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Distraction is actually a symptom of another characteristic, that of “dispersion” of the consciousness. If we take the time to observe our own sense of awareness we find that it seems to be primarily on the surface of our being, receiving sense perceptions, reacting to people, things, events and circumstances and otherwise busying itself with all the details of the exte al life. From time to time we may experience a centred, indrawn state of awareness where we feel ourselves to be ‘self-contained’, so to speak, and thus, at peace.

As the individual confronts the various impulses, emotions, drives and thoughts that arise and drive his life and action, he begins to recognise that there are elements that are not easily identified on the surface, and that there is something that cannot quite be grabbed with the intellect, which represents a motive spring for many of the impulses that he contends with.

There are a number of different ways that physically alive beings draw and obtain energy. Human beings tend to rely heavily on eating food, and converting the food into other forms of energy to carry out work in the body. Plants, on the other hand, rely primarily on direct conversion of sunlight into physical energy to fuel the creation of their bodies and the operation of their energetic action. We can understand that there are other and higher forms of energetic reception and action which can provide ‘fuel’ for beings of various sorts.

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How to Heal the Forest of Humanity In our modern society, we have come to a point of no return. We have taken our psychological approach to the growth of an individual to the extreme. Now we are seeing the outcome of that process throughout the world.

We pride ourselves on our independence and self-sufficiency. We believe that we make conscious choices that are ‘our own’ choices. We do not generally recognise that who we are today, and what choices we tend to make, are very much conditioned by and even controlled by influences from the past. The Buddhist concept of ‘dependent origination’ describes this intertwined relationship between the present and the past. There is a built-in genetic inheritance that provides much of the framework for the mind, life and body that we inhabit in our lifetimes, and thereby controls many events.

When we flip a light switch, we have faith that there is electricity flowing through the wires and the lights will turn on. We do not actually know or perceive the electricity, but we can see its effects in operation. Similarly, our surface being may see effects of the Divine Force at work in the being, without necessarily having a direct perception of that Force in action.

During the Olympic games in the summer of 2021, we were able to hear about the separate consciousness of the various parts of the being. One of the premier gymnasts in the world withdrew from events by saying that she had lost, at least temporarily, the body consciousness that basically oriented her to where she was in her routine, and thus, was putting her well-being into danger with the complex gymnastic routines she normally performed. This is an illustration of the understanding of human consciousness as described by Sri Aurobindo.

From childhood we are acculturated with the idea of family and family life as a primary function and goal of our existence. This becomes a habit in our vital being and in our minds. At some point, through some seminal experience or through a growing inner conviction, certain individuals become aware of a deeper spiritual need and purpose to life, and they begin to take up spiritual practices to try to bring about the realisation and the fulfillment that they perceive.

If we reflect on the amount of time and focus we give to organizing and living our exte al physical lives, dealing with food, shelter, clothing, comforts of various sorts, entertainment, travel, family and friends, it becomes clear that a considerable part, indeed the greatest part, of our time and attention is spent on addressing the outer life.

With the development of the mental being in evolution, we can observe the central leadership role that the mind plays in dealing with the vital and physical levels of our existence. The mental being, however, is limited by its strict framework and sequential process, and thus, is something like ‘the blind leading the blind’ in terms of its ability to truly comprehend the nature of existence and how to address the complexity of the universal manifestation.

For the majority of individuals who live on the surface of their being, the energy they experience, the thoughts, emotions, feelings, perceptions are simply the working of the machinery, with no understanding about the process or source of this energetic action in their lives. For those who have some experience of the inner awareness, however, there begins to develop a perception of various energies being located in specific areas, and this perception actually carries through into the ordinary awareness as habitual sayings or thoughts.

The Vedic Rishis spoke of Satyam, Ritam, Brihat, ‘the truth, the right, the vast’. These represent psychological states into which the yogic practitioner can enter in order to embody the truth of the Brahman. The vast consciousness takes us out of the human egoistic standpoint into an awareness, which is a palpable experience in consciousness, of the divine standpoint. The mind tends to discount these as some kind of philosophical orientation, but they are in fact descriptions of actual states of consciousness.

An Enlightened One, also known as the Spiritual Master / Spiritual Leader is One who has a constant awareness of the Self i.e. the Pure Soul. He is free from anger, pride, deceit, greed, attachment, and abhorrence. In His presence, everyone experiences immense harmony and peace. His words touch people’s hearts, and each one can experience a tremendous result of His said words. A Spiritual Master brings a closure to the problems that come to him by giving answers to the sati

Here is a very simple experiment that anyone can try which allows one to see the power of love. The other night my wife and I retired for the night and we were holding hands as we fell asleep. I woke up a little later and it came to me to start saying the name of God over and over again in my mind silently. Usually, I am not holdings hands with my wife when I do this so I didn’t think anything unusual would happen. So I started to say my personal name of God in my mind and all of a sudden my wife moved a bit as though a bit of electrical energy ran through her.

Right now we see the oceans polluted and filled with plastic. But even thousands of years ago in spiritual texts, we were told to care for the planet. Sai Baba said: “Whosoever worships the Supreme Lord should also worship Nature. He should love and adore Nature because Nature is not different from the Supreme Self. Nature is the effect and God is the Cause.” We are to care for nature as if nature were God Himself.

All of us are an exquisite examples of love, and all do a great job of living life and taking care of ourselves and others. But at times we forget how amazing we really are. Here are just a few reminders of how wonderful we are. You are Rare - You are rare, you are like a diamond that has a twinkling and shiny quality that’s beyond comprehension. You are Sublime - You are heavenly and beyond compare when it comes to being you. You are Beautiful - You are stunning and gorgeous, and it’s important that you never forget how beautiful you are.

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People in modern society are confused about the meaning, purpose, significance and value of their lives. The society sets goals for them that involve for the most part, material satisfactions through acquisition of wealth, family, and enjoyment, without any further insight provided as to why one should be doing these things.

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The weather here is finally breaking, which means increased opportunities to observe and partake in the great outdoors. The budding trees, the growing green grass, the light breeze, bird songs, sound of lawn mowers, and people walking and jogging about are all clear signs of spring. It truly is a wonderful time of year when the temperature is perfect and the spirit of rejuvenation is in the air. Each rejuvenating exercise or experience ripples out as positive effects to Mothe

There are so many unimaginable things that happen in our life, and how many unexpected news we hear in life. For instance plane crashes, bombing, fire, earthquake, tsunami, etc. A person exists at one moment, and is no more in the next! Many meet death in accidents, while many die of hunger. Different types of diseases take their own toll. There are kids who come dead, while few get born, die in no time. Some are by birth, disabled, and some when they grow choose to commit su

The human being is actually composed of a number of “sheaths” as described in the Taittiriya Upanishad. The outer form is the physical sheath. Informing the physical sheath with energy and responsiveness is the vital sheath. More subtle than the vital sheath is the mental sheath that provides cognition on an individual level. Then comes the ‘knowledge’ sheath that brings a wider understanding and awareness, and then comes the ‘bliss’ sheath which integrates the individual into the universal manifestation and which then brings the bliss of existence into the individual frame.

Some believe that it is impossible to change human nature. They repeat the proverb that one cannot straighten out a dog’s tail, but it will return to its former status time and again. Some become frustrated and essentially fight with their body, vital being or mind, wherever the movement they desire to change resides. Some try to suppress the movement with force, and some through intimidation of torturing the body when an impulse arises which they do not want to accept.

The yogic trance state called ‘samadhi’ has several levels, including one that is known as ‘with seed’ and one ‘without seed’. The difference essentially is that the level ‘with seed’ means that it still retains the capacity to be broken by the intrusion of exte al stimuli and internal reaction or awakening of suppressed items in the consciousness.

Through ambition or impatience, the spiritual seeker may try to rush the spiritual progress, and in many cases, this is attempted through various forms of overt or sublimated violence. The overt forms include various extreme penances or even self-punishment, while the sublimated forms may include internal reactions of self-doubt, suicidal thoughts, or inner turmoil of struggle. All of this, however, simply reinforces the focus on and strength of the ego-consciousness, and thus, does not achieve the intended result.

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There are many different spiritual disciplines and methods, and also different experiences of consciousness that result from practice of these methods. For those who aspire to bring the soul, the psychic being, forward and active in the physical body and life, Sri Aurobindo describes several methods.

One can clearly appreciate the unique nature of the integral yoga when one reflects on the preparation needed for the practice when compared to the preparations required for numerous other paths of yoga. The 8 steps set forth in Patanjali’s yoga sutras include two preparatory stages, called yamas and niyamas. These set forth purifications of the physical, vital and mental being so that the further practices can bear fruit and not wind up harming the practitioner.

It is a malady of modern society that we believe we must stay constantly busy, We do not understand nor appreciate the value of quiet time for contemplation and stepping outside of the whirl of day to day activities to unite our awareness with that of the consciousness which manifests in the universal creation. Everyone is ‘busy’ while very few are actually accomplishing anything of note. Modern society prods us into this buzz of constant motion.

It seems that people fall into two camps. Either they believe in a personal form of divinity, God, or savior, or they don’t. For those that do not believe in a personal form of the Divine, there is a belief in some impersonal machinery of unknown origin or purpose. These two however need not be mutually exclusive; rather, the division is due to the way we process concepts with our mentality, which seems to prefer ‘either/or’ choices and black and white distinctions.

The cultural background of the West clearly differs from the background found in India, which has a history of spiritual development stretching back thousands of years. Westerners tend to have difficulty with the concept of surrender to the Guru’s guidance, whereas in India, this is an accepted concept and thus, fits more perfectly into the psychological framework of the people.

Kundalini energy is described as a flame that starts at the base of the spine and works it’s way up the chakras to bring enlightenment to all areas of life. This power has also been called an entity, a life form that has it’s own personality. And some even go as far as to call kundalini energy a living being. A power greater than we have ever encounter before in our mind/body that must be appeased.

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Once a man asked, “When Will my Guru, Saint, and God Inca ate Return?”… and a powerful guru said: “You’re Looking Through the Eyes of that Guru.” Basically what the guru said, is that it’s important that we become self-realized, to move from our passive understanding that we are helpless to become the great Christ Consciousness, and this is where meditation plays a very important role. Because when we sleep and we have a dream we wake up and say “That was a dream” but when we have a powerful spiritual experience we AWAKEN and say “All of this is a dream.”

If there is something that needs to be healed let it be healed with love. If there is a something that we feel is wrong in the world let not anger and hatred to take over but unconditional love. For hate is the absence of love and whenever there is hate in the world we can hear people crying with tears running down their faces, which tells everyone there is a void that needs to be filled. A void it’s trying to pull in as much love as possible in order to heal all wounds.

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is there a solution to the Israel/Palestine Problem? There is so much history and so much hatred built up. Acts of overt terrorism, including attacks on civilian targets, women, children, etc. are not justifable. The Israelis righfully point out that they have a right to defend themselves, their homes and families and should be able to expect to live in peace and peaceful harmony with their neighbors.

The idea of changing the basic way that human beings respond to circumstances is one that has been considered to be a virtually hopeless task. Long human experience has provided the impression that our vital nature is fixed and, while we can perhaps soften it around the edges, it is basically impossible to change. Thus, there are various directions that humanity has explored to overcome the limitations of the vital being.

There are many reasons which inspire devotees to make offerings to God or deities in temples. But ultimately, it is our faith that draws us to make any offering to God. And this very faith of ours in turn produces results. The stronger our faith, the greater are the results. Some of the reasons behind offering flowers, fruit, etc. to God at temples are: •Some do it to illustrate the love and dedication they have for the God. rn•For few, it’s a ritual they have been taug

Mantra:rnMantra is a means to still the mind. It protects the mind by making it calm and quiet. Whenever some problem comes in life, our mind gets upset, “What will happen? What will happen of this, of that?” At that time, if you chant mantra, it stabilizes your mind. Thus, mantra gives peace and protection to mind. Moreover, while chanting mantra, we bow with veneration to God. Faith arises in us that, “I am saying this mantra. So, things will be good. I have taken the

Centering our mind on particular thoughts heals the outer vibration of the soul. Thus the body is healed. See the Good in All Things - When we allow ourselves to see the good even where most people are looking at the bad we are healing our spiritual essence. We are much more than this flesh and blood we call the body, and when we focus only on the good we uplift our spirit and thus we also heal the body.

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Psychological tests and experiments have shown that each individual sees exte al events from their own perspective and thereby bring their personal biases, albeit unintentionally, to what they observe and how they understand situations. What the senses perceive is enhanced and filled in by the mind, using our store of experience, expectations, etc. to create a ‘picture’ of the event that we then interpret from our unique perspective.

Most children focus on their need for food, emotional comfort and play, which is a means of gaining knowledge and power of action for them. As they move into later stages of life, they can get fixated on attaining good grades in school, making friends, hobbies and sports. As they reach puberty, thoughts and focus may turn to relations with the opposite sex, along with determining an academic or a career path. Then comes generally a time in life when an individual may be focused on career, a home, accumulation of weatlh, and family life. Some wind up seeking after power or influence.

My needs, my wants, my likes and dislikes, my feelings, my emotions, my ideas, my goals and aspirations — all of these things are the signs of the ego-consciousness at work, overcoming the law of inertia that says that a body at rest tends to stay at rest. All of humanity is immersed in the ego-consciousness and acts based on motivations dictated by that consciousness. In fact, we believe that without the impulsion of the ego, no progress would take place or be possible. We live within the limit and frame of the ego, and cannot see beyond it as long as we are encased within that frame.