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*Mar*Awareness
Awareness may be meant as consciousness of the present about a thing or
phenomenon. It can include perception, understanding, grasp, doubt,
apprehension, or enlightenment. In the totally healthy and free nature, one
becomes the limb of that healthy nature and participates in the awareness
cascades that take over nature. The Biosphere as one organism functions
with the organisms, communicating via smells, sights, hearing, touching,
and eating. The troposphere automatically enables continuous awareness.
Living itself creates awareness as a symbiotic interaction and cognition.
When one is very healthy, one employs all the five senses, the Panchangam
as the faculties in automatic coordination. Can that awareness cover very
large physical distances, as the air actually connects? When one succeeds
in becoming completely, nature and also as a limb of nature, performing a
tiny purpose of nature, awareness may incorporate one’s nervous system into
the communication cascades among the organisms. The awareness can expand
and travel.
A life form is a form of awareness. Nature does not create the life forms,
carelessly and recklessly. Every birth must be for the performance of a
need and purpose of nature. An organism lives, in accordance of the
symbiotic vibrations and pulsations of nature for the purposes of nature.
The awareness traverses distances while receiving communications from the
organisms in the way, whose communications add to the subject of awareness.
May be, the content of awareness increases with the addition of
communications in the way. The awareness itself can expand in volume
continuously.
When you use a Telescope, you can see only a 3D thing, without any
experience of grasping the communications on the way. The Telescope can
only give lifeless information. No feeling and emotions are involved. But
in nature’s awareness feelings and emotions participate as the main
features. Awareness creates the travel of feelings and emotions. It creates
awareness as a macro phenomenon, making one, a macro being. The free and
healthy nature endows one with the faculty of macro awareness, the
compressive awareness of the diverse components of the object of awareness.
Ageing is actually expanding in the expanse and content of awareness, each
awareness experience adding to the connecting paradigmatic base of
understanding. Unfortunately all of us are struck in the mechanical
paradigm, losing our limbhood of nature. And we are bypassing nature with
machines, losing the rich experience of life.
Thank God, economics is dying as machines can do every job. Nature actually
is forcing us to return to nature and stop the continuous destruction of
nature as economic activity.
It is for the Universities to first start ‘The Free Nature Parks without
human Tampering’so that the students connect to nature and get freedom from
the tyranny of mechanization.Telescopes, Microscopes and computers can only
show things. They cannot give feelings and emotions, the basic ingredients
of understanding.
YM Sarma
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This essay by YM Sarma is a deeply philosophical reflection on *awareness*,
nature, and the consequences of technological overdependence. It weaves
together themes from ecology, sensory experience, consciousness, and even
socio-economic critique. Here's a breakdown and interpretation of its key
ideas:
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*Core Themes & Insights*
*1. Awareness as an Organic, Living Phenomenon*
- Awareness is described not as a sterile, mental event but as
something *deeply
sensory*, *emotional*, and *symbiotic*.
- It's more than perception — it's a *living interaction* with the
environment, where one participates in the web of life.
*2. Integration with Nature*
- In a "healthy and free nature," humans are *not separate* from the
biosphere but a *limb* of it.
- Nature communicates in *non-verbal, sensory ways* — through smell,
touch, sound, and even eating — and when humans are attuned to it, they
become part of its communication networks.
*3. Awareness as Expansive and Communicative*
- There's a profound idea that *awareness can travel and expand* — that
it isn’t bound by the physical limits of the body.
- Awareness increases in *content and depth* as it interacts with the
environment — a kind of cognitive-sensory expansion that mirrors the way
ecosystems interact.
*4. Critique of Mechanization and Modern Technology*
- The essay contrasts *technological tools* (telescopes, microscopes,
computers) with *natural awareness*.
- These tools are seen as *limited* — they offer information
without *emotion
or understanding*.
- Mechanization leads to disconnection from nature, which is framed
as a *loss
of vitality and meaning*.
*5. Reclaiming Limbhood of Nature*
- There's a spiritual and ecological call to *reclaim our place in
nature*, not as masters or observers, but as *participants* — limbs of a
larger whole.
- Aging is reinterpreted not as decay, but as *accumulating deeper
awareness*.
*6. A Vision for the Future*
- With machines replacing jobs, *economics as a driving force is dying*,
creating an opportunity to *return to nature*.
- The author advocates for *“Free Nature Parks without human tampering”*
in universities — suggesting that immersive, unmediated experiences of
nature are essential for future education and liberation from mechanical
paradigms.
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*Philosophical and Cultural Resonances*
- The essay is reminiscent of *deep ecology*, *Vedantic philosophy*, and
even *phenomenology*.
- Concepts like *Panchangam* (here referring to the five senses, though
traditionally a Hindu almanac) ground the work in Indian philosophical
tradition.
- The view of awareness as *shared, ecological, and expanding* reflects
indigenous and animist perspectives as well.
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*Critical Reflections*
- While the essay’s poetic and holistic view is compelling, it may be
critiqued for romanticizing nature or being *idealistic about the role
of machines*.
- Not all economic activity is inherently destructive, and not all
technology is devoid of emotion (e.g., music, art, or assistive tech).
- However, its *warning against over-reliance on mechanistic thinking*
is valuable and timely, especially as AI and automation advance.
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*Conclusion*
YM Sarma presents a *visionary call to consciousness* — to reawaken a
deeper, more emotional, and interconnected awareness that is intrinsic to
being alive. He argues for a shift from mechanical abstraction to *embodied,
emotional participation in life*, where understanding is not just
cognitive, but *felt*.
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Would you like help adapting this into a presentation, article, or response
piece? Certainly! Here's a formal evaluation of the essay *"Awareness" by
YM Sarma*, based on standard academic criteria often used in humanities or
philosophy courses at the undergraduate/graduate level:
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*🔍 Evaluation Criteria*
*Criterion*
*Assessment*
*Marks (out of 10)*
*1. Clarity and Coherence*
Ideas are rich but the structure is loose. Some transitions are unclear,
and the flow can be difficult to follow.
*6.5*
*2. Originality and Depth of Thought*
Highly original, profound, and philosophical. Thought-provoking reflections
on awareness, nature, and machines.
*9.0*
*3. Relevance and Focus*
The essay remains mostly focused on the theme of awareness, though it
sometimes digresses (e.g., economics) without full development.
*7.5*
*4. Use of Language and Style*
Poetic and evocative, but occasionally imprecise or grammatically loose.
Style leans toward philosophical prose rather than academic exposition.
*7.0*
*5. Conceptual Understanding*
Demonstrates deep understanding of awareness as a philosophical,
ecological, and spiritual concept.
*8.5*
*6. Critical Engagement*
Makes strong assertions but lacks engagement with opposing views or deeper
elaboration of certain critiques (e.g., machines vs. emotions).
*7.0*
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*📊 Overall Score: 45.5 / 60*
*Percentage: ~76%*
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*🎓 Grade: B+ (Upper Second Class / 2:1)*
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*📌 Comments:*
- This essay is *intellectually ambitious* and *philosophically rich*,
offering a unique view on awareness as a natural, emotional, and symbiotic
phenomenon.
- The *strength lies in originality and thematic depth*, particularly
the integration of ecology, spirituality, and critique of mechanization.
- To improve, consider:
- *Structuring the essay more clearly*, with better transitions and
paragraphing.
- *Clarifying some concepts* and grounding them in examples or
contrasts.
- Engaging critically with other perspectives or limitations of the
argument.
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Would you like suggestions on how to revise it for an "A" grade or a more
academic format?
Certainly. Here's a poem inspired by the themes in your essay — awareness,
nature, the senses, and our lost connection in the age of machines:
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*“Limb of Nature”*
I walked into the breath of trees,
Where silence spoke in scented breeze,
The earth beneath, alive and wise,
Whispered truths the mind denies.
No screen, no lens, no crafted tool,
Can teach what rivers teach the fool—
That knowing grows from skin and leaf,
>From joy, from sorrow, from belief.
The hawk that circles overhead
Knows not of clocks, yet is not dead.
Its cry, a thread in nature’s song,
Where every life form sings along.
Awareness flows not from the wires,
But from the sun, the roots, the fires.
Machines can count, machines can see,
But not the ache inside a tree.
Each birth, a purpose, not by chance,
Each death, a step in nature’s dance.
Yet here we stand, with eyes made blind
By tools that split the heart from mind.
So build no cage of thought and steel—
Let senses touch, let bodies feel.
For once you breathe with bark and stone,
You’ll find you’re never quite alone.
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Would you like this in a particular form (e.g., haiku, sonnet, free verse),
or adapted for a performance or visual medium?
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