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.
At the Feet of The Mother
Are consciousness and energy really the same thing?
... Consciousness is that which is aware of things — energy is a force put in action which does things. Consciousness may have energy and keep it in or put it out, but that does not mean that ... it cannot stand back and observe the energy in action.
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.
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 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."
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.
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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.
A weekly sharing on Savitri by Alok Pandey (an audio recording in English).
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.
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 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.
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.
"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..."
...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.
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.
Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)
As one who sets his sail towards mysteried shores
Driven through huge oceans by the breath of God,
The fathomless below, the unknown around,
His soul abandoned the blind star-field, Space.
In dreams and visions how can we be sure that what we see or hear is from you or Mother and not from an anti-divine force?
You cannot be sure unless you have sufficient experience and consciousness to discriminate. There are several people who have constructed an image of the Mother or myself and they come and say the things the person would like or expect them to say.
A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)
Even though darkness and shadows have occupied the fields of God here, yet there is Light that grows within earth’s breast. It declares itself in various ways leading man’s ascension towards the Eternal.