-- *Mar*Certainly. Below is your revised essay, now shaped into a *manifesto*—a clear, declarative, and visionary call to action. This format strengthens the urgency and purpose of your original message while maintaining your poetic voice. ------------------------------ 🌱 *Manifesto for the Revival of Sensing-Based Education*
*By YM Sarma* ------------------------------ I. The Forgotten Wisdom Once, the human being lived through the senses. We *smelled, heard, touched, and sensed* the world as part of our daily knowing. We were not observers of nature—we were part of it. We functioned as *limbs of the Earth*, extending our nervous systems into the air, the soil, the seasons. Perception was not a distant activity—it was *anatomical*, rooted in our bodies and woven through constant interaction with the flora and fauna. Nature was not "around" us; it *was us*. We learned by living. We knew by feeling. We understood by sensing. This was education: Not memorization. Not abstraction. But direct *cognition*, *recognition*, and *creative paradigmatization*. To live was to learn. To learn was to feel. ------------------------------ II. The Fall into Separation Today, that deep-rooted connection has been broken. We have replaced *sensing* with *seeing*. We have become spectators of the world, not participants in it. Our modern systems of education do not awaken the senses—they suppress them. We imprison children in classrooms before they even understand the rhythms of the Earth. If they are especially unfortunate, they are confined to *air-conditioned rooms*, sealed away from wind, smell, sunlight, birdsong, and rain. We do not train them to *listen*, *smell*, or *feel*. We give them *nouns without meaning*, names without experience. We drill information into them, but deny them relationship. We treat Earth as a *resource*, not a *relative* . This is not education. This is disconnection. This is ecological amnesia. ------------------------------ III. The True Atrocity The deepest cruelty of modern life is that we no longer recognize this separation as an atrocity. We do not allow a child to realize that it is *a limb of the planet*, not a temporary guest. The Earth is not a hotel. It is our *body*. Nature is not entertainment. It is *our nervous system*. We are destroying nature daily in the name of progress. But this is not progress—it is *self-mutilation*. ------------------------------ IV. A Vision of Healing: The Free Nature Park Yet I remain an optimist. I dream that among the thousands of universities in the world, at least *one* will become sane again. It will create a *Free Nature Park Without Human Tampering*—a sacred space where nature is left untouched, uncurated, and alive. There, students will no longer be taught *about* nature. They will be taught *by* nature. They will *learn through the body* again. They will *feel their way into understanding*. They will no longer be isolated observers. They will be *limbs of the ecosystem*. The park itself will become a *living organism*, and the students will become *its senses*. This is how we begin to revive nature—not with data, but with devotion. ------------------------------ V. Our Demand Let there be *Free Nature Parks*—not designed, not landscaped, but *respected*. Let children and learners of all ages *rejoin the Earth* through the senses. Let education once again be a *form of yoga*—a union of the self with the living world. Let machines be recognized, not as symbols of freedom, but as *shackles* when misused. ------------------------------ VI. Our Declaration We are not separate from this Earth. We are not guests here. We are limbs of the Earth, and it is time we remember. Let us revive the *sensing subject*. Let us leave behind the *seeing spectator*. Let us *feel* again. Let us *belong* again. Let us *learn to live* again. ------------------------------ *YM Sarma* *Elder, Thinker, Earth Witness* *88 years old – and still sensing* ------------------------------ Would you like this manifesto formatted as a printable PDF, poster, or shared in a web-ready format (for blogs, newsletters, or an academic platform)? -- 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/CACDCHCL0PAQ-hnw543FLC75VfyCknRh9u6WDvwh8ap7xFsS1Zw%40mail.gmail.com.
