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divine organism
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Welcome to the new UHU Forum
« on: May 03, 2007, 10:17:38 am »
This is a new forum and is experimental. You can click on home to see the full list of forum topics. Please give it a try and let me know how it works for you. namaste, grace
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Rod
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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2007, 07:51:26 am »
I've never seen so many ... little faces. After being a school person and behavior analyst for years... what a revelation!
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divine organism
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« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2007, 03:04:11 am »
rod,do tell us more about these little faces...when do you see them?do they talk to you?concerned,grace
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Rod
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« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2007, 03:48:40 pm »
Frannkly I thought they were lost. Or maybe I was dreaming.But then, when I came to this place to respond - there they were...are. See?I mean you do see them don't you?
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divine organism
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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2007, 02:45:38 am »
yes, yes! i also see them. isn't it exciting?!! now when we are at a loss for words to describe our deepest emotions we can find a tiny face to do that for us. (that's why they are called emoticons)
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Rod
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« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2007, 06:57:57 am »
grace like really so what would happen if we http://[flash=200,200]/[/flash] pushed that button? oh well.
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divine organism
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« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2007, 06:11:52 am »
well rod, i pushed the button thinking that something really exciting would happen, but i only found a "server not found" message. i was greatly disappointed. Do you have something more exciting in your bag of tricks?
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Rod
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« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2007, 09:07:51 am »
I thought I would try expressing this deep emotion: And nothing happened. So I thought "emoticons" may not really be it. How about putting the AUM, IONs event on the Internaitonal Calendar?
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divine organism
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« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2007, 02:57:09 am »
Yes, i admit these emoticons are a bit limited. But i understand there are vast libraries of emoticons out there.I can look for more and most likely there is a way that i could add them to our current collection.I will add the AUM Conference to the calendar.
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http://www.divineorganism.org/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=31
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« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2007, 04:15:19 pm »
No emoticons for me. thank you..at least not when they completely overwhelm a forum..my goodness, powerful little things, aren't they?Nice to hear from you, Grace. The foruming works fine, Grace...
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Rod
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« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2007, 10:40:48 am »
Thanks to Grace, human and divine, for posting the aUM links, and to Liz for the brochre, which I would like to see, and who I would like to see, reactivated here.
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Charles Flores
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« Reply #11 on: June 18, 2007, 06:20:55 am »
Hello Gang,Well, I think I should get in on this this on the ground level, like any good pyramid scheme... There aren't so many emoticons here as there are in some boards. We just need to put up the "avatars" for ourselves (pretty strange term in this context)!May this be the beginning of a very fruitful enterprise!
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Grace
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« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2007, 03:37:27 pm »
Well good to hear from you all. It's nice to see some activity now happening in the forum. I still have a lot of "tweaking" to do to the site and many new functions that i'd like to add, so i really appreciate the enthusiasm early in the development stages. It gives me added inspiration to keep building on the site.Welcome all!love,grace
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Rod
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« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2007, 11:25:45 am »
I am still waiting for all the members of the Knowledge project to join, without any perceptible response. Would you mind sending another invitation to the list? It seems easier to connect through your links than from the browser, at least on the system I'm using. In general, welcome Charles. Is there a really live enlightened avatar emoticon on earth?
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Grace
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« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2007, 01:16:43 pm »
Rod,i will send another e-mail invitation to the group through the list server, although i don't think my connections are any better than yours. The dsl here has just been terribly unreliable lately.My mail to the group may be a bit delayed as i am not on the list serve and so will have to await approval by the group moderator before my mail is sent to the group.cheers,grace

They never intended to make a religion or saints of them

from Donald Asoka to Tusar N. Mohapatra tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com date 08-Jul-2007 13:54 subject Re: Aurora Mirabilis : The lack of respect is pathetic Hola Tusar

Thank you for your reply and indeed a whole new agenda is awaiting us, but also, one must remember to remember the past as Sri Aurobindo has said that the past is an intrigal part of our evolution and we are a product of our lifes experience. My wife and I were reading from: Mother- The Mutation of Death by Satprem, this morning and believe that he and Sujata have made a powerful contribution to the world in being a vehicle for humanity to embrace the true essence of both Sri Aurobindo and our beloved Mother, we must however remember that the knowledge and inspiration bestowed upon us by them is intended for us to evolve and digest as our level of awareness permits, they never intended to make a religion or saints of them, only to realize the potential of Saint and Goddleness within ourselves.

The cells themselves turning towards the Divine Presence and doing their best to evolve

Yoga of the cells by Bhaga Human evolution is not only of the spirit, according to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother; it integrates all levels, including the physical. For the last two decades of her life, the Mother experimented with her own body cells to manifest a new consciousness in and through them. Groups of cells in the Mother’s body had not only awakened but were starting, independent of her, their own yoga Life Positive Apr - Jun 2004

Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s best known and most read books do not give the full measure of what their evolutive work for the earth has been. Apart from both the intellectually challenging as well as the down-to-earth modes of communicaton employed by them, there is an immensely vast and deep work both these pioneers of conscious evolution quietly accomplished for decades, secretly preparing in their own being the divine future of humanity right here upon earth.

What is truly important about Sri Aurobindo and the Mother isn’t really any ashram or future township, however great those might be. If those are to any extent successful, it is thanks to the decisive evolutive victories their founders had won for the earth, which are still mostly unknown and unspoken of. Their books by themselves are extremely helpful, but they aren’t the most important things either. They could as well not have written a single line about anything, nor spoken a word to anyone about the evolutive changes that were taking place in them, and still, their true contribution to the earth’s evolution would have happened just the same. That is the only important fact.

Supramental seed

To grasp the magnitude of what Sri Aurobindo and the Mother accomplished, one must first understand that for a true ‘Life Divine’ upon earth to become realised in its completeness, not only our thoughts and emotions have to be gradually replaced by their divine equivalent, but our body too must undergo the same kind of transformation.Only the Power (that is, the Consciousness), which is beyond the Mind, can effect such a transformation of a first body, in the way it must be effected, if it is to have the needed influence on other bodies. The transformative action must be effected by awakening the usually obscure consciousnesses of individual body cells.

Only the ‘supramental’ consciousness-force, as Sri Aurobindo and the Mother called it, is able to do that in the required way, by awakening in matter, including in the biological matter of our body cells, the same supramental power which as a ‘seed’ has been lying dormant since the beginning of evolution. In previous stages of evolution, it had been first the ‘seed’ of the life power, and then that of the mind power, which had awakened one after the other in their respective ‘season’. The former had given birth to the myriad plants and animals that express life power; the latter gave birth to the human being, endowed with the form and the ‘improved biological equipment’ required for emitting and receiving that mind power better than other existing species. This new species was meant to express the mental consciousness to its fullest potential.

For the first two evolutive ‘seeds’ to be activated, a tremendously long time had been necessary because there couldn’t be any conscious participation from anything existing yet on earth in this evolutive process. But now, the human species, thanks to its mind power, was able to discover that there was such a process of ‘evolution’: that’s what Darwin did. Even better, a human being was able to discover evolution’s spiritual laws and deliberately hasten the process: that’s what Sri Aurobindo did. Such a feat couldn’t have been done by the mere power of the mind.

Dark resistance

To hasten the advent of the supramental consciousness-force upon earth, one had first to become aware that such a power existed, far above the highest spiritual regions traditional spirituality had explored and conquered. Then, after one would have become able to stand the intensity of the vibrations of that higher power, one had to find the way to gradually pull down this consciousness-force towards the earth, until it would penetrate the very substance of earth. A tremendous task.

This is what Sri Aurobindo set out to achieve, but although the results were promising, they were slow because of the unconscious but ancient and strong resistances in human beings and in matter itself. He persevered, digging deeper in the dark layers of the collective subconscious. His poems of that time tell of the potent inner victories, but also of the terrible dark forces to be faced.

In spite of the serious setbacks that the two World Wars represented, with those very same dark forces behind them, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s inner influence finally prevailed. Secretly helped and inspired by them (which is usually not known), the Allies won, not that they were perfect, far from it, but at least on the basis of their relative sincerity of purpose, evolution could go on. Nazism would have meant a return to the most demoniac barbarity, and the true new step in evolution (not the one Hitler spoke about!) would have been greatly delayed.

After World War II had been won, Sri Aurobindo realised that the only way to get the supramental to finish descending was to do it from outside the physical plane, from behind the scenes, as it were. So on December 5, 1950, he deliberately left his physical body, transmitting to the Mother’s body all the supramental energy his own had accumulated.

Step forward

This ‘strategy’ did hasten the descent—hardly a few years later, on February 29, 1956, the Mother saw inwardly the moment when the supramental forces started at last pouring down in an irresistible flow and entering the earth’s atmosphere and substance. Since then, it has been a date celebrated every leap year in the Pondicherry Ashram, Auroville and all related places as the anniversary of the ‘Supramental Manifestation upon Earth’, as the Mother called it. This is what Sri Aurobindo’s most specific gift to the earth has been, which humanity one day will be grateful about, for it laid the necessary basis for a whole new evolutive step to begin.Then started the Mother’s own specific contribution.

First, the human body had to somehow learn how to make itself receptive to the new force, and how to function with this new energy instead of the ordinary physical, vital and mental energies a human body normally functions with. Another tremendous task. It is for this nearly impossible mission that the Mother had accepted to stay on in her physical body when Sri Aurobindo saw that he would have to leave his own. He had explained to the Mother that only her body, because of the most remarkable endurance it was endowed with, would be able to bear the enormously difficult (and often painful) process of this beginning of transformation that had to be attempted once the supramental would be there. “Your body is indispensable for the Work. Without your body the Work cannot be done,” Sri Aurobindo said to the Mother.

the Mother’s experiments

Over the next almost two decades, the Mother (and her body-cells!) gradually discovered for humanity the transformative process that one day will culminate in the first fully supramentalised body. These experiments are chronicled in the 13 incredible volumes of The Mother’s Agenda, the invaluable and moving document transcribed by Satprem, a French disciple, from the recorded bi-weekly conversations he had during most of those years with the Mother. In these, she confided some of what was increasingly happening in her body—groups of cells here and there, not only awakening but also starting, independently from her, their own yoga.

When the Mother, after 1956, begins to speak of “the yoga of the cells”, she doesn’t mean simply herself doing the yoga at the cellular level, but this mind-blowing new phenomenon of the cells themselves turning towards the Divine Presence and doing their best to evolve towards a divine life.This fantastic document is a must-read for those interested in the future of our human body and of the planet. Satprem later also published The Mind of the Cells, an introductory book to The Mother’s Agenda, written around chosen extracts from those 13 volumes. One can start with this book indeed with great profit, but only the Agenda can give the full scope of what the Mother went through in order to secure an easier way for those who would follow in her and Sri Aurobindo’s tracks.One of the happiest discoveries made by the Mother concerned the capacity that her own body cells had over the years acquired to receive in the right way the new energy. Moreover, she found that this capacity was ‘contagious’! That is, it could be passed on to cells in other bodies almost automatically, if there was in the other body the needed receptivity, and this without the other person consciously knowing it, at least until a certain point.

The Mother observed this phenomenon many times, long before she left her body on November 17, 1973. This ‘contagion’ was a most wonderful way, seemingly built-in within the cells, through which nature had insured that a new way of functioning, once effectively learned by enough cells in one body, could then be passed on to other bodies much more rapidly than if the cells in each body would have to learn it from scratch, like the very first cells in the first body had had to at the beginning.

Cutting-edge science

Readers with a scientific background might find all this strangely reminiscent of the discoveries made only two decades ago by British scientist Rupert Sheldrake, about similar phenomena observed in the behaviour of animals and even in chemical substances. Sheldrake has proposed the theory of ‘morphic resonance’ as “the basis of memory in nature...the idea of mysterious telepathy-type interconnections between organisms and of collective memories within species”. This is not the only instance when the Mother’s direct observation of what was going on in the tiny consciousness of her body cells has received indirect confirmation from scientific quarters. Already in the Agenda, the Mother describes visions she had of Sri Aurobindo or herself secretly collaborating with scientists here and there, who were actually (and unknowingly) inspired by the New Consciousness.

In a short article like this one, it is not possible to give several precise examples, but I will just mention some of the topics of research which happen to have become the ‘hottest’ in science lately—DNA, the human genome, biophotons. Is it surprising that they all have to do with cells? They also have to do with cellular consciousness, of course, but not many of the scientists involved suspect that yet. A new consciousnessAll of us have to be aware that the needed transformation of our body will not happen mainly through genetic manipulation from outside, but rather from within, in the way foreseen by Sri Aurobindo and described in his last piece of writing, The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth (1949), the only thing he cared to work upon before he left his body, besides his vast epic poem Savitri, which he considered his true legacy to the world. In Savitri, the Mother was to find endless indications and confirmations of her own experiences at the cellular level. But in Book III Canto Four, one finds also a promising prophetic passage, part of a vision of the future of the earth by one of the main characters. From that passage, I quote a few lines:

‘Forerunners of a divine multitude, (...)

I saw them cross the twilight of an age,

The sun-eyed children of a marvellous dawn’...

In the Agenda itself, which the Mother subtitled ‘Agenda of the Supramental Action upon Earth’, she speaks several times from 1965 on of ‘the new children’, that is, newborn children in whom she could see a consciousness much more awake than in earlier babies. For her, this was one more sign of this ‘supramental action’ she could perceive behind many events in the world. It seems, from certain astonishing scientific reports, that some of the recently born children already have a slightly modified DNA.

What about the adults from the previous generations?

Seeing the emphasis that our collective mind, especially in the West, is putting nowadays on the body and its health, the importance that the concept of ‘fitness’ has acquired, the participation which many people now expect in their dealings with their doctors, the right they insist they have to seek alternative, non-invasive therapies whenever possible, one can easily guess that not only all this is due to the influence of the supramental, but that this new consciousness-force is at the same time taking advantage of it all for secretly helping our cells too to change their ways.This is exactly what has started happening, quite unexpectedly, in the body of this researcher, about 25 years ago; and later I discovered in some of the books I was acquiring (for the specialised library of the research-unit I had been able to start in Auroville, the ‘Laboratory of Evolution’), that here and there in the world, some other individuals, a number of them not knowing anything of Sri Aurobindo or the Mother, were also suddenly becoming conscious of their body cells and starting to work with them.

What I have personally witnessed since about a decade is a totally new, spontaneous interest in the cleaning of cellular memory, as proposed in workshops by other people in the West. Better still, since a few years there is also an interest in the consciousness of cells, and how to help it awaken gradually to its own divine potential: the workshop on this topic which I had been asked to put together first in Auroville, based on Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s own advice, is somehow becoming known elsewhere too. I am being invited to various parts of France, Europe, the Americas and recently for the first time in India (outside Auroville), by people wanting to know and experience something about that whole new field of exploration, and integrate it into their overall evolutive effort. This is definitely a most encouraging sign about the on-going supramental action upon earth! May our gratitude go to the two pioneers who made all this possible, as well as all which will continue to unfold.

Bhaga, a Frenchwoman, discovered the writings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in 1971 and immediately started practising Integral Yoga. In 1972, she joined Auroville where in 1985 she started the Laboratory of Evolution, a resource and research centre on evolution, and its twin unit, the Centre for Human Unity. There the research she had been doing on her own for years found its collective usefulness. Life Positive Apr - Jun 2004

The relics are often like a flame that is looking for a human wick

The following is a response by Dr. Mangesh Nadkarni (Nadkarni ji) to a letter written by Ameeta Mehra seeking answers to questions regarding the impact of Relics on the larger collective atmosphere. gnostic centre

Dear Ameeta:
Before turning to the questions you have raised, I would like to make a couple of general observations:

Relics are an important aspect of the tradition of Buddhism, of some denominations of Christianity, and of many other personal belief systems. In Hinduism the veneration of relics as found in Christianity and Buddhism is largely absent. Islam has had a cult of relics associated with its founder and with saints, but the use of relics has had no official sanction in this religion. Neither Sri Aurobindo nor the Mother have spoken or written anything about relics, except what we gather from Champaklal in the Gujerati version of his personal memoirs entitled Champaklalna Sansmarano, (1987). That brief passage, on page 189, translated into English, reads as follows:

Mother never approved the worship of anyone’s picture or photograph. In childhood I was attracted by the Arya Samaj. Seeing the Arya Samajists worship Dayanand I used to wonder what was the difference in their opposing the worship of idols but themselves worshipping a photograph! The same question used to arise in me regarding the photos of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. But later, the Mother explained to me that this too does have a place and necessity. I was also against the opening of centres and the installing of relics but the Mother explained to me their necessity. Of course, nothing is done in the right perspective; but what can be done about that? 1

Now to turn to your questions.
All shrines and spiritual places have an impact....In that regard, what would be the special impact or effect of Sri Aurobindo’s relics on the collective atmosphere and life of the surrounding area, for example, in Gurgaon, which is next to the Gnostic Centre area?
The relics contain the supramental consciousness of Sri Aurobindo. How does one explain their importance and influence in the subtle and gross atmosphere to the lay person, who does not understand what the supramental consciousness is?

Now first of all, I thank you for not asking me whether the relics have any effect on human affairs. If we are believers, they do have an effect but we can never prove this to the satisfaction of non-believers. Both of us believe that they have an impact on the humans and their surroundings.
If the relics will have a “special impact or effect” it has to be attributed to what distinguishes Sri Aurobindo from all other saints and men of God – namely, that he realised in his own body the supramental consciousness. But the difficulty arises precisely here. For it is difficult for the mind to understand, leave alone to foresee what the supramental consciousness will do. Let me quote what Sri Aurobindo himself has said about this:

…what we propose just now is not to make the earth a supramental world but to bring down the supramental as a power and established consciousness in the midst of the rest – to let it work there and fulfil itself as Mind descended into Life and Matter has worked as a Power there to fulfil itself in the midst of the rest. This will be enough to change the world and to change Nature by breaking down her present limits. But what, how, by what degrees it will do it, is a thing that ought not to be said now – when the Light is there, the Light will itself do its work – when the supramental Will stands on earth, that will decide, It will establish a perfection, a harmony, a Truth-creation – for the rest, well, it will be the rest – that is all. 2

In this passage Sri Aurobindo states clearly that when the Supramental Will is here on earth, it will decide how to act. But even if we have hints of what impact the supramental may have, how does one explain it to a lay person? How does one make such a person understand what benefits may accrue from the presence of the supramental consciousness enshrined in his township? I will try to find an answer to your questions but I caution you that my attempt is going to involve tight-rope walking all the way and it may also prove to be a case of the blind leading the blind. But I must do what I can.

Most religions and races make a great effort to preserve with the utmost care the bodies of their holy men, to give them a burial consistent with the greatness and sanctity of the person and make it accessible to coming generations. In all countries where such practices obtain, there is a consensus of opinion that unusual and scientifically unexplainable things happen at or near these tombs, samadhis, graves, mausoleums, and stupas.

While it is possible to dismiss these occurrences as imaginary or as the results of chance, the weight of evidence over several centuries suggests that in these places some force or forces are at work, though science has yet to identify them. If science prefers to stop at this barrier because of its belief system, let it, but we have a different belief system and have no qualms about crossing it. Let me begin by quoting a few lines from Nirodbaran’s article “Relics”:

She (the Mother) has said that each and every molecule of Sri Aurobindo’s body was filled with Supramental Consciousness. We know that his body was glowing with Supramental Light as soon as he left it. That consciousness is not a mortal thing which ceases with the death of the physical body. If that is to be, then we wouldn’t feel such extraordinary power and strength when we touch the Samadhi [Sri Aurobindo’s Samadhi at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry].
We have learnt that wherever the Relics are enshrined, there dwell such peace and tranquillity. Therefore, the Relics are not a mere memento. Relics are the living presence of Sri Aurobindo and imbued with the light and force of his lifelong sadhana, just as an atom contains an infinite power in itself – this is the truth behind the Relics. To always keep alive that truth and give due respect to it is what the Relics demand of us. 3

Although I don’t discount the possibility of material benefits accruing from the enshrinement of Sri Aurobindo’s relics at the Gnostic Centre to the people living in the surrounding areas, I am inclined to believe that the greatest benefit to them would be spiritual. The fullest perfection of human life here on earth being the goal of Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual mission, this spiritual benefit would not exclude any of the other benefits, material, emotional, mental or psychic.
For one thing, wherever Sri Aurobindo’s relics are enshrined and cherished, peace and tranquillity begin to dwell in the surrounding areas. It is believed by some people that the political tension and the pall of fear palpably felt in Punjab began to lift soon after the relics of Sri Aurobindo were installed in Patiala on 4 April, 1992. Most political observers would vouch for the waning of the fear-complex in Punjab from that time.

A second spiritual benefit of the enshrinement of the relics would be that people living in that area would find it more easy to evolve from the Ignorance towards the Light, and to organise their existence according to it. Whether this statement would be greeted by the people concerned with great jubilation or with uncomprehending bafflement is difficult for me to judge. That is the state of humanity today, which regards spirituality as little more than an investment in God as security against bad times.
As we all know, Sri Aurobindo has charted the grades of consciousness between the mind and the supermind. Until there is support from the presence of the supramental power, these intermediary grades of consciousness, realised by some of our enlightened and spiritually advanced people, can act only as influences (the highest of them as very indirect influences) on the human mind and consciousness and cannot do more. That is why the war between the good and the bad that is raging in the theatre of the human heart seems to be unending and the final outcome so uncertain. This will change as the supramental consciousness begins to act. . Let me put this in Sri Aurobindo’s own words:

An organised higher human consciousness could appear or several degrees of it, with the supermind-organised consciousness as the leader at the top influencing the others and drawing them towards itself. It is likely that as the supramental principle evolved itself the evolution would more and more take on another aspect – the Daivic nature would predominate, the Asuro-rakshaso-Pishachic which now holds so large a place would more and more recede and lose its power. A principle of greater unity, harmony and light would emerge everywhere. It is not that the creation in the Ignorance would be altogether abolished, but it would begin to lose much of its elements of pain and falsehood and would be more a progression from lesser to higher Truth, from a lesser to a higher harmony, from a lesser to a higher Light, than the reign of chaos and struggle, of darkness and error that we now perceive. 4

Sri Aurobindo is saying that with the advent of the supermind, the world will gradually grow more Sattwic. There will be more unity, harmony and light. There will be less pain and suffering, confusion and strife.
In your questions you have identified Gurgaon, which is next to the Gnostic Centre area, as the location likely to be influenced by the enshrinement of the Relics. I prefer to see the relics enshrined at the Gnostic centre as belonging to Delhi, the capital of India. We have already two other centres in Delhi which have enshrinements of Sri Aurobindo’s relics – one is Sri Aurobindo Ashram, New Delhi, near Hauz Khas, and other is at the Sri Aurobindo Society centre at Adhchini. Delhi has been known as the seat of Mogul, then of British and now of Indian rule. Therefore Delhi has always been seen as a hub of Indian politics and administration, and also of intellectual and artistic life. The three enshrinements of Sri Aurobindo’s Relics in Delhi provide it what it needs most without realising it – the spiritual presence of Sri Aurobindo.

Before I close, I would like to add one more word. The relics when enshrined may act by themselves and bring about the greatest of changes in the life of the people if that is the Divine will; Divine Grace needs no human direction to act. But more often than not, the Divine Grace acts in a different way. Relics more often than not act like a spark of the Divine energy and will, which can lessen and fade if not fanned properly by the breath of human aspiration. The relics of Sri Aurobindo have gone to many places in India and even abroad, and not in all places have their effects been evident.

The relics are often like a flame that is looking for a human wick which can bear it and spread the light around. If such a support is not forthcoming, then the relics are not guaranteed to give us the results we anticipate. God is much more than a mere magician, his greatest concern is the growth of the human consciousness. God has to manifest here in each individual being his plenary consciousness and its glories and perfections. Therefore man has to be prepared to do his bit; otherwise as Sri Aurobindo puts it while describing the dawn in the opening canto of Savitri,

Then the divine afflatus, spent, withdrew,

Unwanted, fading from the mortal range. 5

With best wishes, Mangesh Nadkarni
Puducherry, 31 May 2007

1 I am grateful to Bob Zwicker of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Archives and Library for this reference

2 Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Yoga, SABCL vol.23, p.13, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry

3 In Nirodbaran: Divinity’s Comrade, edited by Hemant Kapoor, pp.216-17

4 The Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo’s Teaching and Method of Practice, compliled by Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives and Research Library, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1993. pp.73-74

5 Sri Aurobindo, Savitri, 1993 ed., p.5

There are some other integral yoga related blogs out there

Re: 15: Juxtaposition of rationalistic & poetic by RY Deshpande on Sun 24 Jun 2007 07:15 AM PDT Profile Permanent Link Dear Deba Thanks, but about your Life Divine sessions: your timings are rather inconvenient for us here, for live participation. But I have a suggestion. It will be good if you can post a summary, say in about 800-1000 words, every week, covering the topic and the discussion of that Thursday. For these postings you can supply the skype/sciy link also. These postings as Arguments can come in the category of articles which will be easy to track and follow later on. Please consider, and thanks. RYD

by Debashish on Sun 24 Jun 2007 01:30 PM PDT Profile Permanent Link Better still, if someone could transcribe the LD sessions and put the text on sciy along with the source passages. Any volunteers? DB

by Rich on Mon 25 Jun 2007 09:24 AM PDT Profile Permanent Link Having just returned from the AUM and the emphasis of a wider community. I think it essential to open more themes such as suggested by RYD for SCIY and open the forum up for a greater audience participation. We may all do a skype call to discuss this as I think we can do a conference call via skype. One problem I know is that some folks are either not comfortable or dislike the virtual environment, if not immediately then over time it happens. While there is nothing specific we can do to address this issue We should be aware of this aspect of virtual environments. However, that said there is simply no other way to open this up regularly to a larger audience but via the web. Since there are some other integral yoga related blogs out there, it may also be a consideration to network conversations, and posting among us rich

by RY Deshpande on Tue 26 Jun 2007 04:21 AM PDT Profile Permanent Link Rich, What about posting some of the really important technical highlights of the aum? These will be intersting, if you are not already planning. and thanks RYD

by Rich on Wed 27 Jun 2007 08:59 AM PDT Profile Permanent Link Hi RYD, I just got back today, but yes this is something I will do over the next few days. I still hope we can set up a Skype call between several of us, in which we can discuss future directions for SCIY best Rich

A profoundly elevating experience of song

At the beginning of last year, I attempted what seems in hindsight a pretty brazen task - to learn a 224 line song written in Bengali (a language I cant exactly claim fluency, or even competence, in) in the space of one single day! The song, titled Dyulok chariye nara narayan, is a profoundly elevating experience of song, the words of which come from a poem my teacher, Sri Chinmoy wrote when thirteen years of age (roughly around the time that photo on the left was taken). The poem was written for his spiritual Master, Sri Aurobindo (right), in time for his birthday on August 15, 1945.

Fifty years later, in 1995, Sri Chinmoy set the entire poem to music in the form of this song. I began learning the song at 7 a.m. armed with a recording sung by my friend Hiyamallar from California, only to retire five hours later with a severe bout of head-spinning, and not a lot to show for my efforts! But at least it was a start; I kept learning it for a while. My name is Shane, and I hail from Dublin, Ireland. Posted June 25, 2007

Auroville Matrimandir

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Mira Alfassa - the Mother

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The sudden descent of divine force into my body that I experience

Re: 'In Our Own Image: Humanity's Quest for Divinity via Technology,' by Debashis Chowdhury by

Rod on Sun 27 May 2007 03:15 AM PDT Profile Permanent Link

I find it difficult to imagine sharing through the internet the sudden descent of divine force into my body that I experience while sitting beside the Samadhi of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Then, looking up at flowers and people in acts of devotion that transcend their social as well as personal roles (both flowers and people), I experience an enthusiasm for impersonal creativity that includes and transcends all flowers and people, and that enables me to walk back into relations on another footing, so to speak. How can technology possibly covey this transformative value rich experience? 5:22 PM

How to maintain peace in tough times

THE MOTHERS CHILD
Apr 15 Dear Sir, We are greatful to you for providing aus an insight to the subtle issue related to the Science or physics and metaphysics.Science - a methodical study depending on emphirical methods of finding a solution to the problem, works well below the level of Consciousness in which the NExt Evolution has been initiated by The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Therefore it is beyond the limits of Science to experience the same. Only those people who can transcend themselves t a little higher consciousness than of the science can experience the same.
THE MOTHERS CHILD
Apr 15 A query when it comes to this material world, every one is having some what different levels of consciousness and or in other words different levels of inconscience also! (Ref: Purusha Sukta) there are some people who do not accept the advent of Supramental Consciousness. they even say such thing do not exhist at all. and they dwell in this "so called" "conscious" approach of science. there are people who have got some glimpses of this Adventure but fail to recognze and identify it. there are people who have realized it but not taking part in it.so can we conclude that we have to climb all these stages on the route to the Next Evolution? or there is a another way out? Please guide us regarding this sir.
Barindranath
May 5 (3 days ago) To all my friends here TheMothers Child has made a interesting and valuable query and I will answer it very soon. As I was out of headquarters for some time and there were some important works to attend to, I could not be available here, and the threads were discontinued. Also there was the disturbing news of Satprem's physical withdrawal. I will continue with everything soon and will answer all querries. Barin Chaki 05-05-2007
Natraj
May 6 (2 days ago) Dear Sir, I have been following ur scraps in "In search for light" community. Its a valuable one. I would be happy if u could post more on the ways to worship ma & wat is expected from us. How to overcome your tough times. How to maintain peace in tough times.

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Jan 15 An appeal on behalf of Gadhadhar Mishra, Cuttack

Towards her, our knowledge climbs-- Sri Aurobindo

S R I A U R O B I N D O U N I V E R S I T Y AT – SRI AUROBINDO SHREEKSHETRA, DALIJODA, PO – KARANJI, DIST – CUTTACK – 754022 Phone : 0671 2343307, 2340718, 2344338, 2873405 Cell : 9437023407, 9437120220 E-mail ctk_matrubha@sancharnet.in

An Appeal

Friends, To encourage aspiring individuals to be a part of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother’s vision of the new world through learning and research of their works, the “Sri Aurobindo’s Unversity” at Dalijoda is being established. It is hoped that this University will be a stepping stone to open an avenue to the future of humanity as envisaged by Sri Aurobindo.

An undertaking of this nature requires the support of members who believe in this vision. The project involves development of infrastructure such as buildings, comprising of office, library and class rooms, teaching and learning materials & aids, residential quarters for the learner and counselor etc. The task is formidable and difficult to accomplish without the help of individuals and groups. We make an earnest appeal for funds to carry out the work of establishing a seat of learning for aspirants of an enlightened future, to realise the vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

Please note that being a unit of Sri Aurobindo Srikshetra Trust, all donations to Sri Aurobindo University will have income tax relief under U/S 80g of the I.T.Act 1961. Kindly circulate this appeal amongst all well-wishers, friends and acquaintances by e-mail or otherwise. Thanking you and expecting your hearty co-operation, Yours in the service of The Mother

- Prasad Tripathy Convenor Contact : Gadhadhar Mishra, Matrubhaban, Cuttack E-mail ctk_matrubha@sancharnet.in

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sreeram
May 3 (5 days ago) Aurobindo's teaching Folks - let us use this thread as a platform for discussing his teachings. This will benifit immensely the people who are new as well as people who are in the satsang. I would like to start with the basic topic. 1. According to Aurobindo, who is God? How does one realize Him? 2. Are mother's teachings similar his teachings? Anyone would like to answer?
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Apr 6 Yahoo Group on THE MOTHER & SRI AUROBINDOWe have created new yahoo groups for the devotees and disciples of THE MOTHER & SRI AUROBINDO who believe in the fact that THE MOTHER & SRI AUROBINDO WERE THERE ARE THERE AND WILL BE ALWAYS THERE WITH US.THEY HAVE JUST LEFT THEIR PHYSICAL ENEVELOPE BUT THEIR INNER CONSCIOUSNESS IS ALWAYS THERE WITH US AND THEY WILL ANSWER TO US IF WE READY TO HEAR THEM.This group is formed with a motive of uniting all disciples and devotees of THE MOTHER & SRI AUROBINDO WHO BELIEVE IN THE SAME.To visit this groups pls click the below mentioned url:-http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/themother IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM IN SUBSCRIBING OR WANT TO KNOW MORE ABT IT THEN PLEASE DO WRITE US AT :-insearchofthemother@yahoo.co.inIF YOU ALSO HAVE SOMETHING ON THE MOTHER & SRI AUROBINDO WHICH U WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF US THEN THIS IS THE PLATFORM FOR YOU.PS:-PLEASE FOREWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ALL DISCIPLES AND DEVOTEES OF THE MOTHER & SRI AUROBINDO AND THERE BY HELP US TO GROW. THIS IS A SERVICE TO THE MOTHER. MORE THE PEOPLE JOINING THIS GROUP MORE IS HER GRACE SHOWERING ON US.

fusion
Apr 1 collection of sri aurobindo's speeches!!!i found a very inspiring speech of sri aurobindo...there are even more sppeches of his...choose the english section in www.hummaa.com to listen to his words of wisdom...
Dnik@
Mar 28 Human Relationships.....Hi everyone, I just read few paragraphs from All India Magazine- March 2007 Edition on Human Relationships. Great book. I understood whichever paragraphs I read... and planning to finish reading the book soon. I suggest... whoever is reading this message... if you have time... please go through this book. Its great!! Take care and good day. Dnik@
ANUP
Mar 20 join A community named SAVITRI-A LEGEND AND A SYMBOL has been created in orkut,where the discussion of savitri starts frm the very beginiin of the the book every body are welcome to join
siva
Mar 3 Ma's Grace & Supreme Sanction'FOR THE GRACE OF THE DIVINE MOTHER IS THE SANCTION OF THE SUPREMENOW OR TOMORROW ITS EFFECT IS SURE,A THING DECREED,INEVITABLE AND IRRESISTIBLE'JOIN WITH OUR COMMUNITY 'babyma'
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Feb 11 Study Circle THE MOTHER We have started study circle on one of the greatest master piece by Sri Aurobindo titled THE MOTHER[/b;ue]. Please click the below mentioned url to go to the study circle:-http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=17961579&tid=2514931713126435385&start=1

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Rishi
8/31/05 Suggest the sequence to read Sri Aurobindo's book hi all, I got a question from a person few days back Hi :) Saw you on Sri Aurobindo's community. I have a couple of questions...Do you know if he gives practical steps to follow integral yoga? Also, do you suggest a sequence in which to read his books? Thanks,

My answer to this query :There is no definition for a thing to be judged as practical/impractical. At least Integral Yogas was practical for Sri Aurobindo, so it's practical. I can suggest you a list of books (very thin books to start with) 1. Bases of Yoga 2. Elements of Yoga 3. Lights on Yoga 4. More Lights on Yoga 5. The Yoga and Its object

One very thin book if you want to know about Ashram and its object "The Aims and Ideas behind Sri Aurobindo Ashram"
Marcus
11/27/05 The "Syntesis Of Yoga" I believe that Sri Aurobindo explains very well what is the syntesis that he did of Jnana, Karma and Bhakti Yogas in this book. It can also be a very good introduction to his thought and a way to understand the traditional lines and Purna Yoga itself.
Anonymous
12/1/05 one thing i would like to know that those persons who are answering the question with a jeal does they really know somthing about integral yoga. well "i put forth a question do any body know r practicise integral yoga in this community?"
muthu
10/8/06 integral yoga yoga in the words of aurobindo is way of life, so we must understand one thing there are many in this nation as well as in abroad who has got a Rhishihood way of life. all those practioner can be called as integral yogi thus they form a bridge to further human evolution which aurobindo calls as godly man
muthu
10/8/06 the sequence of book to understand aurobindo the sequence of books to understand aurobindo need not confined to aurobindo alone "have a reading over mother, gita , commentry on gita by dhayananda saraswathi arsha vidhyalaya gurukulam coimbature, swami vivekananda, sri ramakrishna, chinmaya maharaj, "and above all these sit for meditation, to have atleast a little understanding of Sri Aurobindo with this little effort in the path of sprituality, as a true seeker aurobindo himself will dawn in us for further doughts in integral yoga
kunal
10/18/06 I believe , the whole of Sri Aurobindo's teaching is in Savitri. Its an epic that contains all. If you can live savitri there's nothing else you need to do or Read
Sayan... nai ba
10/25/06 My sugesstion is to start with the book "The Mother". Its really a nice book to understand his messages.
dHaYa
10/27/06 How to Read Sri Aurobindo I advise always to read a little at a time, keeping the mind as tranquil as one can, without making an effort to understand, but keeping the head as silent as possible, and letting the force contained in what one reads enter deep within. This force received in the calm and the silence will do its work of light and, if needed, will create in the brain the necessary cells for the understanding. Thus, when one re-reads the same thing some months later, one perceives that the thought expressed has become much more clear and close, and even sometimes altogether familiar. It is preferable to read regularly, a little every day, and at a fixed hour if possible; this facilitate the brain-receptivity. The Mother
Prashant
10/29/06 It's surprising no one has yet mentioned the definitive biography by Satprem, "Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness". It's a brilliant and inspired writing, and gives the reader a very good introduction to the Master's real work.
Varun
10/31/06 Someone suggested this sequence:1. The Mother. 2. Synthesis of Yoga. 3. Essays on Gita. 4. Life Divine.

I have been staying in the consciousness of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

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Rishi
9/19/05 Let us introduce ourselves Hi All, Let us have an intro round so that evryone on the group can know lilbit abt other grp members. Myself : Rishi Kant B. Tech. from IT-BHU - Varanasi(India)HomeTown : Varanasi - The holy city and one of the oldest city known.Presently working in Infosys - Bangalore(India).Highly inspired by MahaRISHI Sri Aurobindo.My 9 days visit to Pondycherry ashram is my most peaceful time ever. Marcus
10/27/05 introduction I am a brazilian musician that heard about sri Aurobindo throu a German dancer who lived in India/ Auroville - his name was Rolf Gelewski and he met Mother during the 60's. Back to Brazil he fouded Casa Sri Aurobindo, a community in Bahia, northest of Brazil.Fortunatelly, I had the chance to go to India many times to be in contact, in a direct contact w. many disciples in AV. and also in Pondicherry and Mumbai. I just regret that the teachings of Sri Aurobindo have been used in my country in a very distorted manner bye some of his followers.
Paramasivan
12/5/05 hihiI am Paramasivan I am doing my engineering degree in chennaiI am really inspired by the great saint Sri Aurobindo who lived in India.Sri Aurobindo is the only one person who found the supramental force that was present abundantly on earth.I am really happy to be a part of this group.I look forward to learn many things about the great saint through u friends.
Anonymous
1/16/06 hi,myself Anupama.i'm very new to orkut.i've completed my b.tech in 2005.basically i'm from bhubaneswar but currently working in atos origin,mumbai.i know abt Sri Aurobindo from my child hood,thanx to my parents.i love to make friends with the people who knows Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.
BRAVEHEART
1/16/06 Dear brothers and sisters,I am Abhishek Gautam, a final year student of IIT KAnpur ,mechanical engg...I have been deeply inspired by the teachings of the great MahaRishi Aurobindo,His each and every word about Mother India and her divine mission for the welfare humanity gives me a lot of motivation and sense of direction..He along with Swami Vivekananda are the fathers of Hindu renaissance in Modern Indian.. Their words about the inevitable realisation of Reestablishment of India as JagadGuru in the future will continue to inspire generations of humanity..
Varun
2/24/06 Hi All, This is Varun. I am deeply moved by the teachings of Sri Aurobindo. It's really unfortunate that such great teachings as of his and Swami Vivekananda are not duly imparted to students in India from childhood. But Truth will find its way, no matter what!Glad to be in this community.
samaresh
3/8/06 hihimy self greatly influence by the teaching of aurobindo basically 4m hirakud now studying in bangalore
saswata
4/9/06 Hi I am Saswata. BTech from Tripura University and now presently working in Infosys Mysore.I came to know about Sri Aurobindo from my very childhood from my father who was a joint secretary in the asram in tripura. I hav visited pondi asram many times.I try to follow the path of truth,sincerity and surrender laid down by the Master Sri Aurobindo.I think the mordern culture is full of falsehood and we r projecting our selves outward while we shud be more inner centric. From films to disco r parties, all imparts a bad effect in the minds of the younger generation and thus badly imparting of the future spiritual aspect of the country.
Leo Frobenius
4/11/06 I'm a brazilian economist from Salvador, Bahia. I actually belong to an ioga group here inspired in Sri Aurobindo's teachings. My real name is Creomar Baptista.
aravind in ....
4/21/06 hi ppl iam ARAVIND .i know sir aurobindo since chidhood cos of my mom and we vivsit his ashram at pondicherry every year

Sarathi Sahoo

Myself Iam sarathi sabyasachi sahoo..Doing engg. in computer sc. branch, final year...I have a high belief on Sri MAA & Sri Aurobindo....I have studied frm standard 1 to 10th from Sri Aurobindo school in orissa........
Anonymous
5/10/06 Hi AllI'm Sathya from chennai, Currently i'm working in Software Industry as Software Engineer.I'm with mother and Sri Aurobindo for past 12-13 yrs.Sathya
kuldeep
5/13/06 Introduction hi i am kuldeep here currently working for accenture in mumbai. his philosophy is Highly influencing and motivating. Though i have hardly understood any but great truth is hidden in it which i will definately get some day or other
Anonymous
5/21/06 Ramanuja from Varanasi
Shruti
6/2/06 Hi Am Shruti, I thought of making a community on orkut but found this. Glad to be a part of it. I am devotee of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo since childhood. am born and brought up in the spiritual atmosphere. i try to imbibe all the qualities which the masters have taught. Although i haven't read much of what the masters have written. We have a huge library at home with all the works of the masters and everything written on them.i have been staying in the consciousness of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Now I have decided to take up an online course from Pondichery, established by Dr.Reddy. it starts from August. the website is www. Sri Aurobindo Darshan-the University of tomorrow.comCheck out for yourselves. its interesting.
miracle :
6/15/06 hey ,i am priya .i am trying to understand sri aurobindo ,,he already knew,, all that is to come and go.
Anonymous
6/16/06 hi allHi this is harini. Basically iam a devotee of the mother and shri Aurobindo for the past 15 yrs. Many incidents took place in our home in and around.... and it the MOTHER who saved and guided us to a good position... Those who have a strong belief in the MOTHER ll always be in a protected state and have a motivated and cheerful life forever..." LET ALL THYSELF BE BLISS"SHE LL BE ALWAYS THERE FOREVER."keep a steady faith in life it is the only safety for us"lets chant and have this mantra in mind..."OHM NAMO BHAGAVATHE SHREE ARAVINDHAAYA"
XTC
6/19/06 Hi iam Rohit...Iam studying Engineering in HYD and iam a devotee of Sri Aurobindo.My Grandfather Translated most of Savitri into Telugu from English and that gave me a background onto it....iam feelin gr8 to be part of this.....i would like frenz who are a part of this...bye
Bharat
6/22/06 hi,myself an ayurvedic doctor continuing my pg study at puri.from my childhood i m inspired by the words of sri aurobindo and the mother.
Priya
7/2/06 Hi!I am Priya.I knw Sri Aurobindo and The Mother for nearly 8 yrs now.I am greatly inspired by both and strongly beleive tht its they who guide me in all my steps.I work for Cognizant currently in US.Happy to be part of this group.
Senthil

Introduction Mothers Grace.I'm a strong beliver of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo's Teachings. Im working in singapore and we have Mother Centre here.
shashank
8/11/06 HI..Hi,brothers and sisters.I am Shashank from hyderabad,going to join 1st year b.tech in vasavi engeneering college,hyd.I know "THE MOTHER AND SRI AUROBINDO" since childhood as i studied in "SRI AUROBINDO CENTENERY SCHOOL",TADPATRI{anantapur(dist)}.
Sidharth
8/20/06 Hihi..this is sidharth from leicester uk.i am working here.basically i am from orissa in india.i have been following sri aurobindo and sri maa since childhood and visit the ashrams regularly.i have read lots of books by sri maa but the books of sri aurobindo is a bit difficult to comprehend.if someone could simplify the concepts a bit furthee,i guess that would be useful.i got introduced to sri aurobindo by my mother who is an avid follower herself.her dad and my grand-dad used to have study circles or path-chakras all over orissa.i feel really blessed that i was introduced to sri aurobindo and hope to comprehend his teachings further and follow his concept of life and humanity.
D1
8/28/06 hello friendsi am dipal. i am new in orkut and entered this forum today. im a chemical engineer working in an oil refinery in assam. i came to know about sri aurobindo and mother thru my cousin bro and sis-in-law. initially i was skeptic and just bought one book when iwent to visit pondy. after 3 years i opened the book and found what i was looking for was in the book. Though i am not strictly a follower but maybe when its time i will be . i hope and wish u all that u find the truth soon. bye and take care.
Vashisht
8/30/06 jay shri arvind jay shri matajihi friends,am vashishtmy whole family follows the footsteps of shri aurobindo and shri matajiinfact i studied in The Mother's Schoolthe school runs on the philosophy of shri aurobindo and shri matajiregards,vashisht chellani
Ravi Kiran
9/9/06 HiHi This is Ravi KiranCompleted my BTech and now working as a Software Engineer I'm proud to say that i am a student from Sri Aurobindo International School here in Hyderabad right from nursery till 10th What enlightened me more was the visit to ashram in Pondichery and the meditation hall at Auroville I'm proud to say that i'm a follower of some of the teachings of Sri Aurobindo
Pratyush
9/9/06 Only TruthHi all!I am Pratyush.I just(more than any thing else in this earth or elsewhere) believe in "The Mother and SriAurobindo".I have faith in "The Mother and SriAurobindo", that nothing is impossible in this earth to achieve.We need total surrender of whatever we have,to the Lotus Feet of the "The Divine Mother and SriAurobindo".Have this faith and self belief and then feel the difference in your Lives.
Sajanish
9/16/06 introHi i am sajanish.doing my btech at nit calicut.mechanical engineering.....i read some of his works and was deeply interested in his teachings and i am a fan of him....looking forward to some contacts from simlar minded fellowsthanks
muthu
9/26/06 pranamsiam muthu vaduganthan,who did my school in madurai,tamil nadu which was named as "aurobindo and mira"thsu i was inclined to read aurobindo,and thus iam ....to understand aurobindo ,i read mother mira and swami vivekananda and thus now iam able to get him little more than i was.
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9/26/06 i am sudiptahi all,i am sudipta.i was a student of sri aurobindo integral edu, centre, tahrpur,jajpur,orissa.now i am working in as an associate manager in a company after completing my B. E. in electrical.from my childhood i know the mother & sri aurobindo. i read different books of the mother & sri aurobindo.now trying for the over all improvementof my school.
Gomathi

intro: hi!..iam ashwini..my native is tenkasi.,now iam doing my MCA I year in Thiagarajar engg college madurai..all of my family members including me are the sincere devotees of sri aurobindo annai since 1995,i came to know about aurobindo ashram by my aunt who is living in pondicherry.i had visited pondi ashram four times,whenever i visit ashram,i feel very happy,and a peaceful mind,whenever i feel sad and depressed,i pray to annai,always victory to me by the blessings of MA.mother is always with me....
Subhajit
9/28/06 Hi I'm Subhajit Rakshit final engineering student....I'm from West Bengal.....I'm inspired by Risi Aurobindo
thorondor
9/29/06 Weel let's goI'm Gilberto! Ilive in Brazil My profission it's nursing. I found for friends around the world than please add me!! I want to change ideas about de pace !!
Anonymous
9/29/06 Hi,I am Aniruddha. Graduated in Computer Engineering in 1999. Deeply influenced by Vedanta philosophy and like to work for special children. Needless to say why I am in this grp!Best wishes
rasvaidhyagunjan
10/4/06 hiHi i am ayurvedic consultant and am follower of Sri Aurobindo's philosphy.He was great great saint on earth .
Dnik@
12/4/06 Hey!!I’ve been devoted 2 The Mother & Sri Aurobindo for many many many lives ~~~ that’s what I feel ~~~ I was not keen on joining Orkut Community for the past 1 year. I was always with the impression ~~ ‘ki yaar this is just another chat site, & has nothing more 2 offer!’ my bad! lol. This year, out of the blue I just felt, let’s just join n see wazzup! Then, I came across The Mother’s and Sri Aurobindo’s communities....& I was zapped! I still am -----> Can say, They guided me here
R
12/5/06 I am Satyabrata Datta, a Chartered Accountant hailing from Dombivli Maharashtra...... I am single and 33 years of age.....I stay at Dombivli with my mother. My cell no. 9821806814
nandajan
12/5/06 I am Nandajanduring in journey like exodus through philosophy and literature, Savitri cast a real spell. And then comes the warmth and nonconventional way of interpretation of vedas and upanishads where Aurobindo stands against the view point of Sankara, there, I became a fan not a devotee not a followerI have a B tech, MBA, MCA MA in philosophy
Veeresh
12/6/06 Hi,I am Veeresh, doing MBA in Bangalore. Sir Aurobindo is my Teacher..
pv
12/9/06 MotherHi I am Sankar working in ERP navision in chennai. i am a mother devotee since my child hood.my mobile no:9841613893.
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hai frenz this is MURALI, an engg. student from chennai. i've been inspired by Sri Aurobindo right from my childhood.
Prabhat
12/10/06 Om HI, I am Prabhat from Berhampur orissa now in Mumbai working as System Admin, I came to know Sri Aurobindos Philosophy from my uncle And my brother who is devotee of sri Aurobindo ......
Jishnu
12/14/06 MyselfI am Jishnu , A chartered accountannt presently in Bangalore , Since my childhood I am in touch with the Books of Mother and Sri Aurobindo . My family is devoted to Ma and Sri Aurobindo for 3 generations .
ashok kumar
12/16/06 About MeHai Friends,I am Ashok kumar. I have done my Software Engineering.AIM : To became a great business man (Searching to Start a BPO Firm)Mother has given me permission to prey her from my 9th Standard.I pray for Mothers Grace to all our Group members and for the Entire World.OM Namo Pagavadae OM Annaiayaya Namaga Om Aravindaya Namaga
tapas
1/1/07 hiwell m tapas n m doin engineering in electronics n telecommunication frm sist chennai.there are some great personalities whom we can only follow but cant b like them,sri maa(the mother) and sri aurobindo baba may illuminates our life.and a very happy new yr to all of u out there god bless ye .
Kausik
Jan 8 Hello Hi All; I am Kausik - I am extremely fortunate to be part of this group.I am looking forward to interact with all of you.You can visit my page to know more bout me but if you need to know , pls. drop a note.Yes - I am a sincere and humble devotee of Sri Aurobindo & Mother.
Saranya.......
Mar 6 Hi,This is saranya sundar. I knew abt mother when i was too young but started feeling her presence since my 9th class and until now she has always been with me in every walk of my life. I was really blessed to get married to a person who and also who's family has complete faith in Mother and Aurobindo. .Its nice to meet so many such people on this community:-))
EX@MS!!
Mar 9 HiI am shubha from delhi doing my BE 2nd year from chennai
Ninad
Mar 17 Hi all I am a spirtuallly oriented person living my life with spiritual growth as top most priority.During my spiritual growth I have been blessed by sri aurobindo and Mother on higher level of consciousness and I know how their blessings have helped me. I think other mundane details like name, age. profession dont matter once u enter true spiritual life right?Love to all
Amanish(অমানীশ)
Mar 17 i am amanish iyer.....from sheaoraphuly hooghly in west bengal.......i am a sayan sevak of rss...and our one of the ideal person is risi arabinda......i am fond of him..i respect him huge...rss try to convey the concept of akhand bharat

Luv s like river
Hi I am Kousal Ram doing my II-yr Coll in Chennai.... I love Hearing Music, Dancing, Watching cricket.... I am 1 of the Hardest devotee of Mother... Well nothing more to say abt me... Want some more plz see my profile!!!
Preeti
Mar 31 Om Namho Bhagawatee Sri AurovindayaHello I'm Suvasini(a)Preeti, hoemtown TN, India, but brought up in Mulund,Mumbai currently married & settled at US, but still a Great Beliver in THE MOTHER--Annai-Mother MIRA ALFASSA & SRI AUROBINDO
victor1
Apr 1 victor1no words act. chk rofile.
victor1
Apr 1 oops!oops! that was profiles.
VARSHA.....
Apr 4 heythiz z varsha....am doin ma first yr msc.cst in wcc......im a true devotee to ma n dad....i strongly believe them n their words.....so i do u guyz......im really glad that i joined thiz community......
sujatha
Apr 10 hihello everybody, pranams in the name of mother. I'm Sujatha from vellore, a true believer of Mother and Sri Aurobindo, I and my family are devotees of Mother for past 15 yrs and i thank Mother for being beside me for each and every step i take and guiding me as a light in darkness.
MOUSUMI
Apr 15 HII am MOUSUMI.I am doing my engineeringdegree inW.B.I know about SRI AUROBINDO and SRIMA from my childhood.MY father was stay in ASRAM 12years.i hav visited pondichery ASRAM many times.ME and my family members are greatly inspired by boyh and strongly belive that they guide us in our all way.
I like people
Apr 20 hiiiiHiII I m gautam joshi from porbander doing CA...i m in final CA right now....appearing in May '08 exams...........im from porbander.....
anusha
Apr 20 I am anusha and have been beiliving in Mother since childhood. Have been introuduced to Mother by my mother. I get loads of peace,strength and an amzing energy whenever i visit Aurobindo ashram.Glad to see so may like minded people.
sreeram
May 3(5 days ago) Well, I am sreeram and in all honesty, I dont know much about Aurobindo. I have heard briefly about his transformation from being a militant to a sage - but thats where my knowledge ends. Would love to know more about his teachings and beliefs on various aspects of life - like, religion, spirituality, atman, life etc. Mother's photo I have seen in several places - She apparently appeared to my dad one fine day in his room (almost a year back) and with loving affectionate eyes looked at him for several minutes. I think someone should start a discussion on various topics around his teachings.