Gregory Bateson

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, I am not familiar with optimization theory directly — and do not have the tech math background to follow it in detail — but I am grasping enough from your indications to be able to make a…

Sappers And Miners

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, The Flatland social taxonomy is significantly different from the Vedic, which claims to be universal and perpetual and is commended by common sense. Vedic taxonomy is: Sages Teachers/Clergy/Scholars Governors/Soldiers/Judges Producers (Agriculture, Industry and Finance) Laborers All are equally important — society cannot function without…

Answering Questions On Tillich’s Systematic Theology

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT He is describing the purpose of theology, and says “European theological orthodoxy,” comparable to American fundamentalism, which combines both “wrongs” of confusing the eternal truth with a current interpretation. What is…

Take Down

You are trying to lord it over people. Try to rein in your Ashkenazy Arrogance and refrain from these infantile demonstrations of Virility. You are not a yogi. You are an entertainer trying to make a buck. Also, you are someone without anything useful to do in life, as shown by the dates on your…

Sonrise

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, I So-And-So, I have realized what it is you wish us to understand: vedanta and, therefore, the parameters of acceptable discussion are the details of your marketing plan for your line of products. Vedic/Pythagorean scholars and theraputes do not accept much less…

Spiritual And Physical

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Ethiopia as very important to the mix of matters under discussion, yes, very strongly. Ethiopian Royal House calls itself Lion of Judah. Direct trace to David and Solomon and before. Ethiopia…

Swami Stories

In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT My western boots in the sea of sandals at Whitefield, Bangalore, India were a delightful sight. I was the only one who didn’t have trouble locating their footgear. When Swami finished speaking with me,…

Sadhana

Back around ’69 I developed from Bateson and Wiener and myself a three stage leading to fourth stage stageless stochastic structure of mental/emotional activity. I did not know it but it was the trimurthi leading to experience of statelessness in not crude language. The articulation was systems theory of the time, which was very capable…

Ramayana

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Vashista, who one could consider a “great/greatest/realized yogi”, served as the Court Preceptor (Court Priest) for the Solar Dynasty his entire life, preforming all of the day-to-day duties of worship. He…

On The Justification Of War

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT In Honor of Our Fallen Army Special Operations Soldiers and Navy SEALs The notion of a just war is discussed throughout Christian theological history and most theologians assert that there is…

Army

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT On the question of progress/promotion in an Army career, this is my answer: 1- You do not have to think about this because The Almighty is taking care of you and…

Distinctions

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT The sense of distinction is different in each of the stages of yoga. In karma yoga (thamasic, no vedantha), it is vivid and necessarily so. In bhakthi yoga (rajasic, qualified vedantha), it is…

Relativity And The Moral Base Line

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, On the matter of a moral baseline, I keep having the following thought, which is a general and important observation on the process of knowing in general: The objective reality is always there and does not depend…

The Solar Dynasty

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT On the subject of India and USA, I want to mention a little history that I find enlightening and cheering. The summary is that USA is, as Swami said, member of…

Love God And Do What You Want

The famous statement of Christian Ethics is Augustine’s. Every end has a means to it. If the end is Being God (a redundancy), the means is Loving God (a tautology). The dance has to be made and with the delicious participation of the “opposite number” or counterpart … the “inseparable other.” It is the nature…

Curriculum Vitae Meum

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Before Swami hauled me in, I had risen rapidly (age 23) to the verge of very great prominence in both academic, governmental and industrial circles. I was a classic “fair haired boy.”…