Will is the switch that turns on the other members giving them force and momentum. It is the power that runs through the warp and woof of life. Of course to be truly effective, we must learn to distinguish it from wishful thinking, wants and desires. These are ‘willings’ that come to us from the atmosphere and not the true will, not the will of our being. <>
Tuesday Talks
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Yoga of the Earth: The Strength of the Idea (HH 055)
Thought is a power, a greater power is the Idea. Ideas, thoughts, feelings are soft powers. They take time but when their work is over, it is more thoroughly done. This talk refers to Sri Aurobindo’s writing on the subject.
Yoga of the Body Part 15: We Create Our Own Reality and the Power of Thought (HH 054)
Man is a link between the Inconscient and the Superconscious, between the darkness below and the Light Above. This is his conflict in which he is caught at the moment. But his descent is from a very high plane and sooner or later he is destined to recover his origin and unmask the potential of a god within him.
Yoga of the Body Part 14: A Hope (HH 053)
Every action upon earth, in its execution and its consequences, is necessarily mixed because such is the nature of terrestrial life. There is a darkness of Ignorance that hangs over and around everything but there is also a point of Light that shines at the core of everyone and everything. It is this Light of the Divine Presence that is the source of hope in all beings.
Yoga of the Body Part 13: Grace and Karma (HH 052)
New adaptation is tilted towards a complete hold of the Spirit over Matter, so that the Spirit decides how matter should respond and the Matter is completely responsive to the Spiritual will. The only thing that counts towards this is the Grace Above and the call and response from our soul and nature below.
Yoga of the Body (12) A New Birth (HH 051)
Spiritual life is likened to a New Birth, a birth out of the mental, vital, physical consciousness and its endless round of desires and ego and suffering into the psychic and spiritual life. It is also a shift of the center of one’s consciousness from the ego-self to the Divine.
Yoga of the Body Part 11: Dealing with Difficulties (HH 050)
The way of dealing with the difficulties of Nature is different in this yoga than one does it in the traditional paths. Here the goal is transformation of nature and not an escape from it. This talk covers some of aspects and ways of dealing with the problems of human nature in this yoga.
Yoga of the Body Part 10: Hidden Possibilities (HH 049)
The Body is an occult agent with countless possibilities waiting to be discovered.
Yoga of the Body Part 9: Working on the Physical Consciousness (HH 048)
One of the ways that surrender expresses itself is the ability to leave the past behind, to make oneself like a clean slate, something that we find so beautifully in the Mother’s and Sri Aurobindo’s life. We, instead, cling.
Yoga of the Body 08: Surrender (HH 047)
A Talk by Dr Alok Pandey from the “Tuesday Talks” series (2011)
Yoga of the Body 07: Conditions for Transformation (HH 046)
A Talk by Dr Alok Pandey from the “Tuesday Talks” series (2011)
Sri Aurobindo’s Gayatri: Light of the Divine Truth (HH 273)
Today we share some interesting aspects of the mantra given by Sri Aurobindo in the Gayatri meter which is now known as Sri Aurobindo’s Gayatri.
Meditation and Concentration (HH 272)
This talk is about some aspects of meditation, its place in our spiritual pursuit, some of the processes behind it and its role and nature in the Integral Yoga.
Renunciation (HH 271)
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.
The Old and the New Spirituality (HH 270)
Sri Aurobindo has given a new yoga for the world and man. It is a yoga that integrates life by transforming it into a divine image. Today we share some thoughts of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo on the subject taking up Her New Year message of 1970 as a base.
Two Great Spiritual Luminaries – Swami Vivekananda and Shri Nolini Kanta Gupta (HH 269)
We share some aspects of Swami Vivekananda’s and Nolini-da’s lives, closing with a writing of Nolini da which still seems relevant today.
The Way of Kali and the Divine Love (HH 268)
This month we enter the period of Kali when her activity is quite intense. The Mother often spoke about this great and mighty goddess and her different ways of being and action. But She also mentioned what is preferred approach with regard to the Integral Yoga. It is against this background that we base this talk today, the last of this year.
A Prophesy (New Creation or Catastrophe) HH 267
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.