Gebser’s Leap -
The British Conservative Michael Oakeshott defined conservatism simply and fundamentally as “preference for the familiar”. Seconding this mood, the America... T.M Krishna vilifying Spotify -
Who is the most streamed artists on Spotify? An Ethiopian Canadian, from a deprived background, who began uploading his songs to YouTube ten years ago. ... Actors Caught in Their Roles -
(Treanslation of the previous article in French: “Acteurs pris à leurs rôles”) Entering for each one of our births on the Great Stage that this physical wo... Happiness, Love and Laughter – ep.34 “Healing Trauma: Affirm, Visualize, Feel and Believe” -
Happiness, Love and Laughter September 23, 2020 with Fif / MeDiClown Academy Ep. 34 - Healing Trauma: Affirm, Visualize, Feel and Believe ( min) Fif sh... The Links in Space and Time, p. 267 -
Sri Aurobindo reveals to us about the play of higher forces that fix the grooves of destiny for the individual and the collective march of mankind. The p... Feuerbach reformulated his view to make nature the object of religion -
Feuerbach and the Interpretation of Religion - Page 22 In Chapter 4 , I argue that Feuerbach's most powerful criticism of religion is not , as is so often c... When does karma stop being karma? -
Evan Thompson has made his last statement in our correspondence. Before I make mine, a personal note: our series of responses to date has become increasing... When does karma stop being karma? -
Evan Thompson has made his last statement in our correspondence. Before I make mine, a personal note: our series of … Continue reading → Reason, Reality, & Religion in the Making (dialoguing with John Vervaeke) -
Thanks to John Vervaeke for hosting me on his channel. It was a wonderful conversation. As you’ll hear, we are planning to do a few trilogues soon with Jor... Carrying risk in antiquity and the present -
I have been struck by similarities with how Romans managed uncertainty. Using some material from my current project, this essay explores how they saw a wor... A Series Inspired by India’s Rebirth – 10 -
Author: Beloo Mehra (2019). Published under the title ‘When Young India Awakes’ in Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Vol. 50 (11), November 2019, pp. 8-10 CONTINUED ... The Future of Corporate Philanthropy -
There are three areas which need priority funding in the future: first environmental sustainability; second, poverty and inequality or what … The Future of... From 95 Theses to 22 Pledges -
Encouragement of a purer sattwic element is the business of ethics, says Sri Aurobindo in SoY which implies that everything is not wired or predetermined. ... Spirit of Storm -
Courtesy : "The Heritage", June 1985, pp. 80-81
The Dualities of the Vital Life Are Not Essential for a Dynamic Life in the Gnostic Consciousness -
When people reflect on the implications of a shift from the ego-status to the divine standpoint, they bring in many objections based on their habitual mode... Soul Tracks – ep.9 “Insects!” -
Soul Tracks is a music and chat programme on Auroville Radio. The idea behind the show is for us to share music that we love, music that stirs our souls,... Self-righteousness (RH 027) -
This talk is about the tendency to see defects in others while justifying one's own, and a feeling of own superiority. The post Self-righteousness (RH 02... Waring the Whole -
Gebser employs the terms “a-waring” for attending or the attention, where the “a-” prefix signifies “towards”, and “waring” for what he calls “verition” or... Global Visionary Swami Agnivesh -
In return for 5,000 dollars you could have been designated as a 'World Ambassador' by the World Council and Parliament Association. For 10,000 dollars, ... Simplest material bodies to complex human beings -
Heroism in Victorian Periodicals 1850–1900 C Hadamitzky - 2020 … al. (eds.): The Carlyles at Home and Abroad, Aldershot 2004, pp. 240–247; Ranjan Ghosh: Car... Right view vs. true statements -
Paul Fuller’s The Notion of Diṭṭhi in Theravāda Buddhism, as its title might suggest, is a dry, abstract, technical monograph. It may also be one of the mo... Right view vs. true statements -
Paul Fuller’s The Notion of Diṭṭhi in Theravāda Buddhism, as its title might suggest, is a dry, abstract, technical monograph. … Continue reading → Reason, Reality, & Religion in the Making (dialoguing with John Vervaeke) -
Thanks to John Vervaeke for hosting me on his channel. It was a wonderful conversation. As you’ll hear, we are planning to do a few trilogues soon with Jor... Carrying risk in antiquity and the present -
I have been struck by similarities with how Romans managed uncertainty. Using some material from my current project, this essay explores how they saw a wor... A Series Inspired by India’s Rebirth – 10 -
Author: Beloo Mehra (2019). Published under the title ‘When Young India Awakes’ in Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Vol. 50 (11), November 2019, pp. 8-10 CONTINUED ... The Future of Corporate Philanthropy -
There are three areas which need priority funding in the future: first environmental sustainability; second, poverty and inequality or what … The Future of... From 95 Theses to 22 Pledges -
Encouragement of a purer sattwic element is the business of ethics, says Sri Aurobindo in SoY which implies that everything is not wired or predetermined. ... Spirit of Storm -
Courtesy : "The Heritage", June 1985, pp. 80-81 Creativity -
Creativity is sticking on to certain fundamentals of any subject, take a framework and weave new patterns. For example take a raga (fundamental) and ... Fatherhood: or, being dead -
One of the central functions of angels in films is to do the work of producing and reproducing the heteronormative family. I think this is to do with a mix... Sri Aurobindo chanté par Georges Moustaki (English original added) -
LE BUT Quand nous avons dépassé les savoirs, Alors nous avons la Connaissance. La raison fut une aide, La raison est l’entrave. Quand nous avons dépassé le... Raat Akeli hai – a film review -
For decades we moaned and cried over the fact that Indian films were so unrealistic, unnaturally melodramatic, over the top in the acting department and so... A Pilgrimage to Sri Aurobindo by Amrita -
This book is a translation of a memoir written in Tamil by K. Amrita, an early disciple of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Amrita recounts the story of his... Hope -
We have all been there. In moments – though they feel much, much longer than moments at the time – of hopelessness, feeling harassed by circumstances and h... -
I'm hanging around the Discord Continental Philosophy server these days. Paolo Tommasi: In Memoriam by Anurag Banerjee -
Dear Friends, On Thursday, 17th July 2020, renowned architect and artist Paolo Tommasi passed away at JIPMER (Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical ... John Scalzi’s Interdependency trilogy -
I just finished reading The Last Emperox, the just-published final volume of John Scalzi’s Interdependency trilogy. It’s a fun, breezy read, though not dee... India’s handling of the Corona crisis is the best in the World -
COVID-19: Is India testing enough? Myth vs Truth There is a lot of cry in the media, specially the western A World is Ending -
My article on the pandemic in the journal Identities can be found here. The role of music in society -
Sacred imagery: Human body as Veena - a musical instrument What we hold to be the highest ideals in life also dictate what we do in the humdrum of everyday...
