Apropos faith
By Soumitra Basu - Oct 15, 2014
Faith cannot be sustained at the level of the mind as reason justifiably challenges every assumption by doubt and as the vital mind that controls emotions can twist reason to erect infallible dogmas. True faith has to be cultivated deep within as a soul quality that eventually passes into knowledge. Faith can be cultivated systematically where one learns not to have faith on one’s ego but in the Truth of one’s being.
Analytical and synthetic approaches in psychology and psychiatry
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2020
A whole-person narrative needs both an analytical and synthetic approach for psycho-pathology. Creativity and spirituality can co-exist in a single individual. An analytical perspective that encompasses physical, psychological and social dimensions needs to be studied in the context of a spiritual dimension of consciousness.
A journey through pain — a personal therapeutic saga
By Soumitra Basu - Jan 15, 2016
A psychiatrist traces a journey of pain-management through adjuncts selected to simulate the benefits of trance states and voluntary control over physiological parameters and discovers the importance of tapping the body-consciousness and working through the impasse created by the Inconscience.
Aftermath of suicide — a consciousness perspective
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2018
Suicidal behaviour does not end with the demise of the subject but has social and cosmic ramifications. The aftermath of suicide where others can get unknowingly affected also deserves attention. The occult implications necessitate a consciousness-based counselling approach.
A consciousness perspective of disability
By Soumitra Basu - Apr 24, 2019
Society has changed its attitude towards the disabled from the times of ancient Rome and Sparta. This article tries to understand the phenomenon of disability from the itinerary of ‘waste’ as elaborated by Sri Aurobindo. His evolutionary paradigm also shows that the recalcitrant parts of the body have to be dealt with love and care so as to enhance receptivity to transformational changes.