Blessings from Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne (AT Ariyaratne), 91, founder, Sarvodaya Sramadana Movement, Sri Lanka.
This movement is a governance movement. It is active in 15000 (out of 38,000) villages. Awakening from self to Universe – Atmodaya, Kutumbodaya, Gramodaya, Nagarodaya, Deshodaya, Viswodaya. Its 5 steps – Psychological Infrastructure; social-educational infrastructure; basic human needs and institutions; income-job and self-sufficiency; and sharing with neighbouring villages. Gram Swaraj.
Sarvodaya Act has given a ‘constitutional’ status to the movement. Its wings/associated entities include Shantisena, and Development Finance.
This movement took inspiration from Sarvodaya in India. AT Ariyaratne received Gandhi Peace Prize. AT advocates is losing self in the service of others and attempting to bring others to awakening. ‘I cannot awaken myself unless I help awaken others’.
Indo-German Global Academy for Agroecology Research and Learning (IGGAARL, The Academy) is getting ready to launch its 4-year unique (one of its kind in the world) Farmer Scientist Course, on 22 July 2023 at Pulivendula. Maybe BSc Hons (Natural Farming). About 1000 students are part of the first batch, to be mentored by about 200 mentors. Mentors will also get a PG Diploma. 25 Research and Learning Centres in the districts would offer off-line, online, in-the-field, in-situ instruction, practice and experiential learning. The course would have 250 Credits through 20 Modules, offered by 3000 instruction hours, and about 4000 practice-experiential learning hours. The students would earn while learning by being an A-grade farmer in year 1 itself. They emerge into high-end participatory researchers, trainers/learning facilitators, etc., transform their farms into living learning landscapes and their villages into climate resilient villages, run their own enterprises, lead collectives/collective enterprises and may become high-end learning facilitators to seed NF in AP, outside AP and outside India. Some of them may become mentors and faculty members too. They surely become the leaders/agents of the NF movement in the making globally at local levels. The cadre and farmers trained by Farmer Scientists over 2 years would also get diploma/certificate.
Are we becoming slaves? Slaves of human beings, devices, and apps? How much storage do we need offline, and on cloud? How many sims do we need? How many devices do we need? Are we still reading printed books, magazines, newspapers, etc, or are we now with everything electronic?
Sweden enters NATO, may be reluctantly. Turkiye entered the EU as a result.
How much faking is OK? How long can we fake? How do we deal with after-fake consequences?
Can we strive for significant usefulness? Can we learn? Do we have a sense of purpose? Can we get one? Can we be on the journey without regard for the ends? Can we live more fully? Can we grow more deeply? Can we turn inside? To see, reflect, appreciate and understand? Do we have the courage to do?
Can we go anywhere and everywhere on our own volition? Why do we need visas? Requests? Permissions? Are we not free? As we go within a country? Is not our universe our habitat? Everyone should be able to see the world, not just a few privileged. State should facilitate this. Isn’t it? Poor, Marginalized, and Less educated included. Then, do we need passports? One card, will it not suffice? Why do we need a passport, Aadhaar, PAN card, voter card, and so on and so forth? Am I missing something?
Can we be one free humanity? Can we move around with no restrictions? Can we awaken ourselves, others along with us? Can we live in peace, happiness?
Yes, we can. If we coexist. The flow of N. For 7L.
Join us in the yoga of meditative being in the nature – sanghayoga for 7L.
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