Integration of the four-fold being of the individual

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Puducherry has grown considerably since its colonial past, and its present day glory lies with the saint philosopher Aurobindo Ghosh, who founded his ashram here. Sri Aurobindo was a freedom fighter and in 1907 was considered the 'most dangerous man' by the British… Situated in the heart of the White Town the Ashram has its own appeal. This was where Sri Aurobindo, the Mother and their immediate followers actually lived surrounded in time by a dedicated community of people from different parts of India.

It is now dominated by a Samadhi that is kept in a state of pristine freshness not just by the intricate floral decorations that are placed over the marble surface, but by the air of serene contemplation that so many of the followers of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother bring to their understanding of the message of ‘integral consciousness’. Put simply, it is a state of being that each person can and should aspire to so that human beings can evolve to a higher state of self realisation. Today it has become a haven for everybody, from stressed out 9 am to 5 pm executives to new age junkies in search of peace. 

About the Author  IntegralMusings

In the year 1991 he joined Sri Aurobindo Society as a Research Associate, pursuing studies and research in various fields of knowledge as a part of the spiritual ... Objective of this Blog

The integral approach to management proceeds from an intuitive vision which views the human organism as a four-fold being with a physical, vital, mental and spiritual dimension.  The strategic path of integral management is based on a four-fold integration.

First, integration of the four-fold being of the individual which is the aim of Human Resource Development. Second, integration of the four-fold being of the Collectivity or the Organisation which is the aim of Organisational Development. Third, integration of the individual goals with organisational goal, which is the aim of work-life balance. Fourth, attunement of the four-fold being of the organisation with the laws of universal Nature, which is the aim of corporate sustainability. The main objective of this blog is to explore this four-fold integration and its practical implications for management and human development.

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Sri Aurobindo circle - Issue 33 - Page 108 - Aurobindo Ghose - 1977 - Love-power is the only alternative. Sri Aurobindo the path-finder had prepared the nationalist soil in the opening decades of this century by writing Perseus the Deliverer and Baji Prabhou, and exhorted all Indians to unite themselves under the... Political thinkers of modern India - Page 107 - Adi Hormusji Doctor - 1997 - Preview police force, the administration would be severely disrupted. As an alternative, Aurobindo advised people to impose their own self-made laws and desist to the maximum extent possible from helping the foreign government to make and enforce ...

Mother India: monthly review of culture - Volume 32 - Page 291 - Sri Aurobindo Ashram - 1980 - You believe that this earlier communication belongs to 1923-24 and that around 1933-1934 some spiritual events occurred to alter Sri Aurobindo's perspective. Actually the letter in question dates to 28 December 1934, your very period.2... Silence, quietude, Mental Silence, Vital Silence, Physical Silence ... gurusoftware.com - Even after that, there will be someone in the mind passing comments constantly. Sri Aurobindo calls it the 'censor'. Perhaps when the Silence behind the Silence is attained, the censor will fall quiet. (Paraphrase of MSS). Establishing Mental ...

Darshana international - Volume 34 - Page 45 1994 - And the soul has not only to take-human birth but may take the form of an animal or vegetable. Further this system involves the theory of double punishment and double reward. Aurobindo explains — "The Sinner is first tortured in hill and after ... Letting be: Fred Dallmayr's cosmopolitical vision - Page 164 - Stephen Frederick Schneck - 2006 - "The monastic attitude implies a fear, an aversion, a distrust of life and its aspirations, and one cannot wisely guide that with which one is entirely out of sympathy" (Aurobindo, Human Cycle, p. 69). 32. Aurobindo, Foundations of Indian Culture, ...

Annual - Page 94 - Sri Aurobindo mandir, Calcutta - 1995 - Of course, Sri Aurobindo points out that a critic can objectively find the merit or characteristic feature of what he reads in poetry and art, without being subject to temparamental sympathy. Sri Aurobindo gives his own example by saying that he... Sri Aurobindo circle - Volume 54 - Page 74 - Sri Aurobindo Ashram - 1998 - Intellectual Anarchism tends to adopt such a system relying on two powers: enlightenment of human reason and natural human sympathy. Sri Aurobindo does not agree. He agrees neither with the ideal of Stateless Communism (which Marx ...

Philosophy of bhakti - Page 92 - Chhaganlal Lala - 1989 - also states 20 that only the man of virtuous deeds whose sins have come to an end can worship Him with a firm resolve. Sri Aurobindo interprets 21 that the evil-doer cannot attain to the Supreme because he is for ever trying to satisfy the idol ... Worthy is the world: the Hindu philosophy of Sri Aurobindo - Page 63 - Beatrice Bruteau - 1972 - ... in a larger and more complex context. It is probably the most difficult problem which Aurobindo's method of expanded complexity will attempt to resolve. Aurobindo begins his defense by pointing out several false ways of putting the problem.

Incremental Knowledge vs. Instantaneous Enlightenment - Yoga Forums ... › Yoga Discussion › Spirit's Path - 27 Feb 2011 ... out the right relation of things and the right relation of idea with idea—but by its own superior process and with steps that do not fail or falter” (Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1919, p. 949). Readings in Sri Aurobindo's The Life Divine Volume 3 - Page 413 - Santosh Krinsky - Preview ... liaison with its suprarational source or a self-uplifting access to a higher plane of consciousness in which an intuitive action is pure and native.” Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine, Book 2, Part 2, Chapter 26, “The Ascent Towards Supermind”, pp.