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- Opening the Door to Our Latent Capacities - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2024 from santosh krinskyFor the most part, we live within a framework set for us by our parents, community, society, education and the individual choices we make as a result of these things. To some extent these things determine where we will concentrate our focus, what capacities we will practice and develop, and ...
Views: 288 - Prenatal Influences on the Development of the Child in the Womb - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe recognise nowadays that actions of the mother impact the fetus in the womb. Certain things impact the physical development, including certain drugs or alcohol. Some drugs may cause physical deformities; others may impact the brain and nervous system. What is less frequently acknowledged, ...
Views: 288 - The Infectious Nature of Vibrations in Our Social Environment - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2024 from santosh krinskyAuthoritarian states throughout history have understood, intuitively, the power of collective vibration and suggestion. Nazi Germany created a propaganda ministry that had as its goal continuously repeating certain key phrases, to raise up specific emotions and sentiments, and then to enforce ...
Views: 288 - The Investigation of Extra-Sensory Powers of Perception - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2024 from santosh krinskyAs science begins to recognise the fact that there are ranges of vibration outside of the limited scope that we can normally experience, and that countless reports of perceptions that are inexplicable based on the outermost physical reality that we have heretofore treated as our sole reality, we ...
Views: 288 - The Manifestation of the Supermind Level of Consciousness As the Next Evolutionary Phase - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2024 from santosh krinskyEach successive plane of consciousness has a native action in its own domain and then, as it enters the material plane, it has to modify its action to conform to the limitations of the other principles. Thus, the native action of the vital plane is freer and more fluid and powerful than when the ...
Views: 288 - No Man Is An Island - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe are rarely conscious of the constant interchange taking place on the vital level of our being. Vital vibrations are constantly active in the world and all beings wind up being exposed to them and absorbing them. Those who live in more isolated locations tend to have less direct and intense ...
Views: 287 - The Unified Field of All Consciousness and Existence - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2024 from santosh krinskyA powerful technique for inner growth and understanding is to sit quietly and simply observe one’s thoughts and feelings as they arise. Then, trace back any of them to where and how it arose. What triggered it? Where did it come from? Initially it is difficult to successfully carry out this ...
Views: 287 - Why don’t people of our generation focus on having spiritual knowledge? Why don't they seek for wisdom? Why do they become materialistic rather than spiritualistic? - by Submitted on May 10, 2023 from Dada BhagwanWhen there is too much of attraction towards material things, one cannot be spiritual – it is but natural Don’t think it has much to do with a particular generation as such; because in any generation, the percentage of people inclined towards spiritualism is always markedly far too low; the ...
Views: 287(1 vote) - Applying Knowledge Criteria Appropriate to Each Domain According to Its Own Law of Nature - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe frequently try to ‘know’ things based on a particular capacity of our being; however, this may not always be the correct way to appreciate and understand what is actually taking place. Trying to understand music, for instance, by applying the logical intellect and trying to parse the sounds, ...
Views: 286 - Infinite Grace: Overcoming the Law of Inertia to Effectuate Change - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe law of inertia holds that it takes energy to move something that is stationary, and the more massive the object is, the more energy required to move it. A similar principle operates in human actions. We have our fixed habits, whether physical habits, instincts, trained responses, ...
Views: 286 - The Ego-Viewpoint Provides Limited and Inaccurate Assessments of Events - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2024 from santosh krinskyIf we review our lives through the lens of ‘history’, that is, looking back over the events of our lives from where we are today, we can see that things we thought, at the time, were positive things were in some cases, highly detrimental to us over time; and similarly, things we found ...
Views: 286 - The Misdirected Mind and the Harm It Can Create - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe Dhammapada provides the spiritual seeker with a deep wisdom that forces us to reflect and gain understanding. The Mother has taken up a particular verse about the harm caused by a mind that is not tightly focused and under control. With some consideration we can understand the deeper ...
Views: 286 - Consciousness, Its Powers and the Drive to Discover Our True Self - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen we try to define consciousness we tend to do it from an individual standpoint, our own state of awareness. From a broader perspective however, we can see that consciousness exceeds both in scope and power, that of the individual status. Western science is moving toward a view that will ...
Views: 285 - Medicine, Faith and the Healing Process - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere are a number of examples that lead to the conclusion that it is not medicine alone that cures the patient. A young man reported his own experience. He was visiting India in the early 1970’s and was afflicted by a severe case of amoebic dysentery while there, to the point that he was in ...
Views: 285 - The Hidden Forces of Life: Summary and Conclusions - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe tend to live our lives in the belief that we are separate and isolated from one another. We struggle to survive and thrive in a world where every other being is competing with us for their own survival and self-aggrandisement. In such a world, we suffer from self-doubt, anxiety, fear, and ...
Views: 285 - The Power of Auto-Suggestion for Health and Wellness - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2024 from santosh krinskyAuto-suggestion is constantly active, although we generally do this more or less unconsciously. For example, when we anticipate a meal at a favorite restaurant, our mind sends signals to the body that generates feelings of hunger, begins to develop saliva, and prepares the body for enjoyment of ...
Views: 285 - Thought-Forms and Their Results - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe take the chatter in our minds for granted and do not attribute any real significance or power to it most of the time. The constant influx of thoughts is just a lot of background noise, for the most part. When we concentrate on something and focus the thoughts, we recognise that we can ...
Views: 285 - Creating Beneficial Thought Forms and Their Positive Action - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhenever there is some kind of news headline about a major negative event, such as a school shooting, or a catastrophic earthquake or hurricane, we hear major political leaders express “thoughts and prayers” for the victims and their families. Everyone knows that there is no serious force behind ...
Views: 283 - Mental Formations Can Be Enhanced and Empowered by Vital Force of Desire - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2024 from santosh krinskyFor those who can see vital energies and auras, the driving forces of any individual are quite easy to observe. One can observe this frequently in nightclubs where sexual energies are high and those with particularly powerful formations in this direction can be seen virtually radiating or oozing ...
Views: 283 - The Concrete Reality of Spiritual Force and Its Action - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere is a clear divide between those who have actually experienced the action of spiritual or yoga-force, and those who have a mental conception of spirituality but have not had a strong experience thus far that makes the theory into something real and actual for them. Once the experience is ...
Views: 283 - Top 5 Essential Qualities of a Reliable Security Guard Services in Melbourne - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2024 from Stephen RobertIn a rapidly evolving world where security concerns are on the rise, the role of security guard services has become more crucial than ever. In Melbourne, a city known for its vibrant culture and diverse population, reliable security services play a pivotal role in safeguarding businesses, ...
Views: 283 - An Accident Avoided - by Submitted on May 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe Mother advises us that we are generally not aware of the action of all the subtle forces and how they interact to cause circumstances that occur in the external world. She further notes that with awareness, many accidents could be avoided. This reminds us of an incident reported some time ...
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Views: 282 - The Inevitability of the Emergence of the Supramental Consciousness and Its Transformative Action On Body, Life and Mind - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2024 from santosh krinskyOne of the limitations of Mind embedded in a physical body is that it tends to fixate on what it can experience ‘here and now’. It has a hard time correlating past, present and future and seeing and understanding trends, directions, trajectories and momentum, other than in specific areas such as ...
Views: 282 - A Shift of Consciousness Brings New Understanding of One’s Life and Existence in the World - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe typically live rooted in the ego-consciousness in the external, physical world. We judge things based on our perceptions, our physical, vital and mental processes and our habitual way of understanding things from the standpoint of the ego. This leads to a very limited and biased viewpoint ...
Views: 281 - Trust and Faith - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe frequently remark on how young people act with a seemingly carefree attitude and take risks that older people would not take. This is due to the inherent trust they have in their body’s vital and physical resilience and powers of prevailing even in difficult or dangerous circumstances. As ...
Views: 281 - Universal Forces, the Chakra Energy Centers, and the Utilization of the Forces - by Submitted on May 27, 2024 from santosh krinskyEach individual has his own unique types and levels of receptivity, and these too can vary over time. The universal forces are constantly there, but if an individual is closed off, unresponsive, then he does not gain the full benefit of that force. The ancient description of the energy centres ...
Views: 281 - Yoga: Then and Now - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe ancient sages developed a basic ‘life plan’ for people to be able to pursue in their lives a balanced agenda consisting of Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. Dharma essentially was following the individual life purpose and being true to one’s own life and destiny. Artha was the pursuit of ...
Views: 281 - Do We Create Our Own Thoughts and Feelings? - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2024 from santosh krinskyTeilhard de Chardin described what he called a noosphere, a belt of mental energy that encompasses the earth, and which moves vibrations that can be perceived at the mental level and converted into thoughts and thought-forms. This is similar to the biosphere at the level of the life-energy and ...
Views: 280 - The Relationship Between the Development of External Power and Inner Power - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2024 from santosh krinskyDeveloping external power through the use of technology has several unexpected or unintended consequences. One of these, of course, is to give us powers of observation and action that were not available to us through the normal progression of physical, vital and mental development. In order to ...
Views: 280 - Vital Beings Utilize Vital Drives to Control Human Action for Their Own Benefit and Enjoyment - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2024 from santosh krinskyVital beings, by their very nature, take advantage of our ambitions, desires, greed, and fears to convince us to interact with them, and they then use these responses for their own enjoyment or nourishment. The more we are motivated by these vital drives, the easier it is for such beings to toy ...
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Views: 279 - The General Action of Thoughts and Our Need to Observe and Manage Them - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2024 from santosh krinskyEvery thought, every idea, every imagination, every focus, represents electrical impulses that are formed and projected into the general mental atmosphere, whether expressed verbally or in writing, or simply formulated in one’s mind. Each such formation is either weaker or stronger depending on ...
Views: 279 - The Inevitable Emergence of New Powers of Consciousness Is Difficult for the Mind of Man to Envision - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe live in a time of incredible feats of technological progress. Digital technologies, quantum computing, wireless transmission of energy, solar power, airplane flights, space flight, landing on the moon, instant communications of audio and video content world-wide are things we tend to take for ...
Views: 279 - Just Because We Cannot Observe It Directly, Does Not Mean Spiritual Force Does Not Exist - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2024 from santosh krinskyA devotee reported several incidents that appeared to be the result of spiritual force. The first occurred in early 1973 in Los Angeles. He attended a talk by Udar Pinto of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and afterwards joined his party for dinner, at which there was extensive discussion. Udar told the ...
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Views: 277 - The Exploration of Powers Within - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2024 from santosh krinskyIn his epic poem Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol, Sri Aurobindo explores the vast field of human consciousness and development. Along the way he provides numerous references to hidden, latent powers within each of us, psychic powers, powers of mind, vital powers and powers of the physical being, ...
Views: 277 - Automatic Writing, Ouija Boards, the Planchette and Communication With People After Their Death - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe see a proliferation of people who claim to act as intermediaries through a process of seance, or use of a Ouija board or planchette, to communicate with individuals who have passed away. The interest in this area goes through periods of peaks and troughs, but continually captures the popular ...
Views: 276 - Changing the Mental Focus From Negative to Positive Objects: the Power of Positive Affirmations - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe idea that there is a ‘law of attraction’ has gained significant attention in the West over the last few decades. It has largely been interpreted by the materialistic mind of the West as a way to attract wealth and all forms of fulfillment of desire. This, however, is both a misreading and a ...
Views: 276 - The Perpetual Effort Required for Transformation of Life in the World - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2024 from santosh krinskyAscent and integration. Relentless effort. What many do not appreciate is that any attempt to achieve individual perfection or transformation is limited by the readiness of the world and the rest of humanity in particular, to accept those changes that are needed for this to occur. Thus, progress ...
Views: 276 - Understanding the Complexity and Risks of Dealing with the Power of Thought Forms - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere is a famous story in the Mahabharata which has a profound meaning when it comes to the application of any power of action in the world, including the power to create thought formations. One of the protagonists in the great war that was fought at Kurukshetra was Arjuna. He was the greatest ...
Views: 276 - Faith and Confidence - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere are countless stories of what may be called the “placebo effect” for confidence in action. Athletes sometimes believe they will perform better if they are wearing a specific shirt or pair of socks. People have their ‘lucky charms’ that they believe provide them success in certain ...
Views: 275 - Mental Formations and Their Application - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere is an occult tradition that a practitioner of certain arts can create a formation, send it out to act upon another individual, and thereby succeed in achieving his objective with that other person. The stories mostly revolve around sending forces to harm another individual, and they point ...
Views: 275 - The Process Behind Communicating Thoughts from One Person to Another - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe utilize speech to communicate with other people. Speech however is a translation into vibrational patterns a specific thought content developed with a particular pattern of electrical impulses. When it is effective, the hearer receives the vibrational energy of the speech he has heard, and ...
Views: 275 - Spiritual Growth and the Development and Use of New Powers of Consciousness - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2024 from santosh krinskySpiritual seekers harness the powers of body, vital being, emotions and mind in order to develop and eventually attain the goal of their seeking. The power of dedicated work, the power of the breath, the power of devotion, the power of concentration all have a part to play in the seeker’s ...
Views: 274 - The Exercise of Will-Power and the Role of Sincerity in Implementation - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2024 from santosh krinskyMost people have had the experience. They decide to try a new diet or exercise regimen. They stick with it a few days or weeks and then it seems to get overlooked, forgotten or abandoned. Other things got in the way, or else, the impulses caused them to weaken their resolve. How many times ...
Views: 274 - Vibrational Patterns of Existence and the Advent of Harmony Through Intervention from Higher Planes - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen we are fixed in the external consciousness and perceive things with the external senses, we treat material objects as ‘solid’. We do not see that they are actually energy that has been condensed to appear solid to us, while in fact, they are a form of energy. Western scientists, however, ...
Views: 274 - Vital and Mental Life Forms Interact With Us in the Material World - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe scour the galaxy for signs of intelligent life elsewhere. The reality is that unless an extra-terrestrial race has found a way to circumvent the constant of the speed of light, through some method of ‘folding’ space or creating “wormholes” that truncate the distance to be travelled, setting ...
Views: 274 - Concentration and the Centres of Energy in the Subtle Body - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2024 from santosh krinskyPeople constantly ask whether they should concentrate focused in the heart, between the eyebrows or above the head. The short answer is “yes”. Each centre of concentration relies on a different power of action. In the end, what is more important is the action of concentration itself. An ...
Views: 273 - Distinguishing Magic from Occultism - by Submitted on May 30, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere is considerable confusion between the concept of occultism and the idea of the practice of magic (whether considered ‘white’ magic or ‘black’ magic). Occultism essential is the science of dealing with forces subliminal to our outer senses, but nevertheless active and acting upon our being. ...
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