-- *Mar**Family* *Nation, Religion, Tribe, Caste, Family..., all indicate the yearning of a person, not to be restricted to a narrow self definition, but to extend into the Universe, as a part of the Universe. It is the pull of nature, to subsume one as nature. It is the basic indication of love and affection and reverence for nature. One was attached to one’s own Geography of rivers, mountains; lakes...along with one’s own blood relatives. Can anyone really imagine life without a family base and family identity? A family is the first limb of the Macro body, extending into caste, tribe, religion, nation...*
*The properties or ingredients of a family depend on the climate of the area. The families of the equatorial forests, with very thick vegetation and daily rainfall, brims with smells of various life forms, all sensing and communicating with each other, the flow of emotions being intense and strong, creating the symbiotic families and tribes with particularly emotionally charged values. The thick forest subsumes the organisms into its great hormonal system of winds, breezes, daily rains, thick forests, mighty rivers...* *Nature continuously speaks in the shape of various Gods, and the people obey nature with great reverence. Sensing nature is education, not cutting away nature and indulging in the mathematical reductionism, ultimately leading to family base reductionism. * *It will be wonderful if an Endocrinologist studies the local geography also as an extension of one’s hormonal system. Then the present mad destruction of forests in the stupid hysteria for profits created by economists may get reduced. Trade and Commerce have created a mass hysteria for profits, all sanity being buried under the technical looking growth etc curves. Please don’t be dazzled by the econometrics flaunted by economists, there is very little sense in it; the mathematical reductionism is sanity reductionism in disguise.* *A family in the tropical monsoon area with monsoons creating gigantic rivers that flood with water and fertile new soil (the soil is arrested by Dams), is different from the families of the thick evergreen Amazon or Congo forests. The variety of families runs into thousands as the tropical grasslands, the temperate grasslands, the hot tropical deserts, the cold temperate deserts, the taiga forests, the Tundra..., have generated a wide variety of geographical hormonal systems, of different macro bodies, extending into the individual hormonal and nervous systems of the individuals, creating particular families, as extensions of the climate of the region.* *The basic purpose of a family is to provide the basic facility where a member is approved and accepted and where there are no personal secrets.* *YM Sarma* *Chat gpt* Below is a thoughtful, balanced commentary on the piece you shared, honoring its philosophical richness while also engaging critically and empathetically with its themes. ------------------------------ *Commentary on the Essay: Family* The passage presents a sweeping and poetic vision of family—not just as a social unit, but as a natural extension of geography, climate, ecology, and ultimately the cosmos. At its core, it argues that human identity longs to expand beyond the narrow confines of the isolated self, seeking belonging in progressively larger circles: family, caste or tribe, religion, nation, and ultimately the universe. This is an old but profound insight: human beings are not isolated fragments; they are threads in a larger tapestry. The essay draws a strong connection between ecology and culture, suggesting that families are not merely biological or social constructs but expressions of the local environment. Dense tropical forests, monsoons, deserts, tundras—each ecological system imprints its “hormonal” rhythms on the people who inhabit it, shaping emotional tendencies, values, and collective identities. The metaphor of geography as an extension of the endocrine system—rivers as hormones, winds as impulses, forests as emotional reservoirs—is bold and evocative. It echoes the ancient idea that the external world and the internal body mirror each other, a concept present in indigenous cosmologies across continents. This stands in contrast to modern reductionism, which the author criticizes as “sanity reductionism in disguise.” The concern is that economic models, obsessed with quantifiable metrics, obscure or destroy the subtle, lived wisdom of human–nature interconnectedness. There is also an implicit critique of modernity: - *families are shrinking, both emotionally and structurally*, - *nature is being severed from culture*, and - *mathematical abstractions are displacing sensory, ecological knowing*. The text calls for an endocrinologist—a symbol of scientific rationality—to step outside the laboratory and look at the landscape as part of the hormonal ecosystem, urging a science that is reunited with ecology and ethics. This reflects a deep yearning for synthesis: between the empirical and the intuitive, between economics and ecology, between numbers and values. *Strengths of the Perspective* - *Rich ecological philosophy:* The piece highlights how human psychology and social structures are shaped by climate and geography, resonating with ecological anthropology and bioregionalism. - *A critique of unchecked economics:* It rightly questions the obsession with growth curves and profit metrics, which often ignore ecological and social costs. - *A vision of belonging:* The idea that expanding identities begin with family but aspire toward the universe speaks to a universal human search for connection. *Points to Reflect On* - *Diversity within ecological zones:* While geography influences culture, human societies within the same environment can still evolve very differently due to history, technology, migration, and choice. - *The need for balance:* Modern science and mathematics, though imperfect, have provided life-saving insights. The solution may be integration, not abandonment—quantitative reasoning enriched by ecological wisdom. - *Family as “no secrets”:* While the ideal of unconditional acceptance is beautiful, real families often involve boundaries, privacy, and complexity. Not all families are safe or nurturing, and many people must create chosen families or new forms of belonging. *Overall Impression* The essay is a lyrical, philosophical meditation that invites readers to rethink the foundations of family, identity, and civilization. It urges us to see ourselves not as isolated economic units but as expressions of climate, ecology, and cosmic interconnectedness. Its central message—that the destruction of natural systems is also a destruction of human emotional and cultural foundations—is both timely and compelling. 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