Silviu Craciunas who was on verge of suicide in prison had visions of an Indian sage whom he called Aurobin Dogos and found the strength to survive his ordeal.
“Wherever there is a receptivity, the Force acts” – A Prisoner’s Transformation Read More »
Selected humorous correspondence of Nirodbaran with Sri Aurobindo which explore a few themes related to the working of Sri Aurobindo’s Force and its receptivity by the sadhaks.
Of Force, Receptivity and Laughs 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 »
Sri Aurobindo has also been spoken of as a poet-maker. Some sadhaks also discovered their latent poetic talents and poured out beautiful poetry, all because of the Yoga-shakti of the Master who also took great pains in correcting their poems.
The Force that Made Poets: Selected Letters of Sri Aurobindo Read More »
How to become more receptive to the yogic force as we walk the sunlit path of yoga of works? Sri Aurobindo gives us practical guidance.
Receptivity to the Force for Work: Words of Sri Aurobindo Read More »
We speak with artist Bindu Popli, who for the last 30 years has been immersed in creating art that comes from a place deep within her. For her, “painting is flowering, not making. The unknown world unfolds itself.”
Antaryatra: An Artist’s Journey Within (Video) Read More »
Featured here is the last chapter of the book ‘The Tale of My Exile’ by Barin Ghose, a great revolutionary who was captured by the British along with Sri Aurobindo and several others for Alipore Bomb case. This book is his record of his imprisonment at the Cellular Jail at Andamans.
The Tale of My Exile: Twelve Years in the Andamans – Part 1 Read More »
Barin Ghose ends the book with this: “Man remains frail and weak and ill developed if he has an easy and even life. The hammer of God that builds up a soul in divine strength and might is one of the supreme realities.”
The Tale of My Exile: Twelve Years in the Andamans – Part 2 Read More »
The author reminds us that it is the errors of an egoistic and self-divided creation that are the central practical concern of every human being striving to fulfil the purpose of his life on earth. The errors are inevitable; indeed, they are the means of fulfilment, the fertiliser by which the seed of the spirit is made to grow and fructify on the plane of human life.
Sacrifice and Egoism – PART I Read More »