Dr. Soumitra Basu
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Dr. Soumitra Basu, a practising psychiatrist and member of SAIIIHR, is the Director of a school of psychology, Integral Yoga Psychology. He is also one of the editors of NAMAH.
Articles by Dr. Soumitra Basu (116)
The unborn spirit and the Self of eternal light
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Jul 15, 2014
A deviation from the ideals of one’s life can be very distressing. A search for its cause by probing repressed materials is incomplete as the whole story of life is not scripted in the Freudian…
The metaphysical basis for Integral Health — reconciling different poises of Reality
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Jul 15, 2014
In Chapter IV of The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo, while unveiling the nature of the Omnipresent Reality, makes three important reconciliations at three experiential levels:
Fear and death
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Apr 24, 2014
Fear is the basic phenomenon behind illness. A conquest of fear per se is needed for healthy living. One of the most dynamic means to overcome fear is to learn to conquer the fear of death. One can…
The metaphysical basis for Integral Health — divine life
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Apr 24, 2014
It is difficult to conceive the connotation of ‘divine life’. Ordinarily it would signify a life steeped in spirituality or religionism with a certain aloofness from materialistic pursuits. It would…
Time and choice
By Dr. Soumitra Basu — Jan 15, 2014
In the presence of depression or under the influence of delusional thinking, decisions about major life events can be wrongly conceived and timed and prove counter-productive. In aspirants in quest…