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ARTArticleIntuitionThe popular idea about intuition is tied to some kind of unexplainable process of "knowing" that people go through. If it is purely based in the type of extrapolation from past experience, or some sense that drives the decision without careful and logical analysis, it is still based in the normal activity of the mind, life and body, using memory, instinct, and trained responses as a foundation for fast and unthinking response.ARTArticleIs It the Soul or the Vital Being We Perceive?Most people are rooted in the vital consciousness, and thus respond to the vibrations that occur within the vital realm. Unless they have contact with their soul or at least clear influence by the psychic being on the exte
al parts of the being, they are virtually unable to recognise the action of the soul in others. They therefore do not clearly appreciate the nature of the soul, or its action. Many actually deny the existence of the soul. Even those who admit the existence of the soul, however, frequently confuse vital movements for the action of the soul. Those who have a clear experienceARTArticleIs the Mental Consciousness an Aid or an Obstacle for the Spiritual Seeker?Every level of consciousness is limited by the frame within which it operates, as well as by the mechanism of its action within that frame. In its own field of action, with its own native operation, the mind can be a powerful tool and aid to the individual. Yet, when it tries to assert for itself the power to judge things and forces that are beyond its frame of reference, it becomes an obstacle to a deeper understanding.ARTArticleis there a solution to the Israel/Palestine Problem?is there a solution to the Israel/Palestine Problem? There is so much history and so much hatred built up. Acts of overt terrorism, including attacks on civilian targets, women, children, etc. are not justifable. The Israelis righfully point out that they have a right to defend themselves, their homes and families and should be able to expect to live in peace and peaceful harmony with their neighbors.ARTArticleKnowledge … and WisdomAs we go through school and acquire knowledge, knowledge of facts, knowledge of ideas, knowledge of principles, knowledge of methodologies, knowledge of trained skills, we gain in our ability to act in the world and succeed in our exte
al life. We learn how to employ the faculty of reasoning and we are able to classify, organize, name and assemble things and ideas in a logical step-by-step fashion. But all this knowledge does not reach to the core issues of why it is we are alive, what our role in the world is meant to be, and what the entire manifested universe is about.ARTArticleListening and Heeding the Voice of the SoulThe voice of reason, the urging of desire, the warning of what we call the conscience, all of these are aspects of the inner dialogue that takes place within the individual as he determines his direction and his response to life situations. None of these are, however, the voice of the soul. How can we distinguish the voice of the soul from these other elements?ARTArticleMaking Progress UnconsciouslySri Aurobindo describes in The Synthesis of Yoga, the long, slow process of evolution that occurs in nature, long before human beings become conscious of this process. He indicates that through the conscious participation of the spiritual aspirant, this process can be made conscious and speeded up. Thus, yogic practice can condense into a much shorter time span, progressive development that would otherwise potentially require hundreds of years, if not millennia. Thus, there is a certain amount of progress that occurs within the natural evolution, unseen and unrecognised due to both its tardy pARTArticleMaking the Vital Into a Willing Collaborator in the Transformation of LifeAfter all the attempts to bring the vital being under some kind of control, it may seem like it is an impossible task! The vital has its fixed habits of fulfillment and satisfaction and tends generally to want to continue its normal modes of action. It is, however, not a thankless task and there are solutions. We can see the potential when we look at the methods used to obtain willing cooperation from others, as well as from the animal kingdom.ARTArticleMorality and SpiritualityIn the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna becomes conscious of the sin of fighting against and killing his relatives, revered teachers and elders, and declares that the moral code supports the idea that he should not fight. Sri Krishna responds that the divine intention is not limited by human-made moral codes, and that it was both his duty and his destiny to undertake the fight and come out victorious, killing those very elders, teachers and relatives who stood against him on the other side of the battlefield. There was a larger issue at stake that needed to be addressed.ARTArticleOrganizing One’s Life Around a Central AspirationOne of the things that spiritual seekers experience is that regardless of how strong the central aspiration of the soul happens to be within them, they experience fluctuations based on the various parts of the exte
al nature coming to the front and asserting their own priorities.ARTArticleOur Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology — IntroductionWe tend to believe that we are a single, consistent and harmonized individuality, personality, character. For the most part, we are not self-reflective enough to recognise the inconsistencies and inner conflicts that take place within the being, due to different drives, needs, desires, and thoughts pulling us in different directions. This view makes it difficult, if not impossible, to effectuate real change in the nature.ARTArticleOvercoming the Influence of the Subconscient on the Physical BodyWe understand that there is an electro-magnetic spectrum, ranging from very short wavelengths to extremely long wavelengths. We can visualize the color spectrum with a similar range. There is also a sound spectrum. In each instance of a vibrational spectrum, there is a range within which we can consciously perceive the energetic movement, and there are ranges, both above, and below our range of perception.ARTArticleOvermindThere are further levels of consciousness beyond the intuition. The next superior level, as Sri Aurobindo has defined it, is that of the ‘overmind’. The overmind involves at least a partial shift of standpoint as it sees and understands the greater oneness and unity and factors that knowledge into its action. It is, however, primarily focused on effectuation of the spiritual knowledge into the limited and much less flexible framework provided by the mind-life-body complex.ARTArticlePatience and Perseverance Are Required in the Path of Spiritual RealisationPossibly it is a result of our relatively short span of life during which we are active and capable of conscious observation, insight and action. The period of childhood is mostly involved with development of the body, the vital force and the mind to the point where they can become functional and effective within the life of humanity. Teenage years are very much preoccupied with education, career choices and dealing with the changes to the body and the vital drives that occur and which determine much of the allocation of time and mind at that period. When the individual enters the late teens aARTArticlePersonal Effort, the Ego and the Nature of SelfishnessThere is considerable confusion about the role of the ego and the nature of actions one undertakes. Many believe that charitable actions, altruistic or philanthropic actions by definition are unselfish acts and evidence the elimination of ego from the action. This, however, is not accurate. The ego remains active as long as the individual identifies himself with a specific person or personality. It is the development of the ego that is a necessary transitional step from the more amorphous consciousness of the vital and rudimentary mental levels. At the point where a seeker becomes self-aware aARTArticlePerspective on Dealing with Recurrence of Undesirable Reactions Occurring During the Attempt to Change Human Nature Through the Yogic PracticeWhen an individual takes up the practice of Yoga, he generally expects to see palpable and constant progress towards whatever he has set as his goal in that practice. When the yogic practice is focused on bringing about the next stage of the evolution of consciousness, and integrating the changes that would necessarily take place in human nature, both as preliminary steps to make it possible, and then as essential changes due to that evolutionary leap, progress is often difficult to identify easily.ARTArticlePrecondition for Offering the Ego into the Divine ConsciousnessWhen we think about dissolving the ego and offering ourselves to the Divine, we do not often consider the details involved and the difficulties attendant on that process. What is it we are offering? How are we accomplishing that offering? What does the offering look like in terms of its practical implications in our lives? Does it change the way we think, feel, respond?ARTArticlePreparation for the Definitive Shift of the Consciousness to a New StandpointWhen a seeker has an unusual experience, when the consciousness shifts to a different standpoint, when new forms of understanding, inspiration, and response suddenly arise, there can be a feeling of intense disorientation, concern, fear or anxiety. ‘What is happening to me?’ Given the predominant mindset of the modern world, there may be conce
ed about whether one is having some kind of psychological breakdown, an outbreak of madness of some sort. Family and friends may observe one acting in a new and strange way, and may even suggest psychological help or counseling.ARTArticleQuestions and ConspiraciesI am standing here where once stood the mighty Twin Towers that were demolished on 9/11. People still maintain that there was an implosion at least 1 minute prior to the first plane hitting the buildings. These people were all called to testify at the 9/11 Commission Hearings. Others have sworn that explosive matter was found in the rubble. Conspiracies abound, of course. Everything that has ever happened that is of interest and has no clear answer. Why did building 7 collapse? No plane hit that building; was it imploded from within? Who would have done such a horrible thing?ARTArticleReadings in Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri: A Legend and a SymbolIntroduction: Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol is an inner guidebook for the soul. These mantric verses imbue even the body with potent spiritual resonance.ARTArticleRevolutionizing Entrepreneurship: Unleashing Success with “The Lean Startup” Blueprint ~ A SummaryCan you appreciate the opportunity to just lay back and be read to via a convenient audiobook? Or perhaps just the ability to take a break, prop up your feet and read a good book that you find practical for your wealth building efforts? This article is part of a series I’ve created on ten best-selling books about wealth creation. Remember to tailor your reading list selections to your specific interests and financial goals, as these books cover a broad spectrum of financial topics and can provide valuable insights and guidance on your journey to financial success.ARTArticleSachchidananda (Existence-Consciousness-Bliss)In our mental view of the world, we see everything separated and fragmented, and we identify separate objects, beings and forces as interacting with one another. We can intellectually conceive of the concept that all these separate entities and forces are part of a coordinated and combined universe that contains and supports them all. Yet in our day to day view, we see and act upon the differences and not the oneness that is implied.ARTArticleSeeing Oneself and Others With Open EyesTo the extent we fail to see the underlying motivations and desires that drive our thoughts and our actions, we tend to take a relatively benign view of who we are and how we respond to life. Similarly, to a great degree we tend to assign a similar motivation to others, although, it must be said, we tend to be more critical of others than of ourselves, and we do tend to project our own faults upon others.ARTArticleSelf-Deception Manifested Through Judgment of OthersSelf-deception can take the form of a judgmental attitude regarding the thoughts, feelings or actions of others. Particularly if an individual has worked to try to eliminate certain things within himself, he has a very close relationship to those things, he can feel the vibration and a lot of effort has gone into finding ways to partially or entirely neutralize them in his life. He may have succeeded for the most part in doing so, yet can still recognise and understand these vibratory patterns when they arise in others around him. Both the negative and the positive sides of that vibration remaARTArticleSelf-Deception Manifested Through One’s Own Exte
al Actions and Internal JustificationsAnother type of deception may either be conscious fraud, or may be another instance of the process of self-deception manifesting also as deception in relation to others. If the individual is purposely trying to take advantage of people, and knows that to be the case, it is an instance of conscious fraud. The other type, that in which the individual misleads himself while misleading others, is the focus of this review.ARTArticleSelf-Knowledge and Self-MasteryThe purpose of attaining self-knowledge is not to create an intellectual framework and be able to learnedly expound on a subject; rather, self-knowledge implies that the seeker has a purpose behind the effort. This purpose may be to find a way to gain ‘liberation’ from the existing life, to escape the sense of illusion that permeates all goals and actions of the exte
al life, or it may be, as Sri Aurobindo and the Mother indicate, to gain self-mastery over the exte
al nature and thereby prepare the being for the next stage of evolutionary development in the divine manifestation.ARTArticleShifting from Focus on the Desire-Soul to the True SoulAs human beings live primarily in the exte
al consciousness on the surface of the being, their experience of existence is centred around and focused on the body, life-force and mind. They do not generally see nor recognise the true soul deep behind the surface, and they see the coming and going of the life-force in and out of the physical body as the basis of existence. When the vital force departs, they see the body die and disintegrate.ARTArticleSigns for Identifying the World PersonalityIn the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna poses the question of how to identify the spiritual man, the superior individual. Sri Krishna makes it clear that this is not determined by outer signs, but by the inner state of the individual. The Mother takes up this question in a slightly different form and describes the determining factor to identify the world-personality.
A disciple asks: ”What are the characteristic features of a world-personality?”ARTArticleSpiritual Experience Comes and Goes Until the Nature Becomes Ready for a Total Shift of StandpointMost people who take up spiritual practices are deeply involved in some kind of regular practice and, as with everything else in the normal life, they look for signs and signals that show they are making progress in their chosen path of development. An experience comes, some new revelatory insight takes hold of them, and they rejoice in the obvious signs of progress. Only these experiences and insights, with their intensity and authenticity, tend to recede, fade and become a thing of memory rather than a living, constant experience.ARTArticleSpiritual Experiences Manifest When They Are Ready and When the Seeker Can Perceive ThemOur ability to perceive is limited both by the scale within which we are able to perceive, as well as the operation of the “all or nothing” phenomenon. Thus, events are occurring, activities are underway at wavelengths below those we can perceive, and above those we can perceive. At some point, the impact of those events that occur outside our frame, may have consequences within our frame, but until that occurs, we remain blissfully ignorant of the changes that are in preparation. Similarly, our sense organs have a threshold of perception.