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- The Integral Way to the Truth of Existence - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2021 from santosh krinskyIt is not through the power of mind that one achieves knowledge of the truth of existence. The frame within which the mind operates, and the methodology that it utilizes, simply cannot appreciate, nor understand, those aspects of existence which fall outside of its direct scope or which exceed ...
Views: 678 - The Need to Transcend the Intellect in the Search for the Truth of Existence - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2021 from santosh krinskyOnce we acknowledge that Truth cannot be ascertained through intellectual prowess alone, that the mind is not an instrument of truth, but rather an instrument for seeking, filled with doubt, confusion and limitation, we can no longer rely entirely on the mind to be the arbiter of what reality ...
Views: 680 - The Need for a Direct Experience of the Reality of Existence - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2021 from santosh krinskyAt the end of all our speculation, logic, reasoning, and opinions, we find that we are plagued by uncertainty and doubt in our minds about the meaning of our existence, our purpose in the world and the reality of the universal creation. We can recognize that what we observe through our senses is ...
Views: 658 - The Limitations of the Intellect in Grasping the Supreme Truth of Existence - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2021 from santosh krinskyNo matter how highly develop and powerful the intellect is, at some point it reaches the limits of its power and acknowledges that all of its activity is limited within a frame that prevents it from knowing anything with certainty. The intellect builds steps of logic based on various assumptions ...
Views: 686 - Motives for Seeking the Divine - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2021 from santosh krinskyPeople come to the spiritual quest for a number of different reasons. Some of these are due to disappointment or trouble in the outer life, with work, with relationships, with failures or setbacks or with disease, illness, remorse or grief. Others come seeking for the powers, mental, vital or ...
Views: 815 - Opening to the Divine Consciousness - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2021 from santosh krinskyIn his book The Mother, Sri Aurobindo outlines the personal effort to be made by the seeker of the Divine. This consists of the movements of aspiration, rejection and surrender. Aspiration means the inner focus and dedication to achieving the divine consciousness and living in that ...
Views: 756 - The Inner Ideals of Ordinary Human Life and the Divine Life - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe highest ideals of humanity can be looked at from the point of view of human capability or from the view of a divine purpose to the manifestation. The difference in viewpoint leads to different focus and result. From the human viewpoint, we would look at how to improve, perfect and optimize ...
Views: 764 - The Spiritual Life, the Religious Life and the Ordinary Human Life - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2021 from santosh krinskyOrdinary human life is essentially driven by response to outer circumstances, and is based in the desires, needs and reactions of the ego-personality. The interaction between people in a society, whether in the smallest groupings such as the family, or larger groupings of community, country or ...
Views: 886 - Ordinary Consciousness and Spiritual Consciousness - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2021 from santosh krinskyOur mind and senses are generally turned outwards and we constantly are prodded to pay attention to events, people and circumstances in the outer world. We build up careers, we start families, we entertain ourselves, we satisfy the desires that arise as a result of our interaction with the outer ...
Views: 800 - The Object of the Integral Yoga - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2021 from santosh krinskyPeople take up the practices of Yoga with many different objects in mind. Many do so from the viewpoint of the individual ego, seeking for fitness, health, energy, prosperity, fame, or for individual spiritual realisations, spiritual experiences, acquisition of special powers, conquest of death ...
Views: 780 - The Principle of Integral Yoga - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2021 from santosh krinskyWhen we look back at the history of the practices of Yoga, we find several lines of development. One is to move the consciousness away from focus on the outer world and its events, activities and insistent occupations to focus entirely on entering a status of unity with the Divine, the Absolute, ...
Views: 762 - The One Indispensable Thing - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2021 from santosh krinskyThere is considerable confusion about spirituality and spiritual practice. We tend to conflate “good works” with spiritual progress, when in many cases, these good works, while necessary and helpful in the world at large, actually arise from a mental or vital call to action rather than from the ...
Views: 840 - First Steps in the Practice of Yoga - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe transformation of the individual is not something that occurs magically overnight. Even if someone is awakened out of their habitual routines by some extraordinary experience, such as a sudden spiritual opening, or even a near death experience, the ongoing effort is still required to bring ...
Views: 720 - Conscious Evolution - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2021 from santosh krinskyEvolution takes time. Hundreds of millions of years were required to move even small steps forward, as universal “time” does not fit into the “human” time-sense. Humanity measures things in terms of an individual lifespan, and in increments that we have devised from our humanity-centric ...
Views: 789 - Conscious Evolution - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2021 from santosh krinskyEvolution takes time. Hundreds of millions of years were required to move even small steps forward, as universal “time” does not fit into the “human” time-sense. Humanity measures things in terms of an individual lifespan, and in increments that we have devised from our humanity-centric ...
Views: 848 - Self-Realization ... and Beyond - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2021 from santosh krinskyhe long legacy of the Yogic tradition is founded on the recognition that there is a greater Reality that exists, that the human individual is a participant, in fact a part of that reality, and that it is possible through the practices of yoga, including various psychological and psycho-physical ...
Views: 785 - The Spiritual Revolution - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2021 from santosh krinskyHumanity is facing a crisis of existential proportions. Climate change, pollution, income inequality, access to fresh water and food, and the consequences that lead to mass migration, war, and increased risk of pandemic disease vectors all are forcing us to confront our entire way of looking at ...
Views: 789 - The Mind of Light in the Context of the Current Existential Crisis - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2021 from santosh krinskyIs it our destiny to create a divine life on earth? When we look around at the world today, we see innumerable problems, crises and contradictions that provoke many to feel utterly hopeless. Everywhere people have experienced the pain, the challenges, the aggressive opposition of ideas, ...
Views: 836 - The First Signs of the Advent of a Mind of Light - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2021 from santosh krinskyAre we witnessing the first signs of the development of a mind of Light in the world today? If we look back at human civilisation over the last several thousand years, we can see several bright spots where individuals or relatively small groups of people broke out of the fixation on material ...
Views: 793 - The Secret Significance and Process of Evolution - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2021 from santosh krinskyWestern science has attempted to understand existence by analysis, first and foremost of the outer forms and forces we experience in the world around us. The mind’s analytical and organisational capabilities have been brought intensively to bear upon the forms of existence, the material basis, ...
Views: 828 - Genetic Engineering - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2020 from santosh krinskyGenetic engineering. It is everywhere in our lives, whether we recognise it or not. The question arises as to how humanity responds to it, and what, if anything, we can do about it. In the past, genetics was involved with attempts at selective breeding. Over multiple generations certain ...
Views: 788 - A First Step in the Transformative Evolution on Earth - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2020 from santosh krinskyWe can envision multiple potential future developments in the evolutionary process on earth. One of these involves the manifestation of an entirely new level of consciousness, the supramental, and its creation of a new species, which we may call homo supramentalis for the sake of ...
Views: 885 - The Future Evolution of Man: the Need and the Response - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2020 from santosh krinskyIt seems wherever we turn nowadays we are confronted with enormous challenges. Climate change and global pollution are taking a toll on the planet and scientists confirm we are in the midst of the sixth species “die off” event they could document through geologic evidence on the planet. The ...
Views: 715 - Save the Oceans to Save the Planet, Part 3: A Framework for Implementation - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2020 from santosh krinskySave the Oceans to Save the Planet, Part 3: A Framework for Implementation As we have seen in the first two parts of this series, an existential crisis is facing, not only humanity, but the entire world. We have explored a number of aspects of this crisis and begun to understand the various ...
Views: 701 - Save the Oceans to Save the Planet, Part 2: Developing Solutions - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2020 from santosh krinskySave the Oceans to Save the Planet: Part 2 Developing Solutions In part 1 we provided an overview of the existential crisis facing the oceans, and by extension, the survival and the quality of life of humanity and other life on the planet due to the challenges to which the oceans are being ...
Views: 683 - The Adventure of Consciousness: The Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2020 from santosh krinskyAlbert Einstein stated “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” We have an existential crisis in our world that is being recognized more and more, which includes the climate crisis and its impacts, the pollution crisis and its results, the resource ...
Views: 909 - Save the Oceans to Save the Planet: Part 1 Understanding the Issues - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2020 from santosh krinskySave the Oceans to Save the Planet: Part 1 Understanding the Issues We give little thought to the oceans of the world and the importance they have in sustaining all life on the planet. We treat the oceans as a bounty for providing fish into the human diet, and as a transport medium for the ...
Views: 673 - World Project Overview: Next Steps in Solving the Existential Crisis of Humanity - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2020 from santosh krinskyAn Integrated Approach to Achieving Harmonious Balance of Life on Earth and Preserving Our Future and Our World We are facing a sixth “mass extinction event”. We are destroying the complex interplay between the ocean, the earth and the atmosphere that keeps our climate in balance. We ...
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