Roar (Ramesh) Bjonnes
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| File:Norwegian-born author Roar Bjonnes.jpgNorwegian-born_author_Roar_Bjonnes.jpg | |
| Born | July 20, 1955 Fredrikstad, Norway |
| 💼 Occupation | Tantric and writer |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Radfica Banu |
Roar Ramesh Bjonnes (born July 20, 1955) is a Norwegian-born writer whose background with agronomy in the 1970s is finding contemporary expression through interrelated dimensions of ancient Indian culture. What's more, by adopting a socio-economic approach integrating social science and traditional wisdom, he's also said to be "creating a new discourse for a post-capitalist future".[1]
This orienting framework is further evidenced by his overview of the respective vantage points involving "dualism" across a linage of traditional figures where Bjonnes sees "in Vivekananda and Aurobindo", a "fruitful integration of the dualism of Patanjali with the non-dualism of Shankara" as being reasonably evident. He similarly notes, where "Aurobindo called his yoga Integral Yoga", "Georg Feuerstein thinks it is Aurobindo, more than any other yogi, who epitomizes the birth of modern yoga in the world".
Likewise, he subsequently credits Ken Wilber for discerning "that the nondualism of Tantra brings together the inseparable and eternal unity of Purusha and Prakriti in a 'nondual embrace' of fundamental importance to yogic philosophy"—further concurring with how this "logical embrace seems to reconcile the best of Patanjali with the best of Shankara, the essence of dualism with the essence of nondualism" [emphasis added].[2]
Life and career[edit]
Born and raised in Fredrikstad, Norway, Roar attended Sogn Jord- og Hagebruksskule[3] where he studied Agronomy prior to his graduation in 1974. As a participant in Norway's 'green activist' movement during this same period, he played a subsequent role in transforming Sogn Jord-og Hagebruksskule (SJH) into an organic agriculture and horticulture school as an outcome of protest actions he organized while a student there.
Likewise, and by the early 1980s, this same trajectory led to his initiating a study of Tantra with the Seva Dharma Mission, an "affiliate of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha"[4] in turn, residing in both Nepal and Varanasi. Launching his personal practice of yoga and Tantra from this point on, the unfolding development of his alternative economic vision has been inspired in part by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar’s, Progressive Utilization Theory and Arne Naess’, Deep Ecology in addition to the spiritual lens of Eastern thought in general.
Philosophical views[edit]
Drawn from his practice of Tantra suggesting that "consciousness is...the soul and fabric of the universe"[5], Bjonnes summarizes his worldview in saying, "Under the umbrella of this [universal] outlook, the artificial divisions between people and nations, between plants and animals, between science and spirituality will disappear. We will no longer inhabit a divisive world in a mechanical universe" [emphasis added].[6]
Published works[edit]
In addition to the five texts listed in this page's Bibliography, Bjonnes is a popular blog contributor to the Elephant Journal and has written for Norwegian newspapers and journals including Fredrikstad Blad, Vinduet, and Samtiden.
Other accomplishments[edit]
Bjonnes is also a cofounder of both, the Prama Institute, a holistic retreat center in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and the Systems Change Alliance which aspires to 'connect the dots' "between individuals, groups and organizations working in different fields to collaborate, educate, advocate and implement positive systemic change".[7]
Bibliography[edit]
Books[edit]
- Bjonnes, Ramesh - Sacred Body, Sacred Spirit: A Personal Guide to the Wisdom of Yoga and Tantra, 2012, InnerWorld Publications, San Germán, Puerto Rico ISBN 978-1-881717-15-7 Search this book on
. - Bjonnes, Roar - Principles of a Balanced Economy: An Introduction to the Progressive Utilization Theory, 2012, Prout Research Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark ISBN 9780985758509 Search this book on .
- Bjonnes, Ramesh - Tantra: The Yoga of Love and Awakening: A Personal Guide to the Tradition, Philosophy and Practice of Tantra, 2014, Hay House Publisher, Delhi, India ISBN 978-93-81398-46-3 Search this book on .
- Bjonnes, Roar and Caroline Hargreaves - Growing a New Economy: Beyond Crisis Capitalism and Environmental Destruction, 2016, InnerWorld Publications, Puerto Rico ISBN 9781881717539 Search this book on .
- Bjonnes, Ramesh - A Brief History of Yoga: From Its Tantric Roots to the Modern Yoga Studio, 2018, InnerWorld Publications, Puerto Rico ISBN 978-1-881717-63-8 Search this book on .
Essays[edit]
- Bjonnes, Roar - "Introduksjon til en politisk mystiker" (Introduction to a political mystic), Samtiden (A Journal about politics, literature, and social issues), Norway, 1993, ISSN 0036-3928
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Inayatullah, Sohail (September 11, 2018). for Bjonnes, Roar; Hargreaves, Caroline, eds. Growing a New Economy: Beyond Crisis Capitalism and Environmental Destruction. San Germán, Puerto Rico: InnerWorld Publications. blurb on back cover of text. ISBN 9781881717539. Search this book on
- ↑ Bjonnes, Ramesh (2012). Sacred Body, Sacred Spirit: A Personal Guide to the Wisdom of Yoga and Tantra. San Germán, Puerto Rico. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-881717-15-7. Search this book on
- ↑ "Sogn Jord- og Hagebruksskule". Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ↑ "Seva Dharma Mission, Inc". Retrieved February 15, 2022.
affiliate of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha
- ↑ Acosta, Devashish Donald (December 6, 2021). The Conscious Universe: A Commentary on Shrii Shrii Anandamurti's Ananda Sutram. Puerto Rico: InnerWorld Publications. p. 14. ISBN 978-1881717867. Search this book on
- ↑ Bjonnes, Roar (January 1, 1999). "Imagining a Universal Future". In Inayatullah, Sohail; Fitzgerald, Jennifer. Transcending Boundaries: Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar's Theories of Individual & Social Transformation. Australia: Gurukula Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0958586603. Search this book on
- ↑ "Systems Change Alliance: What we do". systemschangealliance.org.
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