“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.”
- Leo Tolstoy
Man and Nature
Today, the world is acutely aware of the crisis facing our Mother Nature; the future of ecological balance will impact the next phase of earthly evolution. Solutions are being frantically sought – from science, spirituality, industry, arts; terms like conscious consumerism, ecological living are becoming commonplace among the elite. But the truest, the deepest, the most sustainable and effective solution lies in the evolution of consciousness – in the movement from Avidya to Vidya, from the consciousness of Multiplicity to the consciousness of Oneness, oneness with all Nature, all Existence, all Beings. In the movement of Love.
Lights on Life
Pulses of truth that clears up life’s pathway and makes it a joyful and confident journey
Questions and Answers
Our ordinary life is fraught with doubts, confusions and questions on its various aspects. Our Questions and Answers section is a compilation of questions on multiple subjects, asked by aspirants to Sri Aurobindo and The Mother and the answers given by Them. Please visit - an answer may be awaiting you, even if you do not have a question.
Inspiration
“When difficulties come it is to teach us to be peaceful and even cheerful in spite of everything."
–The Mother
Guidance
On life’s journey, we are sometimes struck by a distressing obstacle in our path, numbing our strength and capacities to move ahead. Or it could also be a strong aspiration that blindly seeks an expression. At these times, if we concentrate and sincerely search for an inner guidance, it does somehow reach us through some means and a path opens up, almost like miracle! If you are in a situation like this, try our Guidance section and see if it helps. Do share your experience with us.
Events and Announcements
Glimpses of recent activities at SAS
Love and Attachment
In our everyday life, love and attachment are deeply embedded together. Are we not more familiar with attachment than with true love? Attachment gets continuously tangled with love - distorting and defiling it. Disengage love from its impurities and experience the delight in its true essence in the 5-day online workshop from June 21 to June 26, 2021.
Integrate Yourself
Who am I in my wholeness? Have you ever wondered about yourself in your potential completeness? This online workshop that begins on June 3, 2021 and ends on June 5, 2021, examines the process of self-integration, its requirements and conditions and finally its practice. If you long for a state of Oneness, participate in these life-changing and revelatory sessions.
Shanthi Ashram engages SARVAM children
Shanthi Ashram of Coimbatore organized conversational online workshops for adolescent boys, young children and mothers on engaging subjects like nutritional literacy and Art in Life. These sessions, which addressed the threats of depression and loneliness arising out of the long pandemic, helped the participants in alleviating their physical and psychological stress.
The Incarnate World
‘The Incarnate Word’ is a Website and an App that offers ‘Meditations on Savitri’ – a complete compilation of ‘Savitri – A Legend and A Symbol’, by Sri Aurobindo presented with readings and sketches by The Mother, Music by Sunilda, and paintings by Huta. A priceless experience for everyone who adores the Mother and Sri Aurobindo.
The Readers’ Column
Sushmita (by now you all know her!) presents an unique thread of thought triggered by PVC pipes! Enjoy the journey of the plastic thread of thoughts through the alleys of her profound reflection.
PVC pipes and lesson of Plasticity
As is intriguing, so is humbling the way the so-called objects and events mundane reveal the profound in them. Every time it is the Divine revealing and answering, though seen and heard in keeping with the state and level, eyes and ears of the Consciousness. Unfailingly, each instance is a gentle, and at times not so, reminder that we know nothing, and are nothing: the importance given to ourselves a null and our so-called knowledge annulled. And yet, every instance is the Divine’s compassionate Light, showing the Light in everything, even if we fail to see it, wallowing in the depths of darkness…
So it happens that that day, saw the simple bundle of simple PVC pipes… They were being carried to the site of requirement: the pipes connected to the motor for drawing water and pumping to the water tanks (the reservoirs) having developed snags, necessitating the repair and change. And a submersible water pump, drilled underneath it is…
Dose of Sunshine
(…is all we need to embrace life with a smile!)
Potion of Laughter
Did you know that humour can actually prevent diseases? it is believed that it increases the Dopamine level in one’s body which in turn enhances our immune system. So here is a dose to our immunity! At the cost of the nagging virus, to make it more pleasurable!
- Why do they call it the novel coronavirus? It’s a long story….
- You know what they’re saying about 2020. It went viral faster than anyone thought it would.
- If there’s a baby boom nine months from now, what will happen in 2033? There will be a whole bunch of quaranteens.
- Did you hear the joke about the germ? Never mind, I don’t want to spread it around.
- I’ll tell you a coronavirus joke now, but you’ll have to wait two weeks to see if you got it.
- Finland just closed its borders. You know what that means. No one will be crossing the finish line.
- I’m not talking to myself, I’m having a parent-teacher conference.
- This morning I saw a neighbor talking to her cat. It was obvious she thought her cat understood her. I came into my house, told my dog–we laughed a lot.
- If I keep stress-eating at this level, the buttons on my shirt will start socially distancing from each other.
- My mom always told me I wouldn’t accomplish anything by lying in bed all day. But look at me now, ma! I’m saving the world!
A Capsule of Good News
India’s youngest COVID survivor returns home hale and healthy
Amidst all the terrifying tales of COVID-19, here is a shine of Grace that saved a pre-matured newborn from the killer virus. Her infant grit and the doctors determined efforts brought her back to life and health from a very critical condition. Let us celebrate and keep our hopes, prayers and positivity aflame.
