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Sri aurobindo has provided us the solution to the riddle of our lives. He was writing from a silent mind, which means he had no thoughts going on in his head. He is grounded in vedic and vedantic teachings, but, owing to his western education, familiar with western philosophy and science as well. The life divine by sri aurobindo book 01 chapter 02 youtube. Read a combined list of important books and their authors. The life divine explores for the modern mind the great streams of indian metaphysical thought, reconciling the truths behind each and form this synthesis extends in terms of conciousness the concept of evolution. Sri aurobindo was an indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, and nationalist. Jul 22, 2012 posts about the life divine written by sriaurobindostudies. Her early life was set on a search for the divine and that was the one thing she was interested in. The principal writings of sri aurobindo include, in prose, the life divine, considered his single great work of metaphysics, the synthesis of yoga, secrets of the vedas, essays on the gita, the human cycle, the ideal of human unity, renaissance in india and other essays, supramental manifestation upon earth, the future poetry, thoughts and. The life divine by sri aurobindo book 01 chapter 01 youtube. Information quoted from website of sri aurobindo ashram.
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The principle of yoga is the turning of one or of all powers of our human existence into a means of reaching divine being. The life divine covers topics such as the human aspiration, the emergence of life in the cosmos from out of a divine source, the evolution of matter to spirit in the universe, the division and dualities inherent in human consciousness. Sri aurobindos principal philosophic work, a theory of spiritual e. Twin flame experiences, love life, spiritual journey, and reunion with the help of true twin flame stories. In 1879 sri aurobindos father took his three sons to england and placed them with a clergyman and his wife with strict instructions that they should not be allowed to make the acquaintance. Nora isaacs in yoga journal more unlike other books relating the life of sri aurobindo, heehss study follows the norms of historical writing as practiced in universities, and is based on a large number of authentic sources. The life divine by sri aurobindo first appeared serially in thearyafrom august 1914 to january 1919.
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