Dear Debashish, This is not only a brilliant exegesis on Integral Education, but also a lucid elucidation of Sri Aurobindo and Vedantic epistemology contrasted with the Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. I also appreciated the the historical framing of Sri Aurobindo's thought on Integral Education as well as its contemporary offshoots. Keeping in mind that my :-) "actual knowledge" of Sri Aurobindo's writings is still woefully inadequate, I offer a few comments in the spirit of dialogue rather than criticism. And apart from questioning a certain interpretation, my comments are of a more practical nature engaging with the idea of integral education at the university level. I'd like to begin with by framing our conversation with the idea that "Integral Education" as envisioned by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother has little to do with the academia--Indian or Western. It's purpose, I believe, is to prepare the individual to open out fully to the manifesting Spirit. The process of education then is closely related to the practice of Integral Yoga. And hence, any academic course, is likely to fall short of the actual aim of Integral Yoga. This is not to say that one should not continue to push the limits of academia, but merely to start out by recognizing that academic structures impose limits that prevent the practice of the yoga to the fullest. At best, the academic course could deepen the practice of someone already on the path, or inspire someone to start on this life-long quest. While I fully advocate the importance of mentoring, I feel that the phrase "the mind has to be consulted in its own growth" refers more to the need of self-reflection than of the need for an external mentor. Also keeping in mind :-) that the mind itself is in a process of developmental change, a mind that is continually consulted in its growth, (that is a person who constantly engages and broadens out in self-reflection) would eventually lead one to the plane of the Supermind. I'll not comment directly on the proposed curriculum of Integral Culture that you have outlined, but offer some reflections of my own on this theme of Integral Education. One of the biggest dangers in Integral Yoga/Education as currently practiced (and I have experienced this) is in the realm of vital education: Here, subjective notions of say, Beauty, in our current state of Avidya, are interpreted and privileged by those in power, with unfortunate consequences that greatly restrict the freedom of artists in a community of Integral Yoga practitioners. I like your idea of having a small co-inquiring group of learning community (OK, this is not exactly how you phrased it). But the point is I feel that one way to progress from our current dualistic limitations of Avidya to the unity knowledge of Vidya is to deeply engage with and reflect on one's experiences. These reflections, can then, in the online medium be subject to the reflections of the group, thereby perhaps providing, if necessary, a corrective to the individual's experience and growth. What I am suggesting is a constant dance between the subjective and the objective and through that engagement one continually deepens one understanding of the "object" . . . and having a group participate/witness in this dance, to some degree, would helps correct self-delusions (narcissism and self-delusional grandeur is rife in new age spirituality). The principle that one moves from the near to the far that one proceeds from (and uses for growth) one's experiences and the conditioning of culture. What I am suggesting here is, something which is not often highlighted in the IY community, and that is the path of Integral Yoga is highly differentiated and at least in the beginning subject to one's nature and cultural conditioning. The last point that I wanted to mention but won't elaborate on, for this post is already far too long, is that one needs to develop authentic means of assessment. In the Integral Sustainability program that I work for, students self-assess themselves and their peers. Also, there are novel categories of assessment such as "embodiment of knowledge" and "risk-taking or going beyond one's comfort zone." Thank you again for this offering. Sincerely, Bindu