A Podcast Featuring Sri Aurobindo Studies

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Dec. 14, 2025

Changing Each Part of Human Nature Through the Progressive Action of …

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg. 57This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/changing-each-part-of-human-nature-through-the-pr...

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Dec. 13, 2025

Dealing With Vital Forces of Opposition to the Spiritual Sadhana Thro…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg. 56 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/dealing-with-vital-forces-of-opposition-to-the-s...

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Dec. 12, 2025

Solving the Existential Crisis of Humanity By Evolution of Consciousn…

an indepth interview by David Riklan, founder of selfgrowth.com with Santosh Krinsky, covering a wide range of subjects regarding the existential crisis and the evolution of consciousness. 9/10/2019 Video presentations, inter...

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Dec. 12, 2025

The Action of the Higher Force As It Descends Into the Present Formul…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg. 56 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/the-action-of-the-higher-force-as-it-descends-in...

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Dec. 11, 2025

Hostile Forces, the Law of Attraction and Progress in Spiritual Devel…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pp. 55-56This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/hostile-forces-the-law-of-attraction-and-progr...

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Dec. 10, 2025

The Different Processes for Change of the Vital Nature and the Psychi…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pp. 54-55This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/the-different-processes-for-change-of-the-vita...

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Dec. 9, 2025

What Can We Each Do to Support the Evolution of Consciousness?

A talk and satsang at Cultural Integration Fellowship, San Francisco, California 8/25/24 We tend to get depressed about the world situation we find ourselves in. The issues confronting humanity are seemingly threatening exti...

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Dec. 9, 2025

Liberating the Consciousness from Imprisonment in the Physical Body

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg. 54 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/liberating-the-consciousness-from-imprisonment-i...

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Dec. 8, 2025

Understanding Experience of a Shift from the External to the Inward C…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pp.53-54 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/understanding-experience-of-a-shift-from-the-e...

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Dec. 7, 2025

Awareness and True Discrimination of Forces Are Essential for the Spi…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg.53This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/awareness-and-true-discrimination-of-forces-are-es...

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Dec. 6, 2025

The Right Attitude Turns Difficulties Into Opportunities for the Spir…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg.52 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/the-right-attitude-turns-difficulties-into-opport...

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Dec. 5, 2025

Success in Yoga Despite Negative Suggestions of Unfitness or Impossib…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pp. 51-52This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/success-in-yoga-despite-negative-suggestions-o...

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Dec. 4, 2025

"Ego Was the Helper, Ego Is the Bar"

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pp. 50-51This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/ego-was-the-helper-ego-is-the-bar/ Video prese...

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Dec. 3, 2025

Why a Spiritual Seeker Should Not Just 'Go With the Flow'

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg. 50This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/why-a-spiritual-seeker-should-not-just-go-with-th...

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Dec. 2, 2025

Vital Impatience and a Hurried Effort Are Obstacles to the Transforma…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg. 49 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/vital-impatience-and-a-hurried-effort-are-obstac...

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Dec. 1, 2025

Practical Applications for Solving the Existential Crisis of Humanity…

A talk and satsang at Cultural Integration Fellowship, 8/7/2022 The crisis humanity faces as we create uncontrolled climate change, pollute the planet, deplete the resources, and allocate them inefficiently is one that is c...

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Dec. 1, 2025

Dealing With Periods of Dissipation and Distraction in the Spiritual …

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg. 49This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/dealing-with-periods-of-dissipation-and-distracti...

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Nov. 30, 2025

Understanding Fluctuations in the Force of the Spiritual Sadhana

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pp. 48-49 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/understanding-fluctuations-in-the-force-of-th...

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Nov. 29, 2025

The Separation of States of Awareness Between the Waking State, the S…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg. 48 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/the-separation-of-states-of-conscious-awareness-...

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Nov. 28, 2025

Addressing Obstacles, Weaknesses and Limitations Through the Connecti…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pp. 47-48This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/addressing-obstacles-weaknesses-and-limitation...

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Nov. 27, 2025

Ascent and Integration Define Spiritual Progress for the Seeker

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pp. 45-47 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/ascent-and-integration-define-spiritual-progr...

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Nov. 26, 2025

The Practitioner of the Integral Yoga Will Face Difficulties, Obstruc…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg. 45 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/the-practitioner-of-the-integral-yoga-will-face-...

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Nov. 25, 2025

The Value of the Witness Consciousness in the Yogic Endeavour

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 3, In Difficulty, pg. 44This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/the-value-of-the-witness-consciousness-in-the-yog...

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Nov. 24, 2025

What Does the Coming of the Subjective Age Mean to Us?

A talk and satsang at Cultural Integration Fellowship, San Francisco, California 2/4/2024 Sri Aurobindo introduces us to the idea that human civilization is undergoing a transformation based on the coming of a subjective ag...

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