Sweet and infinite Mother, Mother Divine, Maa, Mother Sri Aurobindo, Thou art the one Hope, the only hope left for the redemption of our earth and the rescue of humanity from its deplorable state. If You withdrew then the earth would surely collapse and all our civilisation hurtle towards the Abyss. But because Thou art we still can hope and dare. Because Thou art we still can struggle for the Victory of Truth and Love and Peace and Harmony and Light upon earth. Because Thou art we still can strive for the transformation of earthly life into the figure of divinity it is meant to be.
Maa, it is Thy Presence and Thy Work that makes life interesting and worthwhile. Else what joy is there is living simply to satisfy hungers and appetites. To live for selfish ends, for small personal goals is indeed like living in a dark hole. But because Thou art there and Thou hast given us a wonderful work to do, we can find joy, true joy in life.
Maa, You are our very breath and our heartbeat, nay even more, our very core and essence. Without Thee we would cease to exist. Thou art indeed the Life of our life, the Intelligence in our mind, the Soul of our bodily substance, the Self of our self, the path and the goal, our everything.
Forever Love, O Sole Beloved. Maa
https://auromaa.org/daily-offering/songs-of-the-soul-august-16-2026/
The Rich Journey of the Ghazal: From Longing to Spirituality
by Vikas Parashram Meshram countercurrents.org/2026/08/the-ri…
The ghazal has travelled a long historical and cultural journey, from its beginnings in Arabic poetry to its flowering in Persian, Urdu, Hindi and Marathi. What began largely as an expression of love and separation gradually acquired deeper dimensions through Sufi thought, spirituality, philosophy and reflections on social life. The article traces this evolution while exploring the distinctive structures, metres, imagery and traditions that shape the ghazal in different languages. It also examines the contributions of poets such as Rumi, Hafiz, Ghalib, Faiz, Dushyant Kumar and Suresh Bhat, and considers how music, cinema and digital platforms have carried the form to new generations of readers and listeners.
https://x.com/i/status/2089200530203820210
My friend @bozlich writes some amazing magical realist stories. These are now being converted into AI infographics, which reveal a surprising philosophical depth. Here's the info graphic on his story on the afterlife, called "The Clearness and The Impenetrability". The original story can be read here: bozlich.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/the…
https://x.com/i/status/2089154668614344739
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Dvaitādvaita Bhēdābhēda Vēdāntavā (Chhattisgarhi, द्वंद्वात्मक एकताएं द्वैताद्वैत भेदाभेद वेदांतवा), Dvandvātmaka Ēkatāēṁ Dvaitādvaita Bhēdābhēda Vēdāntavā, “dialectical Unities–duality–nonduality difference–nondifference end–of–wit/wisdom/knowledge–‘ism’”
https://dmr.institute/tendency.html
https://bsky.app/profile/markalanfoster.bsky.social/post/3mtatfeavhc2w
"Right now, you are missing the vast majority of what is happening around you. You are missing the events unfolding in your body, in the distance, and right in front of you." Let a cognitive scientist teach you the art of looking:
https://x.com/i/status/2089125806714786150
Vedic Dhyana: Yoga
We have discussed earlier that the first mention of the word yoga in the Rig Veda occurs in RV 1.5.3.
The root yuj- which means to join or yoke appears in RV 1.6.1
यु॒ञ्जन्ति॑ ब्र॒ध्नम॑रु॒षं चर॑न्तं॒ परि॑ त॒स्थुष॑: । रोच॑न्ते रोच॒ना दि॒वि ॥
(“They yoke the broad and shining car, they who stand around it as it moves; the luminous lights (worlds) gleam in heaven” Translated by TV Kapali Sastry)
Here, the root yuj- may be taken as the physical action of tying horses in a ritualistic manner. Or as the joining of mental illuminations together, bringing them in synchrony and in one movement that is energetic like the horses of a chariot. In the latter sense, we are talking about a high level of jnana yoga and this is beautifully brought out by the pun on the horses of Indra called Hari
https://x.com/i/status/2089095649581232253
Yes Sir These are the ones which I devour:
The Secret of the Veda and Hymns to the Mystic Fire by Sri Aurobindo
Siddhanjana by TV Kapali Sastry
Rig Veda Bhasha Bhashya by Swami Dayananda
Hymns of the Ancient Rishis by David Frawley
Rig Veda Translations by RL Kashyap
I tried to present their great works in my own puny offerings:
The Veda Made Simple and Veda for Gen Z by Pariksith Singh
You are welcome to critique them
https://x.com/i/status/2089115854071824634
Vedic Varna Sangeeta and Yantra
When we chant the riks of the Veda we have available to us an amazing range of not only sounds but also the ability to turn those into tactile sensations. How?
Every time you move from a regular Varna to the anusvaara or to an anunasika sound you are turning auditory sound into physical sensation. And each Varna is almost like a note on a musical instrument
You have ghosha and aghosha sounds depending on whether you vibrate the vocal cords. You have alpa prana and maha prana alphabets where you push less or more air through the wind pipe. You have ushman sounds that create sibilance and heat.
The entire musical apparatus is used. In fact the body, prana and mind are turned into an exquisite yantra.
And if you grow aware you can involve other parts of the body in the music with gestures or nyaasa. And by moving the notes as in an accordion with the diaphragm. Or even the rest of cells of the body by learning how to vibrate like the strings on a veena
The Universe plays its music in and through the body and Sanskrit varnas and mantras give it the entire range of sounds that are available. In the Universe
https://x.com/i/status/2089091321617113598
Vedic Varna ka-varga क वर्ग
We have looked earlier at how our energy moves when we move from enunciating अ and then say इ and finally उ
Please try it when you are quietly by yourself. What do you notice? Each svara has its own sthana or location, bhaava or feeling, guna or quality and prabhaava or impact
When we say क, च, ट, त and प one after another we again see a movement upwards from our throat to pharynx to palate to tongue and finally to the lips. Again, similar to the movement of the svaras mentioned above
When we do only ka-varga then we see a movement from aghosha to ghosha, ie, our vocal cords start vibrating in the last three starting with ग. And with the anunasika at the end we feel the sound turn into spandana or vibration in the face, sinuses and head. The vyanjanas become denser until they drill into matter and become immanent as we move across the vargas.
This may be tough to follow but I will return to it several times. That is why the anunasika sounds often represent the most material or physical manifestation of that varga. You may note this with words such as अणु, कण, घर्षण, मण, पण where the anunasika sounds at the end of each word brings you to the most material precise formulation or feeling. Hope this makes sense. Am perhaps trying to say too much. Hope I able to communicate the shift in energy here
https://x.com/i/status/2089078073786335512
It is a kind of pranayama this Vedic chanting. A complete psychological and metaphysical transformation is involved. It is not just ritual as commonly misunderstood. The Vedic language and expression moves through subtler and more assured realized meridians than some of our more modern practices and traditions
https://x.com/i/status/2089198196048449776
The Veda creates multiple layers of meaning, revealing the gods not as isolated deities but as interconnected powers of consciousness. Explore the profound connections between Soma, Indra, Agni and Saraswati. youtu.be/6XoaV28TwLs?si… @PariksithSingh @MakrandParanspe @AmazingVedas
https://x.com/i/status/2088975312361037957
Science has long assumed that reality is entirely physical. But what if materialism is the very thing holding science back? Three world-leading scientists, Michael Levin, Lisa Feldman Barrett, and Adam Frank, come together to probe the limits of the materialist framework that has dominated science for centuries, and ask what might lie beyond it. Tap here to watch the full debate. iai.tv/video/science-…
https://x.com/i/status/2089042032505319648
Because each mind is a universe, because inside every skull is a place black and fathomless as pure spacetime, housing an umwelt of which an outside observer can only ever have an incomplete theory: What it's like to be a panda
https://x.com/i/status/2089026653842244002
Qurratulain Hyder: stylish, erudite, funny, gossipy, and so much more. Loved the new volume of her memoirs *A Tilt In Time*, trans. Fatima Rizvi. livemint.com/mint-lounge/id…
https://x.com/i/status/2089013153573335058
Is creativity nothing more than an illusion? | iai.tv/video/imaginin…
Join Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose, Esther Freud, and Ian McGilchrist as they debate creativity, imagination, and whether or not they can help us reframe out understanding of reality.
https://x.com/i/status/2089012307418337429
Compelling debate. Penrose’s mathematical Platonism, McGilchrist’s insights into the living, relational quality of imagination, and the question of whether creativity is mere illusion or a genuine reframing of reality find a striking geometric complement in Ffellonics. Ffellonics models ordered complexity as relational self-assembly:
https://x.com/i/status/2089127417126248493
Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra
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