Om | bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ | tat savitur vareṇyaṃ | bhargo devasya dhīmahi | dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt || om
Let us meditate on the glory of that Being who has produced this universe, that includes physical, space and meta; may She inspire/stimulate/impel/ drive/enlighten our intelligence/minds.
yo devaH savitAsmAkaM dhiyo dharmAdigocharAH| prerayet tasya yat bhargaH tatvareNyam upAsmahe||
We meditate on the excellent light of the deva called SavitA who directs our intellect towards the ways of dharma.
Om bhuh om bhuvah om suvah om mahah om janah om tapah om satyam
Om tat savitur vareṇyaṃ | bhargo devasya dhīmahi | dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt ||
omApojyotih rasoh amritam brahma bhuh buvah suvah om
Maanasa japah. Sabda pradhanah.
We can choose any one of the three variants. It is better chanted inside silently. Criticality is the sound. Meditation with even chanting 10-11 times silently daily can take to less thoughts, and to no thoughts over a period of time.
Let the influencers and decision makers get enlightened and propelled to make universe-friendly decisions right now, and from now on. Including investments in that direction with double haste.
Do we understand the essence of the complex climate system/planet and appreciate the effects intended and unintended, over different timescales? Do we have the collective humility to approach towards this understanding and consequent action?
We heard Reminiscences of Dr Aneja and Reflections of Shiv on 13 November to draw lessons from the work of Dr Kurien’s Dairy Board to the complex farming-food system(s). Dairy Board took more than three decades to achieve per capita self-sufficiency in milk, and to some extent temporarily in oilseeds/oils. Amul and other brands helped to achieve commanding share to influence the sector/value-chain in its entirety. IRMA was needed. Went beyond India to influence. The lessons are there for chemical free natural 365-day multi-layer multi-crop and integrated farming produce and landscapes that include all land and water, if we customize, contextualize and apply. These include:
Can we build collectives for commanding share, say 10-30%? With the principle of capture the market first? Both inputs, outputs and local value-addition, as much as possible? For regular frequent engagement with the collectives? Price differential payments? Multi-tier hybrids – cooperatives, producer companies and companies, with membership for individuals, groups, institutions and enterprises? Work with consumers? With metaskills, tools and learning? System Changes for inclusion, equity, sustainability and lasting legacy? Grants and Loan as Capital? Funds for stabilization? Line of Credit?
Can we seek technologies, breakthroughs, research? In pace with technology? Minimum support returns? Insurance mechanisms? Reliable market intelligence? Linkages with other Commodities, between producers and consumers, and between areas? Engendering of the value-chains, pre-production to reaching the consumer? Partnering with various fair players? Products that meet consumer needs? Branding in a big way? Retail chains? With existing chains and new? National/planetary Information? National Grid(s)? Digital platforms, owned by producers? Other associate institutional architecture?
Can we have national associations for solidarity, advocacy? Global coalitions, collectives? Perception management efforts? Press, social media, web portals? Farmer, Consumer, Entrepreneurial Movements? More IRMAs? Certified Learning Platforms for them, for their passionate animators, facilitators, managers and leaders? Communitize?
Are cooperatives, mutual aided cooperatives, self-help groups and federations, producer companies, OK? Should we go for companies? LLPs? Should we have decentralized democratic autonomous transparent organizations run by voting for all ‘change/plan proposals’?
Should we bring in true cost accounting to assess true and total impacts, incomes and costs to us and our planet? We need metrics of money and non-money. Then, we begin to look at addressal of poverty, hunger, inequity and inequality, climate crises in an integrated way.
Most of us are rich, if we have the primary ability to create wealth. If we have the intelligence towards creating ‘wealth’. Most of us are lucky, if we are more relaxed and open. If we are able to see what is there – noticing chance opportunities and being open to new experiences; listening to intuition/gut instincts; positive expectations; reflecting on what is going well; resilient attitude.
Are we rich and lucky?
Love happens within us. And joy. It is possible that someone may stimulate them for us. The experience is ours, within us. Then, life around us becomes wonderful and we enjoy all life.
Nature talks to us, if we listen, if we are quiet, if we speak a little. Our bodies talk and tell us through pain. If our heart and mind are not in harmony, we get emotional pain. We need to work on getting back our harmony within. Can we? Breath control helps. Praanayama helps.
We seek happiness beyond security and survival. We do not define it uniformly. May be this is a state of existence we feel vitality, passion, exuberance, will, force, movement, excitement, activity, impetus, etc. This is urgent, active and compelling. Stilled and silenced mind is imperative for happiness. Happiness is a function of emotions, through our daily existence. It comes in little packs. Various forms of nature usher in these packs. What we see, what we listen, what we touch, what we feel, what we think, what we say, what we do – all of these offer these little packs.
This is living liberation. It comes from a life of harmony, in the body, in heart and mind, and in thought-word-action. Can we have it?
Yes, we can. If we are open and awake to possibilities
If we keep moving, in the nature. If we are in the flow of N. For 7L.
Join us in the world of yoga of love and joy for useful coexistence – aanandayayoga for 7L.
G Muralidhar
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