santosh krinsky
Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga Expert
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- Sri Aurobindo's integral yoga
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- Readings in Sri Aurobindo's The Life Divine, Readings in sri Aurobindo's The Synthesis of Yoga, Readings in Sri Aurobindo's Essays on the Gita
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- Lotus Press, Institute for Wholistic Education
Santosh has been studying Sri Aurobindo's writings since 1971 and has a daily blog at http://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com and podcast at https://anchor.fm/santosh-krinsky He is author of 20 books and is editor-in-chief at Lotus Press. He is president of Institute for Wholistic Education, a non-profit focused on integrating spirituality into daily life.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871
More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at http://www.aurobindo.net
The US editions and links to e-book editions of Sri Aurobindo’s writings can be found at http://www.lotuspress.com
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The Life Divine
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Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo's Teaching & Method of Practice
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The Synthesis of Yoga
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The Future Evolution of Man
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The Mind of Light
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Sri Aurobindo, or the Adventure of Consciousness
https://www.lotuspress.com/products/sri-aurobindo-or-the-adventure-of-consciousness-990701?_pos=1&_sid=2fc07c1cc&_ss=r
Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol
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Psychic Poise — the Standpoint of Balance in the Response to Life Situations
when we base our viewpoint in the external being and the ego personality, we are always reactive and imbalanced. When we shift to the soul standpoint, we gain balance and poise in our responses to life situations
September 20, 2026
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The Psychic Transformation — First Stage of the Triple Transformation of Consciousness
the transformation from the standpoint of the external ego-personality involves 3 major stages, the psychic transformation, the spiritual transformation and the supramental transformation. The psychic transformation holds the key to the other two stages.
September 20, 2026
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Signs Indicating the Coming Forward of the Psychic Being
The psychic being has specific qualities and characteristics. When they begin to express themselves through an individual, it means the psychic being has taken a more active role in the guidance and management of the life of that individual
September 19, 2026
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Perfect Sincerity Is Based in Organising the Entire Being’s Action Around the Psychic Centre
sincerity in the ordinary sense is different than sincerity in the spiritual growth of the individual.
September 17, 2026
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The Power of Enthusiasm Represents the Action of the Mystic Flame of Aspiration Working in the External Being
The Rishis of the Rig Veda focused, first and foremost, on kindling the mystic fire as the key to the reception and utilization of higher powers of consciousness. The altar for this flame is in the secret heart of the being, deep within, behind the physical organ, where the psychic being is primarily seated.
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The Mechanism of Action Of the Subconscient in Relation to the External Being
When we respond to a vibration, either at the physical level, the vital level or the mental level, we open a pathway for that vibration to impact us in some way, and, having once been accepted for admittance, it creates a propensity for us to admit it the next time it comes our way. In this way, a habit of response is built up. This idea is validated by scientists who track neural pathways, and who indicate that a repeated experience builds up ‘grooves’ in the pathways of the brain which allow impulses to traverse them more quickly and easily.
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Shifting to the Divine Standpoint From the Ego Standpoint Is Central to Overcoming the Impulses of the External Nature That Need to be Changed for the Spiritual Fulfillment
The practitioner of the integral yoga has set before himself the change of what we consider to be basic human nature, the established workings and principles of action of the body, the life-force and the mind. These elements have developed over countless millennia as part of the evolutionary process of Nature. Many of them have been considered foundational principles of the physical body and the life energy. Effectuating any change therefore requires a process and a force that goes beyond our mental will.
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Establishing the Psychic Being as the Central Organizing Principle and Overcoming the Dominion of the Vital Nature and the External Being
As long as we identify ourselves with our exte al personality, the body-life-mind complex we inhabit and project into the world, we are subject to the responses, reactions and motivations that they express, based on the developments of the entire past evolutionary history of consciousness on the planet and specifically closely associated with the socialization we receive through family, friends, school, and the society at large. We internalize these things to such a degree that we believe we ARE these things!
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Comparing Current General State of Human Consciousness With More Evolved States, Part 5 Identification With the External Nature Versus Poise of Detachment
We generally experience ourselves as our body, life and mind. When we injure our body, we say that we have hurt ourselves. When there are hunger pangs, we say that we are hungry. When we experience an emotion, we say that we have become angry, or are in love, or are feeling lonely or depressed. Rene Descartes famously stated “I think, therefore I am”, showing his sense that he was identified with his mental consciousness. When the body dies, we believe that we die.
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The Necessity, Process and Benefit of Stepping Back from Involvement in the External Surface Consciousness
When we live on the surface of our being, we are highly reactive and tend to act without reflection, jumping at events or circumstances and responding to the slightest provocations. Even something as frequent as someone driving too slowly or too close triggers anger and in some cases, what is known as ‘road rage’. We have no peace when we live on the surface in our exte al nature. This surface being is under the control of the three gunas, which are constantly in motion. In order to escape this reactive state, it is necessary to find a place where peace reigns in our being.
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External Worship and the Practice of Bhakti Yoga
Many people are abandoning formalized religions while saying that the exte al rituals are simply missing any inner spirit or force, that they are simply empty and do not get to the heart of the matter. There is a keen insight here that is useful for those who wish to practice the yoga of devotion. It is in fact similar to the way Sri Krishna explained to Arjuna that it is not the outer form of the work that matters for the yoga of action, but the inner spirit with which it is being done. This same principle applies to the yoga of devotion.
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Spiritual Experience Impacting the External Being
Spiritual experiences are not purely subjective events impacting the mind or the emotions. They can also take on a very concrete form that impacts the vital nature and the physical body. Because of a general mental, religious and social bias against what appear to be unusual experiences, many people are left confused, bewildered, or even afraid to discuss what has occurred within them for fear of being labeled or even ostracized. Many people have been referred for psychological counseling once they have begun to speak about what is occurring in their inner state.
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Challenges We Face, Individually, Collectively and the World At Large
The talk includes a section on the resistance to the new consciousness, the pressures exerted by adverse forces attempting to disrupt or delay the supramental evolutionary process, and the role they play in breaking down resistance, old habits and ways of thinking and acting that are contrary to the new consciousness
August 30, 2026
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What Can We Each Do to Support the Evolution of Consciousness
We tend to get depressed about the world situation we find ourselves in. The issues confronting humanity are seemingly threatening extinction of the human race and we see no easy solutions; in fact, they appear to be getting worse. We have numerous different directions that are suggested for a way forward.
August 27, 2026
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Evolution of Consciousness Through Time & Our Individual Spiritual Role and Destiny
traces the stages of evolution of consciousness on earth through geologic time and explores the individual spiritual role and destiny of the conscious soul as it achieves a stage of self-realization
August 26, 2026
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Solving the Existential Crisis of Humanity Through the Evolution of Consciousness
David Riklan of Selfgrowth.com interviews Santosh Krinsky in a wide-ranging discussion about the evolution of consciousness, the existential crisis facing humanity today, and what we can do to solve this crisis
August 25, 2026
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Practical Applications for Solving the Existential Crisis of Humanity Through the Evolution of Consciousness
interview of Santosh Krinsky by David Riklan, founder of Selfgrowth.com about the evolution of consciousness and practical ways to integrate this evolutionary development in the life of humanity, with Auroville as an example of a project that is working to accomplish this
August 25, 2026
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The Mother: the Divine Shakti and the Personal Incarnation
relating to the Mother, the spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who developed the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and founded the Auroville project in S. India to develop a "city of the future" as a laboratory of spiritual and material researches
August 25, 2026
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How to Escape the Matrix with Todd Cave of Conscious Man 7 Podcast
an extensive video interview about spirituality, integral yoga, conscious evolution, the work of Sri Aurobindo and how to integrate spirituality into one's daily life
August 25, 2026
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from santosh krinsky
?Their tread one day shall change the suffering earth, and justify the light on Nature's face." [Sri Aurobindo, Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol]
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