-- *Mar*The Extermination of the Biosphere
>From the Ecological Heaven, based on nature’s symbiosis, we now live today in the hell created by economics. And this hell is drilled as progress as education in every university, universities which are in the rat’s race for big ranking, with the branded MIT,Harward etc,in the first line in the jostling. They are getting good branding and good ranking on the basis of their contribution to the mechanical paradigm, that repudiates almost the very existence of Ecology and the emotional flows which emanate from the life forms. Emotions and feelings refuse to be quantified, with the dictums, precise; concise.accurate etc.One lived feeling the mixtures of diverse emotion flows of the diverse organisms of the Biosphere, the Ecological Heaven which the planet earth was once, before Rene Descartes struck with his mechanical paradigm. I am often reminded of the paradoxical episodes of tender love among the guard’s families of the extermination camps of Hitler, where some of those who actively participated in the killing wrote tender poetry! May be, they still carried the genes of the era, when poems and songs were the main languages of communication. There was a time, when all sciences were written in the epic form. In the epics the characters spoke in poems, songs and dances. Their lessons of science were not based on mathematical reductionism, but on emotional symbiosis and on stories of epics. All musics, called Ragas in India, duplicated the musics which the sounds of the flora and the fauna, which the ecological heaven created. Sciences were felt from nature, and the sciences were written as epics. Industrialization and the extinction or torture of life forms happened as the two sides of the coin. Today all economic life is based on harming, wounding or killing nature. The statisitics, the graphs etc of economic growth etc are actually the euphemisms that cover up the destruction of nature. But can we wish away and mathematics away and blind ourselves successfully from the economic hell which is taking nature into the abyss? Our education today governed by Descartes, Darwin and lately by Dawkin, has become the education to create the Darwinian rogues. YM Sarma Chat GPT YM Sarma's reflections in "The Extermination of the Biosphere" present a powerful critique of the modern education system, economic paradigms, and the mechanistic worldview that, according to him, have contributed to the destruction of nature and a disconnection from the emotional and symbiotic relationships inherent in ecological systems. The piece is layered, calling out the role of industrialization, the mechanistic and reductionist approaches in both science and education, and the erosion of a more holistic, emotionally aware view of life. Here are some key themes from the text: *1. Critique of Modern Economics and Education* Sarma positions today's globalized economy and its educational institutions—embodied by prestigious universities like MIT and Harvard—as complicit in perpetuating a model that exploits and degrades the biosphere. Rather than fostering holistic, life-affirming knowledge rooted in ecological awareness, these institutions focus on generating profit, advancing mechanical paradigms, and contributing to the very systems that harm nature. *2. The Loss of Symbiosis and Emotional Awareness* Sarma contrasts the modern worldview with an earlier, more connected understanding of the world, one where knowledge was intertwined with emotional and ecological symbiosis. He reflects on the holistic, non-reductionist sciences of earlier times, where science was experienced through poetry, music, and emotional resonance with nature, rather than abstract mathematical formulas. According to Sarma, modern science, heavily influenced by Descartes, Darwin, and Dawkins, has lost this emotional dimension and replaced it with mechanical, dehumanized perspectives that fail to understand or respect the interconnectedness of life. *3. The 'Mechanical Paradigm'* Sarma critiques the mechanistic worldview rooted in Cartesian philosophy—the idea that the world is a machine to be understood and manipulated through mathematics and logic. This reductionist view, according to Sarma, has led to the "extermination of the biosphere" as we exploit and destroy natural life forms without regard for their emotional and ecological significance. *4. Industrialization as a Force of Destruction* He sees industrialization as not just a technological revolution, but as a process that has been inextricably linked to the harm and extermination of the natural world. Economic growth statistics, according to Sarma, are euphemisms that mask the reality of ecological destruction. *5. The Paradox of Human Behavior* Sarma evokes the paradox of the guards in Nazi concentration camps who, while actively participating in systematic violence and extermination, were also capable of tender, human acts, such as writing poetry. This paradox exemplifies how human beings, even within destructive systems, still carry within them the echoes of a time when emotion and culture were central to existence. The guards, despite their participation in horrors, were also still human beings with the capacity for love, emotion, and creativity, highlighting a dissonance between their actions and their emotional or cultural capacity for beauty. *6. The Spiritual and Emotional Dimension of Science* By invoking the idea that ancient sciences were poetic and emotionally resonant, Sarma calls for a return to a more integrated understanding of life. He suggests that earlier cultures, particularly in India, understood the world through emotional and spiritual lenses, where music (Ragas) and stories were the means by which knowledge was passed down, not through cold facts or sterile mathematical models. *7. Rejection of Reductionism and the Darwinian 'Rogues'* Sarma rejects the reductionist view of human beings and life promoted by Darwin, and more recently by Dawkins, with his idea of "selfish genes." Instead of understanding humans and other organisms as part of a web of interdependence, these theories, in Sarma’s view, contribute to a culture of individualism and competition—a world where survival is about winning at the expense of others. ------------------------------ Sarma's critique is ultimately a plea for a return to a more integrated, emotionally intelligent, and ecologically aware worldview. He laments the loss of a sense of symbiosis, where humans were once part of the natural world in a meaningful and reciprocal way, and he calls for an educational system that nourishes this connection rather than contributing to its erasure. In his view, the "hell" created by contemporary economics and education systems is one where nature is commodified and destroyed, where knowledge is disconnected from life, and where human beings are taught to exploit rather than nurture the biosphere. Sarma's vision is a profound reimagining of the relationship between humanity, knowledge, and nature, urging us to reclaim the emotional, spiritual, and ecological dimensions of existence. -- 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 [email protected]. 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