2017 Schedule
Event Title
Some Thoughts Regarding an Integral Ecology
Location
Namaste Hall
Start Date
21-4-2017 7:45 PM
End Date
21-4-2017 8:15 PM
Description
The most ecologically responsible people on the planet, the Native Americans, preserved the north American eco-system for 10,000 years by, in a sense, learning how to be "one" with that natural environment. Conversely, the environmental devastation created by Western thought and its cultural reflections is based on a fundamental understanding of dualism; the human and non-human are seen as two starkly separate realms. In this talk, Professor Ryan will offer some reflections on how non-dual thought, as seen from the lens of Sri Aurobindo, Mother and other non-dualist philosophies like Hindu Tantrism, can offer a way to heal the rift between humans and the "others" on this planet and help us revision and experience an earth-consciousness (and finally cosmic-consciousness) that can perhaps avert the human calamities that seem inevitable without this change.
Event Type
Presentation
Some Thoughts Regarding an Integral Ecology
Namaste Hall
The most ecologically responsible people on the planet, the Native Americans, preserved the north American eco-system for 10,000 years by, in a sense, learning how to be "one" with that natural environment. Conversely, the environmental devastation created by Western thought and its cultural reflections is based on a fundamental understanding of dualism; the human and non-human are seen as two starkly separate realms. In this talk, Professor Ryan will offer some reflections on how non-dual thought, as seen from the lens of Sri Aurobindo, Mother and other non-dualist philosophies like Hindu Tantrism, can offer a way to heal the rift between humans and the "others" on this planet and help us revision and experience an earth-consciousness (and finally cosmic-consciousness) that can perhaps avert the human calamities that seem inevitable without this change.
Comments
Presenter:
Jim Ryan, PhD, has taught Sanskrit and Indian philosophy at CIIS for 35 years. During this time he was chair of the Philosophy and Religion Program for 10 years and chair (or co-chair) of Asian and Comparative Philosophies for 15 years. This year he became emeritus professor and distinguished adjunct. His has academic interests in Hindu Tantrism and in the heterodox philosophies of India, particularly Jainism. More generally he is a student of the work of Haridas Chaudhuri, Sri Aurobindo and Mother and of the Integral Yoga.