Don't promote Auroville for tourism

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Each issue of Auroville Today brings a smile and a wow moment. Reminded of the words of Pravir Malik, an expert on Quantum Commuting some 25 years ago, 'I dare not imagine how high Auroville will rise (in the world).'

Auroville Today: May Issue 418: mailchi.mp/0e23998024d6/a…

https://twitter.com/PactAuroville/status/1790652859987669091?t=_VrBpt0iQznB22ijaZfuOA&s=19

For sustainable development -online qualitative and quantitative monitoring. Exciting times ahead with Auroville to leverage these exciting opportunities. (2/3)

#Auroville #CDAC #MoU #MoUSigningCeremony @cdacindia

https://twitter.com/JayantiRavi/status/1791534853021929571?t=R_MENqKukKEQTcO50EyDBA&s=19

Great. There should be a sizable area - something like 100 acres - in or near Auroville where the latest technological developments in diverse fields are presented,  updated and their convergence facilitated.

The  idea was developed by Shally Palmar in a non- Auroville context.

https://twitter.com/PactAuroville/status/1791721626725429522?t=hoW_stYXDYXhQ6D9LziixA&s=19

Cities of the future need to integrate ecological systems seamlessly with urban development. 

What technologies or design strategies do you think are crucial for sustainable urban growth? 

 #SustainableCities #UrbanEcology #Auroville

https://twitter.com/PlanetarySymbio/status/1787798595577798696?t=uppMCyPddAVpYUfP5ebPZg&s=19

A serene, futuristic city where nature and architecture harmoniously merge. Inspired by the Matrimandir in Auroville, a golden dome is surrounded by lush greenery and winding pathways, blending technology and the natural environment into a tranquil urban landscape. #SustainableDesign #FuturisticCity

https://twitter.com/PlanetarySymbio/status/1792302957297553702?t=uA59l7i8UIh25Zu0VKG0Vw&s=19

True. She may b an instrument for now. But one is very worried about the precedent set by govt interfering into Auroville rather than Aurovillians organically evolving it into what it aspires to b with d inner Guidance and Grace  of the unseen Hand. Govt bureaucracy never leaves.

Hope you don't misunderstand me, sir. I am supportive of what Smt. Jayanti is doing now. It's much needed today. But worried for the long term. Once govt bureaucracy enters, it never leaves and one doesn't have many good things to say abt bureaucracy. A long term danger, imho.

Thanks for the info. I hope she stays for a while, cleans up Auroville and puts in place protection against such elements and then empower the Auroville community as a whole. For the *long term*, we would prefer for ministry to be there when needed but remain at arms distance.

https://twitter.com/SpiritWithBody/status/1791678816714129749?t=cFYlIdPUrHwoRVUlDCikfQ&s=19

Auroville is not meant to be a tourist attraction. See the message from its Founder attached. So, please don't promote Auroville for tourism. The image of Matrimandir, Auroville you have posted is fake, remove it.

https://twitter.com/trueseek/status/1791670713746899421?t=YYWn7lXBjAygsh4lSfjX3w&s=19

“The experimental township of Auroville was founded 50 years ago in Tamil Nadu with an eco-utopian vision that promised to reinstate faith in humanity. But its history has been fraught with accusations of corruption and infighting” ⁦@gaachburi⁩

https://twitter.com/BasuAshis/status/1789946635969040843?t=FYyJ_bY3Z0AmQqWVomh_fQ&s=19

Dear Gary. Do look to India for inspiration. Auroville was developed on a similar land and although it does have a spiritual element, the ethos was sustainable living, growing own food and community living, they also support local arts in the centre..India has this and many such

https://twitter.com/priyankajain1/status/1789554430867882288?t=SQGmhAjI-HmFsGeCh1CQLQ&s=19

Wrote a blog about my experience in Matri Mandir, Auroville, Pondicherry. Go check it out!!!

https://twitter.com/Jitesh_117/status/1787862426823577864?t=ZYLOVEtwRN5yVHMkpjVATQ&s=19

Mrinalini Devi and Sri Aurobindo मृणालिनी देवी और श्री अरविन्द - सुश्री ... youtu.be/IFVaH233m48?si… via @YouTube

https://twitter.com/KanchanKanchat/status/1792452231499039138?t=pwhYPXylwKeOjuEFZTcqBQ&s=19

Sri Aurobindo on the four cognitive methods of Nature

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https://twitter.com/drsbasu2115/status/1792447000077803902?t=RPShzhs2ZHpmtM9ZVjZmoA&s=19

Didn't know that Monika Halan is Sri Aurobindo ' s follower ... interesting conversation. ...

https://twitter.com/Richanjgd/status/1792304277865828834?t=a6NmhonPdL9ISfe6LIqufQ&s=19

Taleb uses legendary Italian writer Umberto Eco’s uncommon relationship with books and reading as a parable of the most fruitful relationship with knowledge: [...] 

Noting that his Black Swan theory centers on “our misunderstanding of the likelihood of surprises” because we underestimate the value of what we don’t know and take what we do know “a little too seriously,” Taleb envisions the perfect dancer in the tango with knowledge:

https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/

This is how clickbait journalism works. Do you think this person doesn’t have a mirror at home? The entire story is written deliberately to evoke 

responses like ‘hey, it is not your caste, it is you’. This is EXACTLY what Manisha Mondal WANTS! 

https://twitter.com/ShefVaidya/status/1792450585821646958?t=JkaK1xqBSIaNpNzOrsiNiA&s=19

More Power to Manisha Mondal from The Print and congratulations on her article “Being Dalit on a dating app”. All this vile trolling on social media only goes on to further prove the might of her pen and that she has rattled the entire ecosystem. Bull’s eye!

https://twitter.com/j_garima_j/status/1792757901637161165?t=LZSELbmTDDZS50ZBwMQsXA&s=19

ThePrint takes note of the vile, casteist comments targeted at our photojournalist Manisha Mondal. They are sexist, objectionable, often bordering on criminality. Their attacks also put our reporter at risk. We are making a record of this. If the behaviour continues, we will report the handles

https://twitter.com/ThePrintIndia/status/1792751294672695377?t=foxrAIMlCSkyULlRUWzm6Q&s=19

Sri Aurobindo's writings are like hard whiskey

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Wrote a blog about my experience in Matri Mandir, Auroville, Pondicherry. Go check it out!!! https://jitesh117.github.io/musings/the-serenity-of-matri-mandir/ There is pin drop silence in the hall. One can literally hear their heartbeats once they go into the deep state of mediation.

https://twitter.com/Jitesh_117/status/1787862426823577864?t=FDz9Owg0wMNVJWRSdWdwYg&s=19

Sri Aurobindo is way above Tagore's level. Believe me. Aurobindo's writings are like hard whiskey. You get intoxicated by them.

You know he's good when an Australian becomes his fan.

https://twitter.com/emperorofhind/status/1789094146847723721?t=WGEYLceMCol_dVDH0FGgDw&s=19

Sri Aurobindo's force works through human instruments with its flaws; not demand sainthood of them. Your expectations are unreal.

https://twitter.com/Sheks65/status/1789142031807496608?t=QMTiJqvMWKfbh5BOw-NcRw&s=19

Seriously, who specifically is saying "we're on the verge of Godhood." Aurobindo has been saying this for a century, Plotinus for longer. Do we have a new AI accelerationist philosopher we should be aware of?

https://twitter.com/nrp_artworks/status/1789015006761349342?t=RYBmAaU8e7djwcT1eVZcZg&s=19

AUROBINDO DID PROPAGANDA THAT MIRRA ALFASSA IS AN INCARNATION OF SHIVA’ WIFE DURGA.

https://twitter.com/Cosmosobserve/status/1789002387707031730?t=ypAdj_v0B7WceoVXXewvSw&s=19

Strangely, this statement of Sri Aurobindo said before the turn of century (1893) still stands true!

https://twitter.com/ProfVemsani/status/1788952766196392072?t=R_ABYwyx4WAbpKUGDV7nGQ&s=19

What Sri Aurobindo said in 1893 is relevant through the ages.

https://twitter.com/ashokpan/status/1788952584142922152?t=cNVduZDSq603P6RUvrO4CA&s=19

If you have never read Aurobindo Ghose you are missing something.

He has amazing spiritual information for you.

https://twitter.com/TechieGirish/status/1789296838505595062?t=Ha1n3P3eqk76lnXbNV8EVg&s=19

Medicinal plant garden at Miraloke, New Alipore, Kolkata ( West Bengal, India) developed and maintained by school kids. Mirraloke, not a school or a coaching center but a learning community based on the thoughts of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother on education.

https://twitter.com/SaikatB40069520/status/1786234558066901214?t=dRzqQchY-wgCPhpiww_x_Q&s=19

6. Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Pondicherry 

This structure is also circular which allows children to interact freely. There are large steps in front of the lawn where children and teachers can have classes in the open or just have a conversation.

https://twitter.com/SamrajSanjana/status/1786732416666853731?t=W4oVQl_mV23GUSjbkYBcaA&s=19

Currently reading “conversations with Sri Aurobindo”. Will be sharing some of his ideas and thoughts. What a great soul he was! Look at his answer on ‘India as spiritual land’. This was back in 1926.

https://twitter.com/risk_return/status/1786572271059947558?t=DN-oZwAnRfZRvxz0XD_suA&s=19

Inder S. Marwah argues Aurobindo Ghose drew on a nuanced reform Darwinism to criticize British imperialism and advance an alternative grounded in the Indian polity’s mutualism.

#APSRNewIssue

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https://twitter.com/apsrjournal/status/1788908146901024810?t=VvNnSySercFjsM6htxrWPA&s=19

Reminds me of my time in Auroville - I was shocked the first time I saw people walking barefoot all over the city. My daughter immediately took to it, but took me sometime to make the transition.

Indian city life unfortunately isn't very conducive to barefoot living

https://twitter.com/kshitijb/status/1788026306329805177?t=mlCMzdXLCFJBlI6cAKwe3g&s=19

Do higher fees in schools mean BETTER quality education?

Let’s look at this alternative school in Auroville that shows us how this is ABSOLUTELY not true! 

Note: if you want to volunteer in Auroville, read till the end.

https://twitter.com/SamrajSanjana/status/1783848778769789244?t=JHGiFvkOm0ki5nMNLCckdA&s=19

Auroville, la cité utopique indienne menacée par le désenchantement et le nationalisme hindou lemonde.fr/international/… via @lemondefr

https://twitter.com/VictoriaLavell1/status/1783815665389838366?t=L7WtGVPM2AYOeWkpLZorwA&s=19

Long back in a book on education Sri Aurobindo said "there is no parallel to the hypocrisy of the West". But the problem is that over the years our educated classes have instead of challenging it have adopted that .. hypocrisy

https://twitter.com/pawangupt/status/1789308555486728272?t=aGTcwCxOLc1owca7Z1D2Ag&s=19

India has been suffering since 1990 in the wake of the temple movement. The best ideology to counter Hindutva is Sri Aurobindo. But neither the Congress nor the Dalits realise this truth as a result of which BJP manages to hoodwink the people. Savitri Era Party spreads awareness.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEra/status/1787688725545414925?t=5KGTfzJSwpYf2k4TqgwdCA&s=19

The Mother & Sri Aurobindo are the one Supreme Divine who have been giving an intellectual as well as political alternative since 1914. Indians must understand its significance and evolutionary inevitability and apply it in all spheres of life. Current leaders are ignorant of it.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEra/status/1787680031801807231?t=3xb4EV3W_ZfF0BnV7NWzug&s=19

Special Theme: Sri Aurobindo’s Warnings Against the World-State and Present Trends

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The Origin of All Avatars -The Mother

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Sri Aurobindo - "The Master of the Work" (from The Synthesis of Yoga)

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Primordial soup from which all evolution springs

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Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on war and peace

aurocafe.substack.com/p/sri-aurobind…

https://twitter.com/ujmpondy/status/1784421626710295020?t=fbyLyx_Rt85u1LS78ZTBGA&s=19

Sri Aurobindo's quote emphasizes self-mastery, perseverance, and continuous growth for entrepreneurs. 

It suggests that overcoming personal limitations builds resilience and empowerment, enabling further victories.

Key learnings include self-discipline, self-awareness, perseverance through challenges, and perpetual self-improvement for sustained success in entrepreneurial endeavours.

Read the detailed post (link below) on this mindful quote and do let me know your thoughts. Link: t.ly/wdi0Y

Have a fantastic weekend.

#PersonalGrowth #Entrepreneur #strategicstrokes

https://twitter.com/yadavivek/status/1784229030537134150?t=PkoCLPWFmkDD9T8tpiirfA&s=19

There is no iota of difference between the purpose of Lord Shriram and Sri Aurobindo, and their role in evolution of earth consciousness. Yet it is unfortunate that everyone is hush hush about the manner in which SAS was taken over. Too complex for human mind to comprehend.

https://twitter.com/Nimai_Swain/status/1784671958766125365?t=HZbuoqj-0WgC66WGv7PY0A&s=19

What Makes the Teachings of the Gita Great

Who is Adhikaari to study the Gita?

These are the two short articles of mine published in the April 2024 Issue of Sri Aurobindo's Action - A Journal of India's Resurgence.

https://twitter.com/Sampadananda/status/1784599867937239088?t=nwd-4yjC2WRpVt8Og76xow&s=19

Meaning of Life - 1

 *Shrikant Soman* 

shrikantsoman.org

srianandyoga.com

Based on *Life Divine* by Sri Aurobindo

Part One - Chapter 25 - 1

 *Reality and the Integral Knowledge*... 

Now, descend to the base of this mountain. Here lies the Inconscience, the primordial soup from which all evolution springs. Yet, this consciousness isn't blinded by the seeming darkness. Instead, it perceives the spark of the One by and the All, the divine essence hidden within these depths.

shrikantsoman.wixsite.com/divine-life/po…

https://twitter.com/shrikant_soman/status/1784478269607428342?t=WqRLZkOYXLBMqEG21UiXLQ&s=19

The Book ( A novel based on #LifeDivine by #SriAurobindo)

Part 1: The Quest

Chapter 8: The Plan

In "The Plan," a group of individuals reminisces about a pivotal decision they made together, which they recall fondly despite the unexpected consequences. 

They discuss the potential of AI systems to predict social events and the principles underlying human accomplishment. Each member shares personal stories, reflecting diverse backgrounds and perspectives. 

They agree to collaborate on creating an AI system to enhance human capabilities, aiming to integrate man and machine rather than replacing human intelligence. 

Meanwhile, Kurt Levin seeks advice from Professor Stearne on formulating a system of human accomplishment, reflecting on the challenges and potential solutions.

https://twitter.com/KarmayogiQuotes/status/1785681424428765275?t=a2boUPo3LBPU_4sGQIDunQ&s=19

[HTML] Synchronizing Missio Dei with Process Theology and Theodicy

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Since the second half of the 20th century, missiology has continued to elevate Missio Dei to a topic of the highest importance in theology. According to Missio Dei, the salvific mission is more theocentric than anthropocentric in that its actuality is …

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Ernst Faber’s 34 years of literary missionary works reveal his commitment to refining his approach to indigenizing Christianity in China. Employing three linguistic and cultural adaptation strategies—translation and commentary of the Bible, examination …

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The gendered and performative role of motherhood, an ideal of patriarchy, has been codified into the letters of law. A feminist lens has been applied to understand how motherhood and patriarchy interact within the maternity benefit law in India, which is …

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Yes, that is why they are aspects of One.  Sri Aurobindo  is one of those who has brought this out. It is not about commonalities, though there are many, but different facets.

https://twitter.com/roshendalal/status/1785109675576570275?t=xIQEr8dxP-lM7CdHoCf0pg&s=19

I personally have no qualms even if they did - but the language simply makes more sense in the allegorical context that Sri Aurobindo suggests. The verses suggest expressions of spiritual inspiration. Later interpolations when the elasticity of the poetic language had become more rigid & emphasis shifted primarily to the ritualistic basis. Sri Aurobindo’s theory explains a lot of these contradictions satisfactorily.

https://twitter.com/MumukshuSavitri/status/1782699959575601377?t=ZC_dgEot6gNILKrM6StCiA&s=19

Dr. Sarani Ghosal Mondal has been awarded the prestigious Nolini Kanta Gupta Memorial Award in 2024 for her outstanding contribution to Sri Aurobindo Studies as a Critic of Sri Aurobindo's Literature by Srinvantu Spiritual Trust, Kolkata & Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry.

https://twitter.com/NITGoa_Official/status/1782664175627698261?t=Cqwz4Ebw6AK2nLQFvg5uTw&s=19

Sri Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry shd be declared a sacred Meditation zone. No vehicle, no senseless protests or photo shooting by Instagrammers or photographers shd be allowed near the 1 km vicinity. @narendramodi @PMOIndia @LGov_Puducherry pl step in

https://twitter.com/Hero1Warrior/status/1785486514891149721?t=KNLeP-xLb-qJRgtGphA8_w&s=19

These two have insane sexual chemistry which is baffling because they look incredibly cute when placed next to each other. I guess this is the reason why the intimate scenes in Janam Dekh Lo from Veer Zaara channel divinity, not lewdness.

https://twitter.com/patakaofperalta/status/1750069475825877178?t=OyG9UX_G5ssJzLVYmABh0Q&s=19

The thing is, Bollywood used to be much more sincere and simplistic with their portrayal of sexuality back in the days. That's why family audience were more comfortable watching stuff like this like Veer Zaara literally has a entire song where the girl dreams herself getting undressed and cuked by her imaginary bf. If that scene was shot today it would be so uncomfortable, but that movie makes it feel like it's poetry

https://twitter.com/collaterral_MAX/status/1785698571859493141?t=8tzRU_CF8_vUj3jAvJO9tQ&s=19

Indians have neither the sense of history nor the reality or self respect. Bomb them, launch terrorist attacks, kill their civilians but they'll continue living in a varying degree of delusion and fantasy. They have a Bollywood movie playing at the back of their mind 24x7.

https://twitter.com/sarngarava/status/1785578950594560287?t=j_nPrOPMEL_4qJz11MQ5Nw&s=19

Now going back to my point on the media. Indian public is highly influenced by the films. Bollywood industry which is also run by Joos as is Hollywood (I worked in the business so I know). Through cinema they’ve promoted Hindu hate, culture of violence & rape etc.

https://twitter.com/BastAnubis37/status/1785721356849647904?t=MdafPOlYR5CjNZlw8M9Y7w&s=19

In implicate order everything is already 'recorded' just like a movie is already shot and edited. It's out of time, time is just projection on the cinema screen that we call reality or 'process of unfolding'

https://twitter.com/PetraBorn179708/status/1785744342327398546?t=JtJkVcvH7oLaPn4dlYFMlw&s=19

The difference between David Bohm's and Whitehead's metaphysics is subtle but in some ways all-important. Bohm views the implicate order as a finished whole: infinite, yes, but not subject to any additions by way of the ongoing creative advance of explicate particulars. Whitehead in some sense inverts this picture by making "absolute" that which each concrescent occasion achieves moment by moment. There is no finished whole: the universe is "an incompletion in process of production" (PR 214-15). This process is iterative and cumulative, allowing for a cosmogenesis of ongoing self-differentiation into ever more inclusive relational wholeness, with no final One that might subsume the Many. In Whitehead’s terms, “each creative act is the universe incarnating itself as one, and there is nothing above it by way of final condition” (PR 245).

“Change” means the rearrangement of already existing things. “Process” on the other hand means the creation or coming into being of a thing.

Yes, that would be Bohm’s view. Whitehead’s view is different: process is not a mere appearance; it is as real as it gets.

https://twitter.com/ThouArtThat/status/1785740372603515076?t=IY440SNoJXdlcDyvk7OCOg&s=19

Presumably politics would be easier if human beings were capable either of accessing or assessing facts independent of narratives. 

With great practice and good theory we may be capable of the former.

I’m not sure the latter is possible. Assessment presupposes valuation, some sense of why a fact is important.

https://twitter.com/ThouArtThat/status/1785818307179991094?t=EZMbQOpMFpuuEyAs5kEb_w&s=19

Reminded here also of Hume’s two conditions of justice, neither of which hinge on this.

Also not sure about the possibility of the latter fwiw.

https://twitter.com/ikesharpless/status/1785832454668124532?t=mkMKaoQk1o6ZAJ0UGVlEPA&s=19