This talk deals with several questions. The relation between a man and a woman can be ordinary if it is lived for the satisfaction of ego and desire. However to find out divine principle in all relations is the purpose of yoga here. Though it is not easy, it is possible with the help of Grace. All the human relation then can be seen as a far off reflection or a shadow of true relation man can establish with the divine. The relations get purer and deeper according to the widening of consciousness. To live in true relation is to live with love. But love is not attachment. Attachment belongs to the ego and desire-self whereas love flows from the core of our being even though it gets disfigured as it enters our surface nature.
This talk is based on Sri Aurobindo’s long poem ‘Love and Death’. This poem is inspired by the story of Ruru and Pramadvara as...
A talk by Dr Alok Pandey at 39th Nikhiila Utkala Sri Aurobindo Mahila Pathachakra Sammilani, Paralakhemundi, Odisha, January 24-26, 2018.
This is an interactive session with students of an Integral School in Odisha (Kalupadaghata). Its focus is to sensitise the young students towards the...