The Unemployment Bogey – That Root Of All Current Evil, Lord
Keynes – And How Civilisation Can Be Saved from ANTIDOTE by Sauvik von Chakraverti
Many
Indian politicians and bureaucrat-professors continue to decry consumerism, and
what they call the “consumer culture” – which clearly shows that they do not
KNOW what the Science of Economics is all about. They are all busy “producing
work” – which really amounts to “producing disutility”; producing “bads”
instead of “goods.” But that is precisely what governments are all about, even
more so in these Keynesian times.
Let
us DUMP all collectivist, communitarian, nationalistic, class, caste, tribe,
clan – all these narrow, domestic, GROUP IDENTITIES. Instead, let us all
embrace RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM – which means Private Property, Individual
Liberty, Individual Responsibility, as well as “Private Economies” – each
Individual “minding his own business” – and no more of this “National Economy”
POLITICISED NONSENSE about GDP, growth rate, unemployment rate, inflation rate,
balance of payments and all that.
Individualism
means “each is the architect of his own fortune,” as Mises put it so
accurately, describing what Capitalism is all about: where each takes his
chances with his own Capital, seeking permission from no one, and answerable
only to himself for both his gains as also his losses.
Harmony
can take on different forms depending on the level of conscious manifestation.
In the insect and animal world this harmony is based on what we can call
“instinctive” behavior. A colony of bees or ants can act with a complete
harmony of each one knowing and doing exactly what it is intended to do within
the larger framework of the hive or colony. Similarly one can marvel at the
ability of a large flock of birds to wheel in flight in absolute precision at
enormous speed as if they are one entity, not a collection of birds.
At
the human level, we have given up reliance on purely instinctive relationships
of consciousness and tried to create harmony based on ideas such as uniformity
or regimentation. These ideas have limitations and no true harmony can ensue
during this transitional phase of consciousness through which we are passing.
We see in fact an enormous amount of disharmony and conflict during this phase.
The gnostic evolution provides a new basis for the development of a deeper
harmony.
Sri Aurobindo’s theory of a spiritualised Ethics from rainbOwther - Aug 21, 2011
Emotion
and its transformation, Larry Seidlitz Sraddha November 2010 Larry
Seidlitz (lseidlitz@gmail.com)
is a faculty member of Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research (SACAR) in Pondicherry
We
see this character most clearly in certain emotions such as anger, irritation,
hatred, jealousy, envy, greed, and lust. But similarly, sadness, despair, and
grief typically arise in reaction to the disappointment of an egoistic demand
or claim, however justifiable it may seem. Fear and anxiety both have an instinctive quality, and may
arise spontaneously due to conditioning with various harmless stimuli.
These
negative emotions are the source of much human suffering, but what about our
positive emotions, such as love and joy? Here, too, when we scratch the surface
we often find them to be egoistic in nature and not very pure. […] The fullness
of Ananda comes with Oneness of our consciousness and nature with the Divine;
suffering comes from limitation and separation of our consciousness and nature
from the Divine. A purified Love and a sincere surrender of our whole being to
the Divine are at once a path towards, and the very nature of, that Oneness and
Delight. [Consciousness and its transformation: Papers presented at the
Second International Conference on Integral Psychology]
Aurovililans to Grow the Galaxy from Auroville Radio by contact@aurovilleradio.org (Marlenka)
Featured
today is an interview with long-time Aurovilian B, expounding on the current
situation in Auroville, the problem of religion and authority... of why,
seemingly, Aurovililans appear to ‘need’ a leader, to give an ‘OK,’ to tell
them how to proceed... B shares his insights which sprang up as a result of
last week's final Town Development meeting in which Mr. Doshi was present.
According to B, the work of growing the galaxy must oringate from us, the
residents of Auroville, sans the sanction of any outsider.
Responsibility, integrity, compassion and an urge to drive
change from Savitri Era Political Action - Jun 12, 2012 My
contribution to the Agamben symposium from An und für
sich by Adam Kotsko
The Political
Theology blog has published my contribution to their symposium
on The Kingdom and the Glory, which discusses Agamben’s method in dialogue
with Alberto Toscano’s critical review of the book. I have tried to show
elsewhere that Agamben’s met...
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