Lopa Mukherjee
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Articles by Lopa Mukherjee (14)
Dreams and Sadhana
By Lopa Mukherjee - Apr 24, 2025
Big Dreams: The Science of Dreaming and the Origins of Religion
Cultivating an Ecological Consciousness
By Lopa Mukherjee - Apr 24, 2024
This article talks about the human disconnection from Nature and how it is causing pathologies in man. It provides various solutions that eco-therapists can use and which can be taught in schools to develop ecological intelligence. Some of the solutions already exist as traditional ecological knowledge and have been re-purposed for modern situations. Some have been invented by residents of urban nature-less zones. But above all, this article invites people to tune themselves in to the nurturing vibrations of Mother Earth and her gifts of flowers and trees, not just for their personal well-being, but for the future of the planet. There is an urgency in this calling, for man has wronged nature long enough and, in the process, has hurt himself the most.
The Pursuit of Happiness
By Lopa Mukherjee - Apr 24, 2023
Anityam asukhaṃ lokaṃKṛṣṇaImaamm prāpya bhajaswa mām
The call of the supernatural
By Lopa Mukherjee - Apr 24, 2022
Heidi, Black Beauty, Anne of Green GablesPurāṇasFaraway Tree
Expanding the boundaries of knowledge
By Lopa Mukherjee - Apr 24, 2020
Scientific methodology plays an important role in mainstream thought-systems all over the world. It started during the Enlightenment in Europe, was codified by the scientist, René Descartes and applied in Newton’s laws of mechanics. This mindset or worldview, called Cartesian or Cartesian-Newtonian, spread to the rest of the world through colonisation. The indigenous methods were abandoned, since this scientific methodology provided a surer ground. Lesser mistakes were made in practical life when the source of knowledge did not rely on human subjectivity. But practical life is just one aspect of life, and a small one at that. Now, this surer footing seems wanting, because it leaves out many questions of life, particularly the big ones. Psychology tries to tackle the big questions that are asked by a human subject. How can it then ignore the lived experiences of this human being? This article shows how the limits of the Cartesian worldview are overcome by new knowledge-systems.