ESSAYS IN PHILOSOPHY AND YOGA

CONTENTS

	Part One *Essays from the Karmayogin* (1909 – 1910)** The Ideal of the Karmayogin Karmayoga Man — Slave or Free? Yoga and Human Evolution Yoga and Hypnotism The Greatness of the Individual The Process of Evolution Stead and the Spirits Stead and Maskelyne Fate and Free-Will The Three Purushas The Strength of Stillness The Principle of Evil The Stress of the Hidden Spirit
	Part Two The Yoga and Its Objects (circa 1912) The Yoga and Its Objects Appendix: Explanations of Some Words and Phrases
	Part Three *Writings from the Arya* (1914 – 1921) Notes on the Arya The “Arya’s” Second Year Appendix: Passages Omitted from “Our Ideal” The "Arya's" Fourth Year On Ideals and Progress On Ideals Yoga and Skill in Works Conservation and Progress The Conservative Mind and Eastern Progress Our Ideal The Superman The Superman All-Will and Free-Will The Delight of Works Evolution Evolution The Inconscient Materialism Thoughts and Glimpses Aphorisms Thoughts and Glimpses Heraclitus Heraclitus The Problem of Rebirth Section I: Rebirth and Karma Rebirth The Reincarnating Soul Rebirth, Evolution, Heredity Rebirth and Soul Evolution The Significance of Rebirth The Ascending Unity Involution and Evolution Karma Karma and Freedom Karma, Will and Consequence Rebirth and Karma Karma and Justice Section II: The Lines of Karma** The Foundation The Terrestrial Law Mind Nature and Law of Karma The Higher Lines of Karma Appendix I: The Tangle of Karma Appendix II: A Clarification Other Writings from the Arya The Question of the Month The Needed Synthesis “Arya” — Its Significance Meditation Different Methods of Writing Occult Knowledge and the Hindu Scriptures The Universal Consciousness The News of the Month The News of the Month South Indian Vaishnava Poetry Andal: The Vaishnava Poetess Nammalwar: The Supreme Vaishnava Saint and Poet Arguments to The Life Divine Arguments to The Life Divine
	Part Four *From the Standard Bearer* (1920)** Ourselves
	Part Five *From the Bulletin of Physical Education* (1949 – 1950) The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth** Message Perfection of the Body The Divine Body Supermind and the Life Divine Supermind and Humanity Supermind in the Evolution Mind of Light Supermind and Mind of Light

NOTE ON THE TEXTS

VOLUME 13

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO

Published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department

Printed at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press, Pondicherry

PRINTED IN INDIA

Essays in Philosophy and Yoga

Shorter Works

1910 – 1950

Publisher’s Note

Essays in Philosophy and Yoga consists of short works in prose written by Sri Aurobindo between 1909 and 1950 and published during his lifetime. All but a few of them are concerned with aspect of spiritual philosophy, yoga, and related subjects. Short writings on the Veda, the Upanishads, Indian culture, political theory, education, and poetics have been placed in other volumes.

The title of the volume has been provided by the editors. It is adapted from the title of a proposed collection, “Essays in Yoga”, found in two of Sri Aurobindo’s notebooks. Since 1971 most of the contents of the volume have appeared under the editorial title The Supramental Manifestation and Other Writings.

The contents are arranged in five chronological parts. Part One consists of essays published in the Karmayogin in 1909 and 1910, Part Two of a long essay written around 1912 and published in 1921, Part Three of essays and other pieces published in the monthly review Arya between 1914 and 1921, Part Four of an essay published in the Standard Bearer in 1920, and Part Five of a series of essays published in the Bulletin of Physical Education in 1949 and 1950.

Many of the essays in Part Three were revised slightly by the author and published in small books between 1920 and 1941. The editors have retained the titles and arrangement of most of those books.

The texts of the pieces have been checked against the texts published in journals and books during Sri Aurobindo’s lifetime.