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10.5 “The Best Will Happen”

Sep 29, 2019

When you look back, all kinds of things which you did not understand when they happened to you, you realise as just the thing which was necessary in order to compel you to make the needed progress. Always, without exception. It is our blindness which prevents us from seeing it.

Chapter 12. The Fate of a Brahmin’s Shikha

Sep 29, 2019

The shikha was scissored off clean by Nolini Kanta Gupta in obedience to Sri Aurobindo’s order at about 2 a.m. on the altar of the temple at sacred Pondicherry in which Sri Aurobindo is the mūrti (deity). He performed this service when I was asleep.

5.8 Workings of the Divine Shakti Should Not Perplex Us

Sep 29, 2019

"There can be for the seeker of the integral Yoga no clinging to resting-places on the road or to half-way houses; he cannot be satisfied till he has laid down all the great enduring bases of his perfection and broken out into its large and free infinities, and even there he has to be constantly filling himself with more experiences of the Infinite."

Explorations in Savitri 130, pp. 325-327

Sep 29, 2019

Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)

He saw a hierarchy of lucent planes Enfeoffed to this highest kingdom of God-state. Attuning to one Truth their own right rule Each housed the gladness of a bright degree

The Hope, pp. 200-201

Sep 26, 2019

There is in the heart of life a hope that one day it shall indeed be transfigured by some miraculous tough. Until then she must strive and suffer and toil. Such is the predicament of life upon earth and of man tied to creation’s fate.

God’s plunge into the Night, pp. 627-629 (SH 311)

Sep 25, 2019

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)

Life and creation could have blossomed beautifully and happily but something has come in between our true divine nature and our fallen self. A shadow falls upon our life shutting our doors to the pure, simple, natural joy divine.

Purulia Chhau (2012 performance in Auroville)

Sep 25, 2019

Chhau dance is an Indian tribal martial dance, popular in the Indian states of Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The themes for these dances include local legends, folklore and episodes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata and other. Filmed and edited by Manohar, Auroville

Freedom – Equality – Brotherhood

Sep 25, 2019

"Freedom, equality, brotherhood are three godheads of the soul; they cannot be really achieved through the external machinery of society or by man so long as he lives only in the individual and the communal ego."

Explorations in Savitri 129, pp. 324-325

Sep 25, 2019

Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)

His words were syllables of the cosmos' speech, His life a field of the vast cosmic stir. He felt the footsteps of a million wills Moving in unison to a single goal.

A Prophesy (New Creation or Catastrophe) HH 267

Sep 25, 2019

audio

There is a cry the world over pointing at the damage and the harm that we humans have caused to the earth. Several measures are being suggested, but we have to understand the deeper reasons. The Mother and Sri Aurobindo not only foresaw all this, but also shared the vision of the Future.

Savitri Satsang 110, pp. 191-193

Sep 22, 2019

A weekly sharing on Savitri by Alok Pandey (an audio recording in English).

5.7 Faith in the Divine Shakti and Her Workings

Sep 22, 2019

The circumstances that provoke our first entry into the path are not the real index of the thing that is at work in us. [...] if it is the spirit that has been touched, the inward soul that has received the call, the ´sraddha will remain firm and resist all attempts to defeat or slay it.

Explorations in Savitri 128, pp. 321-324

Sep 22, 2019

Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)

A Bliss, a Light, a Power, a flame-white Love Caught all into a sole immense embrace; Existence found its truth on Oneness' breast And each became the self and space of all.

A Tribute to Shobha Mitra – Hindustani Vocal Recital at Bharat Nivas

Sep 22, 2019

A special Tribute has recently been offered to Shobha Mitra by a group of reputed artists from the ITC Sangeet Research Academy of Kolkata. Performances have taken place both at Auroville and at Ashram School. Film produced and edited by Manohar, Auroville.

The Prayer and Invocation of Life, pp. 199-200

Sep 22, 2019

Life refuses to give up. She waits for the extended and uplifting arm of God to save. This is the hope that Life carries within her heart, a hope and a longing to be freed in the spirit and taste once again her lost glory and delight.

10.4 The Determinism of Death

Sep 22, 2019

"If you do not make a higher determinism intervene, truly you can change nothing. That is the only way of changing your physical determinism. If you remain in your physical consciousness and want to change your determinism, you cannot..."

Chapter 11. A Few Months in Madras

Sep 22, 2019

...all bonds with my parents and relatives loosened. I felt them as strangers only. This major part unknowingly and imperceptibly was captured by Sri Aurobindo. The small part enjoying my mother’s caresses and fondling stood in my way.

Human Love and Relationships

Sep 20, 2019

SATSANG WITH DR ALOK PANDEY IN AUSTRALIA 13/17 (AUDIO)

Practical aspects of human relationships and how to make them beautiful. We play with perceptions and thereby falsify the truth of our relationships.