Sunday, June 5, 2022

Intersection of sex, gender, and physical materiality is an important current in Alfassa’s thought

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b.1956)

Climate crisis, neoliberal environmentalism and the self: the case of 'inner transition'

A Carvalho, V Ferreira - Social Movement Studies, 2022
… Therefore, it is something very integral. And practices, such as meditation, Yoga
and Chi Kung help in that connection between us and our humanity […]. By
connecting with our body, I believe we also connect with nature. It has to do with …

Geographical Spread of Hindu Religion and Culture into the West

MJ Haigh - Practising Cultural Geographies, 2022
This chapter explores the spread of Hinduism into the United Kingdom (UK) using
Nattier’s Import–Export-Baggage model. Its uses case studies of the School of
Economic Science, which was Imported from India by a British spiritual leader, the …

[PDF] The life incarnate and the life divine: Spiritual evolution, androgyny and the grace of the goddess in the teachings of Mirra Alfassa, the Mother of Integral Yoga

N Kuchuk - Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, 2022
… Specifically, the intersection of sex, gender and physical materiality is an
important current in Alfassa’s thought, including her instructions to future residents of
Auroville (a utopian intentional community), her reflections on the Matrimandir, as …

Integral Psychiatry: Developing Wisdom and Enhancing Mental Healthcare through an Integration of Perspectives

RN Fox - 2022
This dissertation develops an investigation into psychiatry that is both theoretical
and pragmatic. The research critically assesses conventional psychiatry, promotes
personal and professional development, and aims to enhance clinical practice. My …

Experiences of Transformation in Highly Sensitive People: A Narrative Hermeneutical Analysis Through the Lens of Gender Diversity

S Rock - 2022
… Therefore, a narrative hermeneutical research method is congruent with the
integral inquiry approach in this study (Anderson & Braud, 2011; Braud, 1998).
Narrative hermeneutical epistemology does not assume the universality of human …

Paradox and the Cosmology of Alan W. Watts

BL Wheeler - 2022
… More significantly, I propose the overarching concept of ontological paradox,
where all aspects of being feature distinct and integral dimensions. The primary aim
of the dissertation is to examine how ontological paradox applies to human nature …

[PDF] Revisiting Sri Aurobindo and Swami Vivekananda's Concept of Religion

C Gupta
… Aurobindo discusses political and spiritual senses of Swaraj. Swaraj means Self-rule. …
the relevance of Sri Aurobindo and Vivekananda on religion in today’s world is also
discussed. … According to Aurobindo, if spirituality is forgotten from the essence of …

Art and feminine iconography: locating the aesthetic/profane body in the Bharat Mata paintings

D Dey, P Tripathi - National Identities, 2022
Indian art engages with the cartographic representation of the motherland and
utilizes feminine iconography as an integral tool for interpreting socio-cultural
changes at micro/macro level of the nation. Bharat Mata's anthropomorphic image …

Contemplative practices: The body as therapeutic site linking health and place

E Eagar, R Kearns - Health & Place, 2022
… To be clear, for present purposes, we refer to meditation, yoga, and qigong, but
recognise that this reduction to a selected few practices is artificial – there are many
diverse and heterogeneous forms of contemplative practice, from prayer to ecstatic …

The double-sidedness of Hindutva: Inside the BJP's think tanks

A Sajjanhar - Journal of Political Ideologies, 2022
… The inaugural theme of this literature festival claimed ‘Bharat Shakti’ (Indian
Strength), following from Sri Aurobindo’s declaration to ‘turn new eyes on past
culture, reawaken to its sense and import, and see it in relation to modern …

Earthly Versus Spiritual Poetic Paradigms in WB Yeats and Sri Aurobindo

S Bagdane - 한국 예이츠 저널, 2022
… Sri Aurobindo, as a sage and ascetic and mystic poet, reflects on his early life and
his later mystic and occult visions. He is a … Aurobindo have a different attitude to
their occult, too. Yeats’s occult, mystic, visions and trances reveal his …

[PDF] Morality, Modernity, and the Indigenization of the Victorian Novel in Bengali Literature and Cinema

S Chatterjee - 2022
This project explores the transcultural and transhistorical impact of the Victorian
novel on the culture, politics, and storytelling traditions of writers, artists, intellectuals
of the postcolonial Bengal, India and addresses the question: why should someone …

[PDF] Interfaith dialogue and mystical consciousness

I Portilla - Harvard Theological Review, 2022
… These words of Sri Aurobindo anticipate an inter-religious future—a “vast
synthesis” inclusive of spiritual, intellectual, and methodological … All the works of
Sri Aurobindo referenced in this article, part of the Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo (CWSA) 

[PDF] Impact of Sri Aurobindo's yoga consciousness on individual's well-being

S Palit
… one hand it heads towards attainment of liberation, on the other hand integral
yoga brings changes in intellectual, volitional, ethical, emotional, aesthetic and
physical attributes of our lives leading to human perfection. For all perfection, the first …

[PDF] The New Hindutva and Its Contradictions

D Paleri - Economic & Political Weekly, 2022
… limited underst anding of the RSS and Hindutva which, in the author’s words, “understand
Hindutva only in terms of its electoral success or … mental nature of the Hindutva
politics, though the critical eye that this book offers is substantially limited in making …

There Isn't Only Cultural Blindness in Psychology; Psychology Is Culture Blind

K Singh - Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion …, 2022
The growth of various schools of Western Psychology, beginning in the late
nineteenth century, can be encapsulated in the operation of three of binaries. The
schools, therefore, are intimately tied to the epistemology and cosmology that they …

[PDF] Creativity and Spirituality: The Undeniable Connection Between the Two

EA Vesneske - 2022
… spirituality and creativity, we must first explore the three integral aspects of life,
that is our – mind, … Why do we as a collective have such an unbalanced,
understanding of these three integral … 4) Practicing yoga grants our body the …

[PDF] Emperor vs Aurobindo: Revisiting a Controversial Trial of Revolutionary India

S Mukherji - THE ASIATIC SOCIETY, 2022
… Ghose, Aurobindo’s brother, along with many members of his organisation and of
course, Aurobindo himself, who was arrested from his … any Indian influence’3 and
Aurobindo had his formative years totally cut off from the culture of his roots. It is told …

[PDF] Inner Consciousness: A voice of the Modern Indian English Poetry

P Kumar, G Bhatnagar - Journal of Positive School Psychology, 2022
… The poets felt an urge to change the tradition set by Tagore, Sarojini and
Aurobindo, and they tried to bring about a new trend and innovation. They preached
for change in the poet’s attitude, theme, imagery and his use of the English language …

The Melody of Universalism: Political Thought in Rabindra Sangeet

S Sen - Society and Culture in South Asia, 2022
This article searches for Tagore’s political thought by an analysis of his songs.
Existing literature has largely focussed on Tagore’s novels, letters, poems and short
stories to understand his political vision. In this article, I argue that in tandem with his …

[PDF] Sex Addiction: A Literary and Yogic Perspective

AH Hite - 2022
First offering insight into the disease of sexual addiction overall and what, in fact,
does delineate it from sexual promiscuity, this paper will go on to seek ways to
mitigate such behavior by exploring not only symptoms, but the existing underlying …

Strītva in Rgveda

K Gaurh, A Parashar
The role of women in the Vedic tradition has been a major point of study and
engagement amongst scholars while studying the early Indian societies. The
contemporary Indian perspective on women traces its history to the times of the …

[HTML] The possible missing ingredients in Engineering higher education–Mastering self, agency to shift disempowering Norms and Socialization and mastering technical …

A Arulselvam, N Anandavelu, S Kathiresan…
… Every week we visited some places in Auroville and met new people who they
shared how they are serving the community and what they care about and I was
inspired to be courageous and independent like them. Once a week we also …

Book Review: Gandhian Thought and Communication: Rethinking the Mahatma in the Media Age by Biswajit Das

V Pathe - 2022
… The final chapter by Shuaib Mohamed Haneef discusses the Auroville people's
digital civil disobedience movement, which was a digital activism movement, similar
to Gandhi's civil disobedience movement. It demonstrated the exercise of people's …
Nothing new but it's interesting that Sri Aurobindo writing in the same period had a diametrically opposite worldview. Thus, in Sri Aurobindo we find an alternative voice to Vivekananda, Tagore, Gandhi, Savarkar, Golwalkar, Periyar, Ambedkar, et al.
In The Secret ol the Veda, Sri Aurobindo has clearly indicated that the Upanishads and Puranas signal degeneration and dilution. A reordering of national consciousness on this basis is very much warranted but influential political sections are busy reaping the dividends of hatred
I have been pleading from time to time not to spread false promises in the name of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. They have spoken about lofty ideals but some mechanism is yet to be found for translating words into reality. The same applies to Auroville and its charter. Be practical
Sri Aurobindo formally started writing in 1906 exhibiting quest for an ideal human society. Simultaneously, the Vedic message of fulfilment of life also seized him. He has recorded his struggle for attaining various capabilities but ultimately recommended surrender to The Mother.
Auroville issue has many ramifications. If decided with sagacity, it will resolve many other conflicts surrounding places of worship and simmering discontent over religious freedom. The point is govt must not interfere in genuine religious sentiments of people even if a miniscule
Savitri Era: Govt can't be the owner for ever savitriera.blogspot.com/2022/06/govt-c Tweets in original by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006) #SriAurobindo #Auroville
Devotion towards The Mother & Sri Aurobindo needs to be exclusive. Loyalty and surrender are not negotiable. So those having extraneous attraction shouldn't pretend as devotees. Being a scholar of many things can derail your commitment to evolutionary agenda. The furrow is narrow

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