Volume 28, Issue 3
NAMAH Journal Volume 28, Issue 3
Articles in this Issue
Vir-us to rewire us
By Poorva Sharma - Oct 15, 2020
Sometimes when an individual or a collectivity is going through an immense conflict, a difficult situation, away from our field of vision something in the depths is also bringing out strengths and solutions which otherwise would have taken centuries perhaps to appear. Yoga, as Sri Aurobindo said, is one way to catalyse this process of growth and progress. The following article is an attempt to articulate how yoga not only can ‘appear’ in the most difficult times, but there come times in front of humanity as a whole when yoga is the only way out. The corona crisis has not only convulsed us in every way but it has paradoxically also clearly highlighted what really we should be doing as a species. Yoga, which means union, is the way out: Yoga with our inner depths, yoga with the wider Nature, yoga with our inner feminine, which has been suppressed for millennia now. Using a dream, the article attempts to present a viewpoint on what corona really represents and is asking us to do.
The transcendent function of dreams
By Lopa Mukherjee - Oct 15, 2020
This article explores the importance of night-time dreams and how paying attention to them can help us in many ways.Dreams prepare us for survival; they heal us physically and psychologically; they guide us in our spiritual journey. Dreams have been studied by spiritual schools; they are used by medicine healers. Psychotherapists use dreams to understand their patients, and through dreams the patient can get clues to heal him. This paper concentrates on how dreams accompany us in our inner journeys. Examples from spiritual traditions, Indian wisdom texts and Tibetan dream yoga are presented, along with Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s teachings on dreams in the night-school of Integral Yoga.
The Mother and the importance of physical education in Integral Yoga
By Lakshman Sehgal - Oct 15, 2020
The aim of Integral Yoga is to transform human nature so the body cannot be ignored. A healthy and conscious body is essential if humanity is ever to attain supermanhood. This article, written by one of the early Sri Aurobindo Ashram schoolchildren, reverberates, through the experiences of his upbringing in Pondicherry, in the value of physical education for accomplishing the supreme aim of all earthly existence.
The Essence of immortality
By The Mother - Oct 15, 2020
11 — Immortality is not the survival of the mental personality after death, though that also is true, but the waking possession of the unborn and deathless Self of which body is only an instrument and a shadow.1
Song-writing: an effective tool in Music therapy for expressing emotions during the pandemic of Covid-
By Aradhana Deogharia - Oct 15, 2020
Skill/area targeted: expression of emotions Age-group: older adults (65-90 years) Setting: Group of 15 seniors in virtual session Music therapy technique: Music in Psychosocial Training and Counselling (MPC) Equipment: A large sheet of paper on which to write song words and accompanying instruments (harmonium, electronic tabla)