Soumitra Basu
Doctor
Articles by Soumitra Basu (114)
Dealing with harmony
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2015
A lack of harmony between the different parts of the being and the skewed nature of the ego impede the efficacy of counselling. A personality development programme that brings in harmony is conducive for counselling.
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 metaphysical basis for Integral Health — reconciling different poises of Reality
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2014
In Chapter IV of The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo, while unveiling the nature of the Omnipresent Reality, makes three important reconciliations at three experiential levels:
Progressive perfection
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2013
The urge for perfection can become a stressor in life requiring counselling intervention. This article uses a Ramayana narrative to explain the metapsychology of perfection. The resistance of worldly transactions necessitates that perfection has to be progressively worked upon. Besides, Sri Aurobindo’s insight that the human being is transitional and capable of evolving further in consciousness adds a new dimension to the phenomenon of perfection. Spiritual experiences alone cannot usher in perfection unless complemented by psychological perfection. The Mother’s description of psychological virtues needed for perfection can be used in counselling and personality development programmes.
The metaphysical basis for Integral Health – issues in interconnectedness
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2013
Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library, Vol.18 The Life Divine.