I started a #GoFundMe for this nice Thai bhakti-yoga temple that I'll be visiting in March. Contributions or sharing with others is appreciated. The roof is leaking and developed mold, and requires a full replacement + repainting of the walls, repairs to the ceiling, and other essential renovations.

Namaste. Here's the latest Awakening Self blog post, featuring reflections on personal realizations that align with scriptural injunctions on distinguishing between body, mind, and soul, following the practice of ashtanga yoga and bhakti yoga.
awakeningself.substack.com/p/a-yogic-pe...

My new article offers a theistically conscious biocentric environmental ethic that builds upon the scaffolding of Aldo Leopold’s land ethic with a synthesis of biocentric individualism, deep ecology, and Vaiṣṇava theology. @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...

Here is the next Awakening Self post. This post discusses:

1️⃣Scientific Sankirtan
2️⃣The Complementarity Between Hegelian and Vaishnava Philosophy
3️⃣Addressing Doubts about Hegel.

The present post is unique among all previous Awakening Self posts in that it responds to several other online articles.

Namaste. Today's Awakening Self post reflects on spiritual initiation, the succession of leaders in the Krishna consciousness movement, and the glories of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

awakeningself.substack.com/p/receiving-...

#krishnaconsciousness #bhaktiyoga #initiation

"...Being a bull in a China shop refers to offering new and innovative solutions to problems, where such innovation challenges adherence to time-tested strategies accepted by the masses, which may nurture mediocrity, complacency, and stagnation..."

#holistichealth #Krishnaconsciousness #yoga

Namaste. Today's post includes reflections on narcissism in trendy “spirituality” as an obstacle to meaningful relationships that nurture genuine spiritual awakening and wholeness.

awakeningself.substack.com/p/false-inde...

#FaithAndSpirituality #krishnaconsciousness #yoga #vedicknowledge #newage

Namaste. Today's Awakening Self post includes reflections on Shamanism, the Lakota ways (including comparative theology with Vaishnavism), and self-expressive drumming and writing.

awakeningself.substack.com/p/shamanism-...

#newage #shamanism #lakota #faithandspirituality #comparativetheology

Today's Awakening to My Real Self post:

"Detail, Discipline, & Dedication: A Work Ethic for Devotional Service"
🔹Lessons from Football & Wrestling at Monmouth Regional High School
🔹Man Proposes, God Disposes

awakeningself.substack.com/p/detail-dis...
#spiritualgrowth #KrishnaConsciousness #Bhakti

Namaste. With the blessings of my Guru, His Holiness Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D., I've launched a new blog where I'll reflect upon my past experiences as I move forward in this spiritual journey. Please feel free to subscribe.

awakeningtomyrealself.substack.com/p/introducin...

The Princeton Bhakti Vedanta Institute is experimenting with #AIgenerated videos as a contemporary means of reaching the public with presentations on #Spiritual Culture. Please forgive any defects & limitations as we learn how to implement this technology.

#KrishnaConsciousness #Bhakti #VedicWisdom

IMvTR Chapter 1 emphasizes the teleological view of nature and life through Aristotle, Kant, & Hegel:

🔹Aristotelian ontology / causality + relevance to embryology

🔹Hegelian ontological distinctions: mechanical, chemical, & biological objects

🔹Kantian organism

Slides: bviscs.org/wp-content/u...

IMvTR by B.M. Puri is relevant to the current #paradigm shift in 21st-century #biology from a merely #reductionist and #mechanistic view of living entities and processes to a holistic, #organismic, & #systems perspective, represented by the debate between biologists Richard #Dawkins and Denis Noble.

ŚRĪ MAHĀNET | The Princeton #Bhakti #Vedanta Institute's newsletter (bviscs.substack.com/p/sri-mahane...). Learn about scientific #sankirtan, how BVI facilitates opportunities to engage in this devotional activity, peer-reviewed articles published by Servitor Scholars, & more. #Krishnaconsciousness

This conversation offers a nice introduction for the relevance of Hegel's philosophy of nature, especially his thoughts on life and cognition, to progress in modern science. At the end, it also offers perspective connecting Hegel's conception of love with seeing the beloved as alive in every way.

Inspired by Dr Puri of the Princeton BVI, we started the Science of Life Club @stockton.edu, a student organization facilitating interdisciplinary dialogue concerning the harmony of science, philosophy, & religion as it pertains to life and consciousness.
stockton.campuslabs.com/engage/organ...

Science & Scientist 2024 online conference || View recordings, speaker bios, & talk abstracts for B Madhava Puri, Michael Levin, Rasmus Haukedal, B Niskama Shanta, B Vijnan Muni, Bernd Rosslenbroich, James Shapiro, & their interdisciplinary discussion.
spiritualscience.substack.com/p/science-an...

Science & Scientist 2023 online conference || Summaries of presentations from Denis Noble, Brian J Ford, B Madhava Puri, J Scott Turner, Alicia Juarrero, & others.
www.academia.edu/117033217/Li...

My first peer-reviewed paper was published in Global Conversations: An International Journal in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture. #peerReview #Hegel #Biology

"Towards a Science of Spirit – A Holistic Approach to Big Questions in Modern Science"

www.researchgate.net/publication/...