Growth

Cultivating a Sense of Interconnectedness: Rejoicing and Sharing Merit
By Monica Gulati — Jan 15, 2024
The disciple wrote about a woman who continued to live in the Ashram even though the Mother had asked her to leave. No one in authority would insist that she go. The letter ends:

Going Beyond Desire and Aversion
By James Anderson — Oct 15, 2023
Sooner rather than later, desire and aversion must be addressed if one is on any path of growth. In Integral Yoga, they cannot be tackled in isolation, but only within context of the whole. Desire and aversion are two parts of the same thing. This article is written especially for those in the process of developing their practice in Integral Yoga. It explores ways of short-circuiting the onset of desire in the first place. It looks at ways of transforming its vibration the divine counterpart, which is aspiration.

Working Through Toxicity
By James Anderson — Jul 15, 2023
James Anderson is a member of SAIIIHR and coordinating editor of NAMAH.

Align Your Will
By James Anderson — Oct 15, 2022
To achieve anything worthwhile in life we need a true will. In the integral context, everything we are has to be addressed in order to develop this will. A unified being brings a unified will, one aligned to our divine Presence. This Will is an arrow that always hits its target. Nothing can stop it. Realising this Will requires sustained practice. We need to develop our consciousness and learn how to deploy it. Practice necessitates effort but we reach a stage when effort becomes a hindrance and realise that surrender is the only way to achieve a will that reflects our innate divinity.

The two paths
By Dr. Alok Pandey — Apr 24, 2022
While the animal has only one road before him, the road that is right in front, determining his choices driven by the senses and instinct. But man has a subjective side to his existence, an inner road that can lead him deep within the inmost penetralia of his existence. This article touches upon the two roads before man with the possible implications of each.