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Sri Aurobindo Studies
systematic study of Sri Aurobindo's major works and their relevance to our lives and our modern society.
Episodes
Sri Aurobindo StudiesPreparing the Body, Vital and Mind for Restful, Conscious Sleep
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesHow to Sleep Well
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Need for Persistent Energy and Focus to Live the Spiritual Life
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRelaxation: Dissipation or True Rest?
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe True Nature of Rest
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesPsychoanalysis and Yoga Don’t Mix
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesExercise of Will as Part of the Process of Yogic Transformation
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesDevelopment of the Witness Consciousness Separate from the Analytical Mind Is Needed to Truly Understand the Springs of Action in Mind, Life and Body
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Experience and Difficulty of Drawing Inwards in the Consciousness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Need and Method to Become Conscious and Change the Nature
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesBecoming Conscious and Effecting Change in the Nature
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesPeace in the Body’s Cells Can Cure Illness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Influence of the Psychic Being’s Peace and Calm Can Overcome the Disturbances of Mind, Life and Body
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Integral Yoga’s View of Mental Health
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Influence of the Psychic Being on the Body, Life and Mind
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Psychic Being — the Nature of the Soul
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Role of the Psychic Being in the Integral Yoga
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesParental State of Consciousness at Time of Conception Impacts the Child’s Development
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Seeds of Thought, Emotion, Feeling, Action and Reaction Reside in the Subconscient Level of Consciousness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesIntroduction to the Subconscient Level of Consciousness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Force of Habit and the Physical Consciousness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesPassivity and Weakness of Will-Power Can Be a Disturbance of the Physical Consciousness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Predominant Characteristic of Physical Consciousness: Tamas or Inertia
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesDesire — and the Need to Control Desire
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesDisturbances of the Vital Caused by Life-Changes, Negative and Positive
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesImpatience
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesAnger and Depression
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesAnxiety and Fear
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesWhere Does Desire Come From?
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesAdditional Forms of Disturbance Associated with the Physical Mind
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesDisturbances Attributed to the Physical Mind
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesUnderstanding the Defense Mechanism of Projection
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesUnderstanding the Defense Mechanism of Rationalization
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Nature of the Mind Creates and Enhances Much Human Psychological Suffering
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesMajor Subdivisions of the Primary Parts of the Being
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesCharacteristics of the Body Consciousness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThree Parts of the Outer Being: Mental, Vital and Physical
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesSeparate Consciousness in the Mind, the Vital Being and the Body
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesNecessary Elements Required to Understand and Apply Techniques of Psychological Healing
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesWhat Is Meant By the Concept of Mental Health?
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesIntroduction to Living Within: the Yoga Approach to Psychological Health and Growth by Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, compiled by Dr. A.S. Dalal
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesIntegral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo’s Teaching and Method of Practice — Summary and Conclusions
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesWesterners and Indian Yoga, Part 5: the Yogic Path Is Not Limited by Race, Origin or Religious or Cultural Background
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesWesterners and Indian Yoga, Part 4: Obstacles Faced by Westerners and the Soul’s Aspiration to Overcome Them in the Integral Yoga
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesWesterners and Indian Yoga, Part 3: Are There Advantages to an Indian Birth for the Practice of Yoga?
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesWesterners and Indian Yoga, Part 2: A Hindu Temperament in a Westerner’s Body?
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesWesterners and Indian Yoga, Part 1: Is It Possible For Westerns to Practice Yoga?
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesReading and the Concentration and Dispersion of Conscious Awareness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesReading as a Spiritual Practice and Its Limitations
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesIntellectual Understanding and Understanding in the Consciousness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesReading, Mental Development and Spiritual Growth
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Needed Balance of Spiritual Development and Mental Development
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesArt as a Dedicated Expression of the Divine
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesGaining the Support of the Vital Being for the Sadhana Through the Joy of Creative Activity
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesArt and Literature in the Service of Spiritual Development
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesSadhana Is the Core Focus — Mental and Emotional Practices Are Secondary
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesArt and Intellectual Development Are Not Essentially Spiritual Pursuits
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesYogic View of Beauty
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Divine Nature of Beauty: an Expression of Ananda in Manifestation
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Objective of Spiritual Effort Is a Change of Consciousness, Not a Large Following
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