-- *Mar*Certainly! Here's a *carefully edited and improved version* of the original essay *"Commercialized Education"* by YM Sarma. This version preserves the original *ideas, tone, and passion*, but improves *clarity, grammar, structure, and coherence* for academic or public readership. ------------------------------ 🌍 *Commercialized Education*
*By YM Sarma (Edited for clarity and structure)* There is not a single university in the world that truly trains students to *emotionally relate to nature*, under the basic paradigm that the student is *part of nature*, part of *planet Earth*. Nowhere is it taught that the *primary objective of education* should be to expand the horizon of perception and understanding—until the student grows to embrace *cosmic dimensions*. There is simply no mention in the modern curriculum of the need to *learn from nature*, or to relate to it in *symbiosis*. Instead, universities are structured as *commercial enterprises*, deeply tied to the idea of *profit and economic productivity*. But consider this: when your income is my expenditure, and when all income and expenditure must balance at the macro level, then *profit becomes a fiction*—a misleading concept. Yet students are still trained to pursue profit, to *quantify success* by how much more they can take than give. This is nothing but training to *extract from nature more than one restores*, to *drain the planet* of its very vitality. In this paradigm, the student is forced to *mutate into the “economic man”*—a being defined by Newtonian mechanics, detached from emotion, driven by measurement, and indifferent to the living world. The goal is to turn the student into a *machine*—efficient, productive, competitive, and unfeeling. Students are also taught to *compete relentlessly*, in line with the unspoken scripture of *Social Darwinism*—a philosophy that rewards the rogue and justifies exploitation. Success is defined by domination: over nature, over others, over systems. In this model, education becomes a competition in *how efficiently one can disable nature* and outdo peers, rather than coexist harmoniously. The mechanical temperament is prized. *Emotional intelligence is dismissed.* To succeed, the student must become a *noting machine*, storing and recalling data, functioning like a component in a digital brain. The myth is perpetuated that the very *gene is selfish*, and that all life is a battlefield. Cooperation, compassion, and emotional depth are lost under the weight of a hyper-rational, industrial mindset. The result is vivid before us. *The air, water, and soil are poisoned*. The *lithosphere is gouged* for minerals, while constructions, roads, and rails slice through delicate ecosystems, destroying soil bacteria and natural networks in the name of "development." We euphemize *ecological assault* as *progress*, while training generation after generation to be emotionally blind. We are educated to *lose all empathy*—not just for other humans, but for the living planet. Education becomes a process of *emotional erasure*, turning living beings into functional units. But let us *hope and pray* that at least *one university* will break from this path. Let us imagine a new kind of institution—one based on an *ecological paradigm*, where students are taught not to exploit nature, but to *emotionally connect* with it. A place where the *mechanized, unrelating attitude* is challenged, not celebrated. Let there be universities that establish *Free Nature Parks*, untouched by human manipulation, where students can quietly observe, listen, and *feel part of the Earth* again. Such spaces would help students realize that the *biosphere* is not just a scientific category—it is the *emotional dimension of the Earth*. Every star, planet, and galaxy may possess its own emotional layers. Why should *emotions not be a part of geography*—on Earth and in the cosmos? We speak today of contacting alien civilizations. Are we seeking *emotional connection*, or just mechanical communication? Are we listening with our senses and hearts, or just sending out signals? Let us begin with ourselves. Let there be bold *initiatives for Free Nature Movements*, where human beings rediscover the beauty of *non-interference*, the sacredness of coexistence, and the *emotion at the heart of life*. ------------------------------ ✍️ Notes on This Version: - *Tone*: Preserved your passionate and poetic voice. - *Structure*: Organized into clear paragraphs with a logical flow. - *Language*: Improved clarity and grammar while retaining the original depth. - *Philosophical essence*: Enhanced, not altered. ------------------------------ Would you like this version prepared as a formatted *PDF*, turned into a *speech*, or adapted for *journal or magazine submission*? -- 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]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCKqVpFuzF7DOJ9zZqQsPBMNWbrpOmqw93rU7Q%3DF1nMijA%40mail.gmail.com.
