Volume 21, Issue 1
NAMAH Journal Volume 21, Issue 1
Articles in this Issue
The roots of pain
By James Anderson - Apr 24, 2013
This is a personal voyage through pain. The author, drawing on the wisdom of the Integral Yoga, attempts to trace the root-causes of pain and relate them to his own experience. Only by understanding its roots, he believes, can a complete solution be found and only by realising its illusion can the Truth behind pain fully emerge. This Truth, which is behind everything, transcends all pain and suffering.
The body beautiful
By Soumitra Basu - Apr 24, 2013
Sri Aurobindo has warned that if mankind did not evolve further in consciousness, a resurgence of a primitive barbarism would be possible. We see the impending danger around us. The human body has been enriched due to the presence of the soul and this makes it vulnerable to attacks by adverse forces. A radical change in our attitude to the body is needed which should be trained to respond to a higher will and determinism. This needs to be poised in the psychic consciousness (the soul-essence).
Moving Forward
By Unknown Author - Apr 24, 2013
All creation is a play of oneness with multiplicity. Oneness is behind, multiplicity is in the front. Oneness is like the calm depths of Space: vast, free, holding its luminosity back within itself or else letting it escape in the splendour of the stars. Multiplicity is like waves upon waves of Time rolling upon the surfaces of life, first supporting and strengthening, then cancelling each other. But nevertheless each wave, whether it unites or destroys another of its kind, derives its strength from the same ocean floor. In fact, the deeper the origin of the wave, the stronger is its rise.
The metaphysical basis for Integral Health — the fourfold nature of the Self
By Soumitra Basu - Apr 24, 2013
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library, Volume 12. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust; 1971.
Śigru or drumstick (Moringa pterygosperma, Gaertn., M. oleifera, Lam.)
By K.H. Krishnamurthy - Apr 24, 2013
The Śigru or drumstick tree is native to India. It is one of the most common household plants in South India and like many Indian plants is not only used for food but medicine as well. Here we rediscover a plant growing in our backyard!