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Re: Welcome to Auroville

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I would take anything said by r/india with a pinch of salt. In fact, I would reccomend staying away from most main stream Indian subreddits. Each one is peddling some kind of disgusting agenda.

It's kind of sad what happened to r/india. I've been visiting the sub for almost a decade, it has turned from a rather relaxed community where people could talk to a hyper political fighting arena where you can only be a right/left wing shill. The ban-hammer heavy moderation doesn't really help. I would post this criticism on the subreddit itself, but it would be removed as any criticism of the sub/mods is against th…

True. It was such a pleasant community with very helpful people. Now even in completely non-political posts you have people bringing in politics (granted, they are usually down-voted). And then there is r/indiaspeaks...

Re: Welcome to Auroville

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I agree - as far as spiritual movements go, this is one of the least cult-ish I've ever seen. Even the stuff they say - I can at least sit down and consider it without freaking out instantly. In some ways they resemble the very modern panpsychist school of thought (Giulio Tononi, Sam Harris). Consciousness is a basic ingredient of matter. Both matter and consciousness are real. Evolution is real. There is no biblical…

"The one thing that's a bit far out is the claim that consciousness could, in theory, interact with matter directly" I think that claim like this alone, is not so far stretched, when you assume consciousness comes from brain activity, ~ electricity - and with classical physics, magnetic/electric fields or even quantum physics, everything is connected and interacts - consciousness do influences matter. So when you hav…

The thing is, once you accept the premise of panpsychism, you sort of have to at least sit and think about whether a direct action might be possible somehow.

Re: Welcome to Auroville

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This is literally the last thing I expected on the front page! My family are all based in Pondicherry and have very strong historical links with the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and the Mother. And are also involved in the Auroville administration and management. I've been there a lot, I've stayed there, met many people who live there and work there. And it's an unusual place. Some of the folks in Pondy call it "Horrorvile"…

J. Krishnamurti said it the best: "Belief has no place where truth is concerned." I always view these types of movements with a lot of suspicion. Mainly because of the falsehoods they present. Self-realization is not something that can be taught by following someone else. You can spend your entire life looking for it in other people. But you have to experience it, to truly understand. You shouldn't even listen to wha…

In the same way that people can read words and have their minds blown, people can read words and have epiphanies. Zen koans are examples of this.
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