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For students using WiserEarth to network their cause
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Created: Jan 23, 2008
Updated: Oct 21, 2009
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GenCon: Genders Confluence Oct. 2009 Himalayas
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Dear Friends,
almost final. It will be a confluence of creative juices of truthful women and men who are daring to explore the foundations of social design and change it creatively in theory and in their own lives. Himalayas signify the eternal rock solid unshakable resolve of their character.
workshop and play, art, group sessions, yoga, meditation (individual as well as group), inner opening, gender neutral language design, 40 years plan (aka 40yp) at http://sparksoflove.com/40yp/ www.utkarshsansthanindia.com new version 1.2.2 also attached with this mail for printing, spiritual sharing, Anthropology, horizontal community design, plan for future action, story telling, poetry, slogan making Organic farming, Solar cooking, Music, Profound "social" developments in computer science & technology that have seminal import for our community, various pressing gender issues including gender as a social construct etc. Members are likely to get shock of their lives as shells of years of conditioning will explode, exposing truth in its pristine glory!!!
sufficient. Just write in your proposal and what you are willing to contribute to the community spirit! Bhawana <ap.rishon@gmail.com>.
more general problem also.
profile on Internet.
acquired through direct personal experience. But if there is no trust then there is no life. Every thing instantly stops. No interactions, no friends, no society, no transactions, nothing at all! people. Now since the people can never be programmed to behave in some imagined ideal manner, this whole design creates problem for the socially conditioned people who are connected and trust others to behave in rigid well defined manner. trusted 100% as we have just experienced in a friend's life.
commit suicide! This is a great problem. Social design is not in sync with individual psychology.
family and thereby the society in another manner. So that at least innocent people do not ever victims of actions of others and then suffer so much that they are forced even end their lives. And those who continue to live are even more miserable. pains in various degrees in our lives. The problem is not with us or the people whom we trusted. The
problem is in the "trust based design". a manner that there is no need to have trust on particular individual(s). This leaves every one free to do what ever one wishes in a manner such that this freedom is equally guaranteed for every one. This takes away the whole burden of trust, broken heart, tears etc. sounds similar to market, where one places trust on the money system rather than on the individuals. But there is a great difference here. In government controlled (manipulated!) systems people are made against each other in a tug-of-war situation. Buyer's gain is exactly equal to seller's loss and vice-versa. It is a competition or rather predatory model. Where as out community design is based on harmony. Here one person's sadness (or happiness) translates and magnifies into the same thing for community. This eliminates cut-throat individual ego based competition among members.
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Are you someone who is looking to do something meaningful with your life? Are you someone who believes that the world should be a better place? Are you someone who wants to make a difference? There are many of us who would answer all of those questions with an emphatic ‘YES!’ – yet the choices and opportunities put before us by our society, education and culture often seem to be very inadequate in helping us translate our intentions into meaningful practice. We are all faced with numerous questions and issues in all facets of our own lives, as well as that of society at large, to which there seem to be no answers in sight: · Are exploitation, poverty, injustice, discrimination and war an inevitable part of human society or is it possible to have a just and equitable society? · Are development and ecological sustainability always going to be at loggerheads with one another, or is possible to utilise technology for the benefit of humanity, without disturbing the ecological balance of our planet? · Is the education of children just about rote, memorisation and eventually getting better jobs, or is it possible to have an educational alternative that not only helps children become thinking individuals but also better human beings? · Are human lives bound to be an endless struggle just to meet one’s material needs, or is it possible to meet one’s economic requirements as well as lead intellectually and emotionally fulfilling lives? · Are relationships between human beings bound to be full of conflict, differences, inequality, emotional distress and unhappy compromises, or is it possible to have extremely happy, contented, meaningful interpersonal relationships? · Is unhappiness, meaninglessness and discontent an inherent part of human existence or is it possible for all human beings to live purposeful, meaningful lives? The long history of mankind has seen numerous attempts to answer the above questions. While many religious and philosophical schools of thought have put forth ‘solutions’ to some of the above problems, their answers have often been mystical and unable to change the inequitable and exploitative structures of society. Moreover, these very ideas have been used as a means to justify religious and communal violence for many centuries. Postindustrial society has seen an intensification of the above problems and questions. Consequently, numerous ideologies, socio-political movements and social experiments have sought solutions in the form of equality of opportunities, freedom from injustice and exploitation, the creation of classless societies, equal access to natural resources, as well as protection of the environment. Undoubtedly, these attempts have had some impact on the society we live in. However, apart from having their own share of supporters and detractors, no ideology, movement or experiment has been able to show any definitive outcomes. As a consequence, many of us have come to believe that no conclusive outcomes, results or solutions are even possible. We often work with the assumption that a meaningful life and a truly just, equitable society are utopian ideals that can only be dreamt about or aspired towards, but never actually realised or concretised. Yet the need for answers/solutions remains. In fact, it is far greater than ever before. We are faced with a rapidly globalising world, with increasing inequalities, intensifying ecological imbalance, heightening war and violence and sharpened fundamentalist identities. Moreover, a materialist-consumerist culture and way of life is spreading in all parts of the world. The irony of this socio-economic structure/way of life/culture is that while it creates large numbers of ‘have-nots’, the people who are at the bottom of the pyramid and are struggling for survival; the very ‘haves’ who are at the top (and higher end) of the social pyramid are struggling with the meaninglessness and hollowness of their lives. Our current way of life seems inhuman and unsustainable from all perspectives. So the question still remains – is there any alternative to the existing social, economic, cultural order? Is there any philosophy/set of ideas/worldview that creates the possibilities of a meaningful way of life, and a humane, just and sustainable society? Is it possible for all human beings to have all facets of their lives harmoniously interconnected – be it the personal, inter-personal, social or ecological? What we want to do now is to go beyond a general hopeful vision and a few promising small-scale experiments to a deeper, clearer, and more specific understanding of how such a way of life, and society could actually be developed. Any such ‘understanding’ would have to be universal; that is, it should satisfy the needs and requirements of all human beings. Any such philosophy that seeks to provide answers has to be one that can be examined and analysed by each individual, that is, it has to be free from any sectarianism, mysticism or spiritual leaders. |
2. Welcome to all our friends to Himalayas, we have a good and very capable team to arrange a wonderful experience of all types here. Let me know the details and/or let them contact me.
3. Once you read http://sparksoflove.t35.com/40yp/ you will realize how close we are to your concept of tribal university concept.
We must work for a Himalayan offshoot of the koyawes university if you may like to view it that way. I have feeling that our concepts are dangerously similar or even same!
4. In light of above point the visiting friends are welcome to Himalayas along with you as per your convenience entirely. We shall do the film work during that itself. Basically the film shall be the video recording of our lively group discussions, presentations etc. We will also include some skits, theater part. Keep at least 5 (film making) + 2 (travel & fro) days. If you can pull in more days it will be better. So keep it flexible. And it will not only be film per se, there will be many other activities as well. Your camera will get full diet for documentaries!
5. Time part is entirely flexible as per you. I suggest once you go through the documents, you will be clearer about the time part.
6. Once you have done some basic interaction and have clarity over the 40yp/thf etc then you will be able to spread the ideas on your IIT Kanpur visit and other campuses as well. We are also planning to hold workshops in Delhi.
7. In November middle, our great friend Anshuman from US is also coming to Dehradun. Let us make Himalayas a convenient focal point for meeting.
8. As far as your new work is concerned regarding documentaries please get in touch with Deep Basu deepconnect@rediffmail.com&els=39ae6e6fa2d45983571d0ec8e24e1900">deepconnect@rediffmail.com. He is in Delhi.