Letters on Yoga – I

11/06/2020

The Subconscient and Environmental Consciousness

They [the environmental consciousness and the subconscient] are two quite different things. What is stored in the subconscient —impressions, memories, rise up from there into the […]
09/10/2020
Sri Aurobindo

Spiritual and Psychic Consciousness

Q: What is the difference between the spiritual and psychic consciousness?   A: The Spirit is the consciousness above mind, the Atman or Self, which is […]
08/27/2020

The inevitable descent of the Supramental

If the supramental descent is decreed, nothing can prevent it; but all things are worked out here through a play of forces, and an unfavourable atmosphere […]
08/24/2020
Sri Aurobindo in his room

The need of Faith

The vital’s eagerness and its vairagya are shadows of this faith, forms which it has taken in order to keep the vital from giving up in […]
07/11/2020

The energies that act in the being

It is not possible to give a name to all the energies that act in the being. They are put into several classes. First are the […]
06/26/2020

Intuition

The difference between intuition and thought is very much like that between seeing a thing and badgering one’s brains to find out what the thing can possibly be […]
06/02/2020
Sri Aurobindo

Forgetfulness of past life

There is no rule of complete forgetfulness in the return of the soul to rebirth. There are, especially in childhood, many impressions of the past life […]
05/11/2020
Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Process of Rebirth

The soul takes birth each time, and each time a mind, life and body are formed out of the materials of universal nature according to the […]
12/29/2019
Sri Aurobindo

Harmony of the being

The being is made up of many parts. One part may know, the other may not care for the knowledge or act according to it. The […]