Friday, December 1, 2006

Linguistic-interpretive social construction of say mysticism

Tusar N. Mohapatra said... The divine manifestation of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo has manifold ramifications that are difficult to compile. It is, therefore, unfair to summarize them all in one or two phrases. Instead of talking about far-off eventualities in abstract fashion, more accessible innovations brought about by them can be practiced to enrich our day to day life. Like, Poetry and his new theory of Aesthetics, Human Unity and World Union, Historiography and the Vedic Hermeneutics, Science of living and Integral education, etc. 5:47 AM
CJ Smith said... Tusar, thanks for the post. in a blog post I can't obviously get into all the profound different ideas Aurobindo had -- aesthetics, world governance, integral ed., etc. I recommended people read his works. And I definitely agree with you that they offer valuable insights for daily life. I was specifically talking only about the question of the larger spiritual-philosophical interpretative structure (maps) and whether it allowed for recognition of the linguistic-interpretive social construction of say mysticism. I don't think such discussion is necessarily "far off eventualities in abstract fashion"-- because I'm practicing those methods in my own life now. So for me they are neither absract nor far off, whatever they may be relative to the larger population. peace. 8:46 AM

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