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