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Dreams and Sadhana
GrowthVolume 33, Issue 1

Dreams and Sadhana

By Lopa Mukherjee - Apr 24, 2025

Big Dreams: The Science of Dreaming and the Origins of Religion

Cultivating a Sense of Interconnectedness: Rejoicing and Sharing Merit
GrowthVolume 31, Issue 4

Cultivating a Sense of Interconnectedness: Rejoicing and Sharing Merit

By Monica Gulati - Jan 15, 2024

The disciple wrote about a woman who continued to live in the Ashram even though the Mother had asked her to leave. No one in authority would insist that she go. The letter ends:

Conscious individuality
GrowthVolume 25, Issue 1

Conscious individuality

By James Anderson - Apr 24, 2017

Becoming a conscious individual entails dismantling every one of our false constructions and opening to the Truth inside to govern our entire being. It is about being an authentic human being and embarking on this process is essential to our growth, health and well-being. The author shares his experiences.

Attachment to Love — Darkness to Light
GrowthVolume 29, Issue 2

Attachment to Love — Darkness to Light

By Monica Gulati - Jul 15, 2021

As human beings, our journey is from attachment to non-attachment, or from suffering to bliss. We all think about and have imaginations about unconditional pure love. But as human beings it is mostly not our reality. Our love is mixed with a lot of physical/emotional wants, insecurities, dependencies, with mental opinions and rigidities. Owing to this mixture present in us, we suffer and struggle; we get entangled, and have conflicts and dramas in our relationships. Is it possible for us to use attachment/suffering and entanglement as raw material on this path of sadhana? Is it possible to use attachment as raw material to move towards love? This article explores this possibility in the context of day-to-day human life.

Align Your Will
GrowthVolume 30, Issue 3

Align Your Will

By James Anderson - Oct 15, 2022

To achieve anything worthwhile in life we need a true will. In the integral context, everything we are has to be addressed in order to develop this will. A unified being brings a unified will, one aligned to our divine Presence. This Will is an arrow that always hits its target. Nothing can stop it. Realising this Will requires sustained practice. We need to develop our consciousness and learn how to deploy it. Practice necessitates effort but we reach a stage when effort becomes a hindrance and realise that surrender is the only way to achieve a will that reflects our innate divinity.