Sri Aurobindo Studies

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, pg. v This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/08/19/the-exploration-of-powers-within/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are all available on the YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871 More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at www.aurobindo.net  The US editions and links to e-book editions of Sri Aurobindo’s writings can be found at Lotus Press www.lotuspress.com 

reference: reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/08/18/powers-within-introduction/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are all available on the YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871 More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at www.aurobindo.net  The US editions and links to e-book editions of Sri Aurobindo’s writings can be found at Lotus Press www.lotuspress.com 

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Summary and Conclusions This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/08/17/the-hidden-forces-of-life-summary-and-conclusions/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are all available on the YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871 More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at www.aurobindo.net  The US editions and links to e-book editions of Sri Aurobindo’s writings can be found at Lotus Press www.lotuspress.com 

We tend to get depressed about the world situation we find ourselves in. The issues confronting humanity are seemingly threatening extinction of the human race and we see no easy solutions; in fact, they appear to be getting worse. We have numerous different directions that are suggested for a way forward. There are political solutions, economic solutions, technological solutions, environmental solutions, and some even propose simply finding a way to colonize another planet rather than solve the problems right here where we live. We feel small, isolated, alone and afraid for ourselves, our families and our world. Meanwhile we need to earn a living and find a way to survive the stress of daily life, much less focus on the bigger picture issues. The result of all this is mental paralysis. We then try to escape, to shut ourselves off, to drown our sorrows in alcohol or take up use of mind-numbing drugs, or simply closing our eyes to the issues and trying to march on our narrow path day in and day out, with a sense of duty.Very few find a way to break out of these approaches and truly look for something new and different that can change the dynamic. And those who do wonder how much their own personal efforts actually ‘matter’. In this session we intend to explore these issues and challenge conventional approaches to see how we can truly ‘make a difference’. #hundredth monkey #spiritual growth #change of consciousness #Auroville

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch.8 Life — A Mass of Vibrations, pg. 187 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/08/16/the-perpetual-effort-required-for-transformation-of-life-in-the-world/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are all available on the YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871 More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at www.aurobindo.net  The US editions and links to e-book editions of Sri Aurobindo’s writings can be found at Lotus Press www.lotuspress.com 

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch.8 Life — A Mass of Vibrations, pg. 186 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/08/15/addressing-the-fallacy-of-an-individual-perfection-in-the-absence-of-collective-progress/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are all available on the YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871 More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at www.aurobindo.net  The US editions and links to e-book editions of Sri Aurobindo’s writings can be found at Lotus Press www.lotuspress.com 

we live in a time of tremendous pressure and a time of rapid change. We can identify, however, numerous signs of the operation of a new consciousness, bringing unity, harmony and balance, as it confronts the limitations, falsehoods and dislocations caused by the operation of the mental, vital and physical consciousness that has ruled humanity until now. Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are all available on the YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871 More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at www.aurobindo.net  The US editions and links to e-book editions of Sri Aurobindo’s writings can be found at Lotus Press www.lotuspress.com 

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch.8 Life — A Mass of Vibrations, pp. 185-186 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/08/14/vital-vibrations-and-the-response-to-them/ Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are all available on the YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871 More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at www.aurobindo.net The US editions and links to e-book editions of Sri Aurobindo’s writings can be found at Lotus Press www.lotuspress.com

it is time to overcome discouragement, depression and apathy and step up to the challenge of transformation that is required to address the existential crisis of humanity that threatens to destroy the entire human race and much of the world with it. This can be done by undertaking an inner practice of growth and development and extending it into our interactions in the world through conversion of all life into yoga. #Sri Aurobindo #The Mother #yoga #Patanjali #existential crisis

Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol, by Sri Aurobindo, Book VII The Book of Yoga, Canto 2 The Parable of the Search for the Soul, pp. 474-477 Additional readings in Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol are located at Sri Aurobindo Studies More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at http://www.aurobindo.net The US editions and links to e-book editions of Sri Aurobindo’s writings can be found at http://www.lotuspress.com YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871 #Sri Aurobindo #Savitri #yoga #integral yoga #aurobindo philosophy #spirituality #mystic poetry