Apropos astrology and health
By Soumitra Basu - Jan 15, 2018
If programmes and advertisements blurted out through the idiot box are any indication, interest in astrology never seems to wane. People are not only interested to know what calamity can befall them in the future but also what could be the astro-therapies that would guarantee sound health!
Apropos human attachment
By Soumitra Basu - Oct 15, 2017
One of the hallmarks of humanity is the phenomenon of human bondage and attachment. Indeed it is that which has given a meaning to collective existence, consolidated the family, welded friendship, ushered humanism and deepened our emotional repertoire to a level that had never been achieved by a non-human species.
The metaphysical basis for Integral Health — Integral Manifestation
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2017
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The metaphysical basis for Integral Health — the nature of reality
By Soumitra Basu - Apr 24, 2017
In Chapter V of The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo introduces a concept which has not only a bearing metaphysical thought but has enormous consequences in the fields of science and health:
The metaphysical basis for integral health — individual destiny
By Soumitra Basu - Jan 15, 2017
In ordinary life, the human destiny is at first to survive the battle of life and when that has been made secure, the destiny shifts to be in possession of circumstances. In contrast, the higher destiny of mankind is to seek God, have a realisation of God or even identification with God. In the fifth Chapter of The Life Divine titled ‘The Destiny of the Individual’, Sri Aurobindo traces the trajectory of the higher destiny that leads to Godhead.