August 19, 2012

Visions of a great visionary forgotten

13h - A.S.Kumar @ShivaKap Sensible and level headed people will leave twitter soon. Left overs will remain leftovers in a decent society. 18h @SavitriEraParty Educated section is not the real vote bank. Our political process is designed deliberately that way.  View conversation 18h @SavitriEraParty A resourceful nation in terms of thinking, culture, wisdom and civilization has been reduced to a joke by politicians.  View conversation 18h In the process these visions of a great visionary forgotten. Pl read n assimilate: http://www.sriaurobindosaction.org/Dreams.htm 
18h @SavitriEraParty The 'learned' leaders have already collapsed the first dream of Sri Aurobindo. This needs immediate attention! :-)  View conversation 18h @SavitriEraParty Is your party's goal 'Divine Life on Earth' or decent life on earth?  View conversation 18h @SavitriEraParty Unfair to expect a largely illiterate/uninformed population to u/stand Sri Aurobindo. Better make practical public policy.  View conversation 18h @SavitriEraParty Politics is the root of the disease in India that has large illiterate population. Accrdngly public policy needs to be made  View conversation 18h @SavitriEraParty The whole idea is to remove this nonsense and be made universally available to all humans. :-)  View conversation 18h @SavitriEraParty Flaunting a personal belief of which the other has no attraction or involvement will lead to conflict.  View conversation 18h @SavitriEraParty Education and health are primary requirements of a good social fabric. Money has no religion, no caste - right?  View conversation 18h @SavitriEraParty If caste is forgotten, like we have forgotten honesty, respect, social responsibility it will be part of nothing. :-)  View conversation 18h @SavitriEraParty Moreover if the goal of any faith is not development of living beings, something is grossly wrong.  View conversation 18h @SavitriEraParty Faith is personal like the color of underwear one chooses to wear. Presuming that flaunting underwear is great is wrong.  View conversation 19h @SavitriEraParty No religion based governance is thriving. Most are bleeding. Religion deserves to be taken off govt records.  View conversation 19h @SavitriEraParty Ambedkar prbly didn't anticipate the future of electoral politics will be based on caste. Now we know so take it off. ½  View conversation 19h If religion and caste are taken off the govt records, India will transform into a mature democracy and a developed country.

17h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty It's comfortable to discuss & complain about history. But the challenge is to come together under Party banner & work for a better tomorrow. 17h @ShivaKap Not the question of votes exactly, it's ideology. We can get votes too if we join hands & present the option of a credible party.  View conversation 17h @ShivaKap Yeah, after 65 years lot many things need to be attended to. Unfortunately our educated section is callous & politically impotent.  View conversation 18h @ShivaKap It's the FIVE DREAMS Manifesto of Sri Aurobindo broadcast on August 14, 1947. Pl. Google-search and read.  View conversation 18h @ShivaKap Precisely, and therefore this Savitri Era Party. If all right thinking people support, it can come to power and things can change.  View conversation 18h @ShivaKap That's what I'm hinting at. One must understand the roots of the disease in order to heal it. Sri Aurobindo has written in depth.  View conversation 18h @ShivaKap Education, health, & money, in fact, are domains of 3 different castes: Brahmin, Kshatriya, & Vaishya, in a broad religious sense.  View conversation 18h @ShivaKap One persons flaunts, and the other says it's wrong. There is need to reconcile both views. So, first one has to understand basics.  View conversation 18h @ShivaKap Likewise, castes have deeper significance corresponding to various limbs of body. So they are essential for any organic society.  View conversation 18h @ShivaKap Appropriate sentiments, but they have their root in religion which is inbuilt. Quest for perfection/divine is religion ecosystem.  View conversation 18h @ShivaKap Although against it, Ambedkar introduced caste in Constitution. Though not in favour of religion, Sri Aurobindo created a new one.  View conversation

August 10, 2012

Five dreams and six kinds of solace

5h - Pragmatix @RisingIndiawins What is missing is a poster in Ramlila maidan with Ramdev between Sri Aurobindo, Vivekananda and Paramhans. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
11h - Rahul Kanwal @rahulkanwal Ramdev's agenda closely mirrors that of BJP/Sangh. Unlike Anna he doesn't deny that RSS backs him. Mobilisation driven by Sangh cadre. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
7h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty [For the first time in its history, the Congress split in Surat Session in 1907. The reason being session in Calcutta.] http://marketime.blogspot.in/2007/07/for-first-time-in-its-history-congress.html …
7h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty [This talk explores & invites participation in the five dreams of Sri Aurobindo in his message on India’s Independence] http://www.atthefeetofthemother.org/2011/10/five-dreams-of-sri-aurobindo-hindi-and.html …
7h [As Dayanand & Sri Aurobindo have rightly pointed out, religious practices have drifted away from their philosophy.] http://rainbowther.blogspot.in/2007/02/religious-practices-have-drifted-away.html …
8h [Some Hindu scriptures are verbose others concise, all in all a mixture of truths & fables. I don’t care much. Sandeep] http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/08/sanketik-ramdev-and-filmy-anna.html …
3h - @tulsimeer @Good_Bipin [Pretending Everything’s Okay Works: putting up good front for friends makes everything better.] http://auromere.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/when-faced-with-a-serious-decision-how-to-make-the-right-choice/#comment-12699 … -   View summary

Tusar N. Mohapatra says:August 9, 2012 at 11:53 am [Every time a misfortune befell me, says Dastur Adurbad, I derived six kinds of comfort and solace from it. ERVAD MARZBAN HATHIRAM] http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-31/edit-page/27301069_1_zoroastrians-misfortune-comfort [the state of excessive happiness or depression is temporary and relative only to our most recent experiences. Puneet Jain] http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-07-08/news/27351941_1_happiness-envy-depression

Degrees of Happiness The Hindu R. DINESH MADURAI, August 9, 2012
As always the ancients have made the words esoteric and difficult for us to understand on the face of it how the gradation occurs. Here again Sri Aurobindo’s interpretation and the words he uses are so useful in understanding the intent that one can then match with one’s own experience and link to practical life. The first clarity one needs to have is that any reference to ‘Happiness’ in the spiritual context cannot be linked to the satisfaction of one’s desires…
However, the real striking point in this portion is that every stage of happiness one can achieve, i.e. as a Man or Angel or Gods etc. a clear statement is made that the happiness referred to at that stage is possible to be attained by the person who knows the secret of the Vedas and therefore the desires do not take ownership of him (the words used by Sri Aurobindo is ‘the blight of desire not toucheth’). This comes as a reference at every stage of progress to higher levels of happiness till one reaches the Eternal’s level of ‘Ultimate Bliss’. (To be continued) (The writer is the Joint Managing Director of TVS & Sons Ltd., and MD, TVS Logistics) Feedback and questions may be emailed to joyofbeingrd@gmail.com  

August 09, 2012

Sanketik Ramdev and Filmy Anna

Tweets 1h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty [Gautam Chikermane, the self-righteous and fraudulent reporter of HT, stands exposed. Daughter's out-of-turn admission] http://www.thelivesofsriaurobindo.com/2012/08/nexus-between-gautam-chikermane-and_9.html …
22h - Rajarshi @TheRajarshi The greatest spiritual intellectual of the last 100 years has to be Aurobindo. Some of his analysis is pure brilliance. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party - 3h - A message that Sri Aurobindo received from Krishna during his jailed years:"....I am raising up this nation to (cont) http://tl.gd/ioe1qs  - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2h - Francois Gautier @fgautier26 Hindus hve always been unitd by somethng, whatvr British history books say. Read Sri Aurobindo's Foundations of Indian Culture, a MUST. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
24m - The Cinesters @TheCinesters - @lubdhakdeep @pallavighcnnibn If Anna is Gandhi & Ramdev is Netaji, day is NOT far when India will officially be Banana Republic. Jai Hind. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
40m - M. Alan Kazlev @akazlev Steve McIntosh kindly sent me an advance copy of Evolution's Purpose (integral theory of evolution) http://www.stevemcintosh.com/Evolutions-Purpose-TOC.php … - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
15h - Pragmatix @RisingIndiawins RSS must seriously consider disbanding its political wing and BJP. BJP's hardline Hindutva stand is dividing Hindu society. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
17h - krishnarjun @krishnarjun108 IH's excited about Advani's speech, another hindu weakness, prefer speeches to action. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
21hEPW @E_P_W Corporate Boards in India: Blocked by Caste? http://bit.ly/OF59WF  #EPW - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
33m - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty Sanketik Ramdev and Filmy Anna are no hope for India's future. FIVE DREAMS Manifesto broadcast on August 14, 1947 is assured rallying point. 14h Let Sri Aurobindo's editorials in Bande Mataram, Karmayogin, Dharma, and Arya a century ago guide this nation and not Ramdev's shenanigans. 14h - Himself a bundle of confusion, Ramdev's quixotic adventure can be a cruel and costly experiment in deepening of democracy in the country. 14h - Ramdev is entitled to leveraging his popularity for any agitational venture but consequences as regards public welfare are sure to backfire.

IMHO, to be pure is to live in the “psychic light”. It is seen in someone who acts neither in conformance nor defiance of society. One has to have an astounding inner balance to observe and act in all situations solely by the psychic guidance.

The Vedas are too complicated to learn for beginners. I don’t read them much. There are lots of Hindu scriptures written by a variety of individuals, not of all of whom had the same level of Enlightenment. Some scriptures are verbose, others concise, all in all a mixture of truths and fables.
One of the pitfalls of being born a Hindu is that one can become emotionally attached to the ancient past – the scriptures, cultural mores, arcane rituals, superstitions, temples, etc. This motivation prejudices the thought process and distorts the dispassionate search for the Ultimate Truth. It is futile to revere and defend things which have no contemporary relevance. That is why a dose of atheism is beneficial, as said in an earlier comment.
Instead of being driven by this premeditated reverence for the Vedas, you should start with the aspiration to “know thyself”. Practice meditation, understand human psychology (depression, anger, thoughts, intuition) and later as you mature, you will automatically discern which scriptures are relevant and which are not. So ignore the Vedas for now. Start by reading Sri Aurobindo, Vivekananda, Yogananda, Sivananda, etc. As I said already, I don’t care much about scriptures. I am an explorer of consciousness. And yes, I practice Yoga otherwise there would be no point in writing this blog […] 
I also used to ponder on these weighty matters early on. We tend to worry about such questions because our limited egoistic mentality is reluctant to endure any suffering. We want God to take care of us and make things logical and easy. Instead of searching for these answers, if you devote yourself to the spiritual path, you will find that these questions automatically dissolve themselves.

Gautam Chikermane, the self-righteous and fraudulent reporter of Hindustan Times, stands exposed. Over the last six months, Chikermane has been writing concocted and factually wrong news items in the Hindustan Times praising Peter Heehs' book and the Ashram Trustees, all in the name of freedom of speech and moral integrity. Now we know why!

The complexity of the systems, and the order of magnitude of the inter-relationships take the issues far beyond the faculties of mind, even at their highest. When we add to this the complexity of opposing viewpoints, the diversity of opinions and dogmas that abound, we have a formula for gridlock.

August 08, 2012

Frederic Spiegelberg, Haridas Chaudhuri, and Allan Watts

Tweets 12h [Sri Aurobindo's message is not about what will come but what we can achieve. As such, its effectivity is to be measured by its application] 12h [Re-reading of Sri Aurobindo in our times is more germane and powerful along the lines of “transformation on the run”.] http://www.sciy.org/2012/06/26/realtime-synthesis-and-the-differance-of-the-body-technocultural-studies-in-the-wake-of-deconstruction-by-mark-hansen/comment-page-1/#comment-2218 …
12h [Sri Aurobindo's Letters on Yoga are a great help IMO, because they cover everything you need to know in the beginning] http://auromere.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/the-genesis-of-sri-aurobindos-superman#comment-12676 … -  View photo
13h [It is futile to revere and defend things which have no contemporary relevance. That is why a dose of atheism is beneficial. -Sandeep] 13h [This motivation prejudices the thought process & distorts dispassionate search for the Ultimate Truth. I don't care much about scriptures.] 13h [One pitfall of being born a Hindu is that one can become emotionally attached to scriptures, rituals, temples, etc.] http://auromere.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/the-genesis-of-sri-aurobindos-superman#comment-12675 … -  View photo
7 Aug - @malviyamit [Predictions of Sri Aurobindo] http://wp.me/plID6-2fj  -   View summary
11h - Mihir Jha @Mihirkumarjha Man's ascent is yet not over. The supramental stage lies ahead. It is the next step in the man's evolution:-). #quote ~Sri Aurobindo Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
11h - Kunal Dave @kunal_nd Photographs of the Mother’s Family Members http://wp.me/pRYLW-mc  via @wordpressdotcom - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View summary
23h - Agnivo @Aagan86 - @Good_Bipin Aurobindo in his spiritual books acknowledged the futility of extremism. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
11h [there is a consciousness also in the plant, in the metal, in the atom, in electricity, in everything. -Sri Aurobindo] http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/TheBecoming/message/3418 …
11h [Sri Aurobindo Ashram was started on November 24, 1926 whereas the Trust Board was created on October 7, 1955.] http://www.thelivesofsriaurobindo.com/2012/08/why-do-dharna-by-sripad-singh.html …
12h [Can a member of Sri Aurobindo Ashram write a book against Sri Aurobindo and still remain in the Ashram? –Sripad Singh] http://www.thelivesofsriaurobindo.com/2012/08/why-do-dharna-by-sripad-singh.html … - 5h - @PondyTweets [author's opinion rings arrogant and unnecessary. Sri Aurobindo's Isha Upanishad as the “pithiest”] Kepler http://iyfundamentalism.info/htdocs/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=38 … -  View conversation
12h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty PM from Rajya Sabha is the greatest fraud perpetrated on our Constitution. Let there be a vigorous campaign for #PMfromLokSabha. Please RT.
7 Aug - @SandeepWeb [Why Shourie Can’t Think Straight - Dhiren Bhagat, The Sunday Observer, December 12, 1982] http://marketime.blogspot.in/2005/07/dhiren-bhagat.html … -  View conversation
7 Aug [Savitri had received the command to arise and get ready to vanquish Time and Death. It was an imperative] RY Deshpande http://www.savitri.in/savitri/?q=content/the-light-of-the-supreme/savitri%E2%80%99s-counter-talk-ry-deshpande/07-aug-2012/000343 …
7 Aug [For those who keep their eyes, ears and soul open, political choices are always very delicate, very complex, very painful. YOGENDRA YADAV] 7 Aug [In our times, the pursuit of goodness draws you to politics, at the same time immersion in politics has a built-in drag away from goodness] 7 Aug [paradox of politics: politics opens at once the possibility of ethics in public life and also becomes the source of its routine negation.] 7 Aug [I wanted to tell her about my political guru, Kishen Pattnayak. For a full-time politician and former MP he was unbelievably self-effacing] 7 Aug [They may be in a minority. But this small voice is often the shell that protects one’s conscience. -YOGENDRA YADAV] http://www.indianexpress.com/news/why-i-choose-team-anna/984727/0 …
6 Aug [Sri Aurobindo’s description of Lila, a play that is at once a dalliance of the Divine and a teleological drama.] http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/08/a-dalliance-of-divine-and-teleological.html …
6 Aug [Frederic Spiegelberg, Haridas Chaudhuri, and Allan Watts were instrumental in early dissemination of Asian spiritual traditions in the west.]
6 Aug - Sanjeev Sabhlok @sabhlok Would FTI join Swaraj Party if Arvind Kejriwal agrees to support #liberty (with… http://goo.gl/fb/uhK3A  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
6 Aug - ashutosh @Primal_Whites Is there any difference between Govindacharya's Gram-Swaraj and Kejariwal's model of Swaraj ? Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
6 Aug [unlike JP's abstract Total Revolution, Team Anna has a concrete draft for an effective legislation. V. KRISHNA ANANTH] http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3731623.ece?homepage=true …
1m - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty One-stop blog for curing all theoretical confusion and muddled thinking just a click away at Savitri Era Learning Forum http://selforum.blogspot.in/ - Posted by Tusar N. Mohapatra  Location: Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Unified image of Mother India is yet to be realised

1 Aug - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty [Sri Aurobindo, The Avatar: Experiences of Sri Aurobindo in the Alipore Jail — Badal Chakraborty. Sri Aurobindo Bharat Ashram, Dogachia]
1 Aug [Sri Aurobindo and The Cripps Mission — Various authors. Publisher: First Feature Ltd., London, UK] SABDA, Puducherry. http://www.sabda.in 
1 Aug [Smriti Tirtha: Places that Echo the Stormy Days of Sri Aurobindo's Brief Stay in Bengal — Anshu Banerjee] SABDA eNews http://www.sabda.in 
1 Aug [Excerpted from Essays on the Gita, Chapter IV by Sri Aurobindo. The 140th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo will be observed on#August15]
1 Aug [a mistake to interpret the Gita from the standpoint of the mentality of today and force it to teach us. Sri Aurobindo] http://www.indiapost.com/gita-doesnt-teach-duty-but-following-of-divine-life/ …
1 Aug [The Sage had foreseen it all, but our present leaders deliberately look the other way & allow the dangers to unfold for the lure of power.]
1 Aug [Obliteration of Hinduism in Assam - By Anirban Ganguly. Sri Aurobindo points out Hindus becoming a minority in Assam.] http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulesbb5b.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=240&page=30 …
1 Aug - paresh @pareshpatel61 - @Mihirkumarjha its so profound, but who cares for this great recent heritage Aurobindo. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
1 Aug - Jaideep A. Prabhu @orsoraggiante - @swaraj_india Part of problem is the conflation of nationality and citizenship...really different things! Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
1 AugVijay Kumar @m_vijayakumar - @swaraj_india If he said "Hindutva is tolerance", it can be vague utterances like RSS chief saying hindutva=secularism. Means nothing. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
1 Aug - Swaraj India @swaraj_india Yes, India's soul is Hindu civilization. No doubt. But that does not make them the same thing at all. India/Indians is not *just* Hindu. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
1 Aug - Swaraj India @swaraj_india  Popper's critique of historicism inherent in Plato, Hegel, Marx applies equally to Abrahamic religions. Read "Open society & its enemies". Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
1 Aug - Jaideep A. Prabhu @orsoraggiante - @malviyamit That's my point. Indian history fits with Gandhi's model, but it was not secular. India was pluralist, not secular @swaraj_india Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
1 Aug - Jaideep A. Prabhu @orsoraggiante - @pulki_bushu Agreed. And that is my problem with Hindutva...agree with its cultural premise, but clutters issue @swaraj_india Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
1 Aug - Jaideep A. Prabhu @orsoraggiante - @swaraj_india Well said! I have always argued for a civic nationalism a la France, than an ethnic one a la Russia, Israel, etc. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
1 Aug - Swaraj India @swaraj_india Your Hindu supra-identity for this 1.2 billion nation has determined opponents. Not just Muslims. But Christians, Dalits, Sikhs, even Jains. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
1 Aug - Swaraj India @swaraj_india You cannot have your cake and eat it too. Hinduism cannot be both territorial and theological. Choose one interpretation, stick to it. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
30 Jul - inpondy @PondyTweets - @SavitriEraParty The Left has been disregarding and the Right has been misrepresenting Sri Aurobindo. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
31 JulGopi @gopimaliwal Aurobindo Ghose: Unity - An open letter to those who despair of their country http://themotherindia.com/2012/06/16/unity-an-open-letter-to-those-who-despair-of-their-country/ … - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
31 JulGopi @gopimaliwal Vande Mataram - Sri Aurobindo's Translation~ I bow to thee, Mother, Richly-watered, richly fruited, Cool with (cont) http://tl.gd/ik9qro  - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
1 Aug - Mihir Jha @Mihirkumarjha O Lord of kindness & mercy, O Lord of love & compassion, grant us refuge at thy feet ~ His Holiness Sri Aurobindo http://twitpic.com/ae47q6  - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View photo
1 Aug - Mihir Jha @Mihirkumarjha The Holy Mother who actuated Sri Aurobindo's dream of Integral School at Darshan day Parade in Ashrama School :-) http://twitpic.com/ae4aar  - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View photo
1 Aug - Mihir Jha @Mihirkumarjha Samadhi of Sri Aurobindo and the Holy Mother, Sri Aurobindo Ashrama, Pondicherry:-) http://twitpic.com/ae489f  - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View photo
1 Aug - Mihir Jha @Mihirkumarjha When People said,"Sri Aurobindo was an #Avataar" she nullified it based on an American's research. And now : https://twitter.com/sagarikaghose/status/230659878794960896 … - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View tweet
1 Aug - Gautam Chikermane @gchikermane - @SavitriEraParty @PondyTweets Satprem's is another great book - I loved reading it. But personally, nowhere close to Heehs's biography. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation - 1 Aug - @SavitriEraParty @PondyTweets Such consistent harassment of an author or an Ashram can't sustain without political-financial motive. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party - 1 Aug - @PondyTweets @SavitriEraParty Most opposing the book have not read it. A few have, and are abusing it out of context, manipulating the many. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation - 1 Aug - @PondyTweets @SavitriEraParty Completely agree with that - devotee or scholar, it is the best book on Sri Aurobindo, period. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
31 Jul - Nitin Pai @acorn Positive to see Mr Hazare's group move towards democratic electoral politics and away from the grammar of anarchy. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
31 Jul [Sri Aurobindo, An extract from his work, The Mother] http://dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/52095-think-now- …—-sri-aurobindo-%7C-an-extract-from-his-work-the-mother.html
30 Jul Sanatan o puratan ek noy (The Eternal and the old are not one). -Sri Aurobindo
30 Jul - Sangeeta Goswami @SangeetaRG The life you lead conceals the light you are. #Savitri Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
30 Jul [Sri Aurobindo seems to have been driven by this childhood mission... Comment on Sri Aurobindo’s Birthday Talk on 15 August 1909 by Sandeep]
30 Jul - Steven Shaviro @shaviro RIP Chris Marker, great filmmaker & artist, & probably the last Red Proustian.Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
30 Jul [Parallels between Buddha and Jesus: there was an element of truth in a strange dream of Swami Vivekananda.] by Sandeep http://auromere.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/parallels-between-buddha-and-jesus/ … -  View media
30 Jul [Aspiration from below is the pressure of the seed pushing to break out and spring to life.] Sri Aurobindo Studies http://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/powers-needed-for-achievement-of-yogic-goal/ … -  View media
30 Jul [Talk of Sri Aurobindo delivered at his residence on 15 August 1909, his thirty-seventh birthday.] Overman Foundation http://overmanfoundation.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/sri-aurobindos-birthday-talk-on-15-august-1909/ … -  View media
30 Jul [the individual expansion is of great importance for the collective life of the nation.] Goutam Ghosal http://overmanfoundation.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/sri-aurobindos-birthday-talk-on-15-august-1909/#comment-1792 … -  View media
30 Jul [Psychic love can have a warmth and a flame as intense and more intense than the vital.] Dilip and Sri Aurobindo Vol. 3 http://oneness-in-difference.blogspot.in/2012/07/dilip-and-sri-aurobindo-vol-3.html …
30 Jul [Peter Heehs has written an objectionable book on the life of Maharshi Sri Aurobindo. -Ramsinh Rathwa, MP, Vadodara] http://www.thelivesofsriaurobindo.com/2012/07/letter-to-managing-trustee-by-shri_30.html …
29 Jul - Gopi @gopimaliwal A Letter of Sri Aurobindo to His Brother ~ I am afraid they would be disappointed to see me. And as for me, (cont) http://tl.gd/ij8i94  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
29 Jul - Gopi @gopimaliwal Wonder what will "Senes" do if Sri Aurobindo were alive n said this today A Letter of Sri Aurobindo to His Brother http://www.sciy.org/2011/07/23/a-letter-of-sri-aurobindo-to-his-brother/ … ..2 Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
30 Jul - Jiten Gajaria @jitengajaria Remember Bhakti Barve and Om Puri in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron? Jantar Mantar reminds me of that. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
28 Jul - Dr John Dayal @JohnDayal Arvind Kejriwal possibly thinks of himself as an Avatar of God. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
29 Jul - krishnarjun @krishnarjun108 tired of this lokpal nonsense by Anna team, opportunist wolves like Kejriwal trying to capture some political attention using gandhi caps. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
23 Jul - Jeremy Johnson @shamansun - @Mihirkumarjha @ShamanMoonMiri @akazlev @ThouArtThat Hello! I am an avid reader of Sri Aurobindo (recently) and appreciative of his work. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
28 Jul - I C Gupta @cricketicg - #LetMyIndiaAwake The culture of India as envisaged by Sri Aurobindo http://bit.ly/Nc9kqX  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
29 Jul [The unified image of Mother India is yet to be realised. -Sri Aurobindo, Nov 22, 1909] http://www.aurobindo.ru/workings/sa/04/0031_e.htm … Worth reading a Century later.
29 Jul - Sanjeev Sabhlok @sabhlok Anna, Arvind Kejriwal’s book, #Swaraj, although interesting, is NOT the solution to #India’s… http://goo.gl/fb/pFNO8   Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
29 Jul - Jayasankar @jay_ambadi - @SavitriEraParty :-) Thank you! Will take that up soon for reading. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party - 29 Jul - @SavitriEraParty Agree with the first part..as for Sri Aurobindo, I must confess my ignorance about his teachings! Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation - 29 Jul Anna Hazare: The Second Gandhi and Danger of Political Bhakti... http://confused-ambadi.blogspot.com/2011/08/anna-hazare-second-gandhi-and-danger-of.html?spref=tw … My post from last August, but makes more sense now! Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
28 Jul [Sri Aurobindo’s book The Mother is a highly concentrated & powerful guide. Provides inspiration of the highest order.] http://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/introduction-to-the-mother … -  View media
28 Jul - Jitendra Sharma @aurofrance Savitri Era Devotees: Religion: The Mother Departs http://fb.me/E9hiDqZZ  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
28 Jul [Complexity of the systems, and magnitude of the inter-relationships take the issues far beyond the faculties of mind.] http://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/conclusions/ … -  View media
28 Jul - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty [Doctrine of Passive Resistance III. Its Necessity: Bande Mataram, 13 April, 1907 by Sri Aurobindo] http://aurobindo.ru/workings/sa/01/0023_e.htm …
28 Jul [Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Liang Qichao, Rabindranath Tagore, Mao and Pol Pot] From the Ruins of Empire By Pankaj Mishra http://www.economist.com/node/21559591?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/neverthetwain …

August 07, 2012

40 years of Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore

3 Aug - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty [Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore, observes 40 years of existence, having been inaugurated with The Mother’s blessings on 14th August 1972.] 3 Aug [the Samadhi represents for many of us a living symbol of Sri Aurobindo’s and The Mother’s presence.] Editor’s Desk http://sassingapore.blogspot.com/2012/08/from-editors-desk.html …
3 Aug - Gautam Chikermane @gchikermane On way to Auroville - the city of the future, a spirituo-material idea, a lush forest where once nothing could survive. 3 Aug - Between the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville what you get is an inspiring rediscovery of the soul. 3 Aug - Conceptualised by The Mother and Sri Aurobindo, Auroville is physical geography that's as much a spiritual idea. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party - 1 Aug Under the heat and humidity lies a space where I breathe constant peace, swim in a river of inspiration. No place like Pondy. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
4 Aug - Gopi @gopimaliwal - @Marut_ more than them, IMO. I have been at recv end - from Hinduwadis - of some of filthiest lang used! @AnshumanSunny Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
4 Aug - Levi Bryant @onticologist Brilliant post. RT @adamkotsko In praise of humanities academics and their political successes: http://wp.me/p2IRQ-29K  - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View media
3 Aug - kiran patnaik @kiran_patniak - @bvsparmar कल एक "सावित्री पार्टी" वाले भी यहां आये थे, अन्ना को प्रस्ताव देने. अब आप भी भेज दें. एक और हैं मिशन २०१४ वाले. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation - 4 Aug . आमरण अनशन रूपी इस ब्रह्मास्त्र के चलाये जाने की टाइमिंग पे ही अन्ना आन्दोलन, खासकर अरविन्द टीम ने बड़ी भारी भूल की है. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
3 Aug - Betty Williams @candida_info Sri Aurobindo Was Requested by the All India Radio http://goo.gl/fb/hxWYQ  - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
3 Aug - Kanchan Gupta @KanchanGupta VP Singh, after launching Jan Morcha, said he was not interested in politics or power, but in changing the system. We know what happened. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
3 Aug [Bennett seeks a secular enchantment, a captivation with the world to ethically and politically engage with the world.] http://selforum.blogspot.in/2011/10/sri-aurobindo-traces-potential-journey.html …
3 Aug [Reading The Mother’s Chronicles. What a rendition! What kind of an obvious erudition! “not ordinary” – Extraordinary!] http://savitriera.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/a-vision-of-sujata-nahar/#comment-8182 … -  View media
2 Aug - Jiten Gajaria @jitengajaria But same time they need to support their families. More than 50pc political activists fall in this bracket. This is just example of cost 4\n Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - Prasanna Viswanathan @prasannavishy Vacuousness, lack of moral compass, customizing opinion to intellectual fashion of the day - op-ed class is a truly silly. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - नंदिता ठाकुर @nanditathhakur Arvind Kejriwal first used RSS/Sri Sri ji's support then backstabbed them...he did same with Baba Ramdev & BJP...Now he is doing with Anna. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - Ratnakar Sadasyula @ScorpiusMaximus So it was the "subaltern wave" specialist Dr. Yogendra Yadav, who gave the advice for Team Anna to go political, all the best. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - Vinod Sharma @vinod_sharma Looks like Cong has successfully managed to infiltrate and buy off key members of Team Anna. @thekiranbedi @anupampkher Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - ThePragmaticIndian @Realist_Indian Team Anna is Congress without corruption :)). NAC types, socialist, secular. LOLzz ... Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - Vijay Kumar @m_vijayakumar - @Realist_Indian Lot of BJP voters think the umbilical cord with RSS/hindutva is BJPs main drawback, but vote for other reasons @iAawara Retweeted by Savitri Era Party - View conversation
2 Aug - Amit Srivastava @AmiSri Arrogance of Team Anna attacked Baba Ramdev first, thn went to beg Bukhari, thn removed Bharat Mata's photo! at last they abused Modi n BJP. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - Alok Bhatt @alok_bhatt So Team Anna party will be the alpha version of Janta Party of JP Movement? #justasking Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - RVAIDYA @rvaidya2000 JP took ovr Anti-Chiman bhai nav nirman movement of Gujarath students andoppn used it. TA hijacked BRD movement and Rahul Cong will use it./2 Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - ThePragmaticIndian @Realist_Indian In India, any mass movement needs to have religious undertones. Even Tilak and Gandhi used religious symbolism! RJB obviously did! Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - Srikanth R. @_R_Srikanth - @Realist_Indian Political power is the goal and hatred is the means to the goal. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
2 Aug - ThePragmaticIndian @Realist_Indian JP essentially united all non-Congress parties. Even he cud not have built a freh new national party. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty - @kiran_patniak @anku6 RT [Kiran Kumar S @KiranKS Then, IAC = India Against Corruption. Soon, IAC = In Antonia's Company.]  View conversation
1 Aug - Jaideep A. Prabhu @orsoraggiante - @SavitriEraParty Will have to get back to you on that - my library is annoyingly slow, but I have requested Aurobindo biographies from them Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
2 Aug - kiran patnaik @kiran_patniak - @SavitriEraParty @anku6 ओह! तो अब तक आप बिना जाने-बूझे ही अन्ना के साथ थीं? Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation - 2 Aug - @SavitriEraParty @anku6 आपने 'लाइक सोनिया" भी क्यों नहीं लिखा??.. वैसे अन्ना तो "सोनिया" और "आरएसएस". आपने उन्हें पहचाना नही अब तक!! Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
2 Augkrishnarjun @krishnarjun108 - There is similarity between Loksatta, JP & Team Anna, at least JP more talented and less arrogant. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - पियूष कुलश्रेष्ठ @thinkerspad I am sorry, Anshan Party is unintelligent, lacks vision, has no clear agenda...we have enough of such folks in politics already. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - Shivam Vij @DilliDurAst Are you joining Char Anna Party? #SorryPJ - Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - Prasanna Viswanathan @prasannavishy Anwway wishing Team Anna all the best in their political endeavours. Would rather have a party of misplaced idealists than crooks/criminals. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party - 2 Aug - Also BJP needs to deeply introspect. Despite being nondynastic, relatively credible party why is not becoming the focal point of opposition. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - Tushar A. Gandhi @TusharG To succeed anti corruption movement must be a movement of social reform, a political movement is prone to be corrupted. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty - @anku6 @kiran_patniak Like RSS, he will be the new remote control for the proposed party. Not a good omen.  View conversation
2 Aug - Tushar A. Gandhi @TusharG I think the Media in its initial fawning corrupted Anna, the 'Aaj ka Gandhi' bit went to his head. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
1 Aug - krishnarjun @krishnarjun108 This Kejriwal guy will become worst type of dictator if he gets to any type of position, man is full of vile & arrogance. 1 Aug How can a blatant opportunistic with habitual use & throw attitude even before any power or accomplishments champion anti-corruption? Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
1 Aug - Pragmatix @RisingIndiawins After RSS withdrawing patronage from Anna movement, the movement is now left with just nihilists and anarchists with no ideology. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
2 Aug [Obliteration of Hinduism in Assam - By Anirban Ganguly. Sri Aurobindo points out Hindus becoming a minority in Assam.] http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulesbb5b.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=240&page=30 …
2 Aug [Narad is ecstatic. He goes into epic-lyrical rapture and speaks of Savitri answering to the unknown Word.] Savitri.in http://www.savitri.in/savitri/?q=content/mirror/octave-sestet-form-of-%E2%80%9Csonnets%E2%80%9D-savitri-xix/01-aug-2012/000209 …
2 Aug - Srikanth R. @_R_Srikanth - @SavitriEraParty Nothing wrong with doing anything in moderation and fully under control. Also accept consequences of all choices you make. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation
2 Aug - @_R_Srikanth [How can Sri Aurobindo smoke and drink while practising Yoga?] http://auromere.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/how-can-sri-aurobindo-smoke-and-drink-while-practising-yoga/ … Vivekananda too used to smoke and eat meat]   View media
1 Aug - Srikanth R. @_R_Srikanth Drinking is not a political act just because someone called Thomas Wilson said so. #Sheesh If your political party believes such things... Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
1 Aug [Drinking is a social, economic, political and cultural act. It involves as much time, effort, and thought as does prayer, work and sleep.]
1 Aug - @_R_Srikanth [Drinking is a political act: How alcohol and drinking drives and shapes Globalization. -Thomas Wilson] http://seof.blogspot.in/2007/09/drinking-is-political-act-without.html …
1 Aug - Jaideep A. Prabhu @orsoraggiante - @SavitriEraParty As a beginner to Aurobindo, I wanted a scholar to lead me through once, before I read him myself :-) Retweeted by Savitri Era Party -  View conversation - 1 Aug Creating the Homo Ethicus - the ethical power of #literaturehttp://goo.gl/LzSKf  Why exposure to humanities #education is essential. Retweeted by Savitri Era Party - 1 Aug - #Religion and human #evolution - Does biology trump theology?: http://goo.gl/dLhtX  We need to distinguish religion from metaphysics! Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
1 Aug [Beyond Man: Positive evaluation of evolution opening a vertiginous but hopeful perspective on divine life upon Earth.] http://www.vedicbooks.net/beyond-life-work-aurobindo-mother-p-12747.html …
1 Aug [Hitler and his God by Georges van Vrekhem gives a revealing picture of the rise of the unknown Austrian corporal.] http://www.auroville.org/society/profiles/profiles_georges.htm …