Soumitra Basu
Doctor
Articles by Soumitra Basu (114)
Why do we want a new approach to medicine and health?
By Soumitra Basu - Apr 24, 2010
We are witnessing an interesting transition in the perspective of health as there is a perceptible shift from the ‘illness-repair’ model to a ‘well-being’ model. The shift has primarily occurred in the consciousness of humanity with ramifications at various levels. It started to manifest simultaneously from different angles, viz.
The healer’s hand
By Soumitra Basu - Apr 24, 2010
Modern medicine seems to have forgotten the importance of touch. One of the first things a tiny baby or a dying man in coma respond to is touch. When all words fail, a touch can heal. In these notes, a psychiatrist discusses the importance of touch for counselling.
The Vital Plane of Consciousness — Insights from Integral Yoga
By Soumitra Basu - Oct 15, 2024
The vital plane impinges on the physical, innervates and energises it to produce the animate world. On the one hand, this impingement produces variety and beauty in the physical forms, on the other, the friction resulting from this impingement results in the first pain whose memory is still carried in our subconscious. But first let us study beauty in its pristine purity.
The Truly Anonymous
By Soumitra Basu - Oct 15, 2023
The Book of Life – Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
The True Centre of Integration
By Soumitra Basu - Oct 15, 2022
PuruṣaPuruṣaPuruṣottamaPuruṣaManomayaPuruṣaPranomayaPuruṣaAnnomaya Puruṣa