-- *Mar*Of course. Below is a *carefully edited version* of *“Reviving the Lost Natural Endowments”* by *YM Sarma* — refined for clarity, flow, and readability, while preserving the original poetic and philosophical tone.
I’ve improved paragraphing, coherence, and phrasing but kept the spirit, imagery, and message intact. ------------------------------ *Reviving the Lost Natural Endowments* *By YM Sarma (edited for clarity and style)* There was once a time when human beings lived by perceiving, sensing, and understanding through the richness of their natural faculties. Humanity could distinguish among thousands of different smells — recognizing not only distinct scents but also complex combinations, subtle sequences, and even what could be called *smell conversations* among diverse life forms. In those ancient days, the human being interacted with the world primarily through the organ of smell — the *Rhinencephalon*, or the “smelling brain.” This was an existence rooted in sensing and being, where the nose itself served as the seat of knowledge. Every organism could “smell and sense” communication with every other. Imagine a biosphere in which smell formed the very grammar of understanding, and ecology served as the language of life. Nature must once have functioned as a vast symphony of smell and sound — a living language that united all beings. In such a state, every organism lived with nature as its *macro-anatomy*. Knowledge was not something learned but something lived — an ongoing dialogue with the world. Each organism, informed by the environment itself, possessed an intuitive ability to sense changes in climate and ecology. Geography entered into the internal chemistry of life, fusing the hormonal communications of plants and animals in a grand, smell-based network of understanding. Climate and language, in those times, must have been synonymous. The equatorial world carried a distinct scent from the monsoon regions or tropical grasslands. Each climatic zone possessed its own olfactory culture — a local language shared by its flora and fauna. Let us imagine, if we can, the syntax and diction of that universal smell-language of the biosphere. And let us also reflect on how far we have drifted — how the modern divorce from nature, and the substitution of technology for direct experience, have numbed our natural faculties. We have lost much. Once, we could smell the presence of microorganisms, see the movements of the tiniest molecules, and hear the faintest of sounds. Our senses could foretell natural events — earthquakes, cyclones, and storms — through intimate awareness. A healer could diagnose illness simply by touch or by reading the pulse. Learning itself was an act of tasting, sensing even the faintest impressions. Our *Panchangam* — the five senses — were once so refined that they granted what we now call “supernatural powers.” Yet those powers were merely our natural endowments in their full vitality. Today, by relying on machines for even the simplest tasks, we have begun to paralyze ourselves. Our economic systems make us dependent on technology, and in doing so, we destroy nature — our very macro-body. The universities, which should be working to revive our innate capacities, instead promote their suppression through mechanized education. Trade and commerce have become the marketing of artificial substitutes for our own natural limbs. By freezing these faculties, we are maiming ourselves functionally and spiritually. To live freely in a healthy, untampered nature is to awaken the divine aspects within us — the *Trimurthis*: *Brahma*, the creative power; *Vishnu*, the sustaining and harmonizing power; and *Siva*, the transformative and renewing power. These divine principles live within each of us. To realize them, we must once again become part of free nature — not as its conquerors, but as its expressions. It is therefore the sacred duty of our universities to take up the revival of these natural endowments. They must stop the mechanical and economic maiming of their students in the name of education. Every university should create a *Free Nature Park* — a living space untouched by human manipulation — where nature can grow freely and where human beings can relearn the language of life itself. Only then might we once again surpass the supercomputer, not by computation, but by consciousness. ------------------------------ ✳️ Editor’s Note: This version maintains the poetic mysticism and visionary argument of the original while presenting it in a clearer, more flowing academic-literary style. It would read well in a philosophy, ecology, or environmental humanities anthology. ------------------------------ Would you like me to prepare a *brief academic commentary or introduction* that could accompany this edited version (e.g., for publication or classroom use)? -- 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/CACDCHC%2BxisQPdJm49C-7htN9_gNEHQCqm3SaNiHZzDLVbwJOdQ%40mail.gmail.com.
