Talks in English

A passage from the Mother’s writings: “QUESTION: What is exactly the nature of religion? Is it an obstacle in the way of the spiritual life? THE MOTHER: Religion belongs to the higher mind of humanity. It is the effort of man’s higher mind to approach, as far as lies in its power, something beyond it, something to which humanity gives the name God or Spirit or Truth or Faith or Knowledge or the In...

Deepawali is generally celebrated as the return of Lord Rama after vanquishing Ravana. But there is another mystic dimension to the story that we discover here.

In this webinar with Rashtram school of public leadership, we reflect upon the following sentence from Sri Aurobindo’s “Synthesis of Yoga”: All life is secret Yoga. Follow-up questions were: 1. The problem of reconciliation in man. 2. Yoga in the animal world through survival instinct.

In this webinar we share some insights into Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga. The follow-up questions were: 1. What is the Concept of perfection? 2. What do you mean by ego? 3. Is divine an idea of Paramatma?

In this English webinar we share an overview of Sri Aurobindo’s Life. A follow-up question from the audience was: Divine Mother and Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga. 

A webinar. Follow-up questions were: 1. With rebirth how does the memories come back? 2. Does the psychic essence become the swabhava of the person?

Some thoughts about the Subjective Age and it’s impact upon mankind. The follow-up questions were:      1. Where should an individual start his/her journey where this world is bombarded with information?      2. How does modern rationalist see spiritual life?      3. How can this new way potential client by a holistic therapist?

This is a Q&A session, which followed the main talk (TE 439). The following questions were addressed: – Karma; – Evolution; – the Supramental Manifestation. A talk by Dr Alok Pandey at Sri Aurobindo Yoga Foundation of North America, New Jersey, USA.

A talk at Sri Aurobindo Yoga Foundation of North America (SAYFNA) in June 2022. This talk deals with the workings of the Divine Will in creation and how we can align with it.

This is a Q&A session, which followed a talk at SAYFNA , New Jersey, recorded on 25th June 2022. The following questions were covered:     – Faith and Belief     – Surrender     – Jnana and Bhakti     – The Idea of India

A talk at Sri Aurobindo Yoga Foundation of North America, New Jersey, USA, recorded on 25th June 2022. The topic is the law of change and ways of dealing with it. Also it addresses a question on practicing the truth “I am Divine”

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey. The questions were:      1. Who is a true Yogi?      2. True soul nature and psychological methods of reflecting on it.      3. How to make Indian psychology less descriptive and less religious?      4. How can we connect to the Divinity within us?      5. Our plans for life and a greater plan.

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey, recorded in Antwerp in October 2022.

Dr Alok Pandey on discovering the psychic being, planes of consciousness, meaning of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s symbols, guarding our faith, on sects, cults and the spiritual journey.

Deepawali is generally celebrated as the return of Lord Rama after vanquishing Ravana. But there is another mystic dimension to the story that we discover here.

In this webinar with IPI we again take up the topic “relationships” and dive deep into it (the previous conversation is available as “TE 356 Relationships: an Evolutionary Perspective”). The follow-up questions were: 1. Being a good friend. 2. Connecting to people while conversing. 3. Control of speech and beautiful speech. 4. Love Krishna and become like him.

In this English webinar with “NAMAH” we see what lies deep behind our surface personality, especially the soul within us. The questions asked were: 1. Overcoming duality between divine love and human love. 2. How to practice stepping back in everyday life.

The questions asked were: 1. Narcissistic personality disorder in light of Indian psychology (Story of Narcissus and the story of Indra and Virochan is told). 2. It is said: You are where you are meant to be. How true is this? (We hear about: conscious choices, will and attitude, and the choice of Savitri) 3. The explanation of biological changes in Psychological disorders in light of Spirituality...

What happens when one loses mental balance in the course of the spiritual journey.

On many occasions the Mother would converse with the Gods and Goddesses and give us a deeper understanding of their mystery.

In this webinar with NAMAH we touch upon the action of truth in healing.

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey at Savitri Bhavan (Auroville)

This a video address recorded for a medical Conference organised by the Sri Aurobindo Medical Association, Odisha.