Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo, Indian philosopher, yogi and guru, created a spiritual practice he called Integral Yoga. The central theme of his vision was the evolution of human life into a divine life. He believed in a spiritual realization that not only liberated but transformed human nature, enabling a divine life on earth. He sought to make us aware of “the same superior law [that] governs matter and spirit”.

Sri Aurobindo, Indian philosopher, yogi and guru, created a spiritual practice he called Integral Yoga. The central theme of his vision was the evolution of human life into a divine life. He believed in a spiritual realization that not only liberated, but transformed human nature, enabling a divine life on earth. He sought to make us aware of "the same superior law [that] governs matter and spirit". EXCERPT: "ALL YOGA is in its nature a new birth;...

Question: "Tell me, Mother, what am I?" The Mother: "Outwardly, you are an unconscious child striving to become conscious. Inwardly, you are an eternal soul attempting to manifest in a body."

Alle Probleme des Daseins sind im wesentlichen Probleme der Harmonie. Sie entstehen aus der Wahrnehmung einer unaufgelösten Dissonanz und dem unbewussten Verlangen nach einer unentdeckten Übereinstimmung oder Einheit. Die praktischen und mehr animalischen Schichten im Menschen bringen es fertig, sich mit einer unaufgelösten Dissonanz zufriedenzugeben. Das ist aber für seinen voll erwachten mentalen Geist unmöglich, und für gewöhnlich gehen...

"It {the soul} is, according to our psychology, connected with the small outer personality by certain centres of consciousness of which we become aware by Yoga. Only a little of the inner being escapes through these centres into the outer life, but that little is the best part of ourselves and responsible for our art, poetry, philosophy, ideals, religious aspirations, efforts at knowledge and perfection. But the inner centres are, for the most part,...

Sri Aurobindo and the mother on the question of nutrition and the inner attitude towards eating in integral yoga. Attachment to food, greed and craving for it make it an unduly important thing in life that goes against the spirit of yoga. There is nothing wrong with establishing that something tastes good, you just must not desire it or strive for it, neither cheer when you receive it, nor be disgruntled or sad when you do not receive it. One must...

Wie setzt man den Integralen Yoga Sri Aurobindos, der so vielgestaltig und allumfassend wie die Welt selbst ist, in die Praxis um? Andere Yoga-Systeme haben Asanas, Pranayamas, Reinigungsübungen, Japa, Meditationen und Einweihungen, die dem Sucher einen äußeren Rahmen für seine spirituelle Praxis geben. Von welcher Art ist die "Technik" des Integralen Yoga, wenn man hier überhaupt von einer "Yogatechnik" sprechen kann? Wo fängt man an? Gibt...