Comment on Practising Titiksha with marshmallows by Sandeep
from Comments for Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother by Sandeep
True. You might be aware of American psychologist
Alan Roland’s book “In Search of Self in India and Japan“, in which he examine
cultural differences between Indian, Japanese and American cultures. He
observes that Western psycho-analytic models such as the Oedipus complex may
not apply to other cultures. One Japanese psychologist defined other variations
which were more prevalent in his culture.
MacIntyre against Wilber’s worldcentrism from Love of All Wisdom by Amod Lele
MacIntyre, in the 30 years since his famous After Virtue,
has been telling us a story of regret and decline – one focused largely on
ethics, but ethics broadly defined. In After Virtue, MacIntyre
described the Enlightenment project of “justifying morality” as performed most
famously by Kant and Mill, but also more recent analytic figures like Alan
Gewirth. And he argues that this project has not only failed, but had
to fail. “Morality”, in this sort of modern context, nearly always
stands opposed primarily to “self-interest”.
But I do have concerns about women in front-line
combat, I think that could be a very compromising situation, where people
naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission, because
of other types of emotions that are involved," Santorum continued.
"It already happens, of course, with the camaraderie of men in combat, but
I think it would be even more unique if women were in combat, and I think
that's probably not in the best interest of men, women or the mission. [
