Appointment of new Gurus and Administra...

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Om Krishna Guru

Dear Anna & Jay,

Grandiosity is a wonderful thing and it always contains the seed for re-birth

and the delivery of self to a more meaningful state of being. Titles don't

matter at all and I personally refuse to use them. I prefer to be a fly on the

wall than a professor in a big hall.

I carried the title once in a real legitimate institution and it made no

difference at all. It is all shadow.

I have to say that many of those who do carry the title in the real world have

little to teach and care less about real knowledge. Education, especially in

the USA has become a production line and a very expensive one at that. And from

what I see the rest of the world follows close behind. The soul is completely

neglected and so is wisdom of any kind. Would any of us go to an academic for

spiritual guidance? Unlikely.

So why shouldn't Sanjay introduce a new type of Professor to this blind and

thoughtless world if he so wishes? It may be a seed that will sprout wholesome

food, something that will nourish the neglected soul of the cosmos, the world

and the individual. The world suffers because of neglect and ignorance. And so

does the cosmos and so does the individual. Where do we learn to neglect the

soul? We learn it in those institutions and religions that teach us to ignore

ourselves.

Why do we automatically regard those soulless institutions to be the paragons in

matters of knowledge and learning? Do they hold the template or standard for the

true meaning of the title Professor? What does it mean to Profess what one

knows?

Education has become a barren land in many ways. Yes, good things happen and I

don't mean to condemn all of it but I refuse to accept it as the golden

standard and I hope you don't either. But we have to ask if all this education

that is promoted as the standard is actually helping people, helping our world

or is it leading to self destruction. I see more of the latter.

When I did my undergraduate and graduate studies in Ireland in the late 1960's

and early 1970's, if we reproduced in an examination what we read in a book we

were failed. We had to come up with our own original ideas and apply the

fundamental principles of the subject to justify our conclusions. It is called

original thought. The examination was presented in such a manner that it

demanded originality.

When I came to the USA in the late 1970's and was teaching undergraduate work,

the students freaked as I was teaching as I was taught. I set the examinations

according to my own experiences. The department head had to have a little chat

with me and I was asked to create a generous curve to ensure that everybody

passed the test. Even in Ireland this has arrived to the world of "education"

but not to the same extent.

This kind of education and training breeds automatons and in this sense Aldous

Huxley's world is in our neighbourhood.

So I hail Sanjay for taking the bold step outside the square box. Academics &

Professors have always been embarrassed by astrology. The intellect is

generally embarrassed by anything that doesn't honor itself as the center of

existence. This is the nature of the ego.

Sanjay has now introduced a new type of Professor, one that honors the cosmos to

be the center and the intellect is delegated to a lesser place. It is much more

imaginative, more intelligent and carries more dignity for the soul and the

Divine.

Imagine the headlines! I always enjoy a good laugh and I like to watch the

comedy of errors. What would the world be if we didn't have some deviation from

the golden standard? That ball is meant to be broken and besides we are now in a

new era and the old paradigm is wan.

I congratulate Sanjay for his bold impulse and if these Professors are worth

their salt, they will show the Ph.D.'s of the world the real nature of

knowledge and learning. I encourage Sanjay to take on this glorious and worthy

goal.

Congratulations Sanjay! Take it all the way to the Chancellor and Vice

Chancellor of SJC! It is a noble cause and it will bring the spark of the Atman

back into the life of many who are fed up of the barren land of dry and

meaningless learning.

Warm Regards,

Brendan

Dear All,

I hope everyone will recognize your good faith, Jay, and mine in this matter.

SJC doesn't need this, let alone Jyotish- It can harm a lot, both. IMHO- it is a

seed of self-destruction of SJC, and for that reason only, I feel bad about

this.

Do we need depreciative titles, that people ridicule for right reasons for a

long time, likle Cold Water Managers and

PhD Carpenters... We do not need artificial pumping for what already HAS REAL value,

Jyotish and Silicon Breasts-how do that sound to you dear friends?

What was definition of lack of vanity and other requirements of morality

written by OLD sages, we all claim to accept as ULTIMATE AUTHORITY

I do have interest of SJC and Jyotish in mind, and I hope you trust me.

Really sad,

Anna