The main defect of hardcore capitalism is its more or less exclusive emphasis on the economic motive and financial indicators like GDP as the measure of human development. And the result is a society and culture which tends to convert every human activity, including those activities which express higher values like education, art or even spirituality, into a business with a commercial motive.
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After the financial meltdown in US many thinking minds in economics and business are beginning to recognise the limitations of traditional capitalism and trying to give a new direction to capitalistic thought and practice. This article presents a brief summary of this rethinking of capitalism.
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The previous article in this issue discusses briefly the emerging perspective on capitalism and its message for the future. The Indian social synthesis may perhaps provide a more holistic vision for restructuring capitalism. This article examines this ancient synthesis and its implications for reinventing capitalism.
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A holistic vision for incorporating higher values of the Indian synthesis into capitalism in the light of an evolutionary perspective.
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The higher Intuition is not merely an infra-rational gut feeling but a suprarational faculty which can reveal the deeper and holistic truth of things. This article presents a brief overview of the nature of intuition andRead More…
In the popular conception, science is an entirely rational path in which discoveries are made by pure logic or mathematics. But deeper studies and research based on biographies of eminent scientist show that most of theRead More…
Beyond the rational mind, there are various levels of spiritual mind, which are intrinsically intuitive. There is a level of intuition just beyond the rational mind in which truth is revealed through a luminous and directRead More…
The creative intuition is not the exclusive privilege of the rare genius; it is there in every one of us. But we must know how to awaken this creative spark within us. Here is the innerRead More…
“Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking? The entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.” – Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī “To take on debtRead More…
(The key to effective use of money lies in right giving and proper circulation with an intuitive understanding of the rhythms of the vital force behind it.) Homepage intro: how to use money in the rightRead More…
(On the occasion of India’s Independence day on 15th August) There is almost a consensus among modern intelligentsia that secularism, as it was conceived and practiced in the West, is the best ideology for democratic governance.Read More…
A Synopsis of Sri Aurobindo’s Major Works M.S.Srinivasan Sri Aurobindo is a versatile spiritual genius, who is not only a Master-Yogi with profound spiritual realizations, but also a great scholar and thinker who wrote extensively onRead More…