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ARTArticleThe Faith That Every Sadhak Must Have to Support Him Through Every Obstacle or SetbackWhen we travel on a major highway, we do not doubt or question that the destination at the end of that road is where we will eventually end up. We may need to face various difficulties along the way. There may be stops for food or fuel, there may be automobile breakdowns and needed repairs, there may be storms and temporary halts or diversions. But if we remain focused on the objective, and continue to stay on the highway, we will one day reach the end.rARTArticleThe First Aim of the Yoga: Receptivity to a Higher Spiritual ConsciousnessHistorically, much of the spiritual focus has been directed towards seeing through the illusory nature of the exte
al reality and shifting the awareness to a pure spiritual consciousness that is not involved in that exte
al reality.ARTArticleThe Flame of Aspiration, the Mystic FireThe Rig Veda has a large number of hymns to Agni, the mystic fire. Sri Aurobindo translated and commented on the hymns to Agni in his book, Hymns to the Mystic Fire. The importance of the mystic fire, which we may call the flame of aspiration for the spiritual seeker is evidenced by both the number of hymns appearing in the Rig Veda, as well as the fact that the very first hymn is dedicated to Agni. This first hymn sets the tone of the spiritual seer’s devotion to the development of this flame of aspiration as the basis for spiritual sadhana.ARTArticleThe Focus Needed for Success in the Practice of the Integral YogaEvery path of Yoga has its own methodologies and expected results, just as every discipline or focus in the exte
al activities have their own methodologies and expected results. An individual can train for sports, for proficiency in a particular science, or even for learning skills in social interactions. Most people undertake these actions with a specific desire or ambition, a goal they want to achieve, a form of success they want to have in their lives.ARTArticleThe Greatest Help a Spiritual Seeker Can Give to OthersModern day civilization emphasizes some kind of exte
al 'result' that can be measured. Most frequently this is tied to a monetary value, but the world also appreciates and honors, in some cases, those who do humanitarian work, those who lead countries or fight wars, those who create new products, services or methodologies. Scientists are frequently honored for their groundbreaking discoveries. Religious leaders are frequently appreciated for their moral leadership.ARTArticleThe Healing Power of DreamsThe Healing Power of Dreams
"The dream is an attempt to make us assimilate things
not yet digested. It is an attempt at healing."
Carl G. Jung
"When we set out to interpret a dream, it is always helpful
to ask: what conscious attitude does it compensate? Dreamsrn...provide a view of the dreamer's situation and mobilize the
potential of the personality to meet it. Dreams are our most
effective aid in building up the personality."
Anthony Stevens
IntroductionARTArticleThe Horrendous Crime of Gang-stalkingThe Horrendous Crime of Gang-stalkingARTArticleThe Human Power of Discontentedness Helps Open the Door to the Inner ConsciousnessThe drive in the human individual to find out who he is, what he is here for, and how he can grow and become what he is intended to be in the creation sets him apart from the animal. Even in the midst of an almost complete immersion in the exte
al life and its lures, somewhere deep inside, the person knows that this is not all, that this is not enough, and eventually, this brings about a sense of dissatisfaction or discontentedness which pushes him beyond the limits set by the body, life-force and mind.ARTArticleThe Individual Action Needed to Implement the Spiritual Path in One’s LifeThe vital nature wants to continue its old ways and achieve fulfillment of its desires. It is also very effective at finding ways to convince the mind to carry out its impulses and desires. When an individual takes up the spiritual path, the vital being does not get discouraged, it simply tries to find ways to carry on while paying ‘lip service’ to the spiritual seeking. One of the ways it does that is to latch onto the idea, true in an ultimate sense, that it is the Divine Force which is carrying out the sadhana.ARTArticleThe Individual Sadhak and His Relation to the Movement of Universal ForcesForces that operate in the world are not necessarily ‘hostile’ even if their effect on any particular individual appears to be extremely negative. These forces operate on a large scale to carry out their own role and fulfillment, without specific regard to who may be impacted. When an earthquake or a tsunami strikes for instance, it is not aimed at a particular person who happens to be among those affected.ARTArticleThe Initial Liberation of the Mental Being from Servitude to the Physical BodyWe can learn much from the quite commonly related phenomenon called the ‘out of body’ experience. Many people have had such an experience where they resided in their awareness outside the body, in some cases from above the body and from that vantage point could observe the body as different and separated from the awareness with which they identified. Many of these cases occur during traumatic events such as an accident or an extreme onset of an illness.ARTArticleThe Inner Being Determines the Formations of the Outer ExistenceWe tend to work from the outer to the inner consciousness. We treat the exte
al world as more real and dominant to determine our physical body, our vital nature and our mental development. There is of course a certain amount of truth to this view, inasmuch as the outer and the inner are two sides of the same reality, inextricably intertwined and acting upon one another.
What we tend to get wrong, however, is a failure to see that the gross forms of the exte
al world are not the primary causal reality, but a result of subtler and more powerful levels of consciousness.ARTArticleThe January New Moon in Capricorn: Plan Your Work and Work Your PlanThe January New Moon in Capricorn: Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
"A goal without a plan is just a wish." -Antoine de Saint-ExuperyARTArticleThe Journey from Ignorance to Knowledge Through an Attitude of Continuous Learning and ReceptivityWe live in the world without fully appreciating or understanding it. This is not something new that we are experiencing, but a statement of what we may call the ‘human condition’. The Rishis of the Rig Veda faced these same issues. In the Hymn of Creation, Mandala X, Sukta 129, Verses 6 and 7 (as translated by Nolini Kanta Gupta) they expressed their yearning for knowledge and their frustration with the seemingly impenetrable nature of the manifestation of which we are part, when they say: “Who knows in truth, Who would tell us here below, From where was it born, Whence this Surging Creation?ARTArticleThe Joy of Action — Independent of Conce
for the Fruits of the ActionThe goal of the integral yoga is nothing less than the transformation of human nature, the uplifting of consciousness to the next evolutionary stage in the manifestation and the consequent changes that brings about to create a new harmony and a new balance in the life of the individual and in the world. Those who take up this yoga find that human nature is not so malleable, and thus, old modes and habits of action tend to stay embedded even when we recognise that things need to change.ARTArticleThe Lack of Transcription or Bridges of Consciousness Prevents Awareness of the Waking Consciousness of Experiences of Deep Sleep and Other Alte
ative States of AwarenessWhere does the consciousness go when we are deep asleep? Numerous reports tell us that it can go out to other planes or realms, or down into subconscious levels, or up into superconscious levels. When we awaken from sleep, we generally are unable to describe what we did during sleep or where we went, or what happened to us while we were asleep.ARTArticleThe Law of Attraction and its Application to Spiritual SadhanaIt is interesting that people are willing to believe the ‘secret’ of the law of attraction, spend time, energy and money trying to learn it, for the purpose of manifesting wealth, enjoyment and the powers available in the world, but they do not tend to apply the principle behind this ‘law of attraction’ to the focus, and actions, that take place in their inner lives.ARTArticleThe Law of Attraction and Spiritual PracticeIn recent years there has been a lot of focus on what is called the ‘law of attraction’. It has been mainly used to act as some kind of a ‘wish-fulfilling action’ that one undertakes by focusing on specific affirmations or visualizing results which then are ‘attracted’ to your focus and create the result you are seeking. This is, however, a very limited application of a much more general action of the universal consciousness of oneness.ARTArticleThe Light Is Needed to Clear the Subconscient of Undesired ResponsesIn the Rig Veda, there is a legend about a cave of the Panis which Sri Aurobindo has explained as a description of how the subconscient captures and holds the higher divine Light and encloses it away in the darkness. The illumined mind and the higher powers of awareness break open this subconscient level and free the light from that encompassing darkness. In The Secret of the Veda, Sri Aurobindo describes the meaning of Indra, Sarama,the ‘cows’, representing the rays of Light, the battle of Light against the Darkness, and the significance of freeing these ray-cows from the subconscient.ARTArticleThe Link Between Attitude and DigestionThe Mother provides simple, yet powerful guidance about the connection between one’s attitude and his digestive system. If we consider for a moment the times when we are ‘out of sorts’, feeling angry, or bitter, or somewhat sharp and biting in our reactions to others, we can see that in many cases, there is a reaction that knots up the digestive system, we experience various disturbances of the digestion and we feel generally out of sorts. Many people who suffer chronic digestive upsets have a generally negative attitude towards life.ARTArticleThe Magician: Tarot MeaningThe Magician, a card in the Major Arcana, is another powerful card in the realm of the Tarot.
I've been meditating alot on this card lately as its energy speaks to many of the struggles I see friends and family experiencing. Any time one isn't able to actualize the results one seeks in their life, a lack of the Magician energy can said to be at work.
EyeTarot.com defines the Magician card as relating to...
* Taking concrete action, decisivenessrARTArticleThe Main Conditions of Preparation for the Supramental ChangeIn a brief compass, Sri Aurobindo outlines the attitude to be assumed and the nature of the work to be done to prepare the being for the consummation of the path of the integral Yoga.
Sri Aurobindo writes: "Get the psychic being in front and keep it there, putting its power on the mind, vital and physical, so that it shall communicate to them its force of single-minded aspiration, trust, faith, surrender, direct and immediate detection of whatever is wrong in the nature and turned towards ego and error, away from Light and Truth."ARTArticleThe Material Consciousness and Its Resistance to ChangeThere is a proverb that says that changing human nature is like trying to straighten out a dog’s tail. As soon as the hold is taken off of the tail, it reverts to its usual shape. When we reach the level of the material consciousness, we are at the point where the ‘solidity’ of matter makes change much more challenging than in the more flexible levels of the mental consciousness, the vital consciousness, etc. Another proverb says that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks.ARTArticleThe Means of Focus and Receptivity in the Integral YogaThe human instrument is essentially a receiver. Through the various energy centres, vibrational patterns are picked up. Most of what is received is not consciously attended to, but it has its subtle impact. The human being is able to respond to a limited range of vibrations on the electro-magnetic spectrum. Vibrations above and vibrations below our normal range of response are active but we do not consciously attend to them and their impact is relatively minor if they cannot set up a corresponding vibratory pattern through any of our energy centres.ARTArticleThe Mental Purusha: the Witness Awareness of the MindAs the seeker attempts to achieve the separation of the witness consciousness from the exte
al nature of the being (which is comprised of the body, the vital being and the mind), the first phase is generally the separation of the mental awareness from the body. This brings forth the awareness of the mental Purusha.ARTArticleThe Metaphysical Power Of The RunesByrnP.J. CaidenARTArticleThe Most Helpful Attitude for Spiritual ProgressThe vital nature, in particular, is addicted to ‘drama’. It seeks attention and excitement. An added complication is that in modern society, with our fixation on all types of electronic stimulation, internet, mobile phones, radio, television, cinema, along with neon signs, blaring ads and loudspeakers, etc., we find that the nervous being and the vital nature are kept in a constant state of agitation. This type of energetic status makes it hard, if not virtually impossible, to open and be receptive to the higher forces that are trying to manifest.ARTArticleThe Mother’s Force Is the Primary Aid in Overcoming the Force of DesireThere is a dual significance to the term ‘the Mother’s Force’. First, this is the Divine Shakti, which manifests the universal creation, and which acts to bring forth the sequential expression of the consciousness involved in Matter. At the same time, there is the specific reference to the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, who so embodied and focused this divine Force that those who came into her presence or aura of influence were profoundly impacted by that Force.ARTArticleThe Nature and Power of PeaceIn the context of yogic psychology, peace is not the absence of disturbance, just as in the exte
al world, peace is not the absence of war. We generally define peace as a negative attribute. As the seeker gains depth of experience, however, it becomes clear that peace is ultimately a very positive attribute. The seeker can palpably experience peace as it reaches various parts of his being. Peace in the mind can be experienced as a serene, tranquil receptivity, like a lake without any ripples in it, readfy to accept the divine wisdom and power that illuminates the mind.ARTArticleThe Nature of the SubconscientC.G. Jung described what he called the ‘collective unconscious’, a repository of archetypal images and experiences that are universal to humanity. Sigmund Freud explored the subconscious realms of the individual and how they impacted the lives and responses of those individuals. The understanding they gained and shared is the first opening in Western psychology to the deeper implications of the working of consciousness, which is both a unified field of oneness, and an individual experience factor built into each person’s own unique interactions with that universal reality.