Volume 28, Issue 2
NAMAH Journal Volume 28, Issue 2
Articles in this Issue
Cancer: a chance to recognise the disharmony among the various parts of the being
By Monica Gulati - Jul 15, 2020
This article is based on personal experience but has vast implications for us all. The author knows why cancer came to her: to shed light on her entire being. She has consciously used the torchlight to organise herself inside. She has stepped out of victimhood and not wasted the Grace that has so unexpectedly stepped forward at this point of her life. With the Light present in the words of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, a sunlit path appears! It is a path unfolding to an entirely new way of living. How can she not be grateful to this disease which has helped her tackle the immense task of human life? What would we do, what must we do?
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.