Sri Aurobindo points out that the real evolutionary force is supramental

What yoga can teach us

The Hindu-20-Jun-2019 ... Murli Manohar Joshi

When Darwin discovered the process of evolution, a series of new philosophies came to be developed. But none of these philosophies has the thoroughness of the evolutionary philosophy of Indian sages that bridges the gulfs between matter and life, and life and mind, and of Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy of evolution from mind to supermind. In fact, he reverses the entire process of evolution and points out that the real evolutionary force is not material but supramental in character, and that matter itself is nothing but a mode of the supermind. He thus bridges, like the Vedic rishis, the three great oceans of existence — the inconscient, conscient, and superconscient. This is extremely refreshing, and one feels a kind of rejuvenation of thought and life.

I can see clearly the interconnection between Sri Aurobindo’s vision of a world union of free nations, the vision of a spiritualised society, and the vision of integral humanism based on a holistic vision of universe. I feel that probably a new alternative of the present moulds of thought is now being built in the world.

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Today is the Jayanti of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee the man who composed Vande Mataram, one of the greatest Indian writers of the modern era, noted for his strong female characters, and inspired the Bengali Renaissance. https://t.co/nN2Yv1mVCy

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One of the features of Bankim Da's novels, has been the very strong women characters in them. Be it Kapalakundala, Durgesh Nandini, Devi Chaudharani or Kalyani in Anandamath, he created some of the most memorable women characters in Indian literature.

India has great diversity in language and culture. This attempt, to impose one particular national language is going to stir the hornet’s nest among other linguistic groups. The unity of our people based on the rich diversity in language and culture will only be disrupted by this https://t.co/AgHLpK8lbG

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Parties & govts have lost expertise in public management; too busy acquiring/enjoying power, too little ability to govern/improve things. Endless committees have become substitutes to sound Policy. Yashpal, TSR, Kasturirangan, Punchi, ARC, Malimath etc .. no change/improvement.

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We are a third world country with educated fools . There’s no way we can advance in a major way. Democracy is not for a foolish country like ours.

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Jai Sri Ram was the battle cry against invading armies and the mantra of India’s Independence Movement. Nehru rejected it, the Communists demonized it, now Mamata Banerjee in Bengal is making it into a crime, and the Rahul Congress is demeaning devotion to Ram as communal.

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On 44th Anniversary of the Emergency in India, How RSS Betrayed the Anti-emergency Struggle https://t.co/zUWXnhaLia

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Democracy Subverted: A story of Indiras Emergency writes @ask0704 https://t.co/fvchBGQYMf

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The Other side of 15th August- The horrors of partition that we must never forget https://t.co/seGVvjvlFq

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Congress in its present shape and form cannot hope to resurrect itself https://t.co/MKxm8iGgBl

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Namaste, Media Narrative is very tough to build and sustain. If you see the kind of mainstream stereotypes that are churned out by the Hasan Minhaz’s of the world, we are facing an uphill battle on correcting numerous prejudices against India and its... https://t.co/tTHgeYnv42

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Pushing a narrative and telling the right thing are two different things. Obviously, people are driven by material gains and no escape from such compulsions. Sri Aurobindo, however, provides diverse perspectives to sense current priorities and imperatives. https://t.co/yA7GHvJTdf

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Many so-called 'normal' crime incidents are actually not 'secular' but rather rooted in scriptural injunctions of supremacist ideologies. Recently there has been a huge upsurge in the recorded number of such incidents, says Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay https://t.co/chAa973pQL

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Are men even capable of seeing a woman beyond her physical beauty? Are women even capable of seeing men beyond superficialities like good English, good money and polished manners? We're genetically doomed to be shallow

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Yes and yes. It happens aplenty.

Having said that, people indeed are largely predisposed to prefer what's neatly apparent than pursue the hidden, for it is effortfully taxing.

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Use your words carefully.. you influence many .. not genetically but culturally :- know enough to not corrupt the creation but the mind of one’s of his kinds !

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From the Archive; How To Develop The Creative Mindset Developing The Creative Mindset

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When a person goes out of their way to make you feel comfortable and serve you promptly despite their job not paying them well, a tip can mean a lot more than a thank you. Writes @yamini_pb #wednesdaythoughts https://t.co/WM8PVRWKWs

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Progress is lovely : Aldous Huxley. The world in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is not focused on family, love, and success - but instead focused around industry, economy, and technologic growth and improvement. The citizens are not concerned with themselves as individuals; they

Have been conditioned to see the world as a collective and technologically oriented. Medical advancement & educational standardisation prevail. The novel is a dangerously accurate prophesy of technology’s capacity to dominate society, and how this domination is silently changing the goals, moralities, and values of our culture.

The democracy of individual growth and personal spirituality is eliminated. technology can both create distractions and communicate forms of propaganda, enabling small groups of people who are most powerful to control society and limit freedom.

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Astronauts aboard the @Space_Station photographed a spectacular plume of ash rising from the Raikoke volcano in the Kuril islands near Asia on June 22. Monitoring volcanic eruptions helps us understand how they affect aviation and climate. More: https://t.co/uHWsGcv9i6 https://t.co/Wf4rAjH9cG

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@Swamy39 Huawei is powerful Chinese organisation with links to another Anti CIA powerful lobby. We must support it in solidarity to fair international practices. Sooner or later, we've to collaborate our blood brother China to maintain peace in south Asia https://t.co/EBxm3bI1Kh

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Not a quandary for nationalists---It is true though that Huawei is like X Ray into our cyber security and data processing, but make deal if China is favourable on our disputes and on Pakistan issues-- which better than what US will offer in other dimensions.

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"JP also confided in me that (RSS chief) Balasaheb Deoras, AB Vajpayee and LK Advani had pledged that they would ensure Jana Sangh members will sever their ties with RSS within six months of the new party being formed." - M G Devasahaym

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Savitri Era to replace all other religions

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There is no prestige in climbing Everest anymore. The farce of scaling a false honour is in the heart of many futile pursuits. Prestige becomes worthless when a society becomes so fair anyone can achieve it. My column https://t.co/U9zfxBx66L

https://twitter.com/manujosephsan/status/1140477877596463104?s=19

Prestige in India migrates the moment there are equal opportunities to achieve it. But millions are unaware that prestige is not prestigious anymore and they suffer those sham doctorates; those phoney novels; those dreary entrance exams.

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Sri Aurobindo said, India is not suited for a centralised governance like Europe, one state power monitoring the country, instead smaller units taking control of things. We are more of a culture where people can live freely, express freely, grow freely.

https://twitter.com/Drunkenmystic/status/1140467844234170368?s=19

I believe that size alone shouldn't be d driving factor. Cultural &  linguistic homogeneity with minimal viability check could be the deciding factors so that our richness, diversity and vitality of culture is maintained. Eg. Splitting TN into 3 areas makes sense but no further.

https://twitter.com/SpiritWithBody/status/1140096773723058177?s=19

Thondai is too small to be a viable contributor to culture of overall region. Just like Pondicherry hasn't added any  cultural value (whatever uniqueness there was due to Sri Aurobindo ashram / Auroville and French influence) and is mismanaged.

5. We are oppressed with an Iron clad secular socialist constitution that cannot be changed of this fundamental character even by parliament.  We cannot save Dharma without overthrowing this constitution.  All political parties, Congress, BJP et al swear by this constitution.

https://twitter.com/Janamejayan/status/1131940172378071040?s=19

One that comes to mind is Sri Aurobindo's very short piece, 'Philosophy', where he begins by contrasting 'the knowledge which a man of intellect prefers' to 'a more active and mundane curiosity'. It's in the collection Essays Divine and Human, but may also be published elsewhere.

https://twitter.com/AbiralCP/status/1140116575665545216?s=19

Dada, one small correction. ".... Perhaps the only way of making Mahomedans harmless is to make them lose their fanatic faith in their religion." #SriAurobindo These are the exact words.

https://twitter.com/RaghuveerBelur/status/1140158829612552192?s=19

Sri @RaghuveerBelur, I took the reference from 'The Concept of Hindu Nation' by Abhas Chatterjee. After seeing your tweet, I consult online edn of 'Evening Talks with Sri Aurobindo' by AB Purani https://t.co/BCyku0JaCs 

Many thanks to u 4 pointing out the error in my tweet.

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Sri Aurobindo was well conversant with major schools of Indian philosophy and mythology. So undertaking fresh comparison is pointless. Even comparative studies with Western thinkers by S.K. Maitra is not very fruitful. Postmodernism is the only area which challenges Sri Aurobindo

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The life and mythology around The Mother & Sri Aurobindo has Hitler as a key figure like any epic and this new religion is to replace all other religions. Understanding this basic fact is necessary for right appreciation of their work. Those clinging to Hindutva need to wake up.

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Beyond a point this sort of quantum physics reads the same as theology to me, and I mean that in the sense that both are damn interesting: https://t.co/u1VxSNG2e7

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“Man ‘re-creates,’ ‘discovers’ God in himself & out of himself, simply because God has ‘created’, has ‘discovered’ him so. He discovers the God he wants & needs, because he has been made a ‘God-wanting’ & a ‘God-needing’ creature.”

-Panikkar, Religion & Religions p77

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There are some interesting connections here to what Kripal calls the “Filter Thesis”

Finally finished @rchops book, The Virtual Hindu Rashtr! He explains the fundamentals of hindutva and then speaks in detail about early internet companies which help spread this disease, gender politics, subdugation of mintories, social media, media houses n a lot more.

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He supports his arguments with a lot of references like a true academic. Also draws parallels between Modi's govt, historical events and other global developments. What a great read!

Markets do not run by the principle of one person one vote, but by voting rights proportional to one’s ownership of capital. This principle is leaching into democracies: @vargheseKgeorge writes on India, Hindutva & the invisible hand of market (national). https://t.co/v2YBr7ANtf

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Elements of national pride, incl anthem, army, instns, even cricket will be equated with govt, or worse Hindutva, or the BJP and worst still the duo of Modi and Shah. Failings of opp. govts will be exaggerated whereas failings of this regime will be suppressed from public view.

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Why are the oppn falling for the “we are at fault, time for soul searching” agenda, planted so meticulously by the Sanghis? Isn’t it time that the oppn took over from the liberal voices and started asking qns of the govt? Isn’t it time that they started ground level uprising?

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"Under Modi-II," Ram Madhav writes, metaphorically rubbing his hands with relish, "the remnants of that cartel need to be discarded from the country's academic, cultural and intellectual landscape." https://t.co/3iknbFdc6k
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Good 'transformative' leadership does not beat about the bush or resort to doublespeak and thus need not take defensive postures and resort to subterfuges.

It must be driven by the fearless courage of its convictions in the cause. It must play straight with people. @PMOIndia

That's why a game should be treated as a game. And not a war. Win some, lose some, the better team won today. No need to go all Ghalib over it bro. Cheers :) https://t.co/KXczUnicer

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“Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love, but always meeting ourselves.”

― James Joyce, Ulysses  

Happy #Bloomsday2019 ☘️💚 https://t.co/OKmE2c2ivr

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"Kundera suggests that slowness opens the way to wisdom, memory, sensuality and humanity. A slower world, he seems to be saying, would be a better place."

@carlhonore on books that explore the idea of slow living, from Milan Kundera to Bertrand Russell https://t.co/xig7SwiM4j

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"Morality as a social technology will take different forms because not all societies are attempting to solve exactly the same kinds of problems under the same kinds of constraints" via @IAI_TV https://t.co/WEd3ZOka3Z

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I think Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon is an excellent view of objective morality. It reveals the nature of humans and how morality can be achieved.

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It’s a thought experiment. As there are only a few characters on tweeter I think I’d describe it as how human behaviour changes from immoral to moral when humans think they are constantly being observed in some way, therefore, cannot get away with rapacious behaviour they’d...

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There are some parts of “1984” whose relevance seems never to fade. One is the portrayal of the surveillance state. Another is Newspeak, the abuse of language for political purposes. https://t.co/7o4oPkctKr

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I would add 1925 "Metropolis" by Thea von Harbou. Set in 2026 where a city is run by a society of slave laborers. Fritz Lang made great B&W movie of it in 1927.  The theme is consistent with the concept of "big brother" like control of the masses.

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If the food we eat, the education we get, the healthcare we receive, the temples we go are regulated by the govt(and these facts are celebrated by the media)why not the news we consume? Are news professionals made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind?

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All media does from morn to evenin is demand govt regulation & its stricter implmntatn on all other sectors,but not on them @dhanyarajendran

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Sevanti Ninan describes how the Indian media has been changed beyond recognition in the past 5 years, how mainstream media has been delegitimised, how the power of "Whatsapp media" has grown & much more:

Read: https://t.co/k7r4wlzhnl

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As a matter of fact, Indian constitution is not secular in any sense of that word and freedom-struggle has not resulted in freedom from state-tyranny. Tyranny just changed hands. https://t.co/cm3rpTVYLP

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Those who tweet in Hindi or Odia tend to be more prone to wordplay and humour. The same may be true for other local languages. Writing in English on the other hand allows the content to hog the limelight. Or may be English retains this status in India for those who don't speak it

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Koraput : Found a good quote in the T-Shirt of a Tea vendor .: 'I am not arguing but simply trying to explain why I might be right' Impressive .....

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Just saw Jupiter shining in the sky, the brightest I’ve ever seen it. It made me feel so small, and made our everyday arguments seem so petty

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Ignorance lies in us in the form of thoughts. That is how it is explicable. Everything that is explicable lies as opposites i.e. like a lawyer you can argue the same thing to opposite conclusions.  So much so ignorance can only be removed by thought process called 'Vichara'.

https://twitter.com/Janamejayan/status/1137527425846456320?s=19

If you realize that the objective world (that includes your body and mind) is the content of your intelligence then you realize that these contents appear and disappear and thus are unreal while your intelligence has always been there as a container with or without the content.

What appears and disappears is timebound and thus unreal whereas that which is eternal i.e. that which has no beginning and no end is timeless and Real.

That intelligence to which all things of the universe is content, know that Intelligence as You, the Self which is one without a second!

Analysis of Isha Upanishad, Knowledge and Ignorance, Part 3 https://t.co/M9Ruqv9sKu

https://twitter.com/santoshk1/status/1137374196701548544?s=19

The authority of a political leader depends on his capacity to feel and express the sentiments of the people who follow him; it does not reside in himself. He holds his position because he is a representative man, not because he is such and such an individual. To take the position that because he has led in the past therefore his word must be law so long as he lives is to ignore the root principles of political life. #SriAurobindo #IntegralYoga https://t.co/AzyMFyH2QR

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Enough of devotion! We now want critical works on Sri Aurobindo's literary output. Of course, nobody shd forget on whom he/she is writing! Can u forget when u r writing on Shakespeare? Like that. Sri Aurobindo is another Lord of the English  language.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1137541369789001728?s=19

He must be placed in a comparative framework. Else the world won't accept his merit. Most in the world r not devotees of Sri Aurobindo.  And our objective will be to make them know him.  Devotion has done enough harm to Sri Aurobindo. Both the devotees n detractors r guilty.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1137596653349683200?s=19

Dada I have not seen one second piece of literature ,not even rishi aurobindo tbh,that combines so many fields or divergent streams of wisdom in the diary of spiritual journey of a common Kolkata man ,only Kolkata can give such literature to the world 

https://twitter.com/iridines/status/1137380946011758593?s=19

Ulysses by James Joyce shares a similar pattern in the way of narrative ,but Ulysses borrows from history&mythology,not exactly tantra,Philosophy &science like nigurananda. Btw I realised this now,nigurananda may well be considered a mild 'streams of consciousness' writer 

Gebser's "universal way of looking at things" implies a "Universal Humanity" capable of such holistic and integral perception (*sub specie aeternitatis", as they say). This is Blake's "Albion", and the same is Aurobindo's "supramental consciousness". The same is Iain McGilchrist's "Master" mode of perception/attention.

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What you enter is a kind of oneiric excavation site...a psychological space where our deepest memories of primary form -- marine shapes like prawns or conch shells or fish, lizards, goats, sundry animal and human shapes, faces, bodies, eyes, boats, little architectural details... https://t.co/jmIYdGZcBd

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...all float in a kind of plasmatic medium and slowly morph into each other, or into letters. Real letters, pseudo letters, invented scripts, possible scripts. It's like going back to that part of human history where language itself is forming... https://t.co/T93ZTegUay

...a possible morphology of the human mind in our ancient world. https://t.co/5poj2CDMEj