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At the Feet of The Mother

15.1 Art and Yoga

SELECTIONS FROM CONVERSATIONS BY THE MOTHER (TEXT)
Art is nothing less in its fundamental truth than the aspect of beauty of the Divine manifestation. Perhaps, looking from this stand-point, there will be found very few true artists; but still there are some and these can very well be considered as Yogis.
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Reflections on the Mahabharata 2: The Evolutionary Crisis and the Divine Advent

A NINE PART SERIES OF REFLECTIONS BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
Each of the main characters in the Mahabharata represents one such archetype of humanity who stands either on the side of the intended progress or who resists the human advance by its obstinate refusals, denials or simply inaction, when destiny demands it to act aligned to the Time Spirit. We can take them one by one.
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Reflections on the Mahabharata 1: Background and Introduction

A nine part series of reflections by Dr Alok Pandey (TEXT)
Mahabharata can be seen and understood at many levels and each is valid and complements the others. Most outwardly it represents a crisis which humanity undergoes from time to time that have the potential to plunge it into abysses of destruction, setting the clock of human evolution backwards by a few centuries if not millenniums.
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The Limitations of Reason, p. 252

COMMENTARY ON SAVITRI BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
Though Reason is presently the highest mental faculty available to man, it has several limitations. It fails when it makes claims to discovery of Truth.
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Perseverance (TE 268)

A Talk in English (video)
A webinar on Perseverance, a much needed quality for the yoga. A question on obstinacy is also taken up in the end.
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Becoming Conscious: A Privilege

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOTHER BY MONA SARKAR (TEXT)
You do not know how privileged you are. For it is He — the Supreme — who is with you, who is guiding you, showing you and watching over you, telling you so many things, teasing you and playing with you. He is always with you. A fall does not touch Him.... If only the effort is there.... It is He who has descended in your midst to transform you and lift you out of ignorance.
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Perspectives on Life and Death (TE 267)

A Talk in English (video)
This talk by Dr Alok Pandey takes up the subject of life and death as seen from a spiritual perspective. Followed by questions 'Practical means to find the soul,' 'Physics and metaphysics', 'Buddhist and other perspectives of the individual soul'.
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The Evolutionary Challenge

An essay by Alok Pandey (TEXT)
Fall is never the permanent resting ground but a temporary moment to recuperate for the next level of effort. It is only through such successive efforts and attempts that eventual success comes.
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December 11, 1912 (PM 057)

REFLECTIONS ON PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS OF THE MOTHER (VIDEO)
This prayer teaches us how to wait with trust in the tearing of the veils that come between us and the Lord.
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Myths, Symbols and Spiritual Truths in the Age of Reason

We must uncover spiritual truths hiding behind all these stories and legends and philosophies, since to discover them again through a great personal tapasya is nearly impossible in our modern age, with such short life spans and a thoroughly materialistic orientation.
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Sensitivity (RE 033)

VIDEO
This brief reflection by Dr Alok Pandey is about dealing with the problem of sensitivity that afflicts some people and becomes the cause of much psychological suffering.
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