Episodes

Jan. 15, 2024

The Lower and Higher Forms of Psychological Innocence and Purity

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 194-195 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/01/13/the-lower-and-higher-forms-of-psychological-innocence-and-purity/
Jan. 14, 2024

Book III The Book of the Divine Mother, Canto 3 The House of the Spirit and the New Creation, pp. 320-322

reference: Book III The Book of the Divine Mother, Canto 3 The House of the Spirit and the New Creation, pp. 320-322 Further Readings in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri can be found at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/08/28/readings-in-sri-aurobindos-savitri-a-legend-and-a-symbol/ More Information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at www.sri-aurobindo.com
Jan. 14, 2024

What Is Meant by Spontaneity and How to Apply It

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 193-194 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/01/11/what-is-meant-by-spontaneity-and-how-to-apply-it/
Jan. 13, 2024

The Meaning and Importance of Sincerity in the Practice of Yoga

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 192-193 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/01/11/the-meaning-and-importance-of-sincerity-in-the-practice-of-yoga/
Jan. 12, 2024

How to Cultivate and Utilize the Faculty of Intuition: Part 3

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 190-191 This episode is also available as a podcast at How to Cultivate and Utilize the Faculty of Intuition: Part 3 | Sri Aurobindo Studies (wordpress.com)
Jan. 11, 2024

How to Cultivate and Utilize the Faculty of Intuition: Part 2

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 189-191 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/01/09/how-to-cultivate-and-utilize-the-faculty-of-intuition-part-2/
Jan. 10, 2024

How to Cultivate and Utilize the Faculty of Intuition: Part 1

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 188-189 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/how-to-cultivate-and-utilize-the-faculty-of-intuition-part-1/
Jan. 9, 2024

Patience and Perseverance Are Required in the Path of Spiritual Realisation

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pg. 187
Jan. 8, 2024

Listening and Heeding the Voice of the Soul

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 186-187 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/listening-and-heeding-the-voice-of-the-soul/
Jan. 7, 2024

Readings in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol, Book III The Book of the Divine Mother, Canto 3The House of the Spirit and the New Creation

reference: Readings in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol, Book III The Book of the Divine Mother, Canto 3The House of the Spirit and the New Creation, pp. 317-320 Additional readings in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri; a Legend and a Symbol can be found at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/08/28/readings-in-sri-aurobindos-savitri-a-legend-and-a-symbol/
Jan. 7, 2024

The Forms of Knowledge: the Mind’s Knowledge and the Soul’s Knowledge

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 185-186 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/01/05/the-forms-of-knowledge-the-minds-knowledge-and-the-souls-knowledge/
Jan. 6, 2024

The Separation of Consciousness From the Physical Body

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 183-184 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/01/04/the-separation-of-consciousness-from-the-physical-body/
Jan. 5, 2024

How to Find the Soul

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 182-183 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/01/03/how-to-find-the-soul/
Jan. 4, 2024

Is It the Soul or the Vital Being We Perceive?

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 181-182 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/is-it-the-soul-or-the-vital-being-we-perceive/
Jan. 3, 2024

Can the Mind Recognise the Action or Influence of the Soul in Another Individual?

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 180-181 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/can-the-mind-recognise-the-action-or-influence-of-the-soul-in-another-individual/
Jan. 2, 2024

Personal Effort, the Ego and the Nature of Selfishness

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 179-180 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/personal-effort-the-ego-and-the-nature-of-selfishness/
Jan. 1, 2024

The State of Conscious Sleep

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 178-179 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/12/29/the-state-of-conscious-sleep/
Dec. 31, 2023

Readings in Savitri: Book III The Book of the Divine Mother, Canto 2 The Adoration of the Divine Mother, pp. 312-316

Readings in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol, Book III The Book of the Divine Mother, Canto 2 The Adoration of the Divine Mother, pp. 312-316 Additional readings in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri can be found at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/08/28/readings-in-sri-aurobindos-savitri-a-legend-and-a-symbol/
Dec. 31, 2023

The Bifurcation of the External Parts of the Being and the Central Consciousness

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 177-178 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/12/29/the-bifurcation-of-the-external-parts-of-the-being-and-the-central-consciousness/
Dec. 30, 2023

Signs for Identifying the World Personality

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pg. 177 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/12/28/signs-for-identifying-the-world-personality/
Dec. 29, 2023

The Spiritual Path and Ascetic Practices

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 175-176 This episode is also available as a blog post at The Spiritual Path and Ascetic Practices | Sri Aurobindo Studies (wordpress.com)
Dec. 28, 2023

The Development of the Powers of the Body

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pg. 175 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/12/26/the-development-of-the-powers-of-the-body/
Dec. 27, 2023

The Benefits of a Prepared Mental Instrument for Action in the World

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 174-175 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/12/25/the-benefits-of-a-prepared-mental-instrument-for-action-in-the-world/
Dec. 26, 2023

Creating a Balance Between the Spiritual Quest and the Development of the Body, Life and Mind

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 173-174 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/12/24/creating-a-balance-between-the-spiritual-quest-and-the-development-of-the-body-life-and-mind/