Articles in: Spiritual

From where do Gods Come?

From where do Gods Come?

0 / Feb 3, 2006 6:44 AM

From where do the gods come? There is a very old tradition which narrates this. I am going to tell […]

Discovering Divine Love

Discovering Divine Love

0 / Feb 2, 2006 7:13 AM

It is said that to become conscious of divine Love all other love has to be abandoned. What is the […]

He who Chooses the Infinite

He who Chooses the Infinite

0 / Jan 29, 2006 5:31 AM

“The lotus of the eternal knowledge and the eternal perfection is a bud closed and folded up within us. It […]

Stong Wind has no Hold upon a Mighty Rock

Stong Wind has no Hold upon a Mighty Rock

0 / Jan 29, 2006 4:49 AM

Just as the strong wind has no hold upon a mighty rock, so Mara has no hold upon a man […]

Evolution of Consciousness

Evolution of Consciousness

0 / Jan 29, 2006 4:11 AM

In all futuristic thinking, especially in our present condition when we are in the midst of a radical evolutionary leap, […]

The Relevance of Sri Aurobindo for Global Education

The Relevance of Sri Aurobindo for Global Education

0 / Jan 1, 2006 3:33 AM

 Sri Aurobindo has come to announce to the world the beauty of the future that will be realized.  He has […]

Who are we and what are we meant to do?

Who are we and what are we meant to do?

0 / Jan 1, 2006 3:20 AM

    We are on the threshold of a new year.  The past is behind us, the future is ahead of […]

Unceasing Effort for Progress

Unceasing Effort for Progress

0 / Dec 30, 2005 4:54 PM

“The delight of victory is sometimes less than the attraction of struggle and suffering; nevertheless the laurel and not the […]

Strong Wind Uproots a Feeble Tree

Strong Wind Uproots a Feeble Tree

0 / Dec 30, 2005 4:36 PM

Just as the strong wind uproots a feeble tree, so Mara overwhelms the man who lives only in pursuit of […]

Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo

0 / Dec 5, 2005 4:22 PM

Brahman defies description, mind and speech return baffled from it. Likewise Sri Aurobindo defies description, no adjective, no epithet, no […]

Why Meet if Death is Inevitable?

Why Meet if Death is Inevitable?

0 / Dec 2, 2005 3:48 PM

Death is the ultimate mystery, the unanswered question which seems to deprive life of all its meaning.  And it appears […]

States of Receptivity

States of Receptivity

0 / Nov 30, 2005 3:34 PM

There are many different reasons which make one feel at times more alive, more full of force and joy…. Usually, […]

The Two Spirits

The Two Spirits

0 / Nov 2, 2005 3:24 PM

There is a spirit of enquiry and there is a spirit of doubt. The two appear similar and close but […]

Useless Talk

Useless Talk

0 / Nov 2, 2005 2:47 PM

We seem to be drowned in an ocean of words, and the world is deafened by the sound of useless […]

When Prayer and Meditation become Mechanical

When Prayer and Meditation become Mechanical

0 / Oct 17, 2005 1:49 PM

It is (a letter) from someone who is trying to prepare himself to receive the Supermind, and in this preparation, […]

Hatred is Appeased with Love

Hatred is Appeased with Love

0 / Oct 13, 2005 12:08 PM

For, in truth, in this world hatred is not appeased by hatred; hatred is appeased by love alone. This is […]

Dealing with Desires and Wrong Movements

Dealing with Desires and Wrong Movements

0 / Oct 3, 2005 12:05 PM

Desires, impulses, wrong movements — who amongst us is without them.  Yet, most of us are neither aware of them […]

Pitfalls in Sadhana (III)

Pitfalls in Sadhana (III)

0 / Sep 30, 2005 11:08 AM

Obsessions-Defects-Desires     We observed that the first pitfall is mistaking the means for the end.  What is a process, a […]

How to Deal with Depression

How to Deal with Depression

0 / Sep 30, 2005 10:53 AM

Depression is a malady which is affecting more and more persons around the world.  The sad part is that now […]

Are you Listening?

Are you Listening?

0 / Sep 14, 2005 10:12 AM

The man whispered, “God, speak to me.” And, a meadowlark sang. But, the man did not hear. So the man […]

Preparing the Path

Preparing the Path

0 / Sep 5, 2005 11:59 AM

… Have you never had the feeling in your life that you were on the way towards something? No? One […]

Thoughts one can do Without

Thoughts one can do Without

0 / Sep 3, 2005 11:01 AM

“He has insulted me, he has beaten me, he has humiliated me, he has robbed me.” Those who nourish thoughts […]

Pitfalls in Sadhana (II)

Pitfalls in Sadhana (II)

0 / Aug 30, 2005 7:28 AM

                                                                                        Rituals-Emotions-Psychic We were speaking of pitfalls in sadhana.  Let us be clear that pitfalls are different from downfalls.  When […]

Complete Independence

Complete Independence

0 / Aug 17, 2005 11:02 AM

India regained her Independence on the 15th of August, 1947. A victory for sure. But so many years later, one […]

The Secret of Sadhana

The Secret of Sadhana

0 / Aug 10, 2005 7:10 AM

To find one’s inner truth, to change oneself, to realise the Divine, to work for a more harmonious world is […]

Pitfalls in Sadhana (I)

Pitfalls in Sadhana (I)

0 / Jul 30, 2005 6:11 AM

                                                                          Meditation-Work-Reading All of us are admittedly interested in sadhana which for us means a dedicated pursuit of the Divine […]

Controlling the Mind

Controlling the Mind

0 / Jul 30, 2005 6:03 AM

The Dhammapada begins with conjugate verses; here is the first one: In all things the primordial element is mind. Mind […]

The Three Victories

The Three Victories

0 / Jul 13, 2005 6:52 AM

For our entire nature and its environment, all our personal and all our universal self, are full of habits and […]

Handling Physical Pain

Handling Physical Pain

0 / Jul 3, 2005 5:59 AM

At some time in our lives we are all confronted with an acute physical pain — it can be due […]

How to Receive the Divine Grace

How to Receive the Divine Grace

0 / Jun 15, 2005 4:50 PM

Whether it be the normal life or the spiritual path, we all come face to face with situations when human […]