Selections from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. "The Yoga-siddhi, the perfection that comes from the practice of Yoga, can be best attained by the combined working of four great instruments. There is, first, the knowledge of the truths, principles, powers and processes that govern the realisation – sastra. Next comes a patient and persistent action on the lines laid down by this knowledge, the force of our personal effor ...
"The soul, the psychic being, is in direct touch with the divine Truth, but it is hidden in man by the mind, the vital being and the physical nature (manas, prana, anna of the Taittiriya Upanishad). One may practise Yoga and get illuminations in the mind and the reason; one may conquer power and luxuriate in all kinds of experiences in the vital; one may establish even surprising physical siddhis; but if the true soul-power behind does not ...
"Man lives mostly in his surface mind, life and body but there is an inner being within him with greater possibilities to which he has to awake – for it is only a very restricted influence from it that he receives now and that pushes him to a constant pursuit of a greater beauty, harmony, power and knowledge. The first process of Yoga is therefore to open the ranges of this inner being and to live from there outward, governing his outward l ...
Selections from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on the ideal of human unity. In a profound sense it is the call and attraction of the future that makes the past and present, and that future will be more and more seen to be the gowth of the godhead in the human being which is the high fate of this race that thinks and wills and labours towards its own perfection. This is a strain that we shall hear more and more, the song of th ...
Die meisten aller fruhzeitigen Todesfalle lassen sich verhindern – und zwar, so uberraschend es klingen mag, durch einfache Anderungen der eigenen Lebens- und Ernahrungsweise. Dr. Michael Greger, international renommierter Arzt, Ernahrungswissenschaftler und Grunder des Online-Informationsportals Nutritionfacts.org, luftet in seinem weltweit au?ergewohnlich erfolgreichen Beststeller das am besten gehutete Geheimnis der Medizin: Wenn die Grundbed ...
Selections from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Yoga, health and healing. "Instead of being upset and struggling, the best thing to do is to offer one’s body to the Divine with the sincere prayer, “Let Thy Will be done.” If there is any possibility of cure, it will establish the best conditions for it; and if cure is impossible, it will be the very best preparation for getting out of the body and the life without it. In ...
Left-Handedness – Recognize it easily – Nurture it properly – Let it shine! NEW! Quick Test for Left-Handedness in children and adults Left-handedness is a remarkable topic! Why? Because it affects every second person on the planet! This book dispels popular myths about left-handers, and provides targeted advice on how to nurture left-handedness. Left-hander or right-hander? It is always possible to find o ...
Your Spine, Your Yoga is arguably the first book that looks at the spine from both the Western anatomical/biomechanical point of view and the modern yoga perspective. It is filled with detail, discussion, illustrations, and practical advice for spines of all types. This emphasis on variety is welcome and necessary: no two spines are exactly alike, and no two people have the same biology and biography. What your spine is able to do may be vastl ...
