Aurobindo

The Life Divine Ch23-28

The last part of Book I of the Life Divine introduces some further refinements in the layered ontology that Sri Aurobindo sketched so...

The Life Divine Ch19-22

With this new group of chapters, we descend from the level of Supermind and Mind to that of Life. The guiding idea is the same: to...

Looking for safety

The feeling of safety may be the most important component of spiritual and contemplative practices. Most attention goes often to how...

The Life Divine, Ch16-18

In this upcoming group of chapters, Sri Aurobindo continues the exposition of the nature of the Supermind and its relation to the ‘lower’...

The Life Divine, Ch13-15

After having introduced the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss, Sri Aurobindo starts a series of Chapter that will take use towards...

The Life Divine, Ch10-12

The next three chapters in The Life Divine introduce the other two essential qualities of the ultimate principle (Sachchidandana),...

The Life Divine, Ch 6-9

With Chapter 6, Sri Aurobindo starts to explore in greater detail the integral view that he seeks to establish. After having shown the...

The Life Divine, ch 3-5

After having introduced the limitations of one extreme view on the nature of reality—reductionist materialism—we now approach the other...

The Life Divine, Ch 1-2

The main idea announced in chapter 1 of Sri Aurobindo's The Life Divine is that "Nature seeks a harmony" (p. 4). This presupposes the...