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- The Evolutions of Forms in the Machinery of Nature - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2024 from santosh krinskyAs we are basically fixated on the physical world within which we reside, we tend to look at the development of forms and the relationship of form to function on the physical level. Scientists such as Darwin studied the evolution of species. Mendel looked at the genetic factors that have later ...
Views: 362 - The Supramental Evolution Represents the Fulfillment of Life, Not the Abandonment of Life - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2023 from santosh krinskyFor much of human history, spirituality has been looked upon as a contradiction of an active life in the world. The anchorite in the desert, the renunciate, the Sannyasin, the monk or nun in the cloister are held up to us as the examples of dedication to spiritual growth and purpose. All of ...
Views: 362 - What Is to Be Done With Our Multiple Personalities in the Spiritual Path - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere are numerous strategies adopted by spiritual seekers throughout the ages to try to address the divergent pulls of the various aspects or ‘personalities’ within each individual. Brute force has been tried. Stoicism and resistance to the force of desire has been tried. Abandonment of the ...
Views: 362 - Cultivating Mental Honesty to Address the Habit of Self-Deception - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe habit of self-deception is so deeply ingrained, and so automatic, that we tend not to see or recognise it when it is occurring. And it occurs constantly throughout each day. How can we overcome this habit of self-deception? This is where a yogic discipline, an effort in the practice, becomes ...
Views: 361 - Self-Deception Manifested Through Judgment of Others - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2024 from santosh krinskySelf-deception can take the form of a judgmental attitude regarding the thoughts, feelings or actions of others. Particularly if an individual has worked to try to eliminate certain things within himself, he has a very close relationship to those things, he can feel the vibration and a lot of ...
Views: 361 - Spiritual Insight, Not Psychotherapy, Leads to Deeper Truths of the Being - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2023 from santosh krinskyAs human beings typically rely on their mental capacities to understand things, seekers frequently take the advice of tracing back to the roots of the impulses, thoughts, feelings they experience as requiring a method akin to the processes followed in psychotherapy. Western psychotherapy uses ...
Views: 361 - The Awakening of the Soul to a Greater Life and Purpose - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2023 from santosh krinskyUntil an aspiration awakens in the being, we tend to go about our lives taking cues from the promptings of family, friends, community, religion, or schools. Most people will not therefore recognise any greater or deeper purpose to their lives, and they simply determine to try to support ...
Views: 361 - The Material World Is the Effect, Not the Cause, of Vital, Mental, or Spiritual Manifestation - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyHumanity, for the most part, continues to believe that the material world occupies a primary place in the creation of the universe, and that somehow, Matter is able to create the encoding and the complex systems that come along with that encoding out of some random mixture of elements. If we ...
Views: 361 - Employing the ‘Psychic Mirror’ as a Tool For Transforming the Nature - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2023 from santosh krinskyThe methodology for the mastery and transformation of the external nature of the individual essentially comes down to a shift in standpoint to the psychic being, which is the soul-element in the being, and then, a systematic review and management of the external nature and its various parts, ...
Views: 360 - The Action of Imagination in the Manifestation of Thought into External Circumstances - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere are several points worth considering with respect to utilizing imagination and some of the unanticipated issues that are based primarily in the lag between formulation and accomplishment of the imagined form. Visualization and use of the imagination can act to turn a vague idea or sense ...
Views: 360 - The Constant Effort Needed in the Yogic Practice - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen people think about yoga, they generally think about practicing certain poses, or asanas, or doing certain breathing techniques, or chanting various mantras, reading certain books, meditation, or singing devotional songs, etc. Those who take up the practice of Raja Yoga follow an eight-fold ...
Views: 360 - The Inconstancy of the External Nature Under the Influence of the Action of the Three Gunas - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2023 from santosh krinskyThe Bhagavad Gita provides an extensive review of the operation of the three Gunas, the qualities of Nature, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas. These qualities are always interacting and changing based on that interaction. There is no consistency or constancy in how an individual responds so long as he is ...
Views: 360 - The Individual Soul and the Divine - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe remain so fixated on the external surface being, that we fail to recognise the divinity within us. Just as we go through our daily lives in the light of the day and do not attend to our world’s connection to the vast galaxies and universe of which our world is a part, so also we do not ...
Views: 360 - The Phenomenon of the ‘Evil Persona’ - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe are ingrained with the notion that we own both the positive and negative qualities we can identify within ourselves. We work to enhance those we consider positive, and we struggle to overcome those that we view as negative. Through the practice of separating out the witness consciousness from ...
Views: 360 - The Purpose and Significance of Life Becomes Clear as the Individual Contacts the Psychic Being - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2023 from santosh krinskyMost people do not understand why it is they are alive, what it is they are here to do in the world. Many simply think that ‘eat, drink and be merry’ is the sum of their purpose; in other words, they do not recognise a life purpose or mission in that sense, and just want to find a way to enjoy ...
Views: 360 - Understanding and Dealing with the Subtle Vital Interchange in Human Relationships - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe undergo changes of mood, feelings, responses and do not generally try to understand how these changes come about, their source, and impact upon our own state of being. In some cases, we actually associate ’cause and effect’ with an interaction with another individual, such as when we exclaim ...
Views: 360 - The Need to Organize and Arrange the Actions of the External Being Around the Aspiration of the Psychic Being - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2023 from santosh krinskyTo transform the life into one of spiritual focus and purpose, the various parts of the being need to be organized and ordered systematically to match the aspiration with the outward action. The thoughts, emotions, feelings, responses should be both coherent and arranged to present an harmonious ...
Views: 359 - The Progressive Nature of Increasing Consciousness - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2023 from santosh krinskyAs the seeker becomes more and more conscious he may experience reflections of his past actions which, in retrospect, were incorrect, inaccurate or false. This frequently brings feelings of regret and soul-searching. This is however an over-reaction to an increasing sense of awareness. It is ...
Views: 358 - The Separation of Consciousness From the Physical Body - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyLarge numbers of individuals have reported the experience of being conscious outside of their physical body. This frequently happens within the context of a near death experience. The individual reports his awareness up above looking down on the body, or outside observing what is taking ...
Views: 358 - What Is Immortality? - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2024 from santosh krinskyA common conception about immortality is that this personality, this individuality that we identify with, will somehow survive intact, maintain its existence and continuity of existence and thus, have a continuous line of memory stretching endlessly into the future. This is not, however, a ...
Views: 358 - Do We Really Exercise Free Will in Our Lives? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2024 from santosh krinskySubjectively we tend to believe that we make our own decisions and that we are exercising ‘free will’. What we do not generally do is recognise that there is an entire preceding set of ’causes’ which lead us to the present moment and the very type of choices we make. We may be extremely ...
Views: 357 - Individuation Is Not Isolation from External Influences - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen we reflect on the individuation process for which the ego-consciousness is the instrument of Nature, we oftentimes go to the extreme of believing that we are totally separate, independent and free of outside influence. We believe that our individuality is a wall of separation that keeps us ...
Views: 357 - The Need to Keep the Temple Clean - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2023 from santosh krinskyThe body-life-mind complex is the nexus and the container for the divine force in manifestation. The force, when it descends into the conscious awareness of the devotee, requires that the instrument be stable, pure and ready to receive and transmit the force without diminution or distortion. ...
Views: 357 - The Power of the Psychic Being - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen most people think of ‘power’ , it is within the context of some overt ability to accomplish something in the setting of the external world within which we live and act. This may be political power, economic power, physical power, moral power, the power to persuade, the power of an idea, the ...
Views: 357 - How Does Experience in One Lifetime Become Useful in Future Lifetimes? - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe grow and develop our physical body and its capabilities. We may undertake various training regimens and refine the body’s ability to perceive, and to respond. Yet the body dies and that training is left behind with the dissolution of the body. We can see an effect within the larger framework ...
Views: 356 - Perspective on Dealing with Recurrence of Undesirable Reactions Occurring During the Attempt to Change Human Nature Through the Yogic Practice - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen an individual takes up the practice of Yoga, he generally expects to see palpable and constant progress towards whatever he has set as his goal in that practice. When the yogic practice is focused on bringing about the next stage of the evolution of consciousness, and integrating the ...
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Views: 356 - The Development of Individuality Within the Human Race - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2023 from santosh krinskyIn various parts of the world, homes and buildings have a clear ‘identity’, through shape, color, size, layout of the rooms, functionality, and location. In other places we see vast tracts of virtually identical houses or apartments in rows, with the same size, shape, color and layout. Someone ...
Views: 356 - The Justification and Benefit of Unifying the Being Around the Psychic Being and the Spiritual Purpose of the Life - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen we work in the external world, whether it is to study, to follow up a line of development of some sort, to train the body for athletic endeavours, to strengthen and refine the mind to undertake serious development of the powers of Reason and intuition, etc., we do so with some expectation ...
Views: 356 - Understanding the Meaning of Vital Formations and Beings That Arise During Meditation - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen people take up the practice of meditation, they generally do not know much about it. They follow a set of guidelines on ‘how to meditate’ and just let things happen. The result is very much dependent, then, on their state of conscious awareness, and their focus of attention. Meditation is ...
Views: 356 - How To Deal With Vampirism When Confronted With It - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen an individual is confronted with a possible, or likely, case of vampirism, several questions arise. The first is how the individual can be safe from the negative effects of such activity impacting them or their family, friends or associates directly; the second is the possibility and ...
Views: 355 - How We Reflect on the Forces That Impact the Direction and Development of Our Lives - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2024 from santosh krinskyChance, coincidence, free will, astrological influences, fate, destiny, karma, chain of causality, predestination, determinism, correlation, causality, foreknowledge, past life influences, fortune telling, divination, omens, predestination, oracles, Divine Plan — these terms all come up when we ...
Views: 355 - The Need to Overcome the Tendencies to Self-Deception and Self-Justification in the Nature - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere is the aspiration and dedication that the seeker recognises and treats as his true identity. Then there are all the thoughts, motives and actions that undermine or contradict in some manner that aspiration and dedication. Many people fail to recognise that this contradiction exists, as ...
Views: 355 - The Difficulties of Changing Human Nature and the Need for Patience and Perseverance - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen a seeker awakens to the deformations of the body-life-mind complex, the distorted feelings, the misdirected emotions, the incomplete and misguided thoughts, the entire complex focused on and rooted in the idea of the aggrandisement of the ego-personality at the expense of everything else, ...
Views: 354 - The Need to Develop New Powers of Knowing - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2024 from santosh krinskyTo explore the hidden forces, both in our own lives, and in the larger framework of the universal manifestation and the evolution of consciousness over time, a new way of ‘knowing’ needs to be developed, one that can experience and interact with these hidden forces on a more direct and aware ...
Views: 354 - The Process of Bringing Harmony and Unification to the Being Centred Around the Spiritual Purpose - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2023 from santosh krinskyAs long as an individual lives ‘aimlessly’, without recognising a higher purpose in life, there is no way to appreciate and measure the actions of the external nature with respect to any variance from that aim or purpose. The aim or purpose comes with the identification with the soul, the ...
Views: 354 - The Soul, the Psychic Being and the External Nature - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhy do we not immediately recognise the existence and centrality of the soul? We tend to set our standpoint in the external consciousness which is directed outwards, and which is constantly receiving sense impressions and pressures impinging on our body-life-mind complex. The sense organs, ...
Views: 354 - Understanding Societal Expectations and Their Impact on the Individual and His Development - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe generally fail to recognise how much we tend to take on the coloration of the thoughts and feelings of those around us. Just as a chameleon will adapt its body color to blend into its physical environment, we tend to adapt our ideas, opinions, and feelings to match up with those with whom we ...
Views: 354 - What Is a ‘Natural” Response to Circumstances for the Human Individual? - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen we see any individual stopping to reflect, choose his line of action and make a specific, conscious determination of how to respond, we consider this action to be unnatural, stilted, and we imply that it is somehow subject to some kind of ulterior motive, and thus, tend to distrust it. ...
Views: 354 - Applying the Scientific Method to the Understanding of the Yoga-Force - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2024 from santosh krinskyHow do we determine whether there is any such thing as a ‘yoga-force’? Some treat it as a form of self-delusion, some as hypnotic suggestion, some as some form of ‘placebo effect’ of the mind, some as simply the action of other forces that we simply define as ‘yoga-force’ without any objective ...
Views: 353 - Embedded Subconscious Complexes and the Ability to Overcome Their Influence or Control - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2023 from santosh krinskyA large number of responses and reactions are embedded in the subconscious and unconscious parts of our nature. Some of these arise as a result of atavistic reactions that precede the human stage of evolution and have been carried forward, while others are embedded as a result of prenatal and ...
Views: 352 - Reviewing the Operation of the Law of Karma - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhether one calls it the ‘law of Karma”, ‘dependent origination, or ’cause and effect’, the operation of karma essentially states that each action will create an effect which thereby creates a line of development that impacts the individuals who participate in the situation as it develops. While ...
Views: 352 - The Forms of Knowledge: the Mind’s Knowledge and the Soul’s Knowledge - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2024 from santosh krinskyIn a chapter titled ‘Knowledge by Identity and Separative Knowledge’ in The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo describes true knowledge as coming through identity, where the knower and the object of knowledge are one and unified. This occurs through the direct relation of the soul with the Divine in a ...
Views: 352 - The Lower and Higher Forms of Psychological Innocence and Purity - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere is an ‘innocence’ of the instinctive vital nature. It acts according to its impulses, habits, instincts, without interference of any mental considerations, whether termed self-dealing, planning, calculation, conscience or ethical and moral constraints. The famous example is that the tiger ...
Views: 352 - The Need for Serious Review of Other-Worldly or Supernormal Experience - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2024 from santosh krinskyIt is convenient, and perhaps comforting, to simply deny reality to experiences that people have, rather than to grapple with the implications of those experiences. We stick convenient labels on certain phenomena and believe by doing so, we have understood and defined those phenomena. Delusion, ...
Views: 352 - Extending a Measure of Validity to Reports of Supra-Physical Perceptions and Experiences - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2024 from santosh krinskySri Aurobindo makes an important point. Various aspects of reports about subtle senses and supraphysical realities as they impact our external world, have been documented, and in some cases, extensively studied and verified. Once we accept the fact that there is a real and solid basis for these ...
Views: 351 - Mental Formations Mixing With Vital Forces - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2024 from santosh krinskyAn incident was observed and reported by several people which illustrates how mental formations can create entities on the vital plane which become visible to those who have eyes to see. The incident occurred in 1981 in California. An individual had come to the West and took the role of a guru ...
Views: 351 - The Complexity and Time to Harmonise and Unify the Being - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2023 from santosh krinskyThe mind is the characteristic power exercised by the human race. While the higher reasoning and abstract mind is somewhat limited in its action across the broad spectrum of human individuals, the basic mental powers are widespread, providing the capability to review, categorize and classify, ...
Views: 351 - The Progressive Nature of Increasing Consciousness - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2023 from santosh krinskyAs the seeker becomes more and more conscious he may experience reflections of his past actions which, in retrospect, were incorrect, inaccurate or false. This frequently brings feelings of regret and soul-searching. This is however an over-reaction to an increasing sense of awareness. It is ...
Views: 351 - The Role of the Witness Consciousness in Overcoming the Force of Desire - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe are generally so embedded in the external surface consciousness and the ego-personality that we naturally believe that represents ‘who we are’. This focus on the external being, however, is subject to being driven by impulsions, desires, impressions and various forces that are at work to push ...
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