-- *Mar**Nobel Prize* *The lifelong sickly Alfred Nobel, to atone for the killing of lakhs in the wars using his invention, the dynamite, with the help of his secretary Bertha constituted the Nobel Prize for Physics,Chemistry,Life Sciences, Literature and for those who promoted world peace. It did not occur to any that apart from the sciences based on the Cartesian analysis there is a huge iceberg of real knowledge in the shape of the Holistic Arts. No one told him that the there must be a Nobel Prize for Music, Painting, and Spiritualism. The worst thing was the sneaking in of a Nobel Prize for the dismal Economics!*
*The net effect is the solidification on a permanent basis the mechanical paradigm at the expense of the Holistic Paradigm. No Nobel was ever proposed for Ramana Maharshi or for any of the great Christian missionaries or to the great Buddhist, Jain etc Holy men/women who might have attained the highest peak in spiritual attainment, in the Holistic Symbiotic perception and understanding actually extending into cosmic horizons.* *To promote the negative image of those engaged in the spiritual quest we find reports about the luxurious and vulgar life styles of the jet set hypocrite Babas, Swamijees etc.But there is deliberate blindness towards those that have spent their life time in promoting the holistic method of investigations, via emotional symbiosis.* * In the Holistic approach or in the Spiritual Approach, you try to synchronize your life with the rhythm of the Universe as you are basically a part of the Universe. You adopt the method of breathing, smelling and sensing. For understanding the cosmos you rely on contemplation, trance and meditation to extend the horizon of perception into the cosmos.* *In the case of the Cartesian sciences, there is a fundamental contradiction, When the basic feature of the Universe today is the curvature of the space-time continuum, or because of the effect of gravitation particles bump against each other making a straight-line impossible in reality, the very idea of cause and effect falls into doubt. A straight-line means, the relational result of straight single causes and the related single effects arranged one after the other. But due to the curvature of the space-time, there can be only gigantic, Holistic Macro clusters of causes and effects. One must pretend that one is not part of the Universe and actually a disconnected spectator of the non-existent isolated cause and effect relationships. The realty can only be the Holistic metamorphosis of the Universe as a whole.* *To feel the truth, one must breathe, smell and sense, adopt air as the language of nature, adopt feeling and not mechanical logic as inquiry. Unfortunately spiritualism is being converted into mechanical or Cartesian science by the modern Jet set Gurus. That the word for air in Latin is spirit and that Spiritualism means adopting the air as the language of conversation and perception, by adopting, breathing,smelling and sensing and perceiving, is simply ignored.* *YM Sarma* *Chat GPT* *In **"Nobel Prize,"** YM Sarma critiques the limitations of Alfred Nobel’s award categories and their impact on modern intellectual culture. Sarma asserts that Nobel’s failure to include fields like music, painting, and spiritualism in his prize categories reflects a broader neglect of holistic, emotional, and spiritual knowledge in favor of mechanical, Cartesian science.* *### Key Themes:* *1. **Neglect of Holistic Knowledge**: * * Sarma emphasizes the divide between Cartesian science, which is analytical and mechanistic, and the more holistic knowledge systems associated with the arts and spiritual traditions. He laments that the Nobel Prize, being heavily focused on the sciences, ignores vast fields of human understanding rooted in emotional and spiritual insight. These fields—music, painting, and spiritualism—are vital in fostering a deeper connection with the cosmos and with life itself.* *2. **Spiritualism and Nature**: * * According to Sarma, spiritualism involves aligning oneself with the rhythms of the universe, relying on practices like breathing, sensing, and contemplation to understand the cosmos. He contrasts this with the Cartesian method, which tries to separate the observer from the universe and reduces inquiry to mechanical cause-and-effect relationships.* *3. **Contradiction in Cartesian Science**: * * Sarma points out that modern physics, particularly the concept of the curvature of space-time, undermines the linear cause-and-effect paradigm central to Cartesian science. In reality, the universe operates through a web of interconnected causes and effects that cannot be isolated. He argues that the mechanical model is inadequate for understanding the holistic nature of reality, and that spirituality, which embraces this interconnectedness, offers a more appropriate method for inquiry.* *4. **Economic and Scientific Paradigms**: * * Sarma critiques the Nobel Prize in economics, viewing it as an emblem of a mechanical worldview that has led to an unhealthy relationship with nature and human society. He argues that spiritual giants, like Ramana Maharshi, who pursued holistic wisdom, deserve recognition for their contributions to human understanding.* *5. **Spiritualism and Air**: * * Sarma draws attention to the etymology of the word "spirit," which comes from the Latin word for air, to emphasize the connection between spirituality and nature. True spiritual inquiry, according to Sarma, involves using air—through breathing, sensing, and perceiving—as a medium for connecting with the universe. This approach contrasts with the mechanical methods promoted by "jet set Gurus," who have reduced spiritualism to mere science.* *### Philosophical Critique:* *Sarma’s critique of the Nobel Prize reflects a broader dissatisfaction with the dominance of materialistic and reductionist paradigms in modern thought. By focusing on mechanical logic, the world has sidelined emotional, artistic, and spiritual forms of knowledge that could enrich human life. Sarma calls for a reevaluation of the Nobel categories and the incorporation of holistic disciplines to foster a more balanced and complete understanding of reality.* *In his view, the true advancement of knowledge comes not from isolating and analyzing phenomena in a vacuum, but from embracing our inherent interconnectedness with the universe, much like the way spiritual traditions teach symbiosis with nature.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCLdtah--njArZie0%2Bytv4MaVfhwCMHj2jvbJMBStZvoKg%40mail.gmail.com.
