Volume 30, Issue 3
NAMAH Journal Volume 30, Issue 3
Articles in this Issue
Wider Collateral of War: Spiritist Effects on Human Well-being
By Natalie Tobert - Oct 15, 2022
The Smithsonian MagazineUniversity of VirginiaSoldiers and Ghosts
When Depression is a “Psychological Necessity”
By James Anderson - Oct 15, 2022
A time comes in Integral Yoga when the transforming Force comes down into the physical. This often triggers an adverse reaction in its consciousness, causing a depressed state, which will be exacerbated if the vital is weary and the mind is disturbed. It is an inevitable process and Sri Aurobindo called it a “psychological necessity”. The author shares his experiences.
The Object of Our Yoga
By Sri Aurobindo - Oct 15, 2022
The object of our Yoga is self-perfection, not self-annulment.
The Art of Suffering Well
By Monica Gulati - Oct 15, 2022
At the present stage of human evolution, somehow the way we are, we do suffer, before we can transcend the suffering and let go of the need for suffering in order to grow and expand in our consciousness. While the suffering is manifesting itself, I have a choice. While the ground beneath me is ripped apart from as I had known it, I have a choice. I have a choice to use the suffering well, or to let it push me into plunges of darkness with no sight of light. I have a choice to let go of my stubbornness to be obsessed by the limited sense of self, or to connect deeply with my suffering, to embrace it, and hence embrace the suffering of the whole of existence. What I choose, decides what transpires from the raw material of the seeming suffering.
Substance of our Body Heals
By Arul Dev - Oct 15, 2022
(Mother looks at the skin of her hands)(Mother looks at the skin of her hands)