#Thread We have sense of the Challenge posed by the TRIAD (Modernity, Monotheism & Industrial Dynamic) to the Bharateeya Sanatana Flow.
The assault is on 3 D’mns.
1. The Narrative of #Change
2. The Narrative of #Time
3. The Narrative of #Experiences
#PerformativeExperiences
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The assault is on 3 D’mns.
1. The Narrative of #Change
2. The Narrative of #Time
3. The Narrative of #Experiences
#PerformativeExperiences
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In this, we understand the Assault on the Narratives of Change and Time.
Narrative of Change => Economic World View, Linear Progress etc.,
Narrative of Time => Political World View, Individuality etc.,
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Narrative of Change => Economic World View, Linear Progress etc.,
Narrative of Time => Political World View, Individuality etc.,
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However, we haven’t paid attention to the 3rd Dimension of Experiences.
Bharateeya Sanatana Parampara recognised 5 Kinds of Imaginations/Experiences.
1. Performative
2. Consummatory
3. Aesthetic
4. Ritualistic
5. Renunciatory
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Bharateeya Sanatana Parampara recognised 5 Kinds of Imaginations/Experiences.
1. Performative
2. Consummatory
3. Aesthetic
4. Ritualistic
5. Renunciatory
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Further, it composed them such that
1. Performative Experiences dont overfeed into the Consummatory
2. Aesthetic Experiences temper the first 2
3. Ritualistic Experiences temper the first 3 similarly
4. Renunciatory/Sacred Experiences temper all others similarly (Sheet Anchor)
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1. Performative Experiences dont overfeed into the Consummatory
2. Aesthetic Experiences temper the first 2
3. Ritualistic Experiences temper the first 3 similarly
4. Renunciatory/Sacred Experiences temper all others similarly (Sheet Anchor)
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The first Point - Performative Experiences - are important. Man is made to ‘do’ something. Doing is such a fundamental part of our life. All cultures have shaped this ‘Doing’ tendency of human beings in different ways based on a Philosophy.
This ‘Doing’ is an end in itself.
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This ‘Doing’ is an end in itself.
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There is no other fundamental purpose to this ‘Doing’. At the fundamental level it is driven by the Need of Food, Shelter and Procreation.
Beyond that Cultures have to shape them in specific ways. Cultures that design & compose good Performative Experiences survive & thrive.
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Beyond that Cultures have to shape them in specific ways. Cultures that design & compose good Performative Experiences survive & thrive.
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Bharateeya Parampara created an Imagination to shape these Performative Experiences so that they dont feed into our Consummatory Needs too much. It was guided by the Sacred, Ritual and Aesthetic in that Order.
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However, the Colonial Era did two things.
1. It destroyed our ‘Performative Imaginations’ by destroying Communities which nurtured those Performative Imagination.
2. It replaced them with the Performative Imaginations of the Industrial Era.
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1. It destroyed our ‘Performative Imaginations’ by destroying Communities which nurtured those Performative Imagination.
2. It replaced them with the Performative Imaginations of the Industrial Era.
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The Performative Imaginations of the Industrial Era are
=> Highly Attractive
=> Rich in Number
=> Enormous in Impact/Possibilities
=> Create Material in Excess
=> Feed into the Consummatory Needs without limitation
=> Without connection to the Sacred
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=> Highly Attractive
=> Rich in Number
=> Enormous in Impact/Possibilities
=> Create Material in Excess
=> Feed into the Consummatory Needs without limitation
=> Without connection to the Sacred
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Thus, if ‘Scholarship’ was the fundamental Performative Experience of some people, Industrial Era
=> Destroyed our Scholarship Imaginations/Experiences
=> Replaced them with even more richer Scholarship opportunities in the Modern paradigm
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=> Destroyed our Scholarship Imaginations/Experiences
=> Replaced them with even more richer Scholarship opportunities in the Modern paradigm
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How much ever deep a society is, if its Experiences needs are diverted, they will lose their way.
This has completely blinded us. You can blind any culture and shepherd them in a different direction if you capture their Performative Imaginations.
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This has completely blinded us. You can blind any culture and shepherd them in a different direction if you capture their Performative Imaginations.
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Hence, we need to pay attention to this. Its not the ‘Economic Theory’ of Modernity that is transforming us. It is our ‘Scholarship’ Experience and ‘Industrial Creation’ Experience being taken over by another paradigm that is leading us into a wholly new World View.
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Gradually, the World View also begins to shape our society. If we dont arrest it, one fine day it be a point of No Return.
However, the solution also lies where the problem is.
We need to pay attention to the Experience Design across all 5 aspects in every Institution.
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However, the solution also lies where the problem is.
We need to pay attention to the Experience Design across all 5 aspects in every Institution.
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For every Context, in every Institution
- Understand the Current 5-Part Experience Design
- Create Aesthetic, Ritualistic, Sacred Experiences to control the Performative/Consummatory
- Create/Reshape Performative Experiences so that they dont feed into the Consummatory
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- Understand the Current 5-Part Experience Design
- Create Aesthetic, Ritualistic, Sacred Experiences to control the Performative/Consummatory
- Create/Reshape Performative Experiences so that they dont feed into the Consummatory
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