A World of Change
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Archive for 2008
Concentration
0Each month we take a question of this nature and present an answer based on the writings of Sri Aurobindo […]
Reaching Out for a Blade of Bliss
0A friend sent me an sms recently, inquiring about my state of health by literally mentioning all the malfunctioning bits […]
The What and How of Meditation
0In the speed and stress of modern life, more and more persons all over the world, are turning to Meditation, […]
Grateful or Indebted?
2On numerous occasions in the course of a single lifetime, one finds oneself grateful — grateful for the support extended […]
Personality of the Teacher
0It has been realised that in the existing system of education no improvement is possible without the cooperation of teachers. […]
Methods of Enquiry and Research
0Research in life sciences, of which medicine is a specialised branch, seems to be entering into a blind alley because […]
Hell
0One who speaks untruth goes to Hell like one who, when he has done a thing, says: “I did not […]
Difficulties in Meditation
0Meditation has always been part of spiritual disciplines all over the world. But in the modern times, with the tensions […]
Who do We Belong to?
1Institutions. Organisations. Committees. Councils. Boards. Groups. Gangs. It would come as no surprise if nine out of ten who read […]
Doctor Shopping
0The growing dissatisfaction with modern medicine has created a new difficulty for the patient of present times. The medical world […]
The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination
0President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above […]
Dealing with Unpleasant Thoughts
0We have very little control over our mind and thoughts. And very often we find that we are assailed by […]
The Miracle of Birth
0Parenthood is such a thrill… for most at least. Apart from the miracle of having created another human, there is […]
Living the Praise
2How often do we find that praise turns upon itself, wiping itself off the slate in the bargain? Swami Vivekananda […]
The New Harmony
0There is a harmony of animal life. It is a double harmony. On the one hand, harmony between the life-force […]
The Path
0The best of all paths is the Eightfold Path; the best of all truths is the Fourfold Truth; the best […]
Search and Research (III)
0The qualitative dimension A new science and new approach is needed. We find luminous hints of it in the ancient […]
The Last Wolf
0The last wolf hurried toward me through the ruined city and I heard his baying echoes down the steep smashed […]
Judge Not
0I was shocked, confused, bewildered As I entered Heaven’s door, Not by the beauty of it all, Nor the lights […]
The American Dream Turned Nightmare
1The ecological crisis facing humanity today is made of four factors or challenges: Economic Growth, Energy, Population and Lifestyle. Economic […]
The Illusion of Action
0The illusion of action is one of the great illusions of life. Most of us believe that we must always […]
Bridging the Gap
0Frequently, when we despair of where India is at the moment we do one of these three things: first we […]
The Teaching Profession: Ancient Indian Ideal & Modern Environment
0The Mother always said that to be a successful teacher one must be both a yogi and a saint, because […]
Search and Research (II)
0The Qualitative Dimension A new or rather a double line of approach is therefore needed in our search and research. […]
Does God Exist?
0A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to […]
The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation – V
0Literary Sources: The Vedas Our discussion so far is based mainly on archaeological and scientific discoveries. But a more extensive […]
Life is a Dynamic Mirror
0We find it happening every day – we are shocked by the way some people around us behave. We are […]
India’s Pride
2In different forms of the media, in a single week, this is what was expressed in various contexts: “India’s Picasso” […]
A Hero Lives On
0For decades donors like the World Bank and the Governments of Japan and Germany had waited with millions of dollars […]
