Greetings for this special month of August!

August 15 is a special day for all those who have turned to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. We celebrate the birthday of Sri Aurobindo, the Eternal Presence, the Maharishi, the Mahayogi, the Avatar who is guiding the onward march of Earth-consciousness to its inevitable destiny.

From 1923 to 1926, it had become customary that on his birthday, Sri Aurobindo would deliver a small speech about Yoga for his close disciples.

In his message of 15 August 1926 Sri Aurobindo gently guides us all on how we can make every August 15 a definitive step in our inner progress on the Sunlit Path. His words point to the inner preparation with which we should approach this significant date.

We open the third issue of Volume 2 of Renaissance Redux, with a special video featuring inspiring words from Sri Aurobindo which reveal the deeper significance of this Darshan day for Yoga.

We also celebrate this day as the birthday of the modern nation of India that is Bhārat, one of the oldest living civilisations that is advancing confidently on her way to renew and express her timeless spirit in new forms. In this connection, the issue features some important words of the Mother where she helps us clarify an essential point about “cause” and “effect.” These words are not to be missed by any aspirant on the path of Integral Yoga, or anyone who has turned to the teachings and vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

Sri Aurobindo has emphasised that the age of an ascetic yogi in a cave far away from the maddening crowd of life must give way to an age of yoga in real-life, in real-time which aims at the transformation of one’s entire being, the life and the world. The feature article in this issue ‘Sri Aurobindo, The Reconciler of Light and Life’ by Rishabhchand presents the Master’s illuminating exposition of the origin of life and the aim and steps of its evolutionary progression.

As always, we offer this work at the Lotus Feet of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Ever in gratitude.

~ Beloo Mehra (Editor)