Swami Vivekananda on Concentration
This transcript of a lecture given by Swami Vivekananda at San Francisco on March 16, 1900 is available in Volume 4 of his complete works.
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Developing the Ability to Concentrate: An Educator’s Reflection
The author, who is deeply interested in applying the Mother’s teachings of Integral Education in her classroom setting, shares a few insights.
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A Fragmented Mind in the Cyber Age
The author, our regular contributor, points our attention to the the epidemic that Attention Deficit Disorder has become in today’s age with its social media and other internet based stimuli that have severely impacted our capability to concentrate.
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How to Cultivate Greater Concentration and Focus
The author reminds us of the immense significance of one’s capacity of concentrated attention in the overall well-being and shares some practical guidance.
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Developing Concentration: A Personal Journey
In presenting a reflective account of his personal journey, the author shares that patience, acceptance, appreciation, perseverance, determination and self-awareness are some of the qualities essential to cultivate if one aspires for developing greater concentration.
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Purpose Gives Focus; Concentration Gives the Ability
Narendra Murty speaks to Chirasree Mitra, a psycho-social counsellor who shares some insights on the topic from a scientific point of view.
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Getting Rid of Desire and Greed for Food
Featured here are some selections from Sri Aurobindo’s letters regarding how to overcome desire and greed for food.
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Quick Read: The Need for Sleep and Rest
Sri Aurobindo emphasizes that sufficient sleep is important for a normal healthy life as well as for one’s sadhana until one is advanced in his sadhana.
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How to Experience Real Rest
True restorative rest in sleep happens only during a few minutes which is a sort of Sachchidananda experience. One can consciously prepare oneself to experience such refreshing sleep.
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Preparing for Conscious Sleep
Sri Aurobindo emphasises on becoming more conscious in our sleep. The Mother gives us a step-by-step process to enter into a higher consciousness during sleep.
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On Nightmares, Dreams and Guru’s Protection
Holding a perfect quietude and faith within oneself and also calling for the Guru’s help protects one from nightmares and other attacks during sleep.
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Food and Sleep, Beyond the Physical
Is there something like metaphysical food and sleep? The author makes us reflect on these dimensions of food and sleep and offers some valuable insights in the spirit of ‘All Life is Yoga.’
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Literature and Progress on the Path
The Mother answers some questions about how one should approach literature, especially if one is an aspirant on the path of integral yoga. She explains that the significance of literature is not on what is said but on how it is being said and the feeling it evokes in the reader.
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How to Read Sri Aurobindo and Get Answers from Him
Sri Aurobindo’s words are containers of spiritual forces. When read with true aspiration, little by little, and regularly with a silent mind they penetrate the depth of the being.
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A Lesson in Humility and Dissolving the Egoism of the Doer
Shobha Mitra narrates how she learned an important lesson from the Mother on cultivating humility and dissolving personal egoism of the doer of works.
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