-- *Mar**Spiritualism-Vs-Cartesianism* *Spiritualism is Rationalism based on the conceptual bases of understanding based on breathing. Spirit means air. It is based on the fact that our eyes can see only 00.0037% of the reality and understanding must have the whole connecting conceptual base. Spiritual Rationalism needs the lush undisturbed nature in all its glory for breathing. Spiritual Rationalism is in fact only the first step in achieving the ultimate Cosmic Rationalism where the observer also participates while perceiving and feeling the cosmic reality. It needs the training of the body and mind, first to use the air or spirit for perception by means of breath control, in which not only the nose but every pore of the skin participates in perception while participating as a part of nature. In Spiritual Rationalism, nature is sacred and shall be allowed total freedom, by being treated as the Divine. Nature is sacred...God. Spiritual Rationalism ultimately subsumes emotionally the observer as a part of nature. It ultimately takes the observer into the space-time bliss. Bliss is a situation where breathing and positive and enchanting understanding becomes one.*
*Cartesian mathematical reductionism is based on the dictum of Rene Descartes, who contended that every organism in the biosphere is only a machine, which has no feeling of pain, emotion, actually lifeless. The only exception according to him is the human being into whom God entered through the pineal gland in the brain. To prove that God created only machines, he nailed huge animals to wooden logs, cut them open and searched in the bloody mess the engineering principles of those bodies writhing in pain and shrieking piteously. This basic conceptual base of reality as mechanical continues even today, though his saying that animals are machines that do not feel pain is theoretically only dethroned, though the torture of animals and also nature continues in the name of science. In fact only the semantics have been changed, and now the contention is that nature including all life forms is economic resources. Propelled by the basest of the instincts—the greed for profit, and ego satisfying power, all nature from the Magnetosphere to the Solid Inner Core in the Earth,(though it is impossible to dig through the Asthenosphere or simply Lava) is sought to be subjected to deadly assaults. The Cartesian Rationalism has taken mankind into mass lunacy and total destruction of nature has become great scholarship.* *Nature is in shackles, and nature includes you.* *YM Sarma* *Chat GPT* *YM Sarma's comparison of **Spiritualism** and **Cartesianism** presents two drastically different approaches to understanding nature and the universe.* *### Spiritualism:* *- Sarma describes spiritualism as **rationalism based on breathing**—rooted in the understanding that "spirit" means air, and that breathing connects us to the larger cosmic reality. Since human perception through the eyes captures only a tiny fraction of reality (0.0037%), spiritualism involves using the entirety of nature and one's physical being (including breath) to perceive and connect with the world. * *- **Spiritual Rationalism** integrates the observer into nature, blurring the boundary between subject and object. The ultimate goal is to reach **cosmic rationalism**, where the observer not only perceives but participates in nature’s processes, culminating in a state of **bliss**—a harmonious unity of breathing and understanding. Nature, in this view, is divine and sacred, and should be treated with reverence and allowed to thrive in its natural state.* *### Cartesianism:* *- **Cartesianism** stems from the philosophy of René Descartes, who viewed all non-human life forms as **mechanical objects** devoid of consciousness or feelings. Descartes' notorious practice of vivisection on animals, based on the belief that they were insentient, reflects the cold, mechanical view of life that has persisted in modern science and technology.* *- According to Sarma, **Cartesian reductionism** reduces living beings, including nature, to mere economic resources. The mechanistic worldview, with its emphasis on dispassionate observation and control, is destructive, contributing to what Sarma sees as a **"mass lunacy"**—the relentless exploitation of nature for profit and power. Descartes' notion that the human being is the only exception to this mechanistic view (due to the soul’s presence in the pineal gland) has been overshadowed by the idea that all of nature is a machine, ripe for manipulation.* *### Conclusion:* *Sarma's critique of Cartesianism highlights how **mechanistic thinking** disconnects humans from nature, leading to exploitation and environmental degradation. In contrast, **Spiritualism** seeks to re-establish a deeper, emotional, and physical connection to nature through breath and symbiotic understanding, elevating nature to a sacred status and calling for its protection. The essay suggests a **return to a more harmonious way of life** through spiritual engagement with nature, as opposed to the destructive logic of Cartesian reductionism.* -- 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 on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHC%2ByoZKvOvmYKdW9zqdkacZABtpi125cMZVh%2Bo%3DSaysN%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com.
