Maya Deren, are you from this planet, with your windows, shadows, unsteady sunlight, falling stairs, bizarre climbing onto a dinner table, a cliff, and infinite rooms, chase a gigantic flower #cinema #surreal #film #shortfilms https://t.co/3VA2cxobTz
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how you split yourself from afternoons strewn with beach pebbles on an expanse of sand, a key, a chess piece, lose and find objects in iterated dreams, wave to yourself or run away like stranger
a piece of broken mirror for a veiled face that says too much, yet nothing, plays on silently like the record on that record player?
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
At Land (1944)
Thomas Nagel asked what is it like to be a bat. Since forty years have passed one must extend the question to bacteria, butter & boulevard.
https://twitter.com/silikamohapatra/status/656720509539758080?s=19
Socrates: Who are his parents? Diotima: He's the son of Plenty & Poverty, partakes of both natures, is full & starved by turns. #symposium
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What it is like to be a fish. No water to claim. No home to name. #thestateofbeingstateless https://t.co/z4WX7GCeAa
https://twitter.com/silikamohapatra/status/656713748841783297?s=19
Another book (well, several of them) published by @BloomsburyAcad recently: Stephen Phillips' complete translation of the Tattvacintāmaṇi, in three volumes. It is definitely a library purchase! But I daresay an important one. https://t.co/VlkEt5YrQg
https://twitter.com/cmalcolmkeating/status/1282317659468705792?s=19
The heart of politics is not about the policy. It’s about the values. I can disagree with you on eight out of 10 issues, but if you’re an honorable, honest, empathetic human being, we can do business.” Trump is none of those things. Biden is most or all
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https://twitter.com/peterheehs/status/1282149069440221184?s=19
"I think it is very natural for everyone to want to see their ancestors and their nation as heroic. And if you can’t do heroic, then the move is to see yourself and your nation as a victim."
Sound familiar?
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https://twitter.com/peterheehs/status/1280830663201980416?s=19
You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument https://t.co/HHoMK9N23h
https://twitter.com/peterheehs/status/1276526579464601601?s=19
Finally got around to this interview by @_michaelbrooks over at the stoa with @peternlimberg. Highly recommended for people interested in @MattPolProf ongoing writing & thinking on the new engaged left or @jdj_writes integral leftism. https://t.co/u9maGb1Vfp
https://twitter.com/integralrising/status/1282287181986398208?s=19
"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."
An integral left isn't about taking a polarized stance but finding bridges; maybe first, it is working to realize that apoliticism or centrism isn't being "free" of sides. I recommend checking out the linked article.
https://twitter.com/jdj_writes/status/1282357776606539780?s=19
Unfortunately, Ken Wilber's integralism picked up a version of neoliberalism decades ago. Again, an integral left is working within a tradition — in the spirit of Aurobindo Ghose no less - of emancipation and spiritual freedom. https://t.co/vmcj58wC9I
Three suggested readings:
1) #SardarPatel's Letter to Prime Minister #Nehru (Nov 7, 1950): https://t.co/uCgvm9eo2Y
2) "Tibet In Darkness" by #Osho: https://t.co/KKel15Nk5F
3) Sri #Aurobindo on #ChineseAggression on #Tibet and India (Nov 11, 1950): https://t.co/kmVu2Ms0fB https://t.co/xtlFWYwqnI
https://twitter.com/friendsoftibet/status/1281130372294569984?s=19
..."Seven years in Tibet" by Heinrich Harrer is a must read.
Film (Brad Pitt) too is worth a watch.
https://twitter.com/navalrampandit/status/1281263987578097665?s=19
[Idols of the Mind vs. True Reality: Puri, Bhakti Madhava: 9781734908954 https://t.co/oETyTXhO4H] https://t.co/bwn7crhjGf
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1282324337010159617?s=19
Monica Gulati #SriAurobindo
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https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1282264703243218944?s=19
The Cordoba Mosque in Spain became a Church.
The Hagia Sophia Church in Turkey became a Mosque.
But both were originally pagan mandirs.
The Greco-Roman syncretic pantheon was worshipped. Polytheist places of worship were destroyed by proselytizing monotheisms who then fought.
As a Hindu, I see in those temples my story. I refuse to be bound by the territory of India in my spiritualism and that is because the very territory of India is in large parts defined by said spiritualism. Once you understand that, you understand what Aurobindo also understood.
https://twitter.com/harshmadhusudan/status/1282078231449853952?s=19
More importantly, I see in those temples the only way to co-exist. Which is why I believe, you can call it a prophecy or you can call it Dharmic teleology, but those temples will be revived by humanity within this century. The arc of our moral universe shall bend towards justice.
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo are the leaders of Evolution. They are firmly in charge of the welfare of the entire humanity. They don't distinguish between nations or religions. They are working for Supramental manifestation. All must try to understand the significance of this task.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1265982883295948800?s=19
Despite my shoestring knowledge on international affairs, India, USA, and China going the USSR way is an Evolutionary inevitability. When and how early peple accept this reality depends upon how much Coronavirus can act as a catalyst or thrust its threat to make them fall in line
One is rightsizing for efficiency. Second is Sri Aurobindo foresees a #WorldUnion which can take shape and function efficiently once the hegemony of huge nations are over. So, more democratic and federal sentiments can grow to encompass global proportions. https://t.co/Cx6YQuApn5
I was born and brought up in a traditional agricultural family in an Odisha village with round the year religious festivals. Now, like many others, I worship The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as the Supreme Divine and try to follow their teaching. Castles of old religions will collapse.
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1268087329408847872?s=19
No one has taken birth by his choice, yet this overdose of enthusiasm to defend own country, religion, language, or culture is curious. Basically, it's brainwashing in a systematic manner resulting in inertia. Sri Aurobindo, on the other hand, asks for Adventure of Consciousness.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1282007046775123968?s=19
ARYA appeared every month from August 1914 to January 1921 in which Sri Aurobindo wrote a dozen books chapter by chapter. If one searches for Theory in the Indian context, these are of foundational nature. Thus each PhD scholar should consult them for idea https://t.co/N2vOxDWHZn
A whole century of various reform and reinterpretation movements had created a chaotic situation. Bande Mataram movement too had left its scar. Sri Aurobindo thought of examining issues from the very basics with the aid of Western science and philosophy. It was an epochal moment.
This was a major trigger and puzzle.
[In 1903, three years after Nietzsche’s death, George Bernard Shaw published his play “Man and Superman,” in which he equated the Übermensch with an overflowing “Life Force.”] Nietzsche’s Eternal Return | The New Yorker https://t.co/chJtgXQB3p
[In Process and Evolution and Yoga and Human Evolution (1909) Sri Aurobindo begins to articulate his vision of human evolution... what has been called evolutionary spirituality can be traced back to Sri Aurobindo's work.] - Richard Carlson, Thu 02 Apr 2009 https://t.co/GGFDioT1X7
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There are a few Western handles sympathetic to Sri Aurobindo but they seem to be always in search of some Western thinker for juxtaposition. No one can admit that Sri Aurobindo is the foremost philosopher. Bengalis too suffer from this syndrome and fail to recognise his supremacy
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1280687647929720835?s=19
How knowledge and meaning are facing stiff opposition even in 2020 is really remarkable. Sri Aurobindo wrote new interpretations of the Veda and Upanishads but no one is willing to even acknowledge it. Savitri Era Party will continue to push the right narrative despite resistance.
The Ideal of Human Unity is most pertinent at the moment. #COVID19 is also forcing local autonomy which may lead to Sovereignty to the States of India. #WorldUnion too can take a definite shape. Savitri Era Religion will play an important role in this wide-ranging transformation.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1280674895869833216?s=19
Conditions Required for the Emergence of the Supermind in Earthly Life https://t.co/lhgN5n7Rf7
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