Notes on counselling

To work or not to work

Dr. Soumitra Basu

Equanimity in the being demands that if we know to work, we must know how not to work. That does not mean a lapse into inertia but a poise of silence, peace and timeless stability that facilitates creativity and supports the play of the outer being in time. Read more...

Integral health

The Unfinished Chapter of Psychology

Dr. Alok Pandey

Human psychology is largely based on human behaviour. It tries to understand this on the basis of past traumas or experiences, the forces of subconscious tendencies, the social/environmental forces and habits and the biological basis of behaviour. While these things have their place, there are other important elements of our complex psychological being. Of great importance is the future possibilities that need to be understood and released through the psycho-therapeutic process. Read more...

Consciousness and health

Altruism in Various Lights

Dr. Monica Gulati

This study explores altruism, selflessness and rejoicing in the happiness of others, a state which also helps dissolve the idea of jealousy and divisiveness. Truth is One, and there are infinite possibilities of approaching it. We explore these ideas in the light of Buddhism, in the light of Zen and in the light of Sri Aurobindo, providing a resolution to all who struggle with the large gulf between knowing these truths and embodying them. Read more...

Yoga

The Need of Quietude

Sri Aurobindo

There is no possibility of doing this Yoga, if one cannot give himself to the Divine Power and trust to its workings. If one lives only in the mind and its questioning and ideas, it is not possible. The test of capacity is to be able to quiet the mind, to feel a greater Divine Power at work in one, the Power of the Mother, and to be able to trust to it and aid its workings by the rejection of all that contradicts them in the nature. Read more...