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ARTArticleThe Development and Progression of the Supramental Force in Human ActivityThe imposition of the exte al world on our mind and senses is so powerful that we don’t pay attention to the vast universe of galaxies and stars. In former times, before the world was widely illuminated by lighting at night, there was at least some opportunity for people to be outside at night, and see the broad array of stars, and wonder about what it all meant. In today’s world, however, one would have to go to a remote location, or to a place that had no electrification, to even see the stars most of the time.ARTArticleThe Development, Powers and Limits of the Mental ConsciousnessThe human being consists of multiple levels of consciousness which interact with and impact one another and which, from an evolutionary standpoint, represent a consistent trend of increasing power and subtlety of the consciousness. The consciousness of the body, the physical consciousness is the first foundation. The vital consciousness develops to provide new powers of understanding and action layered on top of the physical consciousness. When the mental consciousness develops, it adds yet additional powers of consciousness, again layered on top of the physical and vital levels.ARTArticleThe Difference Between Intuition and IntellectThe mind gathers details from the senses, attempts to classify them according to past experience, and then tries to both judge the meaning of the situation and extrapolate how future steps will occur. This process relies on known powers of the mind, powers of analysis, powers of what is known as ‘stepwise decomposition’ and powers of logical reasoning to move from a series of data to a conclusion about a future trend or direction.ARTArticleThe Difference Between Living According to the Inner Truth of One’s Being or the Exte al Ego PersonalityThe Mother draws a clear distinction between the individual who is in contact with his own deepest inner truth of being, his swadharma, and the individual who does not pay attention to this deepest truth but lives what we may call a “transactional” existence focused on the aggrandisement and enjoyment of his outer being and personality.ARTArticleThe Difference Between Scientific Focus and Artistic FocusMany people hold the idea that science is ‘fact based’ and focused on the exte al world solely, while the artistic focus is based in the use of imagination and is not as tied to exte al facts. The difference, however, is not necessarily one of a lack of imagination by those with a scientific bent, but a different direction of focus of concentration. Some of the greatest scientists, in fact, have extolled the power of imagination as being more important than systematic intellectual pursuit of knowledge.ARTArticleThe Direct Use of the Mind as a Sixth SenseWe are trained to believe that the mind relies entirely on the 5 senses of perception and the 5 senses of action in order to receive data or undertake action. If the mind is cut off from the senses, we believe that it is powerless and unable to either sense, communicate or act. Spiritual science indicates that the mind has a power of its own that is independent of these senses. Modern Western science is now validating this understanding through a unique series of experiments and advances in understanding the operations of the mind.ARTArticleThe Direction of the Psychic in Our Lives: Determinism Joined With Free WillThe human mind likes to have nice, neat categories. “Either/Or”, “Black/White”. It has a hard time dealing with mixed actions or anything that partakes of various allegedly competing or conflicting principles. Thus, the debate over free will and determinism rages on, and eventually comes down to whether the Divine actually directs every moment of one’s life, thoughts, actions, reactions, responses, etc.; or whether there is any room for individual discretion or some element of free will.ARTArticleThe Divine Shakti in Its Various FormsWhen we recognise that the world is an actual manifestation of the Divine, we can begin to appreciate the Divine in all things that we experience, all things that we see, all that we hear, all that we feel or touch or smell. The Divine manifests through his power, Shakti, which takes various forms depending on the intention and the specific plane on which that manifestation is taking place.ARTArticleThe Dreams of Childhood Are the Realities of Mature AgeMost individuals wind up having to abandon their childhood dreams and aspirations. They follow the career path set before them by their society, their family, their teachers and their peers. Yet, in most cases, they never fully lose their deeper aspiration which surfaced in their childhood before they were fully indoctrinated in the ways of the world.ARTArticleThe Effective Power of the Yogic Process in the Life-Experience of the PractitionerRare are those individuals who can take up a practice and not see any result whatsoever, yet continue on with endless patience and persistence. We look at the example of Milarepa, the great yogi of Tibet who spent a number of years doing hard labor at the behest of his guru, Marpa, and who was not granted any teachings. Yet even Milarepa did not do this without a sense that there were real powers and achievable results if he persevered. His time learning and practicing the magic arts showed him the powers available and their real, and tangible, results.ARTArticleThe Ego-Viewpoint Provides Limited and Inaccurate Assessments of EventsIf we review our lives through the lens of ‘history’, that is, looking back over the events of our lives from where we are today, we can see that things we thought, at the time, were positive things were in some cases, highly detrimental to us over time; and similarly, things we found distasteful or bad may turn out to have been very positive from this view.ARTArticleThe End of War and the Transformation of All Fields of LifeUnder the influence of the gnostic consciousness, the entire framework of the mental organisation of life, which we accept as assumed and given, would necessarily be modified. The very basis of viewing and understanding things would have to shift from one of division and separation to one of unity and oneness. This will have profound effects all spheres of human endeavor.ARTArticleThe End of War and the Transformation of All Fields of LifeUnder the influence of the gnostic consciousness, the entire framework of the mental organisation of life, which we accept as assumed and given, would necessarily be modified. The very basis of viewing and understanding things would have to shift from one of division and separation to one of unity and oneness. This will have profound effects all spheres of human endeavor.ARTArticleThe End of War and the Transformation of All Fields of LifeUnder the influence of the gnostic consciousness, the entire framework of the mental organisation of life, which we accept as assumed and given, would necessarily be modified. The very basis of viewing and understanding things would have to shift from one of division and separation to one of unity and oneness. This will have profound effects all spheres of human endeavor.ARTArticleThe Essential Difference Between Prayer and AspirationWhile there is a real difference between prayer, as an exte al action and aspiration as an inner status of being, there is also connection between the two which can be extremely potent in terms of bringing forth the aspiration into the exte al world and making it a living and real thing. When prayer is done purely by the exte al being, it can take on a mechanical or rote feature.ARTArticleThe Evolution and Manifestation of New Powers of ConsciousnessPlato in the famous dialogues recounting the teaching of his mentor, Socrates, recounts the understanding that Socrates held that education was simply a recognition by the individual of what he already knows. The process of education was one of drawing out, removing the obstacles to the expression of the knowledge and not a matter of “stuffing in” that we consider to be education in today’s world. The Latin language root of the term education literally means to draw out, or to lead out, thus emphasizing the Socratic view.ARTArticleThe Evolution of Consciousness Across Multiple Lifetimes Organised Around the Development of the Psychic BeingThe human lifetime is extremely short in the context of Nature’s evolutionary development. This leads us to several possible explanations or conclusions. We can posit that life is just random chance and there is no real significance or meaning to our lives, or the fact that we have developed self-awareness and can question the meaning of our own existence. We can choose to accept that there is a meaning to the evolutionary cycle, but that it relates to forms in a collective sense, but not necessarily to an individual, who, while self-aware, will not see the developments within his own lifetime ARTArticleThe Evolution of Occult PowersFrom the point of view of animals, we may assume, the actions, and the powers that drive them, of human beings are some kind of ‘occult powers’ about which the animals know nothing. These actions may seem miraculous but they are in reality expressions of the evolution of the mental stage of the evolution of consciousness and are quite natural powers expressed by Mind.ARTArticleThe Exercise of Will-Power and the Role of Sincerity in ImplementationMost people have had the experience. They decide to try a new diet or exercise regimen. They stick with it a few days or weeks and then it seems to get overlooked, forgotten or abandoned. Other things got in the way, or else, the impulses caused them to weaken their resolve. How many times people decide to cut out between meal snacks, only to find themselves following the old habit?ARTArticleThe Existential Crisis of Humanity and the Evolution of ConsciousnessThank you for your interest in this critical issue for the future survival of our entire human race. There is a positive way forward for humanity as we face the intense challenges before us. When we are under intense pressure we have the impetus to make needed changes. That is the lesson of Nature, and the lesson of human history. What do we each worry about as we live our lives? We worry about our health and that of our family. We don’t generally tie our health issues to our environment, but there is a clear link.r ARTArticleThe Expanded Field of Consciousness Beyond the Exte al AwarenessConsider that we remove ourselves from active participation in the exte al world and its activities for some 30% of our lifetimes while we are asleep. Sleep provides the physical body-life-mind complex with the opportunity to undertake basic ‘maintenance’, repair the body, soothe the life energies and refresh the brain function. What happens to our consciousness during sleep?ARTArticleThe Exploration of Powers WithinIn his epic poem Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol, Sri Aurobindo explores the vast field of human consciousness and development. Along the way he provides numerous references to hidden, latent powers within each of us, psychic powers, powers of mind, vital powers and powers of the physical being, powers latent and emergent, powers secret and powers revealed. Here are just a few of the references which can whet our appetite for the exploration of the powers that dwell within our own being, that can be discovered, revealed, released and developed in our lives:ARTArticleThe Forces and Beings Active in Places of WorshipWe tend to attract those energies, beings and forces to us that respond to the vibratory pattern of our thoughts, emotions, feelings, desires and physical state. Keeping this in mind, we can review our relationship to places of worship, whether a temple, mosque, church or other. Some individuals, and on some occasions, bring true devotion to the place of worship. Yet, we also see many other drives, desires and motives operating as people visit their local shrine. A major motive is desire.ARTArticleThe Forces of Light and the Forces of Darkness Grapple for Supremacy in the WorldIn Paradise Lost, John Milton describes at great length the intentions and motivations of the fallen angels as described by the Christian tradition, and their attempt and need to influence and control the human world and thereby to defeat God’s intention and plan for humanity. This story is in fact not unique to the Christian tradition. Each culture, each tradition addresses the fight between those forces that have a vested interest in maintaining and perpetuating Darkness, Ignorance and Death and opposing the advent and growth of Light, Knowledge and Life.ARTArticleThe Forms That Prayers Take Match the Source of the Prayer in the BeingMany people formulate their prayers in the form of thoughts, and they are repeated according to a strict formula and ritual. In that case, if the mind is actively engaged in the prayer, it carries the power of the mental focus to tune the being to the frequency of the being who is the object of the prayer. Mental prayer generally requires an active linking to the will to become more than just mechanically repeated words with no energy behind them.ARTArticleThe Fourfold Power of Intuition and Its Action In the Human Instruments of Mind, Life and BodyA major conce for those who are desirous of shifting from the mental to the intuitional consciousness definitely lies in the transition, how that is going to work, what the role of the mind, if any, is in this transition and how the consciousness will function as it shifts to reliance on the intuitional capacities. There is a definite anxiety about discontinuing reliance on the mental power which has built up and carried the individual through their development.ARTArticleThe Free Will of the Individual in Relation to the Action of the Modes of NatureThe ego-consciousness lives within the illusion of having free will and making its own independent decisions.ARTArticleThe General Action of Thoughts and Our Need to Observe and Manage ThemEvery thought, every idea, every imagination, every focus, represents electrical impulses that are formed and projected into the general mental atmosphere, whether expressed verbally or in writing, or simply formulated in one’s mind. Each such formation is either weaker or stronger depending on its development in the mind, and whether, and to what extent, it is linked to the will or the emotions to provide it additional impetus.ARTArticleThe Growth and Maturation of the Psychic Being Brings Increasing Power and Influence on the Exte al BeingWe experience a growth of consciousness during the maturation process starting with birth and continuing as the infant becomes a school-age child, then grows into teenage years and passes through puberty and the hormonal changes that come with that period, then into young adulthood and experience of adult life, eventually as an elder who hopefully has gained some vision and reflection about life as he reflects on his experience.ARTArticleThe Hidden Forces of Life — IntroductionIsaac Newton identified various forces that operate in the physical exte al world around us. His work was followed up by numerous others and codified into laws of physical substance. The force of gravity is one such force that impacts the movement and attraction of physical objects. Other forces operative on the physical level include electromagnetic force, strong nuclear force and weak nuclear force. These forces together create the physical structure of the universe as we conceive it and know it.

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