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- The Path of Transformation of Earthly Life into Divine Life Through Unveiling of the Psychic Being and Its Aspiration - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe question of transforming life on earth into something higher, deeper and more meaningful, aligned with the divine intention in the manifestation, is one that has occupied seers, religious leaders, theologians, scientists, thinkers and philosophers since time immemorial. Plato in his Republic ...
Views: 1 - The Essential Conditions for the Growth of the Psychic Being - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2026 from santosh krinskyWe tend to judge circumstances and events based on how they impacted our external personality, the individual ego. We call things ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on our perception of whether they satisfy our needs, wants and desires or not. What we fail to recognise, more often than not, is that the ...
Views: 2 - Each Individual Has His Own Unique Relationship With the Divine - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2026 from santosh krinskyPeople who are born into different cultures and religions may have a similar experience, but they interpret the experience through the lens of their specific background. Thus, people who have a specific spiritual opening may see Jesus or the Virgin Mary if they come from a Christian background, ...
Views: 3 - The Progress of the Psychic Being — Individualising While Transcending the Ego - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2026 from santosh krinskyIndividuals who take up spiritual practice are generally advised that they have to overcome the ego and free themselves from its desires, ambitions, wants or needs. As the practice advances, the seeker begins to recognise that he is not that ego-personality, either as the specific person or in ...
Views: 4 - Progress and Development of Physical, Vital, Mental, Psychic and Spiritual Elements in Our Earthly Lives - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2026 from santosh krinskyWe all recognise the pattern. We are born, we grow, develop, reach mature adulthood, carry out our productive activities. Later, as we age, various elements of our bodies, our life-energies and our minds begin to decline, until eventually, the deterioration creates a break that leads to death ...
Views: 5 - The Psychic Being and Progress - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2026 from santosh krinskyUntil someone actively takes up the spiritual path, and consciously begins to focus on the significance of his life and the purpose of the manifestation, the question of progress for the psychic being does not even arise. The progress takes place, but it happens without appreciation or ...
Views: 6 - What Happens to Progress at the Mental, Vital and Physical Levels When the Psychic Being Departs? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe psychic being assimilates the essence of the experience of a lifetime, then leaves behind the body, life-force and mind of that lifetime and moves on into other lives, other experiences. However, a substantial effort has been made by the psychic being to enhance and develop the mind, life ...
Views: 7 - Conscious Rebirth by a Fully Developed Psychic Being, Part 2 - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2026 from santosh krinskyThere is considerable skepticism about the question of rebirth. There are also questions about what exactly is reborn, and what happens to the existing current life experience and capabilities developed in a lifetime before death. There remains then, also, the mechanisms involved. There is a ...
Views: 7 - Conscious Rebirth by a Fully Developed Psychic Being, Part 1 - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe Tibetan Book of the Dead describes the period from the time of death to the adoption of a new body in a new birth. The individual departs the physical body which begins to decompose. Next, the vital sheath dissolves, and following that the mental formations. All of these external instruments ...
Views: 8 - The Conscious Psychic Being Choosing Its Next Incarnation, Part 2 - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2026 from santosh krinskySometimes a soul is born into the world with a sense of a pre-determined and destined path forward, based on focus and determinations made in the prior lifetime. Such an individual, in some cases very early in life, may know things, may feel like he has already known things that come before his ...
Views: 9 - The Psychic Being Works to Gain Experience and Independence and Upgrade the Instruments of Body, Life-Force and Mind - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe Bodhisattva vow represents an ideal of dedication and compassion by those who have reached the stage of enlightenment and who thereby have gained the freedom to choose liberation, moksha, from the cycle of birth and death. Those individuals who attain this state of consciousness make the ...
Views: 9 - The Conscious Psychic Being Choosing Its Next Incarnation, Part 1 - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe interaction and interplay between the divine manifestation, the psychic being and the processes of rebirth are generally outside the direct experience of most people. Scientists who study the processes of the universe are able to identify certain principles and details of the way things ...
Views: 11 - The Psychic Being and the Mechanism of Choosing Its Next Birth - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2026 from santosh krinskyNothing can evolve that has not previously been involved. A tree grows from an acorn because the essence of the tree, in the form of its genetic code, is already in place within that acorn. The entire creation, from the most material to the most subtle, contains an involved consciousness. If we ...
Views: 11 - The Psychic Being Is Automatically Attuned Towards the Spiritual Truth of Existence - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2026 from santosh krinskyWe observe in nature that certain plants turn towards the sun and follow the sun’s position in the sky throughout the day. This phenomenon, ‘heliotropism’, is based on certain sensor cells in these plants that identify the location of the light and automatically orient themselves towards it. ...
Views: 11 - The Psychic Being: Its Growth and Development Through the Evolutionary Cycle - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2026 from santosh krinskyThere are certain questions about the meaning and processes of the evolutionary cycle, the existence and growth of the psychic being, and its relation to our human external existence that most of us have a difficult time addressing, as we have not had the experience or evidence from our own ...
Views: 11 - Wielding Occam’s Razor in a Review of Evolution of Forms and Consciousness and the Significance of the Universal Creation - by Submitted on May 31, 2026 from santosh krinskyWhen we observe the evolution of forms, and then investigate the evolution of consciousness that is the secret driving force behind the evolution of forms, and which provides meaning to the development of the outer forms, we can try to limit this development to the current phase, and simply ...
Views: 12 - Can Human Beings Participate in the Change of Human Nature? - by Submitted on May 30, 2026 from santosh krinskyMany people are skeptical about the possibility of humanity participating consciously in the transformation and change of human nature. They believe that our nature is fixed and every attempt to change it has shown the futility of the effort. If we observe carefully, or even quite casually, ...
Views: 10 - The Evolution of Forms, the Evolution of Consciousness and the Destiny of the Individual - by Submitted on May 29, 2026 from santosh krinskyAs with all things that are considered for the first time, new concepts appear difficult to grasp. Cognitive scientists have shown through studies they have done, that the brain builds ‘grooves’ through which thoughts flow smoothly. These ‘grooves’ develop over time through repeated attempts. ...
Views: 11 - The Dual Processes of Evolution: Material Evolution of Forms and Soul Evolution of Consciousness - by Submitted on May 28, 2026 from santosh krinskyAs long as we remain fixated on the evolution of forms, the Darwinian model of evolution, we fail to provide any deeper meaning to this process or, even, the significance of any individual being, since the evolution of forms deals with genus and species, not individuals. Even if we suppose the ...
Views: 12 - The Psychic Being Carries the Essence of Experience Through Rebirth and the Evolution of Consciousness - by Submitted on May 27, 2026 from santosh krinskyWe are born into the world, we grow, we learn, we participate in it, we age, and eventually we die. Many people look at this process without trying to understand any deeper significance. They involve themselves in the process and do not look at what happened before, what caused the existence we ...
Views: 12 - The ‘Psychic Mirror’ and Its Power of Transformation of the External Nature - by Submitted on May 26, 2026 from santosh krinskyOne of the powerful techniques which Sri Aurobindo describes for the spiritual aspirant is the separation of the witness consciousness from the active, external nature. Creation of a mental witness awareness is not quite the same thing, although it may be a helpful step along the way. This is ...
Views: 10 - Factors That Impede Progress on the Spiritual Path - by Submitted on May 25, 2026 from santosh krinskyOur human lives are not developed in a straight line of progress. We see forward movement toward whatever goal we have in front of us, and then various retrogressive movements that set back the progress. That is the experience of those who have a focus or objective in life. For those who are not ...
Views: 10 - The Heterogeneous Nature of Our External Being - by Submitted on May 24, 2026 from santosh krinskyWe identify ourselves with the constructed ego-personality that we have assumed. We have certain ideas, feelings, relationships, preferences, desires, ambitions, fears and motivations of various sorts. We treat this ego-personality as a unified whole and do not usually investigate the varying ...
Views: 8 - Spiritual Realisation Begins With Psychic Discipline - by Submitted on May 23, 2026 from santosh krinskyIn The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo describes the triple transformation that develops the human existence to a new status through conscious evolutionary development. The first transformation is what he calls the ‘psychic transformation’. The psychic transformation is the awakening to the ...
Views: 9 - Finding the Meaning of Our Lives and Expressing It in Our Thoughts, Words and Deeds - by Submitted on May 22, 2026 from santosh krinskyEventually, as we grow and mature, as our powers of reflection and self-examination increase, we begin to seriously consider why it is we are alive, what it is we are here to do and how we can accomplish whatever our lives are intended to be. There are several aspects to this process of growth ...
Views: 9 - The Psychic Being Acts as the Organising Principle Around Which the Responses of the Mind, Life and Body Are Aligned - by Submitted on May 21, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe Psychic Being Acts as the Organising Principle Around Which the Responses of the Mind, Life and Body Are Aligned Posted on May 21, 2026 In our ordinary external awareness we experience ourselves as an individuality, and we look at our various actions and reactions, responses and directed ...
Views: 12 - A Higher Light of Consciousness Removes the Limitations of the Mental and Vital Process of Decision and Action - by Submitted on May 20, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe confusion, indecision and inaccurate results that attend us in our ignorance of the truth of our existence, our consistent attempt to judge things based on the individual desires, wants, considerations, needs and ideas, treating ourselves as the center of the universe with the world, the ...
Views: 14 - How Do We Decide the Right Thing to Do? - by Submitted on May 19, 2026 from santosh krinskyIn a simple world, in a simple situation, decision making is generally fast and easy. The consequences, whatever they turn out to be, are usually not considered to be related to some past decision we may have made. We reach a path in a forest that branches off in two directions, we choose one, ...
Views: 11 - Deciding How To Act Amidst Conflicting Value Sets - by Submitted on May 18, 2026 from santosh krinskyPeople frequently have to wrestle with conflicting emotions, unclear and confusing thoughts and the need to balance duties, demands or considerations that appear to be opposed to one another. In some cases, we obtain facts which, if expressed to another person, will presumably cause them ...
Views: 13 - The Unconscious Drivers of Human Decisions and Actions - by Submitted on May 17, 2026 from santosh krinskyMost people believe they are in control of their actions, their decisions and their circumstances, at least until they find things not turning out the way they expected or wished for! When an individual takes up the spiritual path consciously, he begins to examine this assumption. First, he ...
Views: 12 - The Psychic Being and the Management of the External Being and Its Action - by Submitted on May 16, 2026 from santosh krinskyThere are a number of different management strategies we see in the world today. They range from attempts at total control, what we can call ‘micromanagement’ to total laissez faire release to permit individuals to do whatever they decide at each moment. Both of these extremes have their ...
Views: 17 - The Psychic Being Can Change the Individual’s Life Direction and Circumstances If He Is Destined to Take Up the Spiritual Life - by Submitted on May 15, 2026 from santosh krinskyAn individual recounted a seemingly minor incident that nevertheless began to turn his mind into a new direction, eventually leading him, over time, with further experiences, to take up the spiritual quest. He was in a debating competition in high school. His team was well-prepared, and the ...
Views: 19 - The Psychic Being and the Law of Attraction - by Submitted on May 14, 2026 from santosh krinskyWherever we focus our attention, we attract the object of the attention. The universal manifestation is one consciousness. Attention creates a direct correspondence that sets up affinities and links. This leads to meeting people or attracting circumstances that fulfil the focus of the attention. ...
Views: 17 - The Power of the Psychic Being - by Submitted on May 13, 2026 from santosh krinskyWe evaluate things by the power they command. It can be physical power, the power of raw Nature in the ocean, the wind, the volcano, or it can be related to our human physical existence as muscular strength, speed, trained responses, the power to effectuate physical actions, or it may be the ...
Views: 16 - The Mystic Fire Manifesting in the Different Parts of the Being - by Submitted on May 12, 2026 from santosh krinskyIn Hymns to the Mystic Fire, Sri Aurobindo provides translations of the hymns to Agni crafted by the Rishis in the Rig Veda. The Rishis focus their attention on the flame of aspiration deep within in the psychic center of the being. They relate that through this flame the various powers of mind, ...
Views: 16 - The Psychic Being and Its Relation to the External Nature - by Submitted on May 11, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe newborn child has a mind, but it is not yet fully focused, awakened and in control of the sensory instruments. Over time, as the child grows and matures, he can gain more precise control over his senses and his powers of action, and eventually, the mind matures, can be trained and developed ...
Views: 17 - The Soul’s Radiance Permeates and Acts Even in Unconsciousness - by Submitted on May 10, 2026 from santosh krinskyThere is a type of radiation wave known as ‘gamma waves’ that has the power to penetrate most matter. The extremely short wave length of gamma waves allows it to penetrate atoms. High or prolonged exposure to gamma rays can cause damage to the internal organs of the body, even though we cannot ...
Views: 17 - The Evolution, Growth and Maturation Process of the Psychic Being and the Possibility of a Psychic Transformation of the Being - by Submitted on May 09, 2026 from santosh krinskyEverywhere we look in Nature, we see a similar process. A seed sprouts and a tiny seedling struggles to grow and survive, eventually it grows, matures and comes into its adult strength. The animal kingdom has a similar reality. The newborn animal has to develop its body, its vital strength, ...
Views: 18 - The External Being Filters and Can Distort the Guidance of the Soul - by Submitted on May 08, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe promptings of the soul work through the instrumentality of the external being, the mind, the life-force and the physical body. Thus, they are restricted by the limitations of the work of those external parts, as well as subject to being modified, hijacked or manipulated based on the external ...
Views: 16 - Becoming Aware of the Soul and Its Action on Our External Being - by Submitted on May 07, 2026 from santosh krinskyWe cannot see electricity, but we can see its action through the effects it brings about. Many things occur which we cannot identify with our senses directly, but which we can interpret based on results. In a similar way, while we cannot specifically identify the soul, per se, we can identify ...
Views: 17 - A Soul Using the External Instrumentation of Body, Life and Mind - by Submitted on May 06, 2026 from santosh krinskyHow do we see and interpret who and what we are? Most people identify with the physical body. The body is their essential being. In many cases they build up the body, work to create an image that they project to others. They judge themselves and others based on the form and presence they develop ...
Views: 15 - The Soul Immediately Separates Truth from Falsehood - by Submitted on May 05, 2026 from santosh krinskyOur minds can be confused or manipulated. We can misinterpret what we see or hear or feel. Our vital nature can be led astray by the promptings of various vital reactions, including desire, lust, anger, as well as feelings the external nature considers positive as well as negative. Our physical ...
Views: 17 - Without the Soul We Wouldn’t Exist! - by Submitted on May 04, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe great mysteries that have occupied humanity since the dawn of human existence include the questions: where do we come from, where do we go when we die, how has this vast universal creation manifested and what is its purpose and significance, do we have a soul, and what, if anything survives ...
Views: 18 - The Psychic Being: Its Special Role Manifesting the Divine Presence in Matter - by Submitted on May 03, 2026 from santosh krinskyHumanity has long had the feeling that it represents something special and unique in the universal creation. Major religions have creation stories that emphasize this uniqueness, with God creating man in his own image and finding that it was good. Many people believe that humanity is the only ...
Views: 18 - The Psychic Being Awakens Aspiration in All Parts of the Being - by Submitted on May 03, 2026 from santosh krinskyAspiration. When we observe sunflowers opening and turning toward the sun, we are witnessing a form of aspiration at a very basic level. When we strive to enhance our physical capacities, manifest and express beauty, work to achieve a more pure and powerful vital energy, develop our minds and ...
Views: 16 - The Mystery of the Soul in Human Life - by Submitted on May 01, 2026 from santosh krinskyIn the first chapter of The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo describes the human aspiration “It manifests itself in the divination of Godhead, the impulse towards perfection, the search after pure Truth and unmixed Bliss, the sense of a secret immortality. … The earliest formula of Wisdom promises to ...
Views: 19 - The Involution of Consciousness Precedes the Evolution of Consciousness - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2026 from santosh krinskyWe speak about the universal manifestation either as some kind of creation by fiat of an all-powerful God who simply made everything the way it is, and said “It is Good”; or else, as an evolution of life out of matter, and mind out of life in an ascending scale of consciousness and eventually, ...
Views: 20 - The Wish-Fulfilling Gem: the Divine Standpoint and the Oneness of the Entire Creation - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2026 from santosh krinskyWe are so used to judging everything from the external viewpoint, with our mental process, that we do not generally comprehend the significance of consciousness and the oneness of all existence as the starting point, container and content of all that exists. This means that we are judging how ...
Views: 21 - Mental Knowledge, Psychic Knowledge and Faith - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2026 from santosh krinskyWe tend to believe that mental knowledge is based in fact and is certifiable and reproducible, whereas knowledge based in faith is considered to be unreliable, or possibly wishful thinking of some sort. Our certainty about our mental knowledge, however, is based heavily on faith. We believe, on ...
Views: 22 - The Knowledge of the Soul Arises in the Silence of the Mind - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe mind is always active and trying to manage and control everything. We hear a constant stream of thoughts running through the mind. Some of them are focused and directed to a particular aim. Many of them are random thoughts provoked by any sensations or impressions that impact us in some way. ...
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