These passages from Sri Aurobindo’s play ‘The Harmony of Virtue’ written in 1892, highlight the Beauty in Nature which is based on the principle of Harmony.
Beauty and Harmony in the Warp and Woof of Nature Read More »
This reflection is reminiscent of the story where Uddalaka shows his son Shvetaketu the Truth of the Self by asking him to break open a seed.
Memory of a Seed (Self-remembering) Read More »
Nature mysticism and Romanticism in English Poetry go hand in hand. An example is William Wordsworth’s famous poem ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’.
Inner Awakening to Nature, featuring Wordsworth’s ‘Daffodils’ (with narration) Read More »
Read this beautiful account of the author’s experience of the Divine in Nature. The author is a practicing psycho-social counselor and an ardent trekker. She sees herself as a worshipper of the mighty mountains and the rivers.
I Found My God on the Trail Read More »
These passages from Sri Aurobindo’s writings help us deepen our understanding of the phrase वासुदेवः सर्वमिति from the Bhagavad Gita (7.19).
Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti and Karmayoga Read More »
What is meant by Nature’s consent to collaborate in bringing forth a new world, a New Creation? Read the Mother’s explanation and enjoy a video.
Nature, a Collaborator of the New Consciousness (Video) Read More »
We highlight a few conversations of the Mother in which she focuses on the Beauty aspect of the Divine that is expressed through flowers and all Nature. This also includes its subtler aspect, namely, fragrance.
“In Nature one can live in beauty, always” Read More »
Environmentalist movement must become a loving service to a divine Mother Nature inspired by a sacred and enlightened devotion.
Environmentalist, Ask Thyself -Is Nature She or It? Read More »
Sri Aurobindo describes the different levels of consciousness through which we understand and experience the working of Shakti or Energy within and around us.
The Divine Shakti – Part 1 Read More »
Sri Aurobindo emphasizes that the perfection sought in the integral Yoga is not only to be one with the Shakti in her highest spiritual power and in her universal action, but to realise and possess her fullness in our individual being and nature.
The Divine Shakti – Part 2 Read More »
Kireet Joshi elucidates in these passages Sri Aurobindo’s concept of complete person which reveals the futuristic vision of Sri Aurobindo for humanity.
Sri Aurobindo’s Concept of Evolution and Superman – I Read More »
In this part, the author gives a clear picture of Sri Aurobindo’s concept of superman and how it is totally different from Nietzsche’s idea.
Sri Aurobindo’s Concept of Evolution and Superman – 2 Read More »
The Mother narrates her trance experience when she concretely ‘saw’ how the money-power which is under the control of Asuric forces can be conquered.
Nature’s Abundance and Conquering the Money Power Read More »
Priti Dasgupta narrates a few incidents which reveal for us the Mother’s deep kinship with the world of plants and flowers.
Mother’s Close Rapport with Plants, Flowers and Trees Read More »
The author summarises the right attitude of compassion, kindness and respect one must cultivate toward all living creatures.
Cultivate Goodness and Kindness toward Animals Read More »
In this passage, the Mother speaks of how one may draw on the universal vital force and how one may increase the receptivity to the higher force.
“It isn’t the forces that are limited, it is the receptivity” – Words of the Mother Read More »
The Mother explains the tremendous receptive capacity of flowers, stones and ornaments and how they can be used as transmitter of the divine forces.
Receptivity of Flowers, Stones and Ornaments Read More »
The Mother’s words describing the ardent aspiration seen in nature — in trees, animals and particularly the flowers — make for a delightful reading.
Nature Aspires Too — Words of the Mother Read More »
This issue is an invocation to the Supreme Force that is the Love of the Divine for the Humanity and the Earth, the Love that carries within it the Force and Power to awaken in both – man and nature – to the deep, hidden yearning for their highest and truest Nature, their Divinity.
The Mother, in these passages, speaks of the intense yearning, the deep love and longing of Nature, its ardent prayer to Light. The same Love can awaken in us, the humans, an aspiration to seek the Oneness within, the truest Light within.