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Follow Sri Aurobindo's Ideal of Human Unity -
It's tempting to understand human behaviour or society in biological terms but Sri Aurobindo would invoke One Consciousness underlying all. Trying to r...
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The Third Aspect of the Realisation of the Universal Self -
The first aspect of the realization of the universal Self is the sense of the “container” within which everything is manifested. The second aspect or stage...
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Manoj Das in the mould of Vidura -
Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. - Aurora Mirabilis A noble cause requires a heroic stand - MEMORIES OF SRINVANTU SA...
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A noble cause requires a heroic stand -
MEMORIES OF SRINVANTU SAMYA KANTI MOITRA Days passed on the New Life Movement made and ambitious scheme for raising funds to perform its organisational wor...
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Savitri Talks: The Book of the Double Twilight: Savitri Talks - The Book of the Double Twilight - Talk 12 (Part-4) -
Thus all was plunged into the riddling Night,Thus all is raised to meet a dazzling Sun. ||141.62||O Death, this is the mystery of thy reign. ||141.63||In ear...
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Essay republished in “Center for Ecozoic Studies Musings” -
I forgot to link to this back in July, but Herman Greene, editor of the CES Musings newsletter, republished my essay Physics of the World-Soul: The Relevan...
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A NON-STORY MADE UP BY PAUL SAMUELSON IS THE SOURCE OF THE MODERN MYTH OF THE 'INVISIBLE HAND" -
*Jag Bhalla* posts (November, 2015) on *“big think”* HERE *“Does The Story That Most Shapes Our Times Have Plot Holes?”* *“Are there key plot holes in a tale...
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Shikha Guha's courage, dedication, discipline and sense of dignity made her unique -
A 'push' for Fair Trade and climate justice The Hindu November 23, 2015 Around 100 people from Puducherry, Auroville, NGOs, schools and colleges gathered on...
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Justice Delayed is Justice Denied -
While for over 5 months Mirambika children continue to be exposed to danger in a fire safety failed unsanctioned building built on land whose ownership by ...
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The Mahabharata in Sri Aurobindo Ashram – by Sampdas -
This has reference to an interesting write-up titled *The Bhishmacharya Complex*in Sri Aurobindo Ashram (posted on this site on 25 October, 2015). The writ...
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What’s the Right Thing to Do: A Meditation on Dharma, Reason and Offering – Part 4 -
Essay published in Collaboration: Journal of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Vol. 40 (2), pp. 29-33. CONTINUED FROM PART 3 PART 4 In ord...
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Messages: 24 November 2015 Darshan Day Message -
The ascent of the human soul to the supreme Spirit is that soul’s highest aim and necessity, for that is the supreme reality; but there can be too the descen...
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Fair Trade & Climate Change Walk -
[image: Auroville News Pondicherry]‘Go Push go' were the words heard from the group of people supporting Pushpanath for the 450 km long walk, which comme...
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Of Powers and Their Vicissitudes -
There are many names for beings: tode ti, thing, object, primary substance, system, process, body, “this”, machine, event, etc. I’m sure there are others...
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The need for substantive standards of rationality -
I ended the last post with the question of how to put together the insights I have found from Western … Continue reading →
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The Mother on Physical Education -
Competitions 1967 On this occasion of our physical education and sportive activities: I must tell you once more that for us spiritual life doe...
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Loony, Ghost, and Monster -
Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. - matriwords What’s the Right Thing to Do: A Meditation on Dharma, Reason and O...
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Different modes of belonging and group membership -
The Clasp of Civilizations by Richard Alan Hartz http://www.dkprintworld.com/product-detail.php?pid=1280857418 … Richard Hartz looks primarily at cultural ...
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Off the Cuff – 52 -
[image: Auroville News Pondicherry] This week as we enjoy the arrival of the monsoon's abundant rain, we discuss an ongoing study concerning our finance...
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The Greatest Service to Humanity -
In the traditional path of knowledge, the seeker abandons the life in the world and focuses his entire attention on achieving the spiritual realization. No...
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After the Paris attacks; a letter to my daughter. -
After the Paris attacks. A letter to my daughter, Lou Hart. Sophie and Constance are shaken, S more moved by all the calls from kin and friends, poring ove...
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Deshpande Visits Italy: At Santa Maria in Acone (L) -
FEAST OF THE THREE KINGSCelebrated In : Old Goa, Panjim, Goa.Centre of Celebration : The Church of our lady of the mount.In the month of : January on 6Perche...
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Where we do not yet know what questions to ask -
Essays & Opinions Philosophical writing is typically obscure, academic, difficult. All the easier to come off as profound — and to claim that others are mis...
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BJP lost Bihar because Lohiaites allied with Congress -
Why the #BJP Lost #BiharPolls | http://indiafacts.co.in/why-the-bjp-lost-bihar/ … via @IndiaFactsOrg Modi is marginally supported, but not really accepted...
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Paradox of solitude in an overcrowded place -
A critique of "The Lives of Sri Aurobindo" by Peter Heehs and its consequences in the Ashram life Peter Heehs on the Crisis in Sri Aurobindo Ashram – by Bir...
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Peter Heehs on the Crisis in Sri Aurobindo Ashram – by Bireshwar Choudury-
Peter Heehs says that the crisis in the Ashram can be solved by offering career “advancement prospects” to the senior sadhaks who are unhappy with the pres...
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Prophesy points to Foucault's new age of curiosity -
Why I Stopped Reading Arts and Letters Daily | Ph.D. Octopus phdoctopus.com › 2011/01/04 › why-i-st... Dutton despised the turgid prose that he believed domi...
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The most acerbic critic of the man of feeling was Nietzsche -
In the 18th century, a new kind of person appeared: the "man of feeling," who could empathize with strangers. This was a striking departure Continue readi...
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Losers and sacrifice -
Umberto Eco: 'Real literature is about losers' The Guardian (blog) - Marcus Browne Thursday 12 November 2015 The aim is to produce the reader you want for e...
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MYTHS OF NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS -
*David Ruccio* writes (31 Oct, 2010) in *Real World Economics* (11 November) HERE “The metaphor of the invisible hand” *“Take a course in neoclassical econo...
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Need to get people enthusiastic about looking for explanations -
Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. - Savitri Era Learning Forum Shake people out of their ordinary assumptions - Derri...
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Freedman on Mieville -
I just finished reading Carl Freedman’s excellent book on China Mieville, which I can heartily recommend to anybody who’s interested in Mieville. The book ...
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Bibliography and podcast -
Taking a brief break from the posts on MacIntyre to let you know about two other things I’ve published recently. … Continue reading →
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Arthur Koestler, M.C. Lemon, and Roy R. Behrens -
MC Lemon obituary | From the Guardian | The Guardian Dec 30, 2014 - Jamie Lemon My father, MC Lemon, known to his friends as Mick, who has died of lung canc...
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The Orgranisational Cycle: Age of Reasoning (Concluded) -
This is the concluding part of the series. Continued from Part 5 Published in August 2015 issue of Sraddha, Vol. 7 (1), pp. 134-157. SHORTCOMINGS OF THE SC...
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News&Notes 7th November 2015 -
[image: Auroville News&Notes 7th November 2015]A weekly bulletin for residents of Auroville. Number 622 – Download (pdf - 575Kb) The post News&Notes 7th...
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Steven Shaviro, Nick Srnicek, and Alex Williams -
Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. - Sri Aurobindo Studies Desire Interferes With the Proper Function of Mind - Desire...
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Desire Interferes With the Proper Function of Mind -
Desire, a key attribute of the vital being of man, is considered by many to be necessary as the motivating force of action. We frequently hear that without...
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Physical Education: 66: Rolfing—structural integration of the body in gravity -
Rolfing is a "holistic system of soft tissue manipulation and movement education that organize(s) the whole body in gravity"
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National Education: 57: Vital Education—development and use of the sense organs -
In some ancient initiations it was stated that the number of senses that man can develop is not five but seven and in certain special cases even twelve. Cert...
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Accelerationism -
Shaviro on Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams’ new book.
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Accelerationism Without Accelerationism -
Here is my review of Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams’ INVENTING THE FUTURE. Cross-posted from The Disorder of Things. The term accelerationism was coined by...
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Savitri Talks: The Book of the Double Twilight: Savitri Talks - The Book of the Double Twilight - Talk 9 (Part-2) -
A transient Breath thou takest for thy soul,Born from a gas, a plasm, a sperm, a gene,A magnified image of man’s mind for God,A shadow of thyself thrown upon...
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What could be the underlying reason for the crisis that besets Sri Aurobindo Ashram Delhi Branch? -
Maybe the 2J-brothers look at the Ashram, the Mother’s International School, the Mirambika Free Progress School and the parcels of land upon which these ar...
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ANOTHER GLIMMER OF LIGHT IN THE FOG OF MISUNDERSTANDING -
*Matthew Ebert* posts (29 October) on *Metric’s Country Club* HERE *“THE INVISIBLE HAND”* *“Ever since the Occupy Wall Street protests grabbed international...
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John von Neumann, I.J. Good, Vernor Vinge, and Ray Kurzweil -
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology is a 2005 non-fiction book about artificial intelligence and the future of humanity by inventor and ...
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The development of Savitri’s inner being (Hindi) -
21st October 2015 at Dining Room Hall, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, India. Savitri study with Alok Pandey SAVITRI BOOK FOUR : The Book of Birth and Qu...
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Public policy is a science of sciences -
Letters: Understanding the IAS | Business Standard Letters Business Standard | New Delhi Jun 07, 2015 09:02 PM IST Mihir Sharma's column "End the IAS" (Ticke...
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Sri Aurobindo on Spirits, Mesmerism and Life in Material Bodies -
3 September 1926 (Evening) (X raised the topic of table-tapping. Sri Aurobindo said that generally no spirit comes from the outside. The will of the medium ...
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Schlegel, Bradley, James, and Huxley -
Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. - Aurora Mirabilis Veerendra Simpi has translated Sri Aurobindo's works to Kannada ...
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Question to Ponder: Who is a True Thinker? -
A new post in the series *Current Events* In India today, we are witnessing a clash between the decades-old social-political-economic order and a new o...
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Veerendra Simpi has translated Sri Aurobindo's works to Kannada -
Honour for proponent of ‘sulalita Kannada’ RISHIKESH BAHADUR DESAI The Hindu-November 1, 2015 Veerendra Simpi, Kannada essayist, translator, historian and po...
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Woh 7 Films -
Johny Mera Naam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*Johny*_*Mera*_*Naam* Johny Mera Naam (Hindi: जानी मेरा नाम, English: Johny,...
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Famous writer brothers -
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wilhelm_Friedrich_*Schlegel* With his older brother, Au...
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Seven books that shook the world -
The Act of Creation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Act of Creation is a 1964 book by Arthur Koestler. It is a study of the processes of discovery, i...
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The Hidden Potential – M.S. Srinivasan -
(This story is woven around a real episode from the biography of a well-known and highly respected business leader of India) Vineeth was a young man fresh ...
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Nurturing Creativity, Quality, and Talent -
@chinmaykrvd One may or may not agree with their political views but top intellectuals like Mehta deserve respect and space. @krishnarjun108 Modi camp is mo...
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Darshan Singh Maini and Diwan Singh Bajeli -
The Politics of Henry James by Darshan Singh Maini From: The Henry James Review - Volume 6, Number 3, Spring 1985 1. For a few random comments on James's p...
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Our nature must be an instrument in her hands -
Editorial - Sraddha, November 2015 - Arup Basu But since no human system has this endless receptivity and unfailing capacity, the supramental Yoga can succ...
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Sri Aurobindo's Action is on -
Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. - Adam Smith's Lost Legacy IDEOLOGUES ARE VERY BAD ABOUT HISTORY AND HOPELESS ABOUT...
