Tusar N. Mohapatra Says: December 30th, 2006 at 10:47 pm [alan kazlev Says: December 29th, 2006 at 10:31 pm…I never said “the greatest realiser”. But were I to do so, I would probably give The Mother that status; in The Agenda she refers to details regarding the enlightenment of the Cells that even Sri Aurobindo doesn’t talk about.]
Frank Visser’s Integral World site features as many as 72 scholars who venture to tackle a wide range of concerns. But unfortunately they have not read The Life Divine, barring one or two. As a result, they are wasting precious time and energy to answer the same basic questions which Sri Aurobindo replied years ago.
This sort of intellectual lethargy is really astonishing for The Life Divine is as much a book of physics as philosophy, of psychology as sociology, or of prophesies as praxis. It is a compulsive reading and no scholar writing on human affairs can provide a dependable appraisal without incorporating insights from The Life Divine.
The lines of The Life Divine are steeped in the illumination of the Veda. Integration of the mystic vision with 20th century science has turned it the greatest book on earth. Should anyone afford to miss out?
ray harris Says: December 31st, 2006 at 2:48 pm Tusar,
You really are pushing it a bit too far. No one can read everything so to expect said 72 scholars to have read all of Aurobindo because, according to you, he’s said it all anyway, is now stepping over into arrogant proselytizing for your cause. I suggest that seeing as you are an Aurobindo scholar you write articles that explain how Aurobindo has already covered certain issues.
Tusar N. Mohapatra Says: December 31st, 2006 at 4:35 pm
I am really pushing it a bit too far because it has been pushed back and marginalized for far too long
I am really pushing it a bit too far because it has been pushed back and marginalized for far too long
Instead of arrogant proselytizing, it can be called aggressive persuasion to read philosophy sans religion
I am talking about a single book, The Life Divine and Sri Aurobindo is everybody’s cause, not mine alone
There is any number of materials available to read online ray harris Says: December 31st, 2006 at 5:09 pm I feel you are being over zealous. Tusar N. Mohapatra Says: January 1st, 2007 at 12:49 am Thanks for the compliment. But that’s only a drop in the ocean of the hyperreality.
Good one Tusar,I generally just skim this blog as it is my experience that the contributors have a background in philosophy, social science, but with little yogic experience. There also seems to be a lot of elitist male ego floating around. Has anyone bothered to notice how few women contribute to these forums. Perhaps they are too busy doing sadhana, to have time to listen to the echo of their endless repeditive minds.
ReplyDeletePersonally I contemplate the Life Divine every day for over 10 years now, and it is always as if opening a new book, you see I go deeper and what He is saying becomes clearer. I also read some of Savitri, this is part of my sadhana. Oh by the way I wonder how many of the contributors to this forum are involved in any form of yogic practice?