Savitri Era Learning Forum: Confirmation, appreciation, or validation

Jouissance as Ananda: Indian Philosophy, Feminist Theory, and Literature by Ashmita Khasnabish http://t.co/2QWy5fNRXf via @amazon

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Overheard in the spiritual corridors of a recently concluded summit, "This feeling of oneness is crazy. Everyone's wife feels like mine now"

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मैं हिंदुस्तानी हूं, हिंदू नहीं.

Today I received a comment from someone in response to my Christmas greetings saying, "we Hindus should be celebrating more important Hindu dates than Christmas".

Made me realize that... https://t.co/VBJyYwTiQ8

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All women love to be pretty, dont they? If there is no mirror in the world, women will die in exasperation!

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more than mirrors, others eyes and words complimenting people even if they themselves consider themselves ugly looking, is more precious to all - across the gender-board.

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It may be true that as social animals everyone is in need of others' appreciation or a sense of validation but practice of yoga trains to be udasina, i.e., indifference and detachment. Besides, a significant variation in seeking appreciation between men and women can't be ruled out.

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Lol. He can't decide hindutva is good or bad, needed or not needed. An average write up, written for the heck of writing every week. https://t.co/3wJtxF4DiV

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"Rats suffering from cancer die faster if placed in an inescapable situation. In nursing homes where conformity & passivity are encouraged & every whim is attended to, the health of patients declines rapidly. If given responsibilities & choices, they remain healthy & active" https://t.co/0aYIzcsqBS

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"Confirmation bias is the biggest mental stumbling block. Journalists looking to tell a certain story must avoid tendency to ignore evidence to the contrary. Scientists looking to prove a hypothesis must avoid designing experiments with little wiggle room for alternate outcomes." https://t.co/0aYIzcaPKk

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[Very very few academicians in the country, especially in the discipline of political science, can match his amazing publication record and vast international recognition. To date Professor Bidyut Chakravarty has over two dozen books to his credit...] - NM https://t.co/j5wZs0A8FH

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Begun "Sri Aurobindo & India's Rebirth" by Michel Danino.

Had no idea he was so anglicised, school & college in England from age 8 to 21!

His rediscovery of heritage, yearning for freedom, & passion for education has shades of conservatism at which today's liberals would flinch. https://t.co/rgU9sdgM4U

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The difficulty is in the fact that for religious people there are things which it is their duty to believe and it is a sin to let the mind discuss them. Whereas the materialists are supposed to know everything, explain everything: they explain everything rationally.

#TheMother

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Carlyle popularised the Great Man theory but Spencer opined that they are products of their time. Even Democracy is instrumental in creating a larger than life halo. Management too focuses on success and leadership. The Evolutionary goal however is served by a more inclusive cast

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Many of Sri Aurobindo's ideas pertain to his times when the thoughts of Nietzsche, Myers, or Bergson et al were dominant. His synthetic philosophy, therefore, has an edge over traditional Hindu systems and ethical prescriptions. So beware of Westphobia, myopia, and provincialism.

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[In many ways Nietzsche, as a philosopher, can be said to inaugurate the modern age.] [The tension between Hegel and Nietzsche, or that between historicism and individual will is a constant and living dialog in Sri Aurobindo] -Debashish Banerji https://t.co/X3BoDN1A5A #FiveDreams

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A) AAP remains a symbol of alternative politics despite its dismal record on the ground.

B) BJP is confused as regards ideology but is poised to represent the mainstream.

C) Congress is struggling to regain lost ground but won't be successful.

D) Other Dynastic outfits will stay.

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From a practical point of view, RSS is a reality and it's evolving. It can't be uprooted so easily but people can be weaned away by offering a different ideology. Such a recipe was formulated by Sri Aurobindo 100 years back but lies unused. That needs to be zealously popularised.

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Modi govt can be credited with for being singularity bereft of any ideological narrative or pushing any pet formula. Apart from the theatrical performance of PM at different locations with costume, the function of the govt, overall, has been amorphous. This is a welcome feature.

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Many brilliant people have confessed that they have made a mistake by backing Modi. (Well, that may prove to be another mistake on their part.) This is an example of how human mind is prone to errors. So pompous announcements on path of Dharma should be taken with a pinch of salt

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It's a tragedy of human civilisation that no frontline philosopher from the West could engage with Sri Aurobindo so far. No major public intellectual in India too is excited about him. This also proves Sri Aurobindo's scant respect for efficacy of sole reliance on intellectuality

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The whole problem is the word Hindu since so many texts and traditions form such an indigestible mixture that reconciling them or following any one poses difficulty. Further, it doesn't offer any definite solution and adds to human confusion. Sri Aurobindo did try to cherry-pick.

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Sri Aurobindo finds a number of approving mentions but his agenda may not be in sync with the thrust of this otherwise admirable article. Nevertheless, the utility of Sri Aurobindo as an intellectual arsenal, if harnessed reasonably, would mean a substantial gain for the nation. https://t.co/kS13smDzNU

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While your analysis may be a good explanation of the past, the future may not be a linear extension of it all. Sri Aurobindo, for example, has made wide ranging prophecies as regards adventure of Consciousness and its Evolutionary trajectory which even science is finding probable

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Fine, if the intention of the thread is to highlight your religion and its founder, it's okay. But the challenge is to rationally examine various options available today and foreground viable formulations which MSM neglects. Vigilance against misrepresentations is also necessary.

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Philosophy means to be aware of where one stands today and take a step forward in accordance with one's uniqueness. Each person being endowed with an entirely different set of capabilities and competence is a wonder and understanding this, beyond myriad rubrics, is an imperative.

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Anyone who has read Sri Aurobindo to a reasonable extent would not respect other great men of the period as much. As traditional interpretation of ancient Sanskrit texts have undergone significant transformation in his hands, maintaining a receptive attitude sans rumblings needed

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[I have crossed out "turned Rishi" because that suggests an old formula of the past, and the future poet should exceed all past formulas. -Sri Aurobindo (5.2.1934, CWSA: LPA.27.218)] https://t.co/82A0ilSJSA

https://t.co/yLj5QsxtxO #FiveDreams

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[“At the head she stands of birth and toil and fate... His base was gathered in one pointing spire.”

Dr Mangesh Nadkarni using these lines as invocation to the Divine Mother... Dr Prema Nandakumar, the prayer in these lines are the same as Devi Mahatmyam.] https://t.co/gOWKTRAw1g

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I don't read or write in Odia much but listen avidly to songs. Unlike Hindi or Bengali, its words are pronounced without halant effect. Also it doesn't have much discordant sounds like prevalence of d in South Indian languages. Further, Odia letters have an aesthetic rounded form

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Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF): Beware of Westphobia, myopia, and provincialism https://t.co/AO74OdZGu4 Posted by Tusar Nath Mohapatra @NathTusar on December 21, 2018 at Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201014, India. #FiveDreams #WorldUnion #SriAurobindo

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