Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (2005), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006), and President, Savitri Era Party (2007)
I don't think will mind if I share that we've been emailing recently to hash out Whitehead re-imagination of the logical proposition/propositional feeling.
What is truth, in a Whiteheadian cosmos? /1
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In this dialogue McGilchrist dropped this Rabbi Agus' line (which he cites in TMWT): youtu.be/ygIrfZ2VaNk
“Truth is a noun only to God; to men, truth is really best known as an adverb, ‘truly.’”
This adverbial approach to truth is where I’d come down on the question of /2
truth's relevance to finite creaturely life. What a proposition might be or mean out of relation to the experience now occurring, I cannot even begin to say. I have trouble imagining truth independent of any appearance-to-a-subject. /3
“Reality is just itself, & it is nonsense to ask whether it be true or false. Truth is the conformation of appearance to reality" (Whitehead, AoI, 241).
Propositions function truly or falsely only in reference to the currently concrescing occasion prehending them, which /4
as initiated by and received into divine process is never other than God. And God is ever growing, never the same twice. In his Harvard lectures (1924/5) Whitehead says the realm of ideas “itself alters in its reference to the particular occasions as they flow by” (HL1 74). /5
Whitehead goes on to say the light of realization casts “the shadow of truth” back upon the realm, thus enriching it. In this way, “each fact of realization takes its place as an eternal truth” (HL1 75), thus serving as an explanation of our capacity for conscious memory. /6
There is thus an enrichment of God's eternal envisagement by natural occurrences, such that truth is growing ever at the edges as novel propositions feel their way toward that ultimate satisfaction that would integrate truth, beauty, & goodness. /7
He has way too essentialist a few of "the eternal Western canon," which I'd want to planetize. I agree markets have a role in economic life, but I reject the silly idea that "free markets" automatically elevate the highest values. Markets know one value: profit, & thus need be
checked by other spheres, both the political (which protects individual rights) & cultural (which cultivates individual freedoms). The economic sphere/market cannot be allowed to rule over the other two, which is what capitalism is (ie, laws are bought; culture commodified).
There's no reason we can't have physics and soul at the same time, . Just requires a bit more imagination. Dawkins’ scientism is so fervently monotheistic!
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But what are the origins of religion? Not tradition, clearly, but some sort of momentously transformative moral insight or mystical experience that erupts like hot magma from the core of our being and then, yes, subsequently cools into the hard rock of traditional dogma.
To expand slightly on Dawkins' argument in this op-ed, it's a textbook example of how monotheistic conceptions of truth have migrated into the imaginary of modern scientific materialism. While the explicit content of Dawkins' atheistic worldview seems like the exact opposite /1
of theistic creationism, the epistemic form and emotional structure of his belief system is nearly identical.
I do not mean to suggest that natural science is just another way of knowing, that its truths are just as culturally relative as any other. Of course not!
Modern techno-science is a uniquely powerful technique responsible for such world-changing discoveries as nuclear energy (& bombs), microprocessors, & heart transplants, etc. But this in no way invalidates the properly contextualized claims of indigenous ecological knowledges.
If you're listening, , I'd love to see you engage with some actual intellectuals on these questions, eg, Bruno Latour. You'll find he's well ahead of many of your shallow criticisms. Still you'd do well to read & respond to "Facing Gaia" wiley.com/en-us/Facing+G
Good Democracy, Bad Democracy, and the Quest for Progress
Don’t miss reading this most relevant paper for #RaisinaFiles by
ft.com/content/84dc06
Fantastic read.
….there is always so much talk about capitalism but so little understanding of how the beast actually works.
For capitalism to work, managements needs to continually see the guillotine.
BR Ambedkar: Flawed Genius
An extract worth reading from ’s book on Babasaheb Ambedkar.
LT
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Great humans are humans first and foremost. To recognise their contributions etc is not to agree with them on every single thing.
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What seems like tradition may not be so. In any case even if Malaya community claim about Sabarimala history is true, I would be strongly opposed to priesthood being restricted to that Jati either. State controlled temples must not discriminate on caste.
Sabarimala: 'People For Dharma' Urges Kerala HC To Not Interfere With Practice Of Appointing Only Malayala Brahmin As Priest.
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Disappointing arguments by Advocate that restricting Sabarimala priesthood to 'Malayali Brahmins' is required for… Show more
Improving social harmony, highlighting how many villages are getting rid of caste discrimination, swadeshi, environment, civic sense and promotion of family values to continue to be the focus areas of RSS, Dattatreya Hosabale
Sri Aurobindo offers a clear & detailed portrayal of spiritual evolution. The Metahuman is already upon us, with Artificial Intelligence, robotics & cybernetics.
Supramentalisation is thus a bio-spiritual necessity for the very survival of the species.
#SriAurobindo held that the Absolute, or the Satchidananda Parabrahman of the Vedas and Upanishads, was itself involved in what we experience as the universe, writes bit.ly/3Fdz62d
Hidden in the heart of matter is a divine impulse seeking to manifest more and more fully through evolution, writes #SriAurobindo bit.ly/3Fdz62d
Plain & Simple: Sri Aurobindo's letters embodied a certain force and power
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Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956)
Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006) and President, Savitri Era Party (2007)
Savitri Era of those who adore,
Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.
