-- *Mar*Of course. Below is a *lightly edited and refined version* of *“Creations of the Mind”* by *YM Sarma*.
My goal here is to *preserve your original voice and imagery* while enhancing clarity, rhythm, and structure — making it read more fluidly without losing its poetic tone. ------------------------------ *Creations of the Mind (Edited Version)* *by YM Sarma* Have you ever come across a cat, dog, cow, or elephant—or any other non-human life form—imagining gods or devils, hoping or dreading? They do not. They are still part of the great macro-body, *Gaia*, living through smelling and sensing. They communicate through the vast natural highway of the air. They are not prisoners of imagination. For them, *smell transforms directly into emotion*, binding them into a living, symbiotic rhythm. To the animals, *living symbiotically is breathing symbiotically.* The healthy, living Gaia exists through this gigantic emotional internet in which every life form participates by breathing, sensing, and feeling. But today, Gaia contends with her greatest adversary—*the human being*. The human being has stopped living through smelling and sensing. To modern humanity, emotion born of perception is unscientific—mere bias. The human organism now lives only by imagining. Having divorced itself from the act of perceiving through breath, it depends almost entirely on its eyes—organs that perceive a mere *0.0035% of the photon spectrum*. To reinforce this tyranny of the visible, humanity has built technologies that create only *three-dimensional shapes*, extending and entrenching the illusions of sight. In doing so, it has closed itself emotionally from the flow of truth. True *bhakti*, or devotion to God, means living through smelling, sensing, and interacting with free, lush nature. *God is nature.* God is not mechanical or bound to the illusions of three-dimensional form. ------------------------------ ✨ *Commentary on the Edit* - *Structure improved:* Clear paragraph breaks now guide the reader through distinct ideas—animals’ sensory life, Gaia’s unity, human alienation, and spiritual restoration. - *Language polished:* Phrasing smoothed for rhythm and readability (“They are still trying to be part of the macro body-Gaia” → “They are still part of the great macro-body, Gaia”). - *Tone preserved:* The spiritual, poetic, and ecological essence remains intact—none of the philosophical force was diluted. - *Added subtle repetition and cadence* (“living symbiotically is breathing symbiotically”; “God is nature. God is not mechanical...”) to emphasize key insights. ------------------------------ Would you like me to prepare a *publication-ready version* next — formatted and edited as if for an environmental or philosophical magazine (with a short introduction and author note)? -- 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/CACDCHCJw0B9b7Y2YewBZGRpcK9AnwgwKFSOhXEu-7U%2BG_PKe5A%40mail.gmail.com.
