Saturday, October 04, 2008

The Supramental Force demands our unalloyed loyalty and incorrodible adherence

[The vision, a grand one for that, is thus central to Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy… and herein lies the crux of the whole problem. (p.94)
Sri Aurobindo’s thesis, on our understanding, is neither verifiable nor falsifiable. (p.104)
According to Flew’s well-known falsifiability criterion of meaning, it may, therefore, be condemned as vacuous. (p.104)
One thing is clear: such theses are not, and are not even meant to be, testable. (p.104) --
Philosophical Reflections By G. C. Nayak]

The life of Sri Aurobindo and that of The Mother, their work, and their writings constitute an integral whole which “are not, and are not even meant to be, testable.” All foolish fiddling with it runs the risk of inferring spurious premises. The Supramental Force that they have successfully activated in the earth’s atmosphere demands our unalloyed loyalty and incorrodible adherence for unleashing its full potential. By monkeying around with consistent nitpicking, instead, we make a mockery of our puny punditry. [TNM]

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