Towards an Everlasting “Yes”
The author highlights that the essence of Sri Aurobindo’s Avataric work is the complete transformation of the earth-nature.
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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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On Life, Love and Inner Solitude
In this second issue exploring Silence and Solitude, we begin with a reflection on the place of solitude in human relations.
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To Talk or Not to Talk (with narration of Gibran’s ‘On Talking’)
Sri Aurobindo reminds us that instead of practicing complete mauna, we must become conscious of our speech and learn to control it.
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Sea of Stormy Passions, Sea of Serene Silences (a poem, a narration and more)
As we come to the close of our ‘Streams of Sadhana’ topic, we take up the theme Silence and Solitude. This is the first of the two issues on this theme.
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“A silent mind is the first step”
We highlight a few letters of Sri Aurobindo which emphasize the profound necessity of silencing the mind. He explains that acquiring a silent mind is not easy, and gives some practical guidance in this regard.
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Sri Aurobindo on His Silence, Sadhana and Nirvana
In these letters Sri Aurobindo gives a detailed description of his first spiritual realization – that of Silent Brahman or Nirvana in 1908.
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Video: “Silence is All” – Sri Aurobindo’s Poem
Silence is all, say the sages. But has the Cosmic Scribe not also written of the Word, Thought, & Light? Watch a video inspired by this delightful poem.
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Of Social Relations, Retirement and Sadhana
These letters throw light on the rightful place of and the right attitude to have toward solitude and retirement from external activity Integral Yoga.
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