The Different Paths of an Artist and a Sadhu
Through a masterful analysis the author concludes that if the aim of spirituality is to know the Self, then the aim of art too is the same.
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Being in the Ashram and Reading Sri Aurobindo’s Books
For the ‘Book of the Month’ we feature an excerpt from Mona Sarkar’s book ‘Blessings of the Grace: Conversations with the Mother’.
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Control of Speech, Mental Austerity and Inner Silence – 1
The Mother emphasizes that to control one’s speech is “far more fruitful austerity” than the ascetic practice of complete abstinence from talking.
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Control of Speech, Mental Austerity and Inner Silence – 2
The selections in this part highlight the Mother’s advice on the control of speech in intellectual and spiritual domains.
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Silence and Education: Some Practical Guidance
The Mother highlights the significance of silence for learning, and also gives teachers and students great practical guidance in this regard.
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Experiencing the Divine through Nature’s Mandalas
Read about some contemplative practices which the author and her team at Creative School use regularly for both Education and Healing purposes.
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The Upanishads Elucidated: Swarāt Samrāt -1
This story titled ‘Swarāt Samrāt’ in our ongoing series invites us to ponder upon the concept and practice of self-mastery and self-conquest.
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The Upanishads Elucidated: Swarāt Samrāt -2
What happens next to Neel and Lal? And what of the jewels each of them had? Read all about it in this part 2 of the story and learn of a deep Vedantic truth.
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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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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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Education of the Body and Food Habits
While discussing physical education the Mother highlighted the need for developing healthy habits related to food. Children must be taught to eat according to hunger, neither more nor less, and not to make meals an occasion to satisfy their greed or gluttony.
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Refining the Sense of Taste with No Attachment to Food
How and why did the taste for food develop? How can one refine and develop one’s sense of taste? Read excerpts from the Mother’s conversation on these subjects.
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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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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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On Life, Literature and Yoga
What is the right place and significance of reading spiritual literature in the path of sadhana? Can reading help prepare the sadhak, can it become a hindrance? Should a sadhak read only spiritual or religious literature? What about the literary classics that are often considered ‘secular’ literature? What does it mean to study literature or write only for the Divine? These and a few more questions are explored in the current issue.
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