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When Prayer and Meditation become Mechanical
0It is (a letter) from someone who is trying to prepare himself to receive the Supermind, and in this preparation, […]
Admitting our Addictions
0Sometimes following the spiritual path is like entering a detox centre. The mind is plagued by addictions to various diseases […]
Dealing with Desires and Wrong Movements
0Desires, impulses, wrong movements — who amongst us is without them. Yet, most of us are neither aware of them […]
Pitfalls in Sadhana (III)
0Obsessions-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
0Depression is a malady which is affecting more and more persons around the world. The sad part is that now […]
Preparing the Path
0… Have you never had the feeling in your life that you were on the way towards something? No? One […]
Pitfalls in Sadhana (II)
0Rituals-Emotions-Psychic We were speaking of pitfalls in sadhana. Let us be clear that pitfalls are different from downfalls. When […]
The Secret of Sadhana
0To find one’s inner truth, to change oneself, to realise the Divine, to work for a more harmonious world is […]
Pitfalls in Sadhana (I)
0Meditation-Work-Reading All of us are admittedly interested in sadhana which for us means a dedicated pursuit of the Divine […]
The Three Victories
0For our entire nature and its environment, all our personal and all our universal self, are full of habits and […]
Individuality – the First Conquest
0It is only gradually, very slowly, through the movements of life and a more or less careful and thorough education […]
Looking at Oneself
0… when one thinks of “myself” one thinks of the body. That is the usual thing. The personal reality is […]
Two Sides of Inner Discipline
0When we want to progress, when we want to change ourselves, we require a strong inner effort, a discipline and […]
Japa – its Value and How to Use it?
0In many spiritual disciplines, and especially in several Indian spiritual disciplines, great importance is given to Japa, the repetition […]
The First Movement
0The Process of Yoga is a turning of the human soul from the egoistic state of consciousness absorbed in the […]
The True Reason
0Those who want to follow the true path will naturally be exposed to the attacks of all the forces of […]
Criticism
0We all come across criticism at different times in different ways but we do not always know how to handle […]
Importance of Stepping Back
0A New Year is beginning. We have all made our resolutions for the coming days. But life, people and events […]
Helping the World
0The world is beset with so many problems, there are so many things which need to change, but they are […]
The Knot of Desire
0In the path of works action is the knot we have first to loosen. – Sri Aurobindo Why is action […]
A Match for Yoga
0Badminton. Its my latest obsession. And yesterday, it revealed to me my latest realization… it seems there is very little […]
The Right Time to Walk the Path
0At some time in our lives we feel the call of the spirit, we would like to follow the spiritual […]
Interiorisation
0Almost totally, everybody lives on the surface, all the time, all the time on the surface. And for them it’s […]
Can Westerners Practice Yoga?
0Today ‘Yoga’ has gone beyond the borders of India and become universally known and widely practised. But very often ‘Yoga’ […]
Looking the other Way
3How often do you catch yourself saying something like this: “Oh… so and so is to blame – he gave […]
The Mirror Within
0It is often said that life and the outer circumstances are like a mirror which reflect and show what is […]
Keeping the Faith
0It is said that nothing is achieved without Faith, whether in the ordinary life or in the spiritual life. Many […]
Dealing with Hurt Pride
0How can we get rid of Abhimana? Oh, good heavens! First of all, see how utterly disastrous it is: it […]
The Blame Game
0Life raises many questions which do not seem to have a simple and easy answer. Question : Why is it […]
