A Podcast Featuring Sri Aurobindo Studies

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Understanding and Managing the Subconscious Part of the Being
Aug. 24, 2025

Understanding and Managing the Subconscious Part of the Being

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 155-156This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/understanding-a...

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Understanding Desire and the Absence of Desire
Aug. 23, 2025

Understanding Desire and the Absence of Desire

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 155This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/understanding-desir...

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The Difference Between Suppression and Self-Control of the Forces of Vital Desire
Aug. 22, 2025

The Difference Between Suppression and Self-Control of the Forces of …

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 154-155This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/the-difference-...

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Indulgence of Desire Does Not Lead to Rejection
Aug. 21, 2025

Indulgence of Desire Does Not Lead to Rejection

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 154This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/indulgence-of-desir...

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Neither Suppression, Indulgence, Blame-Shifting Nor Avoidance Solves the Issue of Overcoming the Vital Force of Desire
Aug. 20, 2025

Neither Suppression, Indulgence, Blame-Shifting Nor Avoidance Solves …

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 153-154 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/neither-suppre...

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Overcoming the Force of Desire
Aug. 19, 2025

Overcoming the Force of Desire

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 152-153This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/overcoming-the-...

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Changing Human Nature Rather Than Abandoning the External Life
Aug. 18, 2025

Changing Human Nature Rather Than Abandoning the External Life

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 152 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/changing-human-nat...

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Divine Realisation and the Uplifting and Perfection of Life in the World
Aug. 17, 2025

Divine Realisation and the Uplifting and Perfection of Life in the Wo…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 152This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/divine-realisation-...

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Detachment, Liberation and Mastery
Aug. 16, 2025

Detachment, Liberation and Mastery

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 151 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/14/detachment-liberat...

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Liberation From and Mastery of the External Nature of Man
Aug. 15, 2025

Liberation From and Mastery of the External Nature of Man

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 150-151 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/liberation-fro...

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Developing a Power to Perceive and Understand Ourselves and Our World by Minimizing the Distortions and Biases That Are Inherent in Our Human INstrumentation and Process
Aug. 14, 2025

Developing a Power to Perceive and Understand Ourselves and Our World…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 149-150This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/developing-a-po...

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The Experience of the Witness Consciousness
Aug. 13, 2025

The Experience of the Witness Consciousness

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 148-149 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/11/the-experience...

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The Shift to the Standpoint of the Observer of the External Nature
Aug. 12, 2025

The Shift to the Standpoint of the Observer of the External Nature

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 148This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/10/the-shift-to-the-st...

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Development from Witness of the Nature to Master of the Nature
Aug. 11, 2025

Development from Witness of the Nature to Master of the Nature

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 147-148 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/09/development-fr...

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Isolation, Introspection, Introversion and the Witness Consciousness
Aug. 10, 2025

Isolation, Introspection, Introversion and the Witness Consciousness

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 147 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/isolation-introspe...

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The Vigilance Needed to Ensure That Sattwic Calm, Peaceful Focus Does Not Get Distracted Through the Rise of Rajasic or Tamasic Reactions in the Being
Aug. 9, 2025

The Vigilance Needed to Ensure That Sattwic Calm, Peaceful Focus Does…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 147 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/07/the-vigilance-need...

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The Need for a Sleepless Vigilance in the Yogic Sadhana
Aug. 8, 2025

The Need for a Sleepless Vigilance in the Yogic Sadhana

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 146This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/the-need-for-a-slee...

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Vigilance
Aug. 7, 2025

Vigilance

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 145-146This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/vigilance/ Vide...

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Consciousness and Self-Mastery
Aug. 6, 2025

Consciousness and Self-Mastery

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 144-145This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/consciousness-a...

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To Be Conscious
Aug. 5, 2025

To Be Conscious

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 143-144This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/to-be-conscious...

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We Tend to Take Ourselves Too Seriously
Aug. 4, 2025

We Tend to Take Ourselves Too Seriously

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 142-143 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/02/we-tend-to-tak...

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Evolution of Consciousness and the Course of Time -- Individual Yoga or Yoga of Divine Manifestation
Aug. 3, 2025

Evolution of Consciousness and the Course of Time -- Individual Yoga …

We look at yoga as an individual endeavor. We practice yoga, and we look for specific outcomes or results. It may be health, or it may be increased awareness, energy, power, and knowledge. It may be liberation from a world of...

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The Psychic Being Brings Cheerful Focus to the Spiritual Sadhana
Aug. 3, 2025

The Psychic Being Brings Cheerful Focus to the Spiritual Sadhana

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 141-142This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/the-psychic-bei...

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Spiritual Awakening: Moving Away from Disillusionment to Finding Meaning in Life
Aug. 2, 2025

Spiritual Awakening: Moving Away from Disillusionment to Finding Mean…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 141 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/spiritual-awakenin...

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