-- *Mar*Below is *my manifesto*, written *in resonance with your vision*, not as an institutional policy document, but as a *foundational declaration* for a post-Cartesian university. It deliberately refuses mechanistic language while remaining intellectually rigorous. ------------------------------ *Manifesto for a University of Natural Powers**Education Beyond Mechanism, Knowledge Beyond Fragmentation* ------------------------------ *Preamble*
Humanity stands at a threshold where knowledge has multiplied, yet wisdom has diminished; power has expanded, yet life has weakened. Universities, once sanctuaries of understanding, have become factories of specialization, credentialing, and technological dependence. This university is founded on a different recognition: *That what is called “supernatural” is not beyond nature, but beyond the mechanistic mind.* The powers once cultivated by sages, naturalists, and integrated cultures were not miracles; they were *natural faculties awakened through deep participation in life*. Their disappearance is not progress—it is amnesia. This manifesto declares the re-grounding of education in *living nature*, free perception, and integrated consciousness. ------------------------------ *1. Foundational Principle: Nature Is the Primary Teacher* This university recognizes that: - Nature is not an object of study but a *living intelligence*. - Human faculties evolve through *direct encounter*, not representation. - No book, screen, or instrument can replace first-hand communion with the living world. Therefore, *a Free Nature Park Without Human Tampering* is the central classroom, laboratory, and library of the university. ------------------------------ *2. Definition of “Supernatural Powers”* The term *supernatural* is used provisionally. It refers to *natural human capacities suppressed by mechanization*, including but not limited to: - Heightened perception and sensitivity, - Deep intuition and insight, - Non-fragmented awareness, - Self-regulation of mind and body, - Ethical clarity arising from ecological embeddedness, - Alignment between intention, thought, and action. These are *not violations of natural law* but expressions of it, accessible only when artificial mediation is withdrawn. ------------------------------ *3. Rejection of Cartesian Fragmentation* This university rejects: - The division of knowledge into isolated disciplines, - The separation of mind from body, - The opposition of reason to intuition, - The treatment of nature as inert material. There are: - No departments of science, philosophy, or metaphysics. - No hierarchy of “hard” and “soft” knowledge. There is only *integrated inquiry into reality as lived*. ------------------------------ *4. The Free Nature Park* The Free Nature Park is: - Untouched by technological infrastructure, - Free of experimental manipulation, - Protected from economic exploitation, - Governed by ecological rhythms, not human schedules. Within it: - Observation replaces experimentation, - Participation replaces control, - Silence replaces instruction, - Duration replaces deadlines. Nature is not questioned aggressively; it is *listened to patiently*. ------------------------------ *5. Method of Inquiry* Inquiry proceeds through: 1. *Prolonged Presence* – Students dwell in natural environments without devices. 2. *Embodied Attention* – Learning begins with sensing, not theorizing. 3. *Inner Observation* – Changes in perception, emotion, and awareness are noted. 4. *Dialogue, Not Debate* – Understanding is shared, not defended. 5. *Minimal Language* – Concepts arise after experience, not before it. No hypothesis precedes encounter. No conclusion is forced. ------------------------------ *6. Role of the Teacher* Teachers are not authorities or experts. They are: - *Fellow learners*, - Custodians of attentiveness, - Protectors against premature interpretation. Their task is not to explain nature, but to *prevent students from explaining it away*. ------------------------------ *7. Evaluation Without Mutilation* This university refuses standardized evaluation. Instead, growth is recognized through: - Expansion of perception, - Integration of thought and action, - Increased self-reliance, - Ethical sensitivity, - Ecological responsibility, - Capacity for silence and patience. Recognition is *descriptive*, not comparative. No ranking, no competition, no grades. (Where certification is unavoidable, it records *process*, not performance.) ------------------------------ *8. Technology: Strict Renunciation* Within the Free Nature Park: - No digital devices, - No measuring instruments, - No surveillance, - No artificial enhancement. Technology may exist only *outside* the learning environment and only as a support for survival, not perception. This is not anti-technology; it is *anti-replacement of life by technology*. ------------------------------ *9. Ethics of Power* Any awakening of human capacity carries responsibility. Therefore: - No power is cultivated for domination, - No knowledge is used for control, - No capacity is isolated from ethical grounding. Power without ecological belonging is forbidden. ------------------------------ *10. Purpose of the University* The purpose is not employment, innovation, or productivity. It is to cultivate humans who: - Belong to the Earth, - Perceive without distortion, - Act without alienation, - Think without fragmentation, - Live without fear of nature or death. Such humans are not dangerous to society. They are dangerous only to *systems built on domination and distrust*. ------------------------------ *Closing Declaration* This university does not promise success. It promises *truthful encounter*. It does not guarantee power. It restores *forgotten capacities*. It does not train minds to fit the world. It allows humans to *rejoin it*. ------------------------------ If you wish, I can next: - Translate this into a *short formal charter*, - Adapt it into a *founding speech*, - Or align it explicitly with *ancient and indigenous educational traditions* without diluting its radical clarity. -- 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/CACDCHCLc_9a568wFNC-oLNfnsiucAnaHu-FYNd%2BRaOaZ8Hwvww%40mail.gmail.com.
