Tarka #06: On Spiritual Citizenship

In Indian traditions, the spirit of sevā (Sanskrit, “selfless service”) often centers around bhakti-yogis for whom this practice is the sole aim of life.

We live in the 21st century, a brave new world wherein communication, expression, and the exchange of ideas, feelings, and information….

We start to see that our worldview is constructed, agreed upon by the dominant culture, and that it is not the only way of seeing…

It is only through contemplation, prayer, and a commitment to love that I can see the collateral damage that results when anyone is believed to be or  believes….

….and experimentation with psychedelics is becoming increasingly mainstream, and considered in a positive and hopeful light.

The form it takes in most societies has been relatively predictable because people within them learn to live by and function within social norms and customs mean…

…ways that contemplative performance art serves to interrupt the intergenerational traumas associated with genocide, colonialism, climate change, and environmental injustice.

The article asserts dismantling systemic racism means, “go[ing] beyond token gestures of diversity and inclusion and arriv[ing] at a fundamental rethinking of the role of museums.”

Existence is bondage to bodily experiences of emotion, excrement, illness, pain, and death.

“What does spiritual citizenship look like through a feminist lens?”