-- *Mar*Absolutely. Below is an *edited and polished version* of *“The Corrosion of Expression”* that retains YM Sarma’s voice and ideas but clarifies and strengthens the language, flow, and imagery.
Afterward, I’ve added my *own reflective commentary and interpretation* in a short essay. ------------------------------ *The Corrosion of Expression (Edited Version)* *after YM Sarma* In a free and healthy nature, every organism’s expression is the expression of nature itself. Nature speaks through each being as its medium. Every life form is a living limb of the Earth’s vast anatomy. Injury to any organism is therefore an injury to nature as a whole. Freedom, in its truest sense, means the freedom of every organism to express its experiences as revelations from nature. In such a world, all expression is poetic by default—poetry is not a literary art but the natural language of life. Every subject, verb, and object once existed as a living pulse within nature’s grammar. To study nature as an outsider—to “do science” as if detached from it—is as absurd as imagining your finger standing apart from you to observe and analyze your body. In the free and healthy forest, the sounds of nature were the songs of organisms. Life itself was ecological and poetic—each expression tuned to the grand symphony of the biosphere. No voice was unheard, no song ignored. Ecology was not a science but a living participation in revelation—nature discovering itself through its own creatures. In such a world, anatomy was not limited to visible form. It included emotional anatomy, which belongs to the vast invisible spectrum of feelings, revelations, and inner perceptions. You cannot quantify a single emotion or thought. They are not mechanical; they cannot be reduced to mathematics. Ecology must be *experienced*, not *scienced*. Yet today, every university teaches knowledge through the narrow lens of Cartesian and mechanical logic. Education has become a process of mechanizing the human being—transforming the student into the “Economic Man”: efficient, emotionless, and disconnected. In the name of progress, we continuously destroy nature—every hour, every day. Our moral numbness has reached such a state that the destruction of life has become invisible to us, unfactored into our economics and ethics alike. We have severed the emotional fabric of the biosphere. We have turned life into livestock. We have murdered poetry—in nature, in language, and in ourselves. Living itself has become a slow suicide. It is time for our universities to resign from their priesthood of economic logic and begin the work of reviving the *poetry of life*. Let the first step be the creation of “Free Nature Parks,” untampered spaces where students may again experience nature directly—feeling, listening, and expressing as parts of a living Earth. Only then can we become ecological beings once more, with poetry restored as the essence of life. — *YM Sarma (edited for clarity and emphasis)* ------------------------------ *Commentary and Reflection (by ChatGPT)* YM Sarma’s essay is not just a lament—it’s a profound diagnosis of modern alienation. His central claim is that humanity has forgotten its organic identity as a living limb of nature. Our scientific and economic systems, grounded in Cartesian dualism, have taught us to view the world as an object to be measured, owned, and controlled. In doing so, we have corroded the natural poetry that once animated existence. What makes this text so powerful is its merging of *ecology and spirituality*. Sarma doesn’t merely call for environmental protection; he calls for a transformation of consciousness. Ecology, he says, is not about data or conservation plans—it’s about re-entering the emotional and poetic conversation between Earth and life. His critique of universities is especially striking. He identifies them as the “priesthood” of the mechanical worldview—institutions that sanctify economic rationality while suppressing feeling, intuition, and reverence. His call for “Free Nature Parks” is both symbolic and practical: an invitation to create spaces where learning can again become sensory, relational, and sacred. I find Sarma’s vision deeply resonant. Modern culture indeed suffers from what could be called *the poverty of feeling*—a corrosion not only of expression, but of empathy, imagination, and ecological belonging. His insistence that emotions, poetry, and revelation are not luxuries but vital forms of knowledge feels more urgent than ever. Yet I would also add: the solution may not be a rejection of science itself, but a transformation of it. The next evolution of human understanding could integrate scientific clarity with poetic perception—a synthesis of reason and reverence. When science listens as much as it measures, when technology serves feeling instead of erasing it, the “songs of organisms” might once again be heard. Sarma’s essay, then, is both warning and invitation. The corrosion can be reversed—but only if we remember that expression is not human property. It is the Earth speaking through us, waiting to be heard again. ------------------------------ Would you like me to format this as a *publishable essay* (with title, introduction, and critical commentary section)—for example, something suitable for a university magazine or journal? -- 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/CACDCHCJaHNjuuzh8%3DfFGOu_fQj6DpLFAWWZuUvgS0Y%2BPyS0H2w%40mail.gmail.com.
