To do yoga is to be conscious. We are conscious of only a small strip of Space and Time. We do not understand the movement of time. Respecting time and doing the work means to be conscious about our commitment to the Divine in the given situation.
Our mind, heart and life forces are not in harmony and they constantly fight and take ignorant, egoistic and impulsive decisions. We have to learn to listen to the psychic voice which does not suppress any of these but elevates them to their real truth and beauty.
The psychic gets its full opening when we are open to the Divine. But it gets hardly any chance since our mental and vital beings are constantly at war and making noise. We have to be conscious about our thoughts, our speech, our actions, our emotions. This is one of the first steps on the path of yoga.
(a talk in Chandigarh)
There are two perspectives of life, from the view point of the ego-self and from the perspective of the soul. Whatever limits us, divides...
A talk for the All Odisha women conference takes up the subject of our role in fulfilling Sri Aurobindo’s dreams.
50th All Orissa Sri Aurobindo Study Circle Conference. Recorded on April 5, 2021, at Matrubhaban, Sri Aurobindo Marg, Cuttack, Odisha