Your atmosphere is contagious
By James Anderson - Apr 24, 2021
James Anderson is a member of SAIIIHR and coordinating editor of NAMAH.
Working through the vital
By Pulkit Sharma - Jan 15, 2024
A majority of people believe that by following a particular system of self-improvement or yoga, they will be able to overcome the vital and baser parts of their being. However, despite various psychological and spiritual practices, these parts throw up a robust resistance. In such a scenario, there often comes a split wherein the person experiences spiritual insights in the meditative state but his waking consciousness remains stagnant. If unresolved, this split leads to a relapse and sabotages the evolution of consciousness. Sri Aurobindo and The Mother emphasised that the vital must not be suppressed or ignored and that there is a need to work through it systematically. This paper is based upon the author’s psychotherapeutic experience of helping people work through their vital part by following the principles of Integral Yoga.
Why do we want a new approach to medicine and health?
By Soumitra Basu - Apr 24, 2010
We are witnessing an interesting transition in the perspective of health as there is a perceptible shift from the ‘illness-repair’ model to a ‘well-being’ model. The shift has primarily occurred in the consciousness of humanity with ramifications at various levels. It started to manifest simultaneously from different angles, viz.
What is Real? An exploration into the deeper workings of Real and Reality
By Dorathea Thompson - Jul 15, 2020
In this article, the author turns to cutting-edge scientific findings, ancient Buddhist principles and modern-day psychology in an attempt to find illuminating pathways to the question of what is real.
Walk Away from Self-Pity
By James Anderson - Jan 15, 2025
James Anderson is a member of SAIIIHR and coordinating editor of NAMAH.