LETTERS OF SRI AUROBINDO

 

CONTENTS

 

PRE-CONTENT

 

FOREWORD

 

I

Evolution:

MaterialSpiritual—Supramental

 

 

SPIRITUAL. EVOLUTION

 

 

THE MATERIALISTIC PHASE OF EVOLUTION

 

 

DESCENT OF THE SUPERMIND

 

 

THE DIVINE AND ITS OPPOSITES SUPRAMENTAL EVOLUTION

 

 

SPIRITUAL AND SUPRAMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS

 

 

SPIRITUALISATION AND SUPRAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION

 

 

THE YOGA OF TRANSFORMATION

 

 

PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION

 

 

THE AIM OF SUPRAMENTAL EVOLUTION

 

 

TECHNIQUE OF WORLD-CHANGING YOGA

 

 

THE DYNAMIC ASPECT OF THE DIVINE

 

 

THE CHRISTIAN IDEAL AND THE SUPRAMENTAL DESCENT

 

 

II

Approaches to the Divine;

Partial — Integral

 

 

DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE DIVINE

 

 

IMPRESSIONS OF THE INFINITE

 

 

ILLUSIONISM AND THE SUPRAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE- I

 

 

ILLUSIONISM AND THE SUPRAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE- II

 

 

ILLUSIONIST AND REALISTIC ADWAITA-NIRVANA-REBIRTH AND EVOLUTION

 

 

III

Yoga :

Its Principle and Process

 

 

THE CENTRAL AIM AND DISCIPLINE OF YOGA

 

 

THE CENTRAL PROCESS OF THE INTEGRAL YOGA

 

 

DIVINE FOR DIVINE'S SAKE

 

 

THE FIRST OBJECT AND THE CHIEF POWER OF SADHANA

 

 

YOGA AND HUMANITY

 

 

OUR CONCEPTION OF THE DIVINE

 

 

THE SPIRITUAL THE RELIGIOUS AND THE ORDINARY HUMAN LIFE

 

 

MENTAL IDEAS AND YOGA

 

 

YOGA AND ACTION

 

 

DIVINISATION OF LIFE

 

 

VAIRAGYA IN YOGA

 

 

THE ONLY TRUTH

 

 

IV
Parts of Total Consciousness

 

 

CONSCIOUSNESS -I

 

 

CONSCIOUSNESS -II

 

 

SUPRACOSMIC REALITY, SUPERMIND AND OVERMIND  COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS AND NIRVANA

 

 

SUPERMIND AND OVERMIND

 

 

THE JIVATMAN

 

 

JIVA AND JIVATMAN

 

 

THE CENTRAL BEING AND THE SOUL

 

 

JIVATMAN, SPARK-SOUL AND PSYCHIC BEING

 

 

THE PSYCHIC BEING

 

 

PSYCHIC ESSENCE AND PSYCHIC BEING

 

 

CONTRIBUTION OF PSYCHIC BEING TO SADHANA

 

 

PSYCHICISATION AND SPIRITUAL CHANGE

 

 

THE PSYCHIC BEING AND THE DESIRE SOUL

 

 

DUALITY OF BEING

 

 

THE INNER AND THE PSYCHIC BEING

 

 

THE INNER AND THE HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS

 

 

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS

 

 

THE COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS

 

 

PSYCHIC MIND AND SPIRITUAL MIND

 

 

THE HIGHER MIND

 

 

FOUR PARTS OF THE VITAL BEING

 

 

THE EMOTIONAL AND THE HIGHER VITAL

 

 

THE VITAL MIND

 

 

THE PHYSICAL CONSCIOUSNESS

 

 

THE SUBCONSCIENT

 

 

V

Yogic Visions—
Experiences — Realisations

 

 

REALISATIONS AND EXPERIENCES

 

 

FEELING AND EXPERIENCE

 

 

VALUE OF THE POWER OF VISION

 

 

SUPRAPHYSICAL VISION

 

 

THE PIERCING OF THE VEIL

 

 

EXPERIENCES OF THE INNER BEING- I

 

 

EXPERIENCES OF THE INNER BEING- II

 

 

EXPERIENCES OF THE INNER BEING- HI

 

 

OPENING OF THE PSYCHIC AND THE INNER BEING

 

 

AWAKENING OF THE KUNDALINI

 

 

THE DIVISION OF BEING

 

 

EXPERIENCE OF THE TRUE SLEEP

 

 

THE SOLID BASIS OF SADHANA

 

 

THE DOUBLE FOUNDATION OF YOGA

 

 

THE SILENT SELF

 

 

ASCENT IN TO NIRVANA AND RETURN

 

 

DESCEND OF PEACE

 

 

NEED OF WORKING REALISATION

 

 

RIGHT ATTITUDE IN WORK

 

 

THE FORCE AND THE INSTRUMENT

 

 

JAPA

 

 

THE MANTRA

 

 

VI

Love:

Human to Divine

 

 

THE TRUE FOUNDATION OF LOVE

 
 

BEYOND EMOTION

 
 

LOVE IN SADHANA - I

 
 

LOVE IN SADHANA - II

 
 

VITAL LOVE

 
 

LOVE IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS -PSYCHIC AND SPIRITUAL LOVE

 
 

FRIENDSHIP AND PSYCHIC LOVE

 
 

THE NATURE OF DIVINE LOVE

 
 

THE SECRET OF SADHANA

 
 

ON MC TAGGART'S STATEMENTS ABOUT LOVE

 

 

VII

Difficulties of the Path

 

 

 DIFFICULTIES AND ORDEALS

 
 

SUFFERING IN YOGA

 
 

DIFFICULTIES IN SADHANA

 
 

DRYNESS IN YOGA

 
 

VITAL MOVEMENTS IN ORDINARY LIFE AND IN YOGA

 
 

THE COMPLEXITY OF HUMAN NATURE

 
 

NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SIDE OF SADHANA

 
 

THE DARK AND THE SUNLIT PATH

 
 

DEPRESSION AND SORROW IN YOGA

 
 

PSYCHIC CONVERSION

 
 

REMOVAL OF PERPLEXITIES

 
 

THE CENTRAL CERTITUDE

 
 

THE DECISIVE TOUCH OF GRACE

 
 

NEED OF PATIENCE IN YOGA

 
 

IMPORTANCE OF SMALL BEGINNINGS

 
 

CHANGE OF NATURE

 
 

TWO ELEMENTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

 
 

EQUALITY- I

 
 

EQUALITY -II

 
 

HELPFUL QUALITIES IN YOGA

 
 

DIVINE GUIDANCE

 

 

VIII

Science, Reasoning and Yogic Experience, Avatar and
Symbols, Yoga-Force: Beauty and Art, etc.

 

 

REPLY TO LEONARD WOOLF'S CRITICISM OF MYSTICISM

 
 

REASONING AND YOGIC EXPERIENCE

 
 

KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS

 
 

CANALISATION OF SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE AVATAR AND SYMBOLS

 
 

COMMENTS ON PROF. SORLEY'S REMARKS ON THE RIDDLE OF THIS WORLD

 
 

PSYCHOLOGY OF ST AUGUSTINE

 
 

FREE-WILL AND DETERMINISM

 
 

DIVINE GRACE

 
 

MEANING AND VALUE OF SACRIFICE

 
 

SUPERSTITION

 
 

YOGA-FORCE -I

 
 

YOGA-FORCE -II

 
 

SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA

 
 

SPIRITISM

 
 

THE REVOLUTION IN SCIENCE

 
 

COMMENTS ON SIR TAMES JEANS S SPECULATIONS ABOUT LIFE ON EARTH

 
 

INTELLECT

 
 

BEAUTY

 
 

ART FOR ART'S SAKE