Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)
Challenge the ordeal of the immense disguise.
Ascend from Nature to divinity's heights;
Face the high gods, crowned with felicity,
Then meet a greater god, thy self beyond Time.
At the Feet of The Mother
A Talk in English (video)
A talk by Dr Alok Pandey at Sri Aurobindo Yoga Foundation of North America, New Jersey, USA (SAYFNA) in 2019.
COMMENTARY ON SAVITRI BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
Suffering and pain are found wherever there is ignorance. Generally there is an instinctive urge to come out of this state. But in that hell suffering was the law and way of life, cherished as the rule of living.
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOTHER BY MONA SARKAR (TEXT)
You see, one has to know how to relax, then one does not get tired. After the day’s work one has to relax, without thinking, and enter into eternity.
SELECTIONS FROM CONVERSATIONS BY THE MOTHER (TEXT)
"... it was only at the level of the roof that the stones were seen — from the roof downwards, we saw the stones; just till the roof, above it there were no stones. This meant that it was like an automatic formation. In the air nothing could be seen: they materialised in the atmosphere of the house and fell."
SRI AUROBINDO'S LETTERS TO NAGIN DOSHI (TEXT)
Some suggestions say, “You remain on the higher station satisfied with its peace and silence and do practically nothing for the parts below.” Is it correct?
Not altogether, but the higher peace and silence has to come down fully and not merely remain above — so the other contents of the higher consciousness may have a chance of descending too and stabilising themselves.
Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)
“O spirit, traveller of eternity,
Who cam'st from the immortal spaces here
Armed for the splendid hazard of thy life
To set thy conquering foot on Chance and Time
COMMENTARY ON SAVITRI BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
The journey of yoga requires one to be a warrior soul since one has to meet enormous inner and outer challenges. This is true of all authentic yoga but much more so of the yoga of transformation.
A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)
Death once again tries to dissuade Savitri from holding on to her aspiration of perfecting earthly life. He wants to impress upon her the fruitlessness of the human toil.
an audio in english
Fight in order to conquer and triumph; fight to overcome everything that was till today, to make the new Light spring forth, the new Example the world needs. Fight stubbornly against all obstacles, inner or outer. It is the pearl of great price which is offered for thy Realisation
Still like a statue on its pedestal,
Lone in the silence and to vastness bared,
Against midnight’s dumb abysses piled in front
A columned shaft of fire and light she rose.
AN AUDIO IN ENGLISH
Renunciation has often been regarded as an important corner-stone of spiritual life, and this has often led to the impression of a gulf between the spiritual and material existence. Today's talk is centered around the truth behind Renunciation, its real nature and place in the Integral Yoga.
COMMENTARY ON SAVITRI BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
There are not only forces but beings whose very task is to oppose God. Creating chaos and confusion in the world they help the Night to triumph and disorder to harden into Law. They invoke the powers of darkness to sustain and strengthen them.
Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)
The gods are still too few in mortal forms.”
The Voice withdrew into its hidden skies.
But like a shining answer from the gods
Approached through sun-bright spaces Savitri.
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOTHER BY MONA SARKAR (TEXT)
... Mother, that’s what I am aspiring for: that you take charge of me and act through me.
Ah, that is different. When you have made the effort and you are able to open yourself to me, then only I will do everything, not for you personally....
SELECTIONS FROM CONVERSATIONS BY THE MOTHER (TEXT)
With the help of magical formulas one may produce a certain result, but this result is necessarily limited and has no particular interest for those who, through their inner development, spontaneously receive powers of which they have a higher knowledge, not a mechanical one. It is not for someone who is truly a yogi; it has no interest except that of curiosity.