Posted in -35-Letters-On-Himself-And-The-Ashram Index-000_Pre_content Index of Contents CONTENTS Pre-Content PART ONE REMARKS ON HIS LIFE AND WORKS AND ON HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND CONTEMPORARY EVENTS Section One Reminiscences and Remarks on Events in His Outer Life His Life and Attempts to Write about It His Name Life in England, 1879 - 1893 Life in Baroda, 1893 - 1906 Political Career, 1906 - 1910 Outer Life in Pondicherry, 1910 - 1950 Section Two General Remarks on His Life Remarks on His Life in Pondicherry after 1926 His Temperament and Character Heredity, Past Lives, Astrology Section Three Remarks on Himself as a Writer and on His Writings On Himself as a Writer Writing for Publication On His Published Prose Writings The Terminology of His Writings Section Four Remarks on Contemporaries and on Contemporary Problems Remarks on Spiritual Figures in India Remarks on European Writers on Occultism Remarks on Public Figures in India Remarks on Public Figures in Europe Remarks on Indian Affairs, 1930 - 1946 Remarks on the World Situation, 1933 - 1949 PART TWO HIS SADHANA OR PRACTICE OF YOGA Section One Sadhana before Coming to Pondicherry in 1910 Ordinary Life and Yoga Early Experiences The Realisation of January 1908 Experiences in Alipur Jail, 1908 - 1909 Section Two Sadhana in Pondicherry, 1910 1950 The Early Years in Pondicherry, 1910 - 1926 The Realisation of 24 November 1926 The Sadhana of 1927 - 1929 General Remarks on the Sadhana of the 1930s The Supramental Yoga and Other Spiritual Paths Remarks on the Current State of the Sadhana, 1931 - 1947 Section Three Some Aspects of the Sadhana in Pondicherry Inner Vicissitudes and Difficulties Unusual Experiences and States of Consciousness PART THREE THE LEADER AND THE GUIDE Section One The Guru and the Avatar The Guru The Question of Avatarhood Section Two Help and Guidance Help from the Guide Guidance through Correspondence Sri Aurobindo's Force Therapeutic Force and Healing Lights, Visions, Dreams Darshan Contact with People Outside the Ashram PART FOUR THE PRACTICE OF YOGA IN THE ASHRAM AND OUTSIDE Section One The Practice of Yoga in the Ashram, 1926 1950 Entering Sri Aurobindo's Path Admission, Staying, Departure The Ashram and Its Atmosphere Sadhana in the Ashram Discipline in the Ashram Rules in the Life of the Ashram The Ashram and Religion Human Relations and the Ashram Work in the Ashram Life and Death in the Ashram Miscellaneous Matters Section Two The Practice of Yoga in the Ashram and the Outside World The Ashram and the Outside World Yoga Centres and Movements PART FIVE MANTRAS AND MESSAGES Section One Mantras On Mantras Mantras Written by Sri Aurobindo Section Two Messages Messages Written for Special Occasions NOTE ON THE TEXTS