Meditations On Savitri – A daily “prayer” against the cancerous forces of Ahriman

Many individuals view the world as a space without hope and live in constant fear. I always recommend the use of these verses from Sri Aurobindo’s important esoteric work “Savitri” as a daily “prayer” against the cancerous forces of Ahriman and the Virus of Modernity. I will be writing many blog essays on “Savitri” in…

The Spirit of Karma Yoga – A Meditation on Sri Aurobindo

“Work here and work done in the world are of course not the same thing. The work there is not in any way a divine work in special—it is ordinary work in the world. But still one must take it as a training and do it in the spirit of Karma Yoga—what matters there is…

Yoga Means a Change of Consciousness – A Meditation on Sri Aurobindo

“Yoga is not a thing of ideas but of inner spiritual experience. Merely to be attracted to any set of religious or spiritual ideas does not bring with it any realization. Yoga means a change of consciousness; a mere mental activity will not bring a change of consciousness, it can only bring a change of…

The All Important Thing – A Meditation on Sri Aurobindo

“It is not against the principle of Yogic life to know what is happening in the world—what is unyogic is to be attached to these things and not be able to do without them or to think of them as a matter of importance. The all-important thing must be the Sadhana, the growth into a…

Gold Cleansed With Acid – A Meditation on Sri Aurobindo

“All who enter the spiritual path have to face the difficulties and ordeals of the path, those which rise from their own nature and those which come in from the outside. The difficulties in the nature always rise again and again till you overcome them; they must be faced with strength and patience. But the…