Dealing with fear in children — personal notes
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2011
Quite often mothers complain to me about the fears and feelings of insecurity in their children. If the child is very young and there is no obvious family discord, the first thing that I ask is whether the child sleeps at night with the night-lamp on. In most cases the answer is yes. The child has not learnt to enjoy darkness, not been allowed to experience darkness. Has he not played that game of blind man’s buff? Inadvertently, the mother thinks the night-lamp will allay the child’s fear, but actually it increases the insecurity.
Dealing with childhood libido — a consciousness perspective
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2019
Childhood libidinal behaviour is complex and may be associated with other behavioural problems. In the absence of a mental ego, the pre-school child at the physical-vital level of consciousness is susceptible to negative vibrations. At the vital-physical level that characterises adolescence, exploratory behaviour is invested with emotions needing sublimation and refinement. A true solution to this problem includes the aspiration for a noble soul by would-be parents.
Dealing with broken love
By Soumitra Basu - Jan 15, 2019
A broken love is an important issue in counselling. Its genesis lies in the severance of oneness and is experienced vitally as depression or aggression leading to vengeance. Instead of an analytical approach, the passion and anguish of love can be shifted to a new poise of consciousness or a higher paradigm of love.
Dealing with bereavement
By Soumitra Basu - Jan 15, 2020
We are seldom taught how to deal with bereavement. Bereavement is associated not only with psychological issues but also has occult implications. Moreover the soul-principle which departs at demise can leave earlier leaving subjects to survive out of habit under the influence of the spirit of the form. A hurry in performing last rites can leave the subtle disengagement of consciousness incomplete. Such sensitive issues need to be appreciated to understand how to deal with the phenomenon of bereavement. Unconscious mourning can prolong depression in vulnerable subjects. Finally one must learn how not to grieve for there can be conscious remembrance without mourning.
Conscious perfection — dignity of the inner being
By Soumitra Basu - Jan 15, 2018
The perfect archetypal representation of each idea in the global cognitive field facilitates a progressive movement towards perfection. In the process, the pursuit of perfection through the cultivation of virtues becomes a sort of personal aasana in one’s spiritual sojourn.