The Physical Plane of Consciousness
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Jul 15, 2026
“Caught in a blind stone-grip Force worked its plan And made in sleep this huge mechanical world That Matter might grow conscious of its soul…. (1)” Generally, when a psychologist uses the term ‘consc
Man’s Capacity for Self-Deception
By The Mother — Apr 24, 2026
51 – When I hear of a righteous wrath, I wonder at man’s capacity for self-deception. When one deceives oneself, one always does it in good faith. One is always acting for the good of others or for th
Perception in Mystical Experience
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Apr 24, 2026
Psychologists have formulated general principles of perceptual organisation and studied how humans perceive the world. The physical world of forms is a three-dimensional space that we perceive through
Immortality and the Physical Body
By The Mother — Jan 15, 2026
11 — Immortality is not the survival of the mental personality after death, though that also is true, but the waking possession of the unborn and deathless Self of which body is only an instrument and
The Occult Resistance
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Jan 15, 2026
The aspirant for personal growth, even after advancing long on the path, is always vulnerable to unforeseen, unexpected occult attacks. Paradoxically, some of these occult attacks may result when the
Nurturing the Seed of Aspiration
By Aditi Kaul — Oct 15, 2025
This article aims to delve deeper into the human capacity of awareness and the process of aligning with the aspiration within, highlighting how aspiration and awareness help in building a bridge…
Taking Stock: Some Relections on Geopolitical Disorder in the Light of Sri Aurobindo’s, The Ideal of Human Unity
By Raag Yadava — Oct 15, 2025
Writing in the midst of the First World War, Sri Aurobindo expounded a rather unique reading of global conflict, one that lay in the deeper psychological causes of our teleological movement towards…
What do You Want the Yoga For?
By The Mother — Oct 15, 2025
What do you want the Yoga for? To get power? To attain to peace and calm? To serve humanity? None of these motives is sufficient to show that you are meant for the Path. The question you are to answer
Dealing with the Subconscious and Inconscience
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Oct 15, 2025
The Subconscious The programme of personal growth gets the greatest resistance from the subconscious (the Freudian Unconscious) and the Inconscience and dealing with them is an important part of the p
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