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- Divine Synchrony: The Significance of 3333 in Your Thoughts - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2024 from Krishan KumarIn a world that often seems governed by chaos and randomness, many people find solace and meaning in the patterns and symbols that emerge in their daily lives. Numbers, in particular, have long been considered a bridge between the physical and spiritual realms. The appearance of specific ...
Views: 226 - Differences Between the Practice of Magic and Spiritual Action - by Submitted on May 31, 2024 from santosh krinskyIt is an obvious fact that as one grows and develops in the spiritual path, the concentration of conscious force, tapasya, will definitely increase not only the spiritual development, but also the powers that the individual has available to accomplish action in his life in the world. In the ...
Views: 149 - Distinguishing Magic from Occultism - by Submitted on May 30, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere is considerable confusion between the concept of occultism and the idea of the practice of magic (whether considered ‘white’ magic or ‘black’ magic). Occultism essential is the science of dealing with forces subliminal to our outer senses, but nevertheless active and acting upon our being. ...
Views: 147 - Occult Forces: Their Development and Proper Use - by Submitted on May 28, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen a scientist studies the physical properties of matter and energy, and thereby creates an invention that can do things such as communicate voice or sound wirelessly across the world, or predict general weather patterns, or develop pharmaceutical drugs or vaccines that can cure, mitigate or ...
Views: 166 - Universal Forces, the Chakra Energy Centers, and the Utilization of the Forces - by Submitted on May 27, 2024 from santosh krinskyEach individual has his own unique types and levels of receptivity, and these too can vary over time. The universal forces are constantly there, but if an individual is closed off, unresponsive, then he does not gain the full benefit of that force. The ancient description of the energy centres ...
Views: 169 - The Need to Prepare the Being to Receive, Hold and Utilize the Influx of the Higher Forces - by Submitted on May 26, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe raw power generated by an electricity power plant is far greater than any single house can sustain. Thus, the utility company utilizes step-down transformers to systematically bring the power down to a level that the homes and the wiring to the homes can sustain. A similar principle is at ...
Views: 213 - How to Experience the Influx of Universal Forces Directly Through the Experience of a Wider Consciousness - by Submitted on May 25, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe Vedic Rishis described a change in conscious awareness as representing satyam, rtam, brihat, the truth, the right, the vast. It is difficult for most people living in the modern world to gain a conception of the vastness of existence. We may know intellectually that the universe is large, we ...
Views: 211 - Accessing Universal Vital Forces Directly or Through Vital Interchange With Others - by Submitted on May 24, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe Mother clarifies a distinction between receiving the universal vital forces directly and receiving them through a vital interchange with other individuals. These two methods represent two entirely different statuses of consciousness. To receive the universal vital forces directly, a wide and ...
Views: 172 - Increasing Lifespan and Wellness Is the Trajectory of Human Development - by Submitted on May 23, 2024 from santosh krinskyIf we observe the trajectory of human development, we can see a very clear direction taking shape. As we have become more conscious of the stages of life, and the processes that accompany those stages, including the increasing weakening and deterioration of the body and the life energy, and the ...
Views: 179 - Increasing Lifespan and Wellness Is the Trajectory of Human Development - by Submitted on May 23, 2024 from santosh krinskyIf we observe the trajectory of human development, we can see a very clear direction taking shape. As we have become more conscious of the stages of life, and the processes that accompany those stages, including the increasing weakening and deterioration of the body and the life energy, and the ...
Views: 163 - Biological Energy Developed from Food and from Other Sources - by Submitted on May 22, 2024 from santosh krinskyPeople are not generally consciously aware of the energy interchanges that take place to fuel their bodies and drive their live energies. They understand that they need to eat food as a form of ‘fuel’ for their energy, and they count ‘calories’ that are produced by various food sources. Clearly, ...
Views: 176 - Drawing on the Universal Energy for Life-Force - by Submitted on May 21, 2024 from santosh krinskyIf we observe the way we receive energy normally, we can determine that the sun is the immediate source of physical energy and it then gets transformed, or converted, into other forms of energy including life energy. The first step in this transformation comes about through the ability of plants ...
Views: 175 - Drawing on the Universal Energy for Life-Force - by Submitted on May 21, 2024 from santosh krinskyIf we observe the way we receive energy normally, we can determine that the sun is the immediate source of physical energy and it then gets transformed, or converted, into other forms of energy including life energy. The first step in this transformation comes about through the ability of plants ...
Views: 177 - Overcoming the Discomfort of Cold Temperatures - by Submitted on May 20, 2024 from santosh krinskyDealing with the heat radiation that comes from the sun is a matter of gaining the ability to absorb and utilize the energy without being overwhelmed by its force. Turning then to the issue of how to deal with cold, we have an entirely different scenario, in that we have a reduction in the ...
Views: 188 - Wisdom of John Stuart Mill - by Submitted on May 20, 2024 from Scott & Stephen PetulloJohn Stuart Mill (May 20, 1806 – May 7, 1873) was an English economist, philosopher, politician and civil servant. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy called him "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century." He greatly influenced classical liberalism and ...
Views: 230 - Receptivity to the Universal Vital Forces - by Submitted on May 19, 2024 from santosh krinskyIn May 1973, a devotee from the West was visiting Auroville in South India. At that time, it was primarily an eroded, dusty plateau, not the lush forested scene that one can see today if one visits. May is an extremely hot month, and the visitor had just arrived a couple of weeks earlier from ...
Views: 191 - Economic Systems Cannot Solve the Evolutionary Crisis - by Submitted on May 18, 2024 from santosh krinskySri Aurobindo continues to explore the various proposed methods for effecting positive change in human life and society so as to confront the evolutionary crisis we see before us. Some have proposed that the solution can be found in developing a more perfect economic system, and much effort has ...
Views: 182 - Regimented and Mechanised Social Life Does Not Solve the Evolutionary Crisis - by Submitted on May 18, 2024 from santosh krinskySome societies have attempted to solve the the complex problems humanity is facing through massive attempts to educate and regiment the life of the individuals making up that society. These attempts rely on the idea that by controlling the education the society can create more or less “cogs in a ...
Views: 173 - Religion Does Not Solve the Evolutionary Crisis - by Submitted on May 18, 2024 from santosh krinskyThroughout human history, mankind has turned to religion in an attempt to address or solve the problems of human life. In many cases, charismatic leaders have arisen who, through their teaching and their personal example, have inspired people to make changes in their individual lives, and there ...
Views: 181 - The End of War and the Transformation of All Fields of Life - by Submitted on May 18, 2024 from santosh krinskyUnder the influence of the gnostic consciousness, the entire framework of the mental organisation of life, which we accept as assumed and given, would necessarily be modified. The very basis of viewing and understanding things would have to shift from one of division and separation to one of ...
Views: 180 - Receiving and Utilizing the Universal Vital Forces - by Submitted on May 18, 2024 from santosh krinskyIn our fragmented process of understanding, we frequently create an artificial separation that does not exist in reality. Thus, seekers sometimes undertake to find ways to draw on the universal vital energy, when in fact, it is through the flow of that energy that they live, breathe, exist, grow ...
Views: 151 - Preparation and Training Needed to Consciously Draw on the Universal Vital Force - by Submitted on May 17, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe recognise that there are ocean currents which circulate ocean water world wide and regulate the climate. We also recognise that there are air currents which we can partially observe through the soaring of birds who let the air currents carry them along, and experience directly if we are ...
Views: 166 - The Question of Possession of an Individual by Vital Beings - by Submitted on May 16, 2024 from santosh krinskyOnce we acknowledge the idea that forces, beings or entities from the vital planes can act upon and through human individuals, the question then arises as to how we can identify this action and distinguish it from what we might call normal actions of a human being under the impulsion of the ...
Views: 165 - How to Acquire Knowledge of the Action of Vital and Mental Beings and Forces Upon our Lives - by Submitted on May 15, 2024 from santosh krinskySince we cannot easily observe vital beings or mental beings operating on their respective planes to influence actions in our existence, and since we maintain a skeptical attitude about things which cannot be observed or measured, we find it difficult to accept the existence of conscious vital ...
Views: 204 - The Forces of Light and the Forces of Darkness Grapple for Supremacy in the World - by Submitted on May 14, 2024 from santosh krinskyIn Paradise Lost, John Milton describes at great length the intentions and motivations of the fallen angels as described by the Christian tradition, and their attempt and need to influence and control the human world and thereby to defeat God’s intention and plan for humanity. This story is in ...
Views: 177 - Conscious Powers of Light and Darkness Oppose One Another in the External World We Inhabit - by Submitted on May 13, 2024 from santosh krinskyEverywhere we look, whether in material Nature, or in the vital or mental domains, we see a play of forces, attraction and repulsion, centrifugal and centripetal, positive and negative, dark and light, etc. It appears to be a core principle of the creation to utilize these opposing forces to ...
Views: 176 - Consciousness Pervades All Forms, Beings and Entities in the Universal Creation - by Submitted on May 12, 2024 from santosh krinskyIn his play Hamlet, William Shakespeare comments on the limitations of the objective mind and its ability to understand existence: ““There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy”. Our mind’s view of the existence of the universe and its significance ...
Views: 181 - Impersonal and Personal Aspects of Consciousness in the Universal Manifestation - by Submitted on May 11, 2024 from santosh krinskyOur understanding of existence is very much rooted in our own anthropocentric view of things. We generally recognise the awareness we hold within ourselves, and, viewing other beings and forms in our visible environs, we either attribute to them no consciousness, or, at best, lower forms or ...
Views: 197 - Universal Forces and the Subconscient - by Submitted on May 10, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere are many functions of our existence that take place without the conscious awareness or intervention of the mind. All of the complex functions of the body and its organs, for instance, are very much independent of control by our conscious mind and will, although some of these functions may, ...
Views: 178 - Universal Forces, the Aura and the Individual Consciousness - by Submitted on May 09, 2024 from santosh krinskyMany people hold that the truth of existence is an “either/or” proposition. If the universal forces create all of existence, then the individual is essentially an illusory conception; and on the other hand, if the individual is a real and separate entity, then the universal is somehow denied or ...
Views: 184 - The Material Universe, the Causative Plane and the Forces of Manifestation - by Submitted on May 08, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen we look at existence from the individual standpoint, we see a number of solid forms interacting with one another. We do not see how they came into existence (other than the physical, material, practical methodology we can observe, which fails to give us the causative factors or ...
Views: 195 - What Causes the Wind? - by Submitted on May 07, 2024 from santosh krinskyA young child was asked what causes the wind. The child replied: “When the trees move their branches and leaves, that is what makes the wind!” This extremely logical observation mirrors the way we tend to look at the world. We think that we make the decisions, that we are ‘in charge’ of what we ...
Views: 180 - Becoming Aware of Cosmic and Universal Forces That Impact Our Existence - by Submitted on May 06, 2024 from santosh krinskyEnormous forces are at work in the universe. Vast numbers of stars and their planetary groupings move at high speed. Radiation of various sorts streams throughout the universe. There is a cosmic background radiation that scientists can now measure as they develop ever-finer instrumentation to ...
Views: 172 - Individual Spiritual Change and the Collectivity - by Submitted on May 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyAs the evolutionary pressure begins to develop individuals who undergo the spiritual transformation we have been discussing, there is still the issue of how these individuals can impact the wider life of humanity. Isolated individuals surrounded by an untransformed mass of humanity and the ...
Views: 211 - An Accident Avoided - by Submitted on May 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe Mother advises us that we are generally not aware of the action of all the subtle forces and how they interact to cause circumstances that occur in the external world. She further notes that with awareness, many accidents could be avoided. This reminds us of an incident reported some time ...
Views: 172 - Causes of Accidents - by Submitted on May 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyWestern scientists tell us that the universe is always tending toward a state of lower energy and less organisation, a concept that call ‘entropy’. While this concept was developed and applied in the field of physics, particularly in the law of thermodynamics, it has been extended and claimed to ...
Views: 203 - Observing the Dance of Vibrations - by Submitted on May 04, 2024 from santosh krinskyOur normal human view of things is limited by the restraining effect of our senses, as well as our ability to consciously receive and interpret what we perceive through the senses. We do not generally experience the living, breathing life of plants or trees, for instance. We do not ordinarily ...
Views: 196 - Fear: Its Effect on the Vital Sheath and As a Cause of Illness - by Submitted on May 01, 2024 from santosh krinskySeveral years ago there was a world-wide pandemic that affected many tens of millions of people, which was called the covid-19 pandemic. It provided us a clear opportunity to see the impact of fear on the reactions of people. Panic ensued. Stores closed, public access was shut down in many ...
Views: 174 - Illness and the Vital Sheath - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere are historical examples of individuals who were caught in the middle of a major epidemic, such as the plague, who worked daily among the infected populace, yet failed to become ill. Invariably we can see that they maintained a strong vital envelope, or aura, around themselves and never ...
Views: 175 - Understanding the Meaning of Vital Formations and Beings That Arise During Meditation - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen people take up the practice of meditation, they generally do not know much about it. They follow a set of guidelines on ‘how to meditate’ and just let things happen. The result is very much dependent, then, on their state of conscious awareness, and their focus of attention. Meditation is ...
Views: 206 - Mental Formations Mixing With Vital Forces - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2024 from santosh krinskyAn incident was observed and reported by several people which illustrates how mental formations can create entities on the vital plane which become visible to those who have eyes to see. The incident occurred in 1981 in California. An individual had come to the West and took the role of a guru ...
Views: 206 - Unconscious and Automatic Action of Thought Forms and Formations in Daily Life - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2024 from santosh krinskyA story was related by an individual in business which. at the time, seemed somewhat unusual, but now, in context, makes a lot of sense. He indicated that he had a customer who would think about him when she needed to place an order for goods for her store. They seemed to have a very tight ...
Views: 189 - Thought-Forms - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen we examine the question of thought-forms, we recognise that people usually want to imply that a thought is able to turn into some kind of physical reality, purely through the power of thought. This, however, is one element of the question, but not the only element. Thought-forms have a ...
Views: 192 - Thought-Forms - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen we examine the question of thought-forms, we recognise that people usually want to imply that a thought is able to turn into some kind of physical reality, purely through the power of thought. This, however, is one element of the question, but not the only element. Thought-forms have a ...
Views: 218 - Becoming Aware of and Distinguishing the Source of Vibrations Impacting our Lives - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2024 from santosh krinskyOur consciousness tends to be so fluid and so mixed that it is difficult, if not practically impossible, to distinguish what represents our own internal process and what is coming to us from outside, from our interaction with others, from environmental influences. None of these things remains ...
Views: 185 - Mastering Core Strength: The 10 Best Yoga Poses for Building a Solid Foundation - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2024 from addision smithIn the realm of yoga, cultivating core strength is not just about achieving those coveted six-pack abs; it's about creating a stable foundation for your practice and daily life. A strong core supports proper posture, balance, and overall body alignment, preventing injuries and enhancing the ...
Views: 257 - Solving the Existential Crisis of Our Lives Through the Evolution of Consciousness: My Personal Journey in the Adventure of Consciousness - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe struggle with finding meaning in our lives. There is so much strife, so much confusion, so many issues that threaten our very existence as a species. We view enormous changes to the environment, the ever-dwindling supply of fresh water, the imminent collapse of the ocean fisheries, ...
Views: 276 - Transmission of Vibrational Patterns in the Physical World - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe transmission from one individual to another, or from an atmosphere created by a number of individuals together upon others entering that environment, is both a matter for vibration and a matter for actual physical carriers of those vibrations. The body exudes these particles as it vibrates ...
Views: 197 - The Subtle Energetic Interchange That Accompanies All Interaction in the World - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2024 from santosh krinskyOne of the reasons that spiritual seekers have traditionally been advised to seek solitude and not engage in society is that there is a constant, subliminal interchange that takes place between all human beings. We generally do not notice it, but on an energetic, a vibrational level, we are ...
Views: 161 - Influence of the Supramental Principle on Earth - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe supramental consciousness, as the next evolutionary stage, will eventually resolve the difficulties of the transitional period and establish itself on earth. The question then arises, what is the relationship between the gnostic beings and the existing organisation of beings rooted in body, ...
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