The Divine

What is Sri Aurobindo's "Savitri"?

Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri is:1) The daily record of the spiritual experiences of theindividual who has written.2) A complete system of yoga which can serve as aguide for those who want to follow the integralsadhana.3) The yoga of the Earth in its ascension towards theDivine.4) The experiences of the Divine Mother in her effortto adapt herself to the body she has taken and theignorance and the

The Mother on Pop Music

(Mother listens to a few pieces of pop music brought to her byFrançois B., an enthusiastic visitor)It's very amusing! (Mother laughs)It's the vital in full revolt against the mind, but it's magnificent! They reject the whole mind. It's interesting, very interesting!You get the feeling that if they pushed a little farther on (gesture of piercing above), they would catch something.(François B.:) 

What happens after Death?

The soul takes birth each time, and each time a mind, life and body are formed out of the materials of universal nature according to the soul's past evolution and its need for the future.

When the body is dissolved, the vital goes into the vital plane and remains there for a time, but after a time the vital sheath disappears. The last to dissolve is the mental sheath. Finally the soul or

THE POETRY OF SRI AUROBINDO

THE POETRY OF SRI AUROBINDO:MANTRA, METRICS AND MEANINGBY ROD HEMSELL

In this course, I would like to approach Sri Aurobindo’s poetry from the point of view ofMantra, Metrics and Meaning, each of which I believe to be unique to Sri Aurobindo. SriAurobindo’s interpretation and application of the principle of Mantra is unique. Whatpoetry is or should be, for Sri Aurobindo, is a special peculiar

Sri Aurobindo is now in the subtle physical plane

Sri Aurobindo shows himself according to the need of each one
and in the subtle physical the things are not as fixed as they are
here.
Attach more importance to the feeling produced by the vision
than to details of what you have seen.                                                                                   - The Mother

Mother's Mantra: OM NAMO BHAGAVATEH (ॐ नमो भगवते)

The first word, OM , represents 
the supreme invocation, the invocation to the Supreme.

The second word, NAMO, represents 
total self-giving, perfect surrender.

The third word, BHAGAVATEH, represents 
the aspiration,
what the manifestation must become — Divine.

When I sit in meditation or I have a minute of quiet for concentration, this mantra arises from the solar plexus, and there is a

Mind Over Matter

Mind Over Matter
Did matter create consciousness or consciousness matter?
By: Santhosh Mathew

It may be argued, scientifically, that matter originated first and the interactions of networked matter created everything else, including life, mind and consciousness. But, a deeper analysis suggests, as the physicist Max Planck believed, that consciousness is elemental and everything else is

Wrong indulgence and wrong abstinence

The Integral Yoga

As the supreme Shastra of the integral Yoga is the eternal Veda secret inthe heart of every man, so its supreme Guide and Teacher is the innerGuide, the World-Teacher, jagad-guru, secret within us.It is he who destroys our darkness by the resplendent light of hisknowledge; that light becomes within us the increasing glory of his ownself-revelation. He discloses progressively in us his own

Spiritual Practice in Auroville: Union with our Inner Being

by BhagaSome of you visiting this blog are asking me what is the spiritual practice here in Auroville – a major question indeed, speaking of a place dedicated to collective evolution by means of applied spirituality, so to say.Well, the first thing to know is that no one could answer that question for everybody here, simply because there isn’t one way imposed for everybody – and that is already

Sri Aurobindo's Yoga

An Interview with Amal Kiran by Anie Nunnally

Amal now calls home the Ashram Nursing Home onGoubert Boulevardwhere he has resided since May 1999 after his hip was broken. He does not want to return to his house as he is well taken care of at the nursing facility and is freed from all the responsibilities of “housekeeping” as he says. The monsoon rains were teeming on many days that I visited him, but there was always sunshine when I entered

What is Consciousness?

Consciousness is a state and a power. 
Love is a force and an action.
- The Mother

Sri Aurobindo is constantly among us

Evolution

Act always at the summit of your consciousness

The Beginning of a Gnostic Community

The Supramental Manifestation - by Georges Van Vrekhem

29 February: The Golden Day
‘The lights had been turned off at the Playground after the reading of some passages from The Synthesis of Yoga and the children's questions. They all sat on the ground in a semicircle around her. One heard the sea in the distance, and the beam of the lighthouse swept over the top of the walls – two short flashes, one long. It was the “Wednesday