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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 StudiesLooking from Within -- Summary and Conclusions
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Summary and Conclusions [with citations from the Preface and back cover]This episode is also…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesConsecrating Oneself Entirely to the Divine Life Represents the Way Forward for the Seeker Against All Doubt, Opposition and Negativity
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 170-172 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Joy of Action -- Independent of Concern for the Fruits of the Action
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 169-170This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesActing Without Expectation for the Fruits of Action
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 168-169 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesLiberation and Self-Perfection: Adherence to the Divine Intention in the Universal Manifestation
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 168This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe One Essential Thing in Spiritual Development Is an Inward Focus of the Awareness on the Divine Presence
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 167-168This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesMinimizing the Rajasic or Tamasic Effect of Food on the Consciousness
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 167This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesBalance and Harmony in Relation to Food and the Nourishment of the Body
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 167This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesUnderstanding and Addressing the Desire and Craving for Food
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 166This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesA Balanced Perspective About Food and the Physical Body
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 166This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesUnderstanding and Addressing Desire, Hunger and Food
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 165-166This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Purusha, the Master of the Nature, Sanctions, Upholds, Directs and Changes the Nature
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 164-165 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Initial Liberation of the Mental Being from Servitude to the Physical Body
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 163-164This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Mental Purusha: the Witness Awareness of the Mind
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 163This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesBalancing Detachment, Indifference and Caretaking of the Body
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 161-163 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Separation of Purusha and Prakriti: The Soul and the External Being
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 161This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesFinding the Inner Balance of Non-Attachment While Living in the World
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 160This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Bliss of Non-Possession
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 158-160This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Power of Rejection in Gaining Mastery Over the Nature
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 157-158 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Cycles and Causes of Recurring Difficulties in Relation to Spiritual Development and Progress
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 156-157This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Nature and Power of Peace
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 156 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesUnderstanding and Managing the Subconscious Part of the Being
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 155-156This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesUnderstanding Desire and the Absence of Desire
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 155This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Difference Between Suppression and Self-Control of the Forces of Vital Desire
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 154-155This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesIndulgence of Desire Does Not Lead to Rejection
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 154This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesNeither Suppression, Indulgence, Blame-Shifting Nor Avoidance Solves the Issue of Overcoming the Vital Force of Desire
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 153-154 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesOvercoming the Force of Desire
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 152-153This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesChanging Human Nature Rather Than Abandoning the External Life
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 152 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesDivine Realisation and the Uplifting and Perfection of Life in the World
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 152This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesDetachment, Liberation and Mastery
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 151 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesLiberation From and Mastery of the External Nature of Man
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 150-151 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesDeveloping a Power to Perceive and Understand Ourselves and Our World by Minimizing the Distortions and Biases That Are Inherent in Our Human INstrumentation and Process
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 149-150This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Experience of the Witness Consciousness
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 148-149 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Shift to the Standpoint of the Observer of the External Nature
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 148This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesDevelopment from Witness of the Nature to Master of the Nature
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 147-148 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesIsolation, Introspection, Introversion and the Witness Consciousness
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 147 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Vigilance Needed to Ensure That Sattwic Calm, Peaceful Focus Does Not Get Distracted Through the Rise of Rajasic or Tamasic Reactions in the Being
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 147 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Need for a Sleepless Vigilance in the Yogic Sadhana
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 146This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesVigilance
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 145-146This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesConsciousness and Self-Mastery
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 144-145This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesTo Be Conscious
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 143-144This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesWe Tend to Take Ourselves Too Seriously
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 142-143 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesEvolution of Consciousness and the Course of Time -- Individual Yoga or Yoga of Divine Manifestation
We look at yoga as an individual endeavor. We practice yoga, and we look for specific outcomes or results. It may be health, or it may be increased awareness…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Psychic Being Brings Cheerful Focus to the Spiritual Sadhana
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 141-142This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesSpiritual Awakening: Moving Away from Disillusionment to Finding Meaning in Life
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 141 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Sunlit Path in the Yogic Endeavour
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 140 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesLet Endurance Be Your Watchword in the Yogic Endeavour
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 140 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesUnflagging Perseverance and Persistence Is Required for the Practice of the Integral Yoga
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 138-139 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesOvercoming Doubt and Fear of Failure in the Yogic Sadhana Through the Shift from the Ego-Standpoint to the Divine Standpoint
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 138This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesSustaining the Yogic Endeavour in the Unique Challenges Posed by the Integral Yoga
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 137This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesSpiritual Development Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 136-137This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Need for Patience and Perseverance
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 136 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesA True Measure of Faith
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 134-135This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Difference Between Trust and Faith
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 133-134This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesAn Unwavering Trust and Faith in the Divine Without Any Admixture of Egoistic Demands or Self-Dealing Is the Attitude to Be Cultivated by the Spiritual Aspirant
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 132-133This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Faith That Every Sadhak Must Have to Support Him Through Every Obstacle or Setback
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 131-132 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesFaith and Courage Represent the True Attitude for Facing Life and for Spiritual Progress
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 131This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Individual Action Needed to Implement the Spiritual Path in One's Life
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 131 This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesPeace and Faith in the Divine Action Through a Shift in Standpoint from the Ego-Standpoint to the Divine Standpoint
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 130This episode is also available as a blog post at…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesFocusing One's Attention on the Forces One Wants to Manifest
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 130This episode is also available as a blog post at…