Sri Aurobindo: 82 books

"The soul, the psychic being, is in direct touch with the divine Truth, but it is hidden in man by the mind, the vital being and the physical nature (manas, prana, anna of the Taittiriya Upanishad). One may practise Yoga and get illuminations in the mind and the reason; one may conquer power...

"In a sense spirituality is the highest art, the art of life; for it aims at creating a life of beauty pure in line, faultless in rhythm, replete with strength, illumined with light and vibrant with delight." (Sri Aurobindo) "True art is the expression of beauty in the material world; and in a world...

This is a collection of messages, talks and answers from the Mother which relate to Auroville. At the beginning there are some words of Sri Aurobindo on humanity and its present condition and need. "Auroville wants to be a universal township where men and women of all countries are able to live in...

"Men do not know themselves and have not learned to distinguish the different parts of their being; for these are usually lumped together by them as mind, because it is through a mentalised perception and understanding that they know or feel them; therefore they do not understand their own states...

The Mother said, "You can become conscious of your nights and your sleep just as you are conscious of your days. It is a matter of inner development and discipline of consciousness." This book contains guidance for making sleep more conscious, thereby replacing subconscient dreams with conscious...

"Even if Science – physical Science or occult Science – were to discover the necessary conditions or means for an indefinite survival of the body, still, if the body could not adapt itself so as to become a fit instrument of expression for the inner growth, the soul would find some way to abandon...

"Man lives mostly in his surface mind, life and body but there is an inner being within him with greater possibilities to which he has to awake – for it is only a very restricted influence from it that he receives now and that pushes him to a constant pursuit of a greater beauty, harmony, power...

Selections from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Yoga, health and healing. "Instead of being upset and struggling, the best thing to do is to offer one’s body to the Divine with the sincere prayer, “Let Thy Will be done.” If there is any possibility of cure, it will establish the...

"All Yoga starts from the perception that what we are now or rather what we perceive as ourselves and so call is only an ignorant partial and superficial formulation of our nature. It is not our whole self, it is not even our real self; it is a little representative personality put forward by the...

Das Werk – ausgewählte Kapitel aus den zwei Teilen des überragenden philosophischen Schlüssel- und Hauptwerks "The Life Divine" von Sri Aurobindo – ist eine umfassende Schau der gesamten spirituellen Evolution, die in der Transformation des Menschen von einem mentalen in ein supramentales Wesen...

Sri Aurobindo und die Mutter zur Nahrungsfrage und der inneren Haltung zum Essen im Integralen Yoga.

Das Essay legt einige der Ziele und Anforderungen des Integralen Yoga fest: “...den Willen des Göttlichen in der Welt auszuarbeiten, eine spirituelle Transformation zu bewirken und eine göttliche Natur und ein göttliches Leben in die mentale, vitale und physische Natur und das Leben der Menschheit...

"In einem neuen Zeitalter werden jene Personen der Zukunft der Menschheit am meisten helfen, die eine spirituelle Evolution als Ziel und entscheidende Notwendigkeit des Menschen erkennen. Wie einst der Tiermensch den weiten Weg der Wandlung zu einem mentalen und dann als höchstes Ziel zu einer hochentwickelten...

Sri Aurobindo und die Mutter über die Ursache von Leid und Schmerz und deren Linderung und Auflösung. Wenn uns ein tiefes Leid, ein brennender Zweifel oder ein heftiger Schmerz überwältigt und zur Verzweiflung treibt, dann können die hier gegebenen Hinweise und Ratschläge helfen, Ruhe und Frieden wiederzugewinnen.