To work or not to work
By Soumitra Basu - Jan 15, 2021
Equanimity in the being demands that if we know to work, we must know how not to work. That does not mean a lapse into inertia but a poise of silence, peace and timeless stability that facilitates creativity and supports the play of the outer being in time.
Time and choice
By Soumitra Basu - Jan 15, 2014
In the presence of depression or under the influence of delusional thinking, decisions about major life events can be wrongly conceived and timed and prove counter-productive. In aspirants in quest for a higher life, sudden decisions to change external circumstances might not be useful too. A disciplining of the vital and emotional repertoire is needed so that one can remain detached and not compete with time, enabling one to take intuitively correct decisions.
The value of introspection
By Soumitra Basu - Jan 15, 2013
We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded from all sides so that the concept of seclusion has become an anathema in our global village. The era of abject materialism and glorified hedonism impinges on our senses, moulds our perceptions, modifies our emotions, distorts our thoughts, customises our values and impersonalises our morality. No wonder, the global mindset is today ‘brainwashed’ by mobile phones, e-mails, sms’s, facebooks and the Internet. In this cataclysm of chaos, the average human being gets swept away to become:
The unborn spirit and the Self of eternal light
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2014
A deviation from the ideals of one’s life can be very distressing. A search for its cause by probing repressed materials is incomplete as the whole story of life is not scripted in the Freudian unconscious and even extends to the cosmic consciousness. Sri Aurobindo’s epic Savitri offers valuable insights to tide the crisis. An identification with the ‘unborn spirit’ can bring one in touch with the consciousness of eternity that surpasses karma. Besides, the human being is a delegate of eternity and is thus accompanied, even in deviation, by the ‘Self of eternal light’ which can always illumine and uplift.
The Truly Anonymous
By Soumitra Basu - Oct 15, 2023
The Book of Life – Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti