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- Living in the Consciousness of the Eternal Provides an Answer to Our Hurried and Dissatisfied Existence - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2022 from santosh krinskyThere is a strong human potential movement that counsels ‘mindfulness’ by living in the present, and not worrying about or identifying with the past, and not imaging or creating images about the future in one’s mind. This movement has an underlying truth associated with it, as dwelling on either ...
Views: 372 - The Gods and the Demons in Our Inner Psychology - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2022 from santosh krinskyWe find in the ancient Indian epic, Ramayana, an interesting sub-plot which changes the very complexion of what appears to be a battle between ‘good’ personified by Rama and his family, and ‘evil’ as personified by Ravana and his kin. As we delve deeper into the tale, we find that Ravana was ...
Views: 371 - Widening the Consciousness: Practical Exercises and Benefits - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2022 from santosh krinskyIf we observe what happens to our inner psychology when we experience physical pain, we will see that we mostly tighten ourselves up, tensing the body, focusing intently on the experience of the bodily pain. By doing so, we actually intensify the pain experience through this focus and it takes ...
Views: 371 - The Essential Role of the Psychic Being in the Process of Vital Transformation - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2022 from santosh krinskyTransformation of the vital nature in man is a key and essential part of the transformation that must come with the evolution of the next stage of consciousness. Past yogic paths did not focus to any great degree, if at all, on transformation of the external being and life in the world; rather, ...
Views: 368 - The Process of Effectuating Real Change in Human Nature - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2022 from santosh krinskyHonest observation without mental bias is the first step the Mother outlines. This is accomplished by setting up the ideal as a screen or filter against which to compare each action. Those that do not compare entirely favorably represent things that can be identified as subjects for the change ...
Views: 368 - Three Primary Paths of Inner Growth and Spiritual Development - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2022 from santosh krinskyEach individual has a unique way of relating to and developing his spiritual aspiration. Those who are more intellectually inclined may find that they naturally incline towards what is known as the yoga of knowledge. Those who have a nature more inclined to devotion and emotional expression may ...
Views: 368 - Attaining Peace in the Being - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2022 from santosh krinskyA central key to attaining peace lies in achieving the poise of non-attachment. Non-attachment is sometimes confused with avoidance of action, or some kind of renunciation. But non-attachment can develop even among those who are active in the world. King Janaka was known as being non-attached ...
Views: 367 - Gaining Mental Understanding Through Quieting and Widening the Mental Consciousness - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2022 from santosh krinskyMany people, over the years, have told me that reading Sri Aurobindo’s writings is difficult due to the complexity and wideness of the concepts he presents. I have heard, or experienced, similar issues reading Kant, Leibnitz, Kierkegaard, Sartre, Joyce and others. For those engaged in technical ...
Views: 367 - Widening the Consciousness Through Identification with Galactic Space - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2022 from santosh krinskyThe principle Patanjali set forth for the practice of samyajma provided that one would be identified with and gain complete knowledge with the object of the practice of concentration. Those who choose to identify with the vast galactic panorama of stars and space would find their consciousness ...
Views: 366 - Addressing Mental Health Concerns and Chronic Pain in North Carolina with Evidence-Based, Ground-Breaking Treatments - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2021 from parker shownMental health concerns and chronic pain are prevalent occurrences in the general population. The consequences of both are pretty enormous and could affect your productivity at work or overall quality of life. As a result, seeking a solution to manage them is critical. Neal Taub, MD, ...
Views: 364 - The Light and the Shadow in Each Individual Being - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2022 from santosh krinskyIt is easy to see the failings of others, while overlooking the issues within oneself. Jesus in his famous Sermon on the Mount, recounted in the New Testament of the Bible, exhorted his followers to not judge others but to look within, and noted ‘And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy ...
Views: 363 - Following the Right Path to Divine Realisation - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2022 from santosh krinskyWe very easily fall into the mistaken idea that the path we follow is the best way to approach the Divine or achieve spiritual realisation and that other paths are either less effective or do not provide the complete liberation from the ego-personality. We also tend to accept the idea that ...
Views: 362 - Organising One’s Life Around the Ideal - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2022 from santosh krinskyObservation and reflection eventually can lead to focus of the life and attention to achieve a specific aspiration. The process of reviewing with care in the light of the higher aspiration allows the individual to then choose which things to do, and which things to avoid, sculpting, if you will, ...
Views: 361 - Overcoming Hopelessness and Depression by Tuning the Consciousness Towards the Light - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2022 from santosh krinskyMany people, including those who are treading a spiritual path, feel depressed and hopeless when they see all the negativity, violence, and destruction taking place in the world around us. The mass media focuses on, and emphasizes, all this negativity, with the saying ‘if it bleeds, it leads’. ...
Views: 361 - Visiting the Symbolic Transcription of One’s Inner Being As Displayed to the Conscious Awareness - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2022 from santosh krinskyFor those who are anchored in their outer external awareness of the world and of themselves, there is no understanding or acceptance of the reality of inner occult states of awareness. Thus, they deny the reality of the inner experiences, until perhaps they happen to have a near death ...
Views: 360 - Visualization as an Aid for Entering into Contact with One’s Psychic Being - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2022 from santosh krinskyFor those who have the power of visualisation and who are ready and willing to concentrate in this way, there can be tremendous progress in developing the relation to the psychic being. The mind transcribes the energetic relationships of the various parts of the being into different rooms and ...
Views: 360 - What is the Great Reset? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2022 from matthew OrtnerHow has the pandemic changed your attitude toward work? Derek Thompson wrote for The Atlantic, “…the basic terms of employment are undergoing a Great Reset. The pandemic thrust many families into a homebound lifestyle reminiscent of the 19th-century agrarian economy—but this time with screens ...
Views: 358 - How to Improve Communication in Marriage - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2023 from Radhika SinghConsider your marriage. How satisfied are you with it, overall? Have you ever spoken honestly about this with your partner? Marriage satisfaction is a very personal experience that varies greatly from person to person. It is essential to express your demands and feelings honestly and openly ...
Views: 356 - The Difficulty in the Process Required to “Know Thyself” - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2022 from santosh krinskyThe vital nature is so deeply intertwined with the mental nature in the current state of human development, and has such a force of desire that it tries to satisfy, that, for most individuals, it is very hard to take an objective view about the thoughts, feelings, actions, reactions, emotions or ...
Views: 356 - The Faults We Observe In Others Are a Reflection of the Faults We Carry In Ourselves - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2022 from santosh krinskyIt is much easier to see and criticise others for their ideas, behaviour or habits, than to see in oneself potentially those same issues. Jesus raised this issue in his Sermon on the Mount: “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in ...
Views: 355 - The Attempt to Develop Tolerance and Understanding to Avoid Quarrelling - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2022 from santosh krinskyWhen one begins to consider how the faults we find in others are those to which we ourselves are susceptible, and that we see them through the focus and affinity that we have to them, as the synchronicity of the universe brings forward to us those very things that we are naturally attracting, it ...
Views: 354 - Spiritual Realisation Through Concentration in the Heart Centre - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2022 from santosh krinskySri Aurobindo distinguishes between a “mental seeking” and a “living spiritual experience”. While those who are intellectually-minded frequently confuse ‘knowing’ with “KNOWING”, there is actually a clear distinction between the ability to read, hear, memorize and repeat back a teaching, which ...
Views: 353 - The Subtle Higher Forces of Existence Create Our External Being and Action - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2022 from santosh krinskyWhen looked at from the outside, it seems that Matter came first and out of Matter arose Life and out of Life arose Mind. What is not addressed here is how material forces were able to create life and intelligence, in a seemingly random fashion. This is why some religious traditions posit that ...
Views: 353 - The Development of the Psychic Being - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2022 from santosh krinskyWe can identify a systematic evolution of consciousness in the external world. Life evolves out of Matter, Mind out of Life. We do not, however, thereby determine either a significance or purpose to this evolution nor any causative factors that involve mind and life into matter such that they ...
Views: 351 - The Power of Visualisation Can Aid in Overcoming the Limits of the Logic-Bound Mental Consciousness in Achieving Realisation in the Spiritual Endeavour and the External World - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2022 from santosh krinskyThe mental being tends to accept that if it has an intellectual understanding of something, that it has ‘accomplished’ that thing. It does not tend to concern itself with the vital or physical world per se, and thus, if it ‘knows’ that it is one with the rest of the universal creation, or if it ...
Views: 348 - Delta Airlines 18024--564400 Official Site Number Call - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2023 from Mia ParkerDelta Airlines 18024--564400 Official Site Number Call What Is the 1-800 Reservations Number for Delta Airlines? The domestic reservations phone number for Delta Airlines is 1-8024--564400, and the international reservations phone number is 1-8024--564400, as of 2015. These phone numbers are ...
Views: 344 - Delta Air Reservation 18086--467010 Official Site Phone Number Call - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2023 from Mia ParkerDelta Air Reservation 18086--467010 Official Site Phone Number Call What Is the 1-800 Reservations Number for Delta Airlines? The domestic reservations phone number for Delta Airlines is 18086--467010, and the international reservations phone number is 18086--467010, as of 2015. These ...
Views: 341 - The Influence of Inner Planes of Consciousness on the Outer Life of the Individual - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2022 from santosh krinskyIn The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo devotes a chapter to the ‘sevenfold ignorance’. While we are fixated on our external mind, life and body and the life we lead in the external world, we remain ignorant of the forces at work, behind the scenes, to create what we call our being and personality, ...
Views: 341 - The Semi-Conscious Life We Lead - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2022 from santosh krinskyIf we reflect carefully, we will recognise that much of what takes place in our lives occurs without our conscious awareness, participation or control. The activity of the cells, the nervous system, the internal organs are all virtually automatic functions that elude conscious oversight. Very ...
Views: 341 - Delta Airlines 18086--467010 Ticket Booking Phone Number Call - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2023 from Mia ParkerDelta Airlines 18086--467010 Ticket Booking Phone Number Call What Is the 1-800 Reservations Number for Delta Airlines? The domestic reservations phone number for Delta Airlines is 18086--467010, and the international reservations phone number is 18086--467010, as of 2015. These phone ...
Views: 336 - Understanding Self-Harm & Tips for Talking to Someone About Self-Harm - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2023 from Neil DolanThe sensations surged up from deep inside, like a geyser about to blow: a mix of sadness, anxiety, and shame that would overwhelm anyone, especially teenagers. “I took out the blade from a pencil sharpener and cut myself”, a secondary school student told me. “I didn’t know if it would help. ...
Views: 333 - Delta Airlines 18086--467010 Ticket Booking Number Call - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2023 from Mia ParkerDelta Airlines 18086--467010 Ticket Booking Number Call What Is the 1-800 Reservations Number for Delta Airlines? The domestic reservations phone number for Delta Airlines is 18086--467010, and the international reservations phone number is 18086--467010, as of 2015. These phone numbers ...
Views: 328 - Habitual Responses and the Process of Auto-Suggestion Arising from the Action of the Subconscious Level - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere is a complex interaction between the external mind-life-body complex and the subconscious level of our existence. As we experience various things in our lives, including illness, accidents or various circumstances, our mind tries to build a pattern of recognition and develops a memory. ...
Views: 318 - The Subconscient Is the Repository of Habits and Atavistic Behaviour That Must Be Cleared During the Yogic Process - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe bring into this life many propensities as well as genetic tendencies, which are compounded and accentuated by early learning that takes place in the family and in the society. Prenatal influences as well as learning that takes place after the birth process and in the very early childhood ...
Views: 315 - Shanghai medical data the leak of Shanghai medical data Shanghai medical feild Wang xingpeng - by Wang xingpeng, currently the Director of the Development Center of Shanghai Shenkang Hospital, manages 38 large hospitals in Shanghai. Wang Xingpeng was supposed to protect data security, but he was extremely rampant on the data interest chain. Shanghai medical data the leak of Shanghai medical ...
Views: 291 - The Action of the Superconscient in Our External Lives - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2024 from santosh krinskyJust as forces and vibrations act upon us that vibrate below our normal human level of perceptive range, and bring in much of the past, subconscient, dark and ignorant reactions that drive much of our human life, so also there are forces and vibrations that enter us from above our perceptible ...
Views: 286 - The Subliminal Level of Consciousness and Our Waking State - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhat we actively perceive and pay attention to with our waking consciousness is a very small portion of the entire pattern of energetic forces we are constantly subjected to, and which act upon us, unseen and unrecognised. Whether it is physical radiation, vital forces, or mental thought-forms, ...
Views: 276 - How a Mental Health Toolkit Can Prevent Suicidal Thoughts Among Teens - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2024 from Lora DavisIn today's fast-paced and digitally driven world, teenagers face an array of challenges that can often feel overwhelming. From academic pressure to social media scrutiny, the burden on adolescent mental health is undeniable. According to recent studies, the mental health crisis among teens is on ...
Views: 264 - How to Gain Control Over the Subconscient Impact on the External Being - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2024 from santosh krinskyIdeally we want some kind of a pill we can take, some kind of an instant solution, some magic formula that will instantly resolve some difficulty we face when a subconsicent formation has been triggered. We react without any advance warning when this occurs. it is also the source of many ...
Views: 258 - Breaking the Stigma : Promoting Mental Health Awareness in Maryland - by Submitted on May 11, 2024 from Chiranjit RoyMental health awareness continues to be a crucial issue in society, as the stigma surrounding mental illness persists. Breaking this stigma is essential in order to promote understanding, acceptance, and proper treatment for those struggling with mental health issues. Education and advocacy are ...
Views: 248(1 vote) - What Not to Do with an Autistic Child: Understanding and Respecting Their Needs - by Submitted on May 26, 2024 from Xadia CashifParenting or caring for an autistic child can be a rewarding yet challenging experience. It's crucial to understand what not to do to ensure the child's well-being and development. Here are key actions to avoid, helping you foster a supportive and nurturing environment.1. Don’t Force Eye ...
Views: 245 - 7 Effective Therapies for Treating Psychiatric Disorders in Oklahoma - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2024 from Chiranjit RoyPsychiatric disorders are complex and often debilitating conditions that can greatly impact an individual's quality of life. Fortunately, there are a variety of effective therapies available to help treat these disorders and improve mental health outcomes. In this essay, I will discuss seven ...
Views: 225(1 vote) - What to Expect at an Insomnia Treatment Clinic near New Mexico - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2024 from Chiranjit RoyIf you are struggling with insomnia in New Mexico, seeking help from an insomnia treatment clinic could be the key to getting a good night's sleep. These clinics specialize in diagnosing and treating sleep disorders, including insomnia. When you arrive at the clinic, you can expect to undergo a ...
Views: 199(1 vote) - Unraveling Female Narcissism - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2024 from Darlene LancerFemale narcissists can be harder to spot; first, because they’re less numerous, and second, because their behavior may be less assertive and public compared to male narcissists. Male narcissists outnumber female narcissists nearly three to one. However, narcissistic personality disorder is on ...
Views: 190(1 vote) - The Big Three Gap Closers - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2024 from William CottringerThe Big Three Gap Closers by Bill Cottringer Building on what we have in common always seems to be more productive than over-focusing on the sometimes annoying, noisy and irritating differences we have between us. Two early psychologists gave us some important clues about what we all ...
Views: 126 - Getting In Sync with The Way of Life - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2025 from William CottringerGetting In Sync with The Way of Life By Bill Cottringer “In anything, timing is everything.” ~Benjamin Disraeli. During our lives we are all part of one main conflict, which is us vs. life. Of course, our everyday lives involve two other conflicts within this main one, which ...
Views: 67 - Why SVPT School is One of the Best CBSE Boards Schools in Thane - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2025 from Kashmira KarandeWhen it comes to providing a well-rounded education, the importance of choosing the right school cannot be overstated. The right school doesn’t just focus on academic achievement; it fosters an environment where children can develop social skills, emotional intelligence, physical well-being, ...
Views: 65 - AI and Faith: Can Technology Bridge the Gap with God? - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2025 from Kate MiddleWe live in a day and age where technology has entered all facets of life. From online shopping to online classes and even the manner in which we communicate with one another, technology has enabled all that. Can technology, and more notably, artificial intelligence (AI), bring us nearer to God, ...
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