The Lord Knows Best What He Is Doing
0I took my seat, it was almost time, perhaps half a minute before, and all of a sudden, without preparation, […]
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Archive for 2013
Sri Aurobindo’s Role in the Indian Freedom Movement
0What is exactly the role of Sri Aurobindo in the Indian Freedom Movement? Many in India knew Sri Aurobindo as […]
Old Spirituality and the New Way
0(This is a transcription of a talk given by Alok Pandey) There is a poem by Sri Aurobindo – ‘One […]
Krishna
0At last I find a meaning of soul’s birth Into this universe terrible and sweet, I who have felt the […]
Sri Aurobindo: The Poet, Yogi and Philosopher
0Book: Sri Aurobindo: The Poet, Yogi and Philosopher Essays by Arabinda Basu (Publisher: Centre for Sri Aurobindo Studies, Kolkata, in […]
The Light Within
0I have met a number of artistes, painters, actors, writers in the course of my life and found many stereotypes […]
The Mind-Body Continuum
0Behind the enormous untapped potential of the human mind and body lies the power of a single cell. If we […]
Burning
0The veil parted momentarily, To reveal a silver white shore of peace My mind tired, my limbs aching, I longed […]
The Divine Power behind Personal Effort
0Always indeed it is the higher Power that acts. Our sense of personal effort and aspiration comes from the attempt […]
Purity of Gift
0I have been trying to understand what causes disappointment – not in the world at large or for humanity in […]
How to Escape Education’s Death Valley
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“Education is not a mechanical system; it is a human system. It’s about people.” – Ken Robinson Any reader of […]
Getting the Full Benefit of an Experience
0… the experience precedes and transcends by far the formulation you give it in your mind. The experience comes before, […]
The Teacher as Evolutionary Energy
0“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” That man is indeed blessed who has found […]
The Integrity of Fan-ship
0A rather pleasant surprise came my way recently. It seems I have a ‘fan’ – not the kind that rotates […]
Drawing God
0A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they drew. She would occasionally walk around to see each […]
The Supreme Presence
0Sweet Mother, is there a spiritual being in everybody? That depends on what we call “being”. If for “being” we […]
Extinguish my Eyes
0Extinguish my eyes, I’ll go on seeing you. Seal my ears, I’ll go on hearing you. And without feet I […]
Paths are Made by Walking
0Thank you to my distinguished friends, President Amy Gutmann, Provost Vincent Price and Rev. Charles Howard for inviting me to […]
Take Back your City with Paint
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Edi Rama is the Mayor of Tirana, the capital of Albania. In other words, he is a politician. And he’s […]
He is in you – He is you
0A resplendent sun rises above the horizon. It is your Lord that comes to you. The whole world awakes and […]
Trees
0I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest […]
Environmental Education and Other Interventions
0Enforcement by Law Government laws and regulation on environment is one of the most well-known forms of institutional intervention for […]
The Formula of Success
0We move in an age whence the boundaries of well-defined parameters appear to be crumbling. The physical sciences, on one […]
For Your Children
0I beg of you, stop ill-treating your children! Stop forcing them to work, and, even worse, exploiting them to meet […]
The Fourth Dimension of Health
0Man, perhaps, has been the only animal who has the capability of actually participating in his own evolutionary progress, since […]
The Dawn of De-extinction
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What happens when one of the most abundantly found birds goes extinct in a matter of decades? For one thing, […]
An Old Tale with a New Twist
01857 The Real Story of the Great Uprising by Vishnu Bhatt Godshe Versaikar & Translated by Mrinal Pande 1857 The […]
Birds of Paradise
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This is a trailer from a documentary being made by the Cornell University, and is itself part of a larger […]
Heart of a Lock
0There is this ancient lock in the main entrance to our house, known as the भुन्नासी ताला, (Bhunnasi Taala) the […]
The Science of Living
0An aimless life is always a miserable life. Every one of you should have an aim. But do not forget […]
