arguments  for this hypothesis are summarized at following:

Distinction between  macro and quantum scales are arbitrary one. If we measure a macro level  object say a tree from the macro level  observational platform, no  uncertainty is detected. Had uncertainty been an inherent and implicit property of nature, the same should have continued to any scale from electronic  to galactic  one. But this does not happens. This indicates that uncertainty is property as induced  in quantum particles by the signal of the measuring  instruments.  A related corollary  of this hypothesis should be that even a macro level object say a tree should reveal  also reveal uncertainty  if  the measuring signal is quite strong enough. When measuring a macro level object from the same macro level, there may not be the need to have a quite strong signal to induce uncertainty  in tree. But if  the tree is measured  from the galactic observational scale, a  very strong measuring signal  may be needed enabled to induce uncertainty  in a tree which we call as macro one from our present observational scale . It is for  the same reasons that  atoms and molecules should not exhibit  any uncertainty when measured from the same quantum observational plateforms since  in that case a very weak measuring signal  may be needed unable to induce any uncertainty.

If above hypothesis are correct, this will have very serious implications for the quantum  theories/models related to thr creation of the universe. If uncertainty is not an inherent property of nature but a property as induced by measuring signals in nature, it means all the quantum theories and models  of creation are wrong since creation  commenced and continued  to go forward  without any measurement. If it is so, Einstein was  correct  when he made the famous statement: God does not play dice with the nature.

To sum up,  key question  is : Is uncertainty an inherent property of nature or an induced one by measurement ? You may please respond against  this query in a direct and frontal manner.

Regards

Vinod Sehgal 

Respected Vinod ji,

In physics, as per my understanding, some physicists propose that Nature is deterministic at sub-microscopic level (such as Planck level, deeper than quantum level) and stochasticity in QM is an artifact of measurement and probability is subjective probability due to our ignorance. If we do not make a measurement, a quantum particle follows deterministic Schrödinger equation. If this is true, then I would agree with you that Nature is deterministic except initial condition. This is ('t Hooft, 2015).

On the other hand, some argue that Nature is fundamentally stochastic as in ZPF fluctuations and the objective probability is real. This is (de la Peña, Cetto & Valdes-Hernandez, 2015)’s position.

Therefore, to be on safe side, we should make a model in both ways and perhaps, we can find some real contradiction so one of the views can be rejected in future.

Cheers!

Kind regards,

Rām

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Amarāvati-Hīrāmaṇi Professor (Research)

Vision Research Institute, Physics, Neuroscience, & Consciousness Research Dept.

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