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Abdul Baha 2:104-11; 4:316-17 Abhimana 6:404-05 Absolute, the 11:158 arriving at 16:253 relative and 10:9 Abuse solution to 12:157 Accidents causes of and protection from 4:63,121,268,272-76; 5:119-20; 6:1-3; 7:147; 12:113; 16:323 chance and 4:148 in sports at Ashram 12:288-89; 16:413 to body 5:403-06 witnesses of 4:11 Achilles 10:278 Action(s) according to opinion 10:236-38 according to Shastra 10:318 acting like others 9:43-48 against the Mother's will 17:59,64 all belong to Divine 10:47 as a knot 8:70-72 as spontaneous expression of our character 2:50 atmosphere created by 3:198 attachment to 7:396-98 attitude towards 8:160-62; 16:48,181 bad 16:306-07 bad thought is a bad act 5:146-47 being and 10:319 "better to do than to say" 3:215; 9:94 by inner command 17:317 calmness and 8:330-31 centre of 2:93 choice or preference? 8:405-08 complete peace in 11:326 conforming to purest will 17:131 conscious and unconscious instruments of 8:174-75 consciousness of the Presence in 5:74-76; 6:393; 10:295 consecrated, after identification 17:69-70 consequences of, intervention of Grace 2:57; 3:30; 5:363; 10:47; 14:24-25,230-31; 16:352 desire and 4:1-2 bad 16:306-07 bad thought is a bad act 5:146-47 being and 10:319 "better to do than to say" 3:215; 9:94 by inner command 17:317 calmness and 8:330-31 centre of 2:93 choice or preference? 8:405-08 complete peace in 11:326 conforming to purest will 17:131 conscious and unconscious instruments of 8:174-75 consciousness of the Presence in 5:74-76; 6:393; 10:295 consecrated, after identification 17:69-70 consequences of, intervention of Grace 2:57; 3:30; 5:363; 10:47; 14:24-25,230-31; 16:352 desire and 4:1-2 detachment from 4:163,278; 8:104,324-25 determined by temperament 2:50 devotion fulfilled in 10:331 directing in right way 2:70 discernment in 8:3 disinterested, bears its fruit 16:82 Divine see Divine action divine Will and 16:181,337 doing the best possible 4:117,119-20; 9:94 during physical sleep 2:32,35-37,106-07; 5:417; 16:232,357-58,378; 17:14,367 effect of individual a. on mankind 10:71-74 ego, Grace and 4:279-81 ego observing and spontaneous 6:402 enlightenment and impersonal 2:49-51; see also below impersonal error and 10:172-73 escape from 7:292; 8:327-28 expression of our thoughts in 2:61 fear of being mistaken in 10:197 feeling and, in Japan 2:149 filling and fulfilling one's role 4:93 for contact with Divine 6:393; 16:181-82 for the right and good 16:48 for spiritual good of others 2:67-70 free and imposed 4:32-33 general words on 14:346-47 Gita on 7:398 Gita's spiritual 10:64 God and 10:231 governed by the Divine 6:393 greatness inheres in motive of 10:285 harmony of 7:1 illusion of 3:66-67 impersonal 2:49-54 impurity of 10:296 in accord with the Mother 17:70,79 in complete peace 11:326 inaction and 10:231 indication of value of 9:31-32 individual 4:253-54; 9:5-6 inner freedom and 7:292-93 integral 2:70 interest in 4:277-78 intervening in someone else's 10:236-239 is the Divine 11:260 judging 4:38-42 knowledge and 10:319 lack of control over 17:376 mental complications hindering 2:84; 10:181-82 mind and 2:92; 3:50; 4:3,6; 5:101; 6:463; 8:190; 10:67,116-17; 15:329-30,333 misfortune and 10:49 motives and significance of 2:91; 10:292-93 necessity of struggling and choosing 8:3 not determined by mind 10:116-17; see also above mind and not for personal considerations 16:48 object in 4:390 occult 16:34-35 observing oneself doing 7:19-20 of Avatar in universe 9:332-34 of bad thoughts 2:90-91; 5:146-47 of different wills on mankind 5:198-200 of Divine Grace 8:251,295,316-17,325,340; 10:19,233-34,247 of experiences 8:341-43 of the Force 8:10-13,71; 10:231,234 of hierarchy 10:71 of hostile forces 3:66; 16:187-88 of human will on the Mother 10:230 of individual victory on the world 5:20 of the Lord 10:152-53 of love 16:210 of mankind 9:256 of the Mother 9:112-14; 11:92,100,171,270-71; 13:82-86,92-98; 17:82,304 of the new consciousness 11:226-33; 17:366-67 of peace on body 4:266 of religion 10:252 of the Spirit in the world 8:10-11 of Supreme Will 4:84,408 of thoughts and desire 2:61,84-92,106-08 of vibration from above and resistance to 10:232-33 of women during the war 2:144 of world personality 8:378-81 on a wide scale 17:259 only under Divine impulsion 10:197 opinions and 10:236 organised on psychic screen 5:199-204 pausing before 17:80 people blind to the ugliness of their own 3:197 perception and 9:31-32; 10:291 perfection of 8:175; 10:308-09 personal will as one of Nature's means of 10:54 power of 2:90-91; 8:359-61 prior to understanding 10:146 progress and 16:397-98 purification of 5:213-14 purity or impurity of 10:296 reason and 10:291 rest in 5:396-97 results of 4:279-81 right spirit in 9:95-97 rule of 4:13 self-forgetfulness in 4:363-65 silence and 2:160; 3:67-68; 9:113; 10:294; 16:425; 17:310 soul and 10:295 speculation and 9:256-58 speech and 3:215; 9:94; 14:224-26 spiritual 2:68 spiritual life and 17:80 spontaneous 2:50; 6:402; 8:282-84; 9:30-31,318; 10:116 supramental 7:324; 8:178,204-07,292,312-17; 10:29,116-18; 15:106 surrender in 4:373 That which causes 10:295 thought's incapacity for 8:359; 10:124,146 to conform to thought 2:24 transformation and 2:106-07 true 3:67-68; 9:31-32 truth of diverse 8:408 truth transformed into 2:105 unconscious instrument of 8:174-75 understanding follows 10:146 unitary field of 10:118 universal play and 3:60 unselfish 16:181 vibration of desire and will in 10:177-78 vision and 10:124-25 wastage of energy and 16:370-71 when being is unified 8:380-81 will and 5:46-48,129; 9:176 willed, and surrender 3:18-19 wisdom and 10:236 without attachment to result 7:396-98 without preference or desire 4:1,12,388; 7:292-93 without thought 10:146 words have power of 2:65 wrong 3:200,264; 17:100 yogic activity in 9:29-31,316-18; 14:36-37; 16:181-82 yogic aim of 4:390-91 Activity(ies) abandoning 16:303 approaching the miraculous 9:95 contemplation and outer 4:123 during sleep 17:14,367; see also Action, during physical sleep excessive material 10:231 hyperactivity 10:199 in Ashram life 9:95 mental 8:359-66; 17:167 mental quietude and 16:345 passivity, receptivity and 6:112-14 rest and 17:14 utilising energies and 16:24 Admiration selfless 3:158-59,175 Adoration only to the Supreme Lord 16:269 Advent of the new being 17:366-67 of the new creation 17:396 Adventure "the great adventure" 9:151 the supreme 8:40-41 true spirit of 7:327-28 Adversary, the aspiration in 7:424 conquering 7:402; 16:136 liberation from 7:402-03 suffering brought by 7:402 see also Adverse forces Adverse Forces (Asuras; Hostile forces) 6:240,305; 8:269,373,393-94; 11:257-59; 14:160; 15:88,93,365-66,386 absolute truth can conquer 16:50 action of 3:66; 16:187-88; 17:110,394-95,409-10 ambition and hold of 6:248 anger has nature of 10:81 anti-divine forces 5:180; 8:81; 16:10 as examiners 14:42-43 aspiration for disappearance of 10:121 aspiration in 7:424 Asuras 5:98-100,375-79; 6:161,172-74,245-48; 10:65; 15:322; 16:388 attack(s) from action against 3:33-35,188 conscious of 5:94-97 formations return as 7:81-82 illness and 3:55; 5:180-88 immunity to 7:143 in meditation 7:80-81 in various forms 5:158 indirect 5:102-03 losing Divine's protection brings 5:167-68 on aspirants of yoga 5:157-58 protection against 7:82,147 repeated 5:94-95 symptoms of 16:19-20 boasting and 7:18 cause all world wars 5:305-07 "censors" 9:279-80 conquering 9:5-9; 16:50 conscience and 16:348 conversion of 4:188; 5:98-100,375-77; 6:161,174,245-48,435-37; 10:282; 17:216 cyclone and 17:20 death of people governed by 6:246-47 definition of 10:65 fn delay transformation 7:2,406 depression created by 3:139 despair and 10:56 destruction of 7:307; 10:99 discernment of 5:102 distort Divine Will 3:170 distort the vital 3:73 the Divine and 6:169-73; 15:22-29; 16:388 domain of death and 6:55 Durga's fight against 5:97-98 emanations of the first four 4:188; 5:372-82; 6:172-74,247-48; 9:206-07 existence conditioned by 6:462 fear and 6:49,51; 16:189,330 fight against 3:211 formations of 6:41-42,55,214-15 function of 7:17-19,366,403 gods and 16:370,381 the greatest beings of Light 4:119,188; 5:375-78; 6:172-74 have perverted love 10:213 hate the beautiful, noble and pure 5:99-100 how to face 4:169 humanity and 11:258; 15:24 in guise of friend 5:157-58 the inconscience 5:373 influence of 5:234-36; 6:305,434-38 insincerity and 9:306-07 instruments of 5:235; 16:190 Jehovah is chief 10:93 last chance of 6:459-60 "The Lord of Falsehood" 4:184-88 passim; 5:376-79 "The Lord of Nations" 4:185-88 passim; 5:98-99,376-79 lower nature and 16:189 microbes of the vital 6:191 money and 6:251 most active before great accomplishments 6:240 necessary 3:34,66 never tempt 16:14 no action on psychic world 3:62 of destruction 16:8-9 oppose divine manifestation 7:406 patience against 16:188 perversion of mind by 10:87 physical mind under sway of 3:61 possession by 5:97; 6:245-48,434-37; 16:249 progress and 7:16,18; 8:22-23; 10:120-22 protection against 7:82 Rakshasas 15:26 raison d'etre of 4:188,252; 5:95,98 Ravana 5:326,328,379 rescuing life from 7:406 resisting 5:235 role in creation 10:120-22 sacrifice to 8:81 sadhana and 10:56 seizing Sri Aurobindo's teachings 15:408-10 sex and 15:24-25 sincerity and 5:95; 7:18,366 sovereign sway over material world 9:4 struggle of, with the new spiritual force 9:5,297-98 suffering and 15:360 tests of 4:354; 17:334,385 theory of world-illusion and 9:4 tradition, rapid union with the Divine 5:328-29 transformation and 7:2,406; 16:384 transformation of 5:95 trap of 16:188-89 victory against 5:235-36 vigilance against 16:187 will disappear with disappearance of ego 3:218 world under influence of 5:235-36 cf. Force(s); Formations; Vital beings; Vital entities Advice 5:303 from the Mother 17:196 giving and receiving 17:37 never listen to bad 17:67 Affection 17:44 love and 6:134 Affinities 17:94 Age (Aging) 3:238; 15:128-29 supramentalised body and 16:324 Agni 14:168; 17:81 difficulties burned by 17:148 flame of aspiration, will 7:373; see also Aspiration, flame of conversion of vital and 3:138 fulfillment of 16:363 kindled by the Mother 17:106 purification and progress 10:76 psychic flame and 16:208 see also Fire; Flame "Agni" (Hindi youth magazine) 17:332 Aim/Goal 4:164,181,213,351,356 become true to 17:250 bourgeois ideal 9:65 central motive of earth existence 9:208-09 definite, in this life 16:325 definition of 5:352,354-56 earth-worm existence 5:394 egoistic 16:269-70 everyone should have 12:3 for children 12:432-33 high, vast 5:392-94 ideal of attitude in action 9:29-31 ignorance and 10:260 in work 8:160-61 individual 5:203,303,357 love is the way and 16:211 the Mother's only 5:352,354-56; 17:65,385 never forget 16:378 of action 4:390-91 of the body 4:123,326-27 of concentration 4:8-9 of creation 3:31-32; 10:48; 11:268,289; 16:283-84 of evolution 9:182-83,321-23 of existence 8:120; 16:386,421,425,432 of former spirituality 9:298 of human life 2:125-27; 5:392-93; 8:176,368; 12:18,312; 14:3-8; 16:429-30; 17:381 of incarnation 2:52 of individual life 5:203,303,351 of integral yoga 16:392 of last Avatar 8:270 of life on earth 2:39,49; 4:117-18; 7:211; 8:120,176; 9:15-19, 208-10,253-54; 10:291; 12:3-8,18,312-13; 14:3-8; 15:82-84; 16:386,429-30,432; 17:102,381; see also Life, aim of; Man/Mankind, aim of life of nature 2:157-58 of physical education 8:243; 12:275-78,298 of psychic being 4:149 of spiritual life 10:291 of Sri Aurobindo 6:314-15 of Sri Aurobindo Ashram 7:394; 8:179-87,366,386; 9:17-19 of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education 7:391 of studies 8:364-66 of yoga 3:30,38,64; 6:440-42 peace 9:298 possessor of all names 2:125 progressive integral transformation 9:107-11 seeing clearly the 9:17-19 sincerity leads to 4:74,252 to know the Divine 16:428 to realise perfection 17:361 yogi's, in science 8:158 Alcohol 6:74-76 Allah 2:125 All-Consciousness leaving decisions to 11:184 Alternations cause of 16:133 Altruism 10:282-85,314 Ambition 17:109,119,221,235,297,330 canker 5:8 creating better than the Divine 5:16 fire that burns 3:4 hold of adverse forces and 6:248 in the mind 16:54 pulling the divine forces 5:22 sadhana and 6:237-38 service to humanity 3:9; 5:12-16; 14:296 undoing of many Yogis 3:7-8 vital conversion and 5:255-56 America Japan and 5:343 the Mother's message for 13:387 message of 1949 15:64 presence in Viet Nam 16:337-38 worth of a man in 7:311-12 youth in 11:1,6 Amour-propres 5:144; 17:343 ridiculous 16:194 Ananda 11:2 aspect of the Mother, descent of 6:291-95,302-04 "content" of 11:43 cruelty and 10:107 divine pleasure 8:121-22,192,369 evaluation of vibrations and 11:11 God is 10:345 in the physical 14:385 in the sex-centre 17:76 of creation 8:226 of identity and union 8:226-27 perversion of 16:399 pleasure and 6:292; 8:121; 16:297-98,390 purpose of manifestation of 16:390 suffering and 11:112-14,141 Supreme Lord and 16:297-98 see also Bliss; Joy Anarchism nature of 10:311 Anarchy individual and 10:306 Angels 4:165 many names for 7:161 world of 7:160 Anger 7:89,107,114,141,206,348,421; 16:198 belongs to lower humanity 10:278-79 comes from vital 16:336 consciousness and 4:179 control over 4:170; 8:350-53; 16:193; 17:364,376 deformation of vital power 10:81 feeling results of 16:26 received from atmosphere 8:54,393 removing 16:6 right attitude and 6:340 Anguish unnecessary and useless 16:371-72 Anima 17:81-82 Animal(s) 13:247 after death 17:290-91 animality in man 7:329; 8:368,377-78 ants 5:154,267; 8:60 attitude towards 17:104 cats see Cats chickens 6:65-67; 8:80 compassion for 17:174 consciousness in 9:211 cow as sacred 17:280 cruelty to 6:65-67; 16:110-11 diseases in, cause of 5:273 dogs 5:248; 6:182-83; 17:4 fascinated by human language 7:22 fear and 5:241; 7:28-29 fear in 6:49-51 get taste of food? 17:246 the giraffe 5:251 harmonise with Nature 7:53 helper and bar 17:110 humanity and 11:26 in circuses 7:28 insects, creation of vital beings 5:149-50,309 instinct of 4:27-28; 9:304 lost in contact with man 5:274 more reasonable than man's 9:100-01 procreation in 5:149 intelligence in ants, cats 8:60 life of see Animal life love and 6:102,106-07 love for men in 5:240-42 man and 7:325; 9:100-01,180,218-22; 14:292-93; 15:367-69; 16:402-03 man not understood by 9:271 man, the supramental being and 11:46,51-52 marvellous qualities in 7:330 mastery of 3:166 maternal love in 5:244-45 mental life of 4:167,240 need to be something else 9:232-33 no ill-will in 5:149-52 psychic being in 3:151; 4:26-28; 7:100 rebirth as 3:145 reincarnation of 7:99-100 repulsion felt towards certain 3:100-02 sacrifice of 5:347-48; 6:65-67; 8:80 senses developed in 4:236-39 significance of: antelope 17:8 birds 17:4 cat 17:6 deer 17:3-4 dog 17:4 dove 17:6 elephant 17:4 goat 17:8 hare 17:5 lion 17:3,11 monkey 17:159 parrot 17:4 peacock 17:4-5 pelican 17:7 pig 17:9,240 reindeer 17:6 scorpions 17:56 seal 17:4 snakes 17:56 swan 17:4 snake, remedy alongside the evil 5:365; see also Serpent species, satisfied with its special qualities 9:232 spirit of the species 4:236-39; 5:149,305; 17:291 spiritual presence in 9:339 strength and stillness of 8:330-31 vanity of 4:29-30; 11:261 victim's love for slayer 5:151-52 violence and 6:372 see also Animal... Animal kingdom 16:234 Animal life spontaneous 9:303 tendency to imitate 9:238 Anxiety 14:239 due to self-concern 16:121 fear and, from desire 2:90 stop, in relation to a child 17:415 Apocalypse apocalyptic vision of prophets 9:300-01 Appearance(s) deceptive in physical world 10:300 destruction of 10:99 knowledge and 10:17-20 passim of Divine as cruel 10:106 ordinary consciousness and 10:179 outward, and essential Truth 16:391-92 reality and 10:17 reveals inner reality 10:300 soul and 10:23-24 sublime reality behind 10:46 truth and 10:48 truth behind all 10:45 wisdom and 10:17-20 passim Arabs Jews and 13:389-91 Arbre Ensoleille 12:333-34 Archetypes 7:122,352 Argent 6:253 Aristophanes 10:147,156,354 Arrogance 6:241 Art 15:249-50 "artistry", need of contrast 9:27-28 as an imitation of Nature 10:249-50 attitude of yogi towards 8:158-59 "beacon", inner, turned towards 5:128 beauty in 4:311-12 Buddhist temple 5:326 cubism 5:333 curve of 4:302 decorative 5:341 the Divine expressed in 5:321-22; 8:158-59,191 drama, sensational 3:108; 5:223-24 evolution of 5:333-39 future 7:190 history of 4:298-302 impressionist 4:301 Indian 3:108-10; 4:312-13; 5:341-42 in Egypt, Greece, India, Japan 3:108-10 Japanese 4:306-09 life and 3:108-10 machinery and 10:323 modern 5:333-34; 7:45-47,188-90; 10:323 the Mother's reactions to 7:188-90 nature and 10:249-51 obstacle to 5:337-38 of Second Empire 4:301 old painting 7:189-90 painting, source of 7:351-52 photography and 4:300 photography as medium of 7:45-48; 10:250 raison d'etre of 5:332-33 realising the Divine through 5:83 realism 4:302 Renaissance 4:301 science or 5:128-29 specialisation and 6:18-19 stained glass 7:47-48 stained glass windows 5:321 subtle-physical and 16:118 synthesis of East and West in 5:342-43 true and highest 3:104 truth in 3:110; 4:313 unity in 5:339-40 use of special powers 9:90-93 value of 5:76,83 vital world and 3:106-07 war's effect on 4:302-03 Yoga and 3:104-13; 8:158-59 see also Artist(s); Music; Musician(s); Photography; Writers Artist(s) attitude of 8:159 Cezanne 4:300 compare work of Supreme Lord to 10:40 creation of earth compared to that of 10:220 definition of 5:321,325 Dutch painter of Sri Aurobindo's portrait 5:368 expressing the Divine 5:321-22; 8:158-59,191 function of 5:332-33 great artists of the same period 4:311 imitators and creators 10:310 infuses consciousness into hands 5:261-62; 8:319-20; 10:30 irregularity of conduct 3:106 Leonardo da Vinci 3:110; 4:301 Manet 4:301 Moreau, Gustav, disciple of 4:298 painter's fame-hungry vital 3:138 painter's perception of sitter's atmosphere 5:388 private lives of 4:156 self-satisfaction, an obstacle to 5:337 sense of moral beauty 6:71-72; 7:58 signature of 5:342 survival of death 3:146 true 4:364 will in action and surrender 3:47-48 Yoga and 3:104-13 see also Art; Musicians; Writers Arya see Sri Aurobindo (2), works of Asceticism/Ascetics 5:117-18; 6:63-70; 10:196,313; 12:21,48-50; 16:190; 17:306,320-21 avoids contagion of men 4:75 beauty and consciousness of 7:181-85 by preference 10:302 egoism 4:334 fasting and practices of 9:117-18 in a past life 4:148 leads to pride 6:301,428-29 love of humanity and 10:83 paganism and 10:322 practices of 5:171-72; 9:117-18 renunciation of pleasure and 6:292,301-02 self-torture 6:182 spirituality and 3:53-54 value of 10:294 way of relating to Divine 10:114 way of, suppresses the problem 4:179,382 woman and 10:301 see also Austerity; Discipline; Tapasya Ashram, Sri Aurobindo see Sri Aurobindo Ashram Aspiration(s) 2:19,126; 9:191; 11:6,265; 12:427; 14:75-81 activity of 6:112-13; 11:192-94 agnostics and 5:144 altruistic 2:68 answer to 5:57-58 ardent 17:190,198 as Grace given to man 5:89 as the positive side of Yogic work 8:22 awakens identity 11:64-65 bargaining and 4:101 best form of meditation 4:104-05 calm 5:396-97; 17:111-12 cling to 11:262 common, for progress 2:69 concentrated over centuries 6:271-72 concentration and 10:300; 16:86-87,180 consecrating oneself to highest 16:276 constant 4:2,34,343-44; 5:170; 8:211 contradiction of 16:378 correct 3:249 crystallised in legendary accounts 10:62 desire and 4:101,136-37,336; 6:336-38,409; 7:64,241-43; 16:409 development of 4:343 difficulties and 4:180,383; 14:243,246,249 Divine accepts all sincere 10:345; 16:172 Divine aspires, not you 8:79 Divine Grace and 16:252; 17:21,139 doubt and 5:396-97 drawing down an evolutionary being 5:265 effective 17:279 effort in 5:89; 8:24; 10:244,300; 16:294 expression of, in outer life 8:247-48 external conditions and 8:161-62 fire of 16:184,363; 17:127-28; see also below flame of first thing necessary 3:1; 4:67 flame of 3:208-09; 5:142-43,350; 7:373; see also above fire of; see also Agni for the Absolute 7:93 for active identification 10:198 for disappearance of adverse forces 10:121 for the Divine 6:133,176-77; 14:230; 16:177,359,371 for Divine love 4:244 for Divine perfection 10:58,288 for Divine union through outer act of worship 8:235-36 for exceptional children 4:145,168,260 for faith 6:121,394,403-04 for greater knowledge and wisdom 2:60 for the Infinite 16:423 for the Mother's love and peace 17:61,76 for superman, the birth of 2:157 for the supreme realisation 10:85 for transformation 9:191; 16:391 for understanding 7:239 for union 8:235-36 for yoga 7:214 force that answers depends on quality of 3:98-99 formulate in quietness 17:361 free from words 6:99 frees one from social ties 17:198 from the heart 6:389; 16:172,225 fruits of 17:159 fundamental seat of 3:130 greatest in silence 17:380 harmonising power of 10:233-34 highest 17:131 human 5:89; 10:244 ignorance and 10:27; 16:359 ignoring deep 2:50-51 immobility and 11:193-94 impetus towards the new race 2:164 in the cells 4:339; 5:57; 6:392; 16:369; see also Mother's body, the, aspiration of in plants 3:132 individuality and 11:185 individual's, for collective ascent 5:250 the Infinite and 16:423 intense 7:196; 10:66,200-02 intermittent 17:103 is always good 17:264 knowledge and 10:256 lighting the psychic fire 8:252 meaning of 3:168 meditation and 17:14 mental 5:293; 16:225-26; see also below psychic and mental mental curiosity and 8:206-07 miracles and 10:161,165 mistakes and 5:142-43; 10:197 mixed with desire 6:328,336-38,409; see also above desire and mixed with violence 6:420-21 not many bring 11:252 of Asuras 7:424 of body 3:130-32; 5:293; 6:139-41; 9:160-64; 10:227; 16:369 of different parts of the being 5:395; 6:391-92; 7:422-23 of Japanese people 2:150 of love 17:185 of the Mother's body see Mother's body, the, aspiration of of nations 10:309 of the physical mind 11:95 of the psychic 4:145; 14:79-80 of the psychic being 4:168; 5:265 persist in 16:268; 17:103 physical 5:293 planes of 5:143,293-94 prayer and 5:92-93,141-45 pressure on the outer crust 4:100,282 pride and 5:351 progress and 6:175-77,337-38,386-87; 8:205-07; 10:34; 16:304-05 psychic and mental 7:9; 8:22,235-36; see also above mental pulling and 11:25; 14:80-81 realisation and 8:174,244-46 realising desire and 7:241-43; see also above desire and receptivity and 5:397; 6:115-18 rejection and 6:329-30 remain concentrated in 16:86-87 remedy for inertia 11:193; 16:309 replaced by laziness 10:200 resistance and 6:242-44 response of supramental consciousness 8:178 response to 4:98-99 right attitude in 8:124 sincere 5:159,350; 16:145,171,365; 17:21,63,172,369,380 somewhere in the being 17:304-05 spiritual 4:165,304; 5:293 spiritual experiences and 16:323 spontaneity and sincerity in 5:350 suffering and 4:295; 11:41-44 sufficient to attract That 10:170 the supramental descent and 11:314 tapasya and 4:343-44 taste for adventure is 8:40 tears and anguish 16:371 technique and 4:42 to be what the Mother wants 16:369; 17:374 to contact psychic 17:369 to do one's best 4:117,119 to feel the Divine Will 4:2,115 to find the Mother again 17:127,365 to find the Supreme Lord 17:379 to grow 8:25 to help others 17:377 to know and to serve 17:159,377,380 to live within 10:268 to open the heart 17:96 to overcome inertia 17:25 to receive energy 16:124 towards Sun and truth 2:28 twelve men aspiring 8:93 two modes, joy and anguish 8:249-51 vigilant 4:180,335,360,362 virtue and 8:143 vital 5:293 will and 4:2,117,254,282-83; 17:124 Assimilation period(s) of 3:88; 16:252 Assurance of overcoming difficulties 16:169 of receiving help 17:189-90 of sincerity 17:386 of victory 16:122,145 that nothing is impossible 16:186 Astrologers 12:158 Astrology 4:312; 15:37-38; 16:306,402 as a language 7:369 half-knowledge 9:284-85 horoscope 8:91; 9:285; see also Horoscope Asuras (Asuric forces) see Adverse forces Asuric being possession of the body by 16:249 see also Possession Atavism 2:24; 12:427-28 character and 7:375-76 difficulties from 4:160-62,198,261 heredity and 7:376; 8:25,52,198,200 liberation from 4:262 subconscient and 4:261; 16:282 see also Heredity Atheism definition 10:363 utility of 10:286 Atheist 10:251; 16:366-67 God as the 10:57,363 hate of 10:341 view of creation and evolution 10:344 Athens 10:21 Athletics purpose of 12:275-77 Atman dry coconut image of 7:206 Atmosphere(s) agitated 17:56,414 alien influence in 17:158,197 full of egoism 17:114 heavy physical 17:193 in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 17:111-12 jealousy creates bad 16:116 mental, bad thoughts in 8:207-10,309 of a country 4:223,230 of discord 17:171 of others 17:97,121,140 suitable for study 17:160 personal, made of one's vibrations 16:13,32 Atom idea of another dimension 4:139 presence of the Divine in 4:139,240 psychic in 4:141 Atomic bomb 15:48 Attachment(s) 3:9 affection and 17:44 affinities and 17:94 expression of 17:132 freedom from 10:196 getting rid of 16:377-78 indications of 16:197 life without 16:157 love and 16:409 not desirable for spiritual progress 17:132 old 17:393 overcoming 16:303 repulsion and 17:22 sentimental and vital 17:132 "teguments of the soul" 7:340 Attacks 17:33,59-60,385,388,393 immunity to 7:143 from adverse forces see Adverse forces, attacks from of minor spasms 17:413 Attention concentrated, to music 16:232 concentrating the 9:360-61 development of 12:25 turned towards oneself 16:131 Attentiveness necessary for the spiritual life 6:96-97 see also Awareness; Consciousness Atilla the Hun 16:34-35 Attitude all depends on 16:181 between the Mother and others 12:332 can transform circumstances 6:123-25 commercial 8:129-30,133-34 conciliating and understanding 17:411 digestion and 3:292 education and 12:340 egoism in inner 6:28-29 enlightenment and 2:49 experience of pain or pleasure and 10:247 for coming to the Mother 17:128 Gita's, towards God 10:102 highest possible 3:170-71; 8:408 hostile, of two sexes 2:145 ideal of complete consecration 7:192 in asking from the Divine 8:123-25 in games 4:388-89 in offering 4:133 in studies 8:364-66 in typical meditation 2:29 in vital, of depression 17:405 in work 4:33,163,215; 8:160-61,166 in yogic life 16:181 inner 2:65; 4:403; 6:28-29; 8:208; 16:290 mental, to body 8:141 mental, with Guru 4:76-77,91 of allowing the Divine to act 17:177 of average man to the Divine 3:2-3 of a baby-cat 4:94 of blaming the Grace 4:361 of breathing up above 11:228 of children 12:340,442-43 of consciousness 12:367 of intervention and non-interference 10:237-38 of service to the Divine 17:180 of teachers 12:185-86 of true love 2:40 of the true vision 8:398 of the yogi (to science and art) 8:158-59 one absolutely indispensable 16:279 outer and inner 2:65 power of right 3:154-55,170-71 receptivity and 5:371 right 6:340-41; 7:32; 15:244; 16:179-80 scientific 2:128 study and progress 6:154-55 to avoid harm 17:109 to the new consciousness 8:129 towards animals 17:104 towards captains and teachers 12:160 towards difficult life 10:58 towards Indo-Pakistan war 17:376 towards the past 17:301-02 towards poverty 10:268 towards thought 2:75 towards transformation 10:304 true 17:69,139,302,392 drifting from 17:135 equality as 10:59 in Ashram 7:394 in work 7:391 towards what one does not know 10:27 Yogic 3:9 Western, towards God 10:102 with regard to others 10:22-23; 17:57 Attraction(s) 3:89-90; 17:62 for the Mother 17:330 of forces in nature 16:177 repulsions and 16:197 AUM (OM) 2:64; 12:449 Aura 10:238 Aurobindo, Sri see Sri Aurobindo Auroville 11:174-75; 13:193-356; 17:328,331 Aspiration talks 13:317-355 Charter of 13:199-201 children of 12:425 cinema and 12:246 collective experiment 10:270 early conceptions of 13:257-282 ideal of Ashram and 10:270 land of, aspires 16:3 marriage and 13:242-43 Matrimandir 13:229-33,283-316 money, government and 13:275-81 organisation of 13:205-06,225 personal property in 13:195,208,213-215 physical culture of 13:344-45 poverty and 10:269-70 raising money for 13:252-56 reason for establishing 10:269 relations among Aurovilians 13:206-08 relations with local villagers 13:248-51 religion and 13:212-13,226 rules in 13:245-46,352-53 Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 10:270; 13:202,209-11 suffering and 10:270 to be an Aurovilian (conditions for living in) 13:198-99,203, 206,208,210,213-28,245,319,342-46 Austerity 12:48-50 mental 12:57 of feelings 12:64-71 vital 12:55-57 see also Asceticism/Ascetics; Discipline; Tapasya Authority 12:195 human, a symbol 4:92 Authors modern 12:325-26 see also Books; Writers Automaton 6:212 Avarice generosity and 3:119-20 Avatar(s) 13:22; 14:87; 15:20-21,299-300; 17:76 aim of last 8:270 Avatarhood 13:50 birth of the Eternal on earth 9:177-78 Buddha as 7:296-97 Christ as 10:61; 17:76 definition 10:61 highest form of love 12:69 in Kaliyuga 16:272 incarnations of the One Being 9:197 meaning of 7:296 miraculous moments in earth-life 7:418 necessity in the world of divine emanations 5:275-76 of Vishnu and Shiva 7:297 one cannot realise supramental life 10:138 origin of all 9:332-334 Rama 10:311 reason for incarnation of 5:388-89; 8:167-68 Satyavan, in Sri Aurobindo's epic 5:391 special action of each 9:197 Sri Aurobindo as 10:255 supermind and 10:255 truth of 10:254-55 two perfections 9:93-94 Vibhuti and 4:398-99 work of 3:178-79 Awareness by identity, true knowledge 3:178 knowledge and 3:167 of difficulties 16:284; 17:85,93,112,119,130,310,322 of the Divine 7:240 of forces 6:419-20 of origin of one's movements 4:38-40 progress and 16:31-32 see also Attentiveness; Consciousness Awkwardness in caring for things 16:183 B
Bach, Johanne Sebastian 3:111-13; 5:76,78,262 Bad good and, defined 3:185; 8:5-6; 15:330-31; 16:120,135,171,277,378 see also Evil Bad action 16:306-07 Bad advice never listen to 17:67 Bad atmosphere created by jealousy 16:116 Bad feelings 16:113; 17:81,90 Bad state 17:99,389 Bad thoughts 2:90-91; 5:146-57; 7:81; 8:207-10,309,349; 9:252-54; 16:129,262 see also Evil Bad will (Ill-will) 5:145-50,167; 17:395 against someone 5:146,180-81 cause of illness 5:179-88; 15:158-59 depression 17:74 Kali and 16:143 none in animals 5:149-52 stronghold of 16:426 Baha Ullah 2:104-05; 4:316 Bahai religion 2:104 Balance 3:190-91; 8:286; 14:185 harmony, progress and 7:56; 10:266 in work 16:132 lack of causes misery 4:40 loss of 17:168 medical science of perfect 4:63 obsession and 4:346 of the being 16:77 of forces 4:251 of health for the body 8:368; 16:131; 17:7 perfection and 4:14-16,24 rest to recover 17:346 to attain true Union 16:175 Bargaining 17:99,108 Beating being beaten and 16:13 giving to God 10:95 Beatitude 14:196 ego and 10:278 living 16:365 ready for us 11:325 Beauty 12:234-35,239; 13:380-81; 15:6,249-51; 17:84,340 adverse forces, hate the beautiful, noble, pure 5:99-100 "aesthetic conscience" and 7:181-85 art and 13:380-81 artistic 4:311-12 artists' sense of 6:71-72; 7:58 belief in the Divine and 16:342-43 body, making it harmonious 4:54-57; 5:114-16; 10:300; 15:373 children should aspire for 12:16-17,21 cosmic consciousness and knowing 5:331 Divine presence is joy and 7:402; 8:122 each has its own particular 16:91 education and 12:20-21 expression of Divine 8:216 form and 7:182,279 home of 4:403 ideal of a woman's physical 8:243; 12:298-99 imagining beautiful life 4:155; 5:387-88 in Japan 2:150; 4:306-09; 5:325 in physical world 10:300 in poetry 7:279; 17:341 influence of a beautiful story 8:118-19 love and admiration of 5:234-35 manifestation of harmony and 3:109-10,113 modern art and 4:297,299 of giving a rose 4:166; 5:242-43 of the hideous 10:46,70 of soul and body 10:300; 15:373 of thoughts 2:60; 5:388 of tree in growth 5:113-14 perception of, behind all things 10:72 physical 4:55-57 physical culture and 12:287 place of, in yoga 8:216 relative ideals of 8:58 religion and 7:174 Sachchidananda principle of Supreme 10:45 sense of cruelty and 6:71-72 in different countries and races 5:330-31 in flowers 4:166-67 in itself 5:331 in the vital 4:165-66 simplicity, freedom and 10:323 spontaneous flowering of 5:242-43 supramental 16:78 suprarational 7:168,174,181,184 tapasya of 12:50-55 true 4:166; 5:331 truth and 7:279 ugliness and 10:45-46; 16:78 Beethoven, Ludwig von 3:111-13; 5:76,262,264 Beggars 16:407 Behaviour correct 3:249 ignorance and obscure 17:142 of children after school 12:364-65 Being absorbed in consecration 16:385 action and 8:380-81; 10:319 advent of new 16:436; 17:366-67 animal, man and supramental 11:46,51-52 aspiration drawing down an evolutionary 5:265 asuric 16:249 balance in 16:77 becoming the Divine by identity 8:94,109-10,284-85,377-79 changing the way of 4:121-22,253,262,333,373 conflict in 16:156-57 consciousness of all elements of 2:128-29; 4:34,233,236; 5:102 consciousness of physical 12:347 contact with outer 6:427-28 death and 5:138-39 delight of 8:226-27,327; 9:1-2; 11:109 depths of 17:372 development of 8:396 different states of 7:295-96; 16:432 difficulties help lead 6:386-87 direct contact with true 11:120-27 Divine at centre of 7:193,240; 16:377 the Divine and physical 16:359 gone astray 17:62 homogeneity in 5:8-11 incarnation of the One 9:197 inconscience in 9:330-34; 11:27; 16:157 inner, seeking revenge in dreams 2:32 inner laws of one's 3:278-79; 4:327 inner states of 16:236,331 judging another's state of 9:131 Kali, a real 6:68 lack of unification of 16:360-61 learning to enrich 7:313 lower 6:442-45; 16:154 man is a transitional 10:87,299; 12:116 the Mother's knowledge of truth of 6:165-66 Nirvana behind all planes of 7:248-49,318 parts of 6:316-17; 17:90 aspiration of different 5:395; 6:391-92; 7:422-23; 17:304-05 assimilation and 16:252 becoming aware of higher 6:421-23 education of lower 17:113 experiences translating into all 8:342,380-81 faith in different 7:115-16 insignificant 5:1 pure, contact with in sleep 16:376 reason guiding one 9:98-112 sattwic and tamasic 16:157 some open, some veil, the consciousness 6:394 surrender of 6:219-20 withholding consent 6:128,133 witness in different 6:426 yoga in one 17:94 personality and central 17:85 progress and change of 4:100-03,116 the psychic and 9:16-17,228-29; 10:29-30 psychic see Psychic being sense of unity of the 10:281 spiritual base indispensable for 8:367-68 spiritual laws of each 8:141-42 strong being is quiet 16:125 supramental see Supramental being that will succeed man 17:366 there is only One see Divine, the alone exists transforming the whole 16:368; 17:81 truth of 4:36; 6:27-28; 8:52,124,325; 10:138; 12:351; 17:182 truth of deformed 6:165-67 truth of every 8:136,141-42,280-81,326,387,396 True see True being twelve senses in developed 4:230,235 understanding and 7:239 unification of (unifying) 4:81,88-89; 5:134-36,139; 11:290-92, 307; 12:3-4; 16:362-63,377-78,396,410,412-13; 17:82-83 unity in 8:285; 10:281 vision of a marvellous, in the Inconscient 9:332-33 vital see Vital being the whole, saying "I am Yours" 16:162,378 will and 2:30-31 see also Central being; Exterior being; Outer being; Overmind being; Physical Being Beings dissolving adverse 5:96-97,119 evolutionary and involutionary 5:324 "family of beings", consecrated to same work 5:2 help of fairy-like 4:275 in mental worlds 7:161 independent 9:50 integral and external 16:303; 17:68 mental 4:62; 8:35; 16:196 of higher worlds 4:165,184,196 of other worlds 7:157-62 on other planets 7:166 predestined 6:386-87 possession of body by rakshasik 16:249 thoughts as living and active 2:28 Vedic Rishis, involutionary 7:360-61 see also Vital beings Beings who help human beings 17:49-50 Belief "he who is not credulous" 3:224 in the Divine 16:341-43 in reincarnation, in India 16:366 knowledge and 10:20; 16:20 Benevolence 14:200-01 Bengal 13:368 Beylion, Hector 6:379-81,383-84 Bhagavat Purana 10:60 Bhakta(s) 3:10-11; 10:331-64; 16:171,298-99,471 Bhakti 6:174-75; 10:331-64 Bible story of Esau and Jacob 6:161-62 Bibliotheque Choisie 12:329-31 Birth according to the ideal 2:153-54 aspiration for superman's 2:157 begin education at or before 12:9; 17:372 changing consequences of 7:375-76 choice of 8:26-27 day of Christ's 4:6 direct method of transmutation 9:84-86,128-31 formation of new bodies in supramental life 9:85-87,129-31; 10:119-20 new 9:18-19,136,431-32; 17:193; see also New birth of soul 8:198,200-93,215,333-38 of the Eternal on earth 9:177-78 stupor of physical 5:217,253,412 Birth control 17:280 Birthday 17:172,374,381 how to spend 16:413 the Mother's cards on 16:347 true meaning of 16:310,396-97 why we celebrate 7:336 Bitterness 17:298-99,333 Black magic 17:414-15 Blame always put on others 6:97 blaming oneself 16:289-90,309-10 cf. Relations with others (Relationships) Blancpain, Marc 12:325 Blavatsky, Madame 4:275 Blessings asking for the Mother's 17:165 difficulties as 17:406 of the Mother see Mother (2), the, blessings of of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo 17:189,191-92,198,213,357 Blindness feeling like blind man 16:179 of physical mind 10:205; 16:205 Bliss 14:196 desire and 17:107-08 drop of honey is Divine 9:23-25 is precious 16:122 true delight 9:8-9,40; 12:16 see also Ananda; Joy Blows Divine love and 10:58 from the Divine 4:122; 10:48,57-58; 16:92 the Mother giving 16:91,170 utilise for progress 16:92 Boasting 17:167,209 Body 12:247; 14:383-86,389-90; 15:129-30,374 accidents and subtle physical 4:268-69 accidents to 5:403-06 action of peace on 4:266 after death 15:132-33 asceticism and 6:70; see also Asceticism/Ascetics aspiration in the physical 3:130-32; 5:293; 6:139-41; 9:160-64; 10:227; 11:13-15; 16:369 asuras and 6:173-74 attacks to, immunity to 7:143 attitude of breathing up above 11:228 austere habits for 12:49-50 Avatar and Vibhuti taking physical 4:398-99 balance of health for 8:368; 16:131; 17:7 beauty and harmony of 4:54-57; 5:114-16; 10:300; 15:373 bearing pressure of time 16:366 becoming almost non-existent doing exercises 5:56 beyond physical laws 10:229 bodily mechanism, an instrument 5:75 body-mind see Body-mind; Material mind cells of see Cells (of the body) changing the 7:105 character and 6:1-2 collaboration of 16:370 compared with thought 4:219-20 conquest in 8:401-402 conscious hands 4:404 conscious will helps in development of 9:121,153-55 consciousness of see Body consciousness consciousness, physical see Physical consciousness considers its feelings to be very concrete 10:158 correspondence with inner movements 4:264 curing by descent of consciousness 4:251 by different means 4:251,266-71 by exercise 16:131 certitude of 9:163 disease of 15:163-66 the Divine 4:251 one's own 5:185,403 p.25 pain in 7:130-132 see also Cure/curing death of see Death, of the body desires of 16:302 deterioration of 9:282-83 develop and control 12:50-55; 13:344-45; 16:301 developing capacity to bear the true Consciousness 11:141 discipline of 9:98-102 disease and 10:246,324 Divine and 14:383,389; 15:299-300 Divine Consciousness descending into body 5:323-24; 11:157-59 Divine force flowing through 17:253 divine life in divine body 9:110 divinising 16:368 does not separate you from the Mother 16:163-64 drinking, smoking and the 6:74-76 each part symbolic of inner movement 3:88; 5:60,272-73 education of the senses and 6:78-91; 7:57-59,309; 12:20-21 ego of see Mother's body, the, ego, disappearance of endurance of 4:54,251 energy, physical, spending and receiving 8:195-97 equality, basis of 5:23; 11:14 evolution and 10:28-29 experiences of 10:180 expression of a deeper Reality 8:212,214 expression of true soul 3:169 exteriorisation see Exteriorisation fainting 4:125 faith and 6:124-25; 9:125,162-64 falsehood in organisation of 11:226-27 fasting 8:141; 9:117 fear in 3:57; 5:169; 16:296-97 cells of 4:212; 7:145; 9:121-22 gymnastics 5:119-20 inertia and 12:397 food and 4:334-35; 6:36-37; 7:62-63; 8:381; 16:131,195-96,302 form, fixity of 5:260-61 formation of by direct transmutation 9:128-30,237 by psychic being 4:144-45 limitations of present 8:203-04 of new 9:86 glorious 9:85-86; 11:182-83 going out of the see Exteriorisation growth of 5:112-15; 8:25 habits of 4:345,367 health of, influence of mind and vital on 5:295-96 human, and animal 9:83-85 human, finding Divine presence in 8:35,176,214 human, made for intellectual life 9:218-20 identification with 5:361; 7:255 ignorance regarding development of 10:31 illness in see Illness immortality and 10:28-29; 12:82-87; 16:195,429,436 incarnation in physical 2:52 inconscience, subconscience, superconscience in 16:234 individual not limited by 8:55,389-97 individuality and 6:257-60; 15:309-10 indoctrinated by mind 10:325 inertia as base of 3:144; 12:397 "inner physical" 7:139-40 inner states expressed by 4:55 instinct of, destroyed by wrong education 5:295-96 instrument of self 5:75; 10:29 intelligence and 6:3-4 knowledge for 6:110-11 knowledge of needs of 6:36-37 learning to express new consciousness 11:228,230 life not limited to physical 10:133 limitations of 9:43,48; 11:242-43 link with 10:227 living only by the Supreme Will 4:339; 10:228-30 the Lord and 16:366 mastering activities of 8:378-79 medical and scientific conception of 10:179 medicine and 9:122-24; 10:324,328 memory of 6:366-69 mental control of 4:355 mental attitude toward 8:141 mental equilibrium in 6:310-12,314-15 mental formations and 11:226-33 method of changing the conditions of 3:96-97 method of treating 9:108-11 mind and, relation between 5:294-96,402-04; 7:43-45; 8:141,319; 9:106,124,152-55; 10:271,325; 11:191-92; 16:297,400; 17:346; see also Body-mind; see also below relation of mind and vital to most capable of perfection 6:114 the Mother's see Mother's body, the mummy 4:196-97 nature which exceeds 10:244 need of strong nerves and 3:11 need to draw out all possibilities from 9:94 needs of, physical 8:140-41 new 4:54-57; 9:86; 11:302-06 no anxiety about 17:353 no longer depending on physical laws 10:229 no right to ignore 11:8-9 not one's "self" 16:155 obedient 4:79 occult processes for acting on 9:152-55 of supramental being 16:403 old spiritual doctrines and 6:63 only Supreme keeps it alive 10:230 perception of 8:55 perfection of as remarkable instrument 4:326-27 must be continuous 7:209,217-18; 8:20-21 must be governed by reason 9:98-99 physical, goal of 4:123,326-27 those who want 4:123 perfectly adapted to environment 10:89 physical education of 12:7-8,12-17,275-81,285; see also Physical culture; Physical education plasticity of 8:25; 16:421 possession by hostile forces 5:97; 6:245-48,434-36; 16:249; possibilities of 8:196-97,243 power and 10:230 power to bear the Mother's Force 17:51 preparation of 3:145; 7:259 preserves separative individuality 3:169 problem of widening 10:118-19 progress and 5:260-61,267; 8:196-97; 10:29; 12:259,288-89; 16:397-98 progress and decomposition of 5:112-16,207,210,359-60; 12:359-60 progress of, to dispense with death 7:208-09; 16:429 protection given by 3:47-48; 7:24; 12:247 psychic and 7:44; 10:29-30; 17:367-68 psychic being and 16:249 punished for a vital fault 17:75 purification only when ready 6:179-81 realisation by one body 4:159 receptivity of 17:402 increasing 4:265-66 limited due to fixity of form 5:260-61 to supramental force 9:110-11 yoga and 3:85-91 re-entry into 6:53-55; 17:412 relation of mind and vital to 4:53; 5:294-96; 10:27-28 remain occupied without strain 17:357 remedy for suffering and illness 9:41-42,123-26 remembers illness? 6:366-69 respiration, true movement behind 5:61 fn sadhana in the 7:32-33; 9:348-49; 10:31 samadhi and 8:276-77 self and 10:27-32 passim self-torture 6:182; see also Asceticism/Ascetics senses of, functioning falsified by preferences 8:398 sin of 10:271 sleep see Sleep somnambulism 4:126-28 soul and 3:169; 10:26; 16:358; 17:75 speaks to Supreme Lord 10:10 spirit of the form 4:196-97; 5:136 subconscient influence on 4:211,251; 7:144 sub-conscious construction of 2:153 subtle see Subtle body Supramental and 10:29; 15:120,124 supramental body see Supramental body surrender and aspiration of 10:277 surrounding movements, rejection of 6:339 teaching it immobility and aspiration 11:13-15 to bear pain 10:171-72 training the 4:56; 8:364-66 trance, sleep and 15:120 transformation of the see Transformation of the body trust in life 5:297-98 twelve senses in developed being 4:230,235 unconsciousness in, diminishes intensity of suffering 3:198 understanding for 8:54-55,212-14 understanding with 9:325-26 united with inner truth 9:111,117 value of 4:123 very enduring servant 3:136 vital and 3:144; 4:264,368; 16:164; see also above relation of mind and vital to what is done in one can be done in all 11:92-93,95,100 work as "body's prayer" 7:391; 14:321 yoga and 4:338-40; 10:136-40; 16:348,359 yogic force prevents rigidity of 5:268 see also Body... Body-consciousness 5:323-24; 7:237; 10:193,228; 15:301 intervention of the mind and vital in 5:294-96; 6:140-41 knowledge of 11:139,194 manifesting in cells of body 11:93-101 opening to the Divine 6:388-89 physical consciousness and 16:231 psychic being and 6:447-48 replacing mental government of intelligence with 11:106-07 sickness and 16:21-22 totalises 6:114 transformation of 6:110-11; 15:315-16 see also Physical consciousness Body-mind physical transformation and 11:16-21,74 relation between body and mind 11:279-81; 16:400 Supramental manifesting in 15:117,203 see also Body, mind and; Physical mind Boldness 14:180; 16:286 Books developing one's thought and 16:244 dirty, obscene 16:201 Doctor Knock, by Romains, Jules 5:188 earth-memory and book-records 5:279-82 elevating ending 4:155 experiences, past, in 5:285 french 12:324-26,329-31 identification with author's thought 5:223 Jerome Coignard, by France, Anatole 8:68,70 learning from 7:341-42,347 Mahabharata 5:324-25,327 novel, plot of exists on mental plane 3:156 occultism in 12:148 of aphorisms 8:164-65; 10:1-364 of revelation 8:163-64 of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother 16:232-33 of true knowledge 3:52 opening for answers 8:163-171 preparing our own in the Ashram 5:416 Ramayana see Ramayana reading 3:27,65; 4:152-55; 7:287-90,310-13,341 selection of 12:147-49,324-26,329-31 Sleep and Dreams, by Dr. Vaschild 2:30 viewpoints in 4:202 vulgarity in modern times 7:310-11 Wu Wei, by Borel, Henri 7:397; 8:267,282-83,286 see also Mother (2), the,works of; Sri Aurobindo (2); Novels; Writers Boons why men flee them 16:17; 17:181 Boredom 4:89 commonest evil 8:175 cure for 5:49-52 in ordinary life 4:89,205-06 men's general condition 7:313-14 origin of all stupidities 4:205 progress and 5:48-52; 12:73-76 remedy for 12:73-74 screen, projecting oneself on a 5:199-204 state of 7:2 Borel, Henri 7:397 "Wu Wei" 8:267,282-83,286 Boys and girls 16:279-80,282,285; see also Womin,men/boys and Brahma 10:225 Brahman 2:125 all events in 10:305 creation and 10:230,340 end is 10:304-05 manifesting of events in 10:305-06 no beginning or end in 10:218 pressure of 10:247 Brain 11:187; 16:126 at age of five 5:203-04,289 ballast in 4:305 before age of seven 4:140 brain-bath during meditation 7:300 building of 16:198-99 cells of 7:250 comprehension, phenomenon of 4:111,198,267 formation of 4:140,198; 8:180-83,385-87 in state of sleep 4:353; 5:25-26 making supple 4:203-04 memory and 6:20-22 mental activity and 2:33 mind is independent of 6:307,314-15 pain and 16:325 preparation to understand 16:233 sense-functioning and 4:11 subtle hands, mind and, of an artist 5:261-64 thought and 6:307,310-12,314-15 Bravery 14:180 Brindavan exile of Krishna in 10:63 ideal and earthly 10:60-61 British Government the Mother's attitude towards 13:125 Buddha 8:234,286; 11:170,177; 12:95-97; 15:407; 16:327; 17:76 as avatar 7:296-97 Buddhism and 3:76-77; see also Buddhism "create by conduct and state of consciousness the world in which you live" 3:199 deified 7:296-97 did not turn away from the realisation upon earth 3:194 form of the Divine 5:79 in atmosphere of earth 16:380-82 "incarnations" of 3:78-80 the Middle Path 3:190; 5:358; 10:104 moral healthiness of age of 3:235-36 Nirvana see Nirvana on charity 2:96 on desire 4:382-83; 6:36-38,409; 7:7-39,292-93,316-18; 8:52-53; 16:409 on individuality, an illusion 4:174 on self-control 4:90 problem before him 5:148 spiritual life of, a joy 3:203 standpoint of 4:213-14 statues of 9:195 teachings of 3:194-95; 4:293; 7:292-93; 9:21,196-97 vibrations continuing after death 5:19 view of ignorance, science and the 7:316-17 see also Buddhist(s); Buddhistic... Buddhism 5:326-27 absence of fixed ego according to 3:248 desire as origin of creation 9:8 Dhammapada 9:196-97; see also Dhammapada Eightfold Path 3:248-50 formation of 3:77 heaven and hell to 3:199-201 idea of Fate and 15:247 ignorance and desire for life 7:317-18 impurities and purities 3:190-91 life, an illusion 7:292-97 "the Middle Way" 10:204 negative way 10:71 Nirvana 9:4; 10:336 on desire 7:37,292 on mastering desire 7:39,320 suffering, mental solution of 7:318 view of work 10:266 see also Buddha Buddhist(s) 11:173 Law of 2:125 story of 9:52-53 temple of 5:326 tradition of 2500 years 8:151 Buddhistic realisation 4:328 Buddhistic terms 4:257-58 Bulletin purpose of 4:7 Bullocks treatment of 16:105-10 Business 15:277 honest 17:250-51 Byner, Han 2:93-94 C
Caesar death of 10:61 Call(s)/calling calm 6:377 the Divine 3:160; 7:415; 8:93; 16:290; 17:238,365,378-79 down the Truth 17:249,356 from family in illness 17:318 for protection 17:403-04 the Grace 5:367-68 the guru 4:129 the Mother 6:201-02; 7:88; 16:44-45,96-97,184,189,215-16,372; 17:43,253 responding to the Divine 3:2; 8:223 response and 16:388 spiritual, and Yoga 16:251 Sri Aurobindo (invocation of) 17:43,298,378,414 world of delight 16:255 Calm/Calmness 8:286; 12:114; 14:140-141; 17:8 action and 8:330-31 agitation of mind and vital 17:69 aspiration for 5:396-97; 17:111-12 bringing down 16:231 calling 6:377 conversion and 17:46 discipline and 12:338-39 effect of music 16:235 endurance is force of 8:329-31 for power to bear Force 17:51 found in your soul 16:175 the Grace and 17:21 grateful and, distinguished 6:63-64 heart and yoga 16:156 in looking at things 17:129 in the mind 14:370-71; 17:129; see also Mind, quiet mind indifference 17:163 inner 17:190,253 Light received by 16:66; 17:129,133 meaning of 17:76 of will 16:159 ten minutes to relieve tension 17:195 tired nerves and 16:83 to become aware of the Mother's Presence 17:123,133,198 to cure a child 17:413 to get out of difficulties 17:93 to illumine the mind 17:129,133 to let an attack pass 17:393 to unify one's being 17:82-83 waiting for inner change 17:59,124 cf. Peace Calvin, John 10:345 Camus, Albert 12:324 Capacity(ies) 17:169,321 development of 6:18-20; 10:6 for enthusiasm 7:423-24 for manifestation of will 3:46 for occultism 6:189-90 for total identification 10:115 for vision 4:108 for work 5:320 human incapacity 16:402 man's, for spiritual life 9:211 of the body 11:95-96,98,141; see also Progress, body's capacity for of the mind 7:231 of teacher 16:262 of women 2:83-84,143-45 psychic contact and new 9:396-97 suffering proportionate to 4:44-45 supreme 9:86-87 to admit all theories 10:337 to heal 16:429 Captains (instructors) of physical education 9:80-81; 12:355-56, 360,364-68; 16:263,285,288,403-04 attitude towards 12:160,109 see also Physical education Care gives interest 17:91 of material objects 16:183; 17:88 Castes mixture of a pure blood 5:248 social organisation 5:247-48 Cat(s) attitude of a baby-cat 4:94 baby monkey and baby cat 3:45 doing yoga 8:8 dream about 3:166 exteriorisation of 4:321-23 eyes of 4:322-23 guarding her kittens 5:244-45; 7:98-99 intelligence in 8:60 Kiki, the Mother's cat 4:237-39 meditating 4:239; 7:99-100 the Mother's observations about 4:27-28 mouse and 5:150 significance of 17:6 story of artist's 7:27-28 wanting to be human 5:229-230 Catastrophes 4:44 causes of 4:192; 7:16-17; 8:261 Egyptian tombs and 4:197 fear and 7:63 if the Mother's orders disobeyed 17:302 of Nature 3:38; 4:175-76; 5:153 prevention of 5:191-93 war 9:169-70 Cells (of the body) 14:384-85 aspiration in the 4:339; 5:57; 6:392; 16:369; see also Mother's body, the, aspiration of calling for power 10:168 consciousness of 4:139,339,404; 6:36-37,114; 7:237; 11:93-101, 261-63,282; 15:315 consciousness must change 11:282 curing damage to 6:288-89 death and 12:344-47 Divine Consciousness in 10:193; 16:360 energy in 7:72 experience in 4:255 fear in 4:212; 7:145; 9:121 have faith in the Divine 10:171 in a hurry 10:203 instinct of true beauty in 4:55 joy in 9:23,42,162-63,191 life of 2:54 making them understand the reality 9:42 of the brain 2:33; 7:250 opening to the Divine 6:388-89 peace in 16:183 prayer of 11:91-95; 12:283-84 song of 4:339 thirst for the Divine 16:369 true vibrations and 10:180 understanding in 9:147-48 will share in Truth and Delight 9:42 world in miniature 12:345-46 yoga of 10:234 see also Cellular...; Mother's body, the, cells, experiences in Cellular mind see Material mind Cellular consciousness 4:139; 7:237 Cellular response 7:261 Cellular substance 7:426 Central being lies in the heart 3:1 personality and 17:85 psychic being and 6:425; 17:85 surrender of 3:7 unification and 16:362-63 unification with 3:126 Central will 2:129; 6:421-22 individual will and 5:196; 10:74 Centres (Lotuses) 6:77-78; 17:76 awakening 7:213,339 emotional 16:225 "Lotus of Knowledge" 7:338-39 of concentration 3:1; 7:252 of consciousness 17:395 solar plexus and heart-centre 7:252 "thousand-petaled lotus" 7:212-13,338 see also Chakras Ceremony 16:271 installation of idols 4:397 utility of, following death 4:204-05 Certitude 11:20; 14:86; 17:179 confidence, inner 4:73,94,134; 9:255 of choice 5:396-97 of curing the body 9:163 of victory 5:5-7; 9:255; 16:173,186; 17:189 peace of 16:115 Cesar, Franck 3:111; 5:76,272 Cezanne 4:300 Chaitanya 8:43 Chakras opening of 16:367-68 will replace organs 10:146 see also Centres Chaldean initiation 2:109 Chaldean language Aryan and 8:153-54 Chaldean legend about "Divine's Love" 7:370-71,378 Chaldean religion 4:289,316; 6:119; 7:244 Chaldean tradition 8:402 accidents and 4:148 coincidence and 10:40 deceptive appearance 10:45 for progress 16:421 guidance of world by 10:55 illusion and 10:44-45 last, of adverse forces 6:459-60 not in universe 10:44 role of, in world 4:408; 10:55 Change/Changing 5:350,377 by revolution and ignorance 16:153 character 4:92,118,262,342; 16:349; 17:399,407 conditions of sadhana in the Ashram 6:295-96 determinism, by Divine will 4:84,160-61,408 determinism, by surrender 7:366-67 difficulties and 5:303-04; 16:284 elements unwilling to 4:74,332,410 endurance for 4:251,336 events in subtle physical 10:130 everything is in perpetual 16:157 experiences and 9:240 frivolousness and 16:169 the functions of the senses 6:355 great, a new race 16:415 habits 16:159 human animal to divine man 17:361 impossible overnight 17:364 in physical life 14:232-33 inner 17:59,124 karma 5:93 life 4:121-22; 8:68-70,300-01; 9:18-19 lower nature and 3:163; 7:114,197-99 mind and 10:189 the most marvellous 16:153 the Mother's prayer for 9:300 nature of man 16:322; see also Man, changing of being and progress 4:100-03,116 of condition 17:73-74 of consciousness see Consciousness, change of of eating patterns 17:263 of forms 9:226-27 of knowledge into experience 8:67,101 of the manifestation by Sri Aurobindo 9:11-12 of Nature 10:98; 17:209,237,405 of sex in rebirth? 17:362 of work 4:373-74; 17:248-49,280-81 on earth 17:326,350 oneself 4:39,77-78,118,253,338 progress and 5:192; 10:61 psychic and spiritual 16:223 resistance to 16:330 self to change world 4:253 supramental force 9:240-41 the Supreme and spiritual 16:223 tamas through Divine consciousness 17:287-88 time and 4:220; 11:53 to new quarters 17:387 transformation and 4:102,336,349-50 truth into falsehood 10:39-40 understanding and 8:98-102 the vital 4:78-79; 6:305; 17:168 why man does not 16:291 why things do not 5:12-13 will for 4:337,350,356; 5:97 the world 4:253; 7:187,323,; 9:145-46,156-59; 10:189,300; 11:187; 16:158 see also Transformation Chaos 17:392 Character actions as spontaneous expression of 2:50 anger, rejecting 4:170 atavism and 7:375-76 body and 6:1-2 changing 4:92,118,262,342; 16:349; 17:399,407 children and 6:2-3,11-12 control over 16:413-14 creation of, to manifest Ideal 2:153 defect, overcoming a 4:178-81 forming 4:304 habits, old 4:345 heredity and 7:375 how the Mother knows peoples' 5:219-22 illness and 6:2-4 learning and 12:124 love and 17:376-77 observing one's own 17:375 of students 17:307-08,312-13 revealed in sleep 4:60 to progress in 16:430 vital and 16:147 see also Individuality Charity 2:6,49,95-102; 12:96,100 act of: is it beneficial? 2:100 begins at home 2:97 Buddha on 2:96 Charity Bazaar, a story 4:175-76 definition of 2:95 desire and 2:101 evil done in name of 2:100 four modes of 2:95-96 love and 2:96,101 nature of 2:95-102 work and 17:225 Cheating 12:201-03; 17:233-34 Cheerfulness 8:23; 14:192; 17:335 difficulties and 16:69 story illustrating 2:184-87 Child(ren) 3:159; 4:220-30,291; 10:213 adverse formation, very rare 5:411 age of five, organise life of 7:179 aim not same for all 12:432-33 are conscious 12:195 are most important personages 5:288 aspiration for exceptional 4:145,168,260 aspiration of women for 8:201,319 aspiration to grow 8:25 attitude of 12:340,442-43 attitude towards "little movements" of 12:442-43 as material emanations from parents 5:381-82 behaviour of, after school 12:364-65 being one all one's life 5:288 between age of seven and fourteen 8:180-81 brain at age of five 5:203-04,289 brain before the age of seven 4:140 calm to cure 17:413 centre of attention 6:255-56 character and 6:2-3,11-12 childlike path 17:122-23 choice of friends important 9:55-57 choosing games for 16:200 "classics", reading 7:287-90 conception of 2:154; 4:260; 5:413; 8:201,335 control of 16:201-02 cruelty in 6:5 desires and 6:411-15 destructive 5:234,410-11 development of faculty of observation in 12:22-25 development of mind in 12:26-27 differences among 12:183-84 discipline in 12:334-38 disinterested work and 12:365 Divine 17:184 Divine presence in 4:26 do not be anxious about 17:415 do not scold 12:11,195-96 dreams of 4:128,149; 8:116-19; 9:161-62 dreamy, absent-minded 17:413 education before birth 17:372 education of see Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education evolution and 5:345-46 eyes of 4:26 fear and 5:410; 12:124 first cry 4:140-42 food and 12:13-14; 17:305 forbidden to hit 12:197 force of growth 8:196 formation of, by environment 8:391 formation of consciousness in very young 9:262-63 fourteen, until age of 4:6 freedom and 7:202,286; 12:386; see also Sri Aurobindo Ashram, children...; SAICE, freedom of... growth by inner push 7:139-40 happy 16:59; 17:120 have everything to learn 12:368 having 16:6 heart of 16:61 held in the Mother's arms 17:130 homework and 12:198-200 household work and 12:16 how to educate 12:9-11 how to teach French to 12:324-29,331 The Ideal Child 9:80; 12:250-52 illness and 12:14-15 imagination of 5:410; 16:61 in Japan 2:151-52 in Sri Aurobindo Ashram see Sri Aurobindo Ashram, children in incarnation of psychic being in 8:202-03,335-37 independence and 12:153 influences on 5:413-14; 8:203-04,392 inner life and imagination of 4:128 inner truth 4:26 intellectual study and 12:334 learning and 12:135,368 learning from 4:91 learning languages 12:418-19 learning to enrich the being 7:313 leaving with servants 5:413-14 little children and energy 4:4 love of beauty and 12:16-17,21 love of, for her mother 17:157 maternal love and 6:106-08 maturity needed for choice 5:289-90 mind of 16:202 obedient 4:93; 17:55 occultism and 6:39-41 of Auroville 12:425 of the Light 16:118 of the Mother 16:87,117,159,362; 17:51-52,94,115,121-22,130, 210,212,365,374 older people and 5:296 openness of 11:251-52 organisation and 6:12-13; see also Organisation parents and 4:27-28; 5:243,381-82,411-13; 8:200,204,392; 11:211; 12:366-67,434-35,446; 14:312-15 path of 17:121-23,212 patience with 16:202 physical education of 12:12-17 plastic matter 5:288 playing and 12:134; 17:152 prayer and 12:334 prizes and 12:365-66 prodigies 8:315-20 the psychic in 4:140,146,246; 5:27,217; 6:4-9; 17:120 psychic life in 17:122,157 qualities of 8:118 qualities to cultivate 4:24-26,28 reason in 7:179 receive and spend energy, etc. 5:210 religion imposed on 8:198 remembering past lives 4:149 self-control, use of with 16:201-02 separation of boys and girls 16:282-85 should aspire for beauty 12:16-17,21 should not drag burden of the past 12:404-06 sincerity and 15:319-21; 17:51-52,125-26,130,210 sleep and 5:296; 12:15-16 spontaneous flowering of 5:243 studies for 12:334; 17:152 tamas and need of excitement 5:414 teaching 12:151-57,324-29,331 thoughts of 2:79 treating with quietness 17:413 unconscious, striving to become conscious 17:75 understanding 4:157 uneducated, chooses bad company 3:244 violence and 12:196-97,436-40 vision not exclusively material 5:410 visions of 7:129 visiting one's parents 16:412 the vital and 5:297-98; 6:11-13 vital energy in 7:137-142 war-children 4:303 when they prove unreasonable 16:95-96 wickedness in 5:412-13 work and 12:16,339,365; 16:29; 17:152 writing for 17:332 yoga and 7:200,202,356,417-18; 17:122-23 "you are my child" 16:72 young people and Mahasaraswati 4:404 China 6:70-71 India and 16:274-75; 17:217-18 philosophy of 8:150 use of Tao 2:64 Choice 11:17,30-32 accident, moment of 5:403-06 between distortions 10:217 certitude of, repose in action 5:396-97 choosing what to manifest 4:326-27 constant 4:343 double life and 4:378 free, before demanding something 5:288-89 free, of emanations 5:376,379-81 free, principle of our universe 5:310,374-75,379-82 freedom of 5:90-91; 7:344; 8:296; 10:88; 12:369-70 instrument, divine force choosing 5:252 maturity necessary for 5:289-90 moment of 4:403; 5:405-06 the Mother's experience of 11:30-34 negro's 5:330; 8:57-58 of birth 8:26-27 of friends 9:55-57 of human interest 8:23,26-27,31 of place for Sri Aurobindo Ashram 5:355-56 of psychic 4:145; 5:412 of sensations 12:55-56 of sex in reincarnation 4:183 of words 16:46 of work 2:49-50 power of 10:287 preference and 4:1,327; 8:398-400,405-08; see also Preference psychic's, before death chooses next life 5:215-17,253,265,268-69; 8:202; 15:136 refusing impulses 6:343 remembrance and 4:143-47,151,183 Sri Aurobindo's letter on 4:327,341-44,347-49 surrender of personal will and 10:287 teachers preparing own 5:106 to remain in universe or not 8:234 vision and 10:124 will, ignorance and 10:287 Christ, Jesus 16:327 assumes human ignorance 10:61-62 avatar 10:61; 17:76 day of birth 4:6 evolution and 10:61 failure of mission 10:260 form of the Divine 5:79 gospels and 10:64 "incarnations" of 3:79-80 life of, humanised Europe 10:63 message of love failed 10:261 Muslim story about 4:82 fn,370 replaces Moses 10:258 sacrifice and 10:61-62 significance of death of 10:61 still bound to cross 10:59-60 story about an idiot 16:369-70 visions of 3:16-17 Christianity creation and 10:102 God in 2:125; 6:119; 7:244 gospels and 10:64 idea of Fate and 15:247 message of mediaeval 10:272 way in which it was formed 3:76-77 Christians visiting churches of 16:414 Christmas in Ashram 17:366 Christs new 11:87 Churches 16:414 occupied by vital beings 6:194-97 Cinema 12:244-48 going to 16:273 instrument of education 7:299-300 instrument of perversion 7:299-300 perfection of instrument 4:326 songs in 7:297-98 way to watch 16:416 see also Films Circumstances 6:250-51; 14:229-33 attitude can transform 16:123-25 cause of discomfort? 17:399 conspire to justify doubts 16:41 contact the Divine in all 10:350 effort of organising 16:303 estimation of 16:229-30 happiness and 16:290 in life see Life, circumstances in inner and outer 17:191,237 intervention altering 17:189 organisation of 6:175-77,386-87 psychic consciousness and 7:382 radiate life in all 10:298 so unpredictable 17:190,198 when to avoid 16:197 Civilisation(s) disappearing 5:250 great periods in 4:311-12 history of 5:249 lack of, in Europe 10:323 mental self-control and 6:317-18 modern 3:204-05; 16:399 Nature and 5:329 now ending based on mind 2:155 prepares physical instruments 4:329-30 present 3:136; 4:304-05 Clairvoyance/Clairvoyants 4:125,274; 6:353-55 Cleanliness inner and outer 4:360 Cleverness sincerity and 16:26 Coincidence chance and 10:40 proof and 10:252 result of consciousness 10:40 Cold head-cold 17:165 towards someone 17:171 Collaboration 8:131,206,256-57; 14:199 hierarchy of 10:71 in transformation 16:383 individual effort, push to collaborate 9:5-6 lack of, and psychic 16:367 need of 8:251,258,295 of body 16:370 of Nature 5:251; 9:245-48; 17:291 of the vital 4:50-52; 5:55 suffering disappears with 10:50 to participate in new world 9:158-59 true 10:72 with the Divine 5:63-66 with the Force 17:391 Collective ascent individual effort and 5:250 Collective atmosphere 7:147,323 Collective concentration 4:105-06 Collective consciousness for individual transformation 5:62 lower than individual 9:354 Collective difficulties 7:413-21 Collective discipline 8:197-98 Collective effort for sincerity 8:249 Collective establishment form of 2:59 human psychological consciousness 10:75 of ideal society 2:47 Collective experiment Auroville 10:270 Collective illness 16:300 in Ashram 7:151-52 Collective imagination influence of 6:107-08 Collective meditation 9:37-39,141-42 Collective prayer 9:37-38,369-70 Collective progress 8:132-33,264-65 individual and 9:141-42,172-74 Collective realisation individual and 8:49-50,133 Collective sadhana in Ashram 7:413-21 Collective suggestion(s) 2:24,76,110; 4:236; 5:313-16; 7:245-46; 8:54,390-92 Collective transformation individual and 2:47-48; 4:382-83; 5:62; 7:323; 9:108,110-11; 10:316; 11:51-52,109-10,180-82; 16:329 Collective unity 7:413; 10:310 Collective victory of thought 2:89 Collective wealth 7:92 Collective work 16:264 Collective yoga 7:413-21 Collectivity 5:250 according to Sri Aurobindo's idea 9:137 collective action of members of 2:48 effect of new realisation, upliftment 9:298-99 individual and 4:382; 5:305-06; 7:323; 9:140-42,172-74 inferior to individual 4:36 laws of 8:143,197-98 living, of individuals sharing new realisation 9:315 the Mother's programme for realisation of the Work 5:354 movement for progress 8:265 nature of 10:139 ordinary and true community 9:140-42 profiting by other's experience 5:364-66 profiting from new Force 8:129-30 rising up or falling back to subhuman level 9:299-301 sense of insecurity: political and religious associations 9:354-55 symbolic vision of 9:137-40 see also Collective...; Community Colour(s) 15:40-41 appearance of in meditation 6:378 developing sense of 6:85-86; see also Senses, education of in J.S.A.S.A. Championship Badge 12:269 in Olympic Rings 12:267-68 symbolism of 17:363 Comfort 17:251 aspiration and 11:252 from stories of Divine Grace 17:292 happiness and, in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 13:131-33 progress and material 9:85-87; 16:296 shrinking from 17:320-21 Commerce 4:376-77 Common sense 14:184 is not a judge 16:343 Communication of experiences 4:222 oral and direct 6:94-95 usual distortion in 9:288-89 with the Mother 17:171 with spirits 5:36 with others 16:192 without language 6:94-95 Communion 9:247-48; 16:398-99 between the Divine and the mind 3:156 consecration and 17:176 mental 2:111 with the Divine 16:425; 17:176,178 with the psychic 4:244-45; 7:38-40,68-69,78 Communism 15:63 condition for 10:306-07 diviner 10:308 Vedanta and 10:307 Communists Americans and 16:338 Community ideal, at nucleus of supramental creation 15:405-07 ordinary and true 9:140-42 see also Collectivity Community life 13:170-71 Compassion 11:29,158; 17:10 Divine 11:42-44; 14:138-39 experience of entering infinite 6:144-46 for animals 17:104 Grace and 16:346 gratitude and 15:297 incapable of 16:190 noblest gift of temperament 10:359 pity and 10:360 Competition(s) physical education, the Mother's messages for 12:275-81 progress and 12:289 sports and 9:96-98; 16:403 vital upset during 5:169-70 Complaining 12:34; 14:237-38; 17:116,118 Complaints 3:131; 16:207-08 Compulsion brings deformation 9:50-51 freedom and 8:297 Conceit superficial knowledge and 16:200 Concentration 2:103; 6:309-10; 8:145,182-83,228-29; 9:209; 12:25,28,171,207-08,389; 14:51-52; 17:55 aim of 4:8-9 "all-receiving" 7:422 aspiration and 16:86-87 at Sri Aurobindo's Samadhi 16:395; 17:378 attention, perfect 4:5,199,364-65; 9:360-61 becoming aware of nocturnal activities 2:36 becoming conscious of the Divine force through 6:398-400 before sleep 16:266-67,357-58; 17:48 centres of 3:1; 7:252 collective 4:105-06 constancy of 4:180; 16:24 contemplation and 7:278 daily at fixed time 17:369-70 definition of 4:5 developing 5:125-29 dispersion and 4:4; 12:260-61; 16:224; 17:169,361 the Divine and 3:20; 16:180,190; 17:47,158,278 don't overdo 17:101 exercise of 16:318 experience through act of 7:79 fatigue and 16:23-24 first aim of 4:8-9 habit of 2:64 headache and 16:300-01 how to increase 12:400 identification through 5:225; 16:44 important to develop 5:125-29 improper 17:156 in the heart 6:389; 16:148,161,311 in the inner being 16:93 in the playground 4:105-06,122; 7:257-59 in sports 9:82-83; 12:260-61 in studies 5:104-05,125-28,220-21; 12:199; 17:71,79,153 indispensable for all realisation 4:282; 9:360-61 intensification of 4:100,105,137-38 learning and 12:199 listening in silence 4:199,208 listening to music with 16:232 mastery of 7:80 meditation and 4:7-8,104-06,120-23; 5:388; 7:277; 9:381-84; 10:63; 14:105-06; 16:180,231 of energy 16:125,186; 17:221,303 of the Force 17:55,296,317,361,370,407 of thought 6:310-12; 16:166,228 on the Divine 3:20; 17:47,158,379 on a flame 17:127 on lower nature 17:106-07 on psychic being 17:96-98,103,121,368-70 on psychic consciousness 17:96-98,103,121,368-70 on what you want to develop 17:107 on work, not people 17:140,168-69 only way to shorten the way 10:26 outer activity and 4:123; 7:68 physical activity and 12:285-86 physical being and 16:24 power of 9:360-61 psychic being and 16:223 reading Sri Aurobindo and the Mother with 16:232-33 remembrance of the Divine and 4:121,388-89 silent 7:107; 16:397; 17:373,379 spirit's, particular to man 9:430-31 story about 6:310-12 teaching and 17:161-62 time and 7:127; 17:369-70 to contact Lord 10:154 to find the Divine 16:161 to find the Mother's presence 17:69 to reach other states of consciousness 4:180,346; 5:220-21, 399-400; 7:277 to receive Grace 17:130,323 to reject illness 4:268-71,282 to solve problem 8:183; 10:135 total 4:346; 5:220,399-400 true 7:254 united 3:29 useless talking and 16:181 way of life 17:153 will and 16:180; 17:130 work and 5:125-28; 16:242; 17:140,168-69 see also Meditation Conditions change of 17:73-74 for admission to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 13:115-18,133 for freedom 10:303 for the manifestation of the Supramental 10:107 for maximum understanding 10:7 for realisation to be told 10:114-15 laid on Grace by falsehood 6:205-06 outer 16:190-91 Confession 3:141; 16:171,265; 17:134,194 Confidence 14:84-86; 16:59; 17:388 approach the Mother with loving 16:247 certitude of victory and 16:186; 17:189 courage, loss of and 16:38 difficulties and 16:69 eliminating fear 4:211 faith and 5:297-98; 6:120-25; 16:173; 17:125 in the doctor 17:403 in life 5:297 in the Mother 16:41-42,68,116 inner certitude 4:73,94,134; 9:255 of the Mother in people 17:172-73 peace of certitude and 16:115-16 remain confident 16:99,144 self-confidence 2:23,41 victory and 16:186 vital and 16:197 Confusion 17:112,241-42,272,289,392 eradication of 17:241,289,334 Conscience beauty and aesthetic 7:181-85 loss of 16:348 ordinary 16:249 psychic being and 16:379-80 truth and 16:348 waste and 16:376 Conscious (becoming, being) 7:194-95,254; 8:3-4,20-21,174-76, 368-69; 12:195 attentive observation 4:35 exercise for 4:38-39,88 faults, getting rid of 4:74,88,180,360-61 of all elements of being 2:128-29; 4:34,233,236 of attacks of adverse forces 5:94-97 of creation, dominates falsehood 10:206 of divine Force 6:398-400; 16:354 of divine Love 4:244-46 of divine Presence 10:280; 16:390-91,400-01,407 of divine Unity 8:75-77; 10:174-75 of dreams 2:30-37; 3:14-15,19 of everything 2:53 of immortality 10:83 of inmost depth and work 2:49 of Lord 10:189-90 of the Mother 16:372,442 of oneself 2:129; 4:33-37,179-81; 12:3,21-22 of origin of one's movements 4:248,335 of physical being 12:347 of Supreme Will 10:77 of thought 2:22-25,31,98,111 of vibrations surrounding atmosphere 4:222-24 self-mastery for 4:2,34,37,39,74; 5:203 to be conscious 5:63-64; 10:228; 11:84-85; 16:155-56; 17:75 always in front of the Truth 3:133 is the one need 3:20 of evil that one does 3:197 of help 16:354 of peace 16:130,150 of sleep and nights 3:15,19 preparation for yoga 3:3 remedy for evil 5:73 see also Conscious... Conscious conception 8:335-36 Conscious sleep 4:352-53; 6:184-88; see also Sleep Conscious will acting on the body and matter 5:25-27; 9:121,152-55 dreams and 5:25-27 use of, for control 16:107 Consciousness 3:16,178-79; 6:394; 10:174-75; 15:4; 16:15; 17:185 absorbed by experience 6:362-65 action and 6:393 action behind 5:74-76 action of new 11:226-33; 17:366-67 active mental 10:181 Aditi the creative 7:159 anger and 4:179 at origin of creation 4:234 attitude of 12:367 awakened and asleep 17:130 awakening of 5:31,405; 9:33-34; 10:297 awakening of, in the Mother's body 11:93-101 awakens under stress 10:201 beauty and, of asceticism 7:181-85 becoming conscious see Conscious (becoming, being) being and 4:233 beyond mental life 2:159; 17:178,380 beyond Nirvana and Existence 10:100 body-consciousness see Body-consciousness brain and 4:198 brought into body by psychic 10:29-30 centralisation of 11:203,277 centre of 17:395 change of 4:18,97,99-100,220,293,336; 7:329; 8:12,268-69,381, 402-05; 9:117-19,303-04; 10:187-90; 11:282; 12:312; 15:239; 17:61,166,193,249-50; see also below reversal of; see also Mother (4),the, of change of consciousness classifying 7:42-43 clouding of 16:99 coincidence and 10:40 collective 5:62; 9:354; 10:75 complete 17:137 complex 3:29; 10:94 condition of man result of 12:39 constantly by your side 16:118 contact of God changes according to 10:102 contradictory states of 5:295 control, sleep and 3:15; 4:62; 6:184-88; 7:65-67; 16:228,400; 17:184,297 conversion of 16:163 cosmic see Cosmic consciousness creation and 5:164; 9:205-07; 10:206; 11:199-207,289 creatrix 4:10,174,234,241 crises (dark periods) and 17:59 danger is cry of material 17:189 darkened by lies 17:96 darkness rising in 17:97-98,124,158 dealing with old 10:153-54 death and 11:61-63 definition and explanation of 4:233-34 deflection of, accident and 4:272-73 descent of 4:251; 9:218-22,237-38 destiny and 15:311-13 destruction of form of 10:99 detailed multiplication of 16:427-28 determines physical condition 11:207-08,219-20,286-89; see also Mother's body, the, transformation of... determines suffering and delight 10:51-52 determinism and freedom, different states of 5:86-89 development of 16:413-14 different, in SAICE 5:417 discipline and growth of higher 10:258 dispels darkness 3:101 dispersal of 8:193-94; 17:169 distortion of 11:134-35 Divine see Divine consciousness division in 8:77,98 doubt in 17:138 doubt veils 16:41 drawn to ordinary life 17:72 dreams and 5:37-40; 16:23 during meditation 5:388; 9:53 entering someone else's 6:308-10,424-25; cf. Relations... Eternal 16:160,435-36 examples of extended 10:131-33 expression of 10:226 exterior 3:152 external 8:3,290-91; 16:25 falls of, and assimilation 5:51-52; 16:252 feels imprisoned 4:97,100 filter of 8:208 for supervision 17:244 formation of, in very young children 9:262-63 forms of 9:237-38 friction necessary for 9:261-63 general psychological 10:75 global 4:162 gnostic 4:157-58 going outside limitations of 10:221 good state of 17:60 gradations of 7:181; 10:103 I N D E X p.46 good state of 17:60 gradations of 7:181; 10:103 growth of 16:429-30; 17:380 gunas, mixture of 5:415 help proportionate to 17:95-96 hidden behind unconscious appearance 9:322-23 higher see Higher consciousness highest, and the best that can happen 3:154 human see Human consciousness human unity and 15:66-68 humility and 5:29-30 identification of 2:60,130; 10:118,121; 16:44,165; 17:182-83 ignorance and 3:101 illness and 5:185-86; 11:207-08,210 immobile and serene 4:1,10 immortality of 11:195-96; 12:343 in animals 9:211 in the Ashram 6:269; 9:172-74 in cells 4:139,339,404; 6:36-37,114; 7:237; 15:315 in hands of artist 4:404; 5:261-62; 10:30; 16:363 in man 9:305; 16:234 in the Mother's words 16:372 in playing 17:156 in plants 4:240; 6:180-81; 8:26; 9:210-11 in transcendent states 17:184 in vegetable kingdom 9:210-11 in work 16:279 in writing 17:289 inconscience and 4:241 individual see Individual consciousness individualisation of 10:264 infinite grades of 17:183 influences from outside 8:54,389-94 inner see Inner consciousness insanity as mixture of two 11:81-82 instrument for manifestation of 4:40-41,195-96,326 intent on Divine Realisation 17:198 intervention of 10:192 is the Divine 11:260 is everywhere 5:271 is immortal 12:343 is Inconscient 9:11,207 keep it free for sadhana 17:201-02 know yourself and others 5:201-04,303-04 knowledge and 11:139,185-86,194,244; see also Mother's body, the, knowledge of lack of 17:82 levels of 17:182-83 light for yoga 7:201 like a ladder 3:178 limitation of physical 10:26 limiting itself 11:156 living throughout the ages 3:81 love and 6:102-08; 12:65; 14:124,129 lowering of 17:57,77,85,133-34,137,155-56,160 luminous and radiant 17:372 manifestation of 2:158-59; 9:209-12,322 fn man's perpetual worry 9:302-05 mastery and 17:113 material and immaterial 10:253; 17:126,189 meaning of 3:167 memory and 2:37; 5:270; 6:20-22 mind and 14:371 miracles belong to finite 10:163 mirror 4:254 necessary in vital world 9:344 new see New consciousness Nirvana, aspect of 10:100 objective and subjective 10:191 of the being 2:128-29; 4:34,73,233,236; 5:102; 12:347 of body 10:193,228; see also Mother's body, the transformation of... of cells 4:139,339,404; 6:36-37,114; 7:237; 11:93-101,261-63,282; 15:315 of complete cure 5:292 of Divine Oneness 17:104 of Divine presence 5:74-76; 6:393; 10:295; 17:123,182,381 of the doer 17:309-10 of earth and sun 10:187 of God 10:103 of gratitude and true happiness 17:98 of humans 16:428 of the Mother see Mother (2), the, consciousness of of the new race 16:415 of penetrating lower vital 17:136 of psychic being 4:146,168; 16:397; 17:90,136,369 of three "times" 7:220 of totality and detail 11:222 of unity 16:288,302 of vision 10:289 "one" 4:12,234 opening to, and tamas 16:62 opening to supramental influence 9:110-11 openness to 14:151 ordinary see Ordinary consciousness organisation of 6:320; 8:174-76,337-38,381; 17:156 the original conceiving 16:361-62 outer 16:168; 17:123,140,143,159 outer and inner distinguished by 10:155-56 parts of being 4:73,336; 5:102 penetrating lower vital 17:136 perception and 10:72 periodic movements of 7:336-38; 17:74 personal and infinite 17:190,198 personality, individual and universal 8:378-81 physical see Physical consciousness planes (levels) of, and determinism 3:28-30,58-59; 4:83-85,371; 5:86-93 planes of universal 10:154 powerful, to realise transformation 9:35-36 preparation for Yoga 3:2 preparing to become divine 11:314-15 presence, divine 8:76-77,136 progress and 17:113,160-61 progressive 4:220; 9:322 fn; 10:305 psychic see Psychic consciousness Radha's 8:223,225-27 rapturous state, dangerous 10:175-76 rational 10:46 realisation and progress 8:20-21 rebirth line of 3:145,148 reflects the Supreme 4:254 regarding difficulties 17:113,130-31 relation of 10:191 relation with 10:221 remembrance of meetings on inner planes of 5:33 renunciation and self-centred 10:174 replacing thought 11:319 reversal of 3:134; 4:19,357; 7:195-96,272; 8:12,170-74,402-05; 9:135-36,286-88,336-38,414-17,431-32; 10:18,305; 16:163; see also above change of right 7:64 rigidity of physical 10:74 rising above mind 7:252 seeing by 10:226 seeking without knowing 9:15-19 see Lord when you enter true 10:207 self-mastery and 5:203 sensations and 2:130 separation and 3:59-60 sincerity and 17:137 six centres of 17:395 sleep and 3:15; 4:62; 6:184-88; 7:65-67; 16:228,400; 17:184 smiling sincerely 5:370 somnambulism and 4:126-28 soul's 10:254 special purpose for descents of 10:74 spirit of the species 4:237 spiritual see Spiritual consciousness spiritualised 11:106-07 states of see Consciousness: states of stepping back 5:65 subconscient and 2:32; 6:319-21 suggestions, collective 2:24,76,110; 5:313-16; 7:245-46; 8:54,390-92 superficial and subtler 16:331 Superman 10:316; 11:148-60,230-33,240-43; 16:415 Supermind, effect of 8:206-07 Supramental see Supramental consciousness Supreme see Supreme consciousness surrendered to Divine 7:255 tamasic 10:53 technique and 4:42 terrestrial 10:75 that everything is God 10:102-05 thought and 4:240,319 to be conscious see Conscious,(becoming, being), to be conscious to change the world 11:187 to control flow of energy 4:161 to realise transformation 9:35-36 to understand experiences 4:234 transcendental 4:221 transformation of see Transformation of consciousness true see True consciousness Truth consciousness see Truth consciousness turn to the Divine alone 17:47 turned towards the supramental Light 16:78-79 understanding 5:29,194; 9:245-46; 10:18; 17:159 unfolding of 4:174,217,220 unified and un-unified 11:290-92 united with psychic 7:255 unity of 11:199-207 universal (cosmic) see Cosmic consciousness universalisation of 9:65 upper and lower hemisphere 9:13-14 vast 7:249 veiled 16:41; 17:100,115,134 vibrations of 5:271; 9:287-89 wakefulness, constant 4:327 wasting of 6:155-56 way towards mastery 17:113 when all-powerful 16:367 where good and bad lose all value 10:267 "why did you make me conscious?" 5:4,31 widening of 5:153,221-23,233-34; 6:344-46; 8:286-88,383-84; 16:254,307,345,398-99,433-34; 17:41 witness 4:233 words and 5:74-75; 6:98-99; 10:222 yogic 3:161 cf. Attentiveness; Awareness; Consciousness...; Observation Consciousness-force 11:265 Consciousness: states of 4:152-53 complete cure depends on 3:96-97; 5:292 curve of creation and 11:192 different 5:134; 7:133 "egoistic" 7:354; 10:76 gaps in ladder of being 4:61 harmonious 5:386 hell as 10:65 in which all is the Divine 5:385 levels of physical 4:152-53,235 the Mother's body and 11:99,117-18,126-27,137,139-42,165 parts of which one is not conscious 4:73,336 sleep in 4:352-53 union with the Divine 4:153,401 wars result from 10:52 when judgment impossible 8:2 Consecration 2:96-97,128; 4:363; 8:14; 14:36,108; 16:74-75,178,235 aspiration and 10:300 comes first 6:341 communion and 17:176 constancy of 16:24 duty to parents and 17:162 effects of total 10:295 entire being absorbed in 16:385 how? 16:184 in activity 16:24 ideal of complete 7:192 identification and 17:69-70 inner discovery by 2:66 inner and outer 17:208 integral and absolute 3:1 joy of 7:401-03 meditation and 14:105-06 of developed psychic to Divine work 4:147 of "family of beings" to same work 5:2 of life to Yoga 10:270 offering, surrender and 4:132-34 only way out of difficulties 16:206 Radha, symbol of 16:175 sacrifice and 2:76 sincerity and 4:208,339 suffering and 10:295 to the Divine 3:20,126-27; 5:119; 7:192,243; 14:105; 16:61,135-36; 17:32-33,69-70,176,374,409 to Divinity within 2:103 to humanity 2:126 to the idea 2:76 to impersonal work 2:52-54 to seeking the Divine 17:379 transformation and 16:371 use of the term 6:226-29 work and 2:52-54; 10:309 see also Giving; Offering; Self-giving Conservation 17:186 Constructions see Formations; Mental formations Contact(s) physical and mental 17:285-86 vital 17:150-51 with the Mother 17:171,370-71,400-01 with one's psychic 17:369,371 with others 17:56-58,61,94,116-17 with a psychic being after death 17:367-68 Contemplation 7:278 correct 3:250-51 Continence 14:276 Contradiction solving 16:216 Contraries see Opposites Control consciousness and power of 9:262-63 development and, of senses 6:78-79 during sleep 3:15; 4:62; 6:184-88; 7:65-67; 16:228,400 habit of 17:33-34,76 mental, and sex-impulses 2:25,61; 3:5 not to yield 17:74 of anger 4:170; 8:350-53; 16:193; 17:364,376 of body 4:355; 9:86-87; 12:50-55; 16:301 of children 16:201-02 of impulses 5:213-14; 6:317-18,342-44 of lower nature 16:117 of mind 3:183; 4:335 of one's life 9:261-63,98-102 of passions and desires 5:211-14 of senses and desires 3:188 of speech 12:34,57-64; 14:218-23; 17:8,23,33-34 of subconscient 17:91,182 of thought 2:61-62,90; 3:183-84,186,230; 4:335; 9:250-54,387-88 of vice 8:5 of vital 4:250,335-36; 5:211-14; 8:190; 9:98-99 over all activities 16:401 over character and events 16:413-14 over money power by vital beings 3:45-46 physical, vital, mental 4:335-36 repression 4:59 true 9:310-11 see also Self-control; Self-mastery Conversations 16:4-5 Conversations 17:33-34 about so-called spiritual things 17:166 don't identify with 17:50 free exchange of ideas 17:166 Conversion(s) 4:92,102-03; 15:240 by love 17:26 calm and 17:46 "instantaneous" 16:387 joy of 4:103 laying bare of falsehood 3:141 of Asuras (adverse forces) 3:144; 4:188; 5:98-100,375-77,; 6:161,174, 203-04,245-48,435-37; 8:138-39; 10:282; 17:216 of consciousness 16:163 of men governed by adverse forces 6:247-48 of the mind 5:254; 17:46-47 of the vital 3:73,136-40,144-46; 5:117-18,255-58; 6:203-04; 16:401,410-11; 17:7,20-21,85,121,207 of the vital being 6:203-04,246-48,435-36 of vital beings 3:144; 6:161; 8:138-39 spiritual 2:162 success and 6:246 sudden 17:190 Cooking 15:288-90 in aluminum vessel 17:261-62 mats or stools for Dining Room 17:303 supplies 17:243,251,253,270-71,277-78,284,287,299,305,324 vitamins destroyed by heat 17:268 see also Eating; Food Coping 17:413 Cosmic Consciousness becoming aware of 6:419-20 the Divine and 3:168 expressing life 8:379-80 knowing beauty 5:331 on level of Matter 10:75 opening to 7:270 other and 7:236 true and understanding 5:194 Coue, Emile "couetistic optimism" 7:3 method of healing 3:36,156; 7:3-8; 9:380; 16:80 Country(ies) 13:389,391 Africa, "butterfruit" tree 5:364 atmosphere of 4:223,230 Babylon 8:156 bloody revolutions in 16:153 continent between India and Africa 5:249 government, first duty of 5:301 history of 4:111 inner affinity 4:259 limitation for individual 8:58 mental affinity between different peoples 4:227 the Mother as 10:284 pantheons of different 8:142; 9:104 people born in one who belong to another 3:82 relations between: money and politics 9:166-69 sense of beauty in different 5:330-31 to be sure of, choose your own 3:81 traditions in different 9:333 see also America; China; Egypt; Greece; India; Japan; Europe; Nations; Russia Courage 2:5; 4:53,351; 12:151; 14:181 adventure, supreme 8:40-41 be courageous 16:178 conquering on material plane 9:5 definition of 10:284 different types of 7:26-31 facing pain with 9:40,42 fear and 7:27 for purification 9:74 frank reflection 8:228 full of 17:357 having, for others 16:193 keep 16:144 in war 7:30-31,261 little 17:63 loss of 16:38 physical and moral 7:25-32 story illustrating 2:175-83 success and 16:134 to walk on the path 8:261-62 Cowardice ignorance and error 7:411 tamas and 7:25-26 Creation 10:252; 11:167,186,238,275-76,315; 15:3-6,8-9,92 aim/goal of 3:31-32; 10:48; 11:268,289; 16:283-84 Ananda of 8:226 atheist and 10:344 Brahman and 10:230,340 Buddhism's view of 9:8 by Nature of something new 2:157 Christian idea of 10:102 combinations, result of different 8:312-16 consciousness and 5:164; 9:205-07; 10:206; 11:199-207,289 consciousness at origin of 4:234 "The Creative Word" 7:347-350 Creator and His 16:404 descent of divine love 8:339 desire and 9:8 differentiation of the sexes 9:103-04 disorder and 10:92 diverse multiplicity 9:47-48 diversity of manifestation 8:313-14,388 the Divine and 4:174,217,234,328; 5:163-64,309-12; 16:377,415 divine in its essence 9:156-57,209-10 the Divine Mother and 17:303-04 divine Power, aspects behind 5:82 divine Will and 9:7-9 division and 6:273 division in 9:8-12 "error" of 10:223-24; 11:170 "Eternal game" of 9:10,35 evolution of 16:284 explanation of the ancient traditions 12:102 formateurs, ranks among 5:308-09 free choice 5:374-75 goal of see above aim of God and His 5:309-12 gods and 15:375 great mystery of 16:380 heart of 17:379 horrors of 11:133-35,137,166,176-81 how and why of 11:194-95,197-207 identity, separation and union 8:225-27 impermanence 4:213-14 inertia and 10:202; 11:192-96 individual and 3:58-59 inner discovery by 2:66 knowledge that transforms all 10:144 led by will of Lord 10:252 long duration and difficulty of 16:383-84 Mahashakti and 16:374 man only grasps infinitesimal part of 10:289 manifestation of Supermind in 10:107 manifestation progressive 8:109-10,325-26 mind and 10:254 new see New creation of character capable of manifesting the Ideal 2:153 of creative thought 8:395-96 of devotional religion 10:63 of earth 10:220 of equilibrium 5:353,355; 6:171-74; 11:111-14 of material worlds 4:241-43 of omnipotent god 5:163-64 of opposite movements 10:118 of phenomenal world 3:175 of poets, Krishna 10:64 of spiritual atmosphere 6:356-57 of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 4:93; 10:199-200 of universe 4:162,220,370-71; 5:40-41,71,163 of the world 5:163 oldest tradition on 16:370 oneness, duality and 16:374 overmind 9:148-50 peace, the Inconscient and 11:161-64 period of transition 9:145-51 plans for 17:303-04 power, creative, in vital world 8:118-19 process of 8:396; 11:194-95,197-207 progressive and static universe 8:233-34 progressive perfection of 16:427-28 raison d'etre of 4:161,173-74; 6:104-05 role of adverse forces in 10:120-22 "self-creator" 8:108 seventh 5:353; 6:170-71; 7:208; 10:219 Shankara and negation of this 4:119,328 simultaneous, but earth is special 4:243 spiritual understanding of 5:374 story of 4:394; 5:162-64; 7:157-63; 8:339-40 successive involutions 9:205-07 traditional 4:234; 5:352-53,372-82; 16:370 supramental see Supramental creation the Supreme and 11:198-207 theories of 4:214 time and 4:220,394 Truth-Creation and Pralaya 7:208 unconsciousness of 5:41,71; 10:206 unity and 11:198-204 unity of Creator and 9:7-9 "unlived dreams" 8:222 Veda's conception of 4:214 vibration of 10:217 vision of divine 10:231-32 why of 10:224 see also Earth; Universe; World Creator Divine is omnipotent 5:163 His world and 16:404 unity of Creation and 9:7-9 Cripps Proposal 8:31-32; 16:319-20 Crises 17:413 Criticism the Gita, propaganda and 8:104-07 indifference to 7:393,396-97 of others 16:273,275,282 of people without taste 16:60 of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 7:391-92; 8:2,10,107,366; 16:273 of teachers 12:185 progress and 16:270 seldom useful 12:360 self-criticism, and ego 6:350; 16:309-10 Cross 4:44-45,318 Christ still hangs on 10:59-60 each carries her own 4:44-45 hung on 4:318 "Transformation" flower in shape of 4:393 Cruelty 3:10; 15:50 Ananda and 10:107 animal sacrifice and 6:65-66 expression of the Divine 10:106 in children 6:5 love and 10:106,166-67 of hunters 17:11 sense of beauty and 6:71-72 to beasts 6:65-67; 16:110-11 unconsciousness and 6:70-71 "Cubism" 5:333; 12:236-37 Culture 4:311 intellectual 10:256; 12:139; 16:198 physical 10:30-31 see also Physical culture Cure/Curing 17:309,401 the body see Body, curing calm to 17:413 complete, depends on consciousness 3:96-97; 5:292 desire 7:58-59 Divine to cure faults 16:290 fears 4:212-13 for boredom 5:49-52 from within 17:116 guide for 17:415 ignorance 16:430 illness see Illness, cure/curing men through faith 8:81 the Mother curing someone 5:132; 17:317,350,353,408 natural, and medicine 10:327 obsessions with flowers 17:104-05 oneself of negative forces 4:266-67 stupidity 4:369 suffering 7:130-32,318 through gentleness 17:413 see also Heal/Healing Curie, Marie and Pierre 4:195; 5:393; 6:18-19 Curiosity lack of 16:336 mental 8:206-07; 10:235 Customs the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 16:332 Cyclone 17:20,287,291 D
Dalai Lama 17:307 Dance as expression of inner life 3:111-12 Russian 3:112 Danger avoiding 8:224,229-30 cry of material consciousness 17:189 feeling of 16:42-43 of abandoning reason 10:15 of rapturous state of consciousness 10:175-76 of tapasya 4:72 of yoga 3:4-5 progress and 12:155; 16:335 protection against 3:101; 16:351 Dante 10:345-46 Darkness consciousness dispels 3:101 falling into 16:142 feeling lost in 17:59,131 light and 16:408 reign of 16:7 return of 17:99 rising in the consciousness 17:97-98,124,158 Darshan 11:102-05; 16:335; 17:116,286 at the balcony 7:257-59; 16:230 Darshan days 8:262-65; 15:196-201; 16:413 Dates 17:371 significance of 8:90-91,93 David-Neel, Alexandra 6:277-78; 7:393,397-98 da Vinci, Leonardo 3:110; 4:301 Dawn Divine 16:383 night darkest before 16:408 Death 4:23,171-72; 9:33-36; 12:189; 15:174,197 adverse forces and domain of 6:55 after death 4:191-92,195,204-05,321; 5:116,134-36,261-64,267; 6:52-53,55-57,448-49; 8:333-38; 12:348; 15:130-33; 17:107, 290-91,367-68 alliance with 4:339 Asura of 6:173 at time of 3:149; 5:65,215-16,261; 6:55,449-50; see also above, after death attitude towards 4:355-56 being and 5:138-39 causes of 3:87; 5:72,112; 9:34-35 cells of body and 12:344-47 conquest of 3:188,211; 5:314-19; 6:38-62; 12:82-92 conversion of life into 5:373,378 dreams and 6:449; 7:123,134 earth and 10:168 ego and 10:320 expect nothing from 3:198 existence beyond life and 3:202 experience of without dying 12:347 exteriorisation, total 4:142,321-23; 5:295 failure and, not evil 10:263 fear of 3:188,211; 5:314-19; 6:38-62; 12:82-92 habit of Nature 5:112; 9:33-34 individual and 10:11-12 life and 5:3; 10:166-68; 17:56 Lord of 4:188 means of awakening spiritual consciousness 9:33-34 mental personality and 10:27-28 mortal and immortal, synthesis of 5:111 the Mother's experiences and knowledge of 11:17,61-63,113, 169-70,209,220,222,239,285 nature of 10:319-20 new consciousness and perception of 11:63 no difference between living and 10:149 not a necessity 3:36-37,90,169 of the body 5:112-16,135-36; 6:54-57; 9:35 of Caesar and Christ 10:61 of desires 17:62-63 of instrument of evil 5:377 of people governed by adverse forces 6:246-47 of Stalin 5:377 overcoming 16:429 paradises and bells in mental regions 8:219 physical mind dissolves at 3:149 possibility of integral realisation ceases 16:164 progress and 7:208-09; 12:346; 16:429 psychic chooses next life at time of 5:215-16,261-65 passim, 268-69; 8:202; 15:136; see also Psychic, the, reincarnation of reasons for 8:203,337-38; 12:343-46; 17:113 rebirth and 15:128-39; 16:366 receiving news of 16:416 reincarnation see above rebirth and religion and 12:85 replies to student's questions on 12:340-48 represented by Mara 3:188 role of 10:167-68,296 science and 10:207 Self and 10:27-28 spirit of 5:136-40,193-94 survival of parts of the being after 3:144-46 thinking about, usual way of 8:87 thought of brings detachment from material things 3:187-88 transformation and 16:324 true significance and use of 3:37 unreality of 11:180 vibrations of Buddha continuing after 5:19 victory over 11:107 visions of the dead 15:347-58 vital takes shelter in living person after 4:191,204; 9:362-64 vital world and 6:55-56,448-49 wish for 17:405 world of 6:52-57 see also Mother's body, the, transformation of, to live...; Rebirth/Reincarnation Deception 3:212; 10:300; 11:261-62 of the Divine 3:5 of the self see Self-deception of the vital 11:22-23 Decisions about collective yoga 7:200,414 about marriage 17:415 contradictory arguments and 17:46,283-84 depends on need 17:53 differences of opinion and 17:333-34 ego and 17:263,302 inwardly leaving them to the Mother 17:263,387 mind hampers Grace in 17:271 the Mother's 10:132; 16:47-50; 17:385 of psychic consciousness 7:221 right attitude towards 6:340-41 to change 4:78-79 to practice yoga 4:78 without consulting the Mother 17:387 Defeat/Defeatism 10:311 of subconscient 16:425 victory of 8:401-02 Defect(s) 17:397 in ourselves and others 5:357-58; 16:299 progress and 16:246 removed by yoga 3:221 reverse side of a quality 2:91 Deformations in Nature 16:287-88 in world 5:71; 6:105-06 of Divine action 11:264 of Divine power 4:381 of love 5:239-40,242-43 of spiritual life 9:8 of the vital 10:81 Deities new creation and 11:117,126 Delight bliss, true delight 9:8-9,40; 12:16 cells will share in 9:42 desire and true 9:21-23 detachment to feel 8:327-28 drop of honey, divine bliss 9:23-25 eternity of, intolerable for human being 10:346 fear and 10:332 in progress 10:52 in unity 9:7-9 infinite 10:158 inner, the first experience 9:162-63 knowledge and 10:256 Krishna's message of freedom and 10:60 meaning of 3:254 of being 8:226-27,327; 9:1-2; 11:109 of play 10:51-52 only way to conquer adverse forces 9:5,9 opposite of joy and pleasure 9:9; 12:18 pain and 10:158,334-35,351 perfect unity of creation with its Creator 9:7-9 pleasure and 9:22-23,40-41 soul and 10:333 suffering and 10:246; 14:266; 16:18 world of, calling 16:255 see also Ananda; Bliss; Joy; Pleasure Delirium tremens 6:75 Demands increasing 17:231 Democracy 13:279-80 nature of 10:311-12 Depreciation excessive 16:178 praise and 16:170 Depression 6:32-34; 14:263-66,359; 17:17,25,35-36,59,68, 78-79,116-17,401,404-05 causing illness 17:118 created by hostile forces 3:139 desire and 17:99 difficulties and 17:84,111-12 discipline and 17:74 do not open door to 16:65,67-68 egoism and 4:10 endurance and 14:174; 16:145 enemy of yoga 16:198 energy lost 4:10 humility and 3:139 impatience causing 17:116 joy, pleasure and 8:84-85,191-92 mastering 4:342 nerves and 16:120 never accept 16:65 none in the Divine 17:28 not the Mother's will 17:118 passing it to others 17:77 physical fatigue and 6:32 progress and 4:116; 7:10-11 psychic and 6:32,34; 17:27-28 revolt through 4:52 shake off 16:119,145 solitude and 17:105 state of, contagious 7:257 study and 12:131,134; 17:77,115 talking about 17:68 thieves of the vital world and 16:73 vital being gets depressed 16:134 vital and 4:248-49; 5:257-58; 6:32-33; 8:192; 17:120 work to pass through 14:337-38; 16:137; 17:213 see also Despair; Discouragement Descartes, Renee 4:172,294 Descent ascension and, double line of Yoga 3:30 ascent, manifestation and 8:133-34 bearing pressure of Divine 3:11 fourth dimension and 12:431 into physical consciousness 17:87 into the vital and physical 6:303 miracles from aspiration and 11:313-15 of Ananda aspect of the Mother 6:291-95,302-04 of consciousness 4:251; 9:237-38; 10:74 of Divine Consciousness 3:38-39; 5:323-24; 11:157-59 of Divine Love, supreme sacrifice 3:172; 4:240-42; 8:226 fn, 339-40; 10:204 of Divine Truth and Force 3:79-80 of First World War 5:305-06 of hostile force 5:306-07; 10:53 of the Mother on earth 17:76,119 of peace 15:424-25 of power 11:52,155,315 of Supramental consciousness and power 3:173 of Supramental truth 3:156 of supramental world 3:157,178,180,188; 11:316-17 of Truth-light 17:404 see also Supramental descent Desire(s) 10:261-62,304-05; 14:269-76 abolition of 2:51; 16:431 action and 2:61,84,92,106-08; 4:1-2,72,388; 7:292-93; 10:177-78 after death 4:191; 5:134-36 anxiety and fear springing from 2:90 aspiration and 4:101,136-37,336; 6:328,336-38,409; 7:64,241-43; 16:409 at pranam 17:99 atmosphere of 6:279-81 bliss and 17:107-08 Buddha on 4:382-83; 6:336-38,409; 7:37-39,292-93,316-18,320; 8:52-53; 16:409 cause of unhappiness 17:101 central knot of 16:245-46 charity and 2:101 children and 6:411-15 cloud the personality 3:117 coming to the Mother with 17:95,99,150 contagious 7:37 control of 3:188; 5:211-14 create a person's surrounding atmosphere 6:279-81 creation and 9:8 curing 7:58-59 death of 17:62-63 defense against 4:325 deforms 4:12,113,293 delight and 9:21-22 depression and 17:99 detachment from, to feel ananda 8:327-28,369 discernment of 8:14,53; 10:293 dissolving, effect on world 5:19-20 Divine and 3:5-6,9-10; 6:238-40; 17:178 eating without 7:62 education and 6:412-15; 12:121 effort of 16:31 ego and 8:367,399; 16:246 energies for reproduction and 16:430 error and 3:192 evil and 10:263 evolution and 17:108 falsifies experience 10:32-33 fear and 2:90 for life 7:317-18 for progress and perfection 2:93,103; 12:171 for sacrifice 2:56; 5:350 formations and 5:17-21; 16:30 getting rid of all 3:268; 17:408 grace and 10:263 help and obstacle 4:3,349; 7:298 humanity and 3:158; 6:411-15; 9:98-102 ignorance and 7:317-18 illness and 15:159-60 in agreement with Divine will 3:19 in madmen 11:189-90 in ordinary life and in Ashram 16:134 increase of vital 10:55 indispensable for growth 8:367 is insatiable 16:266 joy of mastering and overcoming 9:21 judgment and 16:321 justified by the mind 6:158-59 justified under pretense of liberation 10:15-16 life of each individual 5:18 love and 4:136; 5:151-52; 7:37-40; 16:409 making you act 8:70-71 mastering 7:38-39; 9:21 meeting opposition 6:370 mental and vital 10:25 mental formations 16:30 methods for satisfying 16:28-29 misfortune and 10:58 most obscure and obscuring movement of lower nature 3:117 must be rejected 3:117-19 need(s) and 4:49,332,384-85; 8:123-24; 16:226 not physical 4:325 obsession and 4:346 of body 16:302 of ideas 2:75 overcoming 16:303 preference and 4:1,12,388; 8:256,398-99,407 progress and 10:263; 16:428 psychic being and 16:431 realising through imagination 7:242 rebellion 17:95 renunciation and satisfaction of 7:38-40; 9:99; 10:176-82 right 3:193-94 sacrifice of bargaining with the Divine 5:350-51 satisfaction of 17:135,174 seeks satisfaction during sleep 2:31 sexual 12:296 shrinking and 17:321 simple way of knowing 16:343 slavery to 14:269-70; 16:113; 17:119 "soul of desire" 8:304,306-07,324 fn sources of 7:37; 8:70-71 taken for reality 2:50 to become conscious of everything 2:53 to own things in universe 2:53 to see films 16:278 true happiness and 16:134 true intimacy and 16:16 unsatisfied 17:99 use of money and 3:45-46 using the Divine as cloak for 4:77; 5:5-7; 15:87 vanishing of 16:177 vibrations of 2:87-88; 4:382-83; 8:53; 10:176-82 violent 16:177 vital 3:133,135; 4:58,191; 5:101; 6:355-56; 9:309; 10:25,55; 16:113,196-97,343 will and 6:410-11; 10:176-82 see also Preference Despair 17:174 faith and 10:56-57 no reason for 17:270 revolt in 4:52 suggestions of, source 16:73 see also Depression; Discouragement Destiny 12:77-79 circumstances of life organised 6:386-87 determinism, freedom and 9:175-76; see also Freedom, determinism and the Divine 16:219 individual 10:11-12 man and 9:284-85 master of one's 5:203 only way of following the thread of one's 9:18-19 physical world and 15:307-13 predestined, answer to Ashram children 5:299 see also Determinism Destruction 17:186 by cyclone 17:287 Kali and 17:256-57,340 progress and 17:256 Detachment 8:70-71,104,381,398; 17:91,105,109 from action 4:163,278; 8:104,324-25 from desire 8:327-28,369 from material things 3:187-88 from others 16:191; 17:137,206 from sadness 17:129,194 from world 16:190 self-detachment 2:57 suffering and 2:57 yoga and 4:163,304,383-84; 8:327-28 Determination 14:169; 16:280; 17:72 Determinism 10:244; 11:221-22; 12:77-79; 15:307-13,391-94 absolute 3:86,90 catastrophe, preventing 5:191-93 change by Divine will 4:84,160-61,428 different levels of 5:86-93 freedom and 3:29-30; 5:86-93; 6:283-86; 9:175,265-67 influence of the stars 9:284-85 influence of will of Divine Grace 4:160-61 intervention of higher planes 5:91-93,193; 7:366-67,382-83 justice, Grace and 5:89-93,361-63; 14:86-87; 17:138,391 law of consequence 4:177 layers of 6:48-49,51-52 mind's way of conceiving 3:162 miracles and 7:366-67,382-83 of the ordinary consciousness 6:357 physical 6:48-49,51-52 planes of consciousness and 3:28-30,58-59; 4:83-85,371; 5:86-93 predetermination and liberty 3:28-29 predetermined events 5:189-98 supermind and 6:48-49 surrender changes 7:366-67 universal 3:154 voyage of the Eternal 9:265-67 wills, intercrossing 5:18 see also Destiny cf. Freedom; Karma; Liberation Development effort and 9:426-28 in children 12:22,25-27 mental 6:22-23; 9:344; 12:215-16; 17:62,126 of aspiration 4:343 of attention 12:25 of being 8:396 of the body 5:25-27; 9:121,152-55; 10:31; 11:141; 12:50-55; 13:344-45; 16:301 of capacities 6:18-20; 10:6 of concentration 5:125-29 of consciousness 6:186-87; 9:121,153-55,218-22,237-38; 16:413-14 of earth 7:361-62 of faculties 8:189; 9:396-97 of forms 6:83-89; 9:106 of groups 2:59-60 of humanity 10:52 of individual 7:366,371-72; 9:197-98,348-49; 10:97,237; 16:304 of individuality 6:261 of mind 5:129; 6:18-20; 9:344,349,401-03; 10:60; 12:5-6,26-29, 139-41; 16:121; 17:126,153 of one's thoughts 16:244 of perfection 2:106 of possibilities 17:169 of powers of observation 6:8-9,78-79,82-91,335-36 of the psychic 4:144,146,243,246; 7:399-400 of the psychic being 5:206-07,265 of sense of colour 6:85-86 of sense of organisation 6:86-89 of senses 6:78-79 of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 16:3-5,7-8 of taste 7:57-59,185 of thought 12:142; 16:244 of universe 9:33-35 of will 12:22-23 self-development 16:239 spiritual 16:317 Devil God and 10:341 pessimism weapon of 11:256-57 Devotion 14:103 egoistic ends in 8:39 food for vital beings 6:194-97 gratitude and 8:40,42 greatest in silence 17:380 human and divine love and 6:174-75 liberation and 10:331 of a cat 5:244-45 path of 8:43,252-53,324 relation to action and knowledge 10:331 surrender through 3:126 yoga of 16:238 Dhamma 3:207 Dhammapada 9:196-97 meaning of faith in 3:189 the Mother on the 3:183-298; 9:372 thought in 2:87 Dharma 5:356-57; 8:280,326,387 Difficulty(ies) 17:84,388 as blessings 17:406 aspiration to overcome 4:180,383; 14:243,246,249 assurance of overcoming 16:169 atavistic 4:160-62,198,261 attitude in 9:423-24 avoiding danger 8:224,229-30 awareness of 16:284; 17:85,93,112,119,130,310,322 beginning of 17:120 break down resistance 6:323-25 burned up by Agni 17:148 change and 5:303-04; 16:248 cheerfulness and 16:69 collective 7:413-421 comes from oneself 16:190 coming in 1955 6:453,457-61,463-64 confidence and 16:69 consciousness regarding 17:113,130-31 created by a rigid principle 17:283 depression and 17:84,111-12 destroying memory of 6:369 the Divine and 6:357-58,461-63; 14:234-51 do not brood over 16:68 do not exist in psychic 17:102-03 each has central 2:55; 4:44-45; 7:419-20 effort and 9:423-24 facing 7:9; 8:41-42; 17:414 faith and 6:440-45; 17:414 fatigue from listening to 17:323 fighting 9:74 getting rid of (out of) 16:216,227 Grace and 3:143; 6:242-44,323-25,442-45; 14:99-102 greatest 11:234 humanity creates 11:66,282,286-88 "impossibility" and 7:415-20 in ignorance and in sincerity 4:251; 6:325-26 in the Ashram 16:38-39 increased by pressure of Force 8:220-21 joy at heart of 8:253 love and 16:217 makes Mantra spring up 4:389-90 material 16:354 the Mother's help in 16:89 narration of personal 17:323 nature of, indicates nature of victory 3:143 need to be careful about company and environment 3:6-7 not to think of 8:220-21 of India 17:219,282,304 of the individual and of the world 6:446-47 of lower nature 8:290-91 of the Mother's body 16:354; see also Mother's body, the, transformation of of others, never talk about 16:63 of physical world 6:207-08,446-47 offering 8:253 only way out of 16:206 opening to 16:116 opening to Grace 6:323-25 ordeal of fire and 4:354 overcoming 6:442-45; 16:122,144-47,164,185-86,364,383,421,433; 17:124,130-31,133 patience and 16:144 perseverance and 16:133 persisting in error 4:74,333 progress and 6:242-44,332-36,357-58,464; 17:84 proportionate to individual consciousness 4:44,74 the psychic and 17:102-03 psychic being and 7:21,401 psychic contact and 6:33-34 psychological 17:398 questioning, resistance increases 7:8 raison d'etre of 4:118; 16:431 rejecting 4:170,337-38 regarding money 17:236-37,244,246,251,253,296 self-forgetting 8:288 the shadow 6:17,263-64 sincerity and 4:74; 6:242-44; 14:242-43 smile(s) and 8:23; 16:69,100,220 solution to 7:106-07; 16:429-30 sources of 7:33-34 standing back from 4:72-73 start when one begins to advance 3:264 suffering and 17:129,149 surrender and 14:236-37 turned to opportunities 6:242-44 Truth and 14:236,250 vanish in true consciousness 7:400 vital 4:52,248-52,335; 14:247 "widen yourself when in" 8:286-88 with workers and projects 16:38-39 work helps you pass through 14:337-42; 16:137; 17:213 yoga and 7:197-99 see also Depression; Despair; Discontentment; Discouragement Digestion attitude and 3:292 Dignity 12:370; 14:188; 17:372 Dimensions 4:19,139-40,220; 8:314 fourth 10:140; 12:431-32 inner 7:249 understanding other 7:240 Diploma (Degree) 7:392; 12:119,202 Dirt and yogi 16:192 Discernment 4:50,244,295,385-87 between Spirit and Nature 8:11 between things favourable and harmful to progress 8:160-61, 210,374-75 ego, personal will and 10:287 of adverse forces 5:102 of desire 8:14,53; 10:293 of outside influences 8:22,393 power of 3:185 reason 8:373-74 surest means to 8:3 through surrender 8:3 will to develop 5:198-200 see also Discrimination Disciple given new name by Sri Aurobindo 17:190 in and outside the Ashram 17:190-91 Discipline(s) 4:5,124,126,153,363; 12:113,130, 132,155-56,198,287-88,363-64; 13:168,170,204; 14:46 before sleep 5:26 calm and 12:338-39 collective, rules of initiation-schools 8:197-98 communal 12:382-83 create 17:74 depression and 17:74 Eightfold Path 3:248-50 for knowledge 7:320 fourfold 12:4-8 freedom and 8:184-86; 10:257; 16:286 growth of higher consciousness and 10:258 illness and 10:383 in the Ashram 8:185-86,353-57; 16:8,296,339; 17:191 in children, how to maintain 12:334-38 in education 12:193-94 in work and study 17:75 indispensable in life 8:185-86,356-57; 12:382-84 integral yoga and 16:300 law and 10:258 mental 2:61; 6:222-23 the Mother's 16:121 moves earth toward supramental 10:31 nothing can be done without 16:273 of the body 9:98-102 of initiation 10:257 of self-control 17:376 of spiritual life 16:139 of students and teachers in Ashram school 8:185-86,353-57 of work 4:364,372; 16:145; 17:75 of yoga 3:221; 4:343-44,364; 7:216; 9:29; 16:300; 17:74 one activity at least 12:396; 16:292-93 path of tapasya and 3:4; 12:382,399-400 physical 16:127; 17:164 physical education and 12:382-84,392,395 pride and 6:302 progress and 3:20-21; 12:382-84 realising anything and 16:132 regularity and 17:156,164 science and 7:320 spiritual, readiness for 12:398; 16:301 students and 12:412-15 study and 17:66,74-75,79-80,90,98,146 surrender and 3:18-19; 4:72 to understand true joy 9:21-23 training the mind 9:250-52,402 the vital and 4:345; 12:6-7 without it one can achieve nothing 16:123-24 see also Asceticism/Ascetics; Austerity; Tapasya Discontentment disappearance of 16:67 the Mother never allowed to be 16:121 the Mother's help and 16:67 see also Difficulties; Discouragement Discouragement 17:103 do not open the door to 16:67-68 remain confident 16:69 see also Depression; Difficulties Discretion inner 16:286 of psychic consciousness 16:286 Discrimination 12:303-04; 17:37-38,323-24 between good and bad influences 16:135 between truth and falsehood 17:386 between types of suggestions 16:45 see also Discernment Disease curing 15:163-66; see also Illness, cure/curing divine health and 10:326 in animals 5:273 incomprehensible disorders and 16:421 medical science and 10:324-28 the Mother's body and 13:60 of the body 10:246,324 of man 9:100-01 psychological and physical 16:72 soul and 10:271 see also Illness Disequilibrium 6:35-36; 9:120-22 equilibrium and 16:323-24 illness is 5:122-23,170-82 Disharmony illness and 7:36 in the Ashram 16:326 Disinterestedness 2:163; 17:109,407 charity and 2:98 egoistic personality and 2:66-67 in action 16:82 in women 2:145 in work 5:55-56; 12:365 Disobedience prevents progress 17:64 Disorder 5:310 creation and 10:92 faith is only help against 17:231 harmony and 10:192; 11:141; 16:323-24; 17:238,241-44,283-85,289 illness and 16:421; 17:186 organisation and 13:160-63 Truth and 16:341 vital world of 4:141 fn Dispersion 7:256-57 concentration and 4:4; 12:260-61; 16:224; 17:169,361 Dispute 10:301 Dissatisfaction of the vital 17:54-55 pessimism and 17:408 poison of 16:74 progress and 17:122 receptivity and 16:67 with the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education 12:164-65 Dissipation 17:71 Disturbance 17:57,59,74,90,218 don't remain idle 16:114 to get rid of 17:82,163 wrong to get disturbed 16:185 Divine, the (the Lord, the Supreme) 3:5,23-24; 13:27,133; 14:11-13, 17-18; 15:49; 16:53 absolutely perfect and absolutely humble 3:175 accepts and answers all sincere aspirations 10:345; 16:172 acting in us 5:56-59,75 fn; 17:177 action see Divine action actions helpful for contact with 6:393; 16:181-82 adverse forces and 4:188; 5:375-77; 6:169-73,247-48; 9:206-07; 16:388 all action belongs to 10:47 all are 5:380,385; 6:133; 8:32,47,81,232; 11:260; 16:320,383-84 all attracted by Him 8:3-4 all powerful 4:115 alone can liberate us 16:431 alone exists (experience of the Divine, the Lord, the Presence, the Supreme, That, everywhere) 5:16; 10:102-03; 11:55,108-10,132-38,144,147,158,165-68,173,179,185,215,235, 254,259-60,273-74,290 alone knows results 9:317 alone knows where injustice lies 17:170 alone with 8:280-81 always with us 17:381 ananda 8:121-22,192,369; 16:297-98 anti-Divine and 15:366 appearance of 10:106 approaching 7:374; 10:105 army of 6:389-90 asking for things from 8:122-25 aspects, different for individuals 8:44-45 aspire sincerely for 6:133,176-77; 16:177,359,371 aspiration of 8:79 Asuras, men and 6:169-73; 15:22-29; 16:388 at centre of all things 9:156,209-10 at centre of our being 7:193,240; 16:377 attitude of average man towards 3:2-3 Avatar and 15:20-21 awaiting 17:178-79 awareness of 7:240 bargaining with 5:20,239,350-51,371; 8:17,129-30 basis of all existence 10:99 battle of life and 3:170-71 be under exclusive influence of 14:299-302 beauty expresses 8:216 being and becoming, by identity 8:94,109-10,284-85,377-79 belief in, and Yoga 16:341-43 belonging to 5:119; 14:299-302 beyond all gender 12:70-71,105 beyond good and evil 10:311 bliss of 9:23-25 blows from 4:122; 10:48,57-58; 16:92 body and 14:383,389 Buddha as form of 5:79 call from 3:2; 8:223 calling 3:160; 7:415; 8:93; 16:290; 17:238,365,378-79 can't conceive intellectually 10:70 cells have faith in 10:171 challenging 5:371 chooses human instruments 5:252; 8:23,27,31 choosing and being chosen by 7:343 Christ as from of 5:79 collaboration with 5:63-66 command received in silence 10:292 communion with 3:156; 16:425; 17:176,178 concentration and 3:20; 16:180,190; 17:47,158,278,379 conceptions of 8:1-3,33,120; 11:6 condition for earth's return to 10:121-22 conditions laid upon 6:205-06 conquest of 17:276 consciousness see Divine Consciousness consciousness is 11:260 consecration to 3:20,126-27; 5:119; 7:192,243; 14:105; 16:61, 135-36; 17:32-33,69-70,176,374,409 contact in all circumstances 10:350 contact, with psychic 6:160-61; 7:424 contact with 6:393,401; 16:371; 17:195 contact with others through 9:133 cosmic consciousness and 3:168 creating a better world than 5:16 creation and 4:328; 5:163-64,309-12; 16:377,415; 17:379 cruelty as expression of 10:106 cure from 4:251 dealing with virtue 10:342; 16:378 decides length of time on earth 10:320 definition of 8:33-34; 11:64-67 denial of 6:211-12; 8:231-32 descent of 3:11 desires and 3:5-6,9-10; 6:238-40; 17:178 destiny and 16:219 different ways of approaching 7:228,374-76 difficulties and 6:357-58,461-63; 14:234-50 discovery of, in oneself 8:35,94 discriminates between Truth and falsehood 17:386 divine disgust 6:286 drawing near to 16:173 duality, permanent and simultaneous 8:109-10; 15:298 duty to 17:162 ego and 4:411; 6:254-61 element and totality of 8:29 emanations of 5:265; 17:186 enemy of 8:3,230-32 essence of our being 7:193,240 everyone will return to 16:243-44 everything in Him 10:147-48 everywhere equally 5:12-13; 7:306,379 evil and 4:288; 7:425; 16:185 example of integral activity 2:70 exclusive receptivity to 6:213-15 experience of all as 5:79-80; 6:362-65 expressing himself 17:87 expressing, a million ways of 5:73-74,322-23 expressing in life as art 5:321-22; 8:158-59,191 extra-terrestrial and manifested, contrast between 8:44 faith in omnipotence of 10:328 faith, trust, confidence and 6:120-25 faithfulness to 14:164-65; 16:434 fighting and loving same in end 10:358 finding 4:68; 6:341-42,393; 8:44,120; 11:254; 14:3-8; 16:161,173,296,432 first cause of world 3:170 force see Divine force forgiveness and 10:47-48 forgotten Himself 4:252 free choice 5:310,374-75,379-82 freedom and 14:202-03; 16:422 gap between life as it is and 11:236 get rid of weakness to draw near 10:357 "gives Himself" 7:247 gives what one desires 6:238-40 giving oneself to 15:320; 16:427,431 glimpse of Divine Reality 3:21 global vision 6:458-59 goal and ignorance 10:260 god and 4:2; 5:133,160,311-12; 8:44,120 gods, origin, second emanations 5:373 good and bad and 16:378 government alone is true 10:315 Grace see Grace (Divine Grace) gratitude to 14:162-63; 16:315 guilty 4:411 has equal love for all 10:298 has sent down His Consciousness 16:414 healing evil and 7:425; 10:71-74; 16:185 heals weaknesses 4:391 heart and 14:373-74; 16:161,172; 17:142 help and guidance of 7:246; 14:89-96; 15:245-49; 16:154,320,377, 394,396; 17:12 hiding something from 16:27 hostile forces and 15:22-29; 16:388 human love for 6:102,174-75; 12:69-70; 14:136-38; 16:26 human relations and 14:303,306-08 human will and 6:454,457-61 humanity and 5:249-50; 14:17-25,135-36; 17:318 humility before 5:46 identification with 5:225-26,312,322; 7:355-56; 8:44-48; 16:384; 17:177 identity, separation and union 8:94,225-27,377-79; 10:198 ignorance made by? 17:106 illness not given by 5:170 illumination by 17:177 imagination and 7:234 immanent in all 7:340; 16:223,253; 17:340 Impersonal and Personal 7:244,248,250 impulsion 10:197 in the inconscient 8:35,79 in material things 14:345 individuality not lost in 3:169 influence of 6:129-32,168-69,213-15; 7:245-46; 16:251,388,421 instrument of 5:48-51 integral idea of 8:2 intelligence, fire symbolising 2:89 intervention of 7:306-07 is the life of our life 16:180 is our sole support 4:339,391 is within each man 2:38 judges not as man judges 5:22-23; 16:352 justice and 4:13,91; 6:238-39 Kali 10:85 knowing 5:225; 11:66; 16:428 known only by experience 10:34; 16:239 knows better what is good for us 8:123-24,255-56 knows, does,is 17:211,247 Krishna as immanent 5:79; 10:51; 11:342 leaning on 4:339,391 leave result in hands of 3:97 light is material symbol of 3:132 living for 16:295-96 love see Divine love love for 6:102,174-75; 10:335; 12:69-70; 14:136-38; 16:26,177,217,276; 17:54,135,378 made us ignorant? 17:106 man and 2:38,44; 13:77-78; see also Man, the Divine and man, animals and 15:368-69 man as aspect of 10:83 manifestation of 3:158-59,180; 8:34,98,109-10,325; 10:343,299 adverse forces oppose 7:466 in everyone 8:45-46,48-49 on earth 7:193,228,380 man's idea of 5:133,160; 7:381; 8:1-3 Master of Existence and the World-Mother 8:113-14 matter and 8:4; 10:343; 15:91-92 mind 10:343,362; 14:361-62; 16:227 money and 6:251-52 morality of 4:81,176; 5:349-50 the Mother and 5:162-63; 8:211; 10:154-55; 11:132-38,227-29; 13:51 the Mother as servant of 2:73 the Mother's experiences of transformation and 11:4-5,108-09, 259-60,266-68,273,277-78,286-90,294-95,297-99,323,325,327,332 must do the battling 11:324 Nature and 10:50; 15:13 negation of 10:121 no correct conception of 16:239 no depression in 17:28 no other influence than 17:67 not remote 12:430 not touched by destruction 17:256,287-88 obedience to 14:165-66 objectivisation of 5:372-73 obliged to come if twelve men call 8:93 offering to 5:53; 8:89-90,160,166; 12:391; 14:104,319-29, 336-37,348; 16:181,317,379 omnipotent creator 5:163; 10:328 oneness and multiplicity 7:228,241,379-80 only Divine knows 10:26; 16:422 only individual can unite with 6:256-61 only safety 11:262 only true freedom 13:221 only true judge 14:292-94 opening to 3:133; 6:388-89; 8:82-83; 17:17,61 order and law 10:259 original of all 7:424; 8:81 pain, suffering and 5:385-86; 6:287-89; 16:411 peace and 14:148; 17:378 perfect love exists only in 16:255 perfection of 10:58,104-05; 16:320 personal and transcendent 16:252-53 personal effort and 6:225-26 physical being and 16:359 physical consciousness and 16:431 physical presence of 10:154 Play of 6:267-68; 10:51-52; 11:39-40 pleasing 4:17 plunging into 3:21-22 "possessed by" 7:237-38 possesses eternal power of Truth 10:288 power and 10:260 Presence of see Divine Presence principles, individual, transcendental, universal 4:392-93 progress and 15:84 protection of 5:167-68; 8:224; 15:50-52; 17:110 proximity to "sinners" 5:350 psychic and 7:227; 8:299; 14:354,358,360; 16:167-68,247; 17:80 psychic being and 3:62-63; 4:147; 8:299-300; 16:167-68 psychic contact with man through 6:160-61 pulling, and self-giving and receptivity 6:137-41 punishment and 16:352 purity 9:469; 10:105; 14:156-57 qualities of 10:85 raison d'etre of 5:351 rare for men to listen to Him 16:320 realisation of 4:255; 5:83-85,385; 6:169-70; 8:21,35-36,141, 147-48,191,235; 16:139,173,384,407-08; 17:116 rebelling against 17:28 receptivity to 4:96,210,400-01; 6:168-69,214-15; 8:45; 17:19,61 refuge in 14:9-10,14,16 refuse what leads away from 17:66 reign of, on earth 10:323; 16:365 reincarnation and 3:148-49 relation(s) with 4:351; 8:28-29,121-22,280-81; 10:114; 16:415 religion and 4:289; 15:30-34,37
I N D E X p.72 remembrance of 3:26-27; 4:121,388-89; 16:374 sacrifice of 4:240,316; 5:388-89; 8:74-75,79 sacrifice to 8:74-76,79-81 secret of incarnation in individual form 10:73-74 seeing, in all things 5:79-80,385-86 sees things in time differently 10:147 seeking for 5:17; 7:425; 17:178-80,379 "self-creator" 8:108 self-giving to 5:13-16; 8:74-77,79; 9:316-17,359-60,421,428; 8:74-77,79; 14:106-09; 16:180,297 selfishness and 14:278-79 separation from 5:310; 8:77-79 service to 9:49-50; 10:353,356; 13:115-17; 14:110-12,426-27; 16:357,433; 17:135,162,180 shares no nonsense 17:211 shines in all 10:46 soul and 10:304-05; 14:351-52; 16:229,250 subconscient and 14:388-89 Sufi's words on 5:58 Supramental and 5:283-85; 10:31,316; 11:315-17; 15:123; 17:80-81 surpasses everything 11:310 surrender to 7:255; 8:298-99,370; 10:304-05,327; 14:113-15; 16:226,324,389,433-34 sympathy for 17:147 tears, anguish and 16:371-72 think only of 17:394,407 time and 10:147,320; 16:153 to be discovered 17:11 to come to, abandon mental conceptions 3:54-55 to know and to feel 16:270 to live for 16:295-96,364-65; 17:113,121,162,181 to merge with 17:52 total vision of 16:338 transcendent 4:393-95; 16:352-53,374-75 transformation and 5:322-24; 15:91-95 treatment He receives 17:279 true liberty and 10:258 true servitors of 16:433 trust in 14:96-99; 16:27; 17:47,157,387,415 truth, falsehood and 14:209-11 unconsciousness made by? 17:106 undivine and 11:108-10; see also Separation union/uniting with 3:23,167-68; 4:153,401; 5:328-29; 7:211; 8:46,76-77,157,226-27,235,245,257,269,327; 10:288,343; 16:161-62, 165,181,319,360,374,399,411,421,425,432; 17:147,178-79,181,375 universal consciousness and 3:168 universe and 4:160-64; 5:82-83,375; 6:267-68; 11:132-38; 15:3-10 using as cloak for desire 4:77; 5:5-7; 15:87 veiled by lower nature 3:163; 4:370 victory of 3:3; 15:88-90 vision of 16:338 vital and 14:378 vital being appearing as 5:284 wants that you find yourself 16:154 way of working of 4:115-16,354,368 ways of approaching 7:228,374-76; 10:105; 16:171 wealth and 6:249-53; 15:53-58,279; 16:372 who belongs to 10:320-21 Will of see Divine will will never fail you 17:387 withdrawal from universe, impossible 5:82-83 withdrawal of emanation of 17:185-86 work as offering to 8:90,160,166; 14:319-29,336-37,348; 16:181 working for Divine in place of will 5:47-48; 7:191-92 world and 3:170; 4:288,292; 5:322-23; 6:105-06; 8:106; 15:3-10,297; 16:324 Yoga, for sake of 3:1-2 see also Divine...; Force, the; Lord, the; Supreme, the Divine action 3:170; 9:30; 11:273 deformation of 11:264 denial of 11:319 simple, no tricks 5:91 upon life 9:25-26 upon matter 5:308-09 Divine beings 11:86 Divine child 17:184 Divine compassion 11:42-44; 14:138-39 Divine consciousness 4:160-64,247; 8:74-79; 14:10-11,201,265,268; 15:4,7,91-92 accomplishes all 4:379-80 acting according to and going against 13:51 acting through you 5:79-80 action of 9:30 aim of life and 14:4,7 awakening of, in resurrection 3:147 can change tamas 17:287-88 condition to receive 16:68 descent of 3:38-39; 5:323-24; 11:157-59 difficult to bring into the material world 16:184 direct experience of 3:134-35 exclusive influence of 14:307 hostile beings and 16:425 human beings and 16:425 identification with 16:61 in cells 10:193; 16:360 in the inconscient 9:11,207 in material things 14:345; 17:88 in material world 16:184 in matter 8:35-36; 15:91-92 individual manifests one aspect of 3:116 knowledge by unity with 3:167-68 knows and effects 3:167 the Mother's experiences of transformation and 11:86,132-34,157-60, 232,249-50,286-88 neither past, present nor future 10:178-79 the one Supreme 5:201 opening to 17:211 opposites and 10:341-42 ordinary vital forces of life and 6:389-90 realise, to know true love 16:119 reincarnation and 3:148-49 replace ego with 11:307,316 separation from 6:100-01 spark of 3:150 suffering and 11:141,282 there to help 17:394 thirst of cells for 16:369 tragedies and 10:279 the true Self is 17:68-69 union with 3:133-35,167-72; 4:153,401; 10:175; 16:158; 17:309-10 upsets people 4:96,98 vision of 10:128 vital forces and 6:389-90 Divine embraces 16:254 Divine force 16:271,367-68; 17:185 accomplishes all 4:379-80 alone can do transformation 17:350 becoming conscious of 6:398-400; 16:354 calling on 3:160 chooses its instrument for manifestation 3:79-80; 5:252-53 conscious instrument of 8:174-75 descent of 3:79-80 experience of contact seized by mind and vital 6:396-97 flowing through the body 17:253 in integral yoga 16:367-68 the Mother and 11:270-71,324 ordinary vital forces of life and 6:389-90 part of being opens to 6:394 personal strength and 17:12 play of 4:163,407; 6:267-68 power to bear 17:51 pulling 5:22; 6:409 receive in silence and concentration 17:55,361 receptivity to 6:403-04 transformation and 7:322; 17:350 trust in Great Supreme 2:62 turn towards, to deliver you 16:271 upsets people 4:96,98 vital and 6:396-97 what prevents working of 17:171 work and 17:12-13,295 see also Divine power; Force, the Divine forces 6:458-59 condition to receive 16:69 limitations and 16:271 Divine Grace see Grace (Divine) Divine help 17:377 Divine influence 16:251,421 Divine knowledge 16:217 Divine law 2:159; 3:163-64; 10:259; 14:24; 15:46 Divine life 2:68-70; 8:133; 17:39,96 human life and 16:157 fear of 11:311 in a divine body 9:110 parts refusing 17:113 preparation for 17:251 wanting 17:62-63,116 Divine love 6:102; 7:370,378; 12:305; 14:122-25,139; 15:94-95; 16:72,217 above quarrels 16:175 aspiration for 3:130-31; 4:244 becoming conscious of 4:244-46 blows and 10:58 can transform suffering into an ocean of delight 14:266; 16:18 Chaldean legend about 7:370-71,378 complete act of 8:235-36 consciousness is Inconscient 9:11,207 descent of 3:172; 4:241-42; 8:226 fn,339-40; 10:204 do not belittle 16:100 double play of 10:350 essence of Truth 17:386 has power to save 16:72 hostile beings and 8:340 human beings and 8:340 human love and 3:69-72; 6:78,174-75; 10:83,356,361; 12:68-69; 14:125-30; 16:298-99,409 is the only Reality 17:354 Kali's force and 16:370 Mahakali's 17:374 manifestation of 3:69-75; 8:226 fn; 10:74 necessary in our age 10:353 open to 16:365 other kinds of "love" and 8:301-03; 16:409; 17:62,165,183, 241,374 power of transformation and 3:171-72; 10:261 psychic and 4:245 rapture and 10:175 realising through 8:191,235 receptivity to 6:135-36 self-love and 16:19 suffering and 14:266,268; 16:18 transformation and 3:171-72; 10:261,300 true 16:175 understanding 8:339-40 vibrations clothing 4:245 vital being and 3:72-73 vital, psychic and 16:176 Divine man 17:361 Divine Mother see Mother (1), the Divine oneness 17:104 Divine order 3:163,179; 8:3; 10:259 Divine peace bring down 17:316 supramental future and 17:72 Divine power 2:51,147; 10:215; 16:187,195 aspects behind 5:82 deformation of 4:381 Divine Will and 12:383 each person is special manifestation of 2:51 manifested on earth 4:381 no limit to 16:195 psychic being and 10:243 trust in 16:187 see also Divine force; Divine shakti; Power(s); Divine Presence 4:20,81; 7:247,339,408-10; 8:76-77,136,232, 305-06; 9:321; 10:43-44; 14:10-11,13,15; 17:35,372 acting 5:75 fn aim of life and 14:3-5 assurance of 17:103,196,204,213,361 becoming conscious of 10:280; 16:390-91,400-01,407 calling for 17:238,365,378-79 concentrate on 17:278 concrete to an awakened consciousness 17:130,198 consciousness of 5:74-76; 6:393; 10:295; 17:123,182,381 contact with 5:349-50; 16:424 everything is full of 16:119 experience of 4:134-35,325; 9:134-36; 16:161 feeling 16:160; 17:95,103,133,144-45,151,167 find in the heart 16:161,172; 17:142 finding in the body 8:35,176,214 in all 16:387 in the atom 4:139,240 in child, plant, animal 4:26 in higher mind 17:142 in inner solitude 17:126 in matter 8:35,78-79 in Nature 8:223-24 in the psychic 4:26 in the subtle physical 10:154 in work 17:212-13 in the world 5:235 is beauty and joy 7:402; 8:122 keeping in touch with 3:154 living in 7:410 loss of 16:160; 17:151 man united by 8:75-76 the Mother's assurance of 17:103,196,204,213,361 the Mother's experiences of transformation and 16:424-25; see also Mother's body, the transformation of never forget 17:95 of the Lord 16:435 in everything 16:256 of the Mother 16:92,173-74 on earth 4:242 physical being and 16:359 pleasure and 8:121; 10:69 psychic being and 16:424 remembrance of the Divine and 16:374 self-giving and 16:98 sensations and 16:390-91 silence filled with 16:435 spark of, present in atom 4:140-41 spiritual life and 16:155 sublime 17:179 unification around 17:316-17 union with 17:372,379 work increases receptivity to 17:166,303 Divine protection 17:110 Divine shakti 4:358,393-95; 16:389 see also Divine power Divine solicitude 6:374-75 Divine truth 3:79-80; 10:102,288,312-13; 14:209-11; 15:87 fn; 17:386 Divine vibration 10:155; 11:193,195-96 physical world and 11:249-50; 16:382 see also Divine power; Mahashakti Divine will 3:133-35,167-72; 8:205-06,256-58,267; 9:130; 10:65; 14:115-21,301-02,331,347,354 acting in accordance with 4:87-89,114,117 actions and 9:30-32; 16:181,337 actions of 5:308-09; 9:25-26,176 adherence to 6:438-39 adverse forces distort 3:170 always prevails 17:321 becoming conscious instrument of 16:259,389 belonging to 5:5-7 carrying out 17:55 central will and 6:421 changes determinism 4:84,160-61,408 contact with 4:135,215 creation and 9:7-9 Divine Mother and 16:153 Divine power and 12:383 error to suppose that it always acts openly 3:162-64,170-71 expression of, in universe 10:289 feeling the 4:2,115 follow 10:293 God and Nature playing hide-and-seek 9:9-13 great beings of Overmind and the new creation 9:150 human will and 6:454,457-61 hypnotism and 7:268 identifying with and expressing 17:181 ignorance and 3:170 individual will and 5:196; 10:74 judging the 4:388 knowing the 4:2; 17:114,117,172 life is expression of 7:68-70,317 little done according to 17:75 manifestation of 6:159 mind in communication with 3:156 the Mother's body's experience and 11:260 nothing is outside of 10:105 origin of creation, essentially Delight 9:7-9 perfect sincerity and 6:398 personal and 6:369-73 plastic to 4:207-08 power and 12:383; 17:11 preference to carry out 17:55 progress and 7:373; 9:129-30; 15:84 recognising the 3:8-9 relying on 17:308-09 social relations and 6:369-73 surrender to 7:255; 8:298-99,370; 14:119-21; 16:226,324,389,434 to know whether one's will or desire is in agreement with 3:19 to make progress 9:130 true friend 9:57 union with 3:133-35,167-72 unshakable faith, sign of presence of 3:97; 17:125,376 us and 16:179 vital and 16:196,401 will be manifest upon earth 6:159 will of 3:8 will triumph in time 16:153 work and 14:331 world and 17:75 Divine work 7:191,389-90; 16:155 developed psychic being consecrated to 4:147 everything a part of 4:115 faithfulness to 17:114,219 forces for and against 16:10 money for 5:161-62 readiness for 16:309 study for 5:48-51; 6:153-55 Division 6:101; 11:289 creation and 6:273 Doctors confidence in 17:403 faith in 10:324-25; 16:195 humanity is slave of 10:327 illness and 5:123-24; 17:231,349-50,353,403 incompetence of 16:302-03 should not talk about patients 16:63 words of the Mother on 15:167-77 see also Medical opinion; Medical science cf. Illness Dogma 2:162; 4:25,284; 10:97; 14:212-13 Dogmatism Sri Aurobindo's teachings and 13:22; 15:361 Dogs 5:248; 6:182-83; 17:4 Doubt 14:214,262 conquering 10:13-14 cultivation of 6:121 experience and 10:12 in aspiration, prevents receiving the answer 5:396-97 in the consciousness 17:138 in the mind 9:351 is a poison 16:74,220 lingering in the consciousness 17:138 physical mind and 6:224-25 progress and 10:27 questionings and 10:212 receptivity and 6:404 reject all 17:139 spoils intervention of Grace 5:367 veils the consciousness 16:41 waiting to be free from 17:51 Drama(s) 5:223-24 not the highest of the arts 3:108 written by the Mother 7:301-04,308-09,316,323; 12:451-516 Dream(s) 12:93-94; 15:143-46,329-30,341-43,347-54, 378-79; 17:3,11,49,158 about cats 3:166 about the Mother 4:113; 6:142-50; 15:350-51; 16:334,336; 17:55,74,218-19 about people one meets afterwards 3:16 as erratic activities of mental faculties 2:31-32 as visions and revelations 2:37; 3:13-15 bad, mental fermentation 16:277 becoming conscious of 2:30-37; 3:14-15,19; 16:23 being disturbed 17:218 children's 4:128,149; 8:116-19; 9:161-62 conscious will and 5:25-27 contact with occult worlds in 8:219 death seen in 7:123,134 different kinds 4:57,60 disordered stomach, and a 6:74 distinguishing other activities of night from 16:232 effect of supramental descent on 8:293 entering the worlds beyond in 6:448-49; 8:116 exercising conscious will on 5:25-27; 16:23 experience after death and 6:448-49 experience(s) 6:147-48,185-86; 7:79-80,119-20; 16:317 explanations of 4:319-21 exteriorisation during 8:116-19 fear and 6:192; 17:230 fear in 4:60; 16:261-62 forgetting, reason for 5:37-39 habit of reviewing 2:37 happenings as in 17:123 imagery in, materialist 5:29 importance of 5:25 in the psychic consciousness 4:149 in sleep 3:14-16; 16:408 in the vital world 5:27-28,37-40; 8:116-19; 15:352-54 inner being seeking revenge 2:32 interpretation of 2:34-35; 3:14; 11:10-12 knowledge and 10:125-30 learning in 7:124 lights in 17:42,44-45 meeting other persons in 16:408 meeting unknown people in 4:108 memory of 2:36-37; 5:37-40; 7:67,121; 16:228 mental activity and 2:30 mental confusion revealed in 2:32 mental fermentation in 16:227 the Mother helping people in 15:350 the Mother's 2:131-36; 4:62; 5:27-28 the Mother's words about 2:30-37 "Mother of" 4:1,10 monkey and crows in 17:158-59 musical composition in 4:127 "my jewelled dreams of you" 17:363-64 nature of 2:30-37; 5:25 nightmares 3:47,165; 4:129,192-94; 7:24,121; 16:189 noting 4:59,62 objectivation of subconscient images 11:33,35-36 occur in vital space and time 3:165 of a departed person 17:367-68 of elevator crash 5:191; 10:130-31 of the Mother's friend 3:166 peculiar 17:391 premonitory 10:125,130-31; 17:35,278 purely mechanical 2:31 recurring 7:124 relation to working state 2:30 remembering 2:36-37; 5:37-40; 7:67,121; 16:228 remembrance of past lives 4:148-49 scorpions and snakes in 17:56 seeing places, people, trains, etc. 4:107-08,319-21 sleep, dreamless 2:30; 3:16; 4:107-08 snakes in 16:261-62 stomach and 6:74 story in, fairy-tale 8:118-19 subconscient and 15:348-49; 16:385 subliminal and 7:109,111 symbols in 4:107,149; 5:28-29; 6:142-43,147-50; 7:129-30; 17:393 time and 3:165 "unlived dreams" 8:222 unpleasant 17:390 vital consciousness and 16:428 waking consciousness and 16:23 white serpent, two-headed 7:427-29 why do we dream? 7:132 working to realise beautiful 16:80 Drouet, Minou child prodigy 8:318 Drugs 11:35-36; 13:246,352-53; 17:195-96,353-54,405,407,410-11 Dryness 17:112,198 depends on inner state 16:173 love behind 16:207 Dualities 8:109-10; 15:6-7,298,366; see also Opposites Duality and oneness 16:374 Dullness 17:316 getting rid of 16:62 Durga age-long battle of 5:97-98 cult of Kali and 8:244-46 expressing herself through the Mother's body 11:104 Hymn to 12:43-44 Puja 7:352 see also Kali Duty 2:154; 5:301; 12:367; 14:306; 17:162 transform oneself 16:426 Dynamism 2:108; 8:8,254 E
Earth 15:47,263-65,365 absence of fear on 10:89 aim of life on 2:39,49; 4:117-18; 7:211,292-93; 8:120,176; 9:15-19, 208-10,252-54; 10:291; 12:3-8,18,312-13; 14:3-8; 15:82-84; 16:386,432; 17:78,102,109,375,381; see also Life, aim of ascent and fall on 10:92 aspiration of 11:65 atmosphere of 8:127-28,178; 16:237 beginning of its material reality 10:163 birth of eternal on 9:177-78 Buddha in atmosphere of 16:382 cannot bear too rapid manifestation 11:85 changes slow to come 17:326,350 coming harmony on 11:174-75 consciousness of 10:187 creation of 4:119,328; 10:220 creators and formateurs of beings on 5:308-09 death and 10:168 decisive hour in history of 16:427 descent of Divine Love only, on 10:204 descent of Divine Mother on 17:76,119 development of, involution and evolution 7:361-62 difficult hours come to 16:422 disorder on 10:92 the Divine and 7:193,228,380; 10:121-22,320; 16:365 Divine's emanations particular work on 17:119,186 divine peace on 17:72 Divine power manifested on 4:381 Divine presence on 4:242 Divine will manifesting on 6:159 do work on 17:114 events, important, changing them 5:191-93 evolutionary planet 10:52-55; 13:376 existence of Krishna on 10:60-61 field for progress 5:50,206-07,339; 7:76; 9:270; 12:185-86; 16:164,434; 17:102,109,375 giving to man and 2:49 God speaking to 17:363-64 gods incarnating on 4:184 governed by asuric forces, ignorance and falsehood 3:245; 6:169-70; 11:41; 14:209 governed by Truth 10:312 history of 4:242; 10:89; 16:421,427 identification of consciousness with 2:130 importance of 5:275-77 inconscience on 11:87 inner progress of 3:39-40 integral servitors on 17:183 joyful child on 17:184 justice on 2:95 life of 2:130; 7:418 life on 7:76; 8:202,215 lives in deception 11:262 luminous double 5:276 man on 2:44; 7:323-24; 10:87 fn manifestation of all worlds on 10:60 mental atmosphere of 10:28 memory of 3:94; 4:110-12,124,281-83; 5:278-82; 10:92 miracles on 10:163 moment of transition in history of 16:421 money meant to help 17:396 the Mother and 10:255; 13:37-38,41,47,51,58-59 the Mother taking body on 17:65 needs to die 10:168 new creation and 7:357; 11:116-18; see also World, new new forces descend upon 4:220 offer consciousness of, to the Supreme 10:121 one cannot destroy 10:142 only place with psychic 4:164-65,243; 7:164 overmind gods and 16:235 paradise on 10:88-95,151 peace on 15:64-67; 17:72 place for psychic progress 3:198; 4:144,165 preparation of 17:314 pressure of Truth upon 13:375 progress of 16:373; 17:102,109,375 prophecy of new 6:159 psychic being and 6:160-62 realisation on 3:194; 17:186 responsibility of 4:246 Satyayuga on? 17:78 Sri Aurobindo and 13:3-10 passim,16-21 passim; 16:430 story of 4:22 studying ourselves while on 2:128 subconscient and 11:323 subtle regions and 10:60 supermind, rule of, imminent on 5:283-85 Supramental and 5:283-85; 8:11,178,291-93; 10:31,316; 11:315-18; 13:52,57; 16:382 supramental creation on 15:404-07 supramental manifestation on 8:125-35,219-21; 11:279,284; 15:100,202-03; 16:382 supreme justice upon 2:95 supreme Love on 10:74,121-22 symbol of universe, concentrated 2:80; 4:242; 5:272,275-76; 7:160,164; 9:209,321 time needed for Earth to be ready 9:141 transformation of 3:173; 10:220; 11:279,284; 15:92-93,316; 16:331,382; 17:193-94,319,397 truth manifesting on 11:85-86 victory over hostile influence on 3:198; 6:436 vision of whole 10:264 within Falsehood 11:178-80 work on 17:114,186 yoga on 7:33 see also Creation; Universe; World East and West dangers of yoga and 3:4 in relation to spiritual life 3:12 synthesis of art in 5:342-43 see also West, the Eating 3:23-24; 16:302 adjusting to change of 17:263 chew thoroughly, calmly 17:142-43 habits in the Ashram 6:158-59,162-64,178-81; 7:62; 17:47,248 in moderation 17:15 in return for work 17:288 inner attitude and 16:290 the Lord eating offering of devotees 17:290 meat 6:178-81 regularly 16:126-27 well 16:117,121 without desire 7:62 see also Cooking; Food Ecstasy belongs to perfected yogi 16:298 objectless joy 8:376-77 see also Ananda; Joy Education 12:129,167,169-70,199 aim of 6:154-55; 12:120-21 attitude and 12:340 beauty and 12:20-21 begin at or before birth 12:9; 17:372 books for reading 7:287-90,310-13 can begin before or at birth 12:9; 17:372 cat educating kittens 5:244-45 characteristic of man 9:218-22 cinema as instrument of 7:299-300 "classics", reading 7:287-90 compulsion not effective 12:335 correcting wrong done through unconsciousness 5:411 desires and 6:412-15; 12:121 development of individuality through 6:261 discipline in 12:193-94 doing what others do 8:179,238,240-41 fear and 12:11,14 five principal aspects of 12:9 idea of evil 4:23-25 in the Ashram see Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education Indian 12:251-55; 13:369-71 instinct destroyed by wrong 5:295-96 matter, spirit and 13:369-70 memory, mental phenomena 5:270,290-91 mental 5:217-18; 6:18-23; 8:181-84,364-66; 9:402-03; 12:24-29 mental laziness 8:186-87 money and 12:159,202,353-54 moral 9:97-99 of body 12:7-8,12-17,275-81,285 of children see Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education of lower parts of being 17:113 of senses 6:78-91; 7:57-59,309; 12:20-21 of women 8:239-43 ordinary, deadens the consciousness 5:290 parents and 12:9-38,434-35,446 perfecting of faculties 9:396 physical culture see Physical culture physical see Physical education; Sports psychic 4:26-27; 6:24-37; 12:30-35 psychic contact and new faculties 9:396 sacerdotal 4:92-93 science or art 5:128-29 sex 12:378-79 specialisation and 6:18-21 spiritual 6:24-37; 12:35-38 sports 6:237-43 passim superficiality of 12:146 supramental 12:38 true 12:335 understanding brain formation 4:140; 8:180-83,385-87 difficult subjects 4:198 various influences on child 8:203-04,392 vital 6:10-17; 12:18-23,55-57 vital forces and 12:336 work, method of study 5:48-49 work, utility of, crystallising mental power 5:126-28 yoga and 12:179-80,254 see also Learning; Sports; Students; Study; Teachers Effort 2:23; 6:208-09,220-21,225-26; 8:24; 14:169-71 activity, passivity and 6:113 adverse forces, counteracting attack of 5:95-96,235 attitude in each act 9:96-97 attitude of aspirants in case of another world-catastrophe 9:169-70 to supramental life 9:241-42 awakening and conquering 9:421 become master of self through 9:70-71 breaking the shell 9:135-36 central difficulty deserves all 2:55 changing conditions of sadhana in the Ashram and 6:297 changing somebody 5:98 collective 8:249 consecration and 10:300 constant 4:346; 9:65 correct 3:249 difficulty and 9:423-24 ego and 6:330-33; 7:363-64,371 endurance to change 4:251,336 enlightenment and 2:49 failure to make 6:267 fatigue and 16:179-80 feeling new force 9:319 finding one's true turn of development 9:426-28 for liberation 7:376 for peace 6:314 for progress 4:7; 5:102-04; 7:202; 8:196,209,360-61; 9:173-74, 316-18,426-28; 12:137; 16:179-80,291,315 for realisation 8:174-75; 9:116-19 gives joy 4:31-33 great opposition to 17:133 human aspiration and 5:89; 10:244 ignorance yields to 17:103 impossible becomes possible through 8:384-85 in aspiration 5:89; 10:244; 16:294 individual 7:363-64 collective ascent and 5:250; 9:174 determines time needed for realisation 9:190-91 means of action of Supramental Force 9:5-6 intensified by opposition 10:66 key of effort Sri Aurobindo wants us to make 9:91-94 knowing one's capacity for work 5:320 laziness and 8:162,182,296 lower nature and 6:220-21 making 16:275,294; 17:100,124 meditation and 16:312 men and women must associate in common 2:146 mental 9:124-26; 17:279 the Mother's, to become conscious 12:433 necessitated by reactions 17:133,364,376 needed for transformation 16:391 negation of all 16:380 of Ashram children 6:430-32 of conscious thought destroyed at night 2:31 of desire on work 16:31 of mankind converges 2:125; 7:329; 8:377-78 of Nature 10:50,280 of organising circumstances 16:303 of seeking 17:178,180 opposition to 10:66; 17:133 perseverance and persistence in 9:31; 10:246,293; 16:395-96; 17:103 personal 4:94,367-68; 7:363-64; 8:370-71; 16:312; 17:100 the Divine and 4:411; 6:225-26 grace and 16:365 purity and 16:379 necessary to preserve faith 9:351-52 will and 5:47 physical 8:196-97 physical nature and 6:430 prayer and 16:275 problem, solving a 5:220 psychic 6:138-41 reactions make need for 17:133,364,376 result of 2:62; 8:139,370-71 role of human 10:244 sincere 16:383; 17:73 soul and 9:373-75,426-28; 10:293 spiritual 2:57-58; 3:203; 9:147,149 spontaneous 8:282,371 surrender and 16:312 think only of going ahead 9:412 to become servant of the Divine 17:113 to correct one's movements 17:375 to create harmony 17:392 to overcome preferences and dislikes 17:171 to prevent war 9:3-4 to quiet vital 17:48,133 to sacrifice 8:76 to transform oneself 10:269-70; 16:426; 17:171,375 to understand 8:182-84,358,385-87; 17:66,145,157 towards Truth 2:27,81 towards vaster perfection 9:296,298-99 transformation and 16:391 true way of 17:66,138,190,279,377 value of 8:370-71 waiting and 17:57 without calculation 4:32-33 Ego 11:54-55,167,190,219,260,307-08; 12:357; 14:203,214, 276-78,295; 15:129; 17:52,373 aberration of created material world 10:45 absence of fixed, according to Buddhism 3:248 adverse forces and 3:218; 5:235 ambition, the canker 5:8 as prison 10:264 attachment for disinterested work 5:55-56 avoiding error and 16:402 bargaining of 5:233-34 beatitude and 10:278 becoming less and less egoistic 5:57 better to transform 16:423 centre of preoccupation 16:178 charity and 2:97,100 conflicts of 14:282-86 confusing service of Divine with 10:81-82 contemplation of little physical 17:71 convinced that it decides 8:51 crumbling of 2:39 cutting the knot of 6:390-91 death and 10:320 decisions and 17:263,302 definition of 3:240-41 deforms 4:401-02; 5:357-58 desires and 8:367,399; 16:246 different states of being and 16:432 difficult to seize 3:240 the Divine and 4:411 divine government and 10:315 effective remedy for 10:271-72 effort and 6:330-38; 7:363-64,371 egoless, to become, learning identification 5:219 elimination (abolition, dissolution) of 4:333,411; 9:427-28; 10:320-21; 11:215; 16:226,379,381,389-90,423; 17:55,409 emergence from 7:424 enlarging range of 10:264 enthusiasm and 7:424 everyone not the same 8:387-88 evolution of 16:432 experience and 7:229-30 fear and 16:186 freedom and 10:264; 16:422 freedom from 8:71,114; 10:321-22 generous and wise people, pride and vanity of 5:14-16,349 getting rid of 3:268-69; 6:37,256-61,332-36,390-91; 17:55,409 god of 10:93 Grace, action and 4:279-81 gratitude and 7:424 helper and bar 17:108-09 humanity and 5:12-16; 11:55 in primitive natures 17:235 individual and 3:240; 4:401-02; 7:11,13,366,371-72; 16:304 individuality and 4:174; 8:367-68; 10:109 inferiority complex and 16:269 inner reactions and 17:311 judgment from point of view of 10:49; 16:321 justice and 2:95 Karma and 15:393 knot of 8:70 knowing God's will and 10:313-14 Krishna and 10:349 liberty, equality, fraternity and 10:307 living without 9:338 living in the 4:280-81 many 7:11 mastering the, moral perfection 9:409-10 mastery of complex individuality 9:402-03 Maya and 10:363 meaning of "ego-individuality" 7:11-13 mental construction 4:200 mental, veiling of soul 10:55 merging in the Divine 6:254-61 mind and 4:200; 5:150; 7:364 misery of 16:433 modesty and 16:265 the Mother's body and see Mother's body, the, ego... observing action 6:402 of matter 11:298 of nations 10:257 offering to the Divine 16:379 once indispensable 3:218 overcoming 10:340; 16:362,379,422,426 personal will, discernment and 10:287 philanthropy and 10:83 physical 10:193; 11:190 poverty and 10:271-72 preferences 10:236 psychic being and 16:432 purpose of 7:366,371-72 reactions of 10:298 reason and 8:373 receptivity and 6:136-38 refusing to abdicate 17:333 reign of, must end 11:316 renouncing 4:70 replace with Divine consciousness 11:307,316 sadness and 16:178 "satisfying" 17:171,174 self-criticism and 6:350,402; 16:309-10 self-giving and 16:422 sensitivity and 16:304 separation and 3:241 shell of, and experiences 6:332-35; 7:229-30 sin and 10:109 social life and 10:308 sorrow and 6:144-45; 10:296 soul and 10:254,316; 16:250 source of insincerity 8:398-99 spiritual 4:364; 5:383-85 suffering and 2:56-57; 6:144-45,405; 9:41; 15:359-60 "super-ego" 7:119 superman and human 10:248 supermind unknown and inaccessible to one with 3:242 supramental vibration and 10:114 surrender of, to Divine 16:186,226,433 total lack of 10:278 understanding universe and 10:358 vanity of 5:14-16,349 viewpoint of 17:114 virtues and 5:14; 6:182-83 vital, self-conceit 9:5 war and 10:52 watching oneself and 4:361-62 will to get out of 6:37,254-61,390-91 wisdom and 10:16 withdrawal from 10:75 world created by 10:45 work of 16:389-90 see also Egoism; Egoistic...; Pride Egoism 6:253-56; 16:422 atmosphere full of 17:114 begins with the mind 5:150 change by revolution and 16:153 creates complications 17:167,299 depression and 4:10 different kinds of 4:334 freedom and 4:400; 10:15-16,261-62 give yourself, without 16:182 hindrance to supramental manifestation 4:383 in coming to the Mother 17:100 in inner being 6:28-29 individual 4:66 magnified philanthropy 10:83 of matter 11:298 progress stopped by 5:46,219-20; 16:128; 17:117-18,122,160-61 reaction of, and pure reaction 9:6 relatively easy to correct 3:240-41 remedy for 10:271-72 selfishness and 6:254-56; 7:371-72 source of difficulties 8:135,220-21 sports and 6:28-29 suffering and 6:405; 16:290 supramental manifestation and 4:383 transformation and 16:426 vanity and 4:39 Vedanta and 10:318 wanting to pull the Force is dangerous 9:241-42 work on one's own self is different from 4:254,411 see also Ego Egoistic aim offering and 16:269-70 Egoistic ends in devotion 8:39 Egoistic illness 4:10 Egoistic movements transforming 7:75 Egoistic personality 2:66-67 Egoistic state of consciousness 7:354; 10:76 Egypt art in 3:109-10,339-40 feast of light 4:6 great ages of 4:312 hieroglyphs and sounds of 8:151-56 the Mother's vision of 8:155-57 violation of tombs in 8:96-97 Eightfold Path 3:248-50 see also Buddhism Electronics 12:377 Elemental entities the "domain of death" and 6:55 see also Entities Elite 16:263 effort towards vaster perfection 9:296,298-99 of mankind 3:150; 4:147,156; 7:178,215-16; 8:291 organisation must be made for 12:181 predestined 9:92 realisation new, its effect shared by some 9:298-99,315 transformation of a small number 9:73-74 Elizabeth I 4:150 Emanation(s) children as 5:381-82 divine 5:275-76; 17:119,185-86 first four 5:374,376,379-81 formation and 16:375 gods, creation of the 5:372-73 innumerable, "enemies of the Divine" 5:375 life turning into death 5:3 of adverse forces 4:188; 5:375-77; 6:247-48; 9:206-07 of Asuras 6:173-74,435 of the Mahashakti 16:370 of the Mother 6:274; 13:76 of the overmind 5:308-09 power of 5:265 psycho-divine, evolved psychic being 5:265 truth turning into falsehood, "Lord of Nations" 5:98,376-77,379 Emotion(s) 15:343-46 austerity of 12:64-71 bad feelings 7:81,90 belongs to higher vital, not psychic 3:124 characteristic of heart 16:177 containing and expressing 3:10-11 effect of music on 16:225 "love" 7:90 passions 7:90 psychic 9:325; 15:344-46 sharing another's 16:231-32 vital impulses and 8:193,392-93 see also Feelings Emotional centre 16:225 see also Chakras; Heart Emptiness Divine is in depths of 16:172 in oneself 4:283 knowing one's soul and 16:288 Endurance 3:139; 12:295-96; 14:174-75; 17:51,335,357,388 depression and 16:145 facing difficulties 8:41-42 faithfulness, form of 8:42 for change 4:251,336 force of calmness 8:329-31 learning 3:136-37 needed for transformation 3:136-37; 11:1,3,8,13,159,173,271,276 of body 4:54,251 of woman equal to man's 2:143 path of yoga and 8:261 perseverance and 8:23,41-42,394 physical 4:54,251 preserving one's, certain victory 9:255 secret of 16:366 success and 16:134 upsetting or depression and 16:145 see also Perseverance; Persistence cf. Patience Energy/ies absorbing, from outside 16:224 bathed in a sea of 16:118 battery of 2:64 body-cells 7:72 can be cultivated 16:145 children and 4:4 concentration of 16:125,186; 17:221,303 controlling flow of 4:161 cosmic 8:115 drawing 7:60-61,73 effort without calculation 4:32-33 egoistic 3:163 exchange of 4:4-6,32-33; 5:209-10; 16:146,429 fasting and 7:60-61 for reproduction 16:430 forms of 16:224-25 from vital forces 7:72-73,137-42 given to mind 15:370 giving 16:429 in the new world 4:70 indolent 16:285 inexhaustible 17:404 integral yoga and 16:225 japa and 16:224 lack of 16:117 life-energy 17:18 lost 4:10 of Japan 2:148 of progress 2:49; 7:102 receptivity to 7:259; 8:195-97; 16:118,124,146 sources of 6:81-82; 7:71,73,103; 12:263-64; 16:140,146,149 terrestrial, contacting 4:10 utilising 16:24 vital 4:250; 6:82; 8:298-99 wasting of 4:10; 6:155-56; 8:162; 15:370; 16:370-71 see also Force(s) cf. Force, the English language 12:219,222-23,225 Enjoyments be above 16:157 distinguishing bliss from 9:8-9 ordinary 17:139 Enthusiasm 4:248-49; 14:186 capacity for 7:423-24 increasing 16:302 Entities 16:252 behind automatic writing 5:36 behind the elements 5:384; 7:385-86 elemental 6:55 gentle 4:275 intolerable, in physical atmosphere 4:274-76 "miracles" with help of vital 4:83,86-87; see also Vital entities Nature-entities 7:308 overmind 5:265 Envelope mental 16:225 nervous 3:89; 4:268 protective 4:63,273,324-25 subtle-physical and psychological 4:324-25 vital 4:63,273 Environment body perfectly adapted to 10:89 changing one's 7:376 children formed by 8:391 conditions one's search for Divine 7:425 difficulties and 3:6-7 effect of on body 5:296 expresses the individual 2:68 importance of physical 3:153-54 perfection of 10:312 Equality 4:90; 17:109 bodily 5:23; 11:14 knowledge and 10:175 indifference and 16:173,336-37 liberty, fraternity and 10:307 of men and women 2:146 of soul, basis of receptivity 4:96-97; 5:23-24; 8:68 perfect 10:59 supermind/supramental and 10:114,117; 11:193,195; 15:110-11 Equanimity 14:184; 17:41,398 basis of 3:11,34,53; 5:23 essential condition 3:10 first step in yoga 3:100 towards food 3:123 vital being must preserve 3:136 Equilibrium 4:14-16,24,63; 11:200 accumulation and distribution, rhythmic movement 5:357-58 as essential law 10:107-08 basis of 9:241-42; 17:129 creation of 5:353,355; 6:171-74; 11:111-14 disequilibrium and 16:323-24 equality of soul and external 5:23 important for progress 6:180 mental 2:64; 5:24; 6:310-12,314-15; 8:311 progress and 6:180 re-establishing 5:122-23,173-80 universe of 10:107 Error(s)/Mistake(s) 4:74,214-15; 6:236-37,342-44; 14:251-57 abolishing, and consequences of 9:59 fn aspiration and repentance 5:142-43; 10:197 Atheist, Agnostic and 10:363 avoiding 16:402 cannot vex or displease the Mother 16:143 concept in time 10:147-48 consequences of 5:363,367; 9:57 fn; 16:323 correcting 9:306-07 cosmic vision, suffering and 10:263-64 disappearance of 9:330 Divine near to one who wants to change 5:350 Divine will and 3:162-64,170-71 effacement of 16:307 "evil persona", a cause of 5:276 fn first effort towards Truth 2:27,81 how can one know? 16:306-07 how to abstain from 12:126 in ridiculing others 10:21 in world of reflections 10:126-27 justified 10:147 Lord's use of 10:339 obstacle to charity 2:98-99 of creation 10:223-24; 11:170 of humanity, clinging to past 9:197-98 of lower vital 7:70 of material world 10:223-24 of religion 9:407-08 one loves one's 3:192 perfection and 10:266 persisting in 3:192; 4:74,333 possibility and 10:151 punishment and 16:233 renunciation of 8:294-95; 10:172-73 rule to protect from 16:120 sudden vision of all 10:121 supramental descent and 11:314-15 there is none 10:150 through ignorance 7:411; 10:47; 16:307 throwing into inner flame 9:352 true vision and 10:41-42 truth and 2:27,81; 10:20,147-56, passim two possible, regarding work 2:50-51 understanding one's 5:55-56 way to escape consequences 10:277 ways of dealing with 10:196-97 why there is, everywhere 5:17-18 Eternal,the birth of, on earth 9:177-78 identification with 2:130 translation of, for the supramental descent 11:137,146 voyage of 9:265-67 Eternal consciousness we carry in ourselves 16:160,435-36 Eternal creation 8:346 Eternal source learn to drink from 16:118 Eternal word 5:354-55 Eternity 11:113-14,126,146 all alike before 16:158 experience of 10:265 impression of beginning 4:217 Inconscient and 11:161 is term of soul 10:265 memory of 10:219 of delight 10:346 peace of 17:182 sleep of consciousness for 17:184 sphinx of 4:1 time and 4:232,394; 17:242 to soar in 17:181 Etheric being 17:82 Etheric substance 6:307 Ethics 16:199 Europe 10:203 absence of inner sense of people of 10:96 advanced thought of 10:307 buildings in 4:308 Christ humanised 10:63 destruction of 10:141-42 doubts and questionings 10:212 great ages 4:311-12 Japan and 5:366 lack of civilisation 10:323 music of 5:77 state of, in 1931 16:6-7 war, effect of 4:303 see also Countries; East and West; Nations; West, the Europeans 4:306,312-13; 10:96,311 Evil 4:23-24,40,287; 6:171; 10:246; 11:199-200,249 bad things easier to do 5:234-36 bad thoughts 8:207-10 boredom, commonest evil 8:175 causes of 5:72-73,147 charity and 2:100 conscious of, that one does 3:197 criminal, light in depths of the 5:381 death of instrument of, changes nothing 5:377 death and failure not 10:263 desire and 10:263 disorder, separation from the Divine 5:310 the Divine and 4:288; 7:425; 16:185 easier to do 5:234-35 "evil persona" 5:276 fn fear, very bad thing 5:318-19 from spiritual point of view 3:189 God and 10:263,286-87,339 good and 4:25,80,119; 5:73; 9:180-81; 10:311; 11:109,112,210,212; 16:301,381 grace and 6:216-17 harm, by so-called sannyasin 8:72-73 healing 7:425; 10:71-74; 16:185 human fallibility and 10:312 idea of 4:23-25; 9:134; 10:72 ignorance and 7:316-17; 10:72 influences, bad 5:414 Karma 8:82 limit to excess of 7:424-25 meeting in sleep 17:150 mental formations, harming through 5:133 nature of 10:315 only way to escape 10:277 psychic being and 16:249 remedy for 5:73,147,365 source of 3:102 story of serpent and 10:92-94 tamas and wickedness 5:415 victory over 9:4-5 see also Bad... Evolution 8:322; 11:161-64,167,199,238; 12:116; 15:118; 16:224 accident of 10:90 aim of 9:182-83,321-23 all happenings conducive to 2:68 ascending, and superman 16:415 atheist and 10:344 body and universal 10:28-29 children and 5:345-36 Christ and 10:61 conscious, of humanity 7:357 descent of consciousness precedes development of form 9:218-22, 237-38 desire and 17:108 disappearance of a species 9:215-17 duty of women in 2:154 enjoying 17:102 evolutionary and involutionary being 5:324 evolutionary curve in human experience 7:305,364 first man 7:332 goal of 9:321-23 human 5:333-36; 6:222-23; 10:209; 16:432 in cycles 4:311 individual and universal 2:128; 9:214-16,225-29,323 involution and 7:361-62; 9:204 fn,220-21 justice in present state of 2:95 life is in perpetual 2:25 man and lower levels 7:324-25 man becomes god through 10:93 man has several natures through 10:87 methods of 2:93-94 mind and 10:89-91 Nature's ways and 7:162 new race and 7:333; 9:313-14 objectivisation and 10:162-63 of art 5:333-39 of creation 16:284 of humanity 7:357; 10:296-97; 16:432 of life 2:158-59 of matter 9:208-10 overmind gods and 16:235 past, approach to Divine 7:374 plan behind 7:321 progressive 2:66; 9:209-10; 10:89-90 psychic being and 5:265; 16:247-48 purpose in, knowing through experience 8:182 raison d'etre of 9:208-09 rebirth and 15:361-64 role of sorrow in 10:296-97 sensitivity in stage of 2:55 serpent as power of 10:93 soul in 17:78,81 speech and 6:222-23 "spirals in a globe" constructed by the children 5:345-46 universal progress incoherent 5:336 spiritual 2:161-62 stages in the transformation of the body and 11:46-53,71-72 suffering and 11:43 superman and new race 7:333; 9:313-14 supramental 10:164; 17:343 teachings of life's 2:158-59 thought and progressive 2:90 tragedies as movements in general 10:279 transformation and 16:382 unfinished 10:256 vice and virtue used for 10:267 war and 10:52-53 will and 9:259-60; 10:77 Example helping by 17:377 is best teacher 8:122 leaders must be 12:357-58 most powerful instructor 12:194-98,360,363-64 of integral activity 2:70 setting most useful 2:66-67 Exercise(s) 5:56 cure for body 16:131 for becoming conscious 4:38-39,88 for boys and girls 12:296-97 for headache 16:130 of concentration 16:318 physical 5:119-20; 12:52-53,381-82 regularly 16:127 to widen the mind 4:43-47 yogic 12:287 see also Physical education Existence 10:100 aim of 8:120; 9:208-09; 16:386,412,421,425,432; 17:379 basis of 10:99 conditioned by adverse forces 6:462 cosmic 3:165 earth-worm 5:394 eternal, beyond life and death 3:202 God's 10:32-35 passim imagination and 8:9 Master of 8:113-14 of heaven 10:64-65 of Krishna on earth 10:60-61 of physical life 9:41; 16:164 problem of 8:266-70 psychic organises 7:222-26; 9:269 reason for 4:356; 9:116-19; 17:379 three conditions which characterise 3:248-49 Experience(s) 14:55-60 absolutely convincing 10:265 abstraction of 7:42 action of, transforming power 8:341-43 as different points of view 8:105 attitude, mental, during 8:237,331-32,342-43 being greater than one's 8:278-79 carried from life to life 10:97 change and 9:240 change of consciousness 8:12,402-04 changing knowledge into 8:67,101 come from Divine Grace 8:279 communicating 4:222 concentration and 7:79 conscious, always remembered 7:97 consciousness absorbed by 6:362-65 consciousness to understand 4:234 craving for strong 16:147-48 death without dying 12:347 denial of 10:212 desire and 10:32-33 direct, of Divine Consciousness 3:134-35 doubt and 10:12 dreams and 6:147-48,185-86,448-49; 7:79-80,119-20; 16:317 ego and 7:229-30 evaluation of 4:229-30 explaining 8:237,331-32,341-43 faith and 6:122-124; 10:14 fear and 6:190 formulation of 3:17; 7:360; 15:372 future "reversal" promised by 8:71,172 good, gives strength 17:96 happiness and 17:89 having 7:77-80; 10:19-20 how to hasten coming of 16:99 human 7:305,364 imitation and true 8:71-72,283-84 important to take note of 16:316 individual 10:14,21,183 inner 4:349-50; 6:393; 7:292; 9:162-63 integral yoga and 14:56 keep it, let it grow 17:386 knowing Divine by 10:34; 16:239 knowledge through 8:182; 11:217-19 language and 10:184-85 liberation from ego-limitations 8:114 life is 7:77 maintaining contact with outer being 6:427-28 memory, objectivity and 11:79-83 mental constructions 4:194 mental preparation for 6:350-51 mental, of Sachchidananda 4:399-402 mentalisation (explanation, description) of 11:89-90,112-14, 162-64,194-95,235-37,267-68; see also Words mind and 4:231; 6:353,396-97 misleading source of knowledge 11:217-19 the Mother's see Mother, (4) the; Mother's body, the, experiences of the Mother's, of choice 11:30-34 nature of personal 10:205 "negative and positive side" of 7:205 never reproduced identically the same 7:34-36 not all accompanied by happiness and love 17:89 obstruction of 7:42 of all as the Divine 5:79-80; 6:362-65; 16:239 of body 4:255; 10:180 of cherry-blossom remedy 17:186 of consciousness and vision 10:289 of contact with the psychic 4:310; 7:77-80 of contact with the Reality 8:147-48 of determinism and freedom 6:286 of divine influence 6:131-32 of divine Presence 4:134-35,325; 9:134-36; 16:161 of entering into infinite compassion 6:144-46 of entering new consciousness 17:89 of eternity 10:265 of freedom 10:196 of identification with psychic 6:332,334 of Infinite 10:98 of the Kundalini 7:212-13 of losing everything 17:58 of others 5:362-66 of other worlds 15:307,338-39,341-43,352-54,366,376-80 of pain or pleasure 10:247 of self-giving 8:85,279,288 of sudden opening 6:422-23 of true consciousness 8:403-05 of a universal order 17:184 of unreality of life 11:17,31,40,195,218-19 of wideness see Consciousness, widening of past 5:285,364-65; 15:76 power of 10:185 profiting by 5:362-65; 9:31 progress and 6:351-55 psychic 4:143-51,310; 6:332,334; 7:77-78,374 psychic influence and 7:263-64; 10:39 purification of 7:13-14 reason and 7:41-42; 10:182; 17:176-77 relations with the Divine 8:121-22 relativity of 8:363 return of a good 17:57 role in spiritual life 6:351-55 scripture and 10:182-83 seeing behind words 4:64 seized by mind and vital 6:396-97 should come spontaneously 6:432 silencing the mind 4:62,182,231 sincerity and 4:135; 10:32-34 passim,184-86 soul's 10:183,354 spiritual see Spiritual experiences spontaneous and mentalised 7:212-15 sudden opening 6:422-23 talking about 4:76-77,91; 16:22,86 thinking with 12:187-90 transcendental, untranslatable 4:221-22 translating in all parts of being 8:342,380-81 true 10:19; 16:323 truth of 4:395 typal 7:80 understanding 4:234; 7:360; 8:67,237,341-42; 9:182; 10:210 value of, power to change 9:240 varying 8:171-72 wanted by psychic being 6:447-48 words and 10:70,184; 16:323 work and 7:291 Experiment 10:94 collective 10:270 effect of reserve and doubt on 16:41 of the Ashram 8:161-62 with the physical mind 6:224-25 Explanations 4:76-77,221,319-21,370; 8:314,383-85; 9:126; 10:56; 12:102; 15:320; 16:32 Exterior being equanimity in 5:23 expression of emotion and 3:11 insincerity in 3:153 perishable formation 3:148 see also Outer being Exterior consciousness may deny perception of psychic 3:152 Exterior means are useless 16:144 Exterior personality and rebirth 3:145-46 Exteriorisation 17:62 bringing yourself back 7:135-36 dreams 8:116-19 going out of the body 4:124,126-31,220,270,321-23; 5:53; 6:41,52-54,191-92; 8:116; 10:213-14; 15:353-54; 16:163-64; 17:411-12,414 going to other planets 7:165-67 mental, vital, physical 7:230 of mind and vital 4:130; 5:295; 6:191; 16:400 partial 8:277-78 spontaneous, somnambulism 8:277 story of cats 4:321-23 total 4:142; 5:295 External consciousness answers from 16:25 helping or barring the path 8:3,290-91 Eyes care and resting of 16:81-82 hand on the 4:274 illness of 17:251,347-48,403 inner, and physical 16:33 like doors or windows 5:219 mirror of soul 4:26; 9:308-09 observing oneself sharply 5:6 of cats 4:322-23 of children 4:26 spoiling eyesight 16:82-83 subtle-physical 4:320 Faculties 2:31-32,143-44; 8:319-20 of observation 12:22-25 perfection of 9:396 supreme 16:238 Failure 10:246 essential qualities developed through 10:303 explanations for meaning of life 10:56 God and 10:102-03,289,348 great and noble 10:285 of Christ's mission 10:260-61 of Mohammed's message 10:261 not an evil 10:263 success and 5:269; 10:55-57; 16:389 suffering and 10:263 suggestions of 16:133 to find one's soul 10:279 to make an effort 6:267 Fairies gentle entities 4:275 treasure in fairy-tales 4:189-90 see also Entities Faith 11:311; 12:115; 14:82-84; 15:340-41; 17:12-13,322,385,390,405,408 allows the Divine Grace to act 17:21,263,294,321 aspiration for 6:121,394,403-04 belief and 16:342 better than drugs 17:196 blind 10:290; 17:125 body and 6:124-25; 9:125,162-64 confidence, trust and 5:297-98; 6:120-25; 16:173; 17:125 confirmed 17:179 curing through 4:209-10; 8:81 defeat and 10:311 despair and 10:56-57 difficulties and 6:440-45; 17:414 dynamic, and confidence 5:297-98 experience and 6:122-24; 10:14 fighting against 13:49 harmonising power of 10:233-34 importance of 12:310-11 in achieving the goal of Yoga 3:152; 6:440-42 in different parts of the being 7:115-16 in the Divine 5:297-98; 10:71,171 in Divine Grace 5:236,299,368; 7:82,115-17,243,403; 10:323,325-28; 14:91-96; 16:185,210,425; 17:7,21,96,189,196,212,263,294,305, 310,321,385,412 in doctors, medicine and medicine men 10:324-28; 16:195 in face of shortages 17:325 in a glorious future 17:377 in the Mother 16:68 in the perfect realisation 16:125 in progress 5:144 in spiritual conversion 2:162 increasing 9:351-52 inner certitude 9:255 integral 3:36,152-53 intellectuals and 6:121 is living knowledge 16:342 lack of 5:368; 10:153-54; 17:70,263,306-07 lessening of 17:165,209,231,237,321 love and 10:343 meaning of, in the Dhammapada 3:184 mental, vital, physical and psychic 17:125 miracles and 3:152-53 must be patient 17:350 never lose 16:194; 17:354,376,381,386 new aspect of divine intervention in life 9:305 of God-lover 10:343 of man 9:124-26 only help against disorder 17:231 only one 17:125 perception and 10:161 preservation of 9:351-52 psychic and 7:116-17; 10:290; 17:125 purpose of individuality and 11:185 quiet 5:397; 17:305,376 reason and 10:289-91 receptivity created by 5:371 relativity of 6:358-59 role of mind in 10:322-28; 16:195 saves, cures men 8:81 soul and 10:289-90 teaching of the prophets 9:300-01 that the best happens 6:349 to get out of trouble 17:405 to give up seeking 17:179 true knowledge and 10:290; 16:342 trust and 6:120-25,403-04; 8:242,257-58,262; 9:162-64 trust in the divine Grace 8:38-39,251,254-55; 9:428; 14:96-99; 16:195,297 unshakable 3:97; 17:125,376 watchful, saves 17:244 what the Dhammapada means by 3:189 Faithfulness 6:182-84; 8:37,42; 14:164-65; 16:214; 17:114-15, 219,355 true 16:434 Fall (1), the 5:8; 11:161-62 Fall (2) from the good 17:128 from yoga 13:142-43 in consciousness 5:51-52 into lower movements 17:136 Falsehood 4:23-24; 8:294; 11:331; 15:403 absence of 10:99 adhesion to 17:241-42,249,399 always being replaced by Light 10:194 Asura of 4:184-88 passim; 5:98,376-79 conditions laid on Grace by 6:205-06 destroyed by Agni 17:106 destruction and transformation 11:261 diplomatic 17:321 earth governed by 6:169-70; 11:178-80; 14:209 human governments are 10:312 human will and 10:230 ignorance and 3:245,254; 11:41; 17:181-82 ignoring 17:345 in organisation of body 11:226-27 limited and unreal 11:178-81 the Lord of 4:184-88, passim; 5:98,376-79 miracles and 10:160 money and 7:301-02 most dangerous kind of 10:299 the Mother's knowledge about people and 6:165-67 no absolute 10:99 of the body 11:226-27,258 of ordinary human consciousness 10:347 of perception 10:98 of reports of others' words 17:387 origin of 10:122 politics steeped in 16:337 remedy for 16:7 removal of veil of 10:108 ridicule as weapon against 10:347 rising under pressure 11:272 rushing over the world 3:245; 11:258-60 selfish, and relationships 16:280 studies and 17:313 truth and 5:22,98,319,376-77; 10:39-40,67; 12:303-04,322-23,404; 14:208-11; 15:87 fn; 16:194,313,341; 17:386 truth-consciousness and 10:108,189 unconsciousness of creation 5:41,71; 10:206 veil of 10:108 victory over 3:141-42 vital beings and 4:185 way mind creates 10:67 words belong to 10:190 world of 17:345 see also Lies Family 4:70-71,259,262; 5:2; 14:313-15; 15:132 calls from, when ill 17:318 doing for one's son 17:190 must give money for travel 17:176 origin of 12:96-97 parents and 5:393 sadhana in the Ashram and 6:296-97 to be sure of, choose your own 3:81 working through ages for the victory of the Divine 3:3 "The Family of Man": exhibit 9:3-4 Fashion 12:368 Fasting body and 8:141; 9:117-18 energy and 7:60-61 food and 7:60-63 imbalance from 7:61 Maeterlinck 7:62 no spiritual progress in itself 9:117-18 receptivity and 7:61 Fatality freedom and 3:29 Fate 10:244 Greek concept of 15:247 Fatigue (tiredness) 14:267-68; 17:12-14,16,393-94,405 bodily 17:150 concentration and 16:23-24 disequilibrium and 6:35-36 effort and 16:179-80 from listening to personal difficulties 17:323 physical, depression and 6:32 the vital and 17:150 work and 16:80 Fault(s) 7:138-39; 16:276 body punished for vital 17:75 consequences of 16:323 desire to find 3:158 the Divine cures 16:290 do not brood over 16:68 each has her own 16:20 emphasising in thought and speech 17:18 getting rid of 4:74,88,180,360-61 Grace behind 17:196 the Mother's awareness of 17:169,241 must be grateful to those who show us our 3:220-21 nobler to recognise 16:364 of others 8:294; 17:167,206-07 recognising and correcting 4:52,116,156-57,360-61; 5:55,350; 8:293-94 see clearly, but not only them 16:64 showing, and progress 16:168-69 telling about 16:169-70 virtues and 16:276,364 Fear(s) 8:261; 10:318; 14:258-62; 15:27,197; 16:171; 17:110,118,230-31,247,330,412 abolition of 4:211; 5:118 absence on earth 10:89 action and 10:197 adverse forces and 6:49-51; 16:189,330 animals obeying man through 5:241 anxiety and 2:90 as means of education 12:11,14 attracts what we fear 5:318-19; 7:63; 16:187 call the Mother 16:96-97 catastrophe and 7:63 cause of 4:211-12 children and 5:410; 12:124 conquering 9:121; 10:13-14; 16:187 courage and 7:27 cure of 4:212-13 delight and 10:332 desire and 2:90 during physical exercises 5:119-20,169 education and 12:11,14 ego and 16:186 evil and 5:318-19 experiences and 6:190 gift of vital beings to the world 5:118-20 hero not afraid of blows 5:235 illness and see Illness, causes of, fear in animals 6:49-51; 7:28-29 in body see Body, fear in in cells see Cells (of the body), fear in in dreams 4:60; 6:192; 16:261-62; 17:230 in meditation 17:247 in the vital 5:169 invention of hostile forces 16:330 knowledge and 6:50-51 love and 10:333 magical practices and 7:267 medicine and 10:324 men and 7:53 mental, vital, and physical 5:169-70 must get rid of all 3:57 need of fearlessness in dealing with vital beings 3:47-48,165-66 nothing 17:386,404,415 obstacle to higher Nature 10:11-12 occultism and 6:38-43,50,189-93 of death see Death, fear of of divine life 11:311 of ghosts 16:225 of God in play 10:332 of gods 10:297 of losing yourself 10:198-99 of Mahakali's love 17:374 of the mind 3:57; 5:169 of obstacles 16:149 of punishment 12:365 of self-giving 7:328 of women 16:282 overcoming 9:121-22 pain and 10:171 panic under pressure of the light 4:206 perverse form of will 10:321 progress and 17:118 protection and 17:110 purity and 16:330 reflexes and 6:43-45 religion and 6:51,66,197 remedy for eliminating 5:118-20,316-17,319 repulsion result of 3:100-02 right attitude and 3:154-55 trust and 16:194-95 unconsciousness and 6:50-51 Feeling the Divine 16:270; 17:95,103,133,144-45,151,167 the Divine will 4:2,15 a force 8:305 joy 8:305 need for Grace 6:322-23 new force 9:319 of danger 16:42-43 of owning material things 16:363 of being tired and rest 16:79-80 one's own incapacity 16:320 the supramental force 4:223-24 Feelings (emotions) 16:179 action and, in Japan 2:149 austerity of 12:64-71 bad 7:81,90; 10:154-55; 11:132-38,227-29; 16:113; 17:81,90 effect of music on 16:235 liberation of 12:71 wrong 16:63-64 see also Emotions Felicity 16:264 Feminine masculine and 6:118-19; 16:177 Fighting 8:4; 10:358; 12:156; 13:49; 17:170 Film(s) desire to see 16:278 "Monsieur Vincent" 5:16 the Mother's experience while watching 9:144-51 way to watch 16:416 "The Wizard of Oz", the Mother's comments on 12:247 see also Cinema Finances difficult to transform 7:301-02 in the Ashram 13:154-58; 16:344-45 Fire inner 17:127-28 lighting 17:106,127-28 of aspiration and purification 16:104,184,363; 17:127-28 offering and 17:127-28 psychic 8:252 purifying 17:105-06,143 ravaging 17:105 revival of 17:122,127,143,151 sacred, in the heart 17:106 spirit of 5:136-38 symbol of 2:89; 9:222 vibration of 10:194 see also Agni; Flame Flame 17:128 Agni and 16:208 inner 4:100,105,132,136-37,352,354; 9:352 concentration on 17:127 love is like a white 10:73 of aspiration 3:208-09; 5:142-43,350; 7:373; 17:127 of purification 17:81,106,148 psychic 17:81,148 see also Agni; Fire Flaubert, Gustave 12:330; 16:200 Flower(s) "Aristocracy of beauty" 16:88 "Aspiration in the Physical" 3:130-31; 17:193 Champa, golden: as symbolic expression in Nature 8:159 Champa, white: psychological perfection 8:36-42 cherry blossom 17:186 coconut 5:366 "consciousness turned towards the supramental light" 16:78 "The Creative Word" 7:347 "Disinterested work" 17:147 "Divine's Love" 7:370,378 force stored in 6:229-31 hibiscus 16:373-74 "human passion turned into love for the divine" 16:177 look at, to cure obsession 17:104-05 lotus 13:32 love in 5:243 the Mother's 13:32 the Mother's use of 6:229,244-45,331-33 "New Birth" 17:193 "New Creation" 4:107 of cosmic energy 8:115 of human spiritual effort 9:147,149 offering of to the Mother; the Mother's giving of 3:132 "Organisation" 17:156 pomegranate 7:378 "power of Truth in the subconscient" 11:323 "Protection" 17:148-49 "Psychic flame" 17:148 psychic presence in 4:166-67 "Radha's consciousness" 17:32 receptivity, and the Mother's use of 6:229-33,244-45 receptivity of 16:371 rose, pure self-giving 5:242-43 rose, sense of beauty 4:166 significance of 3:130-31; 4:166-67; 5:232; 8:36 Sri Aurobindo's 13:16,32 "Successful Future" 3:180 "supramental beauty in the physical" 16:78 "Supramental Manifestation" 8:264 "transformation" 4:393 "Trust" 17:152 see also Plant(s) Folly 10:98 fatuity is gross 5:337-38,349 human, and war 16:331 Food 5:366; 12:34-52; 15:288-90 amount of inconscience in 4:334 animals and taste of 17:246 body and 4:334-35; 6:36-37; 7:62-63; 16:131,195-96,302 children and 12:13-14; 17:305 doing without 16:195-96; 17:75 eating see Eating energy and 7:60-61 equanimity towards 3:123 excessive importance of 16:290 exclusive receptivity to the Divine and 6:214 fasting and 7:60-63 feeling that it is the Divine eating through one 3:23-24 for vital beings 6:194-97 get enough 17:7,351,354 greed and 3:123-25; 7:58-59; 14:269-71; 16:113 hunger and 16:196; 17:401-02 "indispensable" things 7:53 the Mother's complaints about when young 3:131 paying for, at the Dining Room 17:289 personal 17:47 place in life 16:302 preparing when unwell 17:320 the presence and 16:390 receiving extra 17:15 receptivity to the Divine and 6:214 servants handling 17:254 sleep and 8:381 specific items: betel 17:64 bread 17:268,293 buttermilk 17:351-52 coconuts and oil 17:258,260 curds 17:262 eggs 17:353 milk 17:351-53 powdered milk 17:243 rice 17:260-62 soda 17:247-48 sugar, honey, sugar-cane 17:299-300,305 tamarind 17:248 tea and coffee 17:47 source of vital energy 6:82 spiritual life and 16:196 transition from animality and 11:28-29 vitamins 7:49; 17:268 wasting 17:271 see also Cooking Force, the 4:220; 6:284; 7:23; 8:220; 9:5; 10:207 action of 8:10-13,71; 10:231,234 always present 17:371 as Divine emanation 17:186 bearing 17:50-51 being conscious of 16:354 collaborate with 17:391 concentration of 17:51,296,317,361,407 drawing and using 16:399; 17:197 never try to pull 3:11; 9:241-42 passing upwards 17:395 receive in silence and concentration 17:55,107 receptivity to 4:63,96-97,210; 6:403-04 regeneration of 17:181 single original 6:273 Sri Aurobindo surcharged with 4:222-24 passim; 9:39 to overcome difficulties 16:122 trust in Great Supreme 2:62 underneath material action 10:231 wasting of 6:156 the Word and 6:98-99 see also Divine Force Force(s) action of 8:71; 10:234 adverse see Adverse forces (Hostile forces) appearance as colours or images in meditation 6:378 at core of matter 6:209-10 awareness of 6:419-20 balance of 4:251 behind human will 6:203-04; 10:230; 16:10 curing oneself of negative 4:266-67 dissolve limits 10:174 Divine see Divine Force; Force, the dynamic 8:55-56 exchange of 4:32,35-36 feeling joy and 8:305 field of 2:98 for and against the Divine work 16:10 from the body 6:339 helpful, experienced in dreams 6:147-48 higher, work of 6:81-82; 16:148 hostile see Adverse forces (Hostile forces) illness is disequilibrium of 5:122,173-80; 9:120-22 in meditation 3:97-98 intellectual 2:27,98 Kali's 16:370; 17:267,375 manifestation of 4:294-95; 10:220 mental 2:64; 6:310-12,314-15 needed for transformation 10:261 new 4:220; 6:285; 7:187; 8:129-30; 9:5-6,39,314-15,319,325-26, 337-38; 16:330-31 of calm 8:329-30 of evolution 10:77 of God 10:315-16 of growth 8:196 of harmony 9:169 of Ignorance 4:340-42 of Lord 10:210 of love 2:101; 3:69-70; 5:230-31; 10:261 of money 4:379; 5:357-58; 6:249-53; 7:55-56 of Nature 4:175; 5:136,150,153; 6:1-3; 7:386-90; 8:51-52,59-61; 9:221; 16:177,402 of resistance 10:281 of the soul 10:247 projected by snake 6:44-45 rest of concentrated 17:221,303 spiritual see Spiritual force(s) stored in flowers and stones 5:230-31; 6:229-31 struggle of two 17:186 subtle 2:52 supramental see Supramental force(s) to conquer 17:62-63,364 to drive away depression 17:59 undesirable, outside 17:96 universal 2:47; 6:419-20; 7:138-39,140-42; 16:276 vital see Vital forces world 6:82 world of living 2:107 yogic 5:268 cf. Formations; Mental formation(s)/constructions; Vibrations Forget oneself 8:288; 17:141,150 remedy for all ills 16:178 Foresight 12:77-79 Forgiveness 16:216 asking for 17:164,387 Divine and 10:47-48 nothing to forgive 17:356,387 progress and 10:47 Form(s) 9:2,43,46 asura assuming Sri Aurobindo's 15:408-10 attacks from adverse forces in various 5:158 beauty and 7:182,279,382 borders of, and rest 6:186 capable of manifesting the spirit 9:214,218-19 changing 9:226-27 creation of 6:277; 7:34,216-17; 9:226-28 development of 9:106,218-22,237-38 disintegration of 10:90 evolution of 7:331-33; 9:213-22,225,323,337-38 first human 10:91 fixity of 5:260-61 inspiration and outer 5:70 liberation from all 12:37 Name and the Reality 6:25-27 of all cosmic existence 3:165 of collective establishment 2:59 of consciousness 9:237-38; 10:99 of the Divine 5:79; 10:73-74 of energies 16:224-25 of gods 6:275-76 of higher mind 3:61 of Ignorance 4:341-42 of the Mother 6:274; 17:55 of thought 3:50-51 of the vital world 3:48-49 of will 10:32 perception of true Matter and 11:58 rest on the borders of 6:186-88 seen in meditation 7:80-81 sense of developing 6:83-89 space and, of all cosmic existence 3:165 spirit of 4:196-97; 5:136 supramental 11:96 ugly 7:81 world of 8:216 Formateurs 3:18,102,173; 5:308-09 Formation(s) 10:238-39 adverse 6:41-42,55,214-15 brain 4:140,198; 8:180-83,385-87 counter-formations and 16:49 definition of 8:90-91 desire and 5:17-21; 16:30 dissolving 6:368 emanation and 16:375 human 6:68,275,396; 5:131-32 of the body see Body, formation of of Buddhism 3:77 of children 8:391; 9:262-63 of first humans 9:236-38 of material world 4:164,276,283 of new body 9:85-87,127-31; 10:119-20 of past births 3:149 of the psychic 4:183; 10:29 perishable 3:148 power of thought 2:85-86,108 realisation of 10:128 rebound of 6:42-43; 7:81-82 receiving 17:132 terrestrial 4:243 vital 6:277-81 wrong 17:230 see also Force(s); Mental formation(s); Vibrations Four Noble Truths 3:248 Fourth dimension 10:140; 12:431-32 France 12:255; 13:387-88 double pay for extra hours of work 16:37-38 fleur-de-lis 16:88 women in 2:144; 7:155 work in 16:37-38 France, Anatole 5:163; 17:67 "Jerome Coignard" 8:68,70 one idea of 4:158 Franck, Cesar 3:111; 5:76,272 Frankness better than being hypocritical 16:277 with the Mother 16:100 Fraternity 10:307 Free Progress (System) 12:172 "old system" and 12:176-77,182,408-10 prizes for 12:204 selection for 12:173-74 Free Will 4:161,343 Freedom (Liberty) 10:307; 11:30-32; 12:155,305 absolute 10:228 basis of 10:257 beauty, simplicity and 10:323 born free 5:205-06 children and see Sri Aurobindo Ashram, children in choice and 7:344 compulsion and 8:297 conditions for 10:303,264 deliberate separation from Origin and 10:92 desire, ignorance, egoism and 10:15-16,261-62 determinism and 3:29-30; 5:86-93; 6:283-85; 9:175,265-67; see also Destiny discipline and 8:184-86; 10:257; 16:286 the Divine and 14:202-03; 16:422 education in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 6:414-15,431; 7:286; 8:181-82,185-86,353,356-57 ego and 8:71,114; 10:264; 16:422 experienced in whole of life 10:196 expression of 9:49-50 fatality and 3:29 fear of true 9:28 felt in the true inner being 6:374 free choice before demanding something 5:288-89 of each emanation 5:376,379-81 principle of our universe 5:310,374-75,379-82 see also below of choice "the freedom I speak of" 16:275-76 from attachments 10:196 from bonds of world 3:201 from collective suggestions 5:313-15 from Karma 3:176 from religion 10:317 from responsibility 3:256-57 in working with the Mother 16:41-42 independence and love 9:50-51 individual's sense of 5:90-91 inner, and outer action 7:292-93 Krishna's message of 10:60 law and 10:16,257-58,261-62; 16:291-92 license and true 4:90-91,177 mastery of ego and true 9:409-10 meaning of 12:392-93 of choice 5:90-91; 7:344; 8:296; 10:88; 12:369-70; see also above free choice of India 5:190; 8:30-31 omnipotence and 10:78 order and 12:317; 16:292 perfect 10:78,257-58 playful 10:322 progress and 16:335 replaced by libertinism 10:200 responsibility and 3:256-57 slavery and 9:49-50 so-called 17:118-19 social conventions, purity and 6:439-40 Sri Aurobindo champion of real 10:69 surrender and 7:246,367 teaching 12:286 to conceive a new life 9:145-46 total 10:69 true 4:90-91,177; 9:267; 10:198; 13:221; 16:308 vital claims 17:119 see also Liberation French 12:218-22 books selections for library 12:329-31 selections for teaching 12:324-26 classical 17:145 examination in 12:201 good exercise in 16:75 good style 17:15 how to improve students' 12:327-29 improving spelling 12:326 in the Ashram and school 12:321-31 language 7:372; 12:218-25 learning 16:37; 17:144,152 literature 12:324-26; 17:144-45 passages from 17:274-76 read the Mother's works in 12:214-15 reading 16:318; 17:158,347 Satprem's book, "Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness" 17:347 speaking 12:218-22,225 Sri Aurobindo loved 12:321-22 studying 17:144-45 teaching children 12:324-29,331 teaching with little knowledge 17:43 French Institute (Pondicherry) inaugural message 12:255 French revolution cause of 10:294 Friend(s) adverse forces in guise of 5:157-58 discussion with, learning identification 5:219-21 Divine 10:352 in another world 2:70 our ideal 9:54-57 people to be avoided as 9:55-57 relation with others 5:202-03 smiling at an enemy 5:370 true 9:57 Friendship love and 16:409 withdrawal of Divine 16:119 Frivolities divert the heart 16:172 Frivolousness change and 16:169 Fruits 5:364; 16:133; 17:159 Future 12:113-15,120,122,152,165,203,213,314; 15:80-81 decided, but not revealed to men 7:2-3 Divine consciousness not past, present or 10:178-79 faith in glorious 17:377 hope builds happy 16:186 humanity's 2:146,161-62 knowledge of 10:125-26 leave it to the Grace 17:253 letting things happen 8:13 occultism and 5:88 of art 7:190 of the Ashram 17:72 of India 16:319; 17:240 past and 17:301-02 past lives and the 10:285; 12:148,169,218,404-06; 16:353 past, present and 10:49; 15:76-81 path of 16:427 realisations of 2:159; 8:83; 9:298-99 receive the luminous 17:363 relation between sexes in life of the 2:155-56 reversal, promised by experience 8:71,172 signs of new 7:322 Sri Aurobindo and 16:422 "Successful" 3:180 supramental 8:313-17; 17:72 type 2:164 unpredictable by science 10:208 Future world see New Creation G
Game(s) 12:191 accidents in 4:273 aspiration and technique 4:41-42 basketball, attitude of inner meditation 4:121 choosing for children 16:200 concentration and remembrance of the Divine 4:121,388-89 "Eternal Game" of Creation 9:10,35 interest in 9:98-99 play, the Mother at 9:13 "playing the game" 9:6 playing to win 4:10,42 use of mind is a 7:321 Ganapati 6:68 Gandhi, Indira 16:306 message for 13:377 Gandhi, Mahatma 13:23; 16:6 Garuda 16:135 Generosity 5:14-16,349-50,357-58; 6:255; 10:216; 12:151 avarice and 3:119-20 definition 10:284 in man 2:97 material and moral 4:30 of heart, a richness 4:405; 17:363 Genesis truth of story 10:90 Genevieve, Saint 8:180; 9:90-93; 16:34-35 Genius 2:158 fn; 4:40,155; 10:143 men of 5:129; 7:280; 9:90-94 nature of 10:280 of India 16:6 reincarnation of Beethoven's 5:264 Geography 12:249 Ghosts 16:225; 17:48-49,110 Gifts in silence 8:95 not all material 17:194 of adverse forces 5:118-20 of Grace 5:89,93,99-100,300; 9:351-52 of tongues 9:289-90 peace given as 4:409-10 self-giving is best 17:194 to the Mother 17:202,217-18 words transmit true 2:65 Gingee 16:345-46 Giri, V.V. message for 13:376 Girls 12:296-97 boys and 10:346; 16:279-80,282,285,296-97 see also Women/woman/girls Gita, the 10:53 fn attitude towards God 10:102 interpretation of life in 8:61-65 message of 10:63 the Mother's first contact with 8:104 on action 7:398; 10:64 powerful immobility of the spirit 8:66 propaganda and criticism of 8:104-07 sacrifice in 8:74-75,80 secret of 8:75 teaching of surrender 8:63-64,75,80 theory of Purusha and Prakriti 8:59,61-64 transformation, physical, not in 8:83 understanding 8:105 Giving 2:126-27; 3:132; 8:244-45; 13:161; 17:114,288 absolute and sincere 8:14-17,261-62,279,301 advice 17:37 a beating to God 10:95 birth according to ideal 2:153-54 blows, by the Mother 16:91,170 effort to the Divine Consciousness 9:316-17 energy 16:429 favourable explanations by the mind 15:320 a good kicking to vital being 3:137 joy of 16:212,432 moment when asked to give 8:16 money and 5:161-62; 17:240-41,379 of silence by Sri Aurobindo 9:28 of soul 16:162 oneself to the Divine 15:320; 16:247,431 receiving and 5:209,333-34 a rose, beauty of 4:166; 5:242-43 surrender and 9:317 to beggars 16:407 to earth and man 2:49 to the Lord 16:250 too strong a knowledge 2:100 up pleasure of ordinary life 16:139 value of, spiritual and material 8:8-9 see also Consecration; Offering; Self-giving Glorious body 9:85-86; 11:182-83 Gnostic realm 6:93 Gnostic Consciousness 4:157-59 Goal/Aim see Aim/Goal God 14:17 a child 4:291 action of 10:231,233-34 as a woman 10:331 as atheist 10:57,363 as Great Adversary 10:334 as infinite possibility 10:147 as Lover 10:338 as torturer 10:51-52 as worker 10:319 believing in, and Yoga 16:341-43 Christian and Chaldean 2:125; 6:119; 7:244 conception of 10:355 consciousness of 10:102-05 creation of 5:309-12 creation of omnipotent 5:163-64 Dante's 10:345-46 defining 11:67-68 devil and 10:341 evil and 10:263,286-87,339 existence of 10:32-35 passim experience of contact with 6:24-27 failure and 10:102-03,289,348 fear of 10:332 following 10:318,345 force of 10:315-16 girls and boys together with 10:346 Gita's attitude towards 10:102 giving a beating to 10:95 God-lover 10:353 gradations of consciousness of 10:103 has neither beginning nor end 10:218 his command to slay 10:283 humanity and 10:267,356; 11:38-39,67; 14:125-31 ideas of 4:176,289; 10:102,104 if you cannot love God... 16:308-09 in the inconscience 9:10-12 in matter 2:39; 9:209-10 in the Overmind 17:52 incarnate, demi-gods 4:184 in torturer and slayer 10:364 is Ananda 10:345 joy of 10:342-43 knowledge of by identification 10:43-44,313-14,343-44 leads man 10:277 life and 10:339 love of 2:126-27; 10:331,339-40,349 man and 10:43,93,251,277 misfortune and 10:58-59 multiplicity of means 10:66 Nature and 9:9-13 nature of inner 2:40-41 obey 10:318 of religion 10:95,333-34; 17:44 ourselves one with 2:38 perception of inner 2:40 personal 10:262 personal and impersonal 10:336-37 playing hide and seek 10:57 plays fool 10:265 readiness for hour of 17:233 renunciation of world for 10:331-32 reveals himself to unbeliever 10:33 sacrifice for 10:282 seeing 10:361,363 Semitic 10:346-47 sense of humour 10:33 senses and 10:339 sin and 10:342 slave and servant of 10:355 speaking to earth 17:363-64 supramental 3:179 sword of 10:260-61 tempting 7:403-04 theist and 10:57 thoughts of 2:66 to commit adultery with 10:332 to live for 10:264-65 understanding 10:262,289 use of ignorance 10:321 use of temptation 10:286 way of "circling about" 10:289 way of, with soul 10:344,347-48 ways of seeing 10:350 weakness and 10:101-03 will of 10:54,66 withholds in love and wisdom 10:344 works pleasing to 10:356 world and 5:163-64; 10:321,336-37 world Guru 10:343 worship of 17:237-38,395-96 see also Divine, the Goddesses of the overmind 7:158-62,244 worship of 10:255; 17:237-38,395-96 Gods 8:33,36,142,176,217-18,233; 15:14-20,375-80 angels created by 7:160-61 Asuras and 16:370,381 attitude of man towards 7:333-35 cosmic 3:173 don't like to be worshipped 6:195-96 fear of 10:297 forms of 6:275-76 free from ignorance and falsehood 3:254 goddesses and 7:158-62 human formations and 6:68,275,296 incarnating on earth 4:184 laugh at Shankara 10:302-03 of different planes, Puranic, Vedic 9:376-77 of overmind 7:158-60,244; 16:235; see also Overmind,godheads of psychic being and 6:161; 10:204-05 relation to human consciousness 11:37-39 religion and 9:149-50; 16:235 second emanations 5:372-73 Sri Aurobindo on Kali and 9:376-77 Supramental truth and 12:310 titans and 10:245-46,282 world of 3:18; 10:60-61 worship of 10:246,255; 16:268-69; 17:237-38,395-96 Going within 16:166 Golconde 5:161-62; 17:165,171 Golden Age conceived by the Rishis 7:294 Good 15:242 action for right and 2:67-70; 16:48 aspiration is always 17:264 bad and 3:185; 8:5-6; 10:267; 15:330-31; 16:64,120,135,171,277,378 becoming better, bad becoming worse 11:313-18 Divine knows what is 8:123-24,255-56 experience of gives strength 17:96 evil and 4:25,80,119; 5:73; 9:180-81; 10:311; 11:109,111-12, 210,212; 16:301,381 fall from 17:128 for love and goodness 3:265 ideas of what is 4:101 lying is never 16:194 not done with words 16:54 the only true 16:285 triumph of 11:75-77 understanding of 11:75-77 unlimited power of 7:424 what is will remain 16:69 Goodwill 14:199-200; 17:128,159,244-45,407 among men 5:306 comes with understanding 10:22 Grace and 7:395 ignorant 9:5; 16:285; 17:379 Gossip(ing)/Rumours 4:152-53,201; 8:162; 9:143; 14:223; 17:38,105,163,171,385,388 Government(s)/Governing 5:301-07; 11:106-07,223; 13:279-81,378; 15:58-61 Auroville, money and 13:275-81 by the psychic being 17:58,122,136,372-73 by the Divine is true 10:315 human, are a falsehood 10:312 the Mother's attitude towards the British 13:125 see also Politics Grace, the (Divine Grace) 3:171; 4:161,177,243,317,387; 11:2,204,206-07; 14:86-89,175; 15:343 action of 8:251,295,316-17,325,340; 10:233-34,247,344 after death 17:290 all is done by 16:279 all powerful 8:268-69 always at work 16:154 always leads towards Divine 10:319 answer to prayer 8:255-56 ask for help of 16:28; 17:391 aspects of peace and progress 9:298 aspiration for 5:89; 16:252; 17:21,139 attitude of blaming 4:361 behind everything 10:50-51; 16:302; 17:176 breaks the shell 9:136 calling the 5:367-68 calm and 17:21 can cut away consequences of error 9:57 carries you along 9:428 channel of 11:42-43 choice, moment of 5:405-06 collaboration, need of 8:251,258,295 comfort from stories about 17:292 compassion and 16:346 concentrate to receive 17:130,323 conditions laid upon it by the falsehood 6:205-06 conditions to receive 16:251-52 constant working of 9:420-21 contemplation of 16:180 curing disease 15:163-66 desire and 10:263 determinism, freedom and 6:286 determinism, justice and 5:89-93,361-63; 14:86-87; 17:138,391 difficulties and 6:323-25,442-45; 14:99-102 does not withdraw 17:139,142 doubt spoils intervention of 5:367 effect of 17:353,410 ego, action and 4:279-81 evil and 6:216-17 everything depends on 10:53 experiences, all come from 8:279 faith in 5:236,298,368; 7:82,115-17,243,403; 10:323,325-28; 14:91-96; 16:185,210; 17:7,21,189,196,212,263,294,305, 310,321,385,412 feeling the need for 6:322-23 for self-forgetting 17:150 for those who are sincere 17:377 fulfilling conditions for 17:139-40,142 full, for work 17:209 gifts of 5:89,93,99-100,300; 9:351-52 giver of Delight 9:21 god and 6:216-17 good will and 7:395 gratitude and 14:162 happenings are effect of 17:410 helping at distance 8:253-54 human will and 10:54 humility and 16:252 in proportion to difficulties 3:143 influence of will of 4:160-61 international conflict and 13:389-90 intervention of in actions 2:57; 3:30; 5:363; 10:47; 14:24-25,230-31; 16:352 interventions in human history 7:418-19 is behind everything 17:196 is here 7:419 is infinite 17:249 is wonderful and almighty 17:283 joy and 8:84 Karma and 5:91-93; 15:392-93 laws and 8:316-17 leave future to 17:253 love and 4:243; 8:327,340 makes one progress 8:84 man and 16:154 marvel behind all 7:423 medical opinion and 17:189 merit and 16:327 mind hampers 17:271 most active 17:318 the Mother's 16:144; 17:130 the Mother's love calls down 16:210 no effect on laziness 17:353 nullified by insincerity 17:349 open to and welcome 16:220 overcoming ego and 16:362 pay the price it deserves 16:172 personal effort and 16:365 prayer for 5:89-90,93; 17:381 presence of 10:14 progress and 9:298 protection of the 5:406-09 psychic being, special grace given to man 5:99-100 "psychic need" and 7:41 purity and 16:379 pushing away 6:342-44; 17:99,139,141-42 receptivity to 6:216-18 refusal to let work 6:267 rely on 17:59 removal of veil by 10:19 resolution to correct oneself and 9:306-07 responsibility, given as a grace 5:300 saves 7:403 seeing it everywhere 8:251,257,305; 10:35 shall be received by those who respond to Divine Call 3:2 sincerity and 6:176-77 Sri Aurobindo speaking on 16:251-52 stopping of things and 10:202 stories of 17:292 surrender and 8:255-56; 17:139,151 true help 9:407-08 trust in 7:403; 8:38-39,251,254-55; 9:428; 14:96-99; 16:195,252, 297; 17:140,151 turns difficulty into opportunity 6:242-44 veiling 6:236-37 vibration of harmony and 10:192 vision of action of 10:233-34 will never abandon you 10:25 work and 6:267; 9:420-21; 16:154; 17:209 Grading 12:332 Grand Revue 16:5-6 Gratitude 2:6; 12:97; 14:164-65; 17:98-99,377,397 best way to express 16:426 compassion and 15:297 consciousness of 17:98 devotion and 8:40,42 ego, emergence from 7:424 grace and 14:162 happiness and 14:163 innate, powerful lever 7:423-24 joy of 7:243 to the Divine, not men 14:162-63; 16:315 The Great Adventure 9:151 "Great Things" 16:182 Greatness 3:83; 10:285 true 16:20 Greece 4:312 ancient 8:153-54 art in 3:109-10; 5:339-40 concept of fate in 15:247 influence on Rome 5:343 Shakespeare and 10:251 Greed 17:393 eating and 16:290 for food 3:123-25; 7:58-59; 14:269-71; 16:113 of cows and goats 5:274 Group(s) formation of 2:59; 16:351-52 hierarchy of 16:329-30 in Sri Aurobindo Ashram 7:415 living cells of 2:59 necessary for supramental realisation 10:138 prayers of 12:271-74 programme for study 12:217 progress of 2:60; 12:39-40,181-82 subject to same laws as individuals 2:109 Grumbling encouragement and 17:406 Guide for cure 17:415 for progress 4:146,151,165 Guru See Guru(s) India as spiritual 16:328 inner, true 4:25; 8:64; 17:404 the Mother's only 17:385 Gujarati literature 17:69,73 Guru(s) 5:386; 14:61; 15:372; 17:27 ambitious 3:9 calling the 4:129 confession to 3:141 disobeying the command of 17:131,142 divine Guru, "Universal Teacher" 7:346 India as 16:341 Japa given by 16:306 the Mother as 16:211 Pranam to feet of 17:398 receiving from 4:390-91 says what is to be done 4:91 subject to law of progress 12:63-64 telling one's experience to 4:76-77,91 word of the 7:341 world 10:343 H
Habit(s) 2:55; 4:261,342,376,410; 8:175; 10:265-66; 11:1,6,16,32-33, 49,53,58-59,69-70,73-74,94,100,143,228,247,318 all can be changed 16:159 automatic movements 7:223 bad, pulling out 16:246; 17:33,306 considered natural in ourselves 10:21 directing thought towards self 2:35 eating 6:158-59,162-64,178-81; 7:62; 17:47,248 forgetfulness 7:409 good, renouncing 16:318 law and 10:243 laziness of 2:79 mental 9:46,234,237 of accumulation 2:97 of boasting 16:272 of the body 4:345,367 of concentration 2:64 of controlling actions and reactions 17:33-34,76 of cutting life in two 10:159 of illness 7:144-47 of mental constructions 8:361-64 of the Mother 11:243 of Nature 5:112; 10:21 of physical consciousness 4:367-68 of referring everything to oneself and charity 2:49,101 of reflecting before acting 2:56 of reviewing dreams 2:37 of seeing 7:381-83 of thought 2:76 of time for sleep 17:36 personal food 17:47 physical 6:158-59,162-63 religion and 9:16 renunciation of 16:318 social 7:245 use of 12:50-51 Hair-cutting 17:174 Hallucination(s) 10:252 definition of 10:39 Sri Aurobindo's aphorisms on 10:39-42 subconscient 11:35-36 vision and 10:41-42 Hands 3:97; 4:274; 9:254 conscious 4:404; 5:261-64; 10:30; 16:363 of musicians 4:194; 7:269; 8:236-37 Happenings as in a dream 17:123 effect of the Grace 17:410 have to happen 17:402 Happiness 14:192-95 after pranam 17:46 aim of life and 12:311-12; 14:7 best way 16:315 comes with study 17:71 condition for 10:271 deeper cause of 16:59 desire and true 16:134 exceeding all expectation 16:427 experiences and 17:89 for lasting 17:50,381 gratitude and 14:163 here in the Mother's love 17:128 inner 16:214 in children and grown-ups 16:59; 17:120 in doing good 17:144 in work from the Mother 17:166 intense, in concentrated silence 17:55 living in Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 13:131-33 love and 17:89,120 not feeling 17:54,73-74,143,151,401 of spiritual realisation 16:123 peace and 16:131; 17:166 possession and 3:253-54 progress and 16:32 psychic being and 16:290 pure love brings 16:175 quietness to maintain 17:50 real and ordinary 17:18 revolt and 16:123 sincerity and 6:215-16 spiritual 17:50,139 squandering it in talk 17:54 supreme 16:433; 17:181 surrender, Grace and 17:139,151 through work and self-mastery 16:131 to find again 17:151 true 16:61,290,434; 17:98,134 Harm to avoid 17:109 Harmony 4:166,208,403; 8:305; 14:197-98 aspiration in the Mother's body 11:32; see also Mother's body, the, aspiration in atmosphere of 9:30-31 attempts to create 17:391-92 balance and progress 7:56; 10:266 beauty and, of body 4:54-57; 5:114-16; 10:300; 15:373 behind appearances 17:179 constant incarnation of vibration of 10:192-93 creation of 3:163; 9:168-69; 10:161-62; 17:392 crookedness and 10:168-69 degree of success depends on degree of 10:56 developing sense of 6:86-89 disorder and 11:141; 16:323-24; 17:238,241-42,283-85,289 everything in its place 9:55; 10:157 exaggeration and 10:266 forces of, and chaos confronting 9:169 gratitude and 14:163 health and 16:194 human 11:24-29 in work 14:331-36 manifestation of 3:109-10,113 of diverse viewpoints 14:287-88 of inner aspiration and outer action 7:1 of life on earth 10:89 of physical vibrations 11:20-21 of true physical nature 4:372; 7:217 of words 7:308 on earth 11:174-75 passage of time and 17:242 perfect 10:233-34; 17:179 perfection and 10:266 progressing universal 2:47; 11:76-77 readiness to re-establish 17:363 thought and 2:92 to come down for Auroville 11:174-75 universal 5:352,354-56; 10:56; 16:78 vibrations of 10:192; 16:323-24 wisdom and 10:17-18 with law of universal progress 2:53 with Nature 7:53; 10:56; 17:378 with psychic life of universe 17:102 world of 3:112 Hate (hatred) denying or hating the Divine 8:231-32 destructive suggestions 8:397 increases force of resistance 10:281 of atheist 10:341 of beauty by adverse forces 5:99-100 of virtue 10:78-79 power and 10:281 reverse of love 16:76 stupidities and 10:286 vibration of 10:215-17 Hatha Yoga 3:21; 9:152-53; 12:287 Head keep certitude of victory in 16:173 Headache 16:46; 17:63,218 be regular in material life 16:132 concentration and 16:300-01 cure for 6:310-12 exercise for 16:130 follow a physical discipline 16:127 suffering from 17:195 Heal/Healing capacity for 16:429 Coue's method of 3:36,156; 7:3-8; 9:380; 16:80 evil, and the Divine 7:425; 10:71-74; 16:185 from heart, not head 16:19 illness see Illness, heal/healing power to 10:325 spiritual 4:266-71; 5:184-88 Sri Aurobindo's power of 9:254 suffering 9:282-83 supramental force and 10:161 ugliness 10:71-74 weakness by the Divine 4:391 see also Cure/Curing; Health Health 12:12-17 balance of, in body 5:295-96; 8:368; 16:131; 17:7 be proud of 16:194 be regular in material life 16:132 desires of the vital and 16:197 disease and 10:326 in Sri Aurobindo Ashram 17:191,204,251,268,306-07,310,324 influence of mind and vital on 5:295-96 medicine and divine 10:326 sports and 12:296-97 supramental transformation gives back 10:328 yoga and 15:147 see also Heal/Healing Hearing knowledge and 11:244 see also Mother's body, the, transformation, hearing... Heart, the 14:390; 17:84-85 asking and offering to the Mother in 17:127 aspiration comes from 6:389; 16:172,225; 17:96 approach personal or Immanent Divine through the 16:253 calm, and yoga 16:156 central being lies in 3:1 centre 7:252; 8:193 characteristic of 16:177 concentrate in 6:389; 16:148,161,311 contact the psychic in 17:68,98,142 the Divine and 14:373-75; 16:161,172; 17:142 divine help in 16:396 do not lose 16:137 "dried up heart" 7:253; 16:175-76,190 entering, in meditation 16:331 faith and confidence in 16:173; 17:125 frivolities divert 16:172 generous 4:405; 17:363 has wings 7:401 healing from 16:19 home of luminous goodness 17:373 illness in 17:355,394 luminous presence in 16:410 may gratitude fill 17:377 meditation and entering 16:331 the mind and 14:374 the Mother can read 17:385 the Mother is in 16:32,92,121,125,139,149-50,167; 17:123,381 of children 16:61 of creation, Divine at 17:379 of pain 12:75 open wider 16:98,158; 17:86-89,96 peace is in 6:32; 16:148; 17:191 the presence and 16:161 psychic being and 8:193; 16:397 pulling sensations up to 17:330 purify your own 16:193 quietness in 17:361 re-enter body through 17:412 sacred fire in 17:106 same everywhere 3:12 seeking 6:221-22 sentiments and 16:177 sincere 17:140 sun rising in your 16:119 sweet due to love 16:213 vision in 10:330 see also Chakras Heaven existence of 10:64-65 hell and 3:199,201; 4:132; 5:131-32; 8:218-19; 10:65; 16:388-89 model of 10:346 of the liberated mind 8:275 see also Hell(s) Heine 10:147 Hell(s) 3:278-79; 11:179 Dante's description of 10:345-56 eternal 5:131 existence of 10:64-65 heaven and 3:199,200; 4:132; 5:131-32; 8:218-19; 10:65; 16:388-89 in vital worlds 17:106 passing through 16:388-89 state of consciousness 10:65 see also Heaven Help/Helping 7:309; 9:416-17 bar and, of ego 17:108-09 being conscious of 16:354 beings who 17:49-50 by being receptive 17:366-67 by example 17:377 desire is obstacle and 4:3,349; 7:298 divine, in the heart 16:396 from the awakened psychic 4:146,149,165,261 from imperfect beings 17:93 given to another human being 17:50,67,79,93,95-96,135,262,377; see also Man, helping; Others, helping healing 4:210; 5:133,387,403 humanity see Humanity, helping imploring 17:185,252,339,403-04,409 leading the being through difficulties 6:386-87 miracles and, of vital entities 4:83,86-87 money meant to 17:396 the Mother's 12:335-36; 16:67,89,134,169,184; 17:98-99,101,133,135, 189-90,316-17,374; see also Mother, the (2), help and... the Mother's, to find the Lord 17:379,381 obliging others 17:67,118 of the Divine 7:246; 14:89-96; 15:245-49; 16:154,320,396; 17:12,377,394 of external consciousness 8:3,290-91 of fairy-like beings 4:275 of Grace 8:253-54; 9:407-08; 16:28; 17:391 of Kali 17:375 of Sri Aurobindo 13:134-35; 17:58 of the vital 5:258-59 of vital entities 4:83,86-87 of work to pass through depression 14:337-42; 16:137; 17:213 the only 17:231,262 proportionate to consciousness 17:95-96 reason is bar and 8:358-59,362-63,372-73 receiving and using 17:62,77-78,133,152,175,189-90,306 religion and 8:148-50 silence most effective 17:195-96,198 spiritual 9:86-87,92-93; 16:220 through sincerity 5:372 to overcome exhaustion 17:394 to overcome one's nature 16:190-91 the world 5:20; 16:431 worrying does not 16:87 Heredity atavism and 7:376; 8:25,52,198,200 character and 7:375 see also Atavism Hermes 2:125 Hero nature of 12:317 not afraid of blows 5:235 teacher is a yogi and a 8:354 Heroism 11:307; 14:179; 16:196 admiration for 7:259 in first World War 2:144; 7:259-61 Hierarchy 4:392 in groups 16:329-30 in realisation 7:340; 8:45-46,48-49 in religion 4:392 of action 10:71 of beings 8:45-46 of collaboration 10:71 of surrender 10:16 spiritual 8:27,37,46 Hieroglyphs 8:136,151-52 Higher consciousness 16:216 discipline and growth of 10:258 how to raise to 17:133,136,139 inner consciousness and 4:9,18 light and 4:79 social relations and 6:369-73 state of pure love 16:217 thought and 6:328 Higher course 12:177-82,214,223 study of Sri Aurobindo's works in 12:210-12 Higher forces source of energy 6:81-82; 16:148 work of 6:81-82; 16:148 cf. Divine force; Force, the Higher mind 10:140; 14:362 from idea to consequence 4:85 forms of 3:61-62 inhabitants of, and psychic 6:161 the Mother's Presence in 17:142 ranges of, and Supermind 6:415-18 role of 7:15 Hindi 12:223-24; 13:384 articles on sadhana 17:297-98 classical and bad 17:227 good only for Hindi provinces 17:332 poet 17:317 Ramayana 17:23-24,30,135,189-90,316-17,374; teaching 17:213-14,227-28,235,268-69 translations into 17:201-03,210-11,223-24,274,324,343,345 Hindi Magazine "Purodha" see "Purodha" Hindi Youth Magazine "Agni" 17:332 Hindu tradition the cow in 17:280 the Divine Child in 17:184 the four Yugas 17:279 the Lord eating devotees' offering 17:290 past and future 17:301-02 Pranam to the feet 17:398 Radha and Krishna 17:243,282 Rama entering river Saraya 17:319 Satyayuga 17:78 worship of gods 17:237-38,395-96 Hiranyakashipou 8:244 fn; 10:355 History 12:249,325,403-06 civilisations, disappearing 5:249 conquered influencing conquerors 5:343 death of Caesar and Christ and 10:61 earth-memory and 4:110-11; 5:278-82 HISTORY evolutionary movement 5:249-50 four great events in 10:63 intervention of Grace in human 7:418-19 judgment of 2:125 legend and 5:327; 10:62 museum, historical sampling 5:341 of art 4:298-302; 5:333-39 of the earth 4:242; 10:89; 16:421,427 of humanity 5:249; 9:407-08 of life 9:210-11,213-15 of religion 12:211-12 of transformation 9:412 of world 2:154-55 past experiences, learning secrets of Nature through 5:364-66 Sri Aurobindo and 12:12-13; 10:62,96 war and 10:62 Hitler, Adolf 4:184-88; 5:377-79; 15:47; 16:9-10 Holidays 12:161-62,333,358-59; 17:214 Homework 12:198-200; 17:311 Honesty 3:190-91; 4:379-80; 14:216; 17:59 lacking 17:345 mental 9:327-29 money and 16:369-70 Honesty Society 17:344 Hope 11:169; 14:186 builds happy futures 16:186 never lose 16:195 new, and present world chaos 9:168-69 Horoscope 8:91 escaping absolute law of 9:284-85 yoga and 16:206 see also Astrology; Numbers Hostile beings Divine and 16:388 mental plane and 3:60-62 vampires 3:42-46 Hostile forces see Adverse forces Hour of God see Sri Aurobindo (2), works of Human bad will 17:395 Human being(s) all alike before Eternity 16:158 authority of, a symbol 4:92 beings who help 17:49-50 capable of doing anything at all 10:75-76 consciousness of 16:428 contact with mystery of universe 2:147 defects or qualities 5:357-58 delight intolerable for 10:346 a divided being 14:355-56,359 Divine consciousness and 16:425 Divine love and 8:340 ego, psychic being and 16:432 expressions of a soul 8:239,243; 10:311 fatuity, gross folly 5:337-38,349 the first 9:236-38 four categories of 16:426-27 help given to another 17:50,67,69,95-96,135,262,377 ignorant and obscure 17:107 love between 17:92-93 normal consciousness in 3:130 power, becoming aware of 4:368-69 psychological divisions of 16:239 shut up in a sack 4:170 unify all parts around the psychic 14:355 vice, controlling 8:5 withdrawing from the Divine 5:83 Human confusions 17:386 Human consciousness 9:11,207; 10:75-78,279; 11:264,266,269,277, 287,288-89 characteristic tendency of, reaching somewhere 9:189 discipline and growth of 10:258 falsehood of ordinary 10:347 fundamental structure of 10:75-76 in infancy 10:16 infancy of 10:168 is so corrupted 16:433 morality and 10:75 the Mother takes on 5:388-89 relations between gods and 11:37-39 soul and 10:209 suffering sustained by 11:235-36 transformation of 3:178 truth-consciousness and 10:75-76 unity and 15:66-68 yogic and 16:401 Human crookedness 17:386 Human evolution of soul 10:209 speech and 6:222-23 Human forms first 10:91 Human life (lives) aim of 2:125-27; 5:351-52; 8:176,368; 12:18,312; 14:3-8; 16:429-30; 17:381 different periods in 8:20 divine life and 16:157 duration of contact between 2:70 exceeded, conditions 2:163 Human love 17:35-36,92-93,341,376,378 Divine love and 3:69-72; 6:78,174-75; 10:83,356,361; 12:68-69; 14:125-30; 16:298-99,409 for the Divine 6:102,174-75; 12:69-70; 14:136-38; 16:26 human relationships and 16:280; 17:92-93 strength and knowledge 10:361 true love and 16:298-99 Human nature 4:332 aspiration and 5:89 fixity of 2:53 good and bad mixed together 16:64 is rebellious 10:261-62 tendencies of 10:200 Human race perpetuation of 16:6 progress and 10:272-73 prophecy of 6:159 Human unity 10:50-51 consciousness and 15:66-68 morality and 10:310 national and 10:309-10 through awakening inner Divinity 2:47 Tolstoy's son and 4:285 Human vision divine vision and 6:459 the Mother's way of seeing and 12:95-96 Humanitarianism human progress 7:302 Humanity/Man/Mankind/ 11:129-30,159,206,216,235-36,252,261-62, 309,324; 14:73,189,288; 15:263-65,274-75,309-10,326-27,355-58, 367-69,370-71,380,406 adverse forces and 11:258; 15:24 advancing towards the Divine 5:249-50 aim to be achieved 2:125-27; 5:352 anger belongs to lower 10:278-79 animals and 11:26 apocalyptic vision, true meaning 9:300-01 appreciation of (pleasing) 15:86-87,397-98,420-22 ascent in spirals 7:188 atmosphere of desires 6:279-81 Auroville as collective experiment of 10:270 Avatar and 15:20-21 barbarism and 10:323 castes 5:247-48 clings to conceptions 11:6 colour prejudice 15:280 consciousness fashioned by mind 6:401 consecration to 2:126 consenting to be spiritualised 9:74,77-78 creates gods 6:275-76 creating difficulties 11:66,282,286-88 creations of 14:369-70 Divine and 14:17-25,135-36; 17:318 divine and animal 3:150-51 does it still need to go through destruction? 9:74 doing good for 10:356 economical and social conditions of 9:167 ego and 11:55 error of 9:147-48 evolution of 7:357; 16:432 expectations of the Mother 12:308; 17:232 "The Family of Man" (exhibit) 9:3-4 fear of the divine life 11:311-12 full of desires 6:411-15 future of, individuals most helpful to 2:161-62 future temple of 2:146 goal of 2:125-27 God and 10:267,356; 11:38-39,67; 14:125-31 helping 10:360; 12:95-101; 14:295-96; see also Others, helping history of 5:249; 9:407-08 hostile forces and 11:258; 15:24 ignorance, "sole evil" of 7:316-17 increased sensitivity 11:225 individuality and 6:108,256-61,333-36 inherent contradictions in 6:308; cf. Shadow interdependence of individual and collectivity 9:141-42 key of the whole problem of 9:77-78 liberated by colloquy at Kurukshetra 10:63 liberation and 6:34-35 love of God and 10:331,339-40,349,356; 14:125-31 love of 2:126-27; 10:83 men and women as complementary halves 2:143; 14:309-11 mind and 14:364,369-70 mistake of, clinging always to the past 9:197-98 the Mother's personality of Ananda and 6:291-95 new creation and 6:417-18; 11:24-29,96-97,307 of the Mother 13:82-83 ordinary, guided by desires and passions 9:98-102 persistence of after death 6:56-57 physical nature and effort 6:430 pity and love 10:266,360 predestined beings 6:386-87 present general tension; new sign 9:296-98 present state of 17:110 progress of 2:101; 3:203-06,273; 12:305 progresses in spite of appearances 3:273 psychic and 6:160-61 qualities for growth of 10:249 real, of women 2:154 realisation of 10:284 relations 14:291-315,331-36 resistance 11:300 sacrifice for God 10:282 science of 9:108-09 service to, form of ambition 3:9; 5:12-16; 14:296 sin, virtue and progress of 10:259 slave of doctors 10:327 social relations see Relations with others, (Relationships) sorrow and evolution of 10:296-97 spiritualised 2:161-62 Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 13:113-14 stages of transformation and 11:46-53 stamp of, desire to find fault 3:158 suffering of 2:57-58,126; 10:59,269-70 summit 6:108 supramental and 15:110-18 supramental manifestation and 6:307,417-18; 11:24-29,96-97 supreme fool in 10:265 synthesis of East and West 5:342-43 those who shall save 2:164 to be superseded 11:70-71 transformation and ascent of 10:249 true governor of 10:315 two principle occupations of 4:205 understanding of 11:75-77 unity of 10:281; 12:39-40; 15:65-68,71-72 vision of 11:255 waiting for others to progress 11:208-09 war and development of 10:52 way to progress most 10:27 work for sake of 2:155 work to be realised by 5:352,354-56 world and 14:297-98 Yoga and 3:2-3 see also Collectivity; Human...; Individual...; Man/Mankind; Others; People Humility 2:5,147; 14:159-61; 17:82-83,143 before the Divine 5:46 consciousness and 5:29-30 depression and 3:139 divine grace and 16:252 ignorance lacks 17:90,129 karma, changing one's 5:93 progress and 5:45-46; 17:163 scientist, real 5:30 true 3:175; 5:46; 16:178 Humour 5:14; 17:279,283 sense of 4:250,254; 10:33 Sri Aurobindo's sense of 10:245,332 Hunters cruelest of creatures 17:11 Hurry 17:16 Huta and "White Roses" 17:215-16 Hydari, Sir Akbar 15:332 Hymn to Durga 12:43-44 Hypersensitivity 16:53 Hypnotism anesthesia replaced by 9:393-95 Divine Will and 7:268 effect of 7:268; 9:395 Hypocrisy 3:190,218; 5:31; 12:129; 14:209; 16:277 doing thing secretly 17:137 obstacle on spiritual path 17:132 shameful 17:64 I
Idea(s) 4:85,99,346; 9:168-69 about past lives 5:217-18 about people 17:40 about yoga 17:94,124 accepting influence of others 17:124 ancient, of spiritual realisation 8:244-45 as true mental dynamism 2:108 bad 17:112-13 behind all appearances 2:81 Christian, of creation 10:102 collective wealth 7:92 consecration and sacrifice to 2:76 creative 2:108 different expressions of 7:92-93 direct contact with 2:80 domain of pure 7:352 expression of 12:60-61 free exchange of 17:166 hostile 17:36 intellectuals and 5:145; 7:272 knowledge and 4:47,158 lacking in humility 17:129 language and 2:81 love of mind for 2:75-77 most useful to spread 2:86 "moving-idea" 8:8 not abstract and bodiless 2:75 of atom 4:139 of collectivity according to Sri Aurobindo 9:137 of the Divine 5:133,160,311-12; 7:381; 8:1-3,7,44-46 of evil 4:23-25; 9:134; 10:72 of fate and Buddhism 15:247 of god 4:176,289; 10:102,104 of immortality 4:69-70; 8:129 of Mahakali's power 4:397 of man and superman 2:156-64 of new race 2:164 of pralaya 5:353 of profiting 8:129-30,241-42 of progress 3:194 of renouncing physical reality 9:4 of spiritual life 8:365-66 of troubles 5:144 of weakness 16:186 of what is good 4:101 opposite, synthesis of 16:347 origin and organisation of 6:13-14; 8:346; 9:250-52 Plato and 2:76 poetry, expression of 7:93 power and 10:185 pragmatic power of 12:61 "Preconceived" 2:77-78; 8:395-96 preference for 2:75-77 primal (archetypes) 7:122 pure, typal 7:92-93 realisation limited by 8:1 reconciliation of 2:25 religion as source of 2:78 replacing 2:77 science as source of 2:78 seeking highest 2:61,77 senses and 2:21 symbolising That 2:38 thinking with 12:187-88; 16:244-45 thought and 4:47,202; 5:108-12,399; 8:344-46,395; 9:381-83 true in own time and place 3:226-28; 12:292 true lover of 2:78-79 undesirable 17:69 war of idea against 2:89 Western, of perfection 10:104 words and 3:64; 6:98; 10:184; 12:60-61 world of 2:80; 3:64 belongs to all 2:98-99 wrong 3:244 Ideal 4:114; 17:32,90 conceiving child according to highest 2:154 creation of character capable of manifesting 2:153 the Mother was born to realise highest 3:131 of the Ashram 10:270 of attitude in action 9:29-31 of beauty 8:58 of complete consecration 7:192 of life 8:57-58; 9:97 of a woman's physical beauty 7:242; 8:239-43; 10:302; 12:298-99 ours and others 2:92 progress in light of 2:49; 4:38-39 progressive transformation and 9:108,110-11 realisation of 2:78; 3:131 Ideal child 12:150-51 Idealism 10:254 Identification 4:133,174,328-29,363 action consecrated after 17:69-70 aspiration for active 10:198 becoming one with something 5:226,399-400 by consciousness 11:244 capacity for total 10:115 consciousness as 17:182 the Divine, only way of knowing 5:225 dynamic and passive 6:266 experience of 6:332,334 inner, and true closeness to the Mother 16:123 knowing the unthinkable through 2:126 knowledge and 3:167-68; 5:219-220 of God by 5:225,312; 10:43-44 learning through 5:219-25,299-300 methods of 5:220-21 the Mother's, with the Lord 16:230 of consciousness 2:60,130; 10:121; 16:44,165; 17:182-83 passing beyond one's narrow limits 5:233-34 perfect 10:122 separativity and 17:177 through concentration 5:225; 16:44 to work well 4:363 unconscious need for 2:52-53 understanding others through 5:299-301,311-12 with all suffering 2:58 with author's thought 5:223 with body 5:361; 7:255 with collective human psychological consciousness 10:75-76 with the Divine 5:225-26,312,322; 7:355-56; 8:44-48; 10:198; 16:384; 17:177 with Divine Consciousness 16:61 with Divine play 10:52 with Divine Will 17:181 with Eternal 2:130 with material world 17:179 with the Mother 17:69-70 with a piece of music 16:232 with Supreme condition of freedom 10:264 gives knowledge of everything 10:125-26 with a tree 3:168 with whole 10:198 see also Identity Identity Ananda of 8:94,226-27 aspiration awakened 11:64-65 awareness by 3:178 becoming the Divine by 8:94,109-10,225-27,284-85,377-79 in origin 16:383 indifference and 15:299 inner and outer 17:75 knowledge by see Knowledge, by identity the Mother's sense of 11:70-74 of consciousness 16:165 of opposites (fusion etc.) 11:109,111-14,198-202,204,212,220,236 suffering of the Divine Mother through 5:388 see also Identification Ignorance 6:450-51; 8:262,269,294,352; 17:379 aspiration and 10:27; 16:359 better than disobedience of guru 17:131 cause of suffering 9:7-8,10-11; 17:129 change by revolution and 16:153 Christ assumes human 10:61-62 coming out of 16:163 conception of God 10:355 consciousness and 3:101 correcting 9:306-07 curing 16:430 definition of 4:164 desire and 7:317-18; 10:15-16,261-62 difficulties and 4:251; 6:325-26 dispelled by growing consciousness 3:101 Divine Will and 3:170 division, cause of 9:7-11 elements unwilling to change 4:74,332 error through 7:411; 10:47; 16:307 evil and 9:134; 10:72 falsehood and 3:245,254; 6:169-70; 11:41; 14:209; 17:181-82 finding justification for 10:82 force of 4:340-42 general 4:90 getting out of 4:69 God's use of 10:321 greatest impurity 3:190-91,264 hallucination and 10:41-42 human 2:88; 9:134-35; 10:296; 16:227; 17:107 inconscience and 16:380 judgment in 10:49,298 knowledge and 6:287-89; 7:310,317,411; 8:140 lacks humility 17:90,129 language of 10:103-04 limitation and 10:77 love and 6:102 luck and 10:263 made by the Divine? 17:106 man clings to 16:291 material world and 4:276 matter and 3:102; 10:61-62 mental formations sweep away 9:134 mind and 10:42; 17:170 miracles and 10:165 misery and 4:292 misfortune and 10:58 mistakes in knowledge and 7:411 the Mother's help to overcome 17:133 must be dissolved 17:140 nescience ordinarily called 9:8 notions belonging to human 9:134-35 obscure behaviour and 17:142 path of 10:260 perpetuation of 5:32 physical mind and 10:42 physical suffering and 11:41-44 poverty and 10:269 pride in 10:342 regarding development of body 10:31 relation to Truth 10:3 sin through 3:221 sole evil of humanity 7:316-17 sorrow and 10:296 spokesman for forces of 4:341-42 stupidity and 5:30 suffering and 6:287-89; 9:7-8,10-11; 11:41-42; 17:129,149 surrender to Divine and 16:433 sympathy for those living in 10:279-80 taking things from below 9:237-38 use of 10:321 very obstinate 17:103,327 view of science and the Buddha on 7:316-17 wall of separative 7:237 will, choice and 10:287 wisdom and 10:46 world and 3:245; 7:292-96 yields only to effort 17:103 Illness 11:225,272; 15:148-77; 17:193,208-09,308-09,349-51,353-56 accepting 8:4-5,68,213 accident, moment of choice 4:403 adverse forces and 3:55; 5:180-88 all-powerful remedy, putting it into practice 8:41-42 aspiration to overcome 5:293-94 body and mind, relation of, and 5:402-03; 7:44-45 body remembers? 6:366-69 breath and 17:308 call from family in 17:318 cause(s) of 3:57,85-91; 16:323 depression 17:118 disequilibrium among forces 5:122-23,170-82; 9:120-22 external, contagion, ill-will, etc. 5:179-88 fear 3:57,90-91; 4:263; 5:161-72,313-14; 8:120-22; 12:14; 15:151-52,156; 16:194,323 germs, microbes 7:146-47 ill-will 5:179-88; 15:158-59 inner conditions as 5:167-68,173 change of work in 17:248-49 character and 6:2-4 children and 12:14-15 collective (epidemic) 16:300 collective, in Ashram 7:151 congenital 15:164-65 consciousness and 5:185-86; 11:207-08,210 cure/curing 17:92 by air and sun 16:110 by confidence in life 5:297 by doing unselfish works 5:121-22 by faith 4:209-10 by the Mother's force 5:132; 17:317,350,353,408 by peace 15:160-63 by Sri Aurobindo 4:264 by yoga 7:104,144-45 complete, consciousness of 5:292 disorders of the spring 17:186 headache 6:310-12 localised illness 8:212-14 mental resolution not enough 9:124-25 nervous diseases, look at an aquarium 5:224 of different 3:90 of Nature 17:351 resolution for 5:186-88 spiritually 4:74,264,267-71,282 will and 16:127 with the help of microbes 4:210 you must want to be 16:127 see also Cure see also below heal/healing desire and 15:159-60 discipline and 12:383 disharmony and 7:36 doctors and 5:123-24; 17:231,349-50,353,403 drugs (medicines) in 17:195-96,354-55,405,407,410-11 egoistic 4:10 energy given to mind 15:370 First World War, people killed in 5:184 habits of 7:144-47 heal/healing 8:212-14 capacity to 16:429 good formations help 5:133,387,403 re-establishing equilibrium 5:122-23 see also above cure/curing hypochondriac 17:77 imaginary 17:63-64,67,238,249 in animals 3:273-74 in the heart 17:355,394 in hospital 17:405-06 incomprehensible disorders and diseases 16:421 Japan, epidemic in 5:182-85 knowledge of 8:363-64 leave Ashram because of? 17:407 make use of 17:208 Mantra and 4:389 medical knowledge of 8:363-64 medicines and see Medicine mind and 15:156-57,162 memory in body and 6:366-68 moral condition and microbes 5:171-72 nerves and 3:89; 4:268; 17:195 new physical consciousness and 11:243 not given by the Divine 5:170 origin of 4:263; 9:120-22 pain and see Pain people are almost always ill 5:188 people who like being ill 5:122 personal remedies (treatments) 17:47,67,350-53,403 physical receptivity in 17:223,317,329 preparing food when unwell 17:320 protection from others 17:238 refuse support of thought to (forget) 17:64,92 rejection of 4:268-71 rejoicing from subtle body 4:267-69 remedy for suffering and 9:41-42,123-26 resistance and 3:86-91; 4:63 right attitude towards 6:340 sanitation and 3:56 sources of 3:85,88-89 specific illnesses boil 17:329 cold attack 17:90,92,165 diabetes 17:238 exhaustion 17:393-94 eyes 17:251,347-48,403 fever 5:186; 17:61,106,192 flu 17:221 giddiness 17:356 headache 16:46,130; 17:63,195,218 heart 17:355,394 injuries 17:278,285,317 insomnia 17:354-55 mania of persecution 17:242 measles 17:208,410-11 mental tension 17:174,195 mental unbalance 17:226-27 minor spasms 17:413 nervous 17:403 pain 17:63,158 prostate operation 17:249 sore throat 17:47 stomach ache 16:130; 17:251,315-16,350 sunstroke 4:270 swelling 17:296,321-22 tumours 17:393 subconscient and 7:144; 17:165 suggestions about 3:56-57,89; 16:194 transformation and, the Mother's experience see Mother's body,the, transformation of, painful transition, etc. vibrations, accidents and 16:323-24 vital being, possession by 4:185 vital events, no cause of 5:28 wrong attitude and 16:21 Yoga and 3:55-57,84-91; 5:170-71,177,179 see also Cure; Disease; Doctors; Healing; Health; Medical opinion; Medical science; Medicine; Sickness Ill-treatment innocence and 16:193 Illusion 4:383 Buddha and 4:174 chance and 10:44-45 life as 7:292-97 man lives in 4:277-78 material world is 9:4 maya, wheel of 8:57-58 mind and 10:42 nature of 10:44-45 of action 3:66-67 of personality 2:52-58,125 of progress 6:428 of separation 3:59-60,63; 7:364 reality behind 10:44 rejection of life as 7:405 world and 3:162; 4:277-78; 7:292-94; 8:44,53,234; 9:4,339-41; 10:44-45 world-illusion 11:173 Images 6:275-76 for psychic discovery 7:271-72 in meditation 6:378 in a temple 4:397 in vision 3:13-14; 16:34 man's, of God 10:95 of Atman 7:206 of European progress 10:311 of the Infinite 16:61 of Kali 4:396-98 of life in the Ashram 13:149-53 of the Mother 11:324; 13:83-84 of the state of the world 16:365 produced by thought 2:108 value and use of 7:272 world of 10:126-27 Imagination(s) 4:81,154-55; 16:69 cause of sadness 17:120 children's 4:128; 5:410; 16:61 collective 6:107-08 creating what one imagines 5:132-33 develops creative and mental faculty 12:26 disciplining 9:385-88 Divine and 7:234 effect of literature on 17:69 existence and 8:9 formative power of 7:231-32,242; 9:379-80 function of 7:233-34 generalisation and 17:307 ghosts and 17:110 heaven and hell, human formations 5:131-32 illness and 17:63-64,67,238,249 influence of 6:107-08 inner 10:129 meditation and 9:378-80 misleading (false, wrong) 16:173; 17:106,120,371 of closed doors 17:189 of the Mother 11:144 of Nature 5:226-27,251,344 of oneself as instrument of adverse forces 16:190 of so-called vital being 16:190 of writers 4:154-55; 7:231-32 power of 3:156-57; 8:118-19; 9:24 realisation and 6:233-34 reality and 7:233-35 scientists and 7:233 two kinds of 9:385-86 use and misuse of 5:133; 7:63 vain 16:148 weakness due to 17:248-49 what to imagine 8:317 writers and 7:232 Imaginative activity 16:62 Immobility 3:87-88; 4:1,10; 8:66-68,330-31; 11:13-15; see also Mother's body, the, peace... Immortality 4:171; 6:53; 10:84; 11:11,49-50,52-53,147,220; 15:124-26,131 becoming conscious of 10:83 earthly 3:188 Eternal Consciousness and 16:435-36 idea of 4:69-70; 8:129 meaning of 10:27-32 passim the Mother's body's experience of the consciousness of 11:195-96 of consciousness 11:195-96; 12:343 physical 4:69-70; 10:28-29,84; 12:82-87; 16:195,429,436 psychic and 16:432 religion and 10:83-84 self and 10:28 sense of 5:317 soul and 10:26 Sri Aurobindo's description of 10:28 synthesis of mortality and 5:111 Titan's four strides towards 10:357 Impatience 11:196; 17:93,116 do not be impatient 16:137 Impersonal action 2:49,54 Impersonal love 2:58 Impersonal and personal Divine 7:244,248-50 Impersonal work 2:52-54 Impersonality charity and 2:101 judgment and 2:91 mental 2:128 Impossibility beginning of possibility 9:383-85,388,394-95 difficulty and 7:415-420 explanation of "impossible" 8:383-85 possibilities and 7:262-63 sadhana, each person an 7:415,419 see also Difficulty Impulses 4:77-78,387; 10:15 control of 2:25,61; 3:5; 5:211-15; 6:317-18,342-44 drive of 17:137 of life 9:98-102 passions and 5:211 seat of 4:49-50 spontaneous, from subconscient 17:194 stupidities committed 5:212 thoughts and 6:319 to create something new 2:157 transference of vital (example of murderer) 5:208,377 vanquishing 17:121 yielding to vital 17:74; see also Vital impulses Impurities 17:24,39 Inactivity over-activity and 16:146 tiredness due to 16:147 Incapacity feeling one's own 16:320 human 16:402 of thoughts for action 8:359; 10:124,146 suggestions of 16:133 surrender and personal 10:305 Incarnation aim of 2:52 conscious 8:334-36 of Buddha 3:78-80 of gods on earth 4:184 of the one Being 9:197 of the psychic being 8:202-03,335-37 of vibrations of harmony 10:192-93 of vital being 4:184-85 reason for 5:388-89; 8:167-68 secret of 10:73-74 Inconscience (Inconscient, Unconsciousness) 4:119,240-41,283; 11:109,199; 15:247; 17:183 absence of diversity 9:48 all in unconscious 8:77-78 amount of, in food 4:334 Asura of see Adverse Forces, Asuras being of Consciousness and Love within the 9:332-34 cause of all misery 8:77 consciousness and 4:241 correcting wrong done through 5:411 cruelty and 6:70-71 descent of Love 8:226 fn,339-40 diminishes intensity of suffering 3:198 the Divine in 8:35,79 divine Consciousness in 9:11,207 God in 9:10-12 going into during sleep 4:318-19; 16:267 how to counteract 5:373 ignorance and 16:380 in the being 9:330-34; 11:27; 16:157 in matter 17:365 in physical body 16:234 insincerity and 6:125-27 laziness of 16:395 man cannot feel life's aim 8:120 Manifestation emerging out of 11:76-77 mental 15:381-85 the Mother's experience of 15:381-85 no being on earth completely free from 11:87 of creation 5:41,71; 10:206 peace and 11:161-64 progress over 11:88 pushing things into the 8:19 separated from the Divine 8:77-79 shadow is symbol of 16:367 "tamasic" part of the being and 16:157 to become conscious 11:84-85 transformation of 15:316-17 unity in 9:47-48 India 12:212-13,262; 13:14,251,280-81,359-84; 16:368 fn ancient and modern 10:271 art in see Indian art as Guru of the world 16:328,341 attitude towards women in 12:105-06 beauty and 13:380-81 belief in reincarnation in 16:366 Brahmins 3:151 China and 16:274-75; 17:217-18 communal life of 10:308 continent between Africa and 5:249 dance in 3:112 difficulties of 17:219,282,304 division of 8:32 education in 12:251-54; 13:369-71 freedom of 8:30-31 future of 16:319; 17:240 geniuses of 16:6 government emergency 17:218-19 great ages of 4:312 idea of renouncing physical reality 9:4 important people in 17:314 Independence Day 8:265-66 "India is free" 5:190; 8:30-32 Indo-Pakistan conflict 16:326-28; 17:264-67,376; see also below Pakistan and Japan and 2:149-50 languages of see Indian language(s) legends about divine protection in 8:224 literature in 3:107; 17:301 living tradition of yoga 7:342 loss of vitality 7:294 mission of 13:360-63,365-66,370,372,375-80 the Mother and 13:43-45; 17:213 Mother India 12:42-44 music in 5:77-78 Nehru, Jawaharlal 17:240 number of souls in 4:48 number one problem 12:314 ought to be spiritual guide 16:328 Pakistan and 5:190; 13:372-74; 16:326-28; 17:264-67,376; see also above Indo-Pakistan conflict of 1965 pantheon of 8:142 partition of 13:359 plants used for adoration 4:167 poverty of 17:258 privileged 4:303 prosperity in 17:258 psychic being and 12:314 religious convention and 10:317 role in the world 7:307 Sanskrit in 8:153-54; 12:224-25,416-17; 13:384; 15:286-87; 17:317-19,322 Shankara's preaching in 10:302-03 save from Indians 17:254,282 "show the way to union" 16:368 fn soul of 13:360-61,376-78,380 spiritual life in 10:212 spirituality and 13:369,374-82 passim Sri Aurobindo's teaching and 15:426-28 stories of divine intervention 7:418 tales of 8:14-18,104-05; 10:135 traditional learning of 10:205 unity of 13:362,368-76 passim use of AUM in 2:64 the West and 16:328 wish to come to 5:356 World War II and 13:125-26 worship and meditation of 10:63 see also Indian... Indian art 3:108,110 ancient, and Calcutta school 5:341-42 compared with European 4:312-13 Indian language(s) 8:153-54; 12:218,222-25,253,416-17; 13:371,383-84; 15:286-87 the Mother's respect for 17:213-14 Sanskrit 8:153-54; 12:224-25,416-17; 13:384; 15:286-87; 17:317-19,322 Indifference attachment and 16:76 calmness and 17:163 equality and 16:173,336-37 hardening and 16:190 identity and 15:299 mental 16:336 must lead to equality 16:173 to all effort through fatigue 16:179-80 to criticism 7:393,396-97 to ill-treatment 16:193 to suffering 16:190 Individual, the 11:275-76; 14:18 action of 4:253-54; 5:20; 9:5-6; 10:71-74 advice can impair development 10:237 afraid of not being different 2:53 aim of life of 5:203,303,351-52 anarchy and 10:306 aspiration of 5:250 cannot change the world 10:138-39 cannot understand consciousness of totality and detail 11:222 central Will in 10:74 classed according to own nature 10:268-69; see also Character collectivity and 4:36,382; 5:305-06; 7:323; 9:140-42,172-74,315 consciousness of see Individual consciousness condition for perfection 10:308 contact of, with supermind 8:133,323 creation and 3:58-59 death and 10:11-12 definition of 4:172,327-28 democracy and 10:312 destiny 10:11-12 development of and ego 7:366,371-72; 16:304 development of different parts of 10:97 description of development 9:348-49 difference between 2:106 difficulties of 6:446-47 diversity of expression of 4:327-29; 8:387-88 the Divine and 4:392-93; 6:256-61; 8:44-45; 10:73-74 each has favourable period for dreams 2:31 effort of 5:250; 7:363-64; 9:5-6,174,190-91 ego and 3:240; 4:66,101-02; 7:11,13; 15:22 encouraging laziness in 2:100 environment expresses 2:68 "evil persona" 5:276 fn evolution of 2:128; 7:331-33; 9:214; 16:225-29,323 experiences of 10:14,21 experience and truth 10:183 few have escaped finite 10:98 first effect of Supermind in 10:108 form of 2:59 freedom of choice 5:90-91 goal of creation and 11:289 group progress and 2:60; 9:172-74; 12:39-40,181-82 harmony between universal nature and 10:56 the Infinite and 16:61 infinitesimal role 4:163 knowing oneself and others 5:300,303-04 is limited 7:414-15; 8:58 law of 8:141; 16:268 living cell of group 2:59 love of limitations 3:169 made up of many entities 16:252 manifestation of true vibration and 10:193-94 Maya and 10:363 meant to manifest one aspect of the Divine Consciousness 3:116 mission of 4:118,324 most helpful to future of humanity 2:161-62 nature of 5:414; 10:268-69; 16:268 not annulled by union with Supreme 11:129-30 not limited by body 8:55,389-97 offering of 10:74 origin of 4:174 parts of 4:80 path of 4:351 perfection unlimited 7:415 progress of see Progress, individual psychic being, the true 3:63,124-25 realisation of collective and 8:49-50,133 role in supramental realisation 10:138 role in universe 8:326 secret of divine incarnation in 10:73 self-government of each 10:306 self-perfection 2:66 sense of freedom of 5:90-91 sense of separation of 7:364 small victories of 5:19-21 soul, Divine and 16:229 supreme Will and 10:74,88 surrender of 11:185 tamasic nature of 5:414 That which causes action and 10:295 thoughts of 2:24,27-28,86 transformation and 2:47-48; 4:382-83; 5:62; 7:323; 8:378-81; 10:316; 16:329,382 true 3:63,124-25,169 Truth of each being 8:52,124,141,280,325; 10:138-39 twofold labour 2:48 unique manifestation 7:375 universal progress and 7:427 universal self and 2:38-39,94; 7:407; 8:346,378-81 universe, worlds and 10:218 universalising 10:251 victory of thought 2:89 virtues of 7:138-39; 16:276 what constitutes 4:172-74 will of 3:135; 5:97,196; 10:56,74 working through lower nature 8:22-23 world and 6:446-47; 15:406-07 see also Human...; Humanity; Individual...; Man/Mankind Individual consciousness 4:172-74,404; 9:354 difficulties and 4:44,74 global at the same time and 11:222,275-76 perception of the world and 9:201-03 separation and 6:100-01 understanding of the world 5:29-30; 9:201-03 Individual nature each classed according to 10:268-69 universal and 10:56 individual law follows the law of 16:268 see also Character Individualisation 4:36,149,174,195 creation of opposite movement 10:118 matter and 10:115 mind and 4:193,195; 9:43-44; 10:27-28,87-88 mental being and 10:27-28 obstacle to suppleness 10:118 of consciousness 10:264 of states of being 2:47 psychic being and 6:260 self-justified jealousy 10:307 vital and 10:41 work of ego 16:389-90 Individuality 8:346,378-81; 11:165-68,203,260,324; 15:317-18; 17:108-09,375 aspiration and 11:185 body and 3:169; 6:257-60 a conquest 9:43-48 development of 6:261 ego and 4:174; 6:256-61,332-36; 7:11-13; 8:367-68; 10:109 formation around psychic 3:150 humanity and 6:108,256-61,333-36 illusory sense of 4:174 in forms of vital world 3:48-49 mastery of complex 9:402-03 means no body 15:309-10 not formed in most men 7:365 not lost in the Divine 3:169 perfect, for integral realisation 9:345-46 physical mind and 6:258 purpose of 11:185 sense of, in Western people 3:4 sense of physical limitation unnecessary for 11:242-43 survival of death of 3:145-46 transformation of 11:165 true 2:54; 6:108 truth of see Being, truth of vital beings and 3:48-49 vital worlds and 6:258 what constitutes 16:321 see also Personality Indra 3:208 Inertia 4:349,366-67; 11:198,200-01 aspiration to overcome 17:25 creation and 10:202; 11:192-96 dominant characteristic of matter 9:34-35 in the body 3:144; 12:397 indication of complete 16:308-09 mental 16:336-37 overcoming 17:25 peace and 11:41,161-64 remedy for 11:193; 16:309 studies and 12:133 see also Laziness; Tamas Inevitable nothing is 17:189 Inexpressible, the expressing 16:366 Inferiority complex 16:269 Infinite, the "boundless finite" 8:97 experience of 10:98 two images of 16:61 windows that open upon 16:423 see also Divine, the Infinity plunge into 17:190 to breathe 17:181 Influence(s) 4:36-37 Agni's 3:138 alien 17:67,130,158,167,174,197,221 asuric 6:172,174 bad 5:414 distinguishing 6:129-33; 16:135 divine 4:160-61; 5:117; 6:129-32,168-69,213-15; 7:245-46; 14:307; 16:251,388,421; 17:67 exchange of 17:159,211 from others 17:61,68,124,161 hostile 6:436 Krishna's 10:61 mental formations acting as 6:130; 8:391-92 not helpful to mix 17:401 of adverse forces 5:234-36; 6:305,434-38 of atmosphere 4:37 of a beautiful story 8:118-19 of collective imagination 6:107-08 of Greece on Rome 5:343 of idols 6:276 of imagination 6:107-08 of Japan on America 5:343 of mind and vital on health 5:295-96 of Nature 8:51-52 of others 4:27,36; 6:168-69,213-14; 7:245-46; 16:191; 17:28-29, 61,68,124,161 of the soul 16:249 of spiritual force over mind 9:420 of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother 3:132; 16:166; 17:61,210-11 of the stars 9:284-85 on children 5:242,412-14; 8:200,203-04,392 opening to the Mother's 17:61,210-11 opening to supramental 9:110-11; 16:192 outside 8:22,54,389-94 passive opening to 16:192 psychic 7:263-64,422; 10:39 yoga and 8:350-52 see also Mother's body, the, external influences on Infrarational impulses 10:6 speech and 10:8 Infrarational laws of Nature 7:180 Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique 6:19 Initiation changes character 4:92 discipline of 10:257 hierarchies 4:392 revelation of knowledge through 4:222-24 schools of 4:197; 6:39-40; 8:197-98 use of words in 2:65 Injustice 17:170 does Divine punish? 16:352 Inner attitude 2:65; 4:403,317-18,355; 5:192; 6:28-29; 8:208; 16:290 Inner being concentrate in 16:93 freedom felt in true 6:374 invariable 3:12 organises circumstances in life 6:386-87 outer being and (bridge between) 3:7 psychic consciousness is 3:148 resistance of external being to 3:10-11 seeking revenge in dreams 2:32 Inner consciousness external and 7:197,354 higher and 4:9,18 outer and 10:155-56 outer life and 5:401; 6:427-28 outer nature and 7:1 phenomena of 10:39 Inner states of being cosmic planes and 16:236,331 Inner suggestions discriminating 16:45 Inner truth 4:24-28; 9:111,117 Inner vision 6:134-35 images during meditation 6:377-79 superior over outer vision 16:40 see also Psychic vision; Sight Innocence ill-treatment and 16:193 Insanity 10:252 as mixture of two consciousnesses 11:81-82 see also Madness Insects 5:149-50,309; 15:25 Insincerity 4:109,252-54; 9:277-79; 11:81-82,290-92; 13:274; 15:22-23; 16:264,269 adverse forces and 9:306-07 Grace nullified by 17:349 in the exterior being 3:153 of men 13:274 place of 4:252 sincerity and 8:398-99; 14:70,74 unconsciousness and 6:125-27 unhappiness and 6:215-16 Inspiration 4:94 at will 5:208 authors and 12:147 developing capacity for 10:6 different qualities of 10:6 exchange constant, of physical, vital, mental energies 5:209-10 finding and expressing 5:76-77 following deep 2:50-51 for writing poetry 16:138 inner, to act 4:95-96 knowledge and 4:41; 10:143 meaning of 5:208 madness and 10:280 men of genius 7:280 mind and 8:193-95 murder, promptings to 5:208,377 music and 5:75-76 of scientist 7:280 of what is to be done 3:19 origin 10:4 outer form and 5:70 overmind and 10:5-6 precision of 4:120 psychic 8:193-94; 12:337 reason and 10:5-6 receptivity and 10:6 silence as source of 16:199 "slender river of brightness" 10:3-5 sources of 5:69-71,78-79,208; 16:199 speech and 10:8 use of 10:6-7 value, true of what is done 5:76 vital impulses and 8:193-94 what it is 7:280 words, beyond 5:75 Instinct animals', lost through human contact 4:27-28; 5:149-50,274; 9:100-01,304 definition of 5:152 insect's, paralysing another 5:149 intuition, reason and 9:357-58 lower nature 4:332 of destroying will 5:234 of plants 3:132 of human body 5:295-96 of true beauty in cells 4:55 psychic in animals 4:28 purity of 10:55 reason and 10:290-91 spirit of the species 4:238-39; 5:149,305 supramental, of human species 9:101-02 Instrument(s) 4:329; 10:87; 11:125-26; 14:361-70 becomes more important than work 17:389 body is 4:326-27; 5:75; 10:29; 12:73 cinema, of education and perversion 4:326; 7:299-300 civilisation prepares physical 4:329-30 conscious and unconscious 8:174-75; 16:259,389 death of evil 5:377 Divine chooses human 3:79-80; 5:252-53; 8:23,27,31 enriching and perfecting 16:434 for manifestation of consciousness 4:40-41,195-96,325-26 for Supreme Wisdom 17:314 for work 4:326; 8:22-23; 17:389 fragile and transient 17:183 lower nature working through 8:22-23 mental 4:109,135 mind as 3:50; 4:3,47,170-71,224; 7:41,43,321; 8:190; 15:329-30 of adverse forces 5:235; 16:190 of the Divine 5:48-51 of the Mother, qualities needed 16:128 of the psychic being 12:294 of the soul 10:284-85 prepared for realisation 8:366 vital is a passing 11:124-25 Insults 17:406-07 explanation of 16:32 Integral being 17:68 Integral progress 2:38; 7:197,309 Integral realisation 9:94,345-46; 16:164,225 Integral transformation see Transformation, integral Integral truth 2:27 Integral unity 12:252-54 Integral Yoga (Yoga of Sri Aurobindo) 3:24-25; 4:333; 7:200,380, 413-15; 8:43,190; 12:95,98-99,310; 14:33-35,42; 16:238,316-18; 17:213 aim of 16:392 begins where others end 5:284 decision about collective 7:414 discipline and 16:300 Divine force in 16:367-68 energy and 16:225 experiences and 14:56 first revelation of 10:89 higher and lower perfection 9:90-94 idea of Divine 8:1,7,44-46 nothing useless 9:345-46 of Sri Aurobindo 9:337 of Sri Aurobindo and of Gita 8:62-64 other yogas and 16:367-68 physical consciousness and 16:392 physical education (culture) in 9:81-82 samadhi in 17:342 spiritual realisation and transformation 8:244-45 sports in 9:81,96-97 three stage of 7:407-08 work and meditation in 16:343-44 Integrality 8:1,7,221,244,247-48,284-85,381 of the being 16:303 Intellect, the limits of 16:198 Sri Aurobindo's aphorisms and 11:210,213 true and wrong movement 3:33; 5:108-110 Intellectual activity difficult means of contacting the supramental 9:324-25 Intellectual approach to transformation 11:60 Intellectual culture 10:256; 16:198 mind and 12:139 Intellectual exercises 16:201 Intellectuals 5:145; 7:272,401 faith and 6:121 Intelligence 2:5; 11:106-07 body and 6:3-4 developing 16:301,395 fire symbolising 2:89 in ants and cats 8:60 role in life 16:402-03 understand it knows nothing 11:217 Intelligent will first instrument of psychic being 12:294 Intensity 3:198; 4:254-55; 5:127,217-18; 7:243; 8:249-50; 11:131; 16:225; 17:127,143,178 Interdependence 5:305; 6:153; 7:323; 9:141-42 Interest in what one does 17:91 lack of 17:137 Interiorisation 16:161 effect of 7:282-83 first step in yoga 7:249,354-55 passing into other dimensions 7:249 psychic being and 16:223 Intermediaries 17:304 International conflict 13:389-91 International politics 15:64-65,335 Intervention from a higher plane 17:189 Intimacy in sadhana 17:170 Introspection 2:128; 8:22-23 Intuition 4:85,235; 6:423-24; 8:188,382; 12:140 as a means of knowing 16:44 condition of mind for 2:160 different kinds, seeing and using 9:357-59 instinct, reasoning and 9:357-58 mental imitation of 9:400-01 new race governed by 2:159-60 practical deduction and 2:83 replaces reason 2:160 spiritual intervention and 9:400 teaching and 12:406-07,424-27 women and 2:147 see also Intuitive... Intuitive activity mental activity and 16:337 Intuitive mind 2:160; 3:94; 8:332; 9:357-60; 10:151; 16:216 Involution 5:324 different ways of seeing 9:205 divine at the centre of everything 9:156 evolution and 7:361-62; 9:204 fn,220-21 involved, Supermind 8:315 fn; 9:136-38 marvellous being in the Inconscient 9:332-34 story of successive 9:205-07 the two extremes meet 8:35 true meaning of 9:301 Ishwara-Shakti 8:109-10 Israel 13:389-91 Israelites (Jews) Arabs (Mussulmans) and 13:390-91 J
Janaka 10:195-96,204 Japa energy and 16:224 use of 16:305-06 Japan America and 5:343 art, gardens and landscapes 3:108-10; 4:306-09; 5:325 aspirations of 2:150 bamboo sprout dish 5:366 beauty in 2:150; 5:325 Buddhist temple in 5:326 children of 2:151-53 conception of life in 2:149 dance in 3:112 energy of 2:148 Europe and, use of vegetable kingdom 5:366 gardener, an artist 5:325 India and 2:149-50 influence on America 5:343 knowledge in 2:150 literature of 4:309 the Mother's experiences in 4:308-10; 5:136-37,182-85; 12:75-76 the Mother's impressions and visions of 2:148-50; 4:319-20 the Mother's message for 13:391 people of 2:148,150; 4:309-10 religion in 2:149 story of a man in 4:310; 6:310-12 unity in 2:150 women of 2:153-64 Jealousy 14:281; 17:26,46 creates a bad atmosphere 16:116 getting rid of 16:307 remedy for 10:340; 16:399 self-justified 10:307 stops progress 5:46,219-20; 16:128; 17:117-18,122,160-61 vanity and 16:179 widespread cause of misery 3:186 Jeanne d'Arc 3:17-18; 8:139 Jesus Christ see Christ, Jesus Jeunesse Sportive de l'Ashram de Sri Aurobindo (J.S.A.S.A.) Award Cards 12:290-91 symbol of 12:262 Jews Arabs and 13:390-91 Jiva 2:148 Jivatman 7:227-28 Jnana (knowledge) 10:1-273 Jnani 10:9 Joan of Arc see Jeanne d'Arc Joking 17:160,295-96 Joy 14:195-96 ananda, "divine pleasure" 8:121-22,192,369; 16:297-98 anguish and 8:249-51 artist's 7:38 as basis of yoga 17:129 at heart of difficulties 8:283 bathe in Vastness with serenity and 17:190 communicating it to others 16:192 conquers the adversary 7:402-03 JOY contact Nature with 7:73,138-39 discipline necessary to understand 9:21-23 Divine Presence is beauty and 7:402; 8:122 ecstasy, objectless 8:376-77 essential condition for 16:431 excitement and 8:263-64,328-29 feeling a force and 8:305 fleeting, cause of 16:204-05 from surrender 17:13 Grace and 8:84 highest state 8:327-29 immutable 16:149 in all things 8:223 in cells 9:23,42,162-63,191 in life 9:22-23 in process of realisation 3:139 inner Presence brings 16:98 keep inside 16:86 light and 17:90,103,191 of aspiration 4:105,137 of being the Mother's true child 17:212 of being sincere 8:85,399 of consecration 7:401-03 of conversion 4:103 of effort 4:31-33 of giving 16:212,432 of God 10:342-43 of gratitude 7:243 of loving 17:99,378 of mastering desire 7:38-39; 9:21 of misery and of satisfaction 5:385 of progress 8:20,84-85,253; 10:166; 16:46; 17:191 of sacrifice 8:75 of self-giving 4:134,316-17; 7:401-03 of union 8:75,226-27,233; 17:375 of work 4:373; 16:113,132 opposite of 9:9; 12:18 Peace will make you full of 16:116 pleasure, depression and 8:84-85,191-92 psychic presence in aspiration is 8:250 remorse and 16:45-46 renunciation and 10:172 sign of victory 7:401 smiling at an enemy 5:370 source of 16:27 surrender and 17:13 time of Buddha was a 3:203 transformation through 7:402 true, desireless 7:38; 8:228-29,369 types of 16:174 unmixed 17:181 unselfish 3:158-59 vibrations, same for suffering and 5:386 "what men call" 7:402 withdrawal of 16:133 world will manifest divine 10:343 see also Ananda; Bliss; Delight; Ecstasy; Pleasure Judging 8:2,6 according to success or failure 5:269 actions 4:38-42 another's state of being 9:131-36 the Divine Will by results 4:388 for others is impossible 16:268 human way of 5:22-23 mind not capable of 4:46,224; 9:416; 12:33 the Mother 17:82-83,173 oneself in the light of the ideal 4:38-39 others 8:2,10; 9:131; 16:193,274,320-21 Judgment(s) 14:291-94,364,366 abstaining from 4:3 absurd in truth-consciousness 10:76 are momentary 10:147 basis for 2:91-92 correct 4:11 critical mind and 10:26 desire and 16:321 ego and 10:49; 16:321 God and 10:43 human 4:80-81; 5:269; 10:298; 16:289 "I cannot judge" 16:321 impersonality and 2:91 in ignorance 10:49,298 in sports competitions 12:265-66 lacking clear-sightedness 2:128 made by the vital 14:291,294 made from outward appearances, always false 3:279-80 of actions 2:57 of history 2:125 of the Mother 17:173 of ordinary man 5:269 of others 12:391 of things and man 4:46-47,117 of universe 4:117,177 one's own 17:172 preference and 2:57 psychic consciousness and 9:308 rash 2:91 reconciling opposites 4:12 sense perception and 12:263-66 without knowledge 10:27 Justice 2:6 charity and 2:95 determinism, Grace and 5:89-93,361-63; 14:86-87; 17:138,391 divine 4:13,91 Divine Grace and 14:86-87; 17:138,391 ego and 2:95 human notion of 4:101 liberating from 17:141 on earth 2:95 psychic will escapes all notion of 5:217-18 reign of, in the world 4:23; 5:367 Truth and 16:376 way of the Divine and 6:238-39 K
Kali 6:289-90; 15:16-19; 16:342 aspect of universal 10:85 bad will and 16:143 chastises, but with love 16:143 cult of Durga and 8:244-46 destruction and 17:256-57,340,391 the Divine 10:85 evoking force of 17:267,375 force of, Divine love and transformation 16:370 great liberating power of 9:377 help of 17:375 images of 4:396-98; 5:347 Krishna and 10:281,358,364 love of 10:335 Mahakali and 4:396-98; 6:69-70 Mahashakti and 7:370 method of 10:212 of Vivampatman, a story 6:65-69 Puja 7:370 a real being 6:68 significance of 10:85 Sri Aurobindo on gods and 9:376-77 Sumbha and 10:357 violent intervention of 17:349 vital 5:347 see also Durga; Mahakali Kalidasa 10:354 Kaliyuga avatar in 16:272 Karma 8:70-71,82; 10:277-328; 15:134 changing one's 5:93 consequences of 5:92 freedom from 3:176 get out of cycle of 3:30 Grace and 5:91-93; 15:392-93 mastering one's 10:277 past lives, childish ideas about 5:217-18 rebirth and 15:391-94 theosophy on 6:1-2 see also Determinism Kindness 17:41 receiving wrongly 17:141 King experiences of being a 4:144-50 Kipling, Rudyard 6:92 Knowing means of 16:44 Knowledge 15:6; 17:80 absolute 10:180 acquired 10:10 action and 2:57; 10:319 added to sentiments 16:192 appearance and 10:17-20 passim applied to individual beliefs 10:20-21 as a power of mind 10:1 aspiration for 2:60; 10:256 awareness and 3:167,178 become and live 10:256 belief and 10:20; 16:20 bodhi 2:80 books of true 3:52 by experience, misleading 11:217-19 by identity 3:92,167-68,178; 4:12,158,319-20,364,369; 5:219-20, 300-01,311; 6:423-25; 7:319-20,369; 9:285; 10:17-18, 43-44,125-26,136-37; 14:51-52; 15:299; 16:386 by inspiration 10:143 changing it into experience 8:67,101 consciousness and 11:139,185-86,194,244 contrary ideas harmonised 4:158 delight and 10:256 devotion and 10:331 differentiates man from animal 12:138 diminished and mixed with ignorance 8:140 discipline for 7:320 Divine 16:217 Divine, knowing the, through identification 5:225,312 dreams and 10:125-31 elements of, indispensable 16:121 equality and 10:175 essential and mental 10:3 faith and true 10:290 faith in living 16:342 fault, recognising and correcting 8:293-94 fear and 6:50-51 first step for having 8:361-63 for the body 6:110-11 from outside, from within 3:52 giving someone too strong a 2:100 God and 10:343-44 having power of transformation 10:144 hearing and 11:244 higher 10:213 human, mental 6:350-51; 9:285 human, physical needs 8:140-41 ideas and 4:47 ignorance and 6:287-89; 7:310,317,411 in Japan, exterior and learnt 2:150 in subconscient 10:290 inner 7:70-71; 10:210 intellectual and inspired 10:143 is a child with its achievements 10:213 jnana 10:1-273 judgment without 10:27 "Knowings" and 8:358-59 learning when young and 6:151-53 light and 4:219; 16:150 limitation by Jehowah 10:93 literature and 12:141-43 "lotus of" 7:338-39 love and 3:70; 16:217 magic and true 6:266-67; 9:391-93 man and 2:66,159; 7:388; 8:361-64; 16:121 medical, relativity of 8:363-64 message of modern 10:272 metaphysics, ethics and 16:199 mind and 4:47,170-71,224; 5:398; 8:362-64; 10:10,24,43-44,93; 12:5-6 the Mother's 6:165-67,197-99 necessary 8:186 needed to effectively help others 6:450-53 new 8:315 occult 4:397; 5:180; 10:125-35; 15:376,380 of body-consciousness 11:139,194 of the body's needs 6:36-37 of the Divine 11:66 of Divine will 4:2 of God 10:43-44 of illness 8:363-64 of Krishna 10:255 of the Mother's body see Mother's body, the, knowledge of of Nature 10:26,136 of night's sleep 2:35 of occult worlds 8:217-19 of oneself 4:33-39,292; 5:201-02,303-04; 7:194-95; 12:167 of other worlds see Experience, of other worlds of past, present and future 10:125-26 of power of material consciousness 11:109 of psychic 3:152; 7:224-25,273,355 of psychic being 6:396 of self leads to Self 2:38-39; see also Self-knowledge of soul 10:23-26 passim,208 of teacher 4:41; 17:43 of truth 4:3,20-21,158,387 of the universe 2:27; 8:87 of what is needful 17:177-78 of world is limited 4:407 of Yogi and of scientist 3:92-93,161-62 opinions and 16:321 ordinary 10:15 outer proofs and 9:367-68 pain and 6:287-89 path of 8:43,46,126,300,324-25; 10:1-273; 16:238 personal effort and 6:226 personal realisation and 10:138 physical-mental 16:40-41 physical vision and 11:244-45 potential 7:339-40 power and 3:221; 8:140,190,352,360; 10:208 practice of 9:66,70; 10:34; 17:31 protects against any danger 3:101 reality surpasses metaphysics 4:215-16 reason and 10:14-16 passim receiving 10:10 refusal of 10:212-13 refutation of occult and spiritual 10:253 region of, and intermediary planes 5:400-02 relativity of 6:358-59; 10:24 of experiences 8:363 external 10:211 religion and 4:398; 5:31-32 revelation of 4:222-24 revolution and true 10:362 role in life 16:402-03 science and seeing behind appearances 9:322-23 silence and 10:213,256 sin in 3:221 sincere lover of 2:79 solitude and 10:231 spiritual 8:359; 10:136-40 spiritual light and 10:74; 15:75 spontaneous 10:89,151 subconscient 10:290 suffering and 6:287-89 superficial 8:87; 16:200 supramental 3:95; 4:222; 5:302-03,398; 9:193-94; 15:107,110-11 supreme 10:10 surrender through devotion or 3:126 synthesis of all human 2:47 teaching with little 10:34; 17:31,43 theoretical, and inner vision 16:40 theoretical, and practice 3:228 things we believe without personal 3:224-25 thoughts and 4:47 total 10:136-37 transformation and 6:110-11; 10:144 tree of 10:90 true 3:152; 10:362 understanding a difficult subject 4:198 value of 3:165; 8:101 vista of 4:331 we are here to learn 6:16 widening of 10:85-86 wisdom and 10:1-3 passim,14-16 passim,135,213,316 work and 2:50; 10:9-10; 17:166 worry and imperfect 10:150 worth having 10:256 yoga of see Yoga, of knowledge yogin's aim in scientific 8:158 see also Mind; Understanding Krishna 5:79; 10:288,300,317; 15:15; 17:76 assassinated Kamsa 10:311 at his tricks 10:341,348 creation of poets 10:64 divine Friend 10:352 "Driver of the herds" 8:377-79 exile in Brindavan 10:63 existence on earth 10:60-61 indefinable Personality and 10:337 inner guide 8:64 Kali and 10:281,358,364 knowledge of 10:255 law and 10:318 living in 10:349-50 love of 10:335,337 loves Chandrakali 10:340 message of freedom and delight 10:60 Radha and 5:385; 8:223-27; 12:148; 15:223-24; 17:243,282 significance of stealing robes of Gopis 10:347-48 sin and 10:348 to play with 10:51 Vaishnavite stories (Prahlad) 8:224-27 world's divine paramour 11:342 Kundalini 6:77-78 awakening centres and 7:339 experience of 7:212-13 Kurukshetra 10:52 will liberate humanity 10:63
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Labour demands 17:318 Lake Estate 17:250 Language(s) 11:110,162,289; 12:218-33,415-19,421-22,448-49 Aryan and Chaldean 8:153-54 astrology as a 7:369 best way to learn 12:222 communication without 6:94-95 different; power of the word in 7:349 Egyptian, hieroglyphic 8:151-54 English 12:219,222-23,225 explanations in final analysis 4:221,370 expression of the Reality 6:25-27 French, ruled by Academy 7:372; 12:218-25 German, opportunity to learn 17:329 Greek, ancient 8:153-54 ideas and 2:81 in Auroville 12:225 Indian 12:218,222-25,253; 13:371,383-84 linear 6:463 the Mother's respect for Indian 17:213 numbers as a 7:369 of ignorance 10:103-04 of outer being 4:366 fn origin of 2:64 policy of Indian government 17:317 power of words 2:63-65 Sanskrit 8:153-54; 12:224-25; 13:384; 15:236-37; 17:317-18 Science, each has its own 4:170,283-84,312 sounds of ancient 8:153 Tamil 12:223-25 teaching of 17:213-14 to learn 16:97 value of 4:283-86 western, are less expressive 2:64 see also Words Lao-Tse 8:282-83 Laughter best means of routing the enemy 3:139 Law(s) 14:24 all beings move according to 10:209-10 body beyond physical 10:229 discipline and 10:258 Divine laws 3:163-64; 14:24 direct perception of 2:159 moral and 15:46 order and 10:259 equilibrium as essential 10:107-08 freedom and 10:16,257-58,261-62; 16:291-92 Grace and 8:316-17 habit and 10:243 inner, of one's being 3:278-79; 4:327 Krishna and 10:318 mental formations have own 4:198 moral 12:167 of being 4:327 of Buddhists 2:125 of horoscope 9:284-85 of individual 8:141; 16:268 of Nature see Nature, laws of of order in universe 2:106 of progress 2:53; 12:63-64 of Science 3:161-62 of sin and virtue 10:258-59 of superman 2:163 of truth of things 16:154 physical nature and 10:243 progress and 10:259-60 psychic being and 10:243 same for individual worlds and universes 2:109; 10:221 self-imposed 10:257-58 soul and 10:257 soul's inner 10:282-83 to be in accord with universal 2:99 Laziness 12:136,138 encouraging 2:100 Grace has no effect on 17:353 in physical exercises 5:119-20 in studies 5:120,127 in work in Ashram 16:103 mental 16:337 the Mother was never allowed 16:121 of habit 2:79 of unconsciousness 16:395 putting off what one can do 16:164 remedy for 16:399 see also Inertia; Lethargy; Mental Tamas; Tamas; Tamasic... Leader qualities of 12:357-58 Learning 4:331; 12:129,167,169-70; 17:70-71 attitude towards 6:153-55 boredom and progress 12:73-76 boredom in studies 5:48-51 brain at the age of five 5:203-04,289 character and 12:124 children and 12:135,368 classes, advantage of 8:236 concentration in studies 5:104-05,125-28,220-21; 12:199; 17:71,79 course, finishing in a year 5:106 difficult subjects 4:198 easier when young 6:151-52 effort to understand 8:358 example, best teacher 8:122 French 16:37; 17:144,152 from a small child 4:91 how to live 6:152; 7:148,177-78 in dreams 7:124 identification, learning through 5:219-25,299-300 is endless 4:331; 5:49; 16:430 knowledge and 6:151-53 listening to a lesson 8:236-37,311,386 love of 5:105 necessary to unlearn bad education 4:203 people have right not to learn 8:180-81 secrets of Nature 5:362-66 self-observation for self-mastery 4:360-65,384-86; 5:201-03 sources of 12:129 thoroughly 16:200 time and 12:137-38 to enrich the being 7:313 traditional, of India 10:205 true attitude and 16:278 understanding instead of 5:105 see also Education Lecturers 17:408 Legends 4:184,187; 5:327; 8:224; 10:62 Lenin, Vladimir 13:280 Leonardo da Vinci 3:110; 4:301 Lethargy how to master 16:172 see also Laziness Liberation austerities needed for 7:377 devotion and 10:331 door of spiritual 16:165 effort for 7:376 from the Adversary 7:402-03 from all form 12:37 from bondage to law of consequences 4:177 from family atavism 4:262 from justice 17:141 from morality 10:357 from universal Nature 16:431 hastening the hour of 16:185 inner 9:118 mental 12:71 of feelings: mental; vital; physical 12:71 of humanity 6:34-35; 10:63 of witness-soul 8:103-04 people who seek 4:350 perfect 3:298 world and 6:34-35 see also Freedom Liberty see Freedom Lies 15:98,200 influence of atmosphere 4:37 the Mother knows well 17:138,345 telling 4:261,337-38 see also Falsehood; Lying Life /Living 15:75,82,128-29,133,238,356-58 accepting and changing 8:68-70,300-01 according to highest truth 7:287 adverse forces in 7:406 aim of (goal) 2:125; 4:31,117-18; 5:203,351,383,392-93; 7:211; 8:120; 9:17; 10:291; 12:3-8,311-12; 14:3-8; 16:386,432; 17:102, 381; see also Aim, of life on earth art and 3:108-10 artificiality of ordinary 9:277-78 ascent in 5:206-07,265 attitude of man in 7:313-14 attitude toward different viewpoints 8:105-07 birth through direct transmutation 9:84-86,128-31 blows given to the unconscious 5:203-04 changing quality of 4:121-22 chaos in 17:211-12 child, conception of 5:413 choice of next 5:215-16,253,265,268-69 circumstances in adverse 10:65 depend on attitude 6:123-25 organised 6:175-77 possibility and 4:213 communal, in India 10:308 condition for happiness in 10:271 confidence in 5:297 constant state of supramentalised 10:117 correct way of 3:249 death and 5:373,378; 10:149,166-68 see also Mother's body, the, transformation of, to live... deeper vision of things; useful 5:409 discipline, indispensable in 8:185-86 divine see Divine life divine intervention in 9:305 duration of human life, compared with earth 2:130 egoless 17:299 enlarges and illumines itself 4:133 evolution of 2:158-59 exceeding human 2:163 exchange of forces 4:35-36 experience of unreality of 11:17,31,40,195,218-19 experiences carried from life to life 10:97 expression of Divine will in 7:68-70,317 expression of truth in 9:257-58 exultation and all-power in 8:257-58 failure and success in 10:55-57 failure and suffering in 10:263 field for progress 3:298; 5:50,206-07,339; 9:268; 12:185-86; 16:164,434 freedom experienced in whole of 10:196 Gita's interpretation of 8:61-65 given to unite with Divine 10:343 gnostic 4:159 God and 10:339 going forward 9:65 governed through reason 2:159 habitual routine of 7:223; 9:45-47; 10:159 half-conscious daily life; come out of 9:261-63 harassed 10:202-03 harmony of 10:89; 17:102 history of 9:210-11,213-15 human see Human life ideal 4:356; 8:57-58; 9:97 illness cured by confidence in 5:297 impulses, enthusiasms, passions 9:98-102 in Ashram and outside 13:331-32; 17:175 in mind and vital 17:182 in perpetual evolution 2:25 in the supramental consciousness 11:205 in transitional state 10:197 inner organisation for progress 5:50,336,339; 16:164 integrally, inner realisation 9:344-46 intellectual 9:218-20 interest in 4:89; 5:221-22; 17:405 is immortal 12:82-83 is a perpetual movement 2:93 Japanese conception of 2:149 joy in 9:22-23 last moments of, important 5:413 learning how to live 6:152; 7:148,177-78 limits of taking it seriously 10:157 long 17:378 meaning of 9:15-19; 10:56-57 mechanism of 2:128 meeting consequences of what we are in 10:312 mental 7:320 mental progress in 5:359-60 mind and 17:81 miraculous moments of 7:418 misfortune and 10:58-59 modern and ancient 3:204-06 monastic 12:245 most important things in 7:211 need of religion in 9:354-56 new see New life no high and low things in 17:309 not as portrayed in novels 16:61 not limited to physical body 10:133 of cell dependent on whole 2:54 of future, relation between sexes 2:155-56 of man 8:243 as manifestation of Supreme Will 10:88 disorganised 7:295-96 ideal of ordinary 8:57-58 inner and outer 8:160-62 is a harassed life 10:202-03 limitations of 8:57-58,389-90 only thing worth living for 11:331 only way to make it perfect 10:157 ordinary see Ordinary life organisation of 7:126-27; 9:82-83; 17:156 outer 5:401; 6:427-28; 7:295-96 past see Past life/lives peaceful and happy 17:378 perfection and power of 10:230 physical see Physical life place of food in 16:302 private life and work 4:155-56 problems of 7:305; 8:266 process of controlling one's 9:261-63 prolongation of 4:331; 11:49-50,52-53 for transforming body 5:59 purpose of see above aim of qualities indispensable for 16:129 realise love in 17:56 reason of existence 4:356; 5:351; 9:116-19 reason's control over 9:98-102 regularity in material 16:132 rejection of life as illusion 7:405 relation between sexes in 2:155-56 responsibility in 4:246 role of intelliggence in 16:402-03 role of reason and logic in 10:67-68 sadhana in each moment of 17:213 science of 4:33-37,327 seven beatitudes of 10:346 solution to 8:289-91 soul changes one's position in 9:18-19 spiritual see Spiritual life supramental see Supramental life terrestrial life aim of 8:120,176; 9:208-10 place of progress 9:270 realising Divine in 8:35-36 seeing as a whole 2:125 totally Divine 10:157-58 trance and escape from 10:213-14 true and ordinary way of 9:18-19; 11:218-19 "true life-activity" 7:262; 8:193; 9:18-19 universal consciousness, expressing 8:379-80 what man calls "life" 9:28 why so tragic 10:150-51 will be always as now? 17:93 within and on the surface 7:282-83 The Life Divine see Sri Aurobindo (2), works of Life-energy 17:18 Life-force must learn endurance 3:136-37 Light always choose 17:98 be a child of 16:118 contact with 16:149 darkness and 16:408 descent into physical consciousness 17:87 a drop of 9:257-58 everywhere 4:349 falsehood replaced by 10:194 feast of 4:6 the fire 17:127-28 found in peace 16:150 higher consciousness and 4:79 in the new world 4:70 infusion into the sex-centre 17:76 inner 4:38-39; 8:143-46 into the subconscient 17:194 intuition, a drop of 9:358-59 is a symbol 4:219 joy and 17:90,103,191 knowledge and 4:219; 16:150 material symbol of the Divine 3:132 "mystic light" 8:188 opening the way to transformation 4:359 opening to, and tamas 16:62 panic under pressure of 4:206 penetrating lower vital 17:136 reappearing brighter 17:194 rebirth of, at Christmas 17:366 received by calm mind 16:66; 17:129,133 shadow and 4:70,118; 16:367; 17:179 shadowless 17:179 simultaneity of knowledge 4:219 spiritual 15:74-75 supramental 3:147; 4:96; 16:78-79,255 to enter obscure physical mind 17:98,124 see also "Mind of Light" Lights in dreams 17:42,44-45 Limitation(s) Divine Force and 16:271 human understanding and 6:274 man loves 3:169 mental 14:363-70 of knowledge 10:93 of life 8:57-58,389-90 sense of physical 11:242-43 Lions 16:125 Listening 17:119-20,209 to the Mother in silence 17:15 Literature effect of 12:141-49 English, compulsory or optional? 12:171-72 forms, harmony of words 7:308 French 12:324-26; 17:144-45 Gujarati 17:69,73 helps one to progress 7:309 Japanese 4:309 knowledge and 12:141-43 Sri Aurobindo and 12:145 Living quarters 17:407 sharing 17:398 shifting 17:387,399 Logic 10:67-68 Loneliness 16:424 knowing one's soul and 16:283 Looking back advantage of 16:68 Lord, the (Divine, the; Supreme Lord, the) alone is the truth 16:274 Ananda and 16:297-98 aspiration to find 17:379 body and 16:366 discovery of 17:379 the Gods and 16:269 greatest egoist 16:307-08 is all-powerful 17:257-58 is centre of universe 16:264 is with you 17:356 laughs 11:56 the Mother transmitting prayers to 17:356 the Mother's identification with 16:230 the Mother's only Guide 17:385 only He is perfectly sincere 16:381 Play of 11:39-40 prayers to 16:422,426,433,435 Presence everywhere see Divine, the, alone exists; Divine Presence refuge in 16:422 serving 9:49-50; 14:110-12,426-27; 16:433 time and 16:361 to do something for 16:250 "whatever You will" 16:434-35 will of, and Truth 16:436 see also Divine, the; Supreme, the Lord of Falsehood see Adverse forces, Lord of Falsehood Lord of Nations, the see Adverse Forces, Lord of Nations, the Lotus see Centres; Chakras Love 6:100-08; 12:64-71; 14:122-39; 15:6,345-46,380,411-12; 17:22,32,62,165,241,376-77 action of 16:210 affection and 6:134 animals', for men 5:241 as self-forgetting 17:141 as a shield 16:214 aspiration of 4:136; 17:185 attitude of true 2:40 bargaining and 17:99,108 be faithful to 16:214 beautiful, loving the 5:234-35 behind dryness 16:207 born reluctantly 4:403 charity and 2:96,101 contained and expressed 17:54 conversion by 17:216 cruelty and 10:106,166-67 definition 10:284 deformations of 5:239-40,242-43 descent in manifestation 8:226 fn,339-40 desire and 4:136; 7:37-40; 16:409 difficulties and 16:217 dissolves what is hard 17:397 Divine see Divine love divine Grace expressed by 8:327,340 effects of thoughts of 2:102 faith and 10:343 finding Immanent Divine and 16:253 first expression of 5:151-52 for the Divine and others 17:378 for the joy of loving 17:99,378 for Krishna and Kali 10:335 for the Mother 16:159; 17:99-100,108,141 for only the Divine 10:335; 14:136-38; 16:26,177,217,276; 17:135 force distributed to all 2:101 grace and 4:243 great universal force 3:69-70 happiness and 17:89 hate and 10:215-17; 16:76 heart sweet because of 16:213 helping through 8:254 how to spread 10:73 how to strengthen 17:121 human and Divine see Divine love, human and human see Human love "if you love me, I shall love you" 5:239-40 impassioned 16:177 impersonal 2:58,101 in all things, becoming the 5:234 in flowers 5:243 in matter 4:166,241 in the stone 4:240 in typal meditation 2:29 is complete understanding 17:387 is to give oneself 16:176 is with all 17:276 knowledge and 3:70; 16:217 leads to unity 9:50-51 like a white flame 10:73 link between Origin and manifestation 9:49 Lord of 10:345 loving and being loved 17:146,150 Mahakali's 17:374 manifestation of 8:226 fn; 10:74; 17:65,276,378 masked as torture 10:51-52 maternal, in animals and men 4:27; 5:244-45 message of Christ 10:59 method to overcome all resistances 10:212-13 the Mother's 16:119,124-27,218; 17:65,102,128,150-51,354,374 "mystic light" 8:188 no need for forgiveness 17:387 not in the Ashram 16:176-77 of a child for her mother 17:157 of consecration and sacrifice 2:76 of God 2:126-27; 10:331,339-40,349,356 of humanity 2:126-27; 10:83 of mind for idea 2:75-77 of neighbour 10:349 of progress 2:76 of worm and criminal 10:340 origin of 5:237-38 peace and 17:86-87,110,120 perception of love everywhere 5:230 power of 10:72-73 psychic 4:165-66; 16:174-76; 17:100,145 pure 16:217,175; 17:92-93,100 radiate in all circumstances 10:298 rapture and Divine 10:175 realise in life not death 17:56 realising Divine through 8:191,235 reason and 17:143 receptivity to the Mother's 17:61,65,354 refuge at death and 6:55 returned for hatred, returned for Love 3:186-87 rose-red wine of 17:341 sadhana and 17:22 same for all, yet different 8:407 selfish 17:99-100 selfless movement and calculation in 5:242-43 self-love and Divine Love 16:19 sentimentality and 17:146-47 separation and 6:100-02 service, very expression of 9:49-51 sex and 14:131-35 squandering on others 17:54 strength needed for manifestation of 10:201 supreme 10:167 to find again 17:151 transformation and 10:72-73,122 treat animals with 17:104 true 4:166; 5:239-40; 12:305; 16:117,119,175-76,217,255,399 understands, does not forgive 16:216 universal 5:243; 8:327 vibration of 10:215-18 victim's for slayer 5:150-52 vital, psychic and divine 16:176 waters of, never run dry 16:42 the way and the goal 16:211 "what men call" 7:90; 9:180 why it doesn't manifest immediately 10:74 yoga of devotion 16:238 Lower being 16:154 overcoming difficulties of 6:442-45 Lower nature 7:114,197-99; 8:22-23 adverse forces and 16:189 chance and 3:163 control of 16:117 difficulties of 8:290-91 the Divine veiled by 3:163; 4:370 don't concentrate on 17:106 effort and 6:220-21 movements of 14:271-76 never yield to 17:67 opposing meditation 17:207 overcoming 16:19 purifying 17:31 seeing 17:30-31 struggle against 9:64-65 working through its instruments 8:22-23 Loyalty 3:190-91 sincerity and 15:321-22 LSD 11:35-36; 15:276 Luck 6:97; 16:229 Lucknow 16:140 Lying 14:217; 17:96 never good 16:194 see also Lies M
Machine has something like a soul 6:212 Madness 4:186,194-95 see also Insanity Maeterlinck 7:62; 8:318-19 Magic 8:164 black and white 9:391 knowledge reduced to formulas 6:266-67; 9:391-92 occult powers and 7:264-67 powers 9:60 rebound of formations and 6:42-43 true occultism and 7:265-67; 9:185-86,391-93 truth-power and 9:392-93 yoga and 7:266-68 Magre, Maurice 4:192; 6:279 Mahabharata 5:324-25,327 Mahakali 6:290,325; 15:18,23; 17:374 expressing herself through the Mother's body 11:104 Kali and 4:396-98; 6:69-70 see also Kali Mahalakshmi 4:403-05; 6:289-90; 15:19 Mahasaraswati 3:179; 4:397,403-04; 6:283,289; 15:19 Mahashakti 6:290 creation and 16:374 Divine Shakti 4:393-95 emanations of 16:370 Kali and 7:370 the Mother's symbol and 6:395 Sri Aurobindo and 16:211 twelve is the number of 6:395 Maheshwari 4:399; 6:283,289-90 Mohammed message of force failed 10:261 mission of 10:261 Man/Mankind action of different wills upon 5:198-200 aim of, on earth 2:39,125; 4:117-18; 9:15-19,252-54; see also Aim, of life on earth; Life,aim of alone possesses psychic 10:205 animal and 4:236-39; 8:60-61; 10:149; 16:402-03 animals' love for 5:241 animality in 7:329; 8:377-78 apprentice-superman 9:411-12 approbation of others, seeking 8:348-49 attitude of average, towards the Divine 3:2-3 in life 7:313-14 to gods, prophets and superman 7:333-35 attraction and repulsion for others 9:179-81 avarice and 5:358 bargaining 5:20,233-34 becomes god through evolutionary power 10:93 boredom fall in consciousness 5:51-52 in ordinary life 4:89,205-06 changed conditions on earth 7:323-24 changing consequences of birth 7:375-76 generous and prudent men is difficult 5:14-16,349-50 nature of 16:322 one's character, effect of 5:20 oneself to change the world 4:253 choice and preference of 8:405-07 collaborating with the Divine 5:63-66 compared to minerals 2:106 condition for opening to supermanhood 2:160-61 condition of madmen 9:431-32 conditions of, result of consciousness 12:39 conscious expression of Divine 10:273 considered abnormal when conscious of Divine 10:280 contact with another through the Divine 9:133 contented people 12:67-68 creates tragedy out of Lord's play 10:149 cultivation of inner self 2:160 deforms love 5:239-40,242-43 destiny, the stars, and 9:284-85 developed and ordinary 7:178,215-16 developed mind and faith of 9:124-26 development of being, key to 8:396 different states and planes of being 7:295-96 difficult to feel delight of living in 9:22 diversity of individual expression 4:327-29; 8:387-88 Divine, the 2:44; 10:273,280; 15:368-69; 16:431,433 acting in man 5:56-57 as man wants Him to be 5:160 fighting against the Divine 8:4 Love, bearing pressure of 8:339-40 majority potentially attracted by 8:4 man is part of 10:83 man's idea of 5:133,160,311-12; 7:381; 8:1-3 manifests according to each one's aspiration 13:77-78 needs of man known by 8:122-25 relations between 8:28-29,121-22,280-81 doesn't know the Divine within 2:38 each has own difficulty 4:44-45; 7:419-20 efforts of, converge towards same goal 2:125-27 elite 3:150; 4:147,156; 7:178,215-16; 8:291 equality of soul and outer equality 5:23-24 evil easier to do 5:234-35 evolution of form and individual 7:331-33; 9:215-16,225,323 experiences, utilisation of past 5:364-65 externalisation and new perception in 9:312-15 "The Family of Man", exhibit 9:3-4 fear and 7:53 first human bodies 9:236-38 forces of Nature and 5:152-53 formative power of 5:132-33 generosity in 2:97 geniuses 5:129; 9:90-94 gospels and 10:64 governs life through reason 2:159 grace, special gift given to 5:89,93,99-100,300 great spiritual men 9:92-93 greatness in, recognised by criminal 4:93 habit of mental constructions 8:361-64 has right to beatitude 10:278 helping by opposing suffering 2:57-58 in transformation process, condition for 9:293-94 others 9:407-08,415-17; 16:192 see also Relations hero, being a 5:235 higher, may become independent of Nature 9:211-12 homogeneity in the being 5:8-11 humility and will; changing karma 5:93 idea of 2:157 fn if only man consented to be spiritualised 9:74,77-78 ill-will in 5:145-48 incapable of perceiving Divine Command 10:316-17 independent being 9:50 influences, outside 8:389-94 in love with his chains 9:28 insincerity of 13:274 intelligent people and others 5:226-27 involutionary and evolutionary beings 5:324 is beautiful animal 4:32-33 is a universe in miniature 2:80 ivory tower of, impossible to live in 5:209 judgment of ordinary, opposes truth 5:269 knowing what the Supreme wants of him 9:322 knowledge and 7:388; 8:361-64; 16:121 led by God 10:277 life of man 8:243 as manifestation of Supreme Will 10:87-88 disorganised 7:295-96 ideal of ordinary 8:57-58 inner and outer 8:160-62 is a harassed life 10:202-03 limitations of 8:57-58,389-90 lives in illusion 4:277-78 lower ranges of nature, going into 7:103-04 luminous madmen 9:280-81 made of many pieces 4:336 master of himself 16:117 materially nothing, spiritually everything 8:136 medicine is curse to 10:324-28 mental fortress, shut up in 4:193,199-200,202 mental life of 7:320 mind appears with 2:159 miserable state, getting out of 9:304-05 mixture of good and evil 9:180-81 must accept all as Grace 10:344 natural state of 9:19; 10:87-88 Nature and 7:180,365,388 nature of, combinations simple and complicated 7:215-16 needs of apparently indispensable 5:368-69 extremes 10:201 fixed framework 10:96-97 higher good 7:326 religion 9:354-56 symbols 8:235,246-47 tamas, and excitement 5:414 to become other than animal man 9:232-33 new life 8:243 new man, becoming a 4:262; 16:415 no two similar consciousnesses in 9:55 not all have psychic being 3:151 obstacles necessary for perfect realisation 4:118 of the world 16:156 orders of Nature and 8:238,241 organising consciousness around psychic 8:174-76,337-38,381 overcoming mental and vital fear 9:121-22 parts of being, insignificant 5:1 perfect power, wisdom and knowledge in 2:66 perfection, higher and lower 9:90-94 perfection of 4:15-16 personal value of, to be modest 4:29 perversion in 9:100-01,299-300 pessimistic tendencies of 7:4 plays fool 10:265 possibility of union with Lord 10:297 predestined 9:92 primitive, and now 16:415 profiting, idea of 8:129-30 progress of 10:272-73 protection of the Divine for practitioners of yoga 5:167-68 protective envelope 4:324-25 questions himself 10:88 reason in 9:100-02 refuses Divine's help 16:154,320 religion and 8:198; 10:272-73 responsibility of 5:300-01 revolutions do not change 16:153 rhythm, inner 8:305-06 rich 8:15-16 rules, man wants to make 5:40 saviours of 2:111 scientist, true 5:30 seeking one's truth 9:15-19 self-awareness lacking 7:276,295,313-14,365 self-importance of 5:349 sense of unity 10:281 separated on earth from Divine Origin 2:44 sin and 11:209 slave of 10:249 social animal 5:305-06 some live in spiritual world 2:159 soul-type of 5:356-57 special trait of: mental worry 9:303-04 speculation and action of 9:256 spiritual presence in 9:339-40,345 struggle against lower nature 9:64-65 stupidity of 8:162,266 suffering and 10:59,269-70 superiority, sense of 4:206,318; 7:393-94 superman and 2:158-64; 7:333-35; 8:127; 10:87,256-57 supreme discovery 2:38-64 supreme man and divine man 7:380 thinking, different ways of 8:105 transformation; not ready for 7:187 transitional being 10:87,299; 12:116 true man 17:110 true nature revealed in sleep 2:30 unable to perceive the new 10:211 unavoidable period of mental perversion in 10:55 unconscious of life's purpose 8:120 understanding in silence 4:227 understanding others 4:157 united by Divine Presence 8:75-76 vampires 9:181 view of events in world 10:305 virtuous, sattwic 8:143 who feels God's touch 10:251 see also Elite; Human...; Humanity; Individual...; Others; People; Relations Manet 4:301 Manifestation, The 4:213-14; 11:76-77 Manifestation 8:30 Ananda is purpose of universal 16:390 ascent, descent and 8:133-34 changing this into a true reality 9:12 consciousness and instrument for 4:40-41,195-96,326 consequences of 8:10 deformation of divine powers 4:381 diversity in, the innumerable One 7:365,379; 8:407 expression of truth 9:257 going out of 8:48-49,270,366; 9:1-2 hierarchy and 8:48-49 impermanence 4:213 individual, each has own relation with the Divine 4:351 is progressive 6:31-32; 11:76-77; 16:320 love and 6:100-06 new 8:313-15; 16:421 of beauty, harmony 3:109-10,113 of consciousness 9:209-12,322-23 of the Divine 3:158-59,180; 7:193,228,380,406; 8:34,45-46, 48-49,98,109-10,325; 10:343 of Divine love 3:69-75 of forces 4:294-95 of new world 8:9 fn of the Spirit 9:214-15 of supramental consciousness 17:380 of supramental world 3:161-62; 16:208,430 of Time and Space 8:109-10 oneness and 16:374-75,383 progress towards a more divine 8:325-26 raison d'etre of 9:427-28 spirit is intermediary between the Supreme and 9:429-31 supramental see Supramental manifestation variety in 4:329 work of Grace in 9:420-21 see also Creation Mankind see Man/Mankind Manners 12:154-55,375 Mantra 4:136,389-90; 6:98 different from magic, true occultism 9:391-93 the Mother's old 12:449 power of 7:347-49 sleep and 15:399-400 Sri Aurobindo's 7:370 Mara 3:188 Marriage 14:312-14 in Ashram 17:365-66 one must be free to decide 17:415 significance of 16:278 a terrible bondage 16:134 work and 16:29-30 Masculine and Feminine 6:118-19; 16:177 "Master of forces" 7:23 see also Divine Presence Mastery consciousness and 17:113 of lower nature 16:303-04 of the overmind 16:236 Material comfort spiritual life and 16:296 Material consciousness 14:386 danger and 17:189 knowledge of power of 11:109 see also Mother (2), the, material consciousness of Material life be regular in 16:132 Material mind (cellular mind) of the Mother 11:16-21,74 mechanical thoughts of 16:68 cf. Physical mind Material nature 17:107 Material needs 14:269 Material things 17:88,104 care for 16:43 Divine consciousness in 14:345; 17:88 feeling of owning 16:363 "indispensable", what is 7:52-53 Presence of Lord in 16:256 use of 7:50-52,56 Material plane the vital and 17:91 Material universe determinism and freedom in 6:283-86 has a beginning 10:163 symbol of, serpent biting its tail 5:275-76 see also Universe Material-vital death and 6:55-59,448-49 the Kali of Vivampatnam and 6:67-68 the most 17:83,91 the Mother's experience with 6:186-87 the psychic and 8:218 sight in 4:125 Material world Divine consciousness in 16:184 ego aberration of 10:45 error of 10:223-24 field of concretisation of all the worlds 3:102-03 formation of 4:164,276,283 identification with 17:170 ignorance and 4:276 is an illusion 9:4 no link with psychic 4:247 progressive consciousness in 10:305 spiritual and 10:70,139-40 subtle physical and 11:78-82 transformation of 3:128-29 veil between Supreme and 17:178-79 see also Physical world Materialisation 9:129-30,190-91,237 Materialism 8:189 an answer to 15:413-16 basis of 4:279,281,312 hallucinations and 10:39 limited prevision 10:208 made of spiritual effort a hard struggle and a sacrifice 3:203 materialists and 4:7 Maternal love 6:106-08 Maternity true 2:153-54 Mathematics 12:180-81,199,249-50 Matrimandir 13:229-33,283-316 Matter 11:2-3,5,41,82,84,130,217,221-22,232,271; 13:40-41 attraction for the Divine 8:4 awakening consciousness of 9:33-34 awareness of true working of 10:210-11 cause of death and decomposition 9:34-35 creators and "formateurs" of beings upon earth 5:308-09 damaged by bombs and experiments 10:94 descent of Divine Love in 3:172; 4:240; 8:226 fn,339-40; 10:204 Divine Consciousness in 8:35-36; 15:91-92 Divine Sacrifice in 8:74-75 divinisation of 8:270 dominant characteristic of is inertia 9:34-35 egoism of 11:298 evolution of 9:208-10 false appearance of world of 10:191 force hidden at core of 6:209-10 formation of material worlds 4:164,276,283 God in each atom of 2:39; 9:209-10 handling vibrations of 9:129-30 ignorance and suffering in 10:61-62 imbecility of 11:320 imperfections in 2:20,52-54 individualisation and 10:115 is changing 16:421 is energy condensed 16:225 a little more transfigured 2:157 fn love in 4:166,241; 6:103-04 makes progress 4:210 mental substance and 6:306-07 mind involved in 10:253 mind, vital and 11:124-25 needs to be educated 9:92-94; 13:369-70 needs to become more complex 10:94 not a synonym for obscurity and ignorance 3:102 perception of true 11:57-58 plasticity of 10:115; 11:276 power of soul over 10:209-10 preoccupation with 10:40 prepared to receive in the right way 11:250 psychic presence is contact between Divine and 6:160-61 psychic's role in 4:164-65 resistance of 5:270-71; 8:30; 10:233 return of the true Consciousness to 11:166 science and 5:67-68,128-29; 10:18,136 screen which stops vibrations of different planes 5:273 shaped by opposites 10:167 spirit and 8:86-87; 12:251-52,254 state of, inconscient 7:365 supramental force acting on 4:223; 11:313-18; 15:126; 16:78 too rigid to receive Love 10:74 transformation of 2:52; 3:175-76; 10:144-45,210-11; 15:97 unity in 8:76-79 universal consciousness on level of 10:75 the Word and 6:98-99 yoga and 7:266 Maya essence and potency 10:363 Mayavadim 10:336-37 Meanness 16:29 definition 10:284 Mechanical mind see Physical mind Medical opinion 17:192-95 confidence in the doctor 17:403 divine Grace and 17:189 medical suggestion and 17:189,193 Medical science 15:374 aphorisms on 10:324-28 method of Coue 3:36,156 on perfect balance 4:63 Yoga and 3:56 see also Health Medicine(s) body and 9:122-24; 10:328 curse to mankind 10:324 divine health and 10:326 doctors and, words of the Mother on 15:167-77 fear and 10:324 fosters dependence on mind and body 10:324 makes progress 4:209-10 natural cures and 10:327 role of mind and faith 10:324-28; 16:195 use of 9:109,123 wonders of 4:143 see also Illness Meditation(s) 14:53-54 alone and with others 3:98 aspiration and 17:14 "before closed door" 7:272 brain-bath during 7:300 a Buddhist story 9:52-53 collective and individual 9:37-39,141-42 coming of thoughts during 17:14-15 concentration and 4:7-8,104-06,120-23; 5:388; 7:277; 9:381-84; 10:63; 14:105-06; 16:180,231 conscious of what happens during 5:388; 9:53 consecration and 14:105-06 contact between inner consciousness and outer life 5:401; 6:427-28 control of mental activity and 2:25 definition 10:63 different kinds of 4:104-06,281-83; 7:276-77 dynamic 8:88-89; 16:283 energy and 16:224 entering a remarkable state 5:42-44 entering the heart and 16:331 everyone has own method 9:378-79 fear in 17:247 for realising the Divine 5:84 forces in operation in 3:97-98 good subject for 9:377 how to meditate 7:269 hunger during 17:400-02 imagination and 9:378-80 impersonal 2:26 in the Ashram 4:105-06,122-23; 9:239,142-42,383-84 integral yoga and 16:343-44 Japa and 16:305-06 meditate where you meditate best 16:276-77 mosquitoes during 17:172 must be learned 6:151-52 on photos of the Mother 16:233 on the remembrance of Sri Aurobindo 9:171 outer life unchanged by 7:295-96 persist obstinately in 17:207 Playground 17:361 prayer and, spontaneous 8:228-29 profiting by 9:114-15 progress and 3:20-21; 5:44-46 real 17:24 Samadhi, entering into during 4:61 seeing images during 6:377-78 service and 14:11 silence and 4:104; 16:231,311-12,345 sincerity in 3:98-99; 8:228-29 spiritual life and 4:103-04; 9:87-88 spontaneous 3:276; 5:45 study and 17:24 teaching and 12:424-27 thinkers in 2:75 thought and 2:77 to heighten the consciousness 9:53 to remove mental agitation 2:22 typal 2:26-29 ugly forms seen in 7:80-81 upon a sentence 9:381-84 what the Buddhists call 3:209 with another person 17:197 with the Mother, speaking about 16:35-36 with music 16:235 words of the Mother on 14:53-54 work and 7:291-92; 16:27,181,343-44 see also Concentration Melancholy 16:173 Memory (Memories) 4:172-73; 15:76; 17:178 after death 12:348 brain and 6:20-22 consciousness and 2:37; 5:270; 6:20-22 earth-memory, entering domain of 3:94; 4:281-83; 5:278-82; 10:92 increasing the 5:270,291 memorising in the right way 7:96-97 of all things 4:110-11 of the body 6:366-69 of Consciousness of supreme Love 10:121 of dreams 2:36-37; 5:37-40; 7:67,121; 16:228 of eternity 10:219 of past births (lives) 3:40-41,148-49; 4:148-49; 6:21-22; 10:97; 15:135,137,361-64; 16:398; see also Psychic memory, of past lives; Rebirth/Reincarnation of truth 10:183 the Presence and 16:390-91 psychic see Psychic memory remembrance and 5:290 subconscient 2:36 Men/boys 14:310 attitude towards women 2:155-56; 6:315 boys and girls together with God 10:346 truth and 17:94 want help from imperfect beings 17:93 view of women 2:143,147; 12:102-06,292,296-98,393-94; 14:309-11; 16:312-13; 17:47,97 see also Man/Mankind Mental activity (actions, acts) 2:106-07; 8:358-59; 9:400-01 brain and 2:33 concentration on physical and 12:285-86 consequences of 2:86-87 control over 2:61 dreams and 2:30 intuitive activity and 16:337 meditation and control of 2:25 of man 8:358-59 not fit to manifest Divine 16:239 perception during sleep 2:33 reason at summit of 8:358-59 surmounting 12:305 value of 8:361 will and 2:61 Mental affinity with others 2:69; 4:227 Mental agitation 16:217 removal of 2:22 Mental arrogance 6:241-42 Mental aspiration 5:293; 16:225-26 Mental atmosphere bad thoughts and 8:207-10,349 creating strong 2:109 of city like Paris 2:87-88
Mental austerity 12:57 Mental atmosphere bad thoughts and 8:207-10,349 creating strong 2:109 of city like Paris 2:87-88 Mental austerity 12:57 Mental being 4:62 higher part 16:196 of man 8:35 Mental communion 2:111 Mental consciousness 9:175-76 in men and women 14:310-11 supramental consciousness and 12:447-48 time in 4:232 Mental constructions see Mental formations Mental contact with dead person 7:231 Mental contagion 15:333-34 Mental curiosity 8:206-07; 10:235 Mental definitions 16:360 Mental development spiritual philosophy and 9:344 study and 12:215-16 talking and 6:222-23 Mental discipline and thought 2:61 talking and 6:222-23 see also Words, thought and Mental domain 9:415-16 Mental education 8:181-84,364-66; 9:402-03; 12:24-29 intensity of, shuts up psychic consciousness 5:217-18 Mental envelope superficial 16:225 Mental equilibrium 5:24 accumulated in words 2:64 concentrated in different parts of the body 6:310-12,314-15 Mental fermentation in dreams 16:227 Mental force(s) accumulated in words 2:64 concentrated in different parts of the body 6:310-12,314-15 Mental formation(s)/constructions 2:106-07; 3:53-55; 4:58,200; 5:132-34,387-88,403; 8:214,218-19,254-55,283,319,395; 10:32-33; 14:368-70; 15:329-30,343; 16:183,185,316 acting as influence 6:130; 8:391-92 bars progress 8:395-96 block receptivity 11:6 body and 11:226-33 by an adverse will 17:111 controlling impulses 6:317-18 counter-formation and 16:30 dogma 9:319 during class: "blue paper" 5:254 founded on medical opinion 17:189 gods and 6:68,275-76 have their own laws 4:198 heaven and hell as 10:65 how they work 16:183 illusion of personality and 2:56-58 imagination, power of 3:156-57 laws of Science as 3:161-62 of dreams 2:35 of mind 8:361-64; 10:220 nightmares 4:193-94 peace and 11:282 pleasure in 16:297-98 possession by 4:186-87,194 power of, for help 8:254-55 power of deception of 3:212 power to act on mater 9:106 progress and 4:295,355; 10:50; 12:75; 17:119 psychic and 4:45 realisation of 10:128 rebound of 6:42-43 receptivity and 6:139-41; 16:365 remembering illness and 6:366-68 revelations and 7:186-87,212-14,225; 9:319 sincerity and 6:146-47 source of ancient secret societies 15:35 strength of 16:14 superstitions 5:155-56 surrounding men 6:277-81 sweep away ignorance 9:134 thought and 2:106-07 thought-forms are 3:50-51 cf. Formation(s) Mental gymnastics 7:93; 12:216-17 Mental habits 9:46,234,237 Mental honesty 9:327-30 Mental imbalance possession by hostile forces and 6:437-38 Mental immaturity 17:94 Mental impersonality 2:128 Mental inconscience 15:381-85 Mental inertia 16:336-37 Mental insincerity 4:109,135 Mental intervention 4:182 Mental knowledge not enough 9:66,70 Mental liberation 12:71 Mental limitations and weaknesses 14:363-70 Mental narrowness 14:288 Mental nightmare 4:194-95 Mental peace 2:27 Mental plane 15:6 every image a reality on 3:156 hostile beings and 3:60-62 universal and 3:65 Mental power crystallising 5:127 for help 8:254-55 formative 8:391-92 vital will and 2:163 Mental preparation 17:70-71,85-86 for experience 6:350-51 Mental prison 10:69 Mental progress 4:203 indispensable for supramental path 9:134 mental constructions bar 8:395-96 mental, vital, physical value in another life 5:359-60 sweeps away ignorance 9:134 vital and 5:253-54 Mental Purusha 17:46,86-87 Mental regions 8:218 Mental relationships 2:68-70 Mental rest 2:61 Mental silence 3:196; 4:62,208,231,281,333; 9:124-25,287,400; 12:28-29,188-90 peace in the heart and 6:32 study and 12:215-16 see also Mind, silent/silencing; Silence, of the mind Mental sincerity 2:76 Mental substance 6:306-08; 9:287-89 "grey matter" in head 12:393 how to get out of 12:400 Mental synthesis, building 2:38 Mental tamas 12:133,135-36,390; 16:281; 17:291 how to get out of 12:400 see also Laziness Mental value vital, physical and, in another life 5:359-60 Mental world (Mind-World) 6:307; 10:128-29 each moves in her own 3:50 limited 3:53 many levels 3:61 space and time of 3:165 spiritual and 10:70 Mental worry 9:303-04 Mentalisation see Experience(s), mentalisation of Mercy 17:391 Messages see Mother (2), the, messages of Metaphysics 4:216; 12:216-17; 16:199 Metempsychosis 4:238-39 Mind 14:291,361-70,390; 15:329-36 accomplice of vital 4:50-51,178; 6:158-59,163; 7:70 action on absolute truth 10:67 after death 4:195; 12:348 agitated 17:60,69,129-30,369 always sees successively 10:124 ambition in 16:54 analysing 4:94 anger and 16:336 appears with man 2:159; 8:127,131 art or science, "beacon light" in mind turned toward 5:128-29 astrology and human sciences 9:284-85 attitude during experience 8:237,331-32,342-43 attitude to body 8:141 attunement of different 3:63-66; 6:94-95; 9:287-89 becoming aware 4:232 beings of 4:225-26 blocks reign of Divine 10:323 body and, relation between 5:294-96,402-04; 7:43; 8:319; 9:124; 10:27-28; 11:191-92; 16:400 body-consciousness and 6:140-41 body-mind see Body, the, mind; Body-mind; Material mind brain at age of five 5:203-04,290 can lecture body 16:297 cannot understand Divine 16:227 can prove anything with 10:32 change and 10:189 civilisation now ending based on power of 2:155 common 3:134 compassion, gratitude and 15:297 concentrating on study 17:71,79 concentration, developing 5:129 conception of success and failure 16:389 conditions fixed by mind are no longer inevitable 11:228-29 confusion of 4:201,295-96 conquering of 10:69-70 conscious and subconscious 17:189 constancy of the physical and 11:189-90 difficult to control 4:335 controlling impulses with 6:317-18 converted 5:254; 17:46-47 critical 10:26 derangement of 4:186-87,200 developed, rich personality 9:349 development of 6:18-20; 9:401-03; 12:5-6,26-29,139-41; 16:121; 17:126,153 in contact with psychic being 5:212 discipline, training of 9:250-52,402 disease and 10:324 distorts Truth 10:1-3 passim the Divine and 14:361-62; 16:227 divine mind 3:115; 10:362 does not create worlds 10:254 domination over vital 16:197 doubt in the 9:351 educating and widening 7:58-59; 17:70-71,85-86 ego and 4:200; 5:150; 7:364 emptying of thought 16:311 enlightened 17:45,92 essentially arrogant 6:241-42 evolution and 10:89-91 exercises to widen 4:43-47 experiences and 4:231; 6:353,396-97 explains nothing 7:238 exteriorisation of 4:130; 6:191; 16:400 fabricates 4:135,231 fears of 3:57; 5:169 first stage of manifestation 10:89 formations of see Mental formations formulation of truth of spirit and 9:398-401 fourth dimension and 12:431-32 fragments (parts) of 17:46,48 freedom of choice and 10:88 gaps filled by 4:77,109 gets excited, makes formations 16:185 gilds everything 4:38 gives precision but limits 11:128-29,136 giving favourable explanation 15:320 God wiser than 10:343 grades between Supermind and 3:94 greatest difficulty of 11:234 "grey" matter in head 12:393; 16:281; see also Mental substance gymnastics for 17:313 hallucinations and 10:41-42 has progressed 3:235-36,273 heart and 14:374 heaven of liberated mind 8:275 higher see Higher mind human body made for intellectual life 9:218-20 human mind, universe reduced to size of 4:177 ignorance and 10:42; 17:170 illness and 15:156-57,162 illumination of 17:129,177 ill-will 5:145-50 imposing rule on body 17:346 in accord with Nature 10:89 in contact with psychic being 5:212 inconsistencies in the 7:91 independent of the brain 6:307,314-15 individualised 4:193,195; 9:43-44; 10:27-28,88 inner development of 10:60 inspiration and 8:193-94 instrument for manifestation of the psychic 7:41,43,321 of action and formation 3:50; 4:3; 8:190; 15:329-30 intellectual see Intellectual ... intervention in the body consciousness 6:140-41 intuition (intuitive mind) see Intuitive mind involved in Matter 10:253 is a public place 4:335; 6:316; 8:345 judging, not capable of 4:46,224; 9:416; 12:33 knowledge, not an instrument of 4:47,170-71,224 knowledge of, is relative 8:362-64; 10:24 knowledge of God and physical 10:43-44 limited 7:380 linear in its action 6:463 logic and 10:189; 17:329 made man slave of doctors 10:327 makes divisions 6:401 making one ill 17:174 mastery of 3:211-12 material see Material mind memory belongs to 17:178 mental see Mental ... "mind of light" see "Mind of Light" miracles and 10:162 the Mother's see Mother (2), the, mind of the Mother's Presence in higher 17:142 nature of is to question 10:87 need of reading novels 9:366-67 needs dwelling place 10:222 needs rest 4:62; 16:66 obscures Divine 10:343 observe 3:184 obstacle to soul 10:24 obstructs experience 7:42 of children 16:202 of sage 2:81 one movement, many varieties 3:61 only an instrument 10:87; 11:124-25; 14:361-70 opening to higher things 4:18; 8:282,345-46 openness and expression of 9:345-46,399 organises 4:171 Oriental's religious 2:64 pain and 10:359 personality of 10:27 perversion and 7:299; 9:299-300; 16:201 perverted by Asuric forces 10:87 philosophical 9:249-50 physical see Physical mind physical receptivity and 17:223 planes of 3:65,94; 10:42 playing a comedy 4:135 play of 4:170-71,201 deception in its own regard 3:212 to act on matter and body 9:106,152-55 prejudice, opposition between material and spiritual life 9:85-88 profit drawn by vital and 5:56 progress of 5:211,253-55; 7:272,321,425; 16:397-98 psychic and 5:212,395; 7:40-44 psychic being and 16:167,424 purified 3:184 quiet mind 3:195; 14:291; 16:199,345; see also Silence, of the mind calm 14:370-71 quieting the mind 5:26; 8:329-31; 9:423-24; 16:62 receiving formations 17:132 receptivity and the 4:265-67; 5:210-11; 10:10 relation of vital, body and 4:53; 5:294-96; 10:27-28 rules ordinary life 3:183 Sachchidananda experienced with 4:400 scale of 3:195-96 seeing life as fun 17:81 self-deception and 11:128-29 self-satisfaction of 9:419-20 separative knowledge and 10:93 shocked by aphorisms 10:14 should not decide action 17:172 silent/silencing 4:62,182,231; 9:124-25,145; 10:6; 12:28-29,187-90 needed for revelation 10:145 receiving vibrations in 9:287-88,400 understanding in 3:63-66,196 see also Mental silence; Silence, of the mind see also above quiet mind sin of 10:271 sincere state of 2:25 sincerity and 15:320 sit upon mind 11:311-12 soul and 8:195; 9:308-10; 10:359 spiritual experience translated by 9:399-401 spiritual force influences 9:420 spiritual life, incapable of understanding 9:416 spiritualised 8:170-71 spontaneous action not determined by 4:6; 10:116-17 stoppage of, under pressure 17:56 studies and 12:249 subconscious 10:321 substance of, and human thought 10:65 suggestions, collective 5:313-16 suggestions undetected by conscious 17:189 supramental/supermind and 2:160; 3:94; 8:177-78; 14:363; 15:118 supramental knowledge in 5:398 supreme knowledge and 10:10 surrender and 3:114-16; 4:183; 9:293-94 sweep it clean of bad thoughts 16:129 tamas in, and reading 16:267 terrestrial memory 4:110-11 thoughts see Thoughts three cords of 16:386 to approach Transcendent Divine 16:253 to develop the philosophical 17:144 to quiet 17:129,133 training the 4:203 transformation and 4:183; 9:293-94 transformation of 10:69; 15:96 travelling in the 7:166,219-20 true role of the 5:101; 8:190 Truth and 14:213-15 truth and 3:124; 10:256 Truth Consciousness and 16:436 unbalance of 17:226-27 understanding and 8:30,99,101,183; 12:139 universal mind 8:344-45 unreliable 4:178,180 use of, a game 7:321 useless 10:152 vibrations and 9:287-89 vision of mind, capacity of 7:231 vital and the 4:177-81; 5:211,253; 6:5-6; 7:70; 10:27-28; 17:27,29 wandering after talk 17:50 weakness in 4:98,346 Will and Faith exceeding 10:322-23 withdraws joy 16:133 works in different ways in different people 3:12 world of 10:128-29 see also Mental...; Mind "Mind of Light" 6:451; 7:226 the Mother and 13:64 transparent veil 9:193-94 Mind-World see Mental World Mineral kingdom 16:234 Mirabai 3:105 Miracles 4:82-86,143; 8:128,316-17; 12:79; 17:232,234 aspiration and 10:165 aspiration for true victory 11:256; see also Mother's body, the, aspiration in at each Darshan a different person 11:102-05 best possible use of need for 10:165 body of see Mother's body, the determinism and 7:366-67,382-83 definition 3:31; 7:383 divine will acting openly 9:25-26 extraordinary, from descent and aspiration 11:313-15 faith and 3:152-53 falsehood and 10:160 from viewpoint of Lord 10:162 ignorance and 10:165 intervention in material and vital world 10:160 intervention of higher planes 7:375,382-83 material explanation 10:210 mind and 10:162 the Mother and 13:49 nature and significance of 10:159-66 none for Lord 10:163-64 of falsehood 10:160 on earth 10:163 sense of, belongs only to finite consciousness 10:163 term given to unexplainable 10:162 thirst for marvellous 10:164 visible to deeper sight 9:246 Misbehaviour 17:103 Misery(ies) 4:289-96,405; 16:431 cause of 6:101 ending 4:3,40,74; 16:425 man clings to 16:291 of ego 16:433 peace and 16:195 see also Misfortune Misfortune action and 10:49 desire and 10:58 finding God and 10:58-59 ignorance and 10:58 see also Misery; Unhappiness Mistakes see Errors Mockery the psychic and 17:18 Moderation 3:190-91 Modern art 7:45-47,188-90; 10:323; 12:236-38 artist and 4:297-303 evolution of 5:333-39 the Mother's views on 4:298-302 Modesty 3:133; 4:29; 12:151; 14:159-61; 16:179; 17:41,166,312 ego and 16:265 story illustrating 2:248-56 Moliere 10:156; 16:200 Monastic life 12:245 Money 4:375-81; 13:154-55,275-79,388; 15:53 accusations of misusing 17:305-06 borrowing 17:396 commercial mentality 7:311-12 conserving the Mother's 17:205,266-67,293 dealing with 16:277 difficulties 17:236-37,244,246,251,253,296 the Divine and 6:251-52 education and 12:159,202,353-54 exchange, power of 5:359 extravagant demands and economy 17:350-51 falsehood and 7:301-02 for construction 17:222-23,232-33 for travel 17:175-76 from America for Ashram reorganisation 17:348 getting interest on 17:325-26 giving importance to 17:240-41,379 giving to beggars 16:407 hesitancy to ask Mother for 16:286 honesty and 16:369-76 industrial profits in Auroville 17:328 is a curse 7:54-56 must come as offering 17:206,292 must come from family 17:176 perversion of mind 7:311-12 pocket 17:175 politics and, resistance to supramental action 9:166-69 poverty 7:55 power, sex and 4:382 rich people, giving for fame 5:161-62 setting most useful example and 2:66-67 spending and waste 16:33 treasure guarded by serpent 4:189,382 vital beings and 3:45-46 wasting of 6:155-56 when the Mother won't give 17:175 see also Wealth Money-force 4:379; 5:357-58; 6:249-53; 7:55-56 Moon 16:135 symbolic 9:284 Moral education sports competitions help 9:96-97 Moral healthiness of age of Buddha 3:235 Moral laws 12:167 Moral notions and mastery of physical nature 5:349-50 Moral perfection spirituality and 9:409-10 Moral qualities not necessarily spiritual 9:91 Morality 4:80-81; 7:125-26; 8:7,143; 15:46,367-69 as mentally conceived, out of place in truly spiritual teachings 3:191 belongs to human consciousness 10:75 "censors" and 9:279-80 choice between distortions 10:217 condition for disappearance 10:245 conflict between vital will and mental power 2:163 human unity and 10:310 is a shield 16:337 liberation from 10:357 man, a moralist, not the Divine 5:346-47,349-50 of the Divine 4:81,176 ordinary notions of 10:114 purity and 6:439-40 sincerity and 15:46 social 3:206 spiritual life and 3:118-20 supermind and 2:163 supramental viewpoint and 9:276,280,282 true 10:71 truth and 4:11 vice, contagion of 9:56 vision and 10:178 see also Moral... Moreau, Gustav disciple of 4:299; 9:298 Moroseness 16:173 Mortification see Body, self-torture Moses Commandments and 10:183-84 Mosquitoes 17:172 Mother, (1) the (Divine Mother, Supreme Mother) 15:16-20 Aditi, the creative Consciousness 7:159 asks how to counteract inconscience (chaos) 5:373 beyond the manifestation 7:157-58 descent of Ananda aspect of 6:291-94,302-04 Divine Will and 16:153 Durga age-long battle of 5:97-98 cult of Kali and 8:244-46 Durga Puja, Victory Day 7:352 expressing herself through the Mother's body 11:104 finding 16:161 four aspects of 6:289-90; 15:19-20 see also Kali; Mahakali; Mahalakshmi; Mahasaraswati; Maheshwari in Savitri 5:388,390 Kali see Kali Nature and 7:163 Prakriti and 7:207 vision of, and visions of the Virgin Mary, Kwannon, etc. 3:18 "of dreams" 4:1,10 Shakti 4:393-94; see also Divine shakti; Mahashakti takes on human consciousness 5:388-89 transcendent and Supreme Divine 16:389 World Mother 8:113-14 see also Shakti Mother, the (2) 13:32-105; 14:87 actions against will of 17:59,64 actions of 17:82,304 advice from 17:196 Agni kindled by 17:106 aim of 5:352,354-56; 17:385 "allow me to save you" 16:72 always present at Playground meditation 17:361 always present in psychic 17:68,100,103,170 answers of, profiting by 8:236-37,243,296,311-12 approach with loving confidence 16:247 "Are you ready?" 17:233 as country 10:284 as Guru 16:211 as servant of the Divine 2:73 as a witness 17:302 the Ashram and 17:72 asking her what one is 17:75 aspiration for love and peace of 17:61,76,127,365,374 assurance of Divine Presence 17:103,196,204,213,361 attitude for coming to 17:128 attitude of the Mother's mother 16:121 attraction for 17:330 awareness of 6:163-67; 17:169 being a child of 16:87,117,159,362; 17:51-52,94,115,121-22, 210,212,365,374 believes lies? 17:138,233-34 birthday cards from 16:347 blessings of 13:61-62; 17:198,377 asking for 17:165 for peace 17:357 on Puja days 6:193-94 protective shade of 16:42 Sri Aurobindo and 17:189,191-92,213,357 blows from 16:91,170 body of see Mother's body, the born to realise the highest Ideal 3:131 calling to 7:88; 16:96-97,215-16,372; 17:43,253 can read the heart 17:385 cannot satisfy will of lower nature 16:117 child of the Mother is a child of Sri Aurobindo 16:87 closeness (nearness) to 13:78-79; 16:116,120,122-23,142,162, 165-66,171,182,207,362 clothes of 16:97-98 coming to 17:95,99,128,150,153,196-98,210,219,342 comments of, on Savitri 5:388-91 communication with 17:171 complaints about food when young 3:131 concentrating on a sadhak 17:370 confession to 16:171; 17:134,194 confidence of, in people 17:172-73 conscious in childhood 17:80 consciousness of always at work 17:100 constant blessings of 17:377 in words of 16:372 presence of 17:95,126,130,182-83,211,372,380 receptivity to 16:41-42 widening of 5:233-34 contact with 8:130,307-08; 16:206; 17:65,68,171,285-86,370-71, 400-01 contradicting 16:25 correcting faults of others 8:294 correspondence with 15:250-71 corresponding mentally with a sadhak 17:352 the creation and 17:303-04 decisions, leaving them to 17:263,387 decisions of 17:385 descent of on earth 17:76,119 disobedience of 17:64 Divine see Mother, (1) the the Divine and 2:73; 13:51 dogmatising explanations given by 15:361 drawing on 6:201-02 dreams about 4:113; 6:142-50; 15:350-51; 16:334,336; 17:55,74,218-19 dreams of 2:131-36 early life of, studies and discipline 16:121 earth, taking body on 17:65 emanations of 13:76 expectations of 12:308 expected to do miracles 17:232 experiences of see Mother, (4) the; Mother's body, the, experiences of experiments with physical mind 6:224-25 faith in 16:68 "The Fear of Death and the Four Methods of Conquering It" and answers relating to 6:38-62 feeling far from 17:113,162,169-70,174 feeling presence of 16:92,141; 17:142 finding time to do all She does 16:266 finds fault with nobody 17:241 flower of 13:32 "For you I want..." 16:123 force of see Mother (3), the, force of forming images of 13:83-84 four aspects of see Mother, (1) the, four aspects of "The Four Austerities and the Four Liberations," and answers relating to 6:63-108; 12:50-55 friendship of 16:119 gifts to 17:202,217-18 giving her approval 17:288 giving orders 13:161 granting needs of sadhaks 16:16 guidance from 13:86-89 has no preference 17:53 help and protection of 13:134-35; 16:23,67,89,94,129,134,136,169, 218,220; 17:77-78,98-99,101,130,133,135,174-75,189-90,192,209, 316-17,369-70,374,379,381; see also below protection of how to read books of 12:205,214-15; 16:232-33 humanity of 13:82-83 humanity's expectations of 12:308; 17:232 "I am (always) in your heart" 16:32,121,125,139,167 "I am always with you" 16:89,114-15,123,131,141,148,160,166-67; 17:381 "I an not angry" 16:70,100 "I am not displeased" 16:142-43,148,219 "I am your true mother" 16:124 "I look and judge for myself" 16:51 "I take you on my lap" 16:38 an ideal regarding 17:90 identification with 17:69-70 "if you wish" 17:14 impressions of 17:95 in the arms of 16:127,149-50,208-09; 17:130,192 India and 13:43-45 influence of 16:166; 17:61,210-11 information as base of her decision 16:49-50 inspection of, during sleep 6:167 interviews with 8:130,307-08 Kali see Kali keeping what she gives 16:385 knowledge of truth of being 6:165-67 knowledge of what is going on in the Ashram 6:197-99 knows and loves you better than you do 16:170; 17:388 leaving decisions to 17:263,387 life sketch of 17:202-03,224,227 looking into your soul 16:100 love for (relations with) 17:99-100,108,141 love of (her love) 16:37,119,124-27,210,218; 17:61,65,102,128, 150-51,354,374 lying to 17:138,345 meditation and 9:383-84 meeting department heads 6:197-98 meeting Sri Aurobindo 13:1,38-39,43,45 "Mental Education", and answers relating to 6:18-23 merging into 17:72-73,114 messages of 11:250,258,290-93,331 anniversary of her first arrival in Pondicherry (29 March) 15:203-04 anniversary of Sri Aurobindo's arrival in Pondicherry (4 April) 15:205-06 birthday 15:213-16 Christmas 15:209-12 Darshan days 15:196-201 departments of Sri Aurobindo Ashram 15:171-72,219-20 for the Annual Demonstration of Physical Culture 12:282-84 for competitions 12:275-81 for nations other than India 13:387-91 how to read 16:250-51 miscellaneous 12:285-91; 15:220 New Year's 1933-1970 15:178-96; 16:415 1954 5:418; 6:98 1955 6:452-57 1956 8:9 fn 1957 9:3-5 1958 9:245-48 1959 15:381-85 1961 16:255 1964 17:233 fn 1965 16:313 1970 16:415 of Fourth May 1967 15:112-13 of 1956 8:12-13,127 fn,264-65 on 1957 7:14 Puja 15:206-09 Sri Aurobindo study centres and organisations 15:216-19 Supramental Manifestation 15:102-07,112-13,202-03 The Mother 17:139 moves quickly 17:208 music of 6:383-85; 12:240-41; 16:235 natural to take from 16:206 nestle in the heart of 16:149-50 never allowed to be discontented 16:121 never forget to call 16:44 never puts anyone in prison 17:118 no question of losing her 16:160 not a materialist 12:353 not a pessimist 16:7 not dealing with everybody in same way 16:21 not old 11:307 not there for you alone 16:165 old mantra of 12:449 on dreams 2:30-37 on herself and her creed 2:166 on suffering 9:11-12,282-83; 16:73 on thoughts 2:21-28,74-92 openness to 8:305-08; 16:146; 17:69,128,401 path to 17:62 pain as touch of 10:170 people judging 17:82-83,173 "Physical Education", and answers relating to 6:1-9 photographs of 7:275-76; 16:233-34 powerful or not? 17:257 practice of occultism 6:40-41 prayer of, for change 9:300 prayers and meditations of 2:115-21; 15:221-37; 17:176 see also below works of praying to, for little things 16:278 presence of 16:114,116,130,161; 17:69-70,95,105,123, 133,142,198,361 profiting by her answers 8:236-37 progress of 17:208 protection from objects given by 6:234-35 protection of 16:97,345-46,351; 17:190,193,197; see also above help and protection of psychic being is a child of 17:115 "Psychic Education and Spiritual Education", and answers relating to 6:24-37 psychic of 11:280-81,290-92; 17:68,103,170 questions asked of 6:199-201,375-76; 8:296,311-12; 9:112-15 quietness constantly poured by 17:60 reading the Dhammapada 3:184-311; 9:372; reasons for actions of 16:170 receiving from 16:230 receiving Grace of 17:130 reflections on the war 2:137-39 relations with 16:158; 17:51-52,130,210 relations with others 11:247-48,267,280; 13:68-105,166 action of, and 13:82-86,92-98 "I am with you" 13:68-79,166 physical nearness to 13:80-82; 16:348; see also above closeness to playing tennis 13:102-03 pleasure and displeasure 8:89-92 remonstrances 13:102-05 rumours, etc. 13:98-101 with people in the Ashram 8:130 remembering words of 17:301 see also Mother's body, the influences on reports to 17:172-73,278,333 requesting work from a disciple 17:262 reservations about her way of working 16:40-42 respect of, for all Indian languages 17:213 scolding from 17:230,242,257 seeing in various forms 17:55 seeing people 11:115,135-36,203,241-43,251,265,332 seeking and finding 17:62,69-70,100-01,127,156,170,172,174-75,365 separation from 16:163 serious look of 9:13; 16:114 showing what she has written and said 16:20-21,116,124; 17:39-40,221 signature of 13:66 sleep of 16:3-4 speaking and writing 13:53 speaking in her name 17:206,225-26,234,298 Sri Aurobindo and 13:1-33,38-39,43,45,47,50-51,77 Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 8:130; 13:75-78,109-114,117-18; 17:72 staying physically away from 17:101-02 struggle against people who come here for comfort 11:252 subconscient and 11:285,309-11,323-25 submit views to her for decision 16:47,49 surrounding atmosphere of persons meeting 6:280-81 symbol of 6:395; 13:64-65 tell her 6:199 about your sorrow 16:55,71,89 everything 16:66 your condition 16:137 things said in her name 13:99-101 thinking of 16:122,227-28 to be an instrument of 16:128 to love her truly 17:141 to whom she tells things 17:159 transcendental 4:392-94 transformation, experiences of see Mother's body, the, transformation of trying to deceive 17:233-34 understanding 16:51 uneasiness at seeing, and insincerity 16:264 unlived dreams 8:222 use of flowers 6:229,231-33,244-45 use will of 16:67 "Vital Education," and answers relating to 6:10-17 wanting love of 17:58,65,165 watching over a child 17:140,204 way of teaching of 9:372-75 way to turn towards 17:102 what she is bringing 17:279-80 "when I speak frankly" 16:48 when she doesn't reply outwardly 17:45,58,352 when she is joyful and plays 9:13 will of 16:146; 17:114,118 work at Balcony Darshan and Playground 7:257-59 work of 6:297-99; 16:153; 17:119 working, her usual 7:258 writing to 16:75-76,84,87-88 writings of dramas, The Great Secret 7:301-04,308-09,316,323; 12:451-516 Prayers and Meditations, extracts from 2:115-21; 8:222; 15:221-37; 16:17-18,20-22,27; 17:176-86 Questions and Answers 1929 (Conversations) 16:4-5 "The Virtues" 16:344 Mother, the (3), force of 8:220-21; 16:134; 17:51,317,350,353,401,408 action of 9:112-14; 17:78-79,82,159 use and help of 16:134; 17:135 Mother, the (4), personal or spiritual experiences of 10:139-40; 15:297-303,411-12; 17:178 Abdul Baha 4:316-17 about School Programme 7:389-92 action of human will on 10:230 amethyst, power of protection 5:231 answering letters 11:213-14 application of pressure to dissolve things 10:173-74 "Are you ready for anything?" 10:227 art, reaction to modern and old 7:188-90 Asuric force assuming form of Sri Aurobindo 15:408-10 "At the very bottom of the inconscience..." 15:381-85 auspicious coming brought rain 7:385-89 automatic writing 9:364 bamboo sprouts, classical Japanese dish 5:366 black cobra 10:132 cats 4:27-28,238 exteriorisation of 4:321-23 the Mother's, maternal devotion of 5:244-45 reason for playing with mouse 5:150 wanting to be human 5:229-30 catastrophic to forget the Divine even momentarily 11:323-24 childhood 8:54,118 age five begins to seek the solution 5:139,163 effort to become conscious 12:433 observes action of different people 5:198 age seven refuses to go to circus 5:199-200 choosing vegetables from garden 6:180-81 conscious of nights 4:62 consciousness of being a dead person on earth 10:225 creation, how and why of 11:194-95,197-207,275-76 death, spirit of 5:136-40,193-94 descent of Ananda aspect of 6:291-94,302-04 descent of peace 15:424-25 developing consciousness between subtle physical and material vital 6:186-87 direct manifestation of Truth 10:187-90 Divine can do everything 5:162-63 Divine Consciousness not felt 11:249-50 dreams of knocks received in vital world 5:27-28 recording 4:62 during a film of new world 9:144-51 early spiritual 6:298-99 exteriorisation, story of cats 4:321-23 fainted in the Trocadero Square 4:125 fairy-like beings, helpful 4:275 feeling the presence of the Divine physically 10:154-55; 11:132-38,227-29 first embodiment in human form 10:91 flowers storing force 6:229-31 flying saucer seen by 7:164 fourth dimension 12:431-32 Gita, first contact with 8:104 God of religions 10:333-34; 17:44 helping people in dreams 15:350 "I have become another person" 11:280 impressions of Japan 2:148-50 identity of opposites 11:109,111-14,198-202,204,212,220,236 "India is free" 5:190; 8:30-32 in Japan 4:306-10 epidemic 5:182-85 spirit of death in 5:136-37 in the subtle physical 10:149 Japanese, learning to speak 12:75-76 learning, constant 4:91 letters to her son 16:3-10 lived ten years among artists 3:106 manifestation of the Supramental 3:141 meeting a Catholic priest 5:31-32 meeting snake in mountains 10:131-32 memory of earthly paradise 10:88-95 memory, visual and aural 8:156-57 mental constructions and true experiences 9:319 mental suggestions 4:236 messages of 1956 8:12-13 moved to tears by children 3:159 nearly hit by train 10:132-33 of the body see Mother's body, the, transformation of of change of consciousness 11:262-65,277-78,323-24; see also Mother's body, the, knowledge of, universalisation of choice 11:30-34 of a lion 4:29-30 of a new world 9:144-51 of physical world 10:139-40 of Supramental Consciousness 11:202-07,210-16,326-27 of 3rd February 1958 9:271-83; 10:113-20 passim of time 15:402 of two hemispheres 15:386-90 on necessities 4:385-86; 7:53 opinions, formation of 10:238-39 overmind creation 9:148-50 past lives of others 5:35 playing tennis 4:42 prayer for change 9:299-301 prayer, immediate realisation of 5:144 psychic memories of 16:351 Quelques Paroles 5:352 rabbit and snake 5:151-52 rarely experienced renunciation 10:172 realising union with Divine, for body 8:211 religion, discussing 8:147-50 reminiscences of Tlemcen 9:58-63 repose in Sachchidananda 4:62-63 role of adverse forces 10:120-22 sadhana, descent into vital and physical 6:303 seeing in the subtle physical 10:127-28,149 serpent guarding world's riches 4:189,382 Silence 11:265 sleep, conscious 4:62 snow in Algeria 7:386-87 spirits of death and fire 5:136-39 Sri Aurobindo and incidents with 3:141-42; 4:85,238,275 entering aura of 4:223,230 healing power of 9:254 supramental force passing from 11:328 trance or samadhi? conversation with 8:275-77 Sri Aurobindo Ashram, experiment of 8:161-62 palm-tree in courtyard 5:113 symbolic vision of collectivity in the 9:137-42 subtle-physical, material world and 11:78-82 supramental manifestation 8:205-07,219-21,313-17 tamas 4:367 tennis, playing 4:42 training the physical senses 10:134 to be a limpid transmitter 11:255 to nestle with the Divine 11:325,332 training the physical senses 10:134-35 transcripts of 15:297-303 unreality of life 11:17,31,40,177-82,195-96 un-unified consciousness 11:290-92 visions of ancient Egypt 8:155-57 of Japanese landscapes 4:319-20 of marvellous Being in the Inconscient 9:332-33 of supramental body 10:355 we change Peace into suffering 11:282 "What Thou willest" 11:312,321,332 woman who knew how to walk 5:50; 12:75 yoga of the body 4:339; 10:136-40 Mother, the (5), stories told by her about others Abdul Baha 2:104,110-11 about accidents 4:268-71; 5:405-08 action of human will on 10:230 action without attachment to result 7:396-98 animal instinct, monkey wiser than man 9:100 animal-tamer and courage 7:26-30 an artist and modern art 4:298-302 aspiration, constant, people with 5:170 August 15, greeting card 8:266 automatic writing (gambler from Monte Carlo) 9:363-65 Beethoven, reincarnation of his genius 5:264 brain, hands, mind etc. subtle, of artist 5:261-64 a Buddhist story, "Mr. Tiger" 9:52-53 cat and a Russian woman 7:98-99 Catholic priest, meeting a 5:31-32 character, how the Mother knows people's 5:219-22 "Charity Bazaar" 4:175-76 clairvoyant under chloroform 4:125 clergyman on boat 8:148-50 collective prayer for English kind 9:37-38 collectivity and individual, interdependence 5:305 consciousness, means of widening 5:153 control of reason over life 9:99 conversion of men governed by adverse forces 6:247-48 Coue's method tried by a woman 7:5; 9:380 creation, story of 5:372-82; 7:157-63 dancer and painter who took up Yoga 3:105-06 Danish painter's practice of occultism 6:41-42 dream of elevator crash 5:191; 10:130-31 dream of friend, tiger changed into cat 3:166 eating chicken 6:178-79 elephant and mahout 4:208; 8:69-70 epidemic in Pondicherry 4:209-10 explanation of experiences of others 4:76-77 exteriorisation, story of cats 4:321-23 fear, cause of illness 5:168,171-72 financier-speculator 4:86 French doctor 8:364 French scientist in Jardin des Plantes 6:43-45 geometrical drawing, learning identification by 5:220-21 Gita, propaganda and criticisms 8:104-07 giving birth according to ideal 2:153-54 goat and cows, greedy 5:274 going to her at night 4:130-31 golden pencil, man with 5:159 grapes, for cure! 5:123 head of new religion 3:83 heroic action by women during war 2:144 humanitarian hypnotism 9:394-95 humility, value of 5:30 humorists' remark 5:14 ideals of ordinary life 8:57-58 immortality, physical 4:69-70 Indian who could hear from a distance 10:135 Japan, man who concentrated thought in the stomach 6:310-12 the Kali of Vivampatnam 6:65-69 lady afraid of cholera infection 3:91 lady, self-denying, at Opera 7:38-39 lady whose hair was falling out 3:156; 9:380 lift-boy, dream of and catastrophe avoided 5:191 losing something given by 7:49 lump of sugar in the coffee 9:30-31 Madame David-Neel 7:393,397-98 self-created her own mahatma 6:277-78 man preaching "morality of Nature" 7:185-86 meditate, different types who 5:42-45 miser haunting his treasure 5:19,135 moments of inspiration in ordinary men 9:93 money for the Divine Work, "Golconde" 5:161-62 "Monsieur Vincent," philanthropism 5:16 the Mother's brother and the aviator 5:407-08 musicians 4:98; 5:261-64; 8:320 Muslim story about Christ 4:82 fn,370 needs, man's indispensable, "the toothbrush" 4:386; 5:368 negro's choice 5:330; 8:57-58 of a lion 4:29-30 of initiation 9:67-71 on the number of souls in India 4:48 on Shankara 4:119 opening of Arts Exhibition in Paris 3:137-38 opens the door inside all 7:69 opera dancer 7:399-400 past lives, cause of unhappiness? 5:217-18 perfect self-giving, an Indian story 8:15,17-18 perforated coin 6:234-35 pet animals 9:232-33 philosopher living in South of France 10:123-24 possession, cases of 4:184-88; 5:97-98 prayer for change 9:300 problem of woman 7:153 progress, people who want to 5:286 psychic contact given to a Japanese 4:310 psychic contact and new capacities 9:396-97 rabbit in Botanical Gardens 5:151-52 Ramayana, pandits who related the 5:329 reminiscences of Tlemcen 9:58-63 rich woman's naivete about poverty 6:29-30 Rodin, Auguste 6:72-73 sadhak collecting soap-pieces 7:51-52 Sannyasin, vengeful 8:72 scientist on reflexes 4:212 seeing her 8:304-05,307-08 self-giving, Indian tale 8:14-18 setting a pendulum clock 16:40 slaves having the same name 9:45 spiritism, scientist's experience 9:367-68 Sri Aurobindo's room during cyclone 3:155 stones falling on Sri Aurobindo's house 6:57-62 story of initiation, Yusuf, with commentary, the Mahatma's mouse 9:66-71 story of successive involutions 9:205-07 stupidity, on 4:369 subtle physical body and accidents 4:268-69 Sufi's words, the Divine and the worshiper 5:58 tamas 4:367 tiger and its victim 5:151 titans, universal, Nordic Legends 5:267 Tolstoy's son 8:106; 9:54 transformation 5:43-45,49 true movement of mind 5:109-10 vision of coach being drawn up a hillside 3:13-14 visions of uneducated people 5:401 vital brings passion for progress 5:256,258-59 water-divining 4:236 woman occultist 8:278 woman who had lost her trust in people 5:31 woman who wanted to regain her looks 5:3-4 writer, using another's brain 5:262 writer's mental activity during sleep 2:33-34 Yogi who misused his powers 3:7-8 Yogi with toothache 3:90 young man and his cruel father 3:10 Mother's body, the 6:302-04 aspiration of 11:4-5,14-15,32,41-44,88-89,92-95,98,158 cells of, experiences of aspiration see above aspiration of becoming conscious 11:93-101 calling 11:3 certitude 11:20 constant self-offering 11:189-90 direct contact with true being 11:120-27 knowledge of death 11:62-63 learning the right attitude 11:299 material mind 11:16-21,74 perception of true Matter 11:57-59 personal state of consciousness 11:50 prayer of 11:91,330 reaction to injury 11:54-55 repeating a mantra 11:127 sense of Identity 11:70,74 spontaneous OM 11:66 suffering, aspiration and progress 11:41-44 Superman Consciousness and 11:158 That alone exists 11:108-10 Thou alone existeth 11:173 unable to accept immobility 11:319 understanding in 11:147-48 unity 11:166 wholly ruled by the Divine 11:273-74 yearning for contact with the Divine force 11:4-5 consciousness and 11:99,117-18,126-27,137,139-41,165,261-63 disease and 13:60 Divine and 11:259-60,273,286-89,297-99,332 dramatic imagination of 11:144; see also below transformation of, material consciousness of ego, disappearance of 11:202-03,205-07,219,223,260,277 endurance needed (to hold on, to go on) 11:1,3,8,13,147, 159,173,271,276 experiences of 15:301-03,409 incarnating the Supreme Consciousness (God) 13:48-51 repeats: "whatever You will" 16:435 a transmitter 13:355 external influences and 11:32-34,50-52,55-56,73-74,85,115, 135-36,196,203,231,240,243,251,259,262,265,294,319,332; see also Mother, the (2), relations with others given to prepare the transformation 11:307-08 habits of 11:243 an image for men 11:324 interested in how Matter was formed 11:119-21,123-24 knowledge of death 11:62-63 direct contact with the highest 11:99,120-27 Divine and undivine 11:108-09 guidance from the Consciousness 11:240 superman consciousness 11:154-57 Supreme Consciousness 11:185-88 identification by consciousness 11:244 precision without thought 11:10-12,130-31 process of creation 11:194-95,197-207 taught by all that comes 11:269 through experience and direct 11:217-19 understanding creation 11:194-95 universalisation 11:262-65,277-78; see also above ego, disappearance of see also below transformation of, knowledge of made to do the obscure task 11:86-87,89 many beings, forces, personalities manifest through 11:104 new 11:301-06 of body consciousness 15:298-303 prepared for another consciousness 11:246 psychological and material transformation 11:82-83 reaction to injury 11:54-55 strength of 11:321-22 superman consciousness and others 11:158-59 surrender of 11:140,240-41; see also below transformation of, painful transition transformation of 10:355; 11:17-18,121,162-63,235-37 aspiration for 11:4-5,14-15,32,41-44,88-89,92-95,98,158 all the ways of seeing things 11:266 Ananda (bliss) and suffering 11:112-14,160 becoming conscious 11:139-42,264-65 being trained to bear the Power 11:269-70 condition depends upon (is determined by) consciousness, attitude, receptivity 11:3,135,181,187-88,195-96, 207-08,219-20,231,235-37,273,286-89,299-300,319-20 consciousness 11:139,244 acting directly on body 11:143-45 replacing thought 11:319 Darshan of 24 November 1967 11:102-05 death without dying 11:222; see also below to live or die direct contact with psychic 11:130 the Divine and 11:259-60,266-68,277-78,283,286-89,294-95, 297-99,323-325,332 Divine Consciousness and 11:86,132-34,157-60,232,286-88 Divine Presence and 16:424-25 Divine Will and 11:260 effect of, on others 11:92,100,171,270-71 enveloped by the Divine 11:294-95; 16:424-25 fragility (frailty) simultaneous with sense of eternity 11:113,146 hardness melting away 11:271 hearing changed (new way of) 11:244-45,248,282 horrors of creation 11:133-35,137,166,176-81 human deception 11:261-62 identity of opposites 11:104,111-14,198-202,204,212,220,236 immobility see below peace immortality, consciousness of 11:195-96 in stages 11:46-53,71-72,181,305 in this body and life? 11:72-73 knowledge of beatitude ready for us 11:325 origins of inspiration and action 11:10-12 truth 11:266 looks at its falsehood 11:258 material consciousness of 11:2,69-70,73-74,108-10,144,316-18 material difficulties of 16:354 material mind (cellular mind) 11:16-21,74,280 mind (mental) of, withdrawn, taken away, gone 11:94,99,101, 118,123-25,143,155,191,236,239,263,280-81,284 nestle in the Divine 11:266-68,332 New Consciousness 11:226-33,317 not to obstruct the Divine Force (Power) 11:270-71,324 of individuality 11:165 of physical mind 11:49,69,93-95,279-80,284,293-95 one body or collective 11:52,109-10,135,145-46,180-82 one with the Supreme Consciousness 11:168 only hope, to be The Lord 11:169 painful transition (transforming action and suffering, disorganisation etc. and aspiration, surrender etc.) 11:3-5,13-15,17,20-21,33,41-44,88-89,94,99-101,116-19,123,127, 135,144-47,169,177-81,221-23,228,243,245-50,265-68,281-83,316 "What Thou willest" 11:158,167-68,171-72,222,251 peace, immobility 11:9,13-15,41,160-64,192-96,236,319,326 seeing how much work remains to be done 11:86-87 states of consciousness 11:99,117-18,126-27,137,139-42,165 sudden reversal 11:144 superman consciousness 11:148-60 Supramental Consciousness 11:202-07,210-16,326-27 supramental forces, penetration by 11:122-27 time and 11:1,33,46-53,72-73,84-86,95,100-01,121-23,142,146-47, 159-60,166,173,181,194,204,206,217,223,250,255-57,283,307,323 three approaches to transformation 11:60 to live, die (or live eternally) 11:283-85,297,299,330 unreality of life (world, etc.) 11:177-81,195-96 vision (sight, seeing) of, new way 11:244-45,248,251,282 vital withdrawn, taken away, gone 11:94,99,101,118,123-25, 143,155,191,239 why cells should remain together 11:4 without physical limits 11:242-43 work of 13:55-60 transfer of power (authority) 11:16-21,33,57-59,69-74, 106-07,221-23,228,245-50 turned toward the Divine 11:290,327 Mother's International School, the, Delhi messages to 12:114 Mother India see India, Mother Mozart, W. Amadeus 5:78 Mukerjee 16:6 Mummy 4:196-97 Music 6:379-85; 12:239-43 Beethoven's Concerto in D major 9:249 enjoying for what is behind 3:27 entering into 16:231-32 essentially a spiritual art 3:110-11 European 5:77 evocation 7:308 execution and inspiration 5:75-76 gatherings 17:196 glad, wordless 17:179 human voice and 7:351 Indian 5:77-78 melody and 5:75-79 the Mother's 12:240-41; 16:235 musical regions 7:351 orchestration, difficult task 5:262-63 origin of 5:69-71,75-78; 7:351 planes of 5:75-77 playing 11:98 sadhana and 12:239-40 true way to hear 8:236-37,311 violin 7:351 Musician(s) Bach, Johann S. 3:111-13; 5:76,78,262 Beethoven, Ludwig von 3:111-13; 5:76,262 Beethoven's genius, reincarnation of 5:264 dead musician using another's brain 5:262 Franck, Cesar 3:111; 5:76,272 hands of 4:194; 7:269; 8:236-37; 16:363 mediator between inspiration and execution 5:75-76 Mirabai 3:105 Mozart, W. Amadeus 5:78 Tartini 4:127 Thyagaraja 3:105 virtuoso 5:70 Wagner 3:111; 4:314 Ysaye 5:263-64 Mussulmans Israelites and 13:390-91 Musset, Alfred de 6:4 Mysticism 6:190 Mystics no fear of death 5:319 prayer important for 5:145 state of consciousness in which all is divine, Radha's prayer to Krishna 5:385 Sufi 5:58 Mythology 4:184 legends 4:187 N
Name and form and the Reality 6:25-27 Napoleon 10:52,143; 17:148 Narada 10:196,204-05,355 Nation(s) ego of 10:257 nature of 10:309 soul of 12:42,44 unity of 12:40-41; 13:371 see also Countries Nature 3:143,235-36; 6:1-3; 8:159; 10:139; 15:11-13 according to Science 3:161 animals and 7:53 art and 10:249-51 as examiner 14:42-43 asuric 10:63 attachment to things as they are 9:34-35 attempts to realise superman 2:158 fn attraction of forces in 16:177 being of 7:363-64,422 catastrophes and cataclysms of 3:38; 4:175-76; 5:153 change of 9:34-36; 10:98; 17:209,237,405 civilisation and 5:329 collaboration of 5:251; 9:245-48; 17:291 communing with 9:247-48; 16:398-99 complicated self-expression 10:169 contact with vastness and joy 7:73,138-39 creates forms necessity of simultaneous individual progression 9:226-28 with limitless abundance 7:34,216-17 creatrix, huge cauldron 5:343-44; 9:247 death 10:319-20 habit of Nature 5:112 means of awakening material consciousness 9:33-34 deformations in 16:287-88 destroys and begins again, pleasure of 5:250-51,336,344,360 destroys entire species 7:162 different combinations in 7:365 discernment between Spirit and 8:11 distortion changes 10:98 the Divine and 15:13 the Divine Mother and 7:163 divine Presence everywhere in 8:223-24 earth-Nature 8:59 economy of 4:205 effort against resistance 10:280 effort to express Divine progressively 10:50 entities behind the elements 5:384; 7:385-86,388 evolution and 7:162 fixity of 2:53 forces of 4:175; 5:136,153; 16:177 influencing man 8:51-52 mechanical executrix 8:59-61 sleep and 16:402 goal of 2:157-58 God and 2:40-41; 9:9-13; 10:340 habit as part of 10:21 harmony with 7:53; 10:56; 17:378 higher man may be independent of 9:211-12 human see Human nature imagination of, vast 5:226-27,251,344 impulse to create something new 2:157 inconscient appearance of 9:322-23 insanity of 10:252 is a conscious force 5:152; 9:221 knowledge of secrets of 5:362-66; 10:26 laws of 7:180; 8:316-17; 10:243; 11:107; 16:41 liberation from universal 16:431 love and 12:66-67 lower see Lower nature man and see Man, nature and material 17:107 may repair damage 17:411 mind and 10:87,89 miracles and 10:159-66 monstrous, for men 5:267 morality of 5:185-86; 7:185-86 the Mother's experience of Nature-forces 7:386-90 movements of 4:22-23; 9:323 obstacle to higher 10:11-12 of evil 10:315 of genius 10:280 of hero 12:317 of illusion 10:44-45 of individual 5:414; 10:268-69; 16:268 of man 10:87-88 of opinions 10:235-39 of others 17:121-22 of personal experiences 10:205 of pity 10:360 of religion 3:76-84 of sacrifice 10:317 of self-deception 10:80-82 of socialism 10:311-12 of tears 16:371-72 of thoughts 2:21-28,75-92 of the vital 5:211 of women 2:83-84 order, chaos and 6:90-91 order in 8:238-39,241 outer 7:1 perfection and 4:15-16 perseverance of 2:157 fn physical 4:372; 5:349-50; 6:430; 7:217; 10:243 plasticity of 4:368,374 plays with men 6:79-80 progress of 2:157; 5:63-64,336,360; 8:12; 10:12-13,360 protecting spiritual presence 9:339-40 psychic 10:244 puppets, moves men like 5:91 Purusha and 8:59-65; 11:107 remedy, found with the evil 5:365 science and 9:322-23 seasons of, not regular 7:387 secret of 5:363-66; 9:321-322 sex, a means used by 7:162 soul of 9:40; 10:250-51,336 spirit and 8:11 spirits of all manifestations of 5:136 sun-symbol in 3:12; 7:139 supermind completes fullness of 9:247-48 Supernature and 16:236-37 Supreme Mother and 7:163 surrender of one's 4:183,373-74 tamasic 5:120,415 tentacles of 10:12 titans, vital beings in forces of 5:150 total knowledge of physical 10:136 transformation of 8:62-63,245-46,381 universal 7:137-39; 16:431 victory over one's 5:20 way of progressing 10:12-13 will of 10:56 working of 5:344; 9:226-28 see also Prakriti Nature Cure 17:351 Nazis 13:124,126 Need(s) 3:6-7,11,20; 5:414; 6:36-37; 8:140-41,251,258,295; 9:94; 10:168 asking Divine for 8:122-25 conception of 12:124-25 desire and 4:49,332,384-85; 8:123-24; 16:226 evolutionary 3:86,90 for sleep 17:151 for transformation 8:96,98; 17:375 the Mother granting sadhaks 16:16 new consciousness 2:156 of Ashram first 17:345 of endurance 3:136-37 of man see Man, needs of of psychic 7:40-41,399 rise to height of 17:404 slavery to 17:229,306 soul knows 16:299 spontaneous 17:375 story about 4:386; 5:368 to penetrate tamas 10:106 Negligence meaning 3:208-09 Nehru, Jawaharlal 13:368; 17:240 Nerves 5:224 get tired 16:83 illness and 3:89; 4:268; 17:195 sadness, depression and 16:120 sensations and 16:177-78 Nervousness 17:403 causes of 6:76 New Age Association 16:351-52 messages to 12:301-08 New being 17:366-67 coming of 16:436 New birth 17:193 condition of most men 9:18-19,136,431-32 into a new consciousness 17:374 of a particular psychic being 17:367-68,370-72 the psychic and 9:336-38,431-32 New consciousness 2:155; 11:284-85; 15:114-16; 17:374 action of 11:226-33,317; 17:366-67 attitude towards 8:129 experience of entering 17:89 need for 2:156 perception of death and 11:63 power of 11:267-68 recent manifestation of 10:248 since January 1969 17:367 teaching and 12:114 New creation 3:129,178-79; 4:107; 7:157-58; 9:149-51; 16:331,430 birth pangs of 17:327 deities and 11:117,126 earth and 7:357; 11:116-18 humanity and 6:417-18; 11:24-29,96-97,307 preparation for 16:353-54; 17:314,396 New life 4:70; 8:135,243,323; 9:77,169-70 difficult to conceive of 9:145-51 transition to see Mother's body, the transformation of, painful transition you are right in wanting 16:145 see also Supramental life New race 16:415,430,436 aspiration for 2:164 evolution and 7:333; 9:313-14 governed by intuition 2:157-60 love and 12:68-69 supermind and 8:127,131-33,323 transformation 7:324 New realisation 9:312-15 New world 7:357,402; 11:316-17; 15:105-06,114-16,126-27; 16:301 action of, upon the old 4:253; 7:187; 9:148-49,156-59 birth of 9:144-51 elements introduced in 8:9-10,314 light in 4:70 manifestation of 7:323-24 participating in 9:150-51,158-59 promise of 7:326-27 transformed 6:327 Newspapers 12:148; 16:416-17; 17:19,328-29,364-65 Nietzsche, Fred conception of superman 2:161; 10:248-49 Night 2:31; 16:232; 17:60 conscious of 4:62 darker before dawn 16:408 going to the Mother at 4:130-31 pleasure in working at 17:362-63 sleep at 16:408-09; 17:9 vital beings active during 3:15 Nightmares 3:47,165; 4:129,192-95; 7:24,121; 16:189 see also Dreams Niraya true sense 3:278-79 Nirvana 6:392; 9:12; 11:177-79 aspect of consciousness 10:100 behind all planes of being 7:248-49,318 Buddhism and 7:318; 9:4; 10:336 divine delight and 8:327 Impersonal Divine and 7:248-49 going out of the manifestation and 8:48-49,270,366; 9:1-2; 10:197 not only thing 10:191 not used in sense of annihilation 3:202 tendency towards the Impersonal 8:114 true 3:269 Nobleness definition 10:284 Noise 16:68 of words 9:423 pleasure in loud 7:24-25 Novels 3:156; 6:107-08 reading 9:366-67; 12:142-44,329-30,393; 16:281; 17:66,69,158,364-65 Numbers 15:39 as a language 7:369 significance of 7:368-69; 8:90-91,93,159 O
Obedience first condition for acquiring power 12:279-80 of the physical body 4:79 responsibility and 17:168 surrender and 6:63-64,204; 8:299 to the Divine 14:165-66 to Sri Aurobindo 16:147 Objectivity 11:79-83 subjectivity and 6:363-64; 11:36-38 Obscurity 17:73-74,90-91,107,116,142 depths of 16:67 destroyed by Agni 17:106 in material things 17:104 matter not a synonym for 3:102 overcoming 5:19-20 violent sensations increase 16:148 Observation attentive 4:35 children's 12:22-25 development of power of 6:8-9,78-79,82-91,335-36 distinguishing influences and 6:130-33 inner vision and 6:378-79 the Mother's 4:27-28; 6:166-67 of the ego 6:402 of the law 10:257 of oneself 4:361-62; 5:6,199-204;.6:262-64,402; 7:19-20; 8:405; 12:22; 17:375 of thoughts 2:23-25,61,75; 3:183-84,230-31 of universal forces and vibrations 6:419-20 of workings of the body 6:36-37 sincere 16:317 superficial 16:289 work of 2:128 cf. Attentiveness; Consciousness Obsession 4:346; 17:104-05 Obstacles do not fear 16:149 help and 4:3,349; 7:298 hypocrisy is 17:132 in yoga 3:52-53 necessary for perfect realisation 4:118 to art 5:337-38 to charity 2:98-99 to higher nature 10:11-12 to progress 7:298-99; 10:27 to receiving the supramental 10:115 to self-giving 10:122-23 to the soul 10:24 to suppleness 10:118 Occult action Saint Genevieve and 16:34-35 Occult approach to transformation 11:60 Occult powers better not to mention "powers" 16:36 magic and 7:264-67 Occult systems 16:235-36 Occult work in the Mother's sleep 16:4 Occult worlds 4:392; 15:338-43,366,376-80 gradations of 8:217-21 Occultism 4:124,130,230,314; 8:163-64,254,277-78,337; 15:34-36 adverse being, dissolving 5:96-97,119 black magic, perverted occult knowledge 5:180 books and 12:148 capacity for 6:189-90 children and 6:39-41 clairvoyance in 4:125 Consciousness in vital worlds necessary 9:344 creation, story of, on occult plane 5:374 death, spirit of, preventing 5:136-38 earth, importance of in 5:275-77 earth-memory, domain of 5:278-82 fear and 6:38-43,50,189-93 formation of new bodies in supramental life 9:86,127-31; 10:119-20 formations, power of 5:133-34 future, seeing the 5:88 hallucination and 10:41 human science and 10:354 identification, processes of 5:219-26 in the supramental world 9:184-88 keeping aura of protection 10:133 knowledge of 4:397-98; 5:180; 10:253; 15:376,380 knowledge of, in dreams 10:125-35 magic and true 7:265-67; 9:185-86,391-93 "mediums" 15:395 the Mother's practice of 6:40-41 physical science and 9:393-94; see also below science and reminiscences of Tlemcen 9:58-63 science and 6:38-40,190; 7:265-67; 9:393-94; 10:253-54; 12:88-92; 16:190 seventh creation 10:219 spirit of fire 5:136-38 spirits, communication with 5:36 subtle senses and 10:133 successive pralayas of universes 10:107 symbol of Paradise with serpent 10:93 tradition in, formation of first human beings 9:236-38 true 16:49 yoga and 6:189-90 see also Experiences, of other worlds; Occult... Offering 14:105 attitude in 4:133 a difficulty 8:253 egoistic aim and 16:269-70 everything to the Divine 8:89-90 fans 17:228-29 fire and 17:127-28 flowers to the Mother 3:132 food 4:335 general and detailed 3:23 individual to Supreme Will 10:74 knowledge of 2:19-20 made with sincerity 16:215 means of transformation 4:339,373 money as 17:206,292 necessarily to the Supreme 16:243 of the day to the Divine 16:317 of ego to Divine 16:379 of one's defect 16:246 of physical activities 12:391 of what one does 16:269-70,396 patience 16:396 receptivity of the whole being 4:122 surrender, consecration and 4:132-34; 5:54 to the Divine 8:90,160,166; 12:391; 14:319-29,336-37,348; 16:181 to the Lord 5:53; 14:104; 16:243,250,317,379; 17:290 to the Mother 17:127 union through 3:23 use of the term 6:226-29 the will 4:117,208 work as an 8:90; 16:181 work as basis in Ashram 4:93 wrong movements 8:83-84,294,309-10,399 see also Consecration; Giving; Sacrifice; Self-giving; Soumission; Submission; Surrender Old Age causes of 12:122-23 progress and 3:238; 12:259 Olympic Rings 12:267-68 OM (AUM) 2:64; 12:449; 15:36-37 Omnipotence 3:135 meaning of 10:77-78 of the Divine 10:328 Oneness 8:75-77,245 means identity in origin 16:383 Oneself attention turned towards 16:131 blaming 16:289-90,309-10 changing 4:29,77-78,118,253,338 consecration of 4:33-37; 16:276 consciousness of 2:129; 4:33-37,179-81; 12:3,21-22 correcting 9:306-07 curing 4:266-67 difficulties come from 16:190 emptiness in 4:283 forget 16:178 giving, to the Divine 15:320; 16:247,431 habit of referring everything to 2:49,101 imagination of 16:190 judging 4:38-39 knowing 4:33-39,292; 5:201-02,300,303-04; 7:194-95,; 12:167 observing 4:88,99,338,361-62,388; 5:6,199-204; 6:262-64,402; 7:19-20; 8:405; 12:22; 17:375 responsibility for 3:256-57 transforming 10:269-70; 16:426; 17:171,375 Opening (Openness) 8:145-46,305; 14:151-52 experience of sudden 6:422-23 in the vital world 7:80 the mind 4:18; 8:282,345-46; 9:345-46,399 of chakras 16:367-68 of children 11:251-52 of the psychic 4:20; 5:217 only to Divine Consciousness 17:211 passive 16:192 receptivity and 8:345-46 self-giving and 16:98 sincerity, surrender and 8:82-83; 17:133,151 tamas, dullness and 16:62 to cosmic consciousness 7:270 to difficulty 16:116 to the Divine 3:133; 5:117; 6:388-89; 8:82-83; 17:17,61 to divine knowledge 16:217 to Divine love 16:365 to the Grace 6:323-25 to influences 9:110-11; 16:192 to the Light 4:359; 16:62 to the Mother 3:132; 16:52,67,146-47,169; 17:61,69,128, 210-11,401 to overcome difficulties 16:383 to receive energy 16:118,146 to the spiritual force 16:122 to supermanhood 2:160-61 to the supramental force 9:5,39,110-11,117-18,241-42 why difficult 16:146 see also Receptivity Opinion(s) 14:287-88 action and 10:236-38 difference of 17:333-34 knowledge and 16:321 medical 17:189; see also Medical opinion nature of 10:235-39 of others 4:379; 8:348-49 study displeasing 10:301 thought and 2:23-24 Truth and 3:138; 10:86; 14:214-15; 16:338 wisdom and 10:236 Opposites/Contraries 4:119; 10:81-82,118 co-existence of all 10:197 identity of 11:109,111-14,198-202,204,212,220,236 of joy 9:9; 12:18 perfection through 10:68 reconciling 4:12; 10:341-42 stimulus to progress 10:166-70 synthesis of 16:347 transformation and 5:276 Truth above all 10:315 union of 10:304 see also Dualities Opposition 9:85-86 against Divine transformation 17:390 between men and women 2:143-47 meeting 6:370 to effort 10:66; 17:133 Optimism 6:29-30 Oracle 8:188 Order 11:253 chaos and 6:90-91 discipline of work and 4:364,372; 16:145 divine 10:259 movements in accordance with 8:3 supramental god to bring back true 3:179 unity of purpose and action 3:163 experience of universal 17:184 freedom and 12:317; 16:292 lack of, causes waste 16:43 law of, in universe 2:106 Nature and 6:90-91; 8:238-39,241 of transformation of planes 9:106 of truth 4:406 story illustrating 2:226-30 cf. Organisation Orders, of the Mother 13:161 catastrophe if disobeyed 17:302 only for those perfectly surrendered 17:232 Ordinary conscience voice of 16:249-50 Ordinary consciousness 3:167; 10:181 appearances and 10:179 determinism and 6:357 education deadens 5:290 falsehood of 10:347 science and 3:161 spiritual and 12:405; 16:227; 17:19,92-96,114 supramental and 5:302; 9:275-77,280-82 transformation of 3:178 voice of 16:249-50 Ordinary life 3:123; 12:153-54,165; 17:379 artificiality of 9:277-78 Ashram and 16:332 boredom in 4:89,205-06 consciousness drawn to 17:72 desires in 16:134 giving up pleasures of 16:139 higher or 17:379 ideal of 8:57-58 indissolubly linked with suffering 3:248 reading about 17:152,364-65 ruled by mind 3:183 satisfactions of 16:136 spiritual life and 10:69; 12:403-06; 16:335 Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 16:382 students and 12:361-63 way of 9:18-19; 11:218-19 Organisation around the psychic 6:5-6; 8:22,174-76,337-38,381; 10:97; 11:291-92 around the psychic centre 4:40,195,229 castes, social 5:247-48 children and 6:12-13 consciousness and 6:14,320 developing sense of 6:86-89 disorder and 13:160-63 for the elite 12:181 freedom and 16:292 in the Ashram see Sri Aurobindo Ashram, organisation of inner, for progress 5:50,336,339; 16:164 lack of, causes waste 16:43 mind and 15:329-33 of Auroville 13:205-06,225 of the body, falsehood in 11:226-27 of circumstances 6:175-77,386-87 of consciousness 6:320; 8:174-76,337-38,381; 17:156 of life and work 6:13-16; 17:156-57,244,293-94 of the universe 6:284 origin and, of ideas 6:13-14; 8:346; 9:250-52 resistance to 17:167 thoughts and 9:251-54 cf. Order Others 2:92 acting like 9:43-48 actions for spiritual good of 2:67-70 advising 16:46-47 affinities for 9:179-81; 17:94 appreciation of 16:265-68 are a mirror 16:299,347 atmosphere of 17:97,121,140 attitude between the Mother and 12:332 attitude towards 10:22-23; 17:57 blaming 6:97 choose your relationships well 16:119-21 communicating peace and joy to 16:192 comparison with 17:31 contact with 9:133-34; 17:56-58,61,94,116-17 contempt for 17:306 criticism of 12:185; 16:273,275,282 defects in ourselves and 5:257-58; 16:299 differences of opinion with 17:333-34 difficulties of 16:63 dissociation (detaching) from 16:191; 17:137,206 error to ridicule 10:21 experiences of 5:362-66 faults of 17:167,206-07 feeling atmosphere of 17:121,140,161,197 having courage for 16:193 having wronged 17:397 helping 2:57-58,69; 6:450-53; 9:407-08,415-17; 16:192; 17:67,79,95-96,118-20,144,161,377,386; see also Help, given to... influence of 4:27,36; 6:168-69,213-14; 7:245-46; 16:191; 17:28-29,61,68,124,161 intelligent people and 5:226-27 intimacy with 17:170 jealousy of 16:116 judging 8:2,10; 9:131-36; 12:391; 16:193,268,274,320-21 knowing nature of 17:121-22 knowing oneself and 5:201-04,300,301-04 love for the Divine and 17:54,378 making fun of 17:41 meditating alone and with 3:98 meeting in dreams 16:408 mental affinity with 2:69; 4:227 mixing and talking with 16:86; 17:22-23,33-34,53,58,61,136, 153,165-66 the Mother and relations with see Mother, (2) the, relations with others nature of 17:121-22 needs of 16:299 never talk about 16:63 not speaking to 16:86-87 opinions of 4:379; 8:348-49 passing depression to 17:77 past lives of 5:35 peace with 17:376 progress of 2:103; 11:208-09; 13:149-59; 17:40 protection from 17:238 relationships with see Relations with others (Relationships) remarks about 17:38,155,206 reports of 17:387 seeking approbation of 8:348-49 sensitivity of 2:69 shock from 16:347 smiling at 17:39 suffering of 17:105 suggestions of 17:35,385 sympathy for 17:147 talking with 16:86; 17:22-23,33-34,53,58,61,136,153,165-66 thinking about 16:133,185; 17:167 trouble from 17:207,293 trouble one takes for, is never in vain 16:82 understanding 4:157; 5:74-75,220-21,299-304,311-12 uneasiness with 17:36 union with 2:110-11 wanting help from 17:93 what others say 16:158 when to abstain from thinking about 16:185 will acting on 17:26-29 see also Man/Mankind; Mother, (5) the; People Outer being 17:101,103 language of 4:366 fn like a crust 3:7 meditation and 6:427-28 psychic being and 7:86; 16:249 purification of 17:409 see also Exterior being Outer consciousness 17:125,140,143,159 inner consciousness and 10:155-56 psychic consciousness and 5:258; 16:168 Outer nature 17:35,37 inner consciousness and 7:1 the psychic and 7:20-21,110,221,263-64 tamasic tendency of 16:303 union with 16:156 Overhead regions psychic and 17:69 Overmind, the 4:165,220,396 archetypes and 7:122 beings of 5:283-84; 16:237 emanations of 5:308-09 far below the true Divine 3:173 "fashioners" of 7:158 Overmind godheads (gods) of 8:33,36; 16:235; 17:52 goddesses and 7:158-62,244 the psychic and 6:161 to participate in supramental creation 9:149-51 inspiration and 10:5 mastery of 16:236 Narada from 10:204 OVERMIND Narada from 10:204 psychic being and 5:265,325; 7:87 space and time in 3:165 Supermind and 3:173-74; 4:220; 5:283-84; 7:209-10; 16:235 work of 16:235 see also Overmind... Overmind being 9:150 life and 16:237 psychic being and 5:265,325; 7:87 Overmind consciousness 16:235-36 Overmind creation 9:148-50 the two sexes in 9:103-04 Overmind entities 5:265 Overmind world 10:204
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Pain 8:83-85; 10:246; 12:295-96 artistic creation and 6:379-83 curing, methods of 7:130-32,149-50; 8:213-14 delight and 10:158,334-35,351 the Divine Mother and 10:170 fear and 10:171 from suggestions 17:158 go right to heart of 12:75 healed by Sri Aurobindo 9:254 how not to feel 16:325 illness and 6:406-08 knowledge, ignorance and 6:287-89 mind and 10:359 of wrongly re-entering the body 17:412 only during sleep 17:414-15 progress and 8:214; 12:75 separation and 7:401 sexual desires and 12:296 suffering, the Divine and 5:385-86; 6:287-89; 16:411 teaching body to bear 10:171-72 three-quarters imaginary 17:63 transforming into pleasure 7:149-50 value of 10:351-53 see also Suffering Painters conscious hands of 16:363 see also Artists Painting(s) 11:98; 12:235-39; 15:292-96 "plane" from which they come 16:118 Pakistan and India 5:190; 13:372-74; 16:326-28; 17:264-67,376 Palmistry 15:39; 16:279 Paradise see Heaven Paradoxes 4:118,222 Parents aspiration and receptivity of 5:216 authority of, is a symbol 4:92 children and 5:381-82; 11:211; 12:367,434-35,446; 14:314-15 conception of children 2:154; 4:260; 5:413; 8:201,335 in Ashram, role of 5:289-90; 12:367 influence of, on children 5:243,411-13; 8:200,204,392 relations between children and 4:27-28 wickedness of, passed to children 5:412-13 developed psychic chooses parents 4:145; 5:215,412 duty to, and the Divine 17:162 visiting one's 16:412 Paris mental atmosphere of 2:87 Passion 5:211,213-14; 6:376-77; 17:87 meaning of 16:177 passing by or through people 6:430 Passivity activity, receptivity and 6:112-14 inert 6:210; 17:24-25 Past, the 7:35; 15:76-79 attitude towards 17:301-02 casting away of ordinary 3:176; 16:364 coming before one's eyes 17:397 contacting the Divine and 16:371 forgetting 16:186,265; 17:363 future and 12:148,169,404-06 lessons of 2:157 progress and 16:17 self-giving and 16:364 Past life/lives 4:71,151,183,255; 5:33-37 effort in 4:329-30 future and 16:353 memory of 3:40-41,148-49; 6:21-22; 10:97; 15:135,137; 16:398; 17:371 psychic consciousness of 7:221 psychic experiences in 4:143-49,151; 7:374 psychic memory of 5:33-37; 9:293; 15:361-64; 16:350-51,424 rebirth and 16:353,395 remembrance and choice 4:143-47,151,183 resolving to work together 5:2 Path 6:406-08 "being on the" 16:319 best for each to find her own 16:323,383 certainty of victory brightens 17:189 Eightfold 3:248-50 Middle 3:190; 5:358; 10:204 of devotion 8:43,126,252-53,300,324-25; 10:331-64 of knowledge 8:43,46,126,300,304-05; 10:1-273 of works 8:43-44,126,300,324-25; 10:277-328 of yoga see Yoga, path of return to straight 17:62,98 very long 16:375; 17:376 Patience 4:95,117,183,251,336; 12:150; 14:175-78 against hostile forces 16:188 arm yourself with 17:136,193,293,350 difficulties and 16:144 for passions to cool 17:302 in looking at everything 17:129 in offering 16:396 sincerity and 17:126,376 story illustrating 2:193-97 things take time 16:87 tired nerves and 16:83 will for 16:145 with children 16:202 cf. Perseverance Pavitra (P.B. St. Hilaire) 13:186-87 Peace 6:313-14; 12:114,123; 13:372; 14:145-48; 15:88 action of, on body 4:266 aim of old spirituality 9:298 allow it to penetrate you 16:150 always with you 16:117 base of yoga 17:129 basis of realisation 9:298 being quiet to solve problem 9:423-24 best for union 17:168 best way to be 16:315 bringing down 16:231; 17:163,316 by turning thoughts towards the Mother 16:122 call in 16:153 communicating it to others 16:192 curing illness 15:160-63 the Divine and 14:148 don't spoil by talk 17:95 essential condition for 16:431 given as a gift 4:409-410 higher state than immobile 9:305 ignoring falsehood for sake of 17:345 immutable (inviolable) 17:181,381 in the Ashram 16:7 in the Mother's arms 16:149; 17:128 in vital and spiritual force 16:122 in what the Divine wants 17:378 in your heart 16:140,148 inertia and 11:41,161-64 inner, for receiving Force 4:63,97 Japa and 16:305-06 love and 17:86-87,110,120 mental 16:59 miseries and 16:195 the Mother's blessings for 17:357 the Mother's experiences of transformation and see Mother's body, the, transformation of, peace the Mother's presence and 17:123 not a hardening 16:190 not feeling 17:127,143 of certitude and confidence 16:115-16 of eternity 17:182 outward 17:107 positive and negative 6:361 progress and 5:266-67; 9:305; 15:199; 17:97 receiving 4:409-10; 16:146; 17:60-61 sadhana and 17:96-97 Savitri verses, the Mother's commentary upon two 5:388-91 shaking off 17:121,127 silence and 17:55,126 stepping back 3:160 strong and luminous 17:168 suffering and 11:282 through work and self-mastery 16:131 to become conscious of, repeat "Peace, peace, O my heart" 16:130,150 to end troubles 17:93 Truth-Consciousness and 5:65-66 war and 15:47-48,64-65 will make you strong and joyful 16:116 with others 17:376 see also Silence cf. Calm; Quiet People best not to listen to 16:214 don't bother about what they believe or say 16:170 live in their sensations 2:130 meeting, and wrong vibrations 16:358 what they say, of little importance 16:209 who criticise 16:270 will always have something to say 16:277 see also Humanity; Man/Mankind; Others; Relations Perception action and 10:291 direct, of divine law 2:159 faith, aspiration and 10:161 falsehood of 10:98 hallucination and 10:41 hearing and 10:226 objective 4:12,222-23,230,235 of Beauty behind all things 10:72 of body 8:55 of destructive and constructive vibrations 10:181 of difference between ordinary and true vibrations 10:202 of evil from above 10:72 of inner God 2:40 of inner reality of people 10:229 of mental activity during sleep 2:33 of other worlds 10:39 of past, present, future 10:49 of real Soul 2:165 of solitude 10:231 of suffering of humanity 2:126 perfection and 10:224 physical world and true 10:45,187 prevents us from seeing Lord 10:154-55 reason and 10:291 Perfected race 6:417 Perfection 4:214,233,326,329; 12:3-4,118-20; 15:85-86 as power of life 10:230 at each instant 10:205 balance and 4:14-16,24 blows and divine 10:58 conscious and unconscious 11:194 crude means of 10:168 degrees of 17:177 developing one's own qualities of 2:106 disorder on earth and 10:92 divine 16:320 equilibrium and 10:107-08 finding in yourself 10:23 from above and below 9:86-87,90-94 global approach to Divine 10:105 harmony and 10:266 higher, of spiritual life 2:161 ideal leading to 9:97 in man and monkey 2:159 in supermind 8:28-29 in work 2:51; 10:309; 14:325-30 increasing, in supramental world 9:185-89 inner 8:3 is the Divine as a whole 10:104 lack of in methods of Science 10:208 mind and 10:69 moral 9:409-10 the Mother on 8:20,34,233-34 obstacle to 2:52 of an action 10:308-09 of body see Body, perfection of of environment 10:312 of external being 12:4 of life 10:157 of maimed 10:46 of manifestation 10:218-19 of negative method 10:71 of psychic personality 10:29 of sight 10:229 of society 10:308 of soul 10:312; 17:78 of unity 2:164 path towards, and work 16:353 perception and 10:224 progress and 4:14-16; 10:166 progressive, of creation 16:427-28 psychological 8:36-42 quickest way towards 10:52 reaction and 10:311 realisation of 17:361 relative 6:417-18 role of love and fear in 10:333 through opposites 10:68 tired nerves and 16:83 varies from species to species 2:159 virtue and 10:157 way of synthetic 2:158 fn weakness and strength necessary for 10:101 Western idea of 10:104 what it must be 17:375 what offends our aspiration for, seems ugly 10:46 Permanence 17:402-03 Persecution chamber of torture 4:304 horrors of First World War 4:304 of new path-finders 4:317-18 of religions in Persia 4:316-18 Perseverance 2:41; 4:53-54,88,95,117,181,247,251; 7:84,104-05; 12:151,336; 14:171-73; 17:103,377 difficulties and 16:133 finding soul and 10:25 in study 16:145 in unifying one's being 16:396 living for Divine and 16:295-96 of nature 2:157 fn originates in psychic 4:254 story illustrating 2:193-97 success and 16:184 will with 2:90 work and 2:49 see also Endurance; Persistence Persistence vital and 14:171; 16:198 see also Perseverance Person, the 11:110 Personal effort see Effort, personal Personality 15:309-10,355-58 central being and 17:85 complex, extract from Synthesis 8:169 crumbling of limited 2:39 desire and passion cloud the 3:117 divine 3:169 exterior, and rebirth 3:145-46 illusion of 2:52-54,125 sensitivity and 2:55 suffering and 2:56-58 in the vital world 6:258 mental 10:27 method of increasing 2:53 perfection of psychic 3:150; 10:29 purified and made stronger by surrender 3:116-17 relationships and 2:68-70; see also Relations with others (Relationships) separate 8:52-53,306; 10:264 superman consciousness and 11:149-50 Universal 10:255 universal consciousness and 8:378-81 victory over egoistic 2:66 see also Individuality Perversion cause of, mind's intervention 9:299-300 correcting, thermocautery 9:307 disease of man 9:100-01,180-81 of body 9:162-64 Pessimism 4:22 dissatisfaction and 17:408 of no use 16:187 subconscient and 16:425 weapon of the devil 11:256-57 cf. Discouragement Pests killing 17:104 Pettiness 17:407 no longer tolerable 16:427 want it to disappear 16:92 Phenomena 17:394 Philanthropy 4:66,290; 7:54; 14:296 film "Monsieur Vincent" 5:16 magnified egoism 10:83 service of humanity: an ambition 5:12-16 Philosophy 4:216,370; 12:374 experience of the Reality and 6:24-27 philosopher and 4:195 reading 17:365 spiritual, and developed mind 9:344 Truth and 9:406-07 understanding 17:144 Photographs 8:163; 16:233-34 coloured 7:44-45 the Mother's 7:275 Photography 4:300; 12:244 brochure: "The Family of Man" 9:3-4 Physical, the 7:218; 11:269; 14:383-86; 15:323 direct contact with the Supreme 11:173 psychic and 6:5-6; 11:291-92 Supramental and 15:119,124 Transformation and 15:96-97 true 7:217-18 see also Body; Physical ... Physical activities offering to Divine 12:391 Physical appearance insult and 16:32 Physical being 17:73-74 concentration and 16:24 consciousness of 12:347 not expressive of the eternal Reality 16:228 progress and 7:425-26 psychic and 16:367; 17:73 to be a perfect instrument 12:73 true and deformed 7:218 yoga in 16:359 Physical body see Body
Physical consciousness 3:130-31; 9:107-11; 10:26; 12:46,345; 17:98 body and 5:58-59 body-consciousness and 16:231 coming out of 8:300-01 definition of 16:221,231 desire in madmen 11:189-90 Divine and 16:431 habits of 4:367-68 is ignorant 7:223-26,380 limitation of 10:26 mind contaminates 10:325 most material during March Past 5:259 Nature and 4:372 normal consciousness in most human beings 3:130 obscure in most men 11:189-90 old spiritual doctrines and 6:63 opening to the Divine 6:388-89 psychic and 5:259 rigidity of 10:72 showing truth to 3:130-31 silence of 16:236 Sri Aurobindo's yoga and 16:392 transformation of 6:109-11 under psychic influence 6:419 see also Body-consciousness Physical culture 8:25,238-43; 10:30-31; 12:50-55 beauty and 12:287 conscious movements 9:153-55 demonstration of 12:391 in integral yoga 9:81-82 progress and 8:196-97 sex and 12:379 see also Physical education Physical determinism 6:48-49,51-52 Physical education 12:354-56 aim of 8:243; 12:275-78,298 body's receptivity and 12:294-95 captains of 9:180-81; 12:109,160,355-56,360,364-68; 16:263,283,295,403-04 discipline and 12:382-84,392,395 effect of environment on body 5:296 fear during gymnastics, etc. 5:119-20,169 laziness, doing strenuous exercise 5:120-21 messages for competitions 12:275-81 of the body 12:7-8,12-17,275-81,285 perfection, physical, uninterrupted growth in 5:112-15 physical transformation and 12:278-81 prayers of groups, with the Mother's replies 12:271-74 programme at Ashram 16:275 to satisfy everyone 16:273 sports and 12:289-90; 16:403 suppleness through yogic force 5:268 teacher of, learning identification 5:299-301 see also Exercise(s); Physical culture; Sports Physical energy absorbing 16:224 Physical habits 6:158-59,162-63 Physical liberation 12:71 Physical life changes in 14:232-33 the Divine and 15:374 existence of, marvellous opportunity 9:41; 16:164 field for progress 5:50,206-07,339; 7:76; 9:270; 12:185-86; 16:164,434 inevitability gone 11:228-33 organisation of 6:13-16 origin of 5:70-71 transformation of 3:128; 5:59 Physical-mental knowledge 16:40-41 Physical mind 4:50,182,225; 8:390; 14:362,366; 17:90-91,153-59 passim blindness of 16:205 conversion of vital and 3:144 dissolves at death 3:149 doubt and 6:224-25 individuality and 6:258 knowledge of God through 10:43-44 love and 6:107-08 mechanical mind and 6:317-19 most difficult to change 9:106 the Mother's see Mother's body, the transformation, of physical mind the Mother's experiences of 11:4,69,93-95,279-80,284,293-95 pride and blindness of 16:205 realisation of formations in 10:128 Science and 3:161 Supramental and 11:270-80,284; 13:63-64; 15:117 under sway of vital world and hostile forces 3:61 cf. Body-mind; Material mind Physical nature harmony of true 4:372; 7:217 Physical plane 15:6 Physical transformation 4:18; 6:47,109-11; 12:346 (body) mind and 11:16-21,74,280 body to attain its supreme capacity 9:84-87,100-11 changing thought first 9:131-32 physical education and 12:278-81 subconscient and 7:83 Physical vision 5:410; 11:244-45 see also Mother's body, the, vision of; Vision Physical world 15:9-10,91-92 appearances in, deception of 10:300 beauty in 10:300 crystallisation of universe 5:272-73 decomposition of 5:206-07 destiny and 15:307-13 difficulties of 6:207-08 Divine vibration and 11:249 mastery of 16:236 the Mother's vision of 10:139-40 true perception and 10:25,45,187 resistance of 6:207 symbol of universal movements 5:272 transformation of 5:275-76 true perception of 10:187 world of form 8:216 under sway of vital world 3:61 see also Material world Physical yoga see Mother's body, the transformation of Pictures 17:72 Pity 17:10 in typal meditation 2:29 love and 10:360 nature of 10:360 Planchette automatic writing 9:362-68 Plans ambitious 17:297 for the creation 17:303-04 in advance 17:190 Plane(s) awaken to consciousness of 16:163 between mind and Supermind 3:94 cosmic 16:236 mental 3:60-62,65,156; 15:75 of consciousness, individual, determinism and 3:58-59 spiritual 3:64 vital see Vital world(s)/plane(s) see also Consciousness, planes of Planets beings on other 7:166 flying saucers 7:164-65 going to other, exteriorisation 7:165 Martians 7:164 matter on other 7:163 Plant(s) aspiration in 3:132; 8:24-26 consciousness in 4:240; 6:180-81; 8:26; 9:210-11 divine Presence in Nature 8:223-24 flowers and, sense of beauty, significance 4:166-67 identification with a tree 3:168 in Japan 4:306-07 kerosene and 17:17 open to the Mother's influence 3:132 opening to the Divine 17:17 psychic in 4:26 subtle physical takes rest in 8:338 transition from, to animal 9:210-11 trees, abode of vital beings 8:26 vanity in 4:29 see also Flower(s) Plasticity 10:29-30; 14:153 manifestation of new forces and 10:220 of the body 8:25 of physical consciousness and nature 4:368,374 progress and 7:208-09 supramental 3:175-76 to Divine Will 4:207-08 total 10:115 understanding and 4:157 Plato ideas and 2:76 Play(ing) 12:190-91 children and 12:134; 17:152 consequences of knowing and not knowing what's going to happen 10:150 Divine 6:267-68; 10:51-52,103; 11:39-40 of Lord 10:148-49 He plays with you if you know how 10:159 tragedy and 10:149 marbles 17:155-56 place in yoga 17:159-60 work and 12:186 Playground presence at distribution in 17:209,212 work of the Mother at Balcony Darshan and 7:257-59 Plays Anu's play, "Raukumar" 17:216 Pleasure 12:384 Ananda, ecstasy, joy and 16:297-98 bliss and 10:315 detachment from 8:327-28 Delight and 9:22-23,40-41 Divine presence and 8:121; 10:69 do work with 16:113 excitement and joy 8:263-64,328-29 in late night work 17:362-63 joy, depression and 8:84-85,191-92 of the vital 16:136,201; 17:160 pain and 9:40-41 perversion of Ananda 16:399 renunciation of 6:301-02 suffering and 16:297-98 to receive Ananda 6:292; 8:121 transforming "enjoyings" 8:376-77 see also Delight Poetry 12:243 beauty in 7:279 philosophy and 7:278 poets, expressing ideas 7:93 "sensuousness (sensuality) of the spirit" 7:278-79; 12:243 study of 17:340-42 writing of, and inspiration 16:138 Politics 15:61,426-28 in Auroville 13:226 international 15:64-65,355 money and, resistance to supramental action 9:166-69 the Mother and 13:51 politician, true 7:301 solution, economic 7:304-05 Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 13:124-30; 17:202-03 steeped in falsehood 16:337 transformation difficult 7:301-02 Truth and 16:376 unconverted 7:307 world politics, America and Russia in 7:304 see also Government(s) Pondicherry 13:381-83; 15:325; 16:7-9; 17:371 atmosphere of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother 13:75-76 the Mother and 13:43,63,109 the Mother's coming 7:387-88 seasons, irregular 7:387-88 Sri Aurobindo and 13:30,109,383 Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 13:129; 15:325 World War II and 13:126 Portraits wearing for protection 6:234-35 Positivism necessary period of 6:197 without attachment 6:429 see also Asceticism Possession 3:42-49; 17:114 cases of 4:184-88; 5:42-49 of body by an asuric or rakshasic being 16:249 of body by adverse forces 5:97; 6:245-48,434-36 of nothing, and happiness 3:253-54 Possibility(ies) 4:78; 11:255-57,317,320,330 best possible happens 4:213-15 development of 17:169 we put limitations 6:124 Poverty 10:313-14 attitude towards 10:268 Auroville and 10:269-70 ego and 10:271-72 society and 10:269-71 spirituality and 3:53-54 Power(s) 14:183 anger as deformation of vital 10:81 body and 10:230 call in cells for 10:168 can tolerate nothing but union 10:176 destruction of, in Europe 10:142 Divine see Divine power Divine Will and 12:383; 17:11 exhaustion of personal 4:180 first condition for 12:279-80 for progress 10:47 governing everything 10:231 hate is a sword of 10:281 idea and sensation of 10:185 idea of Mahakali's 4:397 in idols 10:95-96 is the Divine 11:260 knowledge and 3:221; 8:140,190,352,360; 10:208 money, sex, and 4:381-82 misuse and right use of 3:7-8 neutrality and 10:175 of action of bad thoughts 2:90-91 of changing things 8:101-02 of choice 10:287 of collective prayer 9:369-70 of discernment 3:185 of dissolution and progress 10:173 of Divine Love and transformation 3:171-72; 10:261 of evolution and serpent 10:93 of experience 10:185 of immobility 8:66-68,330-31 of immortality 10:83-84 of knowledge and wisdom 10:1-3 passim of love 10:72-73 of mastery 8:351-52 of new consciousness 11:267-68 of perfect harmony 10:233-34 of prediction 10:129 of pure Love 10:202 of purification 10:72-73 of silence 10:213-15 of soul over matter 10:209-10 of thought 2:107,153-54; 5:19,132-33,387; 9:186 of thought formations 2:85-86,108 of true consciousness 10:192 of the vital 8:73,298-99 of words 2:63-65; 7:346-50 possession of 4:86 spiritual 2:109 material and 10:294 static and dynamic 4:368-69 Supreme, destroys vital being 4:187 sweetness incomplete without 10:282 tapasya of 12:55-56 that arranges everything 10:144 that dissolves 10:173 to amuse ourselves like the Lord 10:150 to be 10:231 to change truth into falsehood 10:39-40 to heal 10:325 to observe law rigidly is basis of freedom 10:257 to open understanding 10:210 Truth-Power 10:185,194-95 which does everything 10:234 Practice 17:31 ideal and 17:90 integral, and theoretical knowledge 3:228 mite of, more precious than mountains of talk 3:201 worth more than resolutions 16:274 Prahlad 17:9 Praise depreciation and 16:170 loathing for, under influence of Agni 3:138 vital's hunger for 3:137-38 Prakriti 16:237 Divine Mother and 7:207 not feminine and masculine 6:118-19 power of Nature transferred to Purusha 11:107 Purusha and 7:207; see also Purusha see also Nature Pralaya(s) 6:171; 7:208; 10:107,191,219; 11:311 civilisations disappearing 5:250 destruction of universe 4:23 fn; 10:99,107; see also Universe, creation... explanation of tradition 4:218 idea of 5:353 peace, sovereign, with world's disappearance 5:390 cf. Creation Pranam to the Mother 15:37; 16:89,166; 17:27,29-30,46,61,64,99,342 Prayer(s) 8:228,255; 15:221-36; 17:30,70-71 aspiration and 5:93,141-45 children and 12:334 collective 9:37-39,369-70 different types of 5:141-44 efficacy of 16:23 for Grace 17:381 for little things 16:278 an imprudent 16:32-33 intellectuals idea of 5:145 intense, a grace for men 5:89-90 making effort and 16:275 mechanical, value of 5:141 the Mother's 17:176 mystics, importance for 5:145 of cells of the body 11:91-95; 12:283-84 of the Creative Power 9:332-33 of physical education groups, with the Mother's replies 12:271-74 of religions 16:235 of Saint Genevieve 16:34-35 response to 16:354 spontaneous 8:228-29 vain people, despise it 5:93 value of 10:165 weather and 6:201 whom to pray to? 5:165 with the body 16:76 Prayers and Meditations see Mother (2), the, writings of Precaution 16:15-16 Predestined being 6:386-87 Preference(s) 4:202,208; 10:25,353; 17:178 choice and 4:1-3,327; 8:398-99,405-07; see also Choice desire and 4:1,12,388; 8:256,398-99,407; see also Desire for ideas 2:75,77 judgment and 2:57 the Mother has no 17:53 only to carry out Divine will 17:55 rising above 2:25 subconscious 2:154 vital and 16:113 Premonition 17:112-13 Preparation for receiving help 17:190 mental 17:85-86 Presence, the see Divine Presence Present, the 15:79 Pressure 4:206 Pretense 4:75,339; 12:129 Prevision crystal-gazing 5:231 foretelling events 5:88 premonitions, the lift-boy's story 5:191 Pride 10:12; 14:279 asceticism and 6:301,429 being sad and 16:71 discipline and 6:302 doing "great things" 16:182 invites blows 16:92 leads to ruin 16:108 of being worshipped 6:195-96 of physical mind 16:205 wrong feeling of 16:63-64 see also Ego; Egoism; Vanity Priest occult knowledge of 4:397 Prizes 12:365-66 Problem(s) 4:1,386; 16:216 answers, finding them in books 8:163-65 concentrating to solve a 8:183; 10:135 of existence 8:266-70 of vital being 8:298-99 pushed into sub-conscient 8:19 recurring 8:19 solved during sleep 4:61 Progress 5:44-45; 12:33-35,53,153,163,168,173-74,356,377; 15:82-84 action and 16:397-98 adverse forces and 7:16,18; 8:22-23; 10:120-22 after death 5:261-64 Agni as will for 17:81,148 all can be opportunity for 17:196 are you aware of making 16:118 arousing desire for 12:171 as goal of life 16:429-30 aspiration for 2:69; 6:175-77,337-38,386-87; 8:205-07; 10:34; 16:304-05 assessing 16:304-05 at each moment 2:93; 5:48-52,202 attitude towards sports and 6:28-29 blows from Divine and 4:122; 10:48,57-58; 16:92 body's capacity for 5:112-16,207,210,260-61,267-68; 7:208-09; 8:196-97; 10:29; 11:95-96,98,141; 12:259,359-60,288-89; 16:397-98,429 boredom, learning and 5:48-52; 12:73-76 broken, impressions of 16:113 change of being and 4:102-03,116 change of consciousness and 4:336 competitions and 12:289 conscious and willed 5:63-66; 16:74 consciousness and 17:113,160-61 curve of 7:324 danger and 12:155; 16:335 death and 12:346 defects and 16:246 depends on divine Will 9:129-30 depression and 4:116; 7:10-11 desire and 10:263; 16:428 desire for 2:93,103 despair and 10:56-57 destruction and 17:256 different kinds of 7:309 difficulties and 6:242-44,323-26,357-58,464; 17:84 discipline and 3:20-21; 12:382-84 disintegration of forms and 10:90 dissatisfaction and 17:122 dissolution and 7:208 the Divine and 15:84 Divine Grace and 9:298 Divine will and 9:130 double movement, individual and collective 8:132-33,264-65; 9:141-42 doubt and 10:27 earthly life time of 5:50,206-07,339; 7:76; 9:270; 12:185-86; 16:164,434 easy life and 12:395 effort for 4:7; 5:102-04; 7:202; 8:196,209,360-61; 9:173-74, 316-18; 12:137; 16:179-80,291,315 endless 5:58-62,203 energy of 7:102 equilibrium important to 6:180 everything becomes an opportunity for 6:154-55; 10:301 exceptional chance now for 16:421 experiences and 6:351-55 faith in 5:144 faster, in sports 16:412 fasting not a spiritual 9:117-18 fear and 17:118 followed by immobility 3:87-88 forgiveness and 10:47 Free Progress (System) see Free Progress (System) from life to life 9:268-70 greatest obstacles to 10:27 group and individual 2:60; 12:39-40,181-82 guided by psychic being 4:146,151,165 guru subject to law of 12:63-64 happiness and 16:32 horizontal and vertical 7:35-36 humility and 5:45-46; 17:163 hypocrisy opposes all 5:31 idea of 3:194 identification with others to make 5:219-22 illusion of, by ascetic methods 6:428 image of European 10:311 in delight 10:52 in an evolving world 5:334-36; 10:56-57 in light of the ideal 2:49; 4:38-39 in routine 17:311-12 in spirals 5:335-36; 9:174 in supramental life 9:188-89 in yoga 5:206-07; 8:209; 17:40 individual 2:86; 9:141-42; 10:56-57 collective and 8:132-33,264-65 group and 2:60; 12:39-40,181-82 reincarnation assures 9:214-16 self-perfection can make for 2:66 stages of development of 9:197-98 thought formation and 2:86 universal and 7:427 inner progress 2:146 applying materially 4:181 of earth 3:39-40 unity and 6:428 integral 2:38; 7:197,309 joy of 8:20,84-85,253; 9:316-17; 10:166; 16:46; 17:191 Krishna's influence changed 10:61 law and 10:259-60 lies in widening 12:185-86 love of 2:76 material comfort and 16:296 may not be apparent 16:133 meditation and 3:20-21; 5:44-46,267 mental 4:203; 5:253-54,359-60; 9:134-36 method to 16:317 misfortune, changing inner attitude and 5:192 the Mother's rapid 17:208 never to sit down 9:35,63,188-89 not by boasting 17:167 objectivisation and 10:162-63 of body 5:268; 7:208-09; 16:429 of earth, money and 16:373 of evolution 10:89-90 of humanity 2:101; 3:203-06,273; 12:305 of ideal and energies 2:49 of man 10:272-73 of manifestation 6:31-32; 8:325-26; 10:224 of mentality since time of Buddha 3:235-36 of Nature 2:157; 5:63-64,336,360; 8:12; 10:12-13,360 old age and 3:238; 12:259 on earth 17:102,109,375 on one's birthday 16:396-97 only remedy for backward movement 10:47 opinion of others and 8:348-49 opportunity for 16:164 opposites are stimulants to 10:166-70 pain and 12:75 past and 16:17 peace and 5:266-67; 9:305; 15:199; 17:97 perfection and 4:14-16; 10:166 perpetual 2:25; 4:23,200; 5:58,312-13; 7:325 physical culture and 8:196-97 plasticity and 7:208-09 possibility for 17:401 power of dissolution and 10:173 prevented by disobedience 17:64 preventing, through self-justification 8:374-75 profound law and purpose of earthly life 3:298 psychic and 4:149,163,165; 5:203-06,265,359-60; 7:76,425; 9:268-70; 10:31 psychic life and 17:122 quicker with Kali's help 17:375 reaction perfects and hastens 10:311 receptivity and 7:142 relativity of things and 8:6 religion and 5:32 remorse and 16:45-46 resistance to 2:31; 5:270-71; 8:209 responsibility and 5:300-01 sadhana and 7:33,197,344 search for the Divine and 7:373 self-control indispensable for 17:376 should be outcome of need 17:375 showing faults and 16:168-69 sign of life 9:174 simplification and 16:303 sincerity the key to 3:192-93 skepticism and 10:27 spiritual progress 16:316; 17:385 parents and 16:412 last stage of 5:57-58 Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 16:314,333 stable and genuine 17:118,153-54 stage by stage 4:181 stopped by egoism, vanity, jealousy 5:46,219-20; 16:128; 17:117-18,122,160-61 suffering and 4:295,355; 10:50; 12:75; 17:119 tamas and 12:397 things inadmissible and useless for 8:5-6 thinking only of going forward 9:412 three ways of 16:433-34 thought and 2:60,86 through telling things to the Mother 6:199 through what seems bad 10:49 trance or samadhi as sign of 8:275-77 transformation and 5:266 truth from above and 10:145 two kinds of 9:396 two sides, negative and positive 8:22 understanding and 9:134-36 uneven 6:35-36,95-96 universal 5:336; 8:233-34,325-26 unlimited 8:387 vice and virtue used in 10:267; 16:246 vital and 4:52; 5:256-59 passim,425; 16:297,397-98 vital or mental, which more rapid? 5:211,253-54 wanting to know about one's 17:171 war and 10:52-53 why one doesn't make 16:246 will for 2:31; 4:78; 7:373; 8:252; 16:251; 17:81,147,166,190 without worry 17:147,161 work and 5:47-48; 7:291-92 youth and 12:122-24,239,259; 16:429 Promise fulfilling the Lord's 17:184-85 Propaganda 8:105,107 Property to be gifted to the Mother 17:202 Prophecies of a new earth and new human race 6:159 Prophets man's attitude towards 7:334 Prosperity in Ashram and India 17:258 Prosperity (Ashram Department) questions about requests 17:141 refusals? 17:154-55 waste and 17:155 Protection 4:129,325; 8:261-62; 14:346-47 calling for 17:403-04 danger and 16:351 during meditation 17:247 fear and 17:110 getting out of 17:208,294,317 given by the body 3:47-48; 7:24 more spontaneous 17:278 of the Divine 5:167-68; 8:224; 15:50-52; 17:110 the Mother's and Sri Aurobindo's 16:345-46,351; 17:190,193,197 Prudence 2:6 story illustrating 2:204-07 Prudhommme, Sully 5:402; 6:4 Psychic, the 6:161; 12:125; 14:265,353-60; 15:200-01,321 after death 6:56 age of 12:432-33 alone can replace reason 9:102 always sincere 3:153 always with the Mother 17:68,100,103,170 aspiration of 4:145; 7:9; 8:22,235-36,250; 14:79-80; 17:103,369 awakened, draws things which help 4:146,149,165,261 awakening 8:404-05 behind supporting all 7:221-22 being see Psychic being body and 7:44; 10:29-30; 17:367-68 centre see Psychic centre children and 4:140,146,246; 6:4-9; 17:120 choice of 4:145; 5:412 chooses next life before death 5:215-17,261-65,263-69; 8:202; 15:136 coming to the surface 17:89-90 communion with 4:244-45; 7:39-40,68-69,78 compassion, gratitude and 15:297 condition for knowing 10:205 consciousness of see Psychic consciousness consciousness brought into being by 10:29-30 consciousness unified with 7:255 contact Divine with 6:160-61; 7:424 contact with 7:196,221,252,263-64,272-73,355,399,423-24; 17:16,61,90,103,369,371 cures stupidity 4:369 development of faculties and 8:189 difficulties and 6:33-34; see also below difficulties and experiences of 4:310; 7:77-80 hiding itself and 6:24,33-34 in heart 17:68,98,142 in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 7:117 new faculties 9:396-97 relationships and 10:247-48 reversal of consciousness and 8:172-74 continuity, sense of 7:221-22 dazzling when entered consciously 4:97 delegate of the Divine 7:227 depression and 17:27-28 developed 4:144-50; 5:215,412; 7:20-21,273,362 development of capacities by contact with 7:399-400 sense of responsibility and 4:246 through lives 4:144,146,243 difficulties and 7:21,401; 17:102-03; see also above contact with, difficulties and the Divine and 8:299; 14:354,358,360; 16:167-68,247; 17:80 Divine love, vital and 16:176 divine planes and 8:299 Divine Presence in 4:26 Divine, supramental and 17:80 doesn't mock 17:18 earth only place with 4:164-65,243; 7:164 earth place for progress of 4:144,165 emotions belong to higher vital not 3:124 eternal principle hidden in depths of being 9:228-29 experiences of 6:332,334; 7:374 expression of 7:42 exterior consciousness may deny perception of 3:152 faith of 7:116-17; 10:290; 17:125 few carry it within them 4:130,139 formation of 10:29 freedom of choice and 10:88 Grace and need of 7:41 humanity and 6:160-61 identification with 6:332-35; 9:18-19; 15:324-26 images for discovery of 7:271-72 immortality and 16:432 in animals 4:28 in the atom 4:141 in flowers 4:26,166-67 in matter 4:141,163,184 influence of 4:165-66; 5:395; 7:263-64 inhabitants of higher mind and 6:161 inspiration from depths of 8:193-94; 12:337 is above suffering 4:45 Jivatman and 7:227 knowledge of 3:152; 7:224-25,273,355 lack of collaboration and 16:367 liberation of 7:270-71 life of, true 2:57 light on earth corresponding to an incarnating soul 8:202,215 man alone possesses 10:205 material vital and 8:218 material world has no link with 4:247 matter and 4:164-65; 6:160-61 mental constructions and 6:138-41 mind and 4:27; 7:40-44,321,399; 16:424 mirror of 5:9-10 mockery and 17:18 the Mother's decision to achieve union with 10:132 need of 7:40-41,399 new birth and 9:336-38,431-32 none in beings of Overmind world 10:204 obeys Lord 10:359 of the Mother 11:130,280-81,290-92; 17:68,103,170 oracle, inner 8:188 organisation around 6:5-6; 8:22,174-76,337-38,381; 10:97; 11:291-92 organises existence 7:222-26; 9:269 origin of 3:153; 4:140-41,184,254; 5:201 outer nature and 7:20-21,110 overhead regions and 17:69 overmind and 6:161 past lives, experiences in 4:143-49,151; 7:374 perception of 3:152 perfection of body and 10:30 perseverance originates in 4:254 physical and 6:5-6; 11:291-92 physical being and 16:367; 17:73 physical consciousness and 6:419; 7:74,223-24 possession of, by vital beings 4:184-87 presence of, tries to awaken the being 9:16-17 progress and 4:149,165; 5:203-06,265,359-60; 7:76,425; 9:268-70; 10:31 raison d'etre of 5:395 realisation of 7:40-41; 14:107-08 reaching 7:78 rebirth, cycles of see below reincarnation of receives and transmits Truth 17:80 reincarnation of 4:143-51,168,183,259,311; 5:215-16,261-65 passim,268-69; 7:86-87,374-75; 8:200-03,215,333-38; 15:136; 17:367-68; see also Psychic being, rebirth of rest of 17:367 responsibility and developed 4:246 screen 5:199-204 self-deception impossible 11:128-29 sense of suffocation of 4:97,100 shelter from depression 6:32,34 sight of physical and 6:134-35 spiritual life and 3:63-65; 4:164-65; 8:136-37; 16:223 spontaneity and 16:368-39 subliminal and 7:109 surrender of 6:419 surrender, physical consciousness and 6:419; cf. Physical consciousness, opening to the Divine supermind (supramental) and 3:242; 8:299; 14:358; 15:117; 17:80 terrestrial formation is tradition of 4:243 transformation and 5:99-100; 9:293-94; 11:280; 15:95,97 true self and 3:124; 7:105-06 Truth and 15:325-27; 17:80 .pa union (uniting) with 3:126,149; 7:68-69; 8:136-37,304-06,337-38; 14:355; 16:432; 17:316-17; see also Psychic being, unifying parts of being around; Unification vibhuti and 7:362 vibration of, clothing Divine love 4:245 the vital and 4:137; 5:258-59; 6:5-6,305; 7:44,253; 16:174,176 will of and justice 5:217-18,395 witness 4:233 work of 7:76 see also Psychic...; Soul Psychic being 4:140-51,184-85,196; 11:290-92; 12:430; 14:248; 15:265,310,323-28,339,357-58 aim of 4:149 already given to Divine 3:62-63 animal and man, relation between 5:241 appearance of 15:347 aspiration of 4:168; 5:265 a base and evil life and 16:249 becoming conscious of 4:146,168; 16:397; 17:90,136,369 birth, physical, stupor of 5:217,253,412 body and 4:144-45; 6:249; 16:249 body-consciousness and 6:447-48 central being and 6:425; 17:85 children in Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 5:289-90; 6:4-9 choosing next birth 5:215-18,253,263,265,268-69,412; see also below rebirth (reincarnation) coming to the surface 16:133 concentration and 16:223 conscience and 16:379-80 consciousness at origin of 5:201 contact with 2:69-70; 3:23-25; 4:146-49,245-46; 6:365-66; 7:80; 8:404-05; 12:45-47; 16:223-24,248,289; 17:16,61,90 abolishes fear 5:118 after death 17:367-68 important moments in 5:1 means of 5:392 sense of immortality and 5:317 conversion of Asuras (vital beings) and 4:188; 5:98-100,375-77; 6:161,174,203-04,245-48,435-37; 10:282; 17:216 curve of life and 7:245-46 degradation and 16:249 desire and 16:431 developed, fully, and fusion with Overmind beings 5:265,325; 7:87 developed, is consecrated to Divine 4:147 development and perfection of 5:206-07,265 difficulties and 7:21,401 direct contact of Mother's body with 11:130 discovery of 5:2 the Divine, and 8:299-300; 16:167-68 Divine Presence and 16:424 divine spark and 4:139-44,184-85 does not suffer 16:168 door opened when telling things to the Mother 6:199 earth and 6:160-62 easier for women to contact it 14:310 ego and 16:432 entered into during rest 17:367 evolution and 5:265; 16:247-48 experience of being a king 4:144-50 experience wanted by 6:447-48 faith of 17:125 "families of beings", consecrated to same work 5:2 finding and guidance of 5:394-96; 10:279; 16:250 fourth dimension and 12:431 freedom from collective suggestions 5:313-15 gods and 6:61; 10:204-05 goodwill among men 5:306 government by 17:58,122,136,372-73 growth of 16:223-24; 17:78 guides progress 4:146,151,165 happiness and 16:290 heart and 8:193; 16:397 higher beings and 4:184 immortality of body and 16:195 in front 6:409 in life 3:151; 4:26-28; 7:100 in man and animal 3:151 in possession of Divine Power 10:243 incarnation of, in children 8:202-03.335-37 independent of physical form 9:214-15 individualisation and 6:260 individualised, more or less, but pure 3:150; 5:394 India and 12:314 influence of 5:359; 7:263-64,422 inhabitants of earth and 6:160-62 inner will of 4:165 intelligent will is first instrument of 12:294 interiorisation and 16:223 is conscious 4:146,168 is the Mother's child 17:115 is not mistaken 16:306-07 is radiant 17:372-73 knowledge of 6:396 knows true love 16:255 law and 10:243 life of 7:374,425-26 life on earth opportunity to progress 7:76 location of 6:392 man and 5:99; 15:380 materialising 11:238-39 memory of past lives and 5:359; 9:293; 15:363 mental education bars opening 5:217 mind under influence of 5:212,359; 16:397 mind, vital and 16:167,424 the Mother and 6:163; 17:68,108,115 motives, outer, as pretext 5:3 music 5:75-78 not all have 3:151 not conscious of 5:206 only rapid way to find 16:256-57 only upon earth 4:164-65; 7:164 origin of 6:27-28 outer being and 7:86; 16:249 overhead regions and 17:69 overmind and 5:265,325; 7:87 physical beings and 6:448 power of emanations 5:265 presence (psychic) and 3:150-51 progress of 5:205-07,265 psychic entity and 17:339-40 readiness of 17:372 .pa rebirth (reincarnation) of 3:145-46,148-49; 4:146,168; 15:135-37,391-92; 17:367-68,370-72; see also above choosing next birth; see also Psychic, the, reincarnation of receptivity of parents to bring down 5:216 selfless movement 5:242 sheath of divine Presence 16:424 solitude of 17:100 soul and 3:123-25; 4:137; 16:247-48,358 special grace given to man 5:99-100 spontaneous admiration and 3:158 Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 6:296; 16:367 suffering and 4:45; 16:168 supramental being and 11:238-39 supramental knowledge through 5:398 surface signs of 17:74 to contact in psychic world 17:368-69 the true individual is 3:63,124-25,169 unifying parts of being around 3:7,126,149; 5:134; 16:360-63,412-13,431; 17:436; see also Psychic, the union with; Unification veiled 5:394 vision of see Psychic vision vital and 4:141; 6:161; 16:174 vital being and 6:161; 16:174 will of 5:217,395 works for transformation 7:76 works for unification 16:174 see also Psychic, the Psychic centre 12:4-5; 16:281-82; 17:60 fundamental seed of aspiration 3:130 heart-centre 8:193 of harmonisation and transformation 9:269-70 opening of 4:20 organisation around 4:40,195,229 unification of being around 16:392 Psychic change spiritual change and 16:223 Psychic consciousness 4:232; 5:36-37; 9:345; 17:46,90,92-93 after death 12:348 awakening of 3:21 circumstances and 7:382 concentration on 17:96-98,103,121,368-70 contact of ordinary and 17:693 discretion of 16:286 dreaming in 4:149 extreme sweetness of 17:61 gives deep inner realisation 9:345 has no difficulties 17:102-03 how to get 17:103-04 instinctive to plants 3:132 intensive mental education shuts off 5:217 judgment and 9:308 letting it decide 7:221 living in 4:325 medium for inspiration 10:5 of past lives 7:221 outer consciousness and 5:258; 16:168 perception in relation with others 9:179 realisation and 9:345 rebirth and 3:145-46,148-49 spiritual re-birth, an entry into 3:176-77 Psychic dignity and determination 17:372 Psychic education 4:26-27; 12:30-35 and Spiritual Education, and answers relating to 6:24-37 Psychic effort 6:138-41 Psychic emotion passing to supramental consciousness 9:325 vital and 15:344-46 Psychic entity psychic being and 17:339-40 Psychic fire 8:252; see also Agni Psychic flame 17:81,148 Agni and 16:208; see also Agni; Fire; Flame Psychic identification 9:18-19; 15:324-26 breaking the shell of ego 6:332-35 Psychic influence 16:182,248; 17:76 on nature-being 7:263-64,422 Psychic inspiration 8:193-94; 12:337 Psychic law reign, reason and 15:246 Psychic life in child 17:122,157 of the universe 17:102 true 2:57 Psychic love 4:165-66; 16:174-76; 17:100,108,145 peace and 17:87,120 Psychic memory 5:33-37; 16:350-51,424 of past lives 4:49; 7:221; 9:293; 10:97; 15:361-64 see also Past life/lives, memory of Psychic mirror 5:9-10 Psychic nature 10:244 Psychic perception 17:155,170 Psychic personality growth of 16:223-24 perfection of 10:29 Psychic poise 6:393,395-96 Psychic purusha 17:88 Psychic screen 5:199-204 Psychic smile 5:242 Psychic sorrow 6:144-47 Psychic surrender physical consciousness and 6:419; cf. Physical consciousness, opening to the Divine Psychic vision 4:20-21; 6:134-35; see also Inner vision Psychic world (plane) 3:62-63; 4:165,228-29; 15:6; 17:368-70 Psychological condition not a test 17:112 Psychological divisions of the human being 16:239 Psychological qualities can be cultivated 16:271 Psychology inner 6:262-64 psychoanalysis of Freud 7:108 psychoanalysts 7:118 true 7:112 yoga and 12:248 Public opinion 14:299-302 Publication of cheap editions 17:389,396-97 Puja 6:196 Pulling 5:22 aspiration and 14:80-81 Punishment 12:379-80 Divine and 16:352 error and 16:323 fear of 12:365 Purani, A.B. 13:186 Pure being 16:191 Purification by love contained in silence 17:54 courage to fight difficulties 9:74 fire of 16:104,184; 17:127-28 flame of 17:81,106,148 in new bodies 17:109 in silence 17:107 integral 17:106 must begin from above 6:180 of body 6:179-81 of outer being 17:409 power of 10:72-73 true 9:241 Purity 6:338; 12:247; 14:156-57 definition 10:296 Divine 9:469; 10:105 fear and 16:330 Grace and 16:379 ignorance, greatest impurity 3:190-91,264 in self-giving 7:243 of action 10:296 of instinct and soul 10:55 perfect 9:119; 16:388 same as sincerity 6:438-40; 10:204 supreme, deep within 3:215 true 9:241 what Buddhism means by "impurities and purity" 3:190-91 "Purodha" (Hindi magazine) 17:201,225,239-40,255,257,281,288-89, 296,298,325-26,328,331-32 Purusha 6:327; 7:207 consent of 6:128 mental 17:46,86-87 physical 17:87-88 power of Nature transferred from Prakriti 11:107 Prakriti and 6:273; 8:59-64; 16:237 not masculine and feminine 6:118-19 see also Prakriti psychic 17:88 sacrifice of 8:74 vital 17:86 Pythagoras 2:93 Q
Quarrel(s) 14:282-86; 17:6,230,239-40,242,262,285 difference of opinion 17:333-34 Divine love is above 16:175 foolish 16:193-94 never 17:376 Question(s) badly stated 17:45 an interesting one 7:377-78 questioning and difficulties 7:8 receptivity and 7:8 unnecessary 17:50-51,69 Questions and Answers 1929 6:199-201,375-76; 16:3-4 Quiet(ness) 14:142-45,370 because of confidence 17:388 bring down 16:231 constantly poured by the Mother 17:60 for coping 17:413 for more complete union 17:178 in face of violence (attacks) 17:60,238,364,393 in work 17:207,213,228 keeping, and talking 16:194 the Mother's body wants to be 17:224 of mind, and studies 16:199; see also Mind, quiet mind perfect in heart and head 17:361 sitting down in 17:163,194,361 a strong being is 16:125 to accept things 17:406 to bear Force 17:51 to find the Mother's Presence 17:69 to maintain happiness 17:50 treating a child with 17:413 unwavering, in psychic 17:60 cf. Calm; Peace Quietude activity and 16:345 Quotations 17:343 R
Rabelais 10:156 Race real origin of superiority of 3:150-51 Radha 15:16; 16:175 prayer to Krishna 5:385; 15:223-24 Krishna and 8:223-27; 12:148; 17:243,282 Rahukal 16:15,18 Raja yoga 3:21; 8:43,46 Rajas in vital 16:297 Rajasic eagerness 6:328,336-38,409 Rakshasas 15:26 cf. Adverse forces Rakshasic being possession of body by 16:249 Rama 5:324; 10:282 murdered Vali 10:311 Ravana and 10:355 Ramakrishna 4:94 fn; 8:43; 9:146 fn; 10:207,254-55 baby monkey and baby cat 3:4-5 periods of emotional excitement 3:10 swift identification with the Divine 5:225 two kinds of masters 2:109 Ramana Maharshi 8:21 Ramayana 5:324-29 Rama, involuntary being 5:324; see also Rama Ravana 5:328-29,379-80 Sita 5:328-29 Rancour widespread cause of misery 3:186 Rasputin 4:188 Ravana 5:328-29,379-80 dark side of Vishnu 10:282 Rama and 10:355 Reaction(s) against a teacher 17:269 inner, and ego 17:311 make need for effort 17:133,364,376 not to mind 17:242 "terrible" 17:137 to fluctuations in work 17:334 to loss or breakage 17:17 Readiness for descent of Truth-Light 17:404 for the Hour of God 17:233 for spiritual life 17:400 of psychic being within 17:372 to re-establish harmony 17:363 Reading 12:142-49; 16:199-200 about ordinary life 17:152,364-65 aspiration and attraction to 6:175-76 books 3:27; 4:152-55; 7:287-90,310-13 READING books 3:27; 4:152-55; 7:287-90,310-13 choosing one's books 7:310-13,341; 17:364-65 effect of on imagination 17:69 French literature 17:144-45 Gujarati literature 17:69,73 in mind's silence 3:65 looking at pictures 17:72 monthlies and stories 17:20,364-65 the Mother's works 12:205; 16:232-33; see also Mother (2) the, newspapers 12:148; 16:416-17; 17:19,328-29,364-65 novels 12:393; 16:281; 17:66,69,158,364-65 ordinary books 4:152-55 sadhana and 12:217 Satprem's Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness in French 17:347 sleepiness and 17:151 Sri Aurobindo's works 12:205-06,398-99; 16:232-33,243,266, 269,274,311; 17:339,365,375; see also Sri Aurobindo (2) strain in 17:191 tamas and 17:152 telling stories and 17:63,65 thoroughness and care in 12:142 time for 17:146 to study a language 4:154 typing wrongly and 17:389 unwholesome 17:10 without understanding 17:70-71 writing and 17:148 Yoga and 3:27 see also Books Realisation(s) 4:16,330,355; 15:241 all-powerful and happy 16:432 artists who have realised 5:83 beautiful 17:237 by one body 4:159 complexity brings greater 10:94 conditions for it to be told 10:114-15 "dynamic" 7:204 earthly 17:186 "evil persona", role of 5:276 fn faith in 16:125 fatuity, creates greatest obstruction to 3:337-38 future 2:159; 8:13 great leap towards 16:425 hierarchy in 7:340; 8:45-46,48-49 imagination and 6:233-34 India's freedom, fact and inner 8:31 individual and collective 8:49-50,133 inner and outer 10:137 instruments prepared for 8:366 integral 9:94,345-46; 16:164,225; see also below of integral yoga limited by our idea 8:1 linear and spherical 7:251 material, of spiritual experience 8:247,379-81 new being worked out 9:313-15 of childhood dreams 8:119 of the Divine see Divine, realisation of of the future 9:298-99 of human unity 2:47 of humanity and personal 10:84 of the ideal 2:78; 3:13 of integral yoga 5:349-50; see also above integral of mental formations of physical plane 10:128 of new body through direct transmutation 9:128-29,237-38 of promises 16:87 of the Self 10:138; 16:227,409-10 of the Supreme 10:70,74,85,245,247 of thing's only when... 16:185 on physical plane 16:102 outer, perfection from below 9:90-94,97 partial 4:116; 9:411 path of 5:83-85; 7:421 perfect and sincere 10:204 physical 11:269 power of concentration for 9:360-61 power of human 9:86-87,90-94 progress and 8:13,21 radical 10:228 secret of 3:178 self-giving and 7:327-28 siddhi and tapasya 8:173-74 sincerity, basis of all 8:399 spiritual 8:244-45; 14:107-08 Sri Aurobindo Ashram, place of 7:420-21 supramental see Supramental realisation Supreme Power of 17:274 terrestrial 7:294 thought and 8:30,396-97 through Divine love 8:191,235 time between revelation and 10:125 vision and 10:11 vital's power for 5:258-59 will be had in Matter 11:231-32 work to be 5:352,354-56 yogic 16:157 Realism 14:272 Reality, the 11:39-40,267; 15:8; 17:182 appearance and 10:17,46,300 behind illusion 10:44 beyond physical 10:39 desire taken for 2:50 dreams, subjective and objective 2:34-35 ether as subtle state of 2:108 essential 10:126-27 eternal 16:228 experience and 6:363-64 experience of contact with 6:24-27 field of vibrations make up physical 10:179 inner 4:25-26; 10:229 senses and 2:165 soul and physical 10:209 Supreme is sole 16:243 universal 2:107 see also Truth Reason 4:46-47; 14:362; 15:246 action and 10:291 contrasts and divides 10:17-18,45 danger of abandoning 10:15 developing 7:174 discernment and pretext 8:273-75 discipline of body 9:98-102 experience and 7:41-42,171,176-77; 10:182 faith and 10:289-90 field of 7:170 guiding other parts of being 9:98-112 help and bar 8:358-59,362-63,372-73 human 9:101-02; 10:39-40 inspiration and the senses and 10:5-6 knowledge and 10:14-16 passim logic and 10:67-68 love and 17:143 man governs life through 2:159 mind and 8:184,190; 10:32 "minister of the spirit" 7:173 must transcend to understand 10:45 passing beyond 8:184,363 perception and 10:291 practical 10:42-43 "prepares the path" 7:177-78 religion and 7:168-69 replaced by intuition 2:160 role of 10:15,67 senses and 10:5-6 speech and 10:8 spiritual life and 7:170-71 super-instinct of human species 9:101-02 trembles before higher truths 10:8-9 true role of 7:169-80 truth and 12:334 utility of 12:138 wisdom and 10:14-16 passim see also Mind Reasoning as a means of knowing 16:44 Rebelliousness and the Mother's help 16:67 Rebirth/Reincarnation 9:226-28; 15:135-37,263,361-64 animals and 3:145; 7:99-100 assures individual progress 9:213-16 common misconceptions of 3:145-46 death and 15:128-39; 16:366 in a higher organism 16:154 Karma and 15:391-94 line of consciousness 3:145,148 memory of past births (lives) 3:40-41,148-49; 17:371 mental personality in 10:28 of a dead man in his daughter's child 16:366 of a particular psychic being 17:78,367-72 past lives and 16:349-51,353 psychic and see Death, psychic ...; Psychic, the, reincarnation of; Psychic being, rebirth of psychic (consciousness) and 3:145-46,148-49 psychic memory and 16:350-51 reality of 16:398 return to the Mother 17:370-71 spiritual 3:176-77 see also Past life/lives Receptivity 6:135-41,213; 9:5,39; 14:153-55 accumulation and 2:98 activity, passivity and 6:112-13 always when united with psychic 8:304 aspiration and 5:397; 6:115-17 at balcony darshan 7:257-59; 16:230 attitude and 5:371 awakened by special dates 17:371 body's 3:85-91; 4:265-66; 5:260-61; 9:110-11; 17:402 doubt and 6:404 emptiness in oneself 4:283 energy, spending and receiving 8:195-97 equanimity in external being, basis for 5:23 fasting and 7:61 free from egoism 4:400 greatest in silence 17:381 in Light 8:288 increasing 4:265-67; 16:67 inner 8:306; 10:20 inspiration and 10:6 lack of 5:270-71; 10:178; 16:360-61 learn 17:61,71 losing 17:82,209 manifestation of new forces and 10:220 measure of 17:60,221,303,317,329 mental, vital, and physical 5:210 mind and 10:10 of energy 16:429 of flowers and other objects 6:229-31 of Matter 2:52; 4:210; 5:270-71 of nations to Supermind 10:53 opening to something higher 8:345-46 parents', to bring down psychic being 5:216 perfect 8:258; 16:388 Playground concentration and 4:122 progress and 7:141-42 questioning and 7:8 self-giving and 16:98,334 silent mind and 10:145; 16:425 special 8:263; 16:318 suffering and 16:365 supreme love and 10:74 to the Divine 4:96,210,400-01; 6:168-69,214-15; 8:45; 17:19,61 to Divine Force 6:403-04 to Divine love 6:135-36 to luminous future 17:363 to mental formation ("blue paper") 5:254 to the Mother 8:307-08; 16:41-42 towards Idea of new race 2:164 true 9:114-15 trust and 6:403-04 vital forces and 5:210; 7:140-42 see also Opening/Openness Recluses 16:190 Reflection method for becoming conscious of thoughts 2:22-25 Regret 17:5 Reincarnation see Rebirth/Reincarnation Rejection aspiration and 6:329-30 of all doubt 17:139 of a bad idea 17:112-13 of difficulties 4:170,337-38 of life as illusion 7:405 of sadness and false imagination 16:173; 17:120 of thoughts 6:22-23 of wrong movements 7:89,197-99,205-06 procedure for 7:95 transformation and 7:83,95-96 using a force from the body 6:339 Relations with others (Relationships) 5:202-03; 16:53-54; 17:30-33,57,99,154,196 all good in principle 16:280 basis of human 10:247 choose well 16:119-20 entering another's consciousness 6:308-10,424-25 four categories of 2:68-70,78 how others treat you 16:53 lack of affinity 16:54 personal will, divine will and 6:369-73 receptivity to the Divine and 6:168-69,214-15 sadhana and social 6:369-73 see also Others Relativity 4:232,284 beauty and ugliness 10:45-46; 16:78 of all external knowledge 10:211 of all manifestations in world 10:8-9 of faith 6:358-59 of pain and pleasure 10:247 of sin 10:76-79 of truth 10:147 progress and 8:6 theory of 5:282-83 Relaxation 4:156,205,250,265,352-53; 12:61-62 learn to relax 16:312 Religion(s) as source of idea 2:78 attitude towards 5:31-32; 12:310 Auroville and 13:212-13,226 Bahai 2:104 beauty and 7:174 bondage of 16:414 Buddhism see Buddhism Chaldean see Chaldean religion choose your own 3:81; 8:198-99,247; 9:355 Christian see Christianity creation of devotional 10:63 creation of the world in 5:162-64 death and 12:85 determinisms, absolute, evolutionary need 3:86,90 the Divine and 15:30-34,37 Divine realisation through 8:147-48 divine spark and 4:139 dogma of 2:162; 4:25 each a different version of escape from world 9:4 easy for most men 9:344 error of 9:407-08 experience of contact with the Reality and 5:79-80; 6:24-27; 8:147-48 fear and 6:51,66,197 flower of human spiritual effort 9:147,149 food, consecration of 4:334-35 "formularists" of 10:251-52 freedom from conventions of 10:317 God of 10:333-34; 17:44 gods and 9:149-50; 16:235 good and evil, doctrine of 5:73 greatness of 3:83 hatred, stupidity and 10:286 heaven, hell and 5:131-32; 10:65 help or not 8:148-50 hierarchy in 4:392 history of 12:211-12 images in a temple 4:397 immortality and 10:83-84 imposed on children 8:198 in Japan 2:149 intolerance of 10:20 limits the spirit 5:247 makes God in image of men 10:95 man and 3:82-83; 10:270-73 materialism and spirituality in 15:414-16 meditation, worship and 10:63 mental constructions 4:257 method to reach goal 2:125 miracles, revelations 4:81-89 more a habit than a faith 9:16 must avoid becoming a new 11:133 narrow-mindedness of 8:145-50; 10:186-87 nature of 3:76-84 necessary for collective life 9:354-56 of the Divine 4:289 partial realisation in 7:93 persecutions in 4:316-18 progress and 5:32 real knowledge not given to laity 4:398; 5:31-32 reason and 7:168-69 reduced to human proportions 7:318 rules of, based on hygiene 5:156 sacrifice in 4:316; 5:347-48 same origin, different names 5:73-74 sense of insecurity and 9:354-55 spiritual evolution and 2:161-62 spiritual life and 3:77-79; 9:77 Sri Aurobindo's teaching and 10:96; 15:408-10; 16:414 Sufi 5:58 superstition and 6:193-97 transformation and 5:83 truth and 2:82; 10:286; 15:417 unifying all the 9:76-77,149 using and surpassing 9:197-98 Vaishnavite stories 8:224-27 vital beings and 6:194-97 yoga and 8:147; 10:97 see also Religious... Religious being 17:185 Religious music 12:242 Religious teachers 4:318,349 Religious teachings perpetuate ignorance 5:32 spiritual teachings and 12:120 Remarks about others 17:155 in Sri Aurobindo Ashram 17:34 Remembrance(s) belong to the Universal 2:165 of the Divine and union 16:374 "Remember and offer" 3:26 Remorse is of no use 16:45-46 Renaissance, Italian 4:301,311 Renunciation 16:319 as elimination 10:198 error and 10:172-73 inner 10:261 joy and 10:172 no importance given to 3:128 of desire 10:176-82 of good habits 16:318 of physical reality 9:4 of world for God 10:331 self-centred consciousness and 10:174 Reports of others' words 17:387 to the Mother 17:172-73 Repose climbing the ladder 4:156 comes from concentrated energy 16:125 from which true energies come 16:149 in Sachchidananda 4:62-63,108 is precious 16:122 perfect 16:302 see also Sleep Repression 4:59-60 Repulsion attachment and 17:22 felt toward certain animals, etc. 3:100-02 of a bad thing 17:112 Reservations with regard to the Mother 16:40-42 Reserve effect of 16:40-42 Resistance 6:115-17; 16:153 aspiration and 6:242-44 creates confusion 17:112 difficulties breaking down 6:323-25 getting rid of 16:218 illness and 3:86-91; 4:63 increases when Force greater 8:220 in matter 5:270-71; 8:30; 10:233 of inferior nature to Divine's action 3:170 of physical world 6:207 persist in your will to overcome 16:137 progress and 2:31; 5:270-71; 8:209 revolt and 17:119 shattering 16:425 cf. Difficulties Resolution(s) 14:168-69; 16:322 master-key 3:127 practice and 16:274 to become a true child 17:365 Respect 16:201 living with 16:256 Respiration 16:224 Responsibility 4:72,91,246 considering abandoning 17:334 a feeling of danger and 16:42-43 for monthly magazine 17:298 for oneself, freedom from 3:256-57 material 17:180-81 obedience and 17:168 progress and 5:300-01 Rest 8:196; 17:16,24,179 activity and 17:14 feeling tired and 16:79-80 of concentrated force 17:221,303 on the borders of form 6:186,188 psychic 17:367 self-control and 16:52 sleep and 15:349-52 to recover balance 17:346 true 7:287; 9:65 will for victory and 17:63 see also Sleep Restlessness agitation and 17:316 repeat "Peace, peace, O my heart!" 16:130,150 wastes time 17:73 weakness causes 16:125 see also Uneasiness Resurrection 3:147 miraculous 4:142 Revelation 10:183-86 always personal in form 10:184 living one's 2:125 universal 10:185 Revolt 17:119 bad temper and 16:71 causes diminution and disappearance of powers 3:116 do not open door to 16:67-68 getting rid of 16:146-47 in despair 4:52 is a rejection of Divine Love 16:72 Kali and 16:143 useless and foolish 16:123 Revolution New Force and 16:330 true knowledge can create 10:362 what we want and 16:153 Reward and the Divine 16:352 Rhythm 7:336-37 Richaud, Paul 17:224 Rings wearing for protection 6:234-35 Rishis Golden Age of 7:294 language of ancient and modern 8:360 teachings of 7:293-94 Vedic Rishis, involutionary beings 7:360-61 Risk progress and 16:335 Rodin, Auguste 6:72-73 Romains, Jules 7:167; 12:324 Doctor Knock 5:188 Rudra 16:326-27 Rules 4:13,380,384; 7:286 Municipal 16:110 Rumours see Gossip(ing)/Rumours Russia Soviet gymnasts 12:286 dance and mysticism of 3:112 S
Sachchidananda (Satchitananda) 16:387 forgetfulness of one's reality 7:240 mental experience of 4:399-402 repose in 4:62-63,108 Sat,Tat,Chit-Tapas 4:161 fn separation of 7:238,240-41 sleep in which consciousness merges into 3:16 source of universe 10:45 Supreme Beauty and 10:45 unity of 7:243 upholds all the planes 4:400 Sacrifice basis of religions 4:316-18; 5:347-48 consciously made 8:76-77 desire for 2:56; 5:350 for God and humanity 10:282 for the pleasure of it 2:57 human or animal 5:347-48; 6:65-67; 8:80 in the Gita 8:74-75,80 joy of 8:75 Lord of the 8:114 nature of 10:317 no room for in Yoga 3:114 of the Divine 4:240,316; 5:388-89; 8:74-75,79 of thought 2:27 story of Christ and 10:61-62 supreme 3:172 surrender 3:114; 4:315-17 to the Divine 8:74-76,79-81 work and 10:317 see also Offering Sadhak 4:411 acting like the ignorant ordinary man 16:107 definition 16:298 Sadhana 14:32,38-45,47-50 adverse force and 10:56 ambition and 6:237-38 articles in "Purodha" 17:288-89 each person an impossibility 7:415,419 family and 6:296-97 horoscope and 16:206 in the body and 7:32-33; 9:348-49; 10:31 in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 16:254 inner peace and 17:96 inner Presence and 16:160 intimacy in 17:170 leaving the path of yoga 6:440-44 love and 17:22 marriage or 17:400 the Mother's experience in 6:303 music and 12:239-40 preparing for 9:143 progress and 7:33,197,344 reading Sri Aurobindo and 12:217 sex and 17:400,404 study and 6:153-55; 12:135; 17:153,174 tests fortify and intensify 17:385 useless words and 6:76 wanting to know about one's 17:170-71 work as only 17:201-02,212 work, study and 6:153-55 young people and 12:192-93 see also Yoga Sadhu(s) 17:400 yogi and 5:172 Sadism need to penetrate tamas 10:106 Sadness 17:46,70,115-16,191,402 detachment from 17:129,194 ego and 16:178 friendship and 16:119 from unsatisfied desire 17:99 from wrong suggestions 17:131 nerves and 16:120 quite natural when... 16:71 reject 16:173; 17:120 a sort of false imagination 17:120 suggestions, source of 16:73 work and 16:132 Safety the only safety 16:422 Sage, Le 8:10 Saint Saens, Camille 6:381 Saintliness true 10:313 Salvation Sri Aurobindo does not believe in 16:314 Samadhi (1) concentration at Sri Aurobindo's 17:378 Samadhi (2) body and 8:276-77 integral yoga and 17:342 progress and 8:275-77 trance 4:61; 6:427; 9:2 Sanitation illness and 3:56 Sannyasa 10:195-96,308 persons buried alive 10:214 Sannyasi 17:246-47 Sanskrit 8:153-54; 12:224-25; 13:384; 15:286-87 all-India language 17:317-19,332 India and 12:416-17 the Mother's study of 17:213 Sat-Chit-Ananda see Sachchidananda Satprem Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness 17:347 Sattwic part and "tamasic" part of the being 16:157 Satya Yoga 16:313; 17:78 Savitri see Sri Aurobindo, works of School named after Sri Aurobindo 17:268 of Sri Aurobindo Ashram see Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education opening a 17:246 vacations 17:399-400,409 work and 17:312 see also Education Science 7:301-02; 12:219,249,252,374,403 absence of creating Force and Will in 10:207 as source of idea 2:78 behind Nature's appearance 9:322-23 can't predict future 10:208 chemical formulas in 9:391-92,394-95 climax of ordinary consciousness 3:161 conception of body 10:179 death and 10:207 discipline in 7:320 discovery of modern 9:239 God-lover, God-knower and 10:353 human intellectual 9:108-09 hypnotism and 9:394-95 ignorance as evil 7:316-17 language of, each has its own 4:170,283-84,312 laws of 3:161-62 limitations and self-assurance of 10:207-08 Matter and 5:128; 10:18,36 modern physics, atom 4:139 need of endurance 3:136-37 occult 12:88-92 occultism and 6:38-40,190; 7:265-67; 9:393-94; 10:353-54; 16:190 of living 4:33-37,327 refutation of 10:252-53 relativity, theory of 5:282-83 religious rules and 5:156 soul and wonders of 10:207-13 spirituality and 15:69 theories in 9:236 fn true 2:92,98; 10:136-40 understanding light 2:108 universe explained by 5:81 wisdom and 10:213 yogin's aim in 8:158 see also Medical science; Scientific... Scientific attitude 2:128 Scientific knowledge as absolute Truth 10:136-37 modern perceptions in 8:314 seeing behind appearances and 9:322-23 Sri Aurobindo on occult and 5:67-68 to master life 7:317 Scientific spirit in spiritual things 4:76 Scientific teaching 5:285 Scientist betterment of society and 5:393 the Curies 4:195; 5:393; 6:18-19 humility of 5:30 imagination of 7:233 inspiration of 7:280 knowledge of Yogi and knowledge of 3:91-92,161-62 true 5:30 Scolding from the Mother 17:230 Scripture diminution of experiences 10:182-83 infallibility of 10:186 Sculptors conscious hands of 16:363 Sectarianism avoiding 6:358-59 Self, the body and 10:27-32 passim; 16:155 changing to change the world 4:253 cultivation of inner 2:160 death and 10:27-28 discovery of highest 2:160-61 finding 2:38-41,125-26 forgetfulness of truth of 7:240 illusion of separate 2:52 immortality and 10:28 individual and universal are one 2:38-39,94; 7:407 knowing one's 7:194-95 observation of 5:199-204 permanent, behind all change 7:78 psychic and true 3:124; 7:105-06 silent 6:361 surface 2:85 transformation is work of true 2:23 true, the Divine consciousness 17:68-69 truth of being 4:36 understanding 2:38-39 union with divine 2:103 "What am I?" 17:75 what is called 5:17 see also Self... Self-centred 16:265 Self-confidence lack of 2:23 loss of 2:41 Self-control 2:23; 3:190; 4:1,34,90,262; 14:271-76; 17:79,376 anger and 16:336 enough rest and 16:52 for realisation 5:349-50 indispensable for progress 17:376 methods of 16:248 possible to all 8:5 rest and 16:52 speech and 16:33 story illustrating 2:169-74 with children 16:201-02 see also Control; Self-mastery Self-criticism 6:350,401-02; 16:309-10 Self-deception 10:299; 11:128-29; 16:296 discovering 16:297 Nature of 10:80-82 sincerity and 7:403; 8:14,374-75 Self-denial 10:314 Self-detachment 2:57 Self-development methods of 16:239 Self-discipline in the Ashram 8:185-86,353-57 Self-esteem prevents you from seeing affection 16:70-71 recognising faults and 16:364 Self-forgetfulness 8:288; 10:278; 12:130; 16:432 condition for receiving knowledge 10:10 Self-giving 3:123-24,126,133,269; 4:68,132-34,245,358,363; 10:278; 12:36,68; 14:106-09,124 absolute 17:377 best gift of all 17:194 can lead one to bliss 17:108 condition to take the path 8:261-62 doing "great things" and 16:181-82 ego and 16:422 experiences of 8:85,279,288 fear of 7:328 first movement of aspiration 4:67 in yoga 7:192,199,243,247,366 integral 2:126-27; 8:244-45 joy of 4:134,316-17; 7:401-03 obstacle to 10:121-22 only way out of difficulties 16:206 opening and 16:98 past and 16:364 perfect 8:14-18,301 purity and intensity in 7:243 realisation and 7:327-28 receptivity proportionate to 16:98,334 remedy of completer 17:198 sacrifice to the Divine 8:74-77,78-79 sensitivity and 2:55 sincere 8:261-62 surrender and 4:68 to the Divine 5:12-16; 8:74-77,79; 9:316-17,359-60,421,428; 14:106-09; 16:180,297 total 7:327-28; 8:85,279; 10:10,235; 16:181-82 true 10:287 use of term 6:226-29 see also Giving; Offering Self-improvement 2:60 Self-knowledge 2:38-39; 4:33-37; 7:254,354-55 methods of 16:248 understanding others and 5:300,302-04 see also Knowledge, of oneself Self-love 6:266 Divine Love and 16:19 Self-mastery 6:124 expressing cosmic consciousness 8:381 happiness, peace and 16:131 of outer matter and 8:350-53 to become consciousness 4:2,34,37,39,74; 5:203 unification and 16:396 widening the consciousness and 16:345 see also Self-control Self-realisation 10:138; 16:227,409-10 Self-reliance methods of 16:248 progress in 16:291 story illustrating 2:188-92 Self-respect 11:54 Self-torment 17:57 Selfishness 17:67 definition 10:284 the Divine and 14:278-79 egoism and 6:254-56; 7:371-72 makes one jealous 16:399 meaning 16:409 Sensation (s) choice of 12:55-56 expressed through nerves 16:177-78 people live in their 2:130 the Presence and 16:390-91 thoughts as result of 2:21-22 violent, never a remedy 16:147-48 Sense (s) 12:56; 14:382 changing the functioning of 6:355 development and control of 6:78-79 education of 6:78-91; 7:57-59,309; 12:20-21 extension of physical 10:135 God and 10:339 hallucinations and 10:41 ideas and 2:21 inadequate for knowledge of soul 10:26 inner being and the 16:93 intermediary 9:128-29 medium for outer contact 2:21 more than five 12:20 of animals 4:236-39 of colour 6:85-86 of time 11:80 Reality and 2:107,165 reason and 10:5-6 scope of the 7:166-67 subtle 2:86; 6:38-39; 9:129; 10:60,133-35 truth and 14:332 twelve senses 4:230,234-35; 6:10-11 Sense-organs 17:91 function of 4:11-12 living in perceptions of 16:93 uncertain modes of perception 12:265-66 Sensitive people 16:135 Sensitivity as stage of evolution 2:55 assisting, of others 2:69 excessive 2:55-57 hypersensitivity 16:53 kinds of 16:304 Sentimentality true love and 16:175-76 Sentiments characteristic of the heart 16:177 Separation 11:111-14,133-34,140-41,165-67,177,198-207,212 fn ego and 3:241 from the Mother 16:163 individual consciousness and 6:100-01 love and 6:100-02 pain and 7:401 sense of, an illusion 3:59-60,63; 7:364 Separativity losing sense of 17:177 Serenity in typal meditation 2:29 of Japanese 2:149 true union and 16:175 Serpent 17:56 as power of evolution 10:93 biting its tail 8:36 guarding a treasure 4:189,382 remedy alongside evil 5:365 significance of 16:261-62 story of 4:212; 10:92-94 white serpent, two-headed 7:427-29 Service studies and 12:120 to the Divine 9:49-50; 10:353,356; 13:115-17; 14:110-12,426- 27; 16:357,433; 17:135,180 to parents and the Divine 17:162 wanting to be more useful 17:263-64 Servitor(s)/Servant faithful 17:115,355 integral 17:183 true 17:212,379,386 Sex 12:54-55,157-59; 13:247; 14:131-35 beings of other worlds and 7:157-62 choice in reincarnation 4:183 danger of, in Yoga 3:5 differentiation of sexes 9:103-04,131-33 hostile forces and 15:24-25 love and 14:131-35; 16:409 mental worlds, sexless beings in 7:161 money and 3:46 money, power and 4:381-82 money, the serpent and 4:189,382 Nature's use of 7:162 physical culture and 12:379 spiritual power by conquering 4:314 transition from animality and 9:131-33; 11:28 vital worlds, sexless beings in 7:160 see also Sex... Sex-centre 6:77; 17:76 Sex-education 12:378-79 Sexual desires pain and 12:296 Sexual entities in atmosphere 4:192 Shadow, the 6:16-17,262-64 the Light and 4:70,118; 16:367 Shakespeare, William Greeks and 10:251 Shakti Divine 4:358,393-95; see also Divine power; Divine shakti original transcendent 16:389 see also Mahashakti; Power Shankara 3:162; 7:292; 8:234 Gods laugh at 10:302-03 illusory sense of individuality 4:174 negation of this creation 4:119,328 Shantiniketan 16:6 Shastra 7:341; 10:317-18 Shastri, Lal Bahadur 16:306 Shiva 10:255,354 will incarnate only with supramental 10:204; 12:205 Shock from others 16:347 Shyness 16:286 Sickness cause of 16:21-22 lack of energy and 16:117 see also Illness Siddha-Purusha (the perfected ones) 17:109,388-89 Siddhartha Gautama on bodhi 2:80-81 see also Buddha Siddhi tapasya and 8:173-74 Sidney, Sir Philip 10:50-51 Sight clear 4:12-13 psychic and physical 6:134-35; see also Inner vision; Psychic vision knowledge and 11:244 see also Physical vision; Vision Silence 6:309-10; 7:281-82; 14:148-50,371-72; 16:199; 17:20,106-07 action and 2:160; 3:67-69; 9:113; 10:294; 16:425; 17:380 aspire in 17:361,380 "Be calm," meaning of 8:329-31 bringing into manifestation 10:214 communing with Nature and 16:398-99 concrete, positive 16:231 consciousness grows in 17:380 contact with higher knowledge and 10:213 depths of inner 16:166 door to spiritual realisation 17:197,372-73 filled with Your Presence 16:435 from above 6:328-29 gifts in 8:95 greatest devotion in 17:380 immobility, power and 8:67,330 in classroom 12:156,331 in the Playground 17:209 in reading 16:233 in supramental world 9:281 informing the Mother in 17:223 Japa and 16:305-06 knowing how to keep 9:423-24 knowledge and 10:213,256 listening in 4:199,208,281-333; 8:236-37,311 to music 6:381-82; 16:232,235 Lord, give us 16:435 means of communicating experiences 4:222 meditation and 4:104; 16:231,311-12,345 mental see Mental silence mental laziness and 16:337 most effective help lies in 17:195-96,198 necessary to fully receive experience 10:185-86 of the mind 4:62,182,231; 5:398; 7:252; 8:283; 10:6,10,19; 12:187-90; 14:371-72; 16:345,425; 17:100,129-30,354-55,380 needed for revelation 10:145 psychic being and 16:397 receiving vibrations in 9:287-88,400 understanding in 3:63-66; 4:227 cf. Mind, quiet mind; silent/silencing of the physical consciousness 16:231 outer 12:58-59; 17:107 perfect 10:7 power of 10:213-15 quality of 16:280-81 receptivity and 10:10; 16:425 remedy for tension 16:271 source of highest inspirations 16:199 speech and 3:67-68; 8:311; 9:113; 17:8,219,373 Sri Aurobindo giving 9:28 story of an Indian, lover of 8:104-05 teach us to be silent 16:433 teaching and 12:331-32 thought and 2:79 to become aware of the Presence 17:123,170,372,379 to receive Force 17:55,107 to receive guidance 17:284 treasure what you have received in 17:71 understanding in 3:63-66; 4:227 value of 8:95 vital dissatisfaction and 17:54-55 witness-soul 8:103-04 cf. Peace Silent mind see Silence, of the mind Silent self 6:361 Simplicity 14:158 complication and 10:169-70 freedom, beauty and 10:323 greatest power is 17:180 rule in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 16:7 sincerity and 8:284 tamasic tendency to simplify 16:303 transformation and 10:169 Sin 14:251; 15:367-69,373 all is potentially ours 10:75-76 ego and 10:109 God and 10:342 law of virtue and 10:258-59 man and 10:259; 11:209 of mind and body 10:271 original 10:106 relativity of 10:76-77 something not in its right place 10:76,106 through ignorance, in knowledge 3:221 trick and disguise of Krishna 10:348 yoga and 16:13 Sincerity 2:5; 4:52; 6:127; 11:290-92; 12:115,129,152,162, 70,426; 13:274; 14:67-69; 15:319-22 abolition of ego and 16:381 adverse forces and 7:18,366 ambition and success 6:237-40 bargaining and 9:317 blows to break stupidity 6:323-26 children and 15:319-21 cleverness and 16:26 collective 8:249 compelled by Aspiration and Grace 6:176-77 condition for hearing Lord 10:318-19 definition 10:153 degrees of 6:397-98 demands of 16:142; 17:134 difficult to be truly 3:231; 5:5-7; 6:323-26 difficult to give 17:347 difficulties and 4:74; 6:242-44; 14:242-43 experience and 4:135; 10:32-34 passim,184-86 fault, recognising a 4:52,116,156-57,360-61; 5:55,350 finding the causes of things 5:41 finding truth and 10:25 for childlike path 17:51-52,123 happiness and 6:215-16 help comes through 5:372 hero, being a 5:235 homogeneity in the being 5:8 hostile forces and 5:95; 7:18,366 in disinterested (consecrated) work 17:147,165 in not seeking 17:180 in perseverance 17:377 in seeking the Divine 5:17 insincerity and 8:398-99; 14:70-74 integral 2:24; 17:137-38 is progressive 8:397-400 key to progress 3:192-93 knowledge and 10:256 lack of 17:149,345 life of true 17:62,131 light of truth 7:88-89 living for Divine and 16:295-96 looking at oneself clear-sightedly 4:88,99,338,388 makes one worthy of misfortune 3:279 meditation and 3:98-99; 8:228-29 mental 2:76; 4:109,158; 9:327-30 mental development and 17:62,126 moment of 3:228 morality and 15:46 most necessary virtue 10:287; 16:344 necessity of 17:62,151,291,404 no possibility of deception of Divine 3:5 of aspiration 5:159,350; 16:145,171,365; 17:21,63,172,369,380 of consecration 4:208.339; 10:309 of giving 8:16,244 of mind 2:25; 15:320 opening luminously 8:82-83 openness and 17:133 path and 16:375 patience and 17:126,376 people who predict must have absolute 10:129 perceiving guidance in action 9:31-32 perfect 4:17,327,340; 6:132-33,398; 8:284-86; 9:329-30 in judgment 2:91-92 precision of inspiration 4:120 pretense of 8:72 psychic is always sincere 3:153 source of 4:254 purity and 6:438-40; 10:204 rare quality 8:73 realisation and 8:399; 10:204 remedy for psychological problems 16:364 resistance and 6:117 result depends on 8:178,244-45 same everywhere 3:12 self deception and 7:403; 8:14,374-75 self-giving and 8:261-62 self-observation, screen 5:199-204 simplicity and 8:284 spontaneous 6:402 story illustrating 2:208-19 subconscious, doubt veils 16:41 suffering and 6:146-47 supramental vision sees truth behind 5:302-03 surrender and 6:210-11; 17:151 telling things to the Mother and 6:199 test of 4:354 to hear the Divine voice 4:87 total 8:247-49; 16:380-82 tragic aspect of life and 10:152 transparency 8:38,82-83 true 3:231,283-84; 5:5-7; 6:323-26; 9:118-19 leads to the goal 4:74,252 victory over one's nature, effect of 5:5-7,20 vital and 4:50; 15:320 will and 8:19 yoga, basic quality for 8:248-49,261,399 Single-mindedness 16:318 Skepticism conquering 10:12-14 progress and 10:27 Slavery 14:310 to abstinence and needs 17:229 to desires 14:269-70 Sleep 12:34,159-60; 17:3,9,17 action in 2:106-07; 5:417; 16:232,357-58,378 attacks in 7:81-82 bad, restless 17:47-48,60,93,354-55,393 best before midnight 16:408-09; 17:9 brain function during 5:25-26 children and 5:296; 12:15-16 concentration before 16:266-67,357-58; 17:48 consciousness, control and 3:15; 4:62; 6:184-88; 7:65-67; 16:228,400 daytime 17:48 discipline before 5:26 distinguishing between different premonitions 5:192 doing without 17:354-55 dreamless 2:30; 3:16; 4:107-08 dreams in 3:14-16; 16:408 food and, for world-personality 8:381 going to bed early 16:402 going to bed late 16:82 going to the Mother in 4:130-31 homework and 17:311 how to 4:62-63,352-53; 7:66,71,120-21,125 Inconscient, going into during 4:318-19; 16:267 meeting evil in 17:150 mantra and 15:399-401 the Mother's 4:62; 16:3-4 the Mother's inspection during 6:167 nightmares in 3:47,165; 4:129,192-95; 7:24,121; 16:189 no interest in 17:137 noises in 16:68 of consciousness 17:184,297 outer influences stronger during 8:392 peacefully 16:121 perception of mental activity during 2:33-34 pills for 17:354-55,357 problem solved in 4:61 protection in 4:129 qualities of 4:60-63 reading and 17:151 regularly 16:127; 17:36 remembering activities of 16:357-58 repose in Sachchidananda 3:16; 4:63,108 rest and 15:349-52 school for inner knowledge 7:70-71 seven hours 17:7,146 sluggishness after 16:267 subconscient and 15:140-43; 16:385 talking in 16:400 tamas and 15:399-401 time devoted to physical 2:30 trance, the body and 15:120 unconsciousness in 16:376-77 vital worlds, going to 7:121 with head to the North 16:205 will before 17:48,151 "yogic response" 7:65,125 you must sleep well 16:117 see also Repose; Rest Sleep and Dreams, by Dr. Vaschild 2:30 Smell training of 6:84-85; cf. Senses, education of Smile(s)/Smiling 14:189-91,237-38,245,249; 17:32,373 at others 17:39 difficulties and 8:23; 16:69,100,220 dissolve the clouds 16:100 gives you your strength 16:65,67-68 of psychic 5:242 sincerely 5:370 Snake see Serpent Social conventions purity and 6:439-40 to rise above 11:253 Social relations see Relations Social ties aspiration frees one from 17:198 Socialism 10:307; 13:280 nature of 10:311-12 Society 4:92 customs of, and the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 16:332 ideal 2:47 typic 2:48 Solace seeking from the Mother 17:406 Solar plexus 16:358,410 Solitude 17:101-05 in retirement 17:127 of psychic being (soul) 17:100,172 within 17:126 Solmiac, George Governor of Pondicherry 16:9 Somnambulism 4:126-28; 8:277 Somnolence 16:172 Sorrow 6:144-47; 17:120 evolution of man and 10:296-97 helping others to overcome 16:192 tell the Mother about 16:89 Soul 9:18-19; 14:351-53 action and 10:295 altruism and 10:282-83 appearance and 10:23-24 attempting to manifest 17:75 awakening of new 2:164 beauty of 10:300; 15:373 beginning of relation with 10:211 birth of choosing a body 8:201-03,215,333-38 entering a body 8:200 limitations imposed 8:198,200 body and 3:169; 10:26; 16:358 bound only be self-law 17:362 calmness found in 16:175 consciousness of 10:254 contact with, and development of faculties 9:396-97 contact with others, speaking to the soul 9:133-34 delight and 10:333 desire-soul 8:304,306-07,324 fn the Divine and 10:304-05; 14:351-52; 16:229,250 effects of defectively organised 10:271 effort and 9:373-75,426-28; 10:293 ego and 10:316; 16:250 enjoy Nature with 10:336 equality of 4:96-97; 5:23; 8:68 eternity is term of 10:265 experience and 10:183 eyes, mirror of 4:26; 9:308-09 failure to find one's 10:279 faith and 10:289-90 few are guided by 16:349 finding the 9:310-11 fix without desire upon end 10:304-05 flower of cosmic energy 8:115 force of 10:247 generosity of 10:216 giving of 16:162 God's way with 10:347-48 growth of 17:78 guidance of 8:194-95 how God teaches 10:344 human beings, expression of a 8:239,243; 10:311 human consciousness and 10:209 immortality and 10:26 independent life of a, apart from the body 9:214-16 individual, Divine and 16:229 influence of 16:249 inner law of 10:282-83 instruments and prisons of 10:284-85 knowledge of 10:23-25 passim,208 knows needs 16:299 law and 10:257 mind and 8:195; 9:308-10; 10:359 mind and vital are obstacles to 10:24 "naked and unashamed" 10:314 needs of others and 16:299 new birth, reversal of consciousness 9:337-38 of India 13:360-61,376-78,380 of a machine 6:212 of a nation 12:42,44 of Nature 10:250-51,336 only soul knows 10:26 origin, "soul's native world' 8:126 pain and 10:246 perception of real 2:165 perfection of 10:312; 17:78 physical reality and 10:209 power over matter 10:209-10 presence in the body 17:75 psychic being and 3:123-25; 4:137; 16:247-48,358 rebirth and 17:78 recognition of another soul 10:16 rediscover 17:174-75 relation to mind and ego 10:254 responding to Divine's call 8:223 role of 16:229 science and 10:207-13 self, true 9:310-11 soul-strength 8:301 soul-type 5:356-57 spirit's concentration, particular to man 9:430-31 spiritual call and 16:251 spontaneity of 10:55 strangest experience of 10:354 subtle physical sheath and 9:333-38 "teguments of the soul" 7:340 true nature of 9:40 turning your back on 16:71 uniting with Divine and 16:360 vital-desire 6:355-56; 9:309 voice of 16:249-50 way to know 10:24-25 will alleviate all sorrow 10:296 witness 8:103-04 wonders of science and 10:207-13 see also Psychic, the; Psychic being Soul states perceived directly by the Mother's body 11:123-27 "Soumission" use of the term 6:228-29 see also Surrender Sound human voice 7:351 in other worlds 7:351-52 in subtle physical 9:129,248 meaning and, soul-states 7:351 of ancient languages 8:153 power of 7:348-49 Soviet gymnasts 12:286 Space 4:162,221; 8:109-10; 10:244; 11:199-200 in physical, vital, mental planes 7:219 time and 10:148 forms of all cosmic existence 3:165 going out of 9:2 possibilities in 7:262-63 Special dates 17:371 Specialisation 6:18-20 Species movements of 7:97-99 Nature destroys entire 7:162 satisfied with its special qualities 9:232 spirit of 4:236-39; 5:149,305; 17:291 Speech action and 14:224-26 better not to repeat what someone else has said 16:51 contact with others 9:133-34 control of 12:34,57-64; 14:218-23 correct 3:249 cryptic phrases 9:177 evolution and 6:222-23 expression of ideas and 12:60-61 ill-willed gossip 9:143 indispensable words only 3:201,259-60,263-64; 10:266; 16:34 inspiration and 10:8 less you talk the better 10:266 loss of self-control 16:33 mite of practice better than mountain of talk 3:201 never talk about others 16:63 no unnecessary 16:34 present mode of expression, inadequate for supramental knowledge 9:193-94 reason, the vital and 10:8 speak little, act well 3:215 speciality of man 9:222 spirituality and 12:62-64 thought and 6:222-23,375-76; 12:60 true and powerful 12:64 Truth and 14:216-17 unpleasant, doing harm through 5:146-47 useful, remain silent ten days 3:67 vital and 7:349 see also Talk/Talking; Words Spelling 12:326 Spending waste and 16:33 Sphinx of eternity 4:1 Spirit, the 4:164; 17:395 "behind the intention" 8:85-86 communion of Nature and 9:247-48 education, matter and 13:369-70 forms capable of manifesting 9:214,218-19 immortal, strong immobility 8:66-68 in doing work 16:182,199 matter and 8:86-87: 12:251-52,254; 13:369-70 nature and 8:11 of the species 4:236-39; 5:149,305; 17:291 "right spirit" 6:340-41 role of, intermediary 9:430-31 Spiritual action 2:68 the Gita and 10:64 Spiritual approach to knowledge 10:137 Spiritual aspiration 4:165,304; 5:293 Spiritual atmosphere 15:245 creation of 6:356-57 Spiritual base indispensable for being 8:367-68 Spiritual call 16:251 Spiritual change and psychic change 16:223 Spiritual confusion common 8:270 Spiritual consciousness 2:68; 8:11,96,136,172 ordinary and 12:405; 16:227; 17:19,92-93,114 worldly success and 6:239 Spiritual conversion 2:162 Spiritual education 12:35-38 Spiritual ego 4:364; 5:383-85 Spiritual equality of men and women 2:146 Spiritual evolution 2:161-62 Spiritual experiences 9:239-41,344-45,399-401; 14:55-60 aspiration and 16:323 direct and in appearances 8:96-97 meaning of 3:17 speaking of 12:63-64 translated by mind 9:398-401 see also Experience(s) Spiritual force(s) as examiners 14:42-43 influence of, over mind 9:420 new form needed 2:156 peace and 16:122 Spiritual healing 4:266-71; 5:184-88 Spiritual help 16:220 Spiritual knowledge 8:359 Spiritual law of each being 8:141-42 Spiritual life 8:27-28,96-97,136,368; 9:233-35; 13:116; 16:335 action and 17:80 ascent in 5:206-07,265 asceticism and 3:53-54 as remedy for egoism 10:271-72 awakening to 9:373-75,431-32 beginning of a more 17:172 creation of spiritual atmosphere and 6:356-57 discipline of 16:139 Divine Presence and 16:155 entering, plunge into Divine 3:21-22 food and 16:196 free from mental dogma 10:97 goal of 10:291 higher perfection 2:161 in India 10:212 man's capacity for 9:211 material comfort and 9:85-87; 16:296 meditation and 4:103-04; 9:87-88 mind cannot understand 9:416 morality and 3:118-20 new conception of 9:148-51 not everyone meant for 6:34-35 ordinary life and 10:69; 12:403-06; 16:335 presence of, in all things 9:339-40 the psychic and 3:64-65; 4:164-65; 8:136-37 purity in 10:97 qualities that make one worthy of leading 3:190-91 readiness for 17:400 reason and 7:170-71 religion and 3:77-79; 9:77 role of experiences in 6:351-55 serious deformation of 9:8 Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 16:139 static state in 5:207 supramental life and 15:388-89 time of Buddha, a joy 3:203 translating spiritual experience in 9:399-401 true 2:39; 8:95-97,136; 9:77; 14:158 uneven progress in 6:95-97 usual idea of 8:365-66 vision of new 9:149-52 vital beings and 3:41-45 Spiritual light knowledge and 15:74-75 moon is symbol of 16:135 Spiritual music 5:75-78 Spiritual path advance on 16:279 see also Yoga, path of Spiritual perfection 9:90 Spiritual philosophy mental development and 9:344 Spiritual plane behind and above 3:64 Spiritual power 2:109; 10:294 money power and 15:55 outer realisation with help of 9:86-87,92-93 Spiritual progress 9:117-18; 17:132,385 Spiritual realisation 14:107-08 ancient idea of 8:244-45 Spiritual rebirth 3:176-77 Spiritual role of women 2:153,156 Spiritual suicide 9:143 Spiritual teaching religious teaching and 12:120 Spiritual "theorem" 9:406 Spiritual wealth 2:99 Spiritual world some men live in 2:159 Spiritualised consciousness replacing government of mental intelligence 11:106-07 Spiritualism 4:86 Spirituality 14:158; 15:92 adverse forces, attacks from 5:94,157-58 answer to all problems 9:74,77-78 asceticism and 3:53-54 atmosphere of 2:60 automatic writing and 9:362-66 creation, spiritual understanding of 5:374 goal of former 9:298 India and 13:369,374-82 passim life and 16:335 living integrally, deeper experience 9:336-38,345-46 living spiritually 9:336-38 mind and 9:419-21 moral perfection and true 9:409-10 new birth 9:431-32 new, embraces life 9:247 new quietistic methods and 9:305 poverty and 3:53-54 protecting presence 9:339-40 religion and 15:33-34 reversal of consciousness 9:286-88,414-17,431-32 sadhu and yogi 5:172 science and 15:69 signs of entering the path 4:103 speech and 12:62-64 subjective experience, proof 9:239-41 term employed vaguely 4:226 transmission of 2:109 vision, power of 5:401 woman and 10:301-03 see also Spiritual... Spontaneity 16:368-69 absolute 10:116 covered by mental ego 10:55 effort and 8:282,371 in aspiration 5:350; 6:139-41 in yoga 8:282-86 of action 2:50; 4:6; 6:402; 8:282-84; 9:30-31,318; 10:16-17 of development of groups 2:59-60 of knowledge 10:89,151 of life 10:89 of spiritualised man 2:161 of vital 10:87 retrograde (impulsiveness) 8:238 sensitivity and 2:55 true way of living 8:282-86 unity in the being 8:285 Sports accidents in 12:288-89; 16:413 body, control of in Russian gymnasts 9:86-87 competition and 9:96-98; 16:403 concentration in 9:82-83; 12:260-61 conscious will helps development of body 5:25-27; 9:121,152-55 for the Divine 6:28-29,268-69 a good captain 9:80-81 importance of, in Integral yoga 9:81,96-97 interest in games and exercises 9:98-99 judgment and 12:265-66 physical education and 12:289-90; 16:403 progress in 16:412 spirit of 3:136 strength and 12:296-97 training the body through 9:81-82 transformation and 12:290 why take part in 16:412 see also Education; Physical culture; Physical education Sri Aurobindo (1) (general) 11:13,141,145,202-03,226-27,229-30,311, 328-29; 12:116,325; 14:302; 15:30,88,121,135,197,201,261,395,425 accepting a disciple 17:190 accident of 16:139 activities of sleep and 16:232 aphorisms of 10:1-300; 11:210,213 are result of struggle with subconscious 10:102-03 give true prediction 10:142 use of 10:4,33-34 use of "I" in 10:8 when writing, ascending from intuitive to supermind 10:151 application of supramental power 10:161-62 approach with reverence 16:247 arrival in Pondicherry 15:205-06; 17:371; see also below Pondicherry and Asuric force assuming form of 15:408-10 atmosphere of 13:75 August 15, significance of 8:265-66,270 aura felt by the Mother 4:223,230 being shown Auroville 11:174 best method for reading 10:7 blessing of 16:86 books of see Sri Aurobindo (2), works of Buddhist's theory and 8:151 calling (invocation of) 17:43,298,378,414 came upon earth to... 16:430 Centenary messages 13:14-20 centenary of 12:207 champion of real freedom 10:69 changing the manifestation, (better solution) 9:11-12 child of the Mother is a child of Sri Aurobindo 16:87 collectivity according to his idea 9:137 conscious organisation of things 6:14 contact with 16:395 conversation with a scientist disciple 5:67-68 the Mother 4:85 Cripps Proposal and 8:31-32; 16:319-20 cures illnesses 4:264 cures Kiki, the Mother's cat 4:238 Darshan, in time of 8:262-63 December fifth and ninth 16:413 description of hallucination 10:39-41 description of immortality 10:28 disciples of, and Gita 8:62-64 distinguishes Bliss from enjoyments 9:8-9 "the divine mind" 10:362 "The Divine Superman" 4:351 earth and 13:3-10 passim,16-21 eternal birth of 9:171,177-78 "evil persona" explained by 5:276 expectations of us 4:383; 9:94,191 experience in prison 10:68-69 expressing himself through the Mother's body 11:102,104 finding the Divine in 16:161 first revelation of integral Yoga 10:69 flower of 13:16,32 the future and 16:422 going to 17:116 hand of removes pain, etc. 9:254 "heaven of the liberated mind" 8:275 help and protection of 13:134-35 helps, is not helped 17:58 history and 12:212-13 in the subtle physical 10:310; 13:12-13 incident in the "Guest House" 9:127 fn "India is free" 5:190; 8:30-32 inevitable success of work of 3:139-40 influence of 16:166 is part of Lord 10:206 "join the spiritual consciousness to a progressive mental consciousness" 3:194 "the last Avatar" 10:255 late to give Darshan 17:286 letter to the Mother, Vedic experience 5:276-77 liberates from all preconceptions on conventional mortality 10:357 loved French 12:321-22 Mahasamadhi 13:6-9 Mahashakti and 16:211 manifestation of the Supramental 3:144 mantra written by 7:370 meditating in room of 16:250 meditation on 9:171 mental silence given by 9:28 messages of 15 August 1947 8:271-74 on Cripps proposal 8:31-32; 16:319 the Mother and 4:403-05; 13:1-33,38-39,43,45,47,50-51,77 circumstances behind writing about money 6:250-51 questions and answers relating to 6:203-04 Samadhi, conversation between 8:275-76 writings in 1912 correspond to vision of 5:352,355 "new edition of the old fiasco" 4:349 new interpretation of Gita 10:64 not looking at 17:286 obedience to 16:147 on choice, extract from a letter 4:327,341-44,347-49 on the date 4.5.67 9:315; 16:350 on God, a child 4:291 on gods and Kali 9:376-77 on the Grace 16:251-52 on men wanting to do yoga 16:432-33 on personal effort 4:411 on physical transformation 6:110-11 on rebirth 5:36 on renunciation of physical reality 9:4 on rings, portraits and superstitions 6:234 on Sanskrit 17:332 Overmind creation, remark about to the Mother 9:148 Overmind entities 5:265 papers with his handwriting on them 17:34 peaceful during cyclone 3:155 people not reading his books 8:204-05 performed miracles in mind 10:160-61 Pondicherry and 13:30,109,383; 15:205-06; 17:371 politics and 13:124-30 portrait by Dutch painter 5:368 possibility of earthly immortality near at hand 3:188 powers of 16:35-36 problem of individual and collective realisation 8:48-50,133 prolonged fast, personal experience 9:117 promise of 7:327; 16:144 proof of what he has said 9:255 quotation on aim of 16:314-15 references to his teachings and writings 11:3,7,19,22,24,45, 49,52,67,71,85,89,93,95,110,173,175,178,197,205,207,209, 224-26,228-29,236-37,261,279-80,284,293,308,316; 13:71-72, 76,97,111,133,136,149-53,159,162-63,165,169,184-85,209,221, 251; 14:33-35,241,252,305,356; 15:38,139,148,158,161,262, 317,361,365-67,377,390,403,424,426; see also Sri Aurobindo (2), works of; see also below teachings of religion and teaching of 10:96; 15:408-10; 16:414 reply to people who told him all they could do 4:338 reply to those who want to do away with the world 5:148 retelling stories of 17:281-82 reveals secret of existence 10:339 ridicules human morality 10:332 room of 13:29-30 salvation, doesn't believe in 16:314 saying of 3:171 seeing him 16:263 seeing in dreams 16:334 sense of humour 10:245,332 speaking about powers of 16:36 speaks when we speak sensibly 17:330 spiritual revolution 9:77 Sri Aurobindo Ashram and see Sri Aurobindo Ashram stones falling on his house 6:42-43,57-62 story of clocks 4:275 Karma, "A Dream" 8:82 vengeful Sannyasin 8:72 Supermind/Supramental and 13:8-9,17-21 individual contact with 8:133,323 the Mind of Light and 13:63-64 Overmind in his thought and 5:283-84 the term 8:34,299 symbol of 13:28-29; 15:205 teachings of divine life in divine body 9:110 dogmatism and 13:22 India and 15:426-28 is limitless 16:310 read the 16:301 uniting spiritual and material mastery 9:94 see also above references to teachings and writings of teaching works of 12:208-15 theory of creation 4:214 things are not in their place 10:107 transformation envisaged by 4:18 integral 8:83,323 irrevocable 4:357 of the body 5:59-62 presides over terrestrial 2:47-48; 7:327 three hundred years for 7:149 working for yours 16:59 treatment received by 17:270 understanding of history 10:62 using name of 17:239 Veda, on the 4:136; 8:188,204-05 Vivekananda and 7:228-29 wanted one hundred people for Ashram 10:200 what he has come to tell us 9:374 what he represents in world's history 10:96 fn will of, bound to be done 3:157 work of, unique earth-transformation 3:173; 17:193-94,397 world and 13:3-4,10,15 worship of gods and goddesses and 10:255 writes to awaken sluggish minds 10:246 yoga of 7:200,202,335,408; see also Integral yoga see also Sri Aurobindo (2) Sri Aurobindo (2), works of 13:22-24 Arya 8:282; 12:214-16 Bases of Yoga, questions and answers relating to 6:305-452 books of 8:164,204-05; 17:69,339-41,344-45,390,396-98 Delight of Being 9:1-2,7 Elements of Yoga, questions and answers relating to 6:109-197,215 Essays on the Gita 10:61 A God's Labour 17:363-64 The Hour of God 10:201; 16:414; 17:233 The Human Cycle 4:311; 12:325 Hymn to Durga 12:43-44 The Life Divine 12:216-17; 16:199 answer to problem of existence in 8:267-68 extract on evolution 8:322 method of presentation of his viewpoint 9:224-25,231-32,249-50 the Mother on 9:14,203,208 quotes from 9:291-92 literature and 12:145 "Love and Death" 17:290-91 The Mother 9:291-92; 17:139 reading books of (what he has written) 12:205-06,398-99; 16:232-33,243,266,269,274,311; 17:339,365,375 Savitri 10:162,167; 13:24-26; 16:294,381,395 some comments of the Mother 5:388-91 compact phrases 10:9 poetic terms 4:10 sentences 4:367 fn; 10:104 study of works of 12:205-17,398-99 "The Supramental Beauty" 7:168,181 The Supramental Manifestation, remark on 3:147; 9:87 The Synthesis of Yoga 8:169; 10:15,67; 16:226 effect of reading 8:347-48 extract on life 8:289-90 extract, reply to all questions 8:259-61 Part I 8:43-44 Thoughts and Glimpses 4:291; 7:343; 8:358,367,376,383, 395,401; 17:343 The Way 4:351 Yogic Sadhan 9:365 see also Sri Aurobindo (1) Sri Aurobindo Ashram 12:116-17; 13:108-89 accidents in sports in 16:413 aim (purpose) of 5:288-90; 7:394; 8:366; 9:17-19; 13:132-33 aim of education in 8:179-87,386 another world 16:7 Ashramites' relation with others 13:149-53 aspirants to supramental life 9:150-51,169-70,241-42 attack on, in 1965 16:314; 17:253-56 attitude in, sample collection of 4:215-216 Auroville and 10:270; 13:202,209-11 basis of creation of 4:93 belongs to Sri Aurobindo 16:8 born in 1926 13:109; 16:361 borrowing books from the Ashram library 15:290-92 cemetery ceremonies of 16:271 changing conditions of sadhana in 6:295-99 children in 4:303; 5:165,286-88,299,415-18; 6:4-9,216,426-27, 430-31; 7:200,202,356,417-18; 8:85-86; 9:55-56,372-75; 13:113; 16:254,333 admitted to the Ashram during the War 6:296 education of see Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education freedom of 8:185-86; 12:386 for growth 12:286 in class arrangement 12:407 to blossom 12:407 to learn through experience 7:286 opportunity of 16:413 psychic being and 5:289-90; 6:4-9 steeped in a sea of consciousness 5:417 to be a true child of 16:346 "Why are we here?" 5:299 choice of place 5:355-56 collective sadhana in 7:413-21 passim comfort, happiness and 13:131-33 coming to 13:115-18,134-40; 16:140,254 concentrating at the Samadhi 16:395 conditions for admission 13:115-18,133 consciousness in, collective and individual progress 9:172-74 construction of "Golconde" 5:162 customs of society and 16:332 cradle of a new world 16:301 criticism of 7:391-92; 8:2,10,107,366; 16:273 Darshan 8:262-65; 16:413 deeper law behind working of 7:392-95 descent of supermind 8:219-20 descent of the Ananda aspect of the Mother 6:291-95 passim,302-04 difficulties with workers and projects 16:38-39 disciple in 17:190-91 discipline in 6:339; 16:8,296; 17:191 disharmony in 16:326 dismissing a worker 16:43-44 double pay for extra work hours 16:37-38 drawing on the Mother 6:201-02 "A Dream" 12:93-94 eating habits in 6:158-59,162-64,178-81; 7:62; 17:47,248 early development of 16:3-5,7-8; 17:224 education, sports 6:237-43 passim energy wasted in gossiping 8:162 far from ascetic 16:7-8 far from what it should be 16:300 fear of death and 6:46-47 finances in 13:154-58; 16:344-45 formation of 7:414-16 passim freedom in 16:325; see also above children in, freedom of helping society and 16:307-08 here one struggles not to satisfy desires 16:134 humanity and 13:113-14 idea of "immortality" 4:69-70; 8:129 idea of profiting by staying in 8:129-30,241-42 ignorance, less than outside 8:262 individual progress in 16:314,333 judging heads or superiors 16:320-21 judgment of people 8:2,10 laziness to work 16:183 leaving (going outside of) 12:161-66,358-59; 13:141-48; 16:138-39, 144,309,339-41,349,411-12; 17:175-76,191,204-05,245,402 marriage in 16:134; 17:365-66 meditation in 4:105-06,122; 9:39,41-42,383-84 members of 4:255-56,408 messages 13:171-72,219-20 most difficult cases are here 16:331 the Mother and 8:130,161-62; 13:75-78,109-114,117-18; 17:72 the Mother's time and 16:165 the Mother's work in 6:297-99; 7:258-59 need of endurance 3:136-37 need to form little groups and societies and 16:351-52 never forget where you are 16:312 not a place for being in love 16:176-77 not to repeat what's done elsewhere 8:238 only constraint in 16:339 ordinary life and 16:382 organisation and work in 13:159-83 disorder and 13:160-63 gate-keepers 13:171-73 paid workers 13:174-83 overmind level, people at 5:285-86 palm tree in courtyard 5:113 participation in descent of supramental world 3:180 people gathered here 5:1-2 for many reasons 7:200 hiding things from the Mother 6:163-67 personal contact and human relations in 13:119-23 persons in 16:284 place of Realisation 7:420 Playground, March Past and concentration, in 7:257-59 politeness in 5:417-18 politics and 13:124-30; 17:202-03 Pondicherry and 13:129; 15:325 possibilities to learn in 16:339 preparing for April 24 Darshan 16:335 problem common to all 8:166 progress and 16:314,333 progressive transformation and the ideal 9:108,110-11 psychic being and 6:296; 16:367 public interest, need to act rather than speak 5:418 purpose of see above aim of reactions in 4:388 reading of Sri Aurobindo's books 8:204-05 reason for creation 4:93; 10:199-200 for presence in 6:268-72; 9:17-18 receptivity, lack of 5:270-71 reduced image of life 13:149-53 remaining in 16:245 remarks in 17:34,206,211,218-19 responsibility to workers 16:15-16 role of parents in 12:367 rules of conduct 12:325 sadhana in 6:296-97; 16:254 sadhus and yogis 5:172 school see Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education "sea of vibrations" 5:271 Second World War conditions and 16:140 serving mankind and 16:314 sleep, usefulness of 5:417 Sri Aurobindo's expectation from Ashramites 4:383,411 strictness of 16:332-33 surcharged with force and vibrations 4:222-24 passim symbolic vision of the collectivity 9:137-140 passim taking life lightly in 16:265 those who take yoga seriously 16:338 to be a true child of 16:346 to be sure you are meant for 16:139 truth, atmosphere of, in 9:70 understanding and appreciating 16:325-26 vibrations in 4:222-24 passim; 5:271 visitors in 16:99; 17:191,230-32,310-11 ways of, misunderstood 16:22 "We have all met in previous lives" 3:3 what we want to realise 16:275 work in, not for rest 8:21; 16:183 work of the new Force in 9:39 Yoga and 16:333-34 young people in 16:289 Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education (S.A.I.C.E.) 8:179-87,386; 12:9-38,434-35,446 aim (purpose), integral perfection 7:391; 12:117-18 Annual Programme 7:389-92 consciousness different in 5:417 diplomas not given 7:392 dissatisfaction with 12:164-65 do not do what's done elsewhere 4:3,364-65 freedom in 6:414-15,431; 7:286 going away from 12:358-59 guiding principles of 12:308 knowing what one wants 8:181-82 messages on 12:111-13 Playground 7:257-59 preparing own books in 5:416 self-discipline in 8:185-86,353-57 symbol of 12:111 to learn through experience 7:286 see also Education Sri Aurobindo's Action 17:331 Sri Mirambika High School 12:115 Stalin, Josef 4:188 death of, not changed the world 5:377 vital world, being of 5:378 Stars 16:158 Statistics 17:311 Status 12:254 Stealing 16:13 Stepping back 3:160,167,280 Stomach dreams and 6:74 Stones amethyst, power of protection 5:231 crystals 5:244 forces kept and transferred by 5:231 force of Love in 5:230-31 messages carried by 5:231 receptivity of precious 6:229 rock-crystals 5:231 Story (Stories) reading, writing, telling 17:63,65,221,297-98,331-32 the mind makes up 16:66 value of a 4:154-55,283 see also Mother (5), the Strength/Strong 12:123; 14:182-83 body not strong 16:131 can't be hurt 16:208 how to become 12:136 in peace and silence is greatest 12:123 know how to receive 17:133 needed to manifest love 10:201 of animals 8:330-31 of mental formations 16:14 Peace will make you 16:116 sickness and 16:117 sports and 12:296-97 a strong being is quiet 16:125 success and 16:134 to do what the Mother says 17:131 to overcome difficulties 16:421; 17:130-31,133 weakness and 17:22 will 6:391; 16:45,67 your smile and 16:65,67 Struggle do not give up 16:142 progressive manifestation and 11:76-77 Student Boarding Houses messages to 12:127-28 Students behaviour after school 12:364-65 best 12:115 character of 17:307-08,312-13 control of 16:201 from age of seven to fourteen 8:180-81 has right to be ignorant 8:180-82 indiscipline of 16:201 interest of 12:389; 16:263 not brilliant 12:118 regularity and 12:136 scheduling and discipline 12:411-15 should be given freedom of choice 12:369-70 Students' Prayer 12:112 who want money and "success" 17:379 see also Education Study (Studies) 12:129-41; 16:281 as discipline 17:66,74-75,79-80,90,98,146 atmosphere for 17:160 attitude towards 6:154-55 concentration and 5:104-05,125-28,200-01; 12:199; 17:71,79,153 depression and 12:131,134; 17:77,115 discipline in 17:75 dropping of 17:173 expecting seriousness in 17:62,228,235,307-08 falsehood and 17:313 for children 17:152 for self and for the Divine work 6:153-55 forms convolutions in brain 8:180 four hours a day 17:146 group, programme for 12:217 importance of 8:346-66 in Higher Course 12:178-79 homework 17:311-12 inability to 17:63,79-80,83-84,90-91,151,173 inertia and 12:133 irregular 12:173 laziness in 5:120,127 meditation and 17:34 mental silence and 12:215-16 mind and 12:249 the Mother's, as a child 16:121 the Mother's help for 17:98-99 motives for 12:201-03 not for pleasure 17:79-80 of French 17:144-45 of Indian languages 17:213-14 of mathematics 17:145,173 of one good book 17:66 of outer phenomena 8:358-59 of poetry 17:340-41 of Sri Aurobindo 12:205-17; 17:174,341 of various subjects 17:145 ordinary life and 12:361-63 outside of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 12:163-66 opportunity to learn German 17:329 purpose of 12:131-32 quiet mind and 16:199 sadhana and 6:153-54; 12:135; 17:98-99,153,174 "tamas" and 12:397; 16:294; 17:83-84,152-53,173 taste for 16:198 to awaken consciousness 5:31 to become instrument of the Divine 5:48-51 to get rid of uneasiness 17:71 under pressure 17:56 understanding 17:90 writing lessons 17:148 see also Education Stupidity boredom, origin of 4:89,205; 8:175-76 curing oneself of 4:369 different kinds of 4:51,170,201 disastrous, gossiping 8:162 human, takes effect for cause 8:266 judging the Divine Will 4:388 Lord's contact and 4:205 of the world 16:114 relaxation and 4:156 rooted in subconscient 16:18 rules the world 16:17 vanity and 5:30,337 want it to disappear 16:92 Subconscient (Subconscious), the 6:319-21; 8:19,390-92; 11:309-11; 16:234; 17:183 activities during sleep 17:367 atavism and 4:211,251,261; 7:144; 16:282 body and 4:211,251; 7:144; 16:234 bringing Light into 17:194 consciousness and 2:132; 6:319-21 construction of body 2:153 controlling (conquering) 17:91,182 defeatism, pessimism of 16:425 the Divine and 14:388-89 dreams and 15:348-49; 16:385 earth and 11:323 effect of books read 4:152 effect of gossiping 4:152-53 illness and 7:144; 17:165 increasing one's load 4:156 knowledge in 10:290 knows more than habitual consciousness 2:32 memory and 2:36; 6:367 mind 10:321 objectification in dreams and hallucinations 11:35-36 old sanskaras in 17:240 physical transformation and 7:83 place of insincerity 4:252 preferences, overcoming 2:154 reducing range of 16:385-86 rejection of wrong movements 7:85 resistance of 11:300 rising 11:323-25 seeing in subtle physical 10:131 shocked by certain ideas about God 10:102 sleep and 15:140-43; 16:385 stupidity rooted in 16:18 suggestions affecting 4:236; 17:158,189 suggestions in 4:236 suppressed desires 4:59 things rooted there 4:261 thought about God 10:104 thought and 2:85 transformation of 15:316-18 waking up and 17:7 wrong formation in 17:230 Subjectivity objectivity and 6:363-64 Subliminal, the dreams and 7:109,111 "inner physical" 7:139-40 psychic and 7:109 subtle mind, etc. 7:108-09; see also Inner... "Subliminal self" 7:111-12 Submission calm and grateful, distinguished 6:63-64 joyful 6:210-13 see also Surrender Substance 6:306-08 human thought and 10:65 Subtle body 6:38-39 (nervous envelope), and illness 3:89; 4:268 physical, after death 8:338 reactions of, not controlled by mind 9:124-26 Subtle forces receptivity of Matter and 2:52 Subtle-physical, the 4:110,125,230; 8:389; 16:225 accuracy in sight and 10:126 art and 16:118 changing events in 10:130 material plane relationship and 10:126 experience in 11:78-83 eyes and 4:320 the Mother's experiences of supramental boat in 6:186-87; 10:116 presence of Divine 10:154 sight in 4:125; 10:126-28 Sri Aurobindo's presence in 13:12-13 subconscient 10:131 world of 9:128-29; 10:149 Subtle regions earth and 10:60 Subtle senses 6:38-39; 9:129; 10:133 Subtle sound 10:134 Subtle vibrations on brain cells 2:33 Subtle vision 10:129 Subtle vital mental sight and 10:126 Subtle world 10:39 thieves in 16:73 vision in 9:134-36,201-03; 10:41 Success 4:15; 6:238-40; 12:115,119-20,165,253-54; 15:86-88,321 conversion and 6:246 endurance and 16:134 external 16:421 failure and 16:389 perseverance and 16:184 to the strong, courageous, enduring 16:134 Suffering 8:76-77,84-85,214,250-51; 11:41-44,109,170,196-97,249-50; 13:209; 14:266; 15:93,359-60; adverse forces and 15:360 after death 17:107 Ananda and 11:112-14,141 artistic creation and 6:379-83 aspiration and 4:295; 11:41-44 Asura of see Adverse forces, Asuras attitude, inner 4:317-18,355 Auroville and 10:270 awakening through 9:16-17 beyond 10:13 bliss and 10:359 body and 3:198; 9:41-42,123-26 brought by adversary 7:402 Buddhism and 7:318 causes of 3:248; 9:7-8,10-11; 17:149 Christ and 10:61-62 came from imperfection of Matter 2:20 compassion, Grace, and 16:346 consecration and 10:295 cosmic vision and 10:263-64 curing 7:130-32 delight and 10:246 detachment and 2:57 determined by consciousness 10:51-52 difficulties and 17:129,149 disappears in union with Origin 9:8 with collaboration 10:50 the Divine and 5:385-86; 6:287-89; 16:411 Divine consciousness and 11:141,282 Divine love and 14:266,268; 16:18 Divine Mother's, through identity 5:388 Divine play and 10:51-52 ego and 2:56-57; 6:144-45,405; 9:41; 15:359-60 egoism and 6:405; 16:290 ending 16:425 error, cosmic vision and 10:263-64 essential qualities developed through 10:303 evolution and 11:43 from nervous headache 17:195 from obsession 17:104-05 healing 9:282-83 helpful 2:20 helping others to overcome 2:57-58; 16:192 identification with all 2:58 ignorance and 9:7-8,10-11; 10:61-62; 11:41-42; 17:129,149 illusion of personality and 2:56-58 imaginary in yoga 17:140 in matter 10:61-62 indifference to 16:190 insincerity and 4:252 joy and 5:386 knowing how to offer 2:19-20 knowledge, ignorance, and 6:287-89 life full of 3:248; 10:263; 16:61 mental cure for 7:318 the Mother on 9:11-12,282-83; 11:41-41,282; 16:73 the Mother's experiences of transformation and see Mother's body, the, Ananda and suffering; transformation of, painful transition the Mother's message on 2:42-44 no need for 16:174; 17:119 not given by the Divine 5:385-86; 6:287-89; 16:411 not the psychic being which suffers 16:168 of humanity 2:57-58,126; 10:59,269-70 of others 17:105 of the path 16:227 only way to escape 10:277 ordinary life and 3:248 origin and solution of 9:303-05 pain and 5:385-86; 6:287-89; 16:411 peace and 11:282 pleasure and 16:297-98 progress and 4:295,355; 10:50; 12:75; 17:119 proportionate to capacity 4:44-45 the psychic and 4:45 raison d'etre of 4:295; 10:224 receptivity and 16:365 result of man's mistakes 10:269-70 revolt and 16:123 role of 10:352 secret found through 9:41-42 seeking satisfaction through 17:149 separation and 7:401 sincerity and 6:146-47 spiritual effort and 2:57-58 surrender and 15:419-23 sustained by human consciousness 11:235-36 taking on 2:56 taste for 2:56 true attitude in facing 9:41-42 unconsciousness diminishes 3:198 union and 7:8 value of 9:11-12,40-41; 10:351-53,359,382-84 vibration of joy and, same 5:386 vital and 6:70-71; 17:105,149 way of dissolving 10:158 wear on body and 10:171-72 will disappear with inner liberation 3:218 wisdom and 10:49-50 world's misery, cause of 7:56 see also Pain Sufi mystic 5:58 Suggestion(s) 8:341-44 adverse (hostile, wrong) 17:101-02,106,110-11,131-32,197 affecting subconscious 4:236; 17:158,189 bad, about illness 16:194 collective 2:24,76,110; 5:313-16; 7:245-46; 8:54,390-92 destructive 8:397 discriminating between types of 16:45 following 17:147 illness and 3:56-57,89 medical 17:189 of despair 16:73 of incapacity and failure 16:133 mental 4:236 other people's 17:35,385 reject wicked 16:73-74 stronger by becoming conscious 16:15 stupid and false, never accept 16:65 thought and 2:76; 4:236 to leave the Ashram 17:398-99,401,405 vibrations in 16:45 Suicide 7:23-24,33; 11:179; 15:138-39; 17:319 rebirth, Karma and 15:391-94 suggestions of, source 16:73 Sully-Prudhomme, Rene Francois Armand 6:4 Sun 10:187 aspiration towards truth and 2:28 curing illness by air and 16:110 inner 10:158 of divine laughter 10:158 of Truth 17:386 represents Supreme Consciousness 3:132 rising in your heart 16:119 symbol in nature 3:12; 7:139 Superconscient (Superconscience), the in physical body 16:234 sleep 4:318 solves problems 4:60 Superiority origin of racial 3:150-51 no one is superior before the Divine 16:53 speed and 16:387 true 16:20 Superman, the 7:324; 11:181,216; 12:99-101 aspiration for 2:157 attempts to conceive 2:158 birthright of 16:436 born of woman 2:156,162 coming of 16:427 consciousness see Superman consciousness description of 2:161-64 evolution and 7:333; 9:313-14; 16:415 first step of 10:273 goal of Nature 2:157-64 human ego and 10:248 idea of 2:156-64 law of 2:163 man and 2:158-64; 7:333-35; 8:127; 9:411-12; 10:87,256-57 mind and 2:160 mortality and 2:163 new race and 7:333; 9:313-14 Nietzche's, Fred 2:161; 10:248-49 physical education and 12:280 Sri Aurobindo, "The Divine Superman" 4:351 supramental and 9:313-14 supreme faculties of 16:238 truth and 16:436 way leading from man to 2:158 fn,160-61 who is 10:248 will lose mental ability of man 2:160 Superman consciousness 10:316; 11:148-60,230-33,240-43; 16:415 Supermind/Supramental, the 11:131,173,297,301,311,314-18; 12:116; 15:97-98,198,301-02,313; 16:403; 17:182 action of 7:324; 8:178,204-07,292,312-17; 10:116-18; 15:106 upon life, money and politics 9:166-69 advent of 17:280 agent for transformation 3:174 aphorisms written at point where higher mind merges with 10:148 archetypes and 7:122 atmosphere, earth-atmosphere 8:127-28,178; 16:237 attitude towards 8:127,129,131 Avatar and 10:255 Avatar's work, preparing universe for 9:332-34 beauty in 16:78 beyond 8:34,177-78 body and 10:29; 15:120,124 chief obstacle to receiving 10:115 completes Nature's fullness 9:247-48 condition for manifestation of 10:107 consciousness opening to influence of 9:110-11 contacting 9:324-25 determinism and 6:48-49 different planes, successive manifestation 9:188-89 difficulties increased 8:220-21 the Divine and 5:283-85; 10:31,316; 11:315-17; 15:123; 17:81 Divine vibration and 11:193,196,249 earth and 10:316; 11:315-18; 13:52,57 effect of on consciousness 8:206-07 on earth 8:11,178,291-93 on inner light 8:144 on people 8:137-38,204-07 ego and 3:242 equality and 10:114,117; 15:110-11 evolution and 10:164; 17:343 experience of February 3rd, following 9:276-78 first effect of 10:108 first expression, power 9:241 formation of new body 9:86 forms of 11:96 gives total Truth 10:253-54 glimpse of 3:242 harmony created by 3:163; 10:161-62 heightening of general confusion and 10:316 higher and lower hemisphere 9:113-14 higher ranges of mind and 6:415-18 humanity and 15:110-18 in manifestation 10:115 inspiration and 10:5 interest it takes in things 3:95-96 involved and descent of 8:315; 9:156-58 behind things 9:200-01 Karma and 15:394 knowledge and 3:94-95 man and superman 9:411-12 manifestation of 3:144; 10:107; 15:117,203 many planes between mind and 3:94 means of acting 8:178 mind and 2:160; 3:94; 8:177-78; 14:363; 15:118 morality and 2:163 new element 8:313-17 new force and individual effort 9:5-6 new force, qualities of 9:314-15,325-26,337-38 new hope of Harmony and present world chaos 9:168-69 new race 8:127,131-33,323 new realisation, effect of 9:298-301 new spiritual orientation 9:8-9 new world is born 9:147-51 ordinary and superhuman things 5:1 our world and 9:277-78 Overmind and 3:173-74; 4:220; 5:283-84; 7:209-10; 16:235 perfection in 8:28-29 physical and 15:119,124 physical (body-) mind and 11:279-80,284; 13:63-64; 15:117 preparation for 17:73 promised things 8:127-28 psychic and 3:242; 8:299; 14:358; 15:117; 17:80 pulling 11:22-23 puts each thing in its place 10:108 really divine world 3:173 receiving 4:96,383 recent descent of 16:237 receptivity to 10:53 results of immediate 8:205-07 results of descent of, visible 8:138,291,312-17 revolution 9:76-78 Shiva will incarnate with 10:204; 12:205 speculation about 17:52 Sri Aurobindo see Sri Aurobindo (1), Supermind/Supramental stages to reach 8:171 step now being added to the ladder of consciousness 3:178-79 superman and 9:313-14 supramentalised 7:143,148-49,210; 10:29; 16:324 time necessary for becoming visible 9:157-59 truth and 3:156; 10:253-54 truth of manifestation and 3:161-62 "universal harmony", "yet sealed up sources"; terms used in 1912 for 5:352,354-56 unknown and inaccessible to one with ego 3:242 value of discipline for attaining 10:31 war and 10:53 world and 3:163; 11:313-18 see also Supramental... Supernature Nature and 16:236-37 Superstition(s) mental formations, topical 5:155 origin and examples 8:92 Rahukal 16:15,18 religion and 6:193-97 religious rules and hygiene 5:156 shooting star 8:211 wearing rings for protection and 6:234-35 Suppression 11:211-21 Supramental action 7:324; 8:178,204-07,292,312-17; 10:116-17; 15:106 body and 10:29 Supramental being(s) 11:96,130,178,307; 16:237 body of 16:403 life, man and 11:46,51-52 materialised psychic being 11:238-39 protected by descent of Power 11:52,155,315 relations with humanity 11:27 soon able to live on earth 16:382 superman and 9:313-14 supreme faculties of 16:238 yoga and 8:205-07,323 Supramental body 7:143,148-49,210; 10:29; 11:297,301; 15:301-02; 16:324 four attributes of 3:175-76 glorious 9:85-86; 11:182-83 intermediate and 9:130-31,190-91,233-34 Supramental consciousness 10:253-54; 11:326-27: 12:98; 15:107,117; 16:255 descent of 3:173 effect of 8:206-07 expansion and 10:115 hold all births 3:149 manifestation of 17:380 mental consciousness and 12:447-48 mental obscurations and 10:325-36 the Mother's experience of 11:202-07,210-16,326-27 on earth 10:316 ordinary consciousness and 5:302; 9:275-77,280-82 phase of realising power in 1967 16:357 psychic emotion passing to 9:325 receptivity and 10:316 reign of 10:316 relation of, to material and immaterial 10:253-54 response of 8:178 Sri Aurobindo and 11:210; 13:21 truth and 11:205 Supramental creation 8:312-17; 9:149-51,158-59; 15:385,388-90 on earth 15:404-07 see also Supramental manifestation; World, new Supramental descent 3:156,174,178,180; 8:138,204-07,219-21,291,312-17; 9:156-58; 16:237,322 aspiration and 11:314 body-transformation and 7:209 effect of 8:132-34,293,315 errors and 11:314-15 first step in preparation for 6:451 manifestation and 8:79,132-34,292,315 fn,323,325; 11:95-96 message regarding 29th February 1956 13:52 Sri Aurobindo and 13:8-9,17,19-20 translation of eternal for 11:137,146 values intensified by 11:314-18 Supramental education 12:38 Supramental experiences new birth precedes 9:337-38 Supramental force(s) 10:208-09 fn; 16:255 acting on matter 4:223; 11:313-18; 15:126; 16:78 applied at will 10:161-62 ascent to 7:270 beauty and 16:78 descent of forerunners of 16:322 feeling the 4:223-24 healing and 10:161 in mental consciousness 10:161 manifestation of 16:78 means of action of 9:5-6 the Mother and 11:122-27; 13:96 new 4:220; 8:137 opening to 9:5,39,110-11,117-18,241-42 passing from Sri Aurobindo to the Mother 11:328 power to change 9:240-41 receptivity to 9:5-6,39,110-11,117-18,241-42 repairing damage to the body 6:288-89 Sri Aurobindo and 13:17 Sri Aurobindo embodied in part 16:450 union with 9:118-19 Supramental forms 11:96 Supramental future 8:313-17; 17:72 Supramental god 3:179 Supramental harmony 3:163 Supramental knowledge 3:95; 5:302-03,398; 9:193-94; 15:107,110-11 understanding 4:222 Supramental life 9:324-26; 15:387-88; 16:237 aspirants to 9:150-51,169-70,241-42 cannot be realised by one Avatar 10:138 differences in 9:187-89 formation of new body in 9:85-87,127-31; 10:119-20 progress in 9:188-89 some characteristics of 9:185-89 spiritual life and 15:388-89 spontaneity 9:273-74,276-77 understanding with the body 9:325-26 Supramental light 3:147; 4:96; 16:78-79,255 Supramental manifestation 3:141; 8:205-07,313-17; 12:309; 15:98-123,411-12; 16:228-30; 17:81,380 egoism and 4:383 flower of 8:264 humanity and 6:417-18; 11:24-29,96-97,307 in body-mind 15:117,203 in stages 11:96 first stages 6:417-18 inevitable 3:139-40 the Mother's message on 15:102-07,112-13,202-03 on earth 8:126-35,219-21; 11:279,284; 15:100,202-03; 16:382 power for safety of the beings 11:52,155,315 process of 3:161-62 youth and 12:309 Supramental path 9:134 Supramental plasticity 3:175-76 Supramental presence 6:209 Supramental power effect of is irrevocable 4:383; 10:161-62 manifestation and 11:52,155,315 Supramental realisation 3:161-62,178-79; 10:114-15,316; 17:396 aspiration for 10:85 group necessary for 10:138 how long it will take 9:157-59,190-91 new life 9:77,169-70 individual and 10:138 two conditions for total 10:114-16 youth and 5:286-88 Supramental substance 9:314-15,325-26 Supramental transformation 8:28,49-50,323-26; 10:9 gives back health 10:328 of the body 5:59-62 of lower nature 10:44 of the world 5:302-03 process of 9:293-94 Supramental truth descent of 3:156 gods and 12:310 mind and 10:87 total and 10:253-54 Supramental vibration ego and 10:114 equality and 10:114; 11:193,195 supramental will and 10:161 Supramental viewpoint 9:276,280,282 Supramental vision 5:302-03; see also Inner vision Supramental world 3:173; 8:49,205,317 aptitude to express it 10:113-19; 15:386-90 descent of 3:157,178,180,188; 11:316-17 experience of February 3rd 9:271-83 line with ours 9:266 manifestation of 3:161-62; 16:208,430 occultism in 9:184-88 perfection in 9:185-89 silence in 9:281 vision of 5:302-03 will be brought down 3:157 Suprarational beauty 7:168-90 passim Suprarational domain 7:172 Supreme, the 5:201 consciousness reflects 4:254 creation and 11:198-207 direct contact of the physical with 11:173 Divine 16:384,389 earth and 2:95; 10:74,121-22 exact guidance from 11:184-88 exteriorisation of 5:375 identification with 10:125-26,264 incarnation of 10:74 is sole Reality 16:243 keeps body alive 10:230 man and 9:322,429-31; 10:87-88 manifesting in a limited form 11:129-30 objectivisation of 9:321; 10:99 offering to 16:243 only existence 11:38-40; see also Divine, the, alone exists opposites reconciled in 10:341-42 outside and in matter 6:210 realisation of 10:70,74,85,245,247 Sachchidananda, principle of 10:45 sacrifice and 3:172 soul is portion of 16:248 spiritual change and 16:223 trust in 2:62 union with 10:262; 11:129-30; 16:392 veil between material world and 17:178-79 victory of 17:402 see also Divine, the; Lord, the; Supreme Lord, the; Supreme... the Supreme adventure 8:40-41 Supreme consciousness effect of identification with 10:118 in each being 7:339 knows everything beforehand 3:28 the Mother's body incarnating the 11:168,185-88; 13:48-51 represented by the sun 3:132 union with 10:262; 11:184-88; 16:392 unity through 9:47-48 "The Supreme Discovery" 2:38-64; 16:9 Supreme faculties 16:238 Supreme fool in humanity 10:265 Supreme happiness 16:433; 17:101 Supreme knowledge 10:10 Supreme Lord 16:297-98 will of 10:252; 16:422,435-36; see also Divine will see also Divine, the; Lord, the; Supreme love 10:121,167 Supreme man divine man and 7:380 Supreme Mother see Mother, (1) the Supreme power 4:187; 17:224 Supreme purity 3:215 Supreme sacrifice 3:172 Supreme truth 4:91; 10:10 Supreme unity 10:349; 16:307 Supreme vibration 10:180-81 Supreme will 3:118-19; 4:84,339,408; 5:46-48,196; 10:74,76-82,84, 88,228-30; 16:318 Supreme wisdom 5:81; 10:15 instrument for 17:314 intervention of 11:256 Surrender 2:128; 6:219-20; 14:113-15,117,119-21; 15:419-23 absolute and complete lack of 3:6 active and passive 6:129,210-11 all must be done in spirit of 3:97 all personal will 10:352 artist and 3:47-48 attitude of baby-cat 4:94 bar to, love of limitations 3:169 changes all determinism 7:366-67 choosing to make it 4:244,343-44 deep and spontaneous, different from offering 5:54 difficulties and 14:236-37 discernment through 8:3 discipline and 3:18-19; 4:72 (tapasya) and 12:382,399-400; see also below tapasya during a cyclone 17:287 effort and 16:312 ego and 16:433 freedom and 7:246,367 Gita's concept of 8:63-64,75,80 giving everything 9:317 Grace, happiness and 8:255-56; 17:139,151 happy, strong and useful 4:358 hierarchy of 10:16 in action 3:18-19; 4:373 in work 5:47-48,54; 17:168 joy and 17:13 liberation and 7:246 liberty, true 4:91 mind and 3:114-16; 4:183; 9:293-94 meaning 3:114,168 necessity of 17:139,151 not abdication of personality 3:116 of the being 6:219-20 of body 10:227 of central being 3:7 of consciousness to Divine 7:255 of ego 16:186,226 of falsehood 3:141 of the Mother's body see Mother's body, the surrender of of one's nature 4:183,373-74 of personal will and choice 10:287 of the psychic 6:419 of a rebellious part 17:139-40 of vital 8:298-99 offering and consecration 4:132-34 openness, sincerity and 17:151 orders and 17:232 passive and of the will 3:18-19 path of 3:4-5; 7:250 perfect 6:129-33 perfection and 10:308 personal effort and 16:312 personal incapacity and 10:305 personality purified by 3:116-17 purpose of individual 11:185 sacrifice and 3:114; 4:315 self-giving 4:68 sincerity and 6:210-11; 17:151 staying in the Ashram and 13:115 stop resistance by total 10:235 swiftest and most radical way to get rid of ego 3:268-69 tapasya and 3:4; 4:72; 12:382,399-400; see also above discipline through knowledge or devotion 3:126 to the Divine 7:255; 10:304-05,327; 14:113-15; 16:389,433-34 to the Divine Will 8:298-99,370; 14:119-21; 16:226,324,327,389,434 to inner guidance 9:359-60 to inner spontaneity 2:51 total 4:91,343-44,347,357; 8:124-25,267,285,373-74,399-400; 10:65 transforming physical consciousness by 8:301 true 3:114-16 trust and 11:282 understanding and 10:344 uniting with the Divine and 16:161-62 use of the term 6:226-29 vital, obedience and 6:204; 8:299 will and 3:118-19; 5:46-48 willing and spontaneous 10:263 yoga and 4:72; 7:246,250,367; 8:41-42 see also Giving; Offering; Submission Sweetness 14:189 Symbol(s) 8:90-91,158-59,235,246 earth is 4:242; 5:275-76; 7:160,164; 9:209,321 fire as 9:222 in dreams 4:107,149; 5:28-29; 6:142-43,147-50; 7:129-30; 17:393 in visions 3:13-14 Jeunesse Sportive de l'Ashram de Sri Aurobindo 12:262 lights going out 17:42 light is 3:132; 4:219 moon 16:125 the Mother's 6:395; 13:64-65 of cross in yoga 10:260 of human authority 4:92 of inconscience 16:367 of Mahashakti 6:395 of material universe 5:275-76 of paradise with serpent 10:93 of shadow is inconscience 16:367 of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education 12:111 of the sun 3:12; 7:139 of terrestrial world 8:35 of universal movements 5:272 Olympic Rings 12:267-68 Radha, of consecration 16:175 specific 15:41-45 Sri Aurobindo's 13:28-29; 15:205 Symbolism physical 4:220 Sympathy extend to all who need? 17:146,163 for the Divine and others 17:147 for those living in ignorance 10:279-80 in typal meditation 2:29 indifference and 17:163 story illustrating 2:270-77 Symphony of gladness, perfect 17:179 The Synthesis of Yoga see Sri Aurobindo (2), works of
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Tagore, Rabindranath 16:6 Talk/Talking about depression 17:68 about one's experiences 4:76-77; 16:22,86 about so-called spiritual things 17:166 about work 17:166,285,292-93 about yoga 17:21,73,83-84 attitude behind important 16:22 chit-chat (idle small talk) 16:181; 17:10,22-23,62 control over 17:8,23,33-34 developing one's thought and 16:244 during work 17:207 keeping quiet and 16:194 in sleep 16:400 late night 17:60 only what is indispensable 17:51 open, frank and cordial 17:285 remaining unaffected by 17:50 spoiling peace 17:95 unnecessary 9:143; 16:181; 17:56 wasting love in excess 17:54 when it is Sri Aurobindo who speaks 17:330 with others 16:86; 17:22-23,33-34,53,58,61,136,153,165-66 see also Speech; Word(s) Tamas 11:2,41; 14:319; 17:9,87,100,316 being awakened from 4:349 cowardice and 7:25-26 despair and 10:56 Divine consciousness can change 17:287-88 excitement and 5:414-15 food and 4:334 in body 12:397; 16:297 in mind and reading 16:267; 17:152 laziness and 4:366-67 mental 12:133,135-36,390; 10:281; 17:291 progress and 12:347 sadism and 10:106 shaking off 16:62 sleep and 15:399-401 studies and 12:397; 16:294; 17:83-84,152-53,173 yoga and 16:339 see also Inertia; Laziness; Tamasic... Tamasic body work and 16:183 see also Laziness Tamasic consciousness 10:53 Tamasic nature 5:120,415 Tamasic part "sattwic" part of the being and 16:157 Tamasic tendency of outer nature 16:303 Tamil 12:223-25 Tantras 16:367-68 Tantric system 17:395 Tao 2:64,125; 8:282-86 Tapasya 14:45 abolition of ego by, and purity 16:379 danger of 4:72 definition 4:343-444 discipline and 3:4; 12:382,399-400 inner and outer 6:410 of beauty 12:50-55 of power 12:55-56 path of 3:4 realisation (siddhi) and 8:173-74 right way of doing 4:364 surrender and 4:72; 12:382,399-400 see also Austerity; Discipline Tartini 4:127 Taste animals' sense of 17:246 bad, obstacle to progress 7:298-99 criticism of people without 16:60 development of 7:57-59,185 for adventure 8:40 for studies 16:198 for suffering 2:56 greed and 7:58-59 in the modern world 7:299 literature cultivates 7:309 perversion of 7:299-300 source of 7:59 spoiling of 7:310-11 training of 6:83 cf. Senses, education of Teacher(s) 12:368-85,408-29; 17:308 attitude of 17:301-02,323 attitude towards 12:160; 16:403-04 criticism of other 12:185 during the class 5:299-301 essential condition for 12:360-61 example most important 12:194-98,254,359-60,363-64 first duty is to do sincere yoga 12:376 has no right to punish 12:380 a hero and yogi 8:354 how to allow the Mother to help 12:335-36 inspiration and knowledge of 4:41 living in Ashram and right attitude of 12:366-67 maintaining discipline 12:334-38 meditation and intuition of, in the classroom 12:424-27 mental laziness of 8:186-87 mission of 4:3 must be psychologists 12:371,374,376-78 must be respectable 16:201 must not be absent 12:193 prayer for 12:381 preparing own choice 5:106 reaction against 17:269 TEACHERS preparing own choice 5:106 reaction against 17:269 representing the truth 4:92-93 role of 5:106; 8:180-82,186,353-57 spiritual 4:75,82; see also Guru subjects taught should coincide with personal experience of 12:199 successful 12:167-68 students and 17:307-08,312-13 true capacity of 16:262 cf. Education; Teaching Teaching 8:354; 12:167-97,368-85,408-29,439 as part of sadhana 17:271-72,308-13,373-74 at present, a sort of levelling 5:106 austerity and 12:61-62 the body 10:171-72; 11:13-15 by imposing an enlightened will 17:327 children and intellectual study 12:334 compulsion not effective 12:335 criteria for assessing 12:378 freedom and 12:286 Indian literature 17:301 "good students" 12:171 idea of evil 4:23-25 Indian languages 17:213-14 interest of students and 12:171,301-02,307-08,389 listening well and 8:236-37 the Mother's way of 8:311; 9:372-75 new consciousness and 12:114 new method of 12:406-07 relativity of 6:358-59 scientific 5:205 Sri Aurobindo's works 12:208-15 silence and 12:331-32 stressing growth of the soul 17:270 tests and 17:307-08 true 8:311 wanting it to enter you 8:237 well 17:373-74 cf. Education; Teachers Teachings of the prophets 9:300-01 of Sri Aurobindo see Sri Aurobindo (1), teachings of religious, and Sri Aurobindo's 10:96; 15:408-10; 16:414 spiritual and religious 12:120 understanding 8:237 Tears indicate a weak and paltry nature 16:371-72 the Mother moved by children to 3:159 Technology 12:252-377 Temper revolt and bad 16:71 loss of 16:26,33 Temples 17:43 occupied by vital beings 6:194-97 sacrifices in, human and animal 5:347-48 Temptation 16:197 Tension relief of 17:195 silence as remedy for 16:271 Teresa, Saint 4:287 Tests 12:201-04,327-29; 17:307-08 Theon, Max 11:197,200,311 The Theosophical Path 17:58 Theosophy on Karma 6:1-2 Thesis antithesis, synthesis and 4:44 Thinking about death 8:87 about oneself 17:24,77-78,100,407 about others 16:133,185; 17:167 about work 17:168-69,205 clearly 9:287-89; 16:281 human 2:22 in the true way 17:64 of the Divine 17:407 of the Mother 16:122,227-28 of other things 17:26 progress and 9:412 speaking and 4:201 with ideas 12:187-90; 16:244-45 with words 4:99,204 see also Thought(s) This life offers all possibilities 16:164 Thompson, Francis 16:291 Thought-force concentrated in different parts of the body 6:310-12,314-15 Thought-forms see Formation(s); Mental formation(s); cf. Vibrations Thought(s) 2:21-29,73-92; 4:201; 5:74-75; 8:183,189-90,254, 309,390; 9:286-90; 14:365-66 about oneself 17:77-78,100,150,161,407 about work (responsibilities) 17:168-69,180-81 actions of 2:24,61,85-86; 8:359; 10:124,146 analysing 2:25; 4:94 answering mentally 17:352 as living and acting beings 2:28,78,83 attitude towards 2:75 autonomous existence of 2:84 avoidance, rejection and transformation of 6:22-23 bad 5:146-47; 7:81; 8:207-10; 9:252-54; 16:129,262 action of 2:90-91 good and 3:185 let the Mother know 16:171 victory over (getting rid of) 15:330-31; 16:262 be conscious of 2:22-25,31,98,111 beautiful 2:60; 5:388 behind word 2:63 body, compared with 4:219-20 brain and 6:307,310-12,314-15 the central 2:39,93-94 channel of Grace 11:42-43 collective suggestions and 2:76; 4:236 collective victory of 2:89 concentration of 6:310-12; 16:166,228 consciousness and 4:240,319 control of 2:61-62,90; 3:183-84,186,230; 4:335; 9:250-54,387-88 craving expressed in 2:87-88 creative 8:395-96 development of 12:142; 16:244 direct contact through 7:219-20,230 directed and sustained 2:90 Divine vibration cannot be 10:155 dramatising things 17:138 effect of objectivising 2:23 endeavour to make actions conform to 2:24 extends beyond personal interest 2:155 from above and impulses 6:319 from outside 2:84 giving thoughts one cannot assimilate 2:100 habit of 2:76 harmony and 2:92 human,is creative 10:65 ideas and 4:47,202; 5:108-12,399; 8:344-46,395; 9:381-83 identification with author's 5:223 ill-directed, ill-controlled, does harm 3:211-12 in Dhammapada 2:87 in Europe 10:307 independent, conditions for 2:24 individual 2:24,27-28,86 light and 2:85; 4:219 living images produced by 2:108 lover of 2:80 malevolent, chief cause of division 2:92 market-place of 6:316 "master of thought" 2:61-62; 7:93 mental formation see Mental formation(s) method of widening 5:221-22 multiple 7:220 nature of 2:21-28,75-92 observation of 2:23-25,61; 3:183-84,230-31 of child 2:79 of death 3:187-88; 8:87 of one God in all 2:66 of other's faults 17:167 one becomes what one thinks 17:31 opinions and 2:23-24 organisation and 9:251-54 perversion of 7:90 pessimistic 16:187 physical transformation and 9:131-32 polite expressions without real 17:350 power of 2:85-86,107-08,153-54; 5:19,132-33,387; 9:186 precision without 11:10-12,130-31 primary importance of 2:74 progress and 2:60,86 progressive evolution and 2:90 projected as image in meditation 6:378 qualities of 2:21 realisation and 8:30,396-97 result of sensations 2:21-22 sacrifice of 2:27 silence and 2:79 speech and 6:222-23,375-76; 12:60 subconscient and 2:85 subtle vibrations of 2:85 suggestion and 4:236 summit of 2:27 synthesis of pure and powerful 2:90 to fight against 2:89 transformation of 6:22-23 true region of 9:289-90 truth and 2:27,78; 6:358-59; 10:123 two observations on 2:75 understanding others' 5:74-75 union with others and 2:110-11 uniting 2:109 value of 2:93 vibration of sound and 2:63-64; 8:311; 9:287-89 watch over 3:183,185 "we are surrounded by..." 5:383,386-87 widening, to understand 4:266-67 will-power and 2:86 word as result of living 2:64 words and 3:195-96; 4:99; 6:95,222-23 asking questions of the Mother 6:199-201 work of 2:86-92 see also Mind; Thinking Thyanaraja 3:105 Time 8:98,109-10,233; 10:244; 11:120,168,194,199,275-76,288 beyond, consciousness of three "times" 7:220 body bearing pressure of 16:366 by human measure and the Divine will 6:458-59 changed sense of 11:53 changes with the plane 4:220 concentration and 7:127; 17:369-70 creation and 4:161-62,220,394 Divine and 10:147,320; 16:153 dreams and 3:165 earth and 9:141 error, concept in 10:147-48 eternity and 4:232,394; 17:242 for progress in earthly life 5:50,206-07,339; 7:76; 9:270; 12:185-86; 16:164,434 for reading 17:146 for study 17:91 in physical, vital, and mental planes 7:219 in the world 2:154-55; 16:87 is relative 3:66; 4:232 is a succession 4:162 living in an exceptional 2:154-55 lost 3:209; 4:330-31 the Mother's personal experience of 15:402 the Mother's and Sri Aurobindo Ashram 16:165 the Mother's use of 6:245; 16:266 nature of mentality since Buddha's 3:235-36 necessary for realisation 9:190-91 of death 5:215-16,261-65; 6:449-50 on physical plane 7:221 on Supermind plane 4:162 our relation with 7:365 past, present and future 15:76-81 patience 5:397; 16:87 rhythms, cycles of 7:336 sense of, in subtle physical 11:80 space and escape from 17:181 forms of all cosmic existence 3:165 going out of 9:2 in vital world 3:165 possibilities in 7:262-63 Supermind and 9:157-59 thing is and is not at same 10:148 "the time is near" 7:326-28,330 "Time presses" 9:74 to find oneself 10:199-200 transcendence and 4:394 transformation and see Mother's body, the, transformation of, time and war and 9:168-69 wasting 17:79 work and 10:303-04 yoga and 16:133 Timidity 14:301 Tiredness 14:267; 17:35,208,346 comes from the vital 16:113 Coue's method and 16:80 due to inactivity 16:147 follow a physical discipline 16:127 from sleep 17:93,150 going to bed late 16:82-83 homework and 17:311 how to stop 17:151,303 need to sleep 17:151 rest and 16:79; 17:63,151,362-63 while writing 17:148 see also Fatigue Titan(s) 10:355 beings of ill-will 5:150 four strides to immortality 10:357 gods and 10:245-46,282 human wars as seen by 5:267 Scandinavian story about 10:309-10 universal 5:267 Tobacco 6:74-76 Today and tomorrow 16:182 Tolerance 14:201; 15:298 Tomorrow and today 16:182 Toothache 6:406-08 Torment 16:126 do not torment yourself 16:99,142,144 Torture 6:70-71 Tournaments true attitude towards 12:270 Town model 3:179 Tradition(s) ancient, of seven universes 4:23 fn Buddhist, of 2500 years 8:151 Chaldean, advice to novices 8:402 different in every country for same event 9:333 Earth is symbolic 9:209 "glorified body" of very old 9:85-86 gods incarnating on earth 4:184 living, of yoga in India 7:342 most ancient 9:332-33 Nordic 4:314 occult, appearance of first man 9:236-38 of creation 4:234; 5:352-53; 16:370 of rapid union with the Divine 5:328-29 of twelve men calling Divine 7:415; 8:93 pralaya 4:218 promised things 8:127 psychic, of terrestrial formation 4:243 Upanishadic 8:333-34 Tragedies 16:302 Tranquillity static power in 4:368-69 see also Peace Transcendence 4:393-94 Transcendent Divine how to approach 16:352-53 is both one and two 4:393-95; 16:374-75 Transcendent states consciousness in 17:184 Transfiguration of the being 17:181 Transformation 5:58-62; 11:199; 15:300,314-18,389 achieved in silent concentration 17:107,373 action and 2:106-07 adverse forces and 5:95; 7:2,406; 16:384 ascent of humanity and 10:249 aspiration for 9:191; 16:391 attitude towards 10:304 beginning of 16:421 best way to hasten 10:289 brings knowledge of God in lower nature 10:44 by inspired knowledge 10:143 by love 17:54 certainty of success 13:21 change and 4:102,336,349-50 changing difficulties, in oneself and others 5:303-04 one's way of being 4:121-22,253,262,333,373 play of Nature 9:33-36 world 4:253; 5:44-45,100 collaboration in 16:383 condition of earth and 11:279,284; 16:382 consciousness to realise 9:35-36 consecration and 16:371 consenting to be spiritualised 9:74-78 constant 4:214 continuous and total 10:77 death and 16:324 demands of 16:371 destruction and 10:349 discover what needs 17:375 disgust, revolt and 10:76 the Divine and 15:91-95 divine emanation for world-transformation 5:275 Divine force and 7:322; 17:350 Divine love and 3:171-72; 10:261,300 during dynamic meditation 8:88-89 effort and 16:391 egoism and 16:426 egoistic movements and 7:75 elements which do not wish to change 4:73-74,332,410 evolution and 11:46-53,71-72; 16:382 expressing the Divine 5:322-24 few are ready for 11:24-29 finance, politics, science 7:301-02 first necessity for 16:431 fixity of nature and 2:53 gives power of victory 16:384 hastened by destruction 17:256,287-88 health and supramental 10:328 helping movement of 9:416-17 history of 9:412 hostile forces delay 7:2,406 in life 3:198 in stages 15:404-07 individual and collective (social) 2:47-48; 4:382-83; 5:62; 7:323; 10:316; 16:329 inner 3:218; 10:47 integral 3:24; 8:83,247,323,366; 15:95-98 of terrestrial life 16:154 positive and negative movement 4:358-59 progressive 9:107-11 Integral Yoga, third stage of 7:407-08 into world-personality 8:378-81 joy, the means of 7:402 Kali's force, Divine Love and 16:370 key to true 10:19 knowledge that brings 10:144 leads to consciousness of Lord 10:243 liberation and 16:165 life in perpetual 2:93 love and 10:72-73 love and force needed for 10:261 man and superman: intermediary states 9:411-12 man not ready for 7:127,323,355 material difficulties and 16:354 means of self-transformation 5:44-45 mental self-sufficiency and 9:419-21 mental, vital, and physical participation in 9:345-46,399-400 mind and 8:343; 10:69; 16:354 mixture before 17:100 new emergence, unique event 9:293-94 new force needed for 7:187 new race and 7:324 new realisation, effect of 9:298-301 new world and 7:324,357,402 nothing will stop it 3:140 of "animal into the Driver of the herds" 8:377-79 of animal species 7:329; 9:232-33 of body see Transformation of the body of body-consciousness 6:110-11; 15:315-16 of consciousness see Transformation of consciousness of desire-soul 8:306-07 of earth 5:276; 10:220 of the elite 9:73-74 of "enjoyings" 8:376-77 of a hostile being 5:98-100 of the individual 8:378-81 of matter 10:144-45,210-11 and inmost being 2:52 of the Mother's body see Mother's body, the, transformation of of nature 8:62-63,245-46,381 of oneself 4:39,77-78,102-03,118,338; 16:179-80 of ordinary human consciousness 3:178 of organs 10:145-46 of the physical consciousness 8:300-01 of the planes 9:106 of politics 7:301-02 of "reason into ordered intuition" 8:382 of science 7:301-02 of the shadow 6:263 of the subconscient 15:316-18 of the vital 4:247-56; 15:96 of the world 3:128; 10:289; 16:311; see also World, transformation of of thoughts 6:22-23 of the whole being 16:368 open the door to 17:364 overcoming obscurities 5:19-20 period of transition 17:97 physical see Physical transformation physical education and 12:278-81 poetic way of expressing 16:387 power of 3:171-72 present conditions and sincere effort for 16:383 previous life and 17:109 problem of, and right attitude 3:154-55 problem of creating new body 10:119-20 process of 7:204; 10:192-93 progress, inner, and 4:181 progressive 9:107-08; 10:218-19 prophesy (revelation) and 11:86-87,89-90 the psychic and 9:293-94; 11:280; 15:95,97 psychic being works for 7:76 psychic presence and 5:99-100 race, intermediary 9:130-31,190-91,233 rejection and 7:83-84,95-96 release from mental misery 9:303-05 religion and 5:83 response to Supreme vibration and 10:180-81 simplicity and 10:169 sincerity, transforming power of 8:399-400 slow process will not change world 10:189 spiritual conversion and 2:162 sports and 12:290 Supermind and 3:174; 5:302-03 Supramental see Supramental descent; Supramental transformation supramental vibration and 10:180-81 supreme love and 10:74 terrestrial, Sri Aurobindo presides over 2:47-48; 7:327 three approaches to 11:60 time and (it is a long process; it is near; now is the time, etc.) 11:1,33,46-53,72-73,84-86,95,100-01,121-23,142,146-47,159-60,166, 173,181,194,204,206,217,223,250,255-57,266,275-76,283,307,323 total, needs several people 7:415 true union with the Divine Presence 17:372,379 understanding and changing 8:98-102 unifying one's being and 16:396 universal 6:245 vanity getting rid of through 5:48 vital opening to divine influence 5:117 process of 4:180,247-54 war and 10:53 wastage of energy 15:370 way of "ending" 10:218-19 weaknesses, searching for 4:252,337,361-62 without clash or damage 16:378 without decay 5:116 work of, long and slow 9:348-49 work of true self 2:23 world-transformation 5:266-67; 11:51-52,109-10,180-82 world and 11:51-52,109-10,180-82 wrong movements 7:84,89 see also Change; Transformation... Transformation of the body 3:175-76; 4:18; 6:36-37,114; 10:27-32 passim,84,193-94,248,354-55; 16:324,392 Ananda Aspect of the Mother and 6:292,302-04 collective change and 5:62 follows mental transformation 9:106 in stages 11:46-53,71-72,181,305 interesting problem 9:232-33 intermediary race 9:190-91 keeping body alive during 10:146 of organs 10:145-46 one body or collective 11:52,109-10,135,145-46,180-82 only interest of the body 9:191 physical 8:207,300-01 physical (body-) mind and 11:16-21,74,280 physical knowledge and 6:110-11 supreme capacity 9:86-87 three hundred years minimum needed for 5:58-59 see also Mother's body, the, transformation of Transformation of consciousness 8:11-12,76-77,172-76,268-69, 402-05; 9:117-19; 12:80-81; 15:314-18 psychic mirror 5:9-10 changes things 5:386 need of 8:96,98 Transition see Transformation Transmission of faculties 8:319-20 Transparency 14:187 Trees aspiration of 5:229 food, bamboo sprouts, coconut flowers 5:366 fruits, strange 5:364 gardener in Japan 5:325 love in 5:243 medicinal plants 5:365 palm-tree in the Ashram 5:113 parasites on 5:339 Troubles 16:216 only way out of 16:206 see also Difficulties True being 16:124,154-55 character, the body and 6:1 how to know 3:124 in the heart 3:1 realising 16:117 soul and 16:229 stands behind formations of past births 3:149 True consciousness 4:1-2,234; 11:109,114,135,140-41,159,166, 177,194-95,205,209,230,266,269 building up 16:378 difficulties vanish 7:400 experience of 8:403-05 True life first condition of 16:295 you must become aware of 16:136 True vision 11:221 Trust 12:125 between the Mother and a sadhak 17:137,174,197 faith and 6:120-25,403-04; 8:242,257-58,262; 9:162-64 fear and 16:194-95 for converting the vital 17:121 in the Divine 16:27; 17:47,157,387,415 in the Divine Power 16:187 in the Grace 7:403; 8:38-39,251,254-55; 9:428; 14:96-99; 16:195,252,297; 17:140,151 in the great Supreme 2:62 in an intermediary 17:123 in life 5:297-98 in the Mother 16:129,169 like a child 17:121,157 overcoming difficulties 6:445 receptivity and 6:403-04 spontaneous and absolute 17:157 story about losing 5:31 surrender and 11:282 tempting God 7:403-04 see also Confidence; Faith Truth 2:5; 3:133; 11:266,288; 12:10-11,113-14,126,175,185,189; 13:223; 14:204-07,211-14,226,288,291,365,369-70; 15:98,119,202, 298,417-18 above all opposites 10:315 above virtue and sin 10:348 absolute can conquer hostile forces 16:50 unthinkable for mind 10:66 accept apparent denial of 10:214 acting according to 16:268 acting contrary to 4:24 age of 16:213 aim of life and 14:4-5 appearances and 10:45,48; 16:391-92 arriving at 4:284-85 as a shield 16:214 aspect of That 4:2 aspiration towards sun and 2:28 atmosphere of in Ashram 9:70 attitude for understanding 4:49 beauty and 7:279 beyond all explanation 4:22 calling down 17:249,356 cause, origin and process of 5:41 cells of body will share in delight and 9:42 central 8:174-76,337,380-81 compared to white light 10:3 condition for seeing entirety of 10:124 conscience and 16:348 contacting the 9:257-58 descent of Divine 3:79-80 dharma, truth of each thing 5:356-57 difficult conquest 10:294 difficulties and 14:236,250 direct approach for understanding 9:285 disorder and 16:341 distortion of Divine 10:102 the Divine and 10:288,312; 14:209-11; 15:87 fn; 17:386 earth governed by 10:312 effect on reason 10:8-9 error and 2:27,81; 10:20,147-56 passim essential, and illusory appearance 16:391 "eternal word" 5:354-55 everything different in 10:46 expresses only the highest 7:286-87 eyes fixed on 17:392 .pa falsehood and 5:22,98,376-77,379; 10:67; 12:303-04,322-23,404; 14:208-11; 15:87 fn; 16:194,313,341 finding the 5:40; 9:407; 10:25 folly as distorted mask of 10:98 four attributes of 12:8 Four Noble Truths 3:248 hidden behind things 9:200-01 higher, must be told 17:216 highest for us now 10:9 how to discriminate 12:303-04 in art 3:110; 4:313 in daily life 17:213,241 in individual 10:138-39 individual experience not a universal 10:183 inner 4:24-28; 9:111,117 integral 2:27 international conflict and 13:389-90 irrefutable, religions try to impose 9:407-08 judging according to success and failure 5:269 knowledge of 4:3,20-21,158,387; 11:266 Law of, in manifestation 11:75-77 "lesser Truth" 4:344 lies in that which goes behind 10:250 life governed by Divine 10:313 literature and 12:144-45 living 2:105 living according to 10:301 living in Divine's Presence 7:410 logic and 10:68 "Lord of Falsehood", "Lord of the Nations" 4:184-88 passim; 5:98,376-79 manifesting on earth 11:85-86 means for discovery of greater 2:160-61 men's attitude toward 17:94 mind and 12:249 mind incapable of knowing 10:256 miraculous and 2:78 morality and 4:11 the Mother's experience of 10:187-90 the Mother's only aim 5:352,354-56; 17:65,385 negation of, constant 5:376 newspapers and 16:416-17 not expressed by words 8:56 nothing fixed in 10:243 of Avatar 10:254-55 of the being 6:27-28,165-67; 12:351; 17:182 of diverse action 8:408 of essential love 10:217-18 of every being 8:136,141-42,280-81,326,387,396 of experiences 4:395 of laws of Nature 8:316-17 of materialists 2:125 of self 4:36; 7:240 of thought 2:77-78 of the universe 5:40,82 only support 9:255 opinion and 10:86; 14:214-15; 16:338 opinion of 3:138 or the abyss 17:297 order of 4:406 partial and true 4:116 personal contact with 10:21 philosophy and 5:406-07 physical capable of receiving and manifesting 11:230 politics, justice and 16:376 power of 9:392-93; 10:39-40 practising to understand highest 9:70-71 pressure of 13:375 falsehood and 16:341; see also above falsehood and progress and 10:145 psychic and 15:325-27; 17:80 readiness for descent of 17:404 reason and 12:334 received by psychic and transmitted 17:80 relativity of 10:147 religion and 2:82; 10:286; 15:417 report things exactly 16:36 requires no advertisement 3:83 resistance to 17:272 rules and 7:286 satisfaction in 3:201 scientific knowledge as absolute 10:136-37 seen in distorted medium 10:2 senses and 14:382 serving 16:332 shall triumph 17:253 showing to physical consciousness 3:130-31 siding with 17:242,283 sincerity and 5:302-03; 7:88-89; 10:25 soul-type 5:356-57 speaking the 14:216-17 spiritual 16:315 subconscient and 14:388 Sun of 17:386 superman and 3:161-62; 16:436 supramental see Supramental truth supramental consciousness and 11:205 supreme 4:91; 10:10 surpasses thought 4:215 systems and 10:136-40 teachers representing 4:92-93 thought and 2:27,78; 6:358-59; 10:123 to be found behind 17:334 transformed into action 2:105 understanding behind events 5:194-95 understanding beyond mental formulas 5:88 understanding the 9:406-07 unwillingness to recognise what is true 3:192 value of a man 8:136 virtue and 10:348 vision and expression of 10:187-88 vital and 11:22-23 wealth and 16:372 what is Truth? 16:436 whole 10:362 Will of supreme Lord is 16:436 will triumph 4:22-23,25 Word and 10:234 world and 15:365 yoga of knowledge and 16:238 Truth-consciousness 10:187; 11:2; 12:116; 14:290-91; 15:116-17,124,403 consciousness and falsehood 10:108 human consciousness and 10:75-76 intervention of 10:192 life not yet guided by 5:17-18 mind and 16:436 peace and 5:65-66 see also Supermind/Supramental, the Truth-creation pralaya and 7:208 Truth-power 10:185,194-95 Truth-vision 12:322-23 Truthfulness 12:150 U
Ugliness beauty and 10:45-46; 16:78 existence of 5:71-73 healing 10:71-74 Unconsciousness 17:74 correcting wrong done through 5:411 cruelty and 6:70-71 diminishes suffering 3:198 fear and 6:50-51 in sleep 16:376-77 in work 16:18 insincerity and 6:125-27 made by the Divine? 17:106 of creation 5:41,71; 10:206 of laziness 16:395 of material nature 17:107 striving to become conscious 17:75 waste and 16:376 Understanding actions prior to 10:146 another dimension 7:240 appreciating and, Sri Aurobindo Ashram 16:325-26 aspiration for 7:239 attitude and 17:411 behind words 4:227-28 being and 7:239 body's 8:55,212-14; 9:325-26 brain formation 8:180-83,385-87 by experience and by reading 9:182 children 4:157 conditions for maximum 10:7 consciousness and 5:29; 10:18; 17:159 creation, story of 5:372-75 difficult studies 4:198 difficulty of 8:32,86 direct transference of a state of 9:287-90 discussion and 10:85-86 the Divine 8:94 Divine Love 8:339-40 effort for 17:66,145,157 ego and 10:358 experiences 7:360; 8:67,237,341-43; 9:182; 10:210 follows action 10:146 from above 8:32 the Gita 8:105 God 10:262,289 goodwill comes with 10:22 how things happen 5:194; 9:245-46 how to live without ego 9:338 human way of 6:274; 10:262 the impossible 8:313,383-86 in the body-cells 9:147-48 in silence 3:63-66; 4:227 increasing one's 8:101 instead of learning 5:105 intimate 17:155 key of past transformations 9:293-94 light through science 2:108 love in complete 17:387 means of 5:74-75,189,195; 8:62 mind incapable of 8:30,99,101,183; 12:101,139,183 the Mother 11:194-95; 16:51 miracle, constant 8:128,316-17 of humanity 11:75-77 of self leads to God 2:38-39 one's errors 5:55-56 others 4:157; 5:74,220-21,299-301,311-12 perception, linear and global 8:56 philosophy 17:144 plasticity and 4:157 power to open 10:210 preparation for experience 6:350-51 progress and 9:134-36 Radha's prayer 5:385 reading without 17:70-71 Scriptures 10:186,355 searching behind words 9:178 self 2:38-39 Sri Aurobindo's compact phrases and 10:9 Sri Aurobindo's, of history 10:62 studies 17:90 supramental knowledge 4:222 supramental life 9:325-26 surrender and 10:344 teaching, listening well 8:236-37 thoughts of others 5:74-75 through vibrations 9:287-90 transformation 8:90-102 true 5:194; 7:238-39; 9:177 the truth 4:49; 5:194-95; 9:285,406-07 union with Supreme Consciousness and 10:262 universal vision needed for 10:49 the universe 5:81,88-89,311-12; 10:358 usual distortion in communication 9:288-89 the Vedas 7:368 way to 12:139-40 what one knows 16:433-34 with the body 9:325-26 the world 5:29-30,81,88-89,311-12 Yoga and 16:411 see also Knowledge; Mind Undesirable things attachments are 17:132 continuing 17:134 seeds of 17:138 Uneasiness at seeing the Mother, and insincerity 16:264 comes from the vital 16:113 reasons for 17:34-36 to get rid of 17:67,71 Unforeseen, the remedy for 16:18 Unhappiness 4:45,289-90,293,405 insincerity and 6:215-16 past life, cause of? 5:217-18 thwarted desires and 17:101 see also Misfortune Unification 4:80,106 around psychic center 16:392; see also Psychic being, unifying... of the being 4:81,88-89; 11:290-92,307; 12:3-4; 16:362-63,377-78, 396,410,412-13; 17:82-83 Uniformity union, unity and 16:368 Union Ananda of identity and 8:94,226-27 aspiration for Divine 8:235-36 effected through offering 3:23 in the divine consciousness 16:158 India will show the way to 16:368 fn joy of 8:75,226-27,233; 17:375 love and 6:104-05; 16:399 the Mother's with the psychic 10:132 of opposites 10:304 peace best for 17:168 perfect 5:57-58 power can tolerate only 10:176 psychic being works for 16:174 quietness for more complete 17:178 remembrance and 16:374 separation and 6:100-01 suffering and 7:8; 9:8 sure means of attaining 16:164 true, attaining 16:175 uniformity and 16:368 with the Divine see Divine, the union with with Divine Consciousness and Will 3:133-35,167-72; 17:309-10 with others 2:110-11 with the outer nature 16:156 with the psychic see Psychic, the, union with with the supramental force 9:118-19 with the Supreme 10:78,262; 11:129-30,184-88; 16:392 Unity 8:55-56,78,403; 11:166 collective 7:413; 10:310 consciousness of 16:288,302 consciousness of Divine 8:53,75-77; 10:174-75 creation and 11:198-204 delight in 9:7-9 diversity and 4:324,328 Divine order and 3:163 divine Unity manifesting 9:150 essential 2:66 experience of 10:50-51 "The Family of Man" 9:3-4 freedom, expression of 9:49-50 human see Human unity human consciousness and 15:66-68 in art 5:339-40 in the being 8:285; 10:281 in inconscient and through supreme consciousness 9:47-48 in Japan 2:150 in matter 8:76-79 inner progress and 6:428 integrality 8:247-48 love leads to 9:50-51 multiplicity and 4:327-29 national and international 12:252-54 of consciousness 11:199-207 of India 13:362,368-376 passim of individual and group 2:60 of mankind 10:281; 12:39-40; 15:65-68,71-72 of nations 12:40-41; 13:371 of Sachchidananda 7:243 original 4:324,329 separation and 7:237 perfection of 2:164 realising true (supreme) 10:349; 16:307 spiritual and material 10:211 supreme 10:349; 16:307 through supreme consciousness 9:47-48 uniformity and 8:106; 12:172; 16:68 with the Divine 3:167-68 Universal consciousness not the Divine 3:168 personality and 8:378-81 Universal forces fountains of 2:47 observation of 6:419-20 play of individual virtues, faults and 7:138-39; 16:276 Universal mind 3:115-16 Universal nature harmony between individual and 10:56 liberation from 16:431 vital force and 7:137-38 Universal objectivisation result of divine will 9:176 Universal personality 10:255 Universal progress 5:336; 8:233-34,325-26 individual and 7:427 Universe all things indispensable 4:285 as harmonious power 10:235 as a play of the Divine 6:267-68 Avatar's action in 9:332-34 becoming as vast as 10:19 becoming conscious, remedy for evil in 5:73 beyond the 4:221 cause of ugliness in 5:71-73 chance and 10:44 choice to remain in or leave 8:234 combinations, infinite 8:312-17 conceptions of 4:214,371 consciousness, unfolding of 4:174,217,220 constantly evolving 10:47 constitution of 4:164 contact with mystery of 2:147 "cosmic spirit" 7:236 creation and dissolution of 2:147; 3:177; 4:23,162,220,370-71; 5:40-41,71,163; 6:171; 10:99,107; see also Pralaya delight of being, foundation of 8:226-27,327 desire to own things in 2:53 destruction of see above creation and dissolution of development of is perpetual 9:33-35 disappearance of a 10:219 the Divine and 4:160-64; 5:82-83; 15:3-10 Divine will acting in 9:176 earth is symbol of 2:80; 4:242; 5:272,275-76; 7:160,164; 9:209,321 ego and understanding 10:358 eternally unrolling itself 3:31 events of, unchangeable 5:192-93 every possible kind of 10:104 existence and truth of 5:40,82 expanding 4:220-21 explanation of 3:28; 4:154; 5:81; 7:238-41 exploring 2:128 expression of Divine will in 10:289 expression of Sachchidananda in 10:45 exteriorisation of the Divine 5:375 free choice, principle of 5:310,374-75,379-82 getting out of 16:165 identification of consciousness with 2:130 illusion of personality and 2:52 imagining something in 7:234 in miniature: man 2:80 in slow ascending evolution 10:267 individuality amidst eternal Creation 8:346 individuals, worlds and 10:218 infinite combinations in 4:217-18; 8:313-14 infinite gradations of 4:83-85; 8:87 judgment of 4:117,177 knowledge of 2:27; 8:87 laws of order in 2:106 the Lord is the centre of 16:264 manifestation of Supermind in 10:107 material see Material universe motive of 4:161,324 movement perpetual in 8:2,133 multiplicity and unity in 4:327-29 necessary to explain grain of sand 2:83 new, eternally 4:218 objectivisation of the Supreme (That) 9:321; 10:99 of equilibrium 10:107 one is part of 16:265 organisation of 6:284 origin of see above creation and dissolution of owning things in 2:53 physical world like a crystallisation of 5:272-73 physically within the Divine 11:132-38 plan of: will and purpose in evolution 9:259-60 possibilities realised 4:148 pralayas of see above creation... progressive 7:234; 8:233-34,325-26 psychic life of 17:102 raison d'etre of 4:161,174; 9:208-12,427 reduced to size of human mind 4:177 relativity in 10:45-46 reorganisation, perpetual 8:2 repetition, no identical 5:40,226 role of individual in 8:326 source of 10:45 state, static and progressive 8:233-34 supermind, new element in 8:313-17 tapas of 8:101-02 temporal: "a paradox and an impossibility" 8:383-85 true reality of 7:331 truth of 5:40,82 understanding the 5:81,88-89,311-12; 10:358 universalisation of consciousness 9:65 unsatisfactory 5:41 see also Creation; Earth; World Unworthiness feeling one's own 16:320 Upanishads 8:333-34 Upsetting 17:93 endurance and 16:145 "Utilitarianism" 12:353 V
Vacations 17:399-400 Vaishnavite stories 8:224-27 Valmikie 10:269 Values intensified by supramental descent 11:314-18 true 8:136,403 Vanity 7:18-19; 14:279,301; 17:10 bad weed 5:46 doing "great things" 16:182 egoism 4:39 fatuity 5:337 humility and 16:178 in plants and animals 4:29-30; 11:261 inferiority complex and 16:269 jealousy and 16:179 movements of 16:64 of ego 5:14-16,349 prayer and 5:93 prevents you from seeing affection 16:70-71 progress and 5:49,219-20; 16:128; 17:117-18,122,160-61 satisfaction, personal 5:337,349 spiritual 5:384 stupidity and 5:30,337 transformation of 5:48 unpleasant speech through 5:47 vital full of 4:52; 8:239-40,242,348-49; 16:54 see also Ego; Egoism; Pride Vaschild, Dr. "Sleep and Dreams" 2:30 Vasishtha 10:249 Vastness bathe in 17:190 contact Nature with joy and 7:73,138-39 ways to identify with 6:344-46 see also Widening (Wideness) Vedanta 10:317 Communism and 10:307 egoism and 10:318 message of 10:272 Veda(s) 10:258,317-18 conception of creation 4:214 crookedness in 10:168 hymns of 4:136 imaged language of 7:359 Sri Aurobindo on 4:136; 8:188,204-05 transcription of 7:360 understanding 7:368 see also Vedic... Vedic Age 7:356-59 Vedic experience letter to the Mother 5:276-77 Vedic hymns 8:188 Vedic Rishis 7:360-61; see also Rishis Vegetal kingdom 16:234 Veil between the Supreme and the material world 17:178-79 Mind of Light, transparent 9:193-94 of falsehood 10:108 removal of 10:19 "Vers la Perfection" classes 12:182-85 Vexation the vital and 16:132 Vibhuti 6:274; 7:362 Avatar and 4:398-99 Vibrations 8:53-55,312,389-90 action of higher, and resistance to 4:383; 10:232-33 answered from inside 6:429-30 awareness of 6:335-36 brain cells and subtle 2:33 cells and true 10:180 consequences of 4:407 containing everything 10:155 difficulties of world and 6:446-47 distinguishing 6:131-33 distortion of central 10:215-17 Divine 10:155; 11:193,195-96,249-50; 16:382 each one emanates 16:13 equality and supramental 10:114; 11:193,195 evaluation of 11:10-12,130 expression of 10:225 favourable and unfavourable 10:180 field of, make up physical reality 10:179 golden 10:222-23 illnesses, accidents, etc. and 16:323-24 in flowers 4:167 in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 4:216,222-24 passim; 5:271 in types of suggestions 16:45 influence of others 4:27,36; 17:28-29,68 lower, eliminating 16:358 make up atmospheres 4:223,230; 16:13,32 meeting people and wrong 16:358 mind and 9:287-89 observation of universal forces and 6:419-20 of adoration 10:264 of creation 10:217 of desire 2:87-88; 4:382-83; 8:53; 10:176-82 of fire 10:194 of good and of evil 16:381 of harmony and disorder 10:192 of hate 10:215-17 of joy and pain, same 5:386 of love 10:73,215-18 of music 5:75 of psychic 4:245 of thought and sound 2:63-64; 8:311; 9:287-89 of Truth-Consciousness and of Falsehood 10:189 of Will from above 10:232 on mental, vital and physical planes 10:179 ordinary and true 10:202 perception of 10:181,282 quality of 10:178-79 receptivity and 10:194 requires own medium 2:84-85 subtle 2:33,85 supramental see Supramental vibration transformation and supreme 10:180-81 true 10:189,193-94 understanding through 9:287-90 undesirable 4:335,383 vital 4:244 cf. Force(s); Formation(s) Vice(s) contagion of 9:56 control of 8:5 progress and 10:267; 16:246 Victory 8:9,42,134; 12:271-74 action on world of individual 5:20 against adverse forces 5:235-36; 6:436 assurance of, precious 16:122,145 at end of ordeal 17:388 certain, of Sri Aurobindo 3:139-40 certainty of 9:255; 16:173; 17:189 collective 2:89 confidence and 16:186 "conquering", meaning of 5:267 day of, how to hasten 16:22-23 defeat and 8:401-02 Durga Puja, day of 7:352 fear and 16:187 joy is sign of 7:401 meaning of 12:153-54 miracles are aspiration for true 11:256 the Mother is with you 16:90 nature of, indicated by nature of difficulty 3:143 never lose will for 17:63 of the Divine 3:3; 15:88-90 of the Supreme 17:402 of thought 2:89 over bad thoughts 15:330-31; 16:262 over death 11:107 over egoistic personality 2:66 over evil 9:4-5 over falsehood 3:141-42 over lower nature 16:421 over oneself 3:228; 5:20; 17:374 perseverance and 16:133 sincerity and certain 5:5,7 sincerity of aspiration and 16:145 transformation gives power of 16:384 will for rest and 17:63 win upon earth 3:198 Vietnam 10:233 fn; 16:337-38 Vigilance 14:184 against adverse forces 16:187 correct 3:250 meaning 3:202 passive and active 3:202-03 Vincent de Paul 12:95-97 da Vinci, Leonardo 3:110; 4:301 Violence 13:218; 15:49-50 always a sign of weakness 6:372-73 anger and 16:336 animals and 6:372 aspiration mixed with 6:420-21 by a teacher 16:201 children and 12:196-97,436-40 physical and moral 12:438-40 quietness in face of 17:60,238,364,393 Violent sensations 16:147-48 Virtue(s) aspiration and 8:143 compassion is highest human 10:359 contribution of evil and 10:267 the Divine dealing with 10:342 eliminates everything bad 10:157 faults and 16:276,374 great obstacle to self-giving 10:122-23 hate of 10:78-79 height where they all meet 2:101 many lead away from the Divine 16:378 must drop robe of 10:348 only indispensable ones 10:283 perfection and 10:157 possession of, indicates exact opposite 10:81-82 sin, progress and 10:258-59 sincerity 10:287; 16:394 story depicting 2:5-6 united beyond the ego 6:182-83 vice, progress and 10:246,267 Vishnu 8:224 fn; 10:225; 16:135,326-27 Avatar of Shiva and 7:297 dark side of 10:282 Vision apparition which brings about accident 4:274 attitude of true 8:398 by identity 10:128 capacity of mind's 7:231 choice and 10:124 close to Origin 10:125-26 cosmic 10:263-64 deeper in life 5:409 definition of 10:41-42 Divine consciousness and 10:128 error and 10:41-42,263-64 experiences of 10:289 expression of consciousness in things 10:226 expression of truth and 10:187-88 filling in 10:129 foresight and 15:307-08 global 6:458-59 hallucinations and 10:41-42 human and divine 6:459 images in, symbolic 3:13-14; 16:94 in the heart 10:336 inner see Inner vision lights and, in vital world 17:44-45 limitation of, keeps us from Divine Wisdom 10:358 morality and 10:178 the Mother's way of seeing and human 12:95-96 of action of Grace 10:233-34 of children not exclusively material 5:410 of divine Consciousness 10:128 of divine Creation in making 10:231-32 of humanity 11:255 of Jeanne d'Arc 3:17-18 of new spiritual life 9:149-52 of physical world 10:139-40 of prophets 9:300-01 of subtle physical 10:126 of Truth 4:13; 10:184,187-88 of whole 10:124 of whole earth 10:264 of the world 9:134-36,201-03; 10:41 realisation and 10:11 seeing objectively 4:12-13 seeing with subtle eyes 4:319 spiritual 5:401 story of a 3:13-14 subtle 10:129 suffering and cosmic 10:263-64 supramental 5:302-03 symbolic dream and 7:129-30 symbolic, of collectivity 9:137-40 passim total vision 10:11,124-25 morality eliminated by 10:178 necessity of 10:77 of the Divine 16:338 true 8:398; 10:128,237-38; 11:221 Truth-vision 12:322-23 universal 4:22; 10:49 universal vital and mental 10:128 vital 10:41 will as 9:176; 10:232 see also Psychic vision; Sight; Vision Vision, physical knowledge and 11:244-45 training of 6:83-84; cf. Senses, education of see also Mother's body, the, transformation of, vision Visions 6:353-55 capacity for 4:108 dreams as 2:37; 3:13-15 false 3:16; 4:108-10,113 formulation of 3:16-18 of children 7:129 of Christ 3:16-17 of the dead 15:347-58 of the Mother 2:148-50; 4:319-20; 8:155-57; 9:332-33 of Sri Aurobindo 5:352,355 of the Virgin Mary 3:18 seeing one thing, interpreting another 3:13-14 sources of 10:128 symbols in 3:13-14 Vital, the 6:186-87; 14:300,376-81; 15:323 active and dominating 4:367 activity of 8:299,359 adverse forces and 3:73; 5:94-97,135,234-235; 6:191 after death 4:191,195,204; 6:56; 15:130 desires realised 5:135 takes shelter in living persons 9:362-63 agitation of mind and 17:69 anger and 10:81; 16:336 aspiration and 8:250 aspiration of 5:293 attachments of 17:132 attitude in 17:405 bad feelings come from 16:113 beauty, and love in 4:165-66 blows to 5:28 the body and 4:53,264,368; 5:294-96; 10:27-28; 17:75 body-consciousness and 5:294-96; 6:140-41 bothersome character 16:147 can change under psychic influence 6:305 cat living in 4:323 centre of dynamism 4:50,59,250 change, decision to 4:78-79 changing moods of 17:168 chemistry of 9:179-81 children and 5:297-98; 6:11-13 claiming so-called freedom 17:119 collaboration of 4:50-51; 5:55 compassion, gratitude and 15:297 competition, upset during 5:169-70 confidence and 16:197 confusion between soul and 9:308-09 conscious part of 5:53 constancy of the physical and 11:189-90 contacts and movements (perturbations) of 17:16,36-39,47,136,207,242 contrary, of a sadhak 17:137 control of 4:250,335-36; 5:211-14 conversion of 3:73,136-40,144-46; 5:117-18,255-58; 6:203-04; 16:401,410-11; 17:7,20-21,85,121,207 craves strong experiences 16:147-48 creative strength of 7:242 deceptions of 11:22-23 deformed from birth 4:260 demands of 4:332 depression and 4:248-49; 5:257-58; 6:32-33; 8:192; 17:120 deprived of satisfaction 17:117-18,134,168,170 desires and 3:133,135; 4:58,191; 5:101; 16:113,196 desires of 8:193; 10:25; 17:69,95 increased through repression 10:55 sound health and 16:197 way of knowing 16:343 developing and mastering 16:301 difficulties of 4:248-52 discipline of 12:6-7 dissatisfaction of 17:54-55 the Divine and 14:378 Divine force and 6:396-97 Divine love, psychic and 16:176 the Divine will and 16:196,401 dramatises 16:174 ego and 9:5 emotions and 15:343-46 energy and 4:250; 6:82; 8:298-99 envelope of, protects 4:63,273 equilibrium of 4:63 experiences seized by mind and 6:396-97 exteriorisation of 5:295; 7:238 faith of mind, physical, psychic and 17:125 fatigue and 17:150 fault of, punishing body for 17:75 fear in 5:169 fighting power of 4:187 film watching and 16:416 gives intensity but divides 11:131 goes on strike 5:257-58; 16:198 hides in a corner 4:98,359-60 human relations and 14:303-04,307 hunger of, for praise 3:137-38 immortal by nature 5:211 imposing peace on 16:122 increases physical pain 6:406 individualised 10:41 interdependence among men 5:305 is a veritable hell in some parts 16:388-89 law of and formation of groups 2:59 letting go and suppression of 4:178 living in mind and 17:182 lower vital consciousness penetrating 17:136 error of 7:70 troubled by discipline 4:345 world 6:448-49 make effort to quiet 17:48,133 making judgments 14:291,294 material see Material-vital matter, mind and 11:124-25 mental formation and 16:30 mental, physical and, participate in transformation 9:345-46,399-400 mental sight and subtle 10:126 mental vision and universal 10:128 mind and 4:50-51,178; 5:54,56,211,253; 6:5-6,158-59,163; 7:70,78; 16:167,197; 17:27,29; see also below relation of mind, body and mistrust power of 17:180 the Mother's love and 17:65 the Mother's, withdrawn, taken away 11:94,99,101,118,123-25, 143,155,191,239 music originates from different levels of 5:75-78 nightmare 4:192,194-95 not feeling loved 17:65 obedience, surrender and 6:63-64,204 obscure parts of 17:91 obstacle to soul 10:24 origin of illness 4:263; 9:120-22 overcoming fear in mind and 9:121-22 pacification of 17:48,121 a passing instrument 11:124-25 peace in 16:122 persistence of 16:113; 16:198 physical, psychic and 6:5-6 place of heroism 16:196 pleasure of 16:136,201; 17:160 possession by 4:185 power of 5:258-59; 8:73,298-99 preference and 16:113 profit drawn by mind and 5:56 progress and 4:52; 5:253-59 passim; 9:425; 16:297,397-98 projection of nervous force by snake 6:44-45 psychic and 4:137; 6:5-6; 7:44,253; 16:174,176 psychic being, mind and 16:167,424 psychic contact with help of 5:258-59 psychic emotions and 15:344-46 psychic love and 17:108 purifies difficulties 4:52,335 quietude of 8:330 rajas and 16:297 reactions of 7:81 realisation in 4:78 reason and 10:8 VITAL, the realisation in 4:78 reason and 10:8 receptivity of 5:210 refined 4:166 relation of mind, body and 4:53; 5:294-96; 10:27-28; see also above mind and repression of 4:178,359 revolt of 8:192 role of, in relationships 2:69 seat of impulses and desires 4:49-50 seizing experience 6:396-97 self-love, characteristic reaction of 9:5-6 sincerity and 4:50; 15:320 sleep and 3:15; 17:47-48,163 soul, psychic being and 4:137 source of energy of 6:82 spontaneity of 10:87 stopping 16:147 subjectivity and objectivity of 11:36-38 suffering and 6:70-71; 17:105,149 surrender of 6:204; 8:298-99 three sources of subsistence 6:81-82 tiredness comes from 16:113 to detach from movements of 17:136,207 transference of (example of murderer) 5:208,377 transformation of 4:180,247-56; 5:117; 15:96 true 7:217 true role of 5:101 truth and 11:22-23 universal forces and 7:140-42 vanity in 4:52; 8:239-40,242,348-49; 16:54 vast, receptive 7:72-73 vexation and 16:132 violent movements 7:81 vision of 10:41 weaknesses of 4:98-99,252,352,361 world forces and developed 6:82 yielding to impulses of 17:74 see also Vital... Vital attractions 17:62 Vital austerity 12:55-57 Vital being abode of 8:26 after death 5:134-35 appearing as the Divine 5:284 blows to, in dreams 5:27-28 body and 4:367-68; 16:164 complaints of 3:136-37 conversion of 6:203-04,246-48,435-36 depression of 16:134 Divine love and 3:72-73 dramatises difficulties 14:247 hungers for praise 3:136-38 incarnations of 4:184-85; 8:338 "mediums" and 15:395 the mind and 17:27 no psychic in 4:141 fn often sexless 9:103-04 perform miracles 10:160 power over matter 5:117 problem of 8:298-99 progress of 7:425 psychic being and 6:161; 16:174; cf. Psychic being, conversion and recognition of 3:49; 4:190 Stalin was a 4:188; 5:378 two parts of, struggling 17:50 Vital beings abode of 8:81 are sexless 7:160 cause catastrophe 4:192 chief characteristic of 4:185 churches occupied by 6:194-97 control money power 3:45-46 conversion of 3:144; 6:161; 8:138-39 destroyed by Supreme power 4:187 enter body during exteriorisation 4:128-29 fear is gift of 5:117-20 food for 6:194-97 imagining so-called 16:190 individuality of 3:47-49 insects created by 5:149-50,309 need of fearlessness in dealing with 3:47-49,165-66 possession by 3:44-44; 4:184-88 reign of 12:100 religion and 6:194-97 spiritual life and 3:42-45 story about 6:57-62 temples occupied by 6:194-97 titans, in forces of Nature 5:150 see also Vital, the; Vital beings; Vital entities Vital consciousness dreams and 16:408 Vital domain sensations and 16:177 Vital education 6:10-17; 12:18-23,55-57 Vital entities 17:48-50,110 after death 4:191-92 behind automatic writing 5:36 formed from decomposed ideas 5:36 in the atmosphere 9:362-68 miracles with help of 4:83,86-87 stones falling on Sri Aurobindo's house and 6:57-62 weather and 6:201 see also Vital beings Vital experiences mental preparation 6:350-51 Vital force(s) 7:72; 8:392-94 converted 6:203-04 Divine consciousness and 6:389-90 education and 12:336 energy from 7:72-73,137-42 exchange of, between animals and man 5:241 in plants 8:25-26 money and 6:249,251 the Mother and 13:49 Nature and 5:136-37; 7:137-39 receptivity and 5:210; 7:140-42 thought drawing on 2:90 source of vital energy 6:81-82 cf. Adverse forces; Vital beings Vital formations mental formations surrounding men and 6:277-81 cf. Formations Vital impulses controlling one's 5:211-15; 8:190; 9:98-99 emotion and 8:193,392-93 mixture of inspiration 8:193-94 Vital liberation 12:71 Vital love 16:176 Vital nightmares 4:192-93 Vital physical dissolves at death 3:149 Vital plane 7:219; 10:179; 15:6; 17:91 Vital pleasure 16:136 Vital Purusha 17:86 Vital soul 6:355-56; 17:81-82 Vital vibrations 4:144-45,244 Vital will 2:163; 4:254-55; 7:219; 8:51-52 Vital world(s)/plane(s) 3:106-07; 8:217-18,392-93; 12:247; 15:6,352-54; 16:197; 17:49-50 after death 17:290 art and 3:106-07 beings of see Vital beings class of Bhaktas living in 3:10 consciousness necessary when in 9:344 converted vital force and 6:203-04 creative power in 8:118-19 death and 6:55-57 depression and thieves of 16:73 dreams in 5:27-28,37-40; 8:116-19 entry into 3:47-48 essentially hostile to the Divine 6:305 evil in 17:150-51,163 experiences in dreams etc. 15:352-54 fluidic 3:48 going to in sleep 7:121 hells in 17:106 individuality and 6:258 individuality of forms of 3:48-49 knocks received in 5:27-28 lights and vision in 17:44-45 lower death and 6:448-49 lowest, idols and 6:275-76 mental and 17:50 miracles, intervention in material world and 10:160 money and 6:251 the Mother's dream in 5:27-28 nightmares in 7:24,121 of disorder 4:141 fn of horrors 4:303-04 opening in 7:80 personality in 6:258 physical mind under sway of 3:61 Russian dances expression of 3:112 space and time in 3:165; 7:219 Stalin, being of 5:378 thieves of 16:73 war in 4:303-05 Vivekananda 8:350-52; 10:195,207,254-55,262 cleansing one's soul 4:360 incident recounted about 7:358-59 light in worst criminal 5:381 Sri Aurobindo and 7:228-29 Vibhuti of Shiva 10:205 Vocabulary precision by agreement 6:321-22 Voice inner 16:47 music and human 7:351 of ordinary consciousness 16:249-50 of Divine Will 3:8 to hear the Divine 4:87 Vulgarity cinema, instrument of perversion 4:326; 7:299 obstacle to progress 7:298 perversion of taste in modern world 7:299-300,310-11 vulgarisation "a sign of the times" 7:288-89 cinema songs 7:297-98 W
Wagner, Aloyishus 3:111; 4:314 War 4:383-84 atom bomb 7:388 attitude of aspirants to supramental life towards 9:169-70 catastrophic idea threatening at present time 9:168-69 children admitted to Ashram during 6:296 courage in 7:30-31,261 descent of Supermind and 10:53 Divine's intervention during 7:306-07 effect of, on the world 4:303-05,329 effort to prevent 9:3-4 ego and 10:52 evolution and 10:52-53 feminist movement and 2:143-46 "great madness" 7:306 heroism in 2:144; 7:259-61 history and 10:62 human folly and 16:331 human, in universal framework 5:267 Indo-Pakistan 17:376 "Lord of Falsehood": organised both World Wars 5:376-77 the Mother's reflections on 2:137-39 Nature-entities disturbed by 7:388 necessity of 10:201 New force and 16:330-31 of idea against idea 2:89 of thought 2:89 Peace and 15:47-48,64-65 possibility of 7:14 progress and 10:52-53 reason for 5:266-67 Supermind and 10:53 time and 9:168-69 transformation and 10:53 war-children 4:303 see also World War I; World War II Waste 6:155-56 avoiding 16:33 causes of 16:43 of food 17:271 Prosperity (Ashram Department) and 17:155 spending and 16:33 unconsciousness and 16:376 Water 8:111,358 divine faculty 4:235-36 Weak, the only the weak complain 16:207-08 Weakness(es) cause restlessness 16:125 Divine heals 4:391 do not accept the idea of 16:186 due to imagination 17:248-49 God and 10:101-03 good to see and correct 16:63 in the mind 4:98,346 insincerity 4:252 justified 4:332,338 makes one lazy 16:399 man clings to 16:291 mental limitations and 14:363-70 overcoming 10:357; 16:148,364; 17:53,62-63,175,364 regarding women 17:13,26 search for 4:361-62 see clearly but not only them 16:64 sentimental, reject 16:173 strength and 10:101; 17:22 violence always a sign of 6:372-73 Wealth collective 7:92 the Divine and 6:249-53; 15:53-58,279; 16:372 should not be personal property 16:372-73 spiritual 2:99 see also Money Weather prayer and 6:201 West, the India and 16:328 maxim of 10:244 occult knowledge and 15:376,380 synthesis of East and 5:342-43 see also East and West; Europe Wickedness in children 5:412-13 insincerity and 6:125-26 tamas and 5:415 Widening (Wideness) 14:152-53; 16:225 the body 10:118-19 the mind 7:58-59; 17:70-71,85-86 of the consciousness 5:153,221-23,233-34; 6:344-46; 8:286-88, 383-84; 16:254,307,345,398-99,433-34; 17:41 of knowledge 10:85-86 progress and 12:185-86 self-mastery and 16:345 thought 4:266-67; 5:221-22 to receive 16:427 see also Vastness Will 6:139,348-49; 12:35,116-17; 14:167-68 acting on others 17:26-29 acting through transient instrument 17:183 action and 5:46-48,129; 9:176; 10:177-78 actions against the Mother's 17:59,64 actions conforming to purest 17:131 adverse 17:111 all-powerful 10:77 as vision 9:176; 10:232 aspiration and 4:2,117,254,282-83; 7:373; 17:124 bad see Bad will before sleep 17:48,151 behind everything 10:43 calm and persevering 16:159 can be cultivated 16:145 capacity for manifestation of 3:46 central 2:129; 6:421-23; 10:74 choice, ignorance and 10:287 concentration and 16:180; 17:130 concourse of converging 2:108 conscious, acting on body 5:25-27; 9:121,152-55 curing illness and 16:127 definition of 8:388-89 desire and 6:410-11 development of 12:22-23 discernment, will to develop 5:198-200 Divine see Divine Will evolution and 9:259-60; 10:77 exercise of 16:318 existence and 12:340 falsehood and human 10:230 fear and anxiety are perverse forms of 10:321 firm 17:139 for change 5:97 for firm resolution 6:346-48 for keeping gains 17:154 for light in physical mind 17:124 for overcoming difficulties 17:124,130-31 for patience 16:145 for peace 6:313-14 for perfect sincerity 17:137 for progress, and resistance 2:31; 4:78; 8:252; 16:251; see also below to progress for rejection of surrounding movements 6:339 for rest 17:63,151,362-63 for self-forgetting 17:150 for victory 17:63 free 4:161,343; see also Determinism, freedom and from above translated into a vibration 10:232 Grace and good 7:395 goodwill among men 5:306 having nature of vision 10:232 higher 4:133 how to strengthen 12:137 human will action of, on the Mother 10:230 bad will 17:395 Divine and 6:454,457-61 forces behind 10:230; 16:10 Grace and 10:54 yoga and 10:54 identification with Divine and 10:198 individual will and the One (Supreme, central) will 5:196; 10:74 inner, of psychic being 4:165; 5:217,395; 12:294 inspiration at 5:208 instinct of destroying 5:234 intelligent 12:294 intensity of 4:254-55 invariable 16:428 Kali and bad 16:143 karma and 5:93 keep the will to do well 16:185 knowing God's 10:313-14 lacking in 16:328 mental activity and 2:61 mental power and vital 2:163 mentalised spiritual 10:117 mind and 10:322-23 the Mother's 16:67,146; 17:114,118 obstinate 16:396 of artist 3:47-48 of Brahman 10:306 of the ego, surrendering 16:226 of desire and Supreme Will 10:176-82 of God for us 10:66 of lower nature 16:117 of man is ignorant 16:422 of Nature and individual 10:56 of Self 10:116 of Sri Aurobindo 3:157 of Supreme Lord 16:435 fulfillment of 16:422 is Truth 16:436 leads creation 10:252 offering the 4:117,208 one must exert 17:100-01 original 5:71; 10:128-29 persistent and unwavering 17:104 personal 5:47; 10:287 personal and God's 10:54 personal, mental and vital 8:51-52 power and 4:5; 8:5,19 power of, in maternity 2:153-54 power to dominate the other Man's 16:48 psychic, beyond human actions 5:217-18 revolt as impotent 10:77 Science and creative 10:207 sensory being and active 2:30-31 sincerity and 8:19 state of 4:400-01 strength of 6:391; 16:45,67; 17:79,120 submitting each detail to higher 4:133 success and 16:184 supramental 10:161 Supreme 3:118-19; 4:84,339,408; 5:46-48,196; 10:74,78,176-82,84,88, 228-30; 16:318 surrender of 3:18-19; 5:46-48; 10:287,352 teach by imposition of an enlightened 17:326-27 to be childlike 17:121 to be conscious 5:63-64; 10:228 to be more honest and sincere 17:59 to be more useful 17:208 to belong to the Divine 5:5-7 to change 4:337,350,356; 5:97 to conquer the anti-divine 17:49 to deceive 10:299 to get out of (cut knot of) ego 6:37,254-61,390-91 to overcome resistance 16:137 to pass through 17:189 to progress 4:77-78; 9:158-59; 17:81,147-48,166,190; see also above for progress to reject an error 8:294-95 to revive the fire, etc. 17:122,143,151 to rise 17:134-36,157-58 to stick in Ashram 17:401 to stop a downward pull 17:157-58 training the 17:138 true need and 8:123-25 use of conscious will for control 16:107 "where there's a will..." 8:360 "willings" and 8:360-61,388-89 with perseverance 2:90 working for the Divine in place of 5:46-48 see also Divine will; Vital will Will-power 2:86; 16:318 Wisdom 12:129; 17:185,247,373 action and 10:236 appearances and 10:17-20 passim aspiration for 2:60 beyond mind 10:1-2 capacity to admit all theories 10:337 consists in working at inner transformation 3:218 definition of 10:3 Divine 10:358 ego and 10:16 falsely attributed to practical reason 10:42 first step toward perfect 10:348 God withholds in love and 10:344 harmony and 10:17-18 ignorance and 10:46 in man 2:66 irrationality and 10:15 knowledge and 10:1-3,14-16 passim,135,213,316 lies in union of opposites 10:304 opinions and 10:236 power of love and 10:202 preparation of earth for 17:314 reason and 10:14-16 passim reason, faith, instinct and 10:291 science and 10:213 suffering and 10:49-50 Supreme 5:81; 10:15; 11:256; 17:314 true 10:16,313 work and 17:292-93 Withdrawal 17:73 from the Divine 17:185-86 from the ego 10:75 of the Divine from universe 5:82-83 of friendship 16:119 Witness 3:242; 6:360 attitude of 16:235 in all parts of the being 6:426 the Mother as 17:302 psychic 4:233 Witness-soul liberation of 8:103-04 "The Wizard of Oz" 12:246-48 Women/Woman/Girls are in principle the executive power 12:428 as God 10:331 asceticism and 10:301 aspiration for child 8:201,319 attitude of India towards 12:105-06 attitude towards 16:188-89 capacity of analysis, synthesis, and logical reasoning 2:83-84 during the war 2:143-45 in politics 2:145 child-birth 12:9,292-94,297-98 common tendencies of 8:242 contact with 17:25-26,56,58,61-62 disinterestedness in 2:145 duty of, in evolution 2:154 endurance of 2:143 faculties of administration 2:143-44 fear of 16:282 flirtation with 17:65 girls and boys 10:346; 16:279-80,282,285,296-97; see also below men/boys and ideal of a modern 10:302 ideal of physical beauty of 8:243; 12:298-99 importance of physical environment in maternity 3:153-54 in France 2:144; 7:155 in Japan 2:153-64 in politics 2:145; 7:155 intuition and practical deduction of 2:83,147 men/boys and 2:143,147; 12:102-06,292,296-98,393-94; 14:310-11; 17:47,97 attitude of, towards women 2:155-56; 6:315 opposition between 2:143-47 qualities of both must unite 2:145-46 relation of Purusha and Prakriti 16:312-13 relations in the new life 8:243 see also above girls and boys mental role of 2:83 more naturally humble than men 2:147 nature of 2:83-84 physical education of 8:239-43 power of attraction of 17:47 problem of 7:153-56 spiritual role of 2:83-84,153,156; 10:301-02 to give birth to superman 2:156,162 "To women about Their Body" 12:292-99 war and 2:143-46 weakness regarding 17:13,26,31-32 work in Russian Revolution 2:16-17 work of 2:153-56 Word, the "the eternal" 5:354-55 meaning of 6:98-99 Truth and 10:234 Word(s) action and 2:65; 14:346-47 "artist", definition of 5:321,325 as speech 4:201,367 fn,395 aspiration free from 6:99 automatic writing 9:364-65 awkward and limited expression through 4:160,221-22,395 battery of energy 2:64 belong to falsehood 10:190 beyond inspiration 5:75 "cabotinage", explanation of 5:269 categories of 12:58-64 choice of 16:46 communication without 6:94-95 consciousness and 5:74-75; 6:98-99; 10:222 the creative 7:347-50 different languages 7:349 experiences and 9:401-02; 10:70,184; 16:323 experiences falsified by 9:319,406-08 experiences seen behind 4:64 express unreal world 10:191 expression, and truth 5:189,195 gift of tongues 9:289-90 good not done with 16:54 grammar, looking behind 5:105,127 Guru's 7:341 harmony of in literature 7:308 helping by placing appropriate thought behind 2:63 Hymns of the Veda 4:136; 8:188 ideas and 3:64; 6:98; 10:184; 12:60-61 inadequacy of 11:44,70,89,110,112-13,121,125,162-64,194,199,282 indispensable 3:201,259-60,263-64; 10:266; 16:34 making it effective 2:63-65 Mantra 4:389-90 meaning of 6:134 mental equilibrium accumulated in 2:64 mind is "storehouse of words" 8:311 noise of 9:423 one rarely hears sound of 16:47 paradoxes, value of 8:383 power of 7:346-50 depends on what is behind 5:74-75 three causes of 2:63-65 transmits true gifts 2:65 prayers are spontaneous 8:228 precise meanings by agreement 6:321-22 ready-made, insincere 5:302 reports of others 17:387 result of living thought 2:64 sadhana and useless 6:76 silence and 3:52,64-66; 8:311 "smile"; complete meaning of 5:370 speak little, act well 3:215 spoken 7:348-49 Sufi's 5:58 that gives peace 3:228 "theorem": meaning of 9:406 thinking with 4:99,204 thought and 3:195-96; 6:95,222-23 asking questions of the Mother 6:199-201 truth not expressed by 8:56 understanding behind 4:227-28; 9:178 use of, in initiation 2:65 utility of 9:287 vibration of sounds 8:311 see also Language; Speech Work 10:303; 14:319-44; 17:247 absorbing the Mother 17:357 advising others 16:46-47 aim in 8:160-61 anger and 16:26 as intermediary 17:232 as only sadhana 7:284-85; 17:201-02,212 as prayer 12:118-19 assigning 17:211,215-16,295,321 attitude in 4:33,163,215,373-74; 7:391; 8:160-61,166 austerity of 12:53 balance in 16:132 be conscientious in 16:27 be strong and plastic for 17:404 "big people" in 17:236,312 "body's prayer" 7:391; 14:321 Buddhist's view of 10:266 capacity for 5:320 changing 17:248-49,280-81 charity and 17:225 children and 12:16,339,365; 16:29; 17:152 choice of 2:49-50 classification of ideal 2:25 closeness to the Mother and 16:141,182 collective and personal 16:264 comparison between artist's and Supreme Lord's 10:40 concentration for more 5:125-28 concentration on 16:242; 17:140,168-69 conscious hands 4:404 conscious of inmost depths and 2:49 consciousness in 16:279 consecration and 2:52-54; 10:309 development of body and 10:31 development through 4:138 difficulties and 14:337-42; 16:137; 17:213 dignity of 12:370 discipline of 4:364,372; 16:145; 17:75 disinterested 5:55-56,121-22; 17:147,165 dismiss a worker who laughed? 16:42-43 Divine see Divine work divine Force and 17:12-13,295 Divine Grace and 6:267; 9:420-21; 16:154; 17:209 Divine will and 14:331 does one good 17:166 double pay for extra hours of 16:37-38 eat in return for 17:288 effort of desire on 16:31 egoism and 4:254,411 experiences and 7:291 expression of inmost depth 2:49 fatigue and 16:80 field of is oneself 5:303-04 fighting injustice in 17:170 finding temporary 2:49 for sadhana 7:284-85 for sake of humanity 2:155 good not done with words 16:54 guided by human passion 17:302 happiness and peace in 16:131; 17:166 harmony in 14:331-36 identification to work well 4:363 impersonal 2:52-54 in the Ashram 4:93; 8:21; 13:159-83; 16:183 in France 16:37-38 increases receptivity 17:166,303 inner meditation and 4:121; see also below meditation and instrument for 4:326; 8:22-23; 17:389 integral yoga and 16:343-44 interrupts union with Divine Consciousness 10:175 knowledge and 2:50; 10:9-10 joy of 4:373; 16:113,132 literary, and translation 17:201-03,210-11 manual, and studies 12:186 marriage and 16:29-30 mediocre 16:262 meditation and 4:121; 7:291; 16:27,181,343-44 method of study 5:48-49 mind and 16:199 miracles and 17:232 modesty in 17:166 most useful 2:47 the Mother always with you in 16:166 the Mother's programme for realisation of 5:354 the Mother requesting from a disciple 17:262 necessity of working hard 17:302,331,352-53 not enough and too much 16:147 not going well 17:171,213,216-17,230-31,244,250,278,302 notice to reduce workers 16:38 occult 16:4 of Avatar 3:178-79; 9:332-34 of the ego 16:389-90 of higher forces 6:81-82; 16:148 of humanity 5:352,354-56 of knowledge, not blind 17:166 of lighting the inner fire 17:127-28 of the Mother 16:153; 17:100,119 at Balcony Darshan 7:257-59 in the Ashram 6:297-99; 7:258-59 of the new Force in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 9:39 of observation, analysis, introspection 2:128 of overmind 16:235 of the psychic 7:76 of Sri Aurobindo 3:139-40,173; 17:193-94,397 of terrestrial regeneration 2:96 of thought 2:86-92 of transformation 2:23; 9:348-49; 13:55-60 of women 2:155-56 in Japan 2:153 in the Russian Revolution 2:16-17 offering to the Divine 8:90,160,166; 14:319-29,336-37,348; 16:181 on earth 17:114,186 organisation of 17:156-57,244,293-94 past lives and 5:2 path of 8:44,300; 10:319 peace through self-mastery and 16:131 perfecting oneself and 16:253 perfection and 2:51; 10:309; 14:325-30; 16:353 perseverance and 2:49 place in universal 2:49-51 play and 12:186 pleasant or unpleasant 17:262,301-02 private life and 4:155-56 progress and 5:44-45,47-48; 7:291-92 projects need to be considered carefully 16:38 psychic being and 5:2 quietness in 17:207,213,228 reactions to fluctuations in 17:334 reduction of 17:268,347,349,357 regular 16:77,121; 17:165,236 reports to the Mother on 17:172-73,206,213 requested by the Mother 17:165,262 responsibility in 17:214-15 result and 4:163 retire from 17:320,333-34 sacrifice and 10:317 sadness and 16:132 school and 17:312 "school of experience" 7:291-94 self-forgetfulness in 8:288 service of Divine and 10:356 silently 17:207,213,304 social and political 17:202 spirit in which one does 16:182,199 study, sadhana and 6:153-54 surrender in 5:47-48,54; 17:168 talking about 17:166,285,292-93 tamasic body and 16:183 thinking about 17:168-69,180-81,205 those who accomplish not in the habit of boasting 16:272 time and 10:303-04 tired nerves and 16:83 trembling after hard 17:50-51 two perfectly pleasing to God 10:356 two possible errors regarding 2:50-51 unconsciousness in 16:18 undoing to redo better 16:84 usefulness of 5:126-28 useless talk and 16:181 violation of procedure in 16:46 way of 8:160-61,300; 10:311 will in action and surrender 5:46-48 wisdom and 17:292-93 without strain 17:357 yoga and 4:93,132,364,372-73; 5:63; 7:191-92,284-85; 8:22; 16:353 see also Action World 11:253,261-62,287,299; 15:6,72-74,419-22 absence of falsehood and untruth in 10:99 action of Force in 8:10-13 action of individual victory on 5:20 action of Spirit in 8:10-11 adverse forces in 3:62; 5:95,98,234-36; 6:462; 9:4 arena of egoistic energies 3:163 as it is proves the Divine 16:342 as Maya 10:336 as soul's husband 10:342 aspiration in outer conditions of 10:200-01 atmosphere (earth-atmosphere) 8:127-28,178 attitude of aspirants towards possible catastrophe in 9:169-70 badly made 4:287-89 battle between True and False 3:170 fought in Mother's consciousness 11:323-24 being example to 2:105 best way to help 16:431 birth pangs of the New Creation 17:327 Brahman and 10:218 capable of manifesting the Divine 10:299 cells are mine 12:345-46 chance guides 4:408; 10:55 change into model of heaven 10:346 changed 11:228-30 changes in 16:59 consciousness to change 11:187 contribution of evil and virtue to 10:267 create own by conduct and consciousness 3:199 created by ego and senses 10:45 creating, better than the Divine's 5:16 creation of omnipotent God: so he is a monster! 5:163-64 creation of phenomenal 3:175 creation, tradition about, "seven attributes" 5:352-53 Creator and His 16:404 deformations in 5:71 a deformation of the Divine 6:105-06 destiny and 15:307-13 detachment from 16:190 different in Truth-consciousness 10:188 difficulties of individual and 6:207-08,446-47; 10:200-01 disappearance of and sovereign peace 5:390 diversity 4:285; 8:407-08 Divine and 3:170; 4:288,292; 15:3-10,297 divine, of first Truths 3:161 Divine presence in 5:235 divine will and 17:75 each has own space and time 3:165 earth is symbolic concentration of cosmos 9:209 effect of dissolving desires of 5:19-20 effect of war on 4:303-05 egoless individual and 15:22 essentially bad 9:8 everything in, is harmony or disorder 16:323-24 everything in, is mixed 16:326 evolutionary movement of 5:249-50 exceptional time in history of 2:154-55 experience of unreality of 10:108; 15:403 false, not an illusion 3:162 falsehood rushing over 11:258-60 fear, gift to 5:118-20 forget it, concentrate on the Mother 16:122 freedom from bonds of all 3:201 friends in another 2:70 God and 10:321,336-37 humanity and 14:297-98 ignorance and 7:292-96 illusion and 4:277-78; 7:292-94; 8:44,53,234; 9:4; 10:44-45 discovery of modern science 9:239-41 image of state of 16:365 impossibility in 8:383-87 India as guru of 16:341 India's role in 7:307 individual cannot change 10:138-39 individual consciousness and 5:29-30; 9:201-03 individuals, universe and 10:218 inevitability gone 11:228-33 infernal 3:199-200 influences on the Mother's body see Mother's body, the, external influences and intellectual 2:75 is expression of Divine 8:106 in its purity 5:322-23 is progressive 10:122 knowledge of is limited 4:407 Krishna is divine paramour of 11:342 liberation and 6:34-35 man and, view of events in 10:128-29 man of 16:156 material and spiritual see Material world matter as false appearance of 10:191 means of change of 10:300 men, do not want Divine Grace 16:154 mental see Mental World misery in 4:3,40,292-96; 7:56 modern, extremes in taste 7:299 the Mother and 13:49,52 moves quickly 10:143 must find the Divine in 11:254 necessity of Avatar in 5:275-76 new 7:324,357,402; 11:316-17; 15:105-06,114-16,126-27; 16:301 action of upon the old 4:253; 7:187; 9:148-49,156-59 birth of 9:144-51 elements introduced in 8:9-10,314 light in 4:70 manifestation of 7:323-24 participating in 9:150-51,158-59 promise of 7:326-27 transformed 6:327 no support from outer 10:228 no two things alike in 5:226 not changed by death of Stalin 5:377 not created by mind 10:254 not final reality to yogic consciousness 3:161 nothing but the One 10:245 objectivity of 11:79 occult see Occult world of angels 7:160 of death 6:52-57 of delight 16:255 of falsehood 17:345 of gods 3:18; 10:60-61 of harmony 3:112 of ideas 2:80,98-99; 3:64 of images 10:126-27 of living forces 2:107 of mind 10:128-29 of reflections 10:126-27 of Sri Aurobindo 16:7,301; see also below Sri Aurobindo and of subtle physical 9:128-29; 10:149 of yesterday and tomorrow 17:319,326 only way to change 10:189 opposite of what it can become 4:119 ordinary, impermanent and fugitive 3:160 other worlds 4:242 ours and supermind 9:277-78 Overmind 10:204 participate in difficulties of 6:446-47 perfected by the Lord's stumblings 10:339 perpetual change in 16:158 phenomenal, creation of 3:175 physical see Physical world politics of 7:304 pressure on 11:297-98,310,313-18 problem of existence in 8:266-68 progress in an evolving 5:334-36; 10:56-57 psychic see Psychic world reality independent of Falsehood 10:108 reality of 10:44-45 reign of justice in 4:23; 5:367 relative 8:92 relativity of all manifestations in 10:89 religion is an escape from 9:4 renunciation of for God 10:332 ruled by falsehood and ignorance 3:245 salvation of 12:311 by love and force 10:261 seeing it as it is and as it could be 10:164-65 separated from Divine 8:77 solution of problems of 12:314 something not open to divine vibration 11:249-50 soul's native 8:126 Sri Aurobindo and 10:96 fn; 13:3-4,10,15; 16:7,301 state of 16:6-7 still in infancy 10:168 stupidity and blindness of 16:17,114 substance and 6:307 subtle physical 9:128-29 supermind and 3:163; 8:312-17; 11:313-18 suppression, ill-will at origin 5:147-48 supramental see Supramental world supramental creation and individual 15:406-07 supramental transformation of 5:302-03 terrestrial world situation of 9:168-70 symbol of 8:35 time in 2:154-55; 16:87 to be master of 10:355-56 to laugh at 10:354 transformation of 3:128-29; 4:253; 5:44-45,100,266-67,275; 10:192-93,289; 11:51-52,109-10,180-82; 16:311,361 triumph of good 11:75-77 true vision of the 9:134-36,201-03 truth and 15:365 ugly, stupid, and brutal 16:320 understanding 5:29-30,81,88-89,311-12 unreality of 11:177-81,195-96; see Life, experience of, unreality of upsetting action on 11:1 vision of subtle 9:134-36,201-03; 10:39,41; 16:73 vital see Vital world(s)/Plane(s) vulgarity in modern 7:299-300,310-11 way of advancing 10:309 we could easily belong to whole 9:168 what it should be 4:291 why accept to be hurt by it? 16:157 will manifest divine joy 10:343 words express unreal 10:191 yoga and 4:378-79 see also Creation; Earth; Universe; World... World (domain) of death 6:52-57 World-forces the developed vital and 6:82 World-guru 10:343 World-illusion 11:173 see also Life, experience of unreality of World Mother Master of Existence and 8:113-14 World-personality 8:378-81 food and sleep for 8:384 World Union 16:351-52 the Mother's messages to 15:68-92 World War I 7:260-61 action of women during 2:144 descent of hostile forces during 5:306-07; 10:53 horrors in 4:403-04,322 Lord of Falsehood organised 5:376-77 people killed in 5:184 World War II 13:125-26,389-90 the Ashram during 16:140 Lord of Falsehood organised 5:376-77 statesmen during 7:303 Worry(ing) 14:238-39; 17:100,111,113,120,191-94,196,326,355-56 do not worry 16:185 does not help 16:87 imperfect knowledge and 10:150 progress without 17:147,161 special trait of man 9:302-05 Worship 14:103-04; 15:31 aspiration for Divine union through 8:235-36 definition 10:63 meditation and, of India 10:63 no need to offer to gods 10:246; 16:268-69 of goddesses and gods 10:255; 17:237-38,395-96 vital beings live and flourish on 3:137 Writers 3:107 after death using another's brain 5:262 Borel, Henri 7:397; 8:267,282-83,286 Divine, expressed in His purity 5:322-23 Drouet, Minou, child prodigy 8:318 France, Anatole 4:158; 5:163,272,325; 8:68,70; 17:67 imagination of 4:154-55; 7:231-32 Maeterlinck 7:62; 8:318-19 Magre, Maurice 4:192 mental entity independent 8:319 Prudhomme, Sully 5:402 Romaine, Jules 5:188; 7:167 Vaschild, Dr. 2:30 "The Writer" in The Great Secret 7:308 Writing automatic 5:36; 9:362-68 a book well 4:364 consciousness in 17:289 for learning lessons better 17:148 for children 17:332 like Anatole France 17:67 poetry, inspiration in 16:138 speaking and 13:53 stories and articles 17:63,65,221,297-98,331-32 teaching and 17:302 tiredness while 17:148 to the Mother 16:75-76,84,87-88 Writings of Sri Aurobindo 10:151; see also Sri Aurobindo (2) Wrong find reason in oneself 16:290 Wrong attitude illness and 16:21 Wu Wei 7:397; 8:267,282-83,286 Y
Yasa 3:207 Yoga 13:137; 14:32-63 abstaining from gossiping and 4:152-53 accept all that happens with calm heart 16:156 advancing, conditions for 4:99 adverse forces attack aspirants of 5:157-59 advice to aspirants of 9:169-70,180,241-42 aim/goal of 3:30,38; 4:64; 5:63; 6:440-42 ambition in 7:265 cause of fall 5:8 application for 17:164 approaches to: power, peace, etc. 4:64,66 art and 3:104-113; 8:158-59 as first duty of teachers 12:376 ascent and descent, double line of 3:30 aspiration for 7:214 attachment contrary to 17:44 attitude, ideal, in difficulty 9:423-24 attitude in action 4:133,279-80 attitude in effort for progress 9:316-18,426-28 attitude necessary for 4:93-95; 17:94 basis for being spiritual 8:367-68 basis of perfect equilibrium 9:241-42; 17:129 beauty's place in 8:216 being, individual and universal 8:389-94 belief in the Divine and 16:341-43 body and 4:338-40; 5:268; 16:348,359 cat doing 8:8 undoing knot of action 8:70,325,328 cause of catastrophes and 8:261 change of consciousness and 17:166 childlike path of 17:122-23 children and 7:200,202,356,417-18 classical methods of 4:193-94 collective 7:413-21 collective symbolic vision of Ashram 9:137-42 conscious light for 7:201 conscious preparation for 3:2 contact with pure Being and 16:376 dancer and painter who practiced 3:105-06 dangers of 3:4-5 decision to practice 4:78 delays in 8:145 depression is enemy of 16:198 desire-soul, transforming 8:306-07,324 fn detachment in 4:163,304,383-84; 8:327-28 determination and 16:280 discipline of 3:221; 4:343-44,364; 7:216; 9:29; 16:300 Divine protection for practitioners of 5:167-68 Divine relations with 8:28-29,121-25,280-81 earth, place of 7:33 education and 12:179-80,254 egoistic motives in 7:192 eliminating ego and 16:226 endurance, path of 8:261 equanimity in 3:100 escaping absolute law of horoscopes through 9:284-85 the examiners 14:42-43 experience 14:55-60 being greater than one's 8:278-79 in physical body 10:139 value of activities 9:146 exteriorisation and dreams 8:116-18 faith in achieving goal of 6:440-42 fall from 13:142-43 fasting as principle of 8:141 first step, interiorisation 7:249,354-55 for the sake of the Divine 3:1-2 fruits of, take time 16:133 going to cinema in town and 16:273 going to the very end 5:4 habits and 16:318 Hatha 3:21; 9:152-53; 12:287 health and 15:147 human will and 10:54 humanity and 3:2-3 ideas about 17:124 illness and 3:55-57,85-91; 5:170-71,177,179; 7:104,144-45 impossible without discipline 17:74 immunity from others' opinions 4:379 in the Ashram 5:284-85,288-89; 7:200,415; 10:270 "in matter" 7:266 indifference to criticism and 7:393,396-97 influences, Divine's and others 7:245-46 integral 3:24-25; 4:333; 7:200,380,413,415; 8:43; 12:95,98-99,310; 14:33-35; 16:386; 17:42-43,213 begins where others end 5:284 first revelation of 10:89 idea of Divine 8:1,7,44-46 nothing useless 9:345-46 of Sri Aurobindo 9:337 physical consciousness and 16:392 physical education in 9:81-82 spiritual realisation and transformation 8:244-45 three stages of 7:407-08 see also Integral yoga Japa and 16:306 joy as basis of 17:129 knowing how to wait 5:397 knowledge of 3:92-93; 9:66-67; 16:238 leaning on the Divine alone 4:391 leaving the path of 6:440-44 liberation through 7:246,377 living in the Ashram and 16:333-34 losing all to gain all 4:203,247 lower nature, changing 7:114,197-99 "lower ranges of nature" 7:103-04 magic and 7:266-68 manifestation, different explanations 4:180 mastery and influence 8:350-52 over complex individuality 9:402-03 medical science and 3:56 mental statement of success 9:124-25 Middle Path 8:286 mind impedes sadhana often 5:101 miracles 4:82-87 mistakes in ignorance and knowledge 7:411 moral notions 4:81,101 music, experience through 5:76-77 must be born anew 3:83-84 mystic, remedy for fear 5:319 needs, asking Divine about one's 8:122-25 new birth 9:135-36,336-38,431-32 no question of giving up 17:113 not interested in? 17:208-09 nothing outside of 16:387 obstacles and adverse conditions in 3:52-53 occultism and 6:189-90 of the body 4:338-39; 10:136-40 of cells 10:234 of devotion 10:9,331-64; 16:238 of knowledge 8:43-46,324-25; 10:1-273; 16:238 of works 8:43-46,324-25; 10:9,277-328 offering food 4:335 old yogas 7:405,407; 9:90,160 organising the being 7:216 passing from lower to higher hemisphere 9:202-03 path of 14:29-31 each has her own 8:43,171,325 entering upon 4:246 signs of readiness for 4:97 three principal paths of 8:43-46,126,300,324; 10:9; see also above of devotion; of knowledge; of works periodic return of movements 7:336-37 personal method 4:180-81 physical 17:306 physical and psychic beings helping each other 6:448 physical consciousness in 8:290,300-01 place of play in 17:159-60 power of mental formation in 3:156-57 powerful 8:7 practice of 7:201-02,355; 8:64-65,293-94,296 precautions to take 4:272 predestined people 7:343-44 preparation for 3:1-2; 4:67-68,255,401 progress in 5:206-07; 8:209; 17:40 psychic influence on nature-being 7:263-64,422 psychological perfections, five 8:36-42 psychology and 12:248 pulling the divine forces 5:22 purification is indispensable for 8:253,261,309 qualities most important for 8:23,41,248,261-62 quietude 8:329-31 Radha's consciousness 8:223-27 Raja Yoga 3:21; 8:43 reading 3:27; 7:214-15,312,341 realisation, led towards over centuries 6:272 receptivity of body to 3:85-91 reducing range of subconscient and 16:386 religion and 8:147; 10:97 remembrance of the Mother 8:197 representative group in Ashram 7:415 resisting adverse forces 5:235 "resolution of steel" 7:203 reversal of consciousness in 8:172-74,402-05 rules, before finding inner light 8:143-44 sacrifice in 3:114 sadhana in the body 9:348-49; 10:31 rapid progress and 7:33,197,344 Satya yoga 16:313; 17:78 seeing with open eyes 4:212,338 seeking approbation of others 8:348-49 self-giving 7:192,243,366 self-knowledge 7:254,354-55 seriousness in 4:343,345-46; 16:338-39 servant and worker 6:266 sin and 16:13 sincerity in 5:5-7,159,350; 8:248-49,261,399 sleep and 7:65,125 so-called freedom and 17:119 spiritual call and 16:251 spiritual life awakening to 9:373-75,431-32 new conception of 9:148-51 true 8:96-97,136 spontaneity in 8:282-86 stages in 4:181 started in one part of the being 17:94 starting when young 9:160-61 story of initiation 9:66-71 supramental being 8:205-07,323 surrender and 8:41-42 freedom and 7:246 path of 7:250 tapasya and 3:4; 4:72; 8:173 symbol of Cross in 10:260 symbolism of dreams 4:107,149 tantric methods and 9:152-53 tapasya and siddhi 8:173 teaching, true 8:311 trance or samadhi in 8:275-78 transformation 4:333 transcending consciousness of finite and 10:98 true way of union with Supreme 10:262 understanding and 16:411 undoing knot of action 8:70,325,328 unfitness for 10:78-80 unification of being 5:134-36,139 union aspiration for 8:235-36 effected through offering 3:23 identification with the Divine 7:355-56 perfect, stages of progress 5:57-58 value of knowledge of different space-times 3:165 war can lead to 4:303-05 work 4:93,132,364,372-73; 16:353 choosing for sadhana 7:284-85 for the Divine 7:191-92 world, without leaving the 4:378-79 worldly success and 6:239 unified being, free from laws after death 5:134,136 see also Sadhana Yoga maya 6:220 Yoga-shakti 7:102,211-13 Yogi 17:44 artist and 3:104-13 attitude of in action 9:96-97 towards art 8:158-59 towards outward appearance 16:391-92 towards science 8:158 becoming a true 16:117 cobbler a great 5:84-85 dirt and 16:192 ecstasy belongs to perfected 16:298 faith in 3:152 influence of others and 16:191 knowledge of 3:92-93 and knowledge of scientist 3:161-62 power of, over magic 9:392-93 saddhu and 5:172 term very vague and wide 3:93 University of Mahesh Yogi 17:314 Yogic life depends on... 16:181 Youth 8:20; 12:271 eternal 3:238 in America 11:1,6 new creation and 16:430 progress is youth 12:122-24,239,259; 16:429 supramental manifestation and 12:309 to be young 12:118 see also Students Ysaye 5:263-64
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