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Added by ASHOK KALSI on November 21, 2009 at 5:17pm — No Comments

Ilion - by Sri Aurobindo - a short review

Here, we are in the elements of poetry par excellence ! Sri Aurobindo was as he himself says, basically a poet and Yogi. Amal once told me that poetry wise Ilion was equal to Savitri. He added, of course spiritually, Savitri is a different matter. I must have studied this epic-poem no less than 8 to 9 times, and every time with such passion and poetic appreciation, that I am never tired reading once more this poem in classical hexametre : -uu -uu -uu -uu -uu -- , six feet of dactyl ie, -uu (l… Continue

Added by Srikant Shantilal Jivarajani on November 19, 2009 at 8:30pm — 5 Comments

A dangerous instrument

PARIS AND TLEMCEN (1905-12) The Mother's high inner realization and spiritual radiance oon attracted towards her many seekers. In 1906 a small group was formed under her guidance, which was named Idea.They met regularly on Wednesday evenings at her house, first 1 rue Lemercier, later in rue des Levis an… Continue

Added by Jordi Valero on November 19, 2009 at 7:44pm — 1 Comment

Dealing with the shadow-self- The Mother's asdvice

''One can see, when one studies oneself very attentively.... For example, if you observe yourself, you see that one day you are very generous - let us take this, it is easy to understand - very generous: generous in your feelings, generous in your sensations, generous in your thoughts and even in material things; that is, you understand the faults of others, their intentions, weaknesses, even nasty movements. You see all this, and you are full of good feelings, of generosity. You tell yourself,… Continue

Added by kalpana on November 19, 2009 at 4:16pm — 3 Comments

Growth By Consciousness

What seems to me of more importance is to try to explain how things are worked out here. Indeed very few are the people who understand it and still fewer those who realise it. There has never been, at any time, a mental plan, a fixed programme or an organisation decided beforehand. The whole thing has taken birth, grown and developed as a living being by a movement of consciousness (Chit-Tapas) constantly maintained, increased and fortified. As the conscious Force descends in matter and radiate… Continue

Added by Lalit Kumar on November 18, 2009 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Savitri and the destiny of mankind

''The world-ways opened before Savitri. At first a strangeness of new brilliant scenes Peopled her mind and kept her body's gaze. But as she moved across the changing earth A deeper consciousness welled up in her: A citizen of many scenes and climes, Each soil and country it had made its home; It took all clans and peoples for her own, Till the whole destiny of mankind was hers. '' Book IV The Book of Birth and Quest Canto IV The Quest Page 377… Continue

Added by kalpana on November 17, 2009 at 7:32pm — 1 Comment

Into the New Body

The Mother, Mira Alfassa, walked into the New Body on the 17th day of November 1973. She left Her physical body and walked and entered into the then newly formed Supramental Body. The World knew and told that She has passed away. It is said that The Mother withdrew Herself on the 17th day of November in 1973. However, we will see that in reality, in the highest meaning and sense of the term ‘reality’, The Mother continues eternally — in a NEW BODY. She wanted to walk into Her new supramental bo… Continue

Added by Barindranath Chaki on November 17, 2009 at 11:15am — 12 Comments

Into the New Body

The Mother, Mira Alfassa, walked into the New Body on the 17th day of November 1973. She left Her physical body and walked and entered into the then newly formed Supramental Body. The World knew and told that She has passed away. It is said that The Mother withdrew Herself on the 17th day of November in 1973. However, we will see that in reality, in the highest meaning and sense of the term ‘reality’, The Mother continues eternally — in a NEW BODY. She wanted to walk into Her new supramental bo… Continue

Added by Barindranath Chaki on November 17, 2009 at 11:15am — 2 Comments

'Ways of localising and shifting one's Consciousness' - by The Mother

''It's one of the most indispensable things to do if one wants to succeed in having self-control and even a limited self-knowledge: to be able to localise one's consciousness and move it about in the different parts of one's being, in such a way as to distinguish between one's consciousness and one's thought, feelings, impulses, become aware of what the consciousness is in itself. And in this way one can learn how to shift it: one can pu… Continue

Added by kalpana on November 15, 2009 at 3:49am — No Comments

'Ways of localising and shifting one's Consciousness' - by The Mother

''It's one of the most indispensable things to do if one wants to succeed in having self-control and even a limited self-knowledge: to be able to localise one's consciousness and move it about in the different parts of one's being, in such a way as to distinguish between one's consciousness and one's thought, feelings, impulses, become aware of what the consciousness is in itself. And in this way one can learn how to shift it: one can pu… Continue

Added by kalpana on November 15, 2009 at 3:49am — No Comments

Rabindranath Tagore

Sri Aurobindo on Tagore Tagore has been a wayfarer towards the same goal as ours in his own way—that is the main thing, the exact stage of advance and putting of the steps are minor matters. His exact position as a poet or a prophet or anything else will be assigned by posterity and we need not be in haste to anticipate the final verdict. The immediate verdict after his departure or soon after it may very well be a rough one,—for this is a generation that seems to take a delight in trampling wi… Continue

Added by Srikant Shantilal Jivarajani on November 14, 2009 at 10:22pm — 11 Comments

The wonder and beauty of her will to be

"Alone he moved watched by the infinity Around him and the Unknowable above. All could be seen that shuns the mortal eye, All could be known the mind has never grasped; All could be done no mortal will can dare. A limitless movement filled a limitless peace. In a profound existence beyond earth's… Continue

Added by Jordi Valero on November 12, 2009 at 1:12pm — 4 Comments

Simple: Thought For A Day:

We could change our own lives, Change the world, using one simple though for the day.

Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of a battle Continue

Added by Tina on November 10, 2009 at 11:05am — No Comments

Vande Mataram!

By this time there must have been numbers of blogs written on the fatwa issued by one Islamic organization in India, expressing the anger, disagreement, discontent over the fatwa. This present article is certainly not an effort to be one among them. This is also not just another attempt to condemn the Islamic community for their different views. Being a devotee of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo, I have learned by this time that I should not separate any section of Life, be it a stone or a person,… Continue

Added by Gopal on November 8, 2009 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

Spiritual realisation - 3 factors identified by the Mother

Sometimes, when one feels impatient on the path of spiritual realisation, it is worth noting the 3 factors pointed out by the Mother: 1. time-scale, 2.understanding of failures, 3. effort and circumstance. These are Her words: ''From the point of view of spiritual realisation, time has no concrete reality; all depends on the sincerity and intensity of the aspiration, on the steadiness of the effort. Some can do in a few weeks and even days what takes years for others. Moreover, as the… Continue

Added by kalpana on November 8, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

A Useful Directory.

NAMASTE, ALL. During my pilgrimage across the internet space was found the following Directory provided by http://www.vedinformatics.com/Home Thanks to Sri Veda Ravishangar for forwarding the mail to me. DIRECTORY OF VEDIC / INDOLOGICAL/ SANSKRIT UNIVERSITIES & INSTITUTES 1) BHANDARKAR ORIENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Pune - 411 001 2) MAHARSHI SANDIPINI RASHTRIYA VEDA VIDHYA PRATHISTHAN, Pradhikaran Bhavan, (B-wing second flo… Continue

Added by Dr. S.Ramakrishnan on November 7, 2009 at 3:08am — No Comments

Rivers in the Indian Tradition.

NAMASTE, All.

Ganga-Snanam, Narmada-Darshanam and Tunga-Panam are considered Papanashanam. A bath in the Holy River Ganga, a look at the Holy River Narmada and a sip of palm-full water of the Holy River Tunga are fou… Continue

Added by Dr. S.Ramakrishnan on November 3, 2009 at 4:07am — No Comments

The Irony of Inclusive Isolation.

NAMASTE, ALL. (Posted again on 1-11-2009)

All-inclusiveness cannot accommodate any kind of isolation by nature and definition. And yet the human mind is capable of that. Let me clarify. One asserts that one's guru is everything. And grace is sought from that guru (only!) who is everything. But… Continue

Added by Dr. S.Ramakrishnan on November 1, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Faith

''Faith does not depend upon experience; it is something that is there before experience. When one starts the yoga, it is not usually on the strength of experience, but on the strength of faith. It is so not only in yoga and the spiritual life, but in ordinary life also. All men of action, discoverers, inventors, creators of knowledge proceed by faith and, until the proof is made or the thing done, they go on in spite of disappointment, failure, disproof, denial because of something in… Continue

Added by kalpana on October 31, 2009 at 3:08pm — 3 Comments

The Irony of Inclusive Isolation.

NAMASTE, ALL.

All-inclusiveness cannot accommodate any kind of isolation by nature and definition. And yet the human mind is capable of that. Let me clarify. One asserts that one's guru is everything. And grace is sought from that guru (only!) who is everything. But when an opportunity ar… Continue

Added by Dr. S.Ramakrishnan on October 31, 2009 at 5:00am — 2 Comments

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Universal Oneness

Ilion - by Sri Aurobindo - a short review

A dangerous instrument

Dealing with the shadow-self- The Mother's asdvice

Growth By Consciousness

Savitri and the destiny of mankind

Into the New Body

Into the New Body

'Ways of localising and shifting one's Consciousness' - by The Mother

'Ways of localising and shifting one's Consciousness' - by The Mother

Rabindranath Tagore

The wonder and beauty of her will to be

Simple: Thought For A Day:

Vande Mataram!

Spiritual realisation - 3 factors identified by the Mother

A Useful Directory.

Rivers in the Indian Tradition.

The Irony of Inclusive Isolation.

Faith

The Irony of Inclusive Isolation.

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