Aurobindo

Dec 10, 20238 min read

The Life Divine Ch23-28

The last part of Book I of the Life Divine introduces some further refinements in the layered ontology that Sri Aurobindo sketched so...

Nov 11, 20236 min read

The Life Divine Ch19-22

With this new group of chapters, we descend from the level of Supermind and Mind to that of Life. The guiding idea is the same: to...

Oct 24, 20235 min read

Looking for safety

The feeling of safety may be the most important component of spiritual and contemplative practices. Most attention goes often to how...

Oct 22, 20238 min read

The Life Divine, Ch16-18

In this upcoming group of chapters, Sri Aurobindo continues the exposition of the nature of the Supermind and its relation to the ‘lower’...

Oct 9, 202310 min read

The Life Divine, Ch13-15

After having introduced the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss, Sri Aurobindo starts a series of Chapter that will take use towards...

Sep 24, 202311 min read

The Life Divine, Ch10-12

The next three chapters in The Life Divine introduce the other two essential qualities of the ultimate principle (Sachchidandana),...

Sep 8, 202312 min read

The Life Divine, Ch 6-9

With Chapter 6, Sri Aurobindo starts to explore in greater detail the integral view that he seeks to establish. After having shown the...

Aug 20, 202311 min read

The Life Divine, ch 3-5

After having introduced the limitations of one extreme view on the nature of reality—reductionist materialism—we now approach the other...

Aug 8, 20234 min read

The Life Divine, Ch 1-2

The main idea announced in chapter 1 of Sri Aurobindo's The Life Divine is that "Nature seeks a harmony" (p. 4). This presupposes the...