The yoga should not be done with a heart full of despondency, rather it should be done with a happy inner attitude. There is a clear distinction between renunciation or Tyaga and asceticism or Sannyasa. The sign of progress and effort in the right direction is a growth of joy and peace within, accompanied with vastness and wisdom, not visions and voices. It is a growth towards Oneness and not a state of division of life. Real perfection is not to be confused with a set of virtues but rather goes beyond virtue and vice, putting each things in its right place by discovering its true intrinsic value.
Recorded in 2009.
This Hindi talk with students of Sri Aurobindo Integral School, Odisha is about insights on living in a truer and deeper way.
A talk in Hindi by Dr Alok Pandey at the 39th Nikhiila Utkala Sri Aurobindo Mahila Pathachakra Sammilani, Paralakhemundi, Odisha, January 24-26, 2018.
Questions and Answers on the Psychic Being. The questions were:– How can discovery of the psychic being help with finding the Divine;– What are...